Claim: In the days just prior to the September 11 attacks, large quantities of stock in United and American Airlines were traded by persons with foreknowledge of the upcoming 9/11 attacks.
Fact-check: Were Stocks of Airlines Suspiciously Shorted Just Before 9/11?
Verdict: false
Organisation: Snopes
Author: David Mikkelson
Date published: 2001-10-03T22:47:46