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re: What crazy stuff happened in the year 2001 that got overshadowed by 9/11?

Posted on 7/1/24 at 3:45 pm to
Posted by tigerinexile
NYC
Member since Sep 2004
1405 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 3:45 pm to
Pentagon lost 2.3 trillion
Posted by Locoguan0
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Nov 2017
6283 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 3:46 pm to
Two great movie series began... Lord of the Rings (RIP) and Harry Potter. We were also introduced to Christopher Nolan (Momento).

Kashmir and Palestine were already going nuts.

Kim Jung-nam (oldest son of Jim Jung-il) tried to sneak into Tokyo Disneyland. Un had him poisoned years later.

Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage.

TS Allison did a corkscrew and fricked up Houston and southeast LA. First TS to have its name retired.



Posted by Geaux Piggins Geaux
Member since Aug 2015
876 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 3:49 pm to
There was a bridge collapse in South Padre Island that killed 8 people. It happened on September 15th.
Posted by oleheat
Sportsman's Paradise
Member since Mar 2007
14192 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 3:49 pm to
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No

Six straight losing seasons 1989-1994
Dinardo magic 1995-1997
Tepper magic 1998-1999 (2 losing seasons)
Saban arrives 2000
SEC Championship 2001


Yep! Total brain fart on my part. That six season skid is burned into my brain so badly it took center stage.
Posted by N2cars
Member since Feb 2008
34823 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 3:52 pm to
Dale.
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
Lurking the Tin Foil Hat Board
Member since Jul 2009
49943 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 4:00 pm to
Why are you recycling reddit threads as your own?
Posted by brewhan davey
Audubon Place
Member since Sep 2010
33112 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 4:14 pm to
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Hurricane Erin formed on Sept 9 and was heading straight toward NYC as we approached 9/11. On the day of 9/11 it parked about a hundred miles off the coast of NYC and then changed direction over 270 degrees that afternoon


This is wild. I did not know about this.
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
66138 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 4:17 pm to
I had sex for the first time in the summer of 2001. It was awesome.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
70711 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 4:26 pm to
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The media was focused on a supposedly high level of shark attacks that summer.


Correct, the national media had coined it "Summer of the Shark" in Florida with daily updates, it was still going strong into September. Then on the 11th, everyone stopped talking about the sharks.

As already said, Chandra Levy the intern and Senator Gary Condit, and why he walked 10 blocks to throw away an empty McDonald's bag instead of putting it in his own trash, or any of the 20 trash cans he passed along the way.

Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
17110 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 4:42 pm to
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A trillion dollars -give or take- was missing from the Pentagon budget.

Came here to post this.

Was supposed to be a hearing on capital hill to discuss the audit and missing cash.

**POOF**
Posted by Edward Rooney
Member since Jun 2024
269 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 4:48 pm to
Some idiot (probably the government) mailing anthrax
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
45775 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 4:50 pm to
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Chandra Levy murder

Wow, I forgot all about her.
Posted by jbird7
Central FL
Member since Jul 2020
5606 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 4:52 pm to
LSU won its first sec title
Posted by jbird7
Central FL
Member since Jul 2020
5606 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 4:55 pm to
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Paula Poundstone abusing her kids and being a pedo


She’s prob be given an Oscar for that had she waited 20 years
Posted by LittleJerrySeinfield
350,000 Post Karma
Member since Aug 2013
9517 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 4:57 pm to
I got married 10 days earlier. It was a historic, sad day for many women.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
53397 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 5:02 pm to
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Chandra Levy murder


This was the first that came to mind. AA587 was the second.

Enron also collapsed in 2001.
Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
14632 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 5:13 pm to
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Building 7 collapsing for no reason at all

Yep. No reason at all. No uncontrolled fires, no structural damage. Not even any of the usual signs of any humans installing explosives or detonation cords for a controlled demolition. Not even a trace of debris required for the aftermath of a controlled demolition.

It just fell for no reason at all.
Posted by DisplacedBuckeye
Member since Dec 2013
76732 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 5:17 pm to
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Building 7 collapsing for no reason at all


This post, with that many upvotes, is why we are fricked as a society.
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
42950 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 5:29 pm to
On September 10th new Sectary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announced that after an audit the Defense Dept. could not account for $2.3 Trillion.


More people died at the Capitol on September 18th than on January 6th, 5 killed in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
36545 posts
Posted on 7/1/24 at 5:37 pm to
Thread got me thinking about the incredibly bad timing of both XFL seasons. The first in 2001 and the second in 2020.
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