Typing 'Q33NY' into a word processor and changing the font to 'Wingdings' reveals a prediction of the attack on the World Trade Center.

See the email here.

No, 'Q33NY' has no relation to the attack on the World Trade Center.

'Q33NY' is described as an 'arrival code' of one of the airliners that was crashed into the World Trade Center. The problem is, there is this 'arrival code' does not correspond to either of the identifications of the ill-fated flights.

The flight numbers of the airplanes, AA011 (American Airlines 11) and UAL175 (United Airlines 175), don't correspond to 'Q33NY.'

The FAA registration numbers of the aircraft aren't 'Q33NY' either, they were:

• N334AA (American Airlines flight 11)
• N612UA (United Airlines flight 175)
• N644AA (American Airlines flight 77)
• N591UA (United Airlines flight 93)

Another explanation offered is 'Q33' is a bus route in Queens. The Urban Legend Zeitgeist points out that a bus didn't crash into the World Trade Center.

So where does 'Q33NY' come from? Some bright spark strung together some symbols in Wingdings and has passed them off as prophecy.

Sheesh.

Web references:

• Terrorist Attacks: The Wingdings Prophecies from About.com
• Wingdings from Snopes.com

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