The Number Eleven

Like many, I've noticed some eerie coincidences regarding the number eleven, and how it keeps popping up in relation to the terrorist attacks of 2001. You may have seen a variation of this list before.

The attacks occurred on September 11, 2001.

The date is written as either 9/11 (9+1+1 =11) or 11/9 (1+1+9=11).

911 is the emergency number used on telephone systems in North America.

Except in leap years, September 11 is the 254th day of the year. 2+5+4=11.

September 11 fell on a Tuesday in 2001. This was the first time this had happened since 1990 - eleven years earlier.

September 11, 2012 - the eleventh anniversary of the attacks - will also fall on a Tuesday.

The twin towers of the World Trade Center formed a silhouette that resembled a number eleven.

Each tower had 110 stories. 110 is a multiple of eleven.

American Arilines Flight 11 hit the North Tower.

There were eleven crew members on that flight - nine flight attendants and two pilots.

United Airlines Flight 175 hit the South Tower at approximately 9:02 A.M. 9+0+2=11.

The New York Fire Department officially listed its chaplain, Father Mychal Judge, as its first fatality that day. "Mychal Judge" contains eleven letters.

The North Tower was the second tower of the World Trade Center to fall, at 10:28 A.M. 1+0+2+8=11.

The North Tower fell in the ten o'clock A.M. hour - the eleventh hour of the day.

American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. 77 is a multiple of eleven.

United Airlines Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. "Shanksville" contains eleven letters.

The crash in Shanksville occurred near Pennsylvania State Route 281. 2+8+1=11.

U.S. Route 11 runs through all three states - New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia - affected by the terrorist attacks.

New York was the eleventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

All very spooky.