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These fellows are very big on bragging. Just in from Orlando.

Men Spoke of Attack Before It Happened

Channel 9 Eyewitness News

Channel Nine Eyewitness News has learned new information about a possible local connection to the case of terrorism in the U.S.

The FBI has received over 2,000 phone calls. One case they are investigating involves comments made before the hijackings.

It appears from information obtained by Channel 9, there were several people in Daytona Beach who had prior knowledge of the attacks.

A local man says he was interviewed by FBI agents Wednesday afternoon, after three men of Arabic dissent came into his bar the night before the attacks, and bragged about what was going to happen.

The FBI's latest lead in tracking down those responsible for the attacks, could come from a bar and strip club, The Pink Pony, in Daytona Beach. It was there employees say the three spent several hours the night before attack, bragging to customers about bloodshed that would take place the next day.

"They basically said wait till tomorrow and you'll see what I'm talking about." Vice President John Kap says after news of the attack broke, he called the FBI and turned over items left behind by the men he describes as in their early 20's.

"We gave them three copies of credit cards and id's, we also gave them the Koran with the fingerprints on it and they were gonna take it back to the lab and analyze it and do their jobs from that."

The FBI wouldn't comment on the situation but did say special agents were still following up leads in Florida and agents in Daytona Beach could be seen working well into the night.

"People talk sports, religion, politics all the time and these guys were just a little adamant about it and I guess we saw that maybe they knew something that the rest of us didn't know."

An FBI spokesperson wouldn't confirm for us that they are working this lead, but Kap showed us parts of credit card receipts without identifying the men, as well as a business card left behind he says by the special agent he says he spoke with.