September 11 attacks: Difference between revisions
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*The event is considered "The Day That Changed America". | *The event is considered "The Day That Changed America". | ||
*Ted Olsen, whose wife died during the attack, was born on September 11, 1940. | *Ted Olsen, whose wife died during the attack, was born on September 11, 1940. | ||
*Pornograpic actor [[wikipedia:Lexington Steele|Lexington Steele]] (real name: Clifton Britt) worked as a stock broker before entering pornography and was employed by Oppenheimer Financial, which operated out of the Twin Towers. Steele says that, had he not decided to | *Pornograpic actor [[wikipedia:Lexington Steele|Lexington Steele]] (real name: Clifton Britt) worked as a stock broker before entering pornography and was employed by Oppenheimer Financial, which operated out of the Twin Towers. Steele first entered pornography in 2001, and says that, had he not decided to change cmareers and kept working as a stock broker, he would have been killed in the attack. | ||
*The attack occured on the 28th anniversary of [[Augusto Pinochet]]'s ''coup d'etat'' in Chile. | *The attack occured on the 28th anniversary of [[Augusto Pinochet]]'s ''coup d'etat'' in Chile. | ||
*The attacks surpassed [[the Oklahoma City Bombing]] as the deadliest terrorist attack to occur on American soil. | *The attacks surpassed [[the Oklahoma City Bombing]] as the deadliest terrorist attack to occur on American soil. | ||
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