I have followed quite closely all of the news stories, publications, and personal accounts relating to the events of 9/11. But this is the first time I have ever heard this story. This Pat Gilmore would surely have come forward within a week after 9/11 and would have had his own hour on the Larry King Show. No, it doesn't pass the smell test. Or the "If it seems too good to be true, then it isn't" test.
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"No, it doesn't pass the smell test."
It stinks, fer sure.
I agree. Surely we would have heard this story long before now.
Atta was in Brunswick, Maine - he and his buddy - the night before they boarded the plane at Portland Air on 9-11.
They had dinner and drinks - booze - and used a credit card.
I suspicion they were there casing the Brunswick Navel Air Station. (Base security after 9-ll was ramped up big time, as at others)
So, I have NEVER seen this 'visit' in the papers or on "Larry King." Does that mean it didn't happen?