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Mission

Debunk 9/11 Myths works to dispel myths and conspiracy theories surrounding the 9/11 attacks, and to serve as a general information resources about the attacks.

About the site

9/11 truth at Ground Zero
9/11 truth at Ground Zero
On occasion, people from the JREF forums come down on Saturdays to challenge the truthers. NYCEMT86 (on the left, in green and white) is here talking to Luke Rudkowski (of "We Are Change").
On occasion, people from the JREF forums come down on Saturdays to challenge the truthers. NYCEMT86 (on the left, in green and white) is here talking to Luke Rudkowski (of "We Are Change").

During 2006, 9/11 conspiracy theories gained a following, with theories ranging from belief that the U.S. government knew about 9/11 in advance and chose not to act and prevent it, to theories that the U.S. government actually orchestrated the murder of nearly 3,000 at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and rural Pennsylvania. These theories take every irregularity, and cherry-picked quotes, piecing them together to form an “alternative” version of events, which are propagated on numerous websites and blogs. This website takes on these theories, sorting fact from fiction.

This website was established by ″Debunk911″, who lives in the Washington, D.C. area, close to the Pentagon, and has often visited NYC. One Saturday in the summer of 2006, ″Debunk911″ encountered 9/11 truthers outside the WTC PATH station, with signs, banners and handing out fliers to passerbys. The idea of the truthers bringing the ″truth″ to Ground Zero, or at least their theories not being challenged, goes a bit too far. With that, the idea of creating a website to dispel myths put forth by 9/11 truthers was born.

The site and its authors have no political agenda, and do not endorse or support the George W. Bush administration, nor other political parties. Sources are provided for material compiled on the site, to allow veracity of information to be checked by readers. The site strives to be a general educational resources about the 9/11 attacks.

The author of the site has also edited 9/11 pages on Wikipedia, getting the articles there to Featured article quality. (so far 7 World Trade Center and Construction of the World Trade Center are featured) That's the level of quality (or better) that this site is aiming for, but it's all a work in progress. This site builds upon work done over at Wikipedia, with more details here than what's possible or suitable for Wikipedia.

As well, the site author is currently learning Arabic. With some of these theories and myths having more following in the Middle East, there are plans to provide an Arabic-language version of this site. It will probably be next summer, when this starts to happen. Please check back.

Credits

The site builds upon work already done by others, including Mark Roberts ("Gravy") who wrote the Loose Change Guide, Mike Williams who runs 911myths.com, Pat and James B. (authors of the Screw Loose Change blog), the authors of Debunking911.com, the editors of Popular Mechanics who wrote "Debunking The 9/11 Myths - Mar. 2005 Cover Story", members of the JREF forums, "RealityBites" and Abby Scott (creator of 911 Conspiracy Wars - "The Movie") who joined Gravy at Ground Zero during the summer to counter the "truthers", and countless others.

Donations

The site is entirely a volunteer effort, and does not accept any donations.

Here are some foundations and organizations that are accepting contributions:


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