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Snopes has been fact-checking conspiracy theories surrounding the 9/11 attacks since they happened in 2001.
by Rae Deng, March 2, 2019
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It has been 24 years since terrorists hijacked and crashed planes into targets across the United States, including New York's World Trade Center — and, still, people continue to circulate conspiracy theories about what happened on Sept. 11, 2001.
Snopes has a long history of debunking these rumors. In 2021, we provided a look into how such conspiracy theories have spread.
Here are 19 rumors surrounding the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people and injured thousands more.
By Rae Deng
Rae Deng specializes in government/politics and is based in Tacoma, Wash.
Jan. 8, 2024
The painting, which is real, was created by Petrina Ryan-Kleid as a graduate art student in New ...
Sept. 12, 2023
According to all available evidence, then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden was in Washington, D.C., on Sept. ...
Oct. 9, 2016
Viral news stories misattributed an article written by "9/11 Truth" advocates as one published i ...
Sept. 11, 2023
A picture of Donald Trump in firefighter garb at Ground Zero caused a lot of confusion on social ...
Sept. 11, 2023
The World Trade Center attack was allegedly predicted in a "Simpsons" episode that aired in 1997.
Sept. 25, 2001
Did a New York Starbucks charge rescue workers $130 for three cases of water?
June 22, 2023
It's not often that two major disasters cross paths in the world of rumors.
Sept. 14, 2016
A longstanding urban legend holds that World Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein "fortuit ...
Dec. 2, 2021
The picture previously appeared on Reddit and TikTok.
May 26, 2010
American Flight 77 crashed into Pentagon at 9:43 a.m. on that fateful day.
Oct. 13, 2021
The story was mentioned on a podcast by investigative journalist Chris Hansen.
Sept. 14, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it harder for a cash-strapped New York City to front the costs of ...
Sept. 11, 2019
Some 4,000 planes were grounded in the span of a few hours.
Dec. 2, 2021
More than two decades later, conspiracy theories about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack per ...
Sept. 11, 2024
The photo circulated online in the weeks before the 23rd anniversary of the deadly terrorist att ...
Jan. 25, 2024
To learn more, we consulted an unedited video of Trump's full campaign rally speech as delivered ...
Dec. 6, 2024
But he was scantily clad while filming a swim event with Navy SEALS on Fox News in 2020.
May 26, 2016
A 2006 New York Daily News article about Donald Trump's receipt of $150,000 in federal aid post- ...
March 2, 2019
More junk news from puerile minds who consider defamation to be a sidesplitting form of "satire."
