On September 6, 2001, a high school student from New Utrecht High School issued a prophetic statement. Antoinette DiLorenzo, the boy’s English teacher, nonchalantly disregarded the comment and thought nothing of it. This anonymous freshman from a class of Pakistani immigrants was about to become famous, and the accuracy of his bone-chilling prediction would put him in the limelight for many years to come.
The teacher had heard the freshman making a comment and she approached him about it. “Do you see those two buildings?” he asked while pointing toward the World Trade Center. “They won’t be standing there next week.”
Five days later at 8:45 a.m., DiLorenzo would hear the explosion and would get the chance to watch the buildings crumble to the ground. She was obviously disturbed by the prophetic statement made prior to the World Trade Center attack. Subsequently, on Sept. 13, DiLorenzo took the account to the principal’s office at the New Utrecht High School. This prompted a visit from the NYPD, sending twelve officers to the school for a 3-hour lockdown.
Interrogation from FBI agents would get confirmation from the student who had previously warned his English teacher about the towers. The boy later returned to school, along with his other brother.
Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, an investigative reporter, interviewed DiLorenzo and published the story on Oct. 11, 2001. The Journal News ran the story on page 7A instead of making it a headline, claiming that it was too ‘sensitive’ for the front page. Ironically, Shapiro later received phone calls from several major media organizations across the nation. He even gave an interview with Matt Lauer on the Today show. His story was indeed sensitive, but it was a hot potato.
Oddly enough, Shapiro later confirmed that his sources had informed him that the same boy from New Utrecht High School predicted a plane crash on Nov. 12, 2001.
The prophetic student from DiLorenzo’s class had accurately anticipated another catastrophe. American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into the Belle Harbor neighborhood of Queens, a borough of New York City, shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport on November 12, 2001. There were 260 fatalities on board and 5 on the ground. Terrorism was officially ruled out as the cause but some are not quite convinced of that.
This story is just one out of many conspiracy theories dealing with the 9/11 attacks. There may be other missing links to add to the list.
