Mother of 9/11 Victim Recalls NY Post's SMEAR CAMPAIGN of Her Son

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1. Claim 1

   Accurate96% confidence▶ 0:05

   “there were people suggesting of course that your son Salman because he was Muslim, because his first name was Mohammad Salman Hamdani, perhaps he hadn't gone there to rescue people.”

   Some people suggested that Mohammad Salman Hamdani might have been involved in the attacks because he was Muslim.

   Contemporary reporting documented anti-Muslim suspicion surrounding Hamdani’s disappearance, while later accounts described rumors that he was a terrorist or hiding. The claim says only that some people made this suggestion, which is supported.

   Sources

   • 1A Muslim Family in N.Y. Fears For a Son Who Loved America↗

     SupportsBut while the Hamdanis pound the streets looking for their son, they are constantly aware of the widespread assumption that Muslims were responsible for the attack.

   • 2Mother of Muslim NYPD cadet who died at Ground Zero fights to have son's name on 9/11 memorial for first responders↗

     SupportsThey went from missing their son, to being falsely accused of being associated with terrorism, to finding their son's corpse.

2. Claim 2

   Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 0:34

   “Salman always carried the Quran.”

   Hamdani always carried the Quran.

   Available reporting confirms that Hamdani read the Quran and prayed five times a day, but the specific universal claim that he always carried it is not independently established by the sources found.

   Checked twice, independently: the first pass returned Unverifiable and the second Accurate. Recorded as Unverifiable.

   Sources

   • 1Collateral Damage↗

     BackgroundHe read the Koran and prayed five times a day.

   • 2A Muslim Family in N.Y. Fears For a Son Who Loved America↗

     BackgroundHe prays five times a day and reads the Koran in English.

3. Claim 3

   Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 0:37

   “He was a devout Muslim, prayed five times a day.”

   Hamdani prayed five times a day and was serious or devout about his Muslim faith.

   This is a specific claim about Hamdani’s private religious practice. The available sources report that his mother described him as Muslim and that he carried a Quran, but they do not independently establish that he prayed five times daily.

   Checked twice, independently: the first pass returned Accurate and the second Unverifiable. Recorded as Unverifiable.

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   • 1A Muslim Family in N.Y. Fears For a Son Who Loved America↗

     BackgroundFor while his parents -- first-generation immigrants -- still observe much of their traditional way of life, Sal defined himself as an American whose religion happened to be Islam.

4. Claim 4

   Accurate96% confidence▶ 0:46

   “he was seen at the Midtown Tunnel at 11:00 a.m.”

   The New York Post reported that someone saw Hamdani at the Midtown Tunnel at about 11:00 a.m.

   Accounts reproducing or describing the October 12, 2001, New York Post story say it reported that police had received a sighting of someone resembling Hamdani near the Midtown Tunnel the previous morning; family accounts place the reported time at 11:00 a.m.

   Sources

   • 1CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE, March 11, 2011↗

     SupportsCops at the Midtown Tunnel reported spotting someone who looked like Hamdani yesterday morning.

   • 2Mother of a Muslim Patriot: Mohammad Salman Hamdani↗

     SupportsThe NY Post's sensational headline blared "Missing or Hiding" under Salman's picture , and claimed someone saw him later that day at 11 A.M. at the midtown tunnel on October 12, 2001, when I was in Mecca and not here to defend my son.

5. Claim 5

   Accurate50% confidence▶ 0:53

   “He wrote trying to paint a picture of him being as a terrorist.”

   The New York Post article framed Hamdani as a possible terrorist.

   The article’s headline and reporting were widely described as implying that Hamdani might be hiding or connected to terrorism. The claim concerns the article’s framing, not whether Hamdani was actually a terrorist.

   Sources

   • 1Muslim Gets Due As Hero↗

     SupportsFor six months after Sept. 11, the family of Salman Hamdani had to endure the rumors that he was a fugitive terrorist, or that he was in federal custody.

   • 2Let’s Just Round Them Up: The Rise of Islamophobia in the Post-9/11 Domestic War on Terror↗

     SupportsAs they were there, the New York Post portrayed Salman as a possible terrorist.

6. Claim 6

   Accurate50% confidence▶ 1:06

   “the Twin Tower is uh burning, has been attacked. So I went back and called my husband and he said, "Yes." And just now the second tower is coming down.”

   The World Trade Center towers were burning and had been attacked, and the South Tower was collapsing during the family’s phone call.

   The September 11, 2001, attacks struck both World Trade Center towers, which burned before collapsing. The South Tower collapsed at approximately 9:59 a.m., before the North Tower collapsed.

   Sources

   • 19/11 Memorial Timeline↗

     SupportsAt 9:59 A.M.## Collapse of the South Tower## After burning for 56 minutes, the South Tower collapses in 10 seconds.

   • 2FAQs - NIST WTC Towers Investigation↗

     SupportsWTC 2 was hit at 9:02 a.m. by United Airlines Flight 175, and collapsed at 9:58 a.m.