I Was 16 When the Towers Burned. I Still Don’t Buy the Official Story.

Reflecting on nearly two decades as a millennial 9/11 truther.

As this weekend’s 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches, I have released a new piece for TLAV discussing the latest polling showing that Gen Z and Millennials continue to question the official 9/11 narrative.

For Millennials like me — those who were in high school or junior high when the attacks happened — we not only remember that day, but many of us do indeed continue to question and challenge the official narratives.

I remember being 16 years old, sitting in U.S. History, when our teacher turned on the TV so we could watch the aftermath of the initial attacks. We watched as the mainstream media reported on the events, with the smoldering Twin Towers as the New York City skyline for the final time.

My teacher told us this was going to be a historical event and he wanted us to witness it. After a few moments, he turned off the TV and rushed us back to our studies. I did not watch the towers collapse live that day.

Over the next year, as I graduated from high school, the narrative about Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein began forming. Americans wanted vengeance and the majority were not ready to ask the hard questions about what actually happened. For a moment, in March 2003, I was one of those Americans. I remember watching the U.S. military dropping bombs on Iraq on March 20 and thinking “The bad guys are going down!”.

I was much too young to truly understand the geopolitical implications of the U.S. going into the Middle East to finish up what had started in the early 1990s. I didn’t yet know about the various war games taking place on September 11, 2001. I wasn’t aware of the “missing trillions”. I certainly didn’t know anything about the collapse of WTC7. I hadn’t learned of the work of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, or Dr. Judy Wood, or any of the other countless researchers, academics, firefighters, and family members calling for a new investigation into 9/11.

I wouldn’t begin my journey into this world of mystery until several years later. In November 2009, I was attending a street music festival in my hometown of Houston, Texas. Someone randomly handed me a sticker that read “9/11 Was an Inside Job” and walked away. About a month later I decided to search “9/11 Was an Inside Job” online and, sure enough, it led me down the rabbit hole of 9/11 Truth and many other controversial topics.

By 2010, I was volunteering with the local chapter of A&E for 9/11 Truth, helping host documentary screenings for hundreds of curious Houstonians. In September 2011, I decided to go to NYC for the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. I met thousands of activists from across the United States, but also from faraway places such as the UK, Denmark, Australia, and Germany. I quickly realized that I was not alone in my questioning of the attacks.

From 2011 to 2017, I regularly attended the annual protests and conferences in NYC. I also began producing my own reports and documentaries on the questions I had about 9/11.

Now, for the 25th anniversary, I will be attending the Turning the Tide: 9/11 25 Years Later event in New York City. The event features researchers and journalists such as Dr. Niels Harrit, Richard Gage (AIA), Bret Weinstein, PhD, Former U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich, Richard Grove, Jimmy Dore, James Li, and even Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame. On Sunday morning I will be giving a presentation titled “From 9/11 to OKC: The Power Structure Behind False Flags”.

Twenty-five years after I watched the Twin Towers burning from my high school history class, and 17 years after I began asking questions about 9/11, I am proud to be among the growing number of Americans who do not trust the official narrative.

To be sure, there are many opposing and conflicting theories within the 9/11 Truth movement, and division and accusations are not in short supply. However, one thing is certain – we know we were lied to. Now let’s focus on getting to the truth of what happened.