The stock market was closed for 4 trading days, including 9-11 itself. To prevent a stock market meltdown, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq did not open for trading on Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001. When American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. and American Airlines Flight 175 hit the South Tower at 9:03 a.m., it was obvious that American was under attack.
Anticipating market chaos, panic selling and a disastrous loss of value in the wake of the attacks, the NYSE and the Nasdaq remained closed until September 17, the longest shutdown since 1933. Moreover, many trading, brokerage, and other financial firms had offices in the World Trade Center and were unable to function in the wake of the tragic loss of life and collapse of both towers.
How could someone forget that?
I’m with you. He went further to claim that Steinbrenner said the Yankees would play the next day. As if it were up to George.
Amateur mistakes. He’s a New Yorker. I knew of him when he was screwing Citibank for his defunct Trump airline. I doubted from the get go that his brash style of speaking would translate well outside of the tri-state area. Maybe were it not for Hildebeast it wouldn’t have. But I do not like that he got this wrong.
I mean, he claims to remember seeing people celebrate as the Towers came down right? Yet he fubars this. And that’s what he did. FUBAR it.
At least I’m objective enough to see and say it.
*prepares for flames/trolls/concerns/DU accusations etc. etc. blah blah blah*
Give it a rest, dude. Much bigger fish to fry.