Good find and chilling that they had an architectural model of World Trade on the roof and binoculars, while celebrating.
HTF did they know in advance?
They were part of the first attack. They obviously knew about the second one as well.
Here’s a collection of ALL the coverage for 9/11 and the days that followed. Might be more stories in there:
https://archive.org/details/911/day/20010911
Would be nice is we had an actual free press in this country. Instead, we get the facts from a guy videotaping his TV set and posting it here.
More on that from the FR archive.
From 9/13/11- (5)Suspects Caught Crashes on Camera (They Watched Crashes & Celebrated, Also Some Suspects Abroad:
Associated News Papers (London)September 13, 2001
Five men suspected of being involved in the attack on the World Trade Centre set up cameras to record the atrocity, it emerged today.
Five suspects allegedly involved in the atrocities are said to have set up cameras on the banks of the Hudson to record the crashes.
The men set up cameras on the west bank of the Hudson River, trained them on the twin towers to capture the attacks and apparently congratulated each other when the crashes occurred, the New York Times reported.
The five were under investigation by police in Union City, New Jersey, but it was unclear if any of them were in custody today.
The allegation came as police in New Jersey told the New York Times the hijackers who left from Newark airport on the flight which crashed in Pennsylvania had received aid from associates in the area.
The paper reported law officials said the team was "aided by confederates in Newark who were responsible for logistical support, including money, rental cars, credit cards and lodging".
-PJ