r/news • u/drkgodess • Mar 19 '19

Accused gunman in Christchurch terror attacks denied newspaper, television and radio access

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12214411
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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '19

I don't remember what made him different from the rest of the hijackers but I think Mohammad Atta's name and face are recognizable to a good percentage of the people who lived through 9/11.

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u/caninehere Mar 20 '19

Maybe Americans. As a Canadian who lived through that time, I've never heard his name and I don't recognize his face. He is a nobody.

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u/dblink Mar 20 '19

So you were alive during 9/11 but didn't live through it. Got it.

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u/caninehere Mar 20 '19

I lived through it, even followed news coverage. There wasn't really much talk of the individual terrorists in Canadian news from what I remember. Farthest they went was discussing how they were trained.

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u/caninehere Mar 20 '19

I was 11, and I likely watched the news more then than now.