I hope people don't read your comment and choose not to read the article. I was very moved by how Bobby's death impacted his family and fiancee in different ways. It's an extremely well written piece and doesn't deserve (IMHO) the flippant "tl/dr" treatment given its subject matter and quality.
While the mysterious and unsolved death of their son on 9/11 is a sad and captivating story, I find the juxtaposition between the way his mother and father each handled the grief to be equally fascinating.
> “The only thing I do is 9/11 stuff,” Bob Sr. says. “My whole basis of everything revolves around the day.”
> This is not, it should be said, anything like what Helen does with her days. A two-decade investigation into 9/11 was not part of her retirement plan.
> Crucial to Bob Sr.’s understanding of September 11—that it was the cynical skulduggery of the U.S. government, not a grisly act of terrorism by jihadists using commercial planes filled with helpless civilians—is the work of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, which popularized the idea that jet fuel couldn’t burn at a high enough temperature to melt beams into molten steel.
> Only a preplanned detonation, he argues, could bring down those towers, and only a lobby embroidered with explosives could explain the injuries to Bobby’s body. He has the full medical examiner’s report.
It was a bit long winded for sure. But learning about the Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth organization was interesting at least [1].
Fair point - A good chunk of the story is about the father trying to figure out exactly how and where his son was killed, that frame of reference is why I phrased it like that, but you're right in hindsight it seems a little silly to say.
every other day, when this topic comes up, someone comes here full of themselves pretending like we've all come to consensus about what happened that day, mean while study after study shows 50% of Americans are split on what transpired that day.
