Before taking over four flights on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, the 19 hijackers gathered various forms of identification to carry out their plans. And according to state Sen. Kevin O'Toole (R-Essex), some of those terrorists even had driver's licenses from New Jersey. O'Toole made that claim in a recent opinion piece in the Times of Trenton about...
Before taking over four flights on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, the 19 hijackers gathered various forms of identification to carry out their plans. And according to state Sen. Kevin O'Toole (R-Essex), some of those terrorists even had driver's licenses from New Jersey.
O'Toole made that claim in a recent opinion piece in the Times of Trenton about needed technology upgrades in the state's Motor Vehicle Commission. But based on research done by the FBI and the 9/11 Commission staff, the senator's history lesson is wrong. The hijackers collectively received driver's licenses and state identification cards from five states, but not New Jersey.
Read the complete ruling at PolitiFactNJ.com and then join the conversation about it at NJ.com.
State Sen. Kevin O'Toole (R-Essex) claimed some of the 9/11 hijackers used New Jersey driver's licenses to carry out their attacks. The Politifact New Jersey team has determined this is false.More N.J. Truth-O-Meter rulings:
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