And It’s Time, Time, Time, That We Loved
9/11/01
On the morning of September 11, 2001 I was meditating on the floor of a friend’s home. I was in Nashville, TN for my first appearance at The Bluebird, the following night. My brother called so many times I finally picked up and he exclaimed, “Turn on the TV! This is going to go down in history! Kids will learn about this in their school books!”
As we know, I was a deluded Dem and regularly shared my disdain for W at shows I was playing at that time, and to anyone who would listen. But that morning, I prayed for him. I prayed as an offering to all those souls who had perished that I would be mature and decent toward our President.
Then I saw the replay of him getting the news in that classroom, and my blood ran ice cold. I was as still as a stone, standing in front of the TV, and sensed he was suppressing the posture of someone who knew. I had no idea where that came from. It surprised me. I dismissed it.
I tried to just be a normal girl, nod, join the chorus of shock and acceptance. A week later Tori Amos got to NYC and made David Letterman cry, playing the amazing Tom Waits song “Time.” I sat it out on my scary vibes, and cried too.
Then I played a solo show in 2006 at a venue in Brooklyn called Vox Pop. The owner had written a book about 9/11 called “The Big Wedding.” Still as a stone again, I sat with him for a good while after my show, in awe of his research, listening to his take on what happened. He gave me a copy of his book, but I gave it away at some point, probably while decluttering, in another attempt to be a normal girl and not a conspiracy nutter.
I spent a lot of time wondering about the people on the planes - why did the phones work? Then I heard a podcast with so much detail and clarification on things I had wondered about, there I was - still as a stone again, couldn’t move, barely breathing, captivated.
Rebekah Roth knew in-depth detail as a flight attendant herself, and exposed her theories in novels because she was scared of getting killed. She thinks the Boston flight went to a hanger, thinking they were doing a drill as the recordings were created, and perished afterwards, but not in a plane crash. The theory is so scary, and so sad.
I have been suspicious about 9/11 for 24 years. I have tried to accept the officialdom narrative but it was like staring at someone who obviously had a facelift, while they convince you they don’t get plastic surgery. (I think I drew that comparison because Tori Amos came up.) I’ve been laughed at as recently as December of 2023 when I stood with someone in a valet. “Why?” He asked. “Patriot Act, money - hiding nefarious transactions. There were bombs planted - the building was closed the week before!” Then into the car with others and I zipped it. I have grown out of forcing others to ask hard questions.
Tucker Carlson will be more effective at compelling people to ask hard questions. He admits his error in previous dismissals of truth seekers and I just watched his interview with the former PA Congressman (and volunteer firefighter) Curt Weldon who has all the receipts and the passion of a man who knows, saw, and calls out the hoodwink. He is NOT a nutter. He is a legit, well respected public servant who was run out of DC for having integrity. He is literally begging to testify under oath, and embodies the impatient disgust we should all have at least a smidgen of, if you ask me.
Thousands of citizens lost their lives, thousands more servicemen and women in the war that followed, and we owe it to each one of them to know, without a doubt, what happened and why.
The idea of probing into the truth of 9/11 as disrespectful to those who perished is a disgusting, propaganda-fueled, deceptive tactic that protects billionaires, not the legacies of hardworking American people who did not deserve to die.
It is love, to look into it, to know what you think, and it is time. It’s time, time, time that we loved.
May the truth prevail. It’s such an ugly quest, but denial is uglier. If you’re curious, stretch - with this book below. I mean, Tucker is finally talking about it. Can that be your permission slip?
It’s dark, but identifying patterns is our responsibility.
Our government is something we own, and warranted suspicion of intelligence operations while admitting We the People have lost of control of ownership is a moral duty. Wretched tragedies that require brainwashing people into accepting repeated narratives, like a prayer in a ritual, must stop. “Trust the Science.” “Our Democracy.”
We are a Constitutional Republic. That means we need to know how it works and what goes on inside it, in order to keep it.
Refusal to think for oneself has grave consequences.
Knowing what you think is going to require information, contemplation, intuition, and guts.
May we all dig, read, think, talk, and stand!
Update:
Well looky here, RFK Jr. explains the Patriot Act gave way to gain of function research that led to the Covid sham… https://x.com/iamamyloftus/status/1919556249810583792
At the time, I was a flight attendant for one of the airlines involved, flying the SFO~JFK route…
…I woke up that morning to 20 messages on my answering machine. The one from my soon~to be ex-husband asking me if I was all right, was the one that really got to me. Being a ‘news junkie,’ I immediately turned on the TV_ only to literally be blown back into my couch at the sight of the Twin Towers ‘implosions.’
Having grown up in New York, I had seen many a controlled demolition, and knew that something was off. So, when building 7 went down_untouched, the emerging truth of the event was undeniable to me. What to do? I put my thoughts on the back burner, threw on my uniform and went to the airport to support my flying partners in the rotunda of our SFO base. It was a surreal experience, to say the least. But no need to go into that, as so, many were so affected so profoundly that day. After returning home, and was alone with my thoughts, I went into a rabbit hole of research from which I never emerged.
And, to back up for a moment, as you, watching Bush being told of the event, iand his non-response, spoke volumes. I noticed what the teacher, Emma Booker was giving a lesson. She was having children’s sound out words; ‘Kite,’ ‘Plane,’ ‘Must,’ Hit’ ‘Steel’. Chilling. The connection to the events immediately feed my ‘spidy’ senses, telling me that something was horribly amiss. And when I went back to the video years later, everything was crystal clear; the event has been planned.
Of the interviews that day, I recall hearing people speaking of explosions that they heard, of not seeing any planes, and yet, never see that footage again. Then I started digging and learned about ‘Lucky Larry Silverstein,’ He just happened to not eat at Windows on the World in the North Tower where he ate breakfast every day. He claimed that his wife insisted go to an allergist appointment. “What a crock!” I thought, and kept digging only to learn of his sale of the towers, and his multi billion insurance policies on those properties. The rabbit hole got deeper over time_with more bizarre, twists and turns.
Another clincher for me was what occurred the following day. Although all airlines were grounded, somehow the entire Bin Laden family was flown out of the country. WTH?!? It wasn’t until years later then I learned of his real name_Tim Osman, and that he was a CIA operative.
Shortly thereafter, I discovered Rebekah Roth, and followed her until she removed herself for a time (I believe that her life was in danger). She too was on the front lines, and was dubious of the narrative that we were fed. I honor her for her thorough research, and the books that she has written.
Apologies if this is a bit disjointed, but I’m quite exhausted. Yet, after reading your thoughtful, cogent Substack…with memories, flooding back, I felt compelled to respond tonight. So I thank you for bringing such a significant piece of my life back to the fore, encouraging me to keep speaking truth to honor my flying partners and all of the thousands who perished ‘In a New York minute…’
Love on, Amy. 🙏🏼❤️🩹 🔛