{"id":2658359,"date":"2026-09-11T11:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-how-james-woods-encountered-then-reported-multiple-9-11-hijackers-to-the-fbi\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T11:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:57:58","slug":"flashback-how-james-woods-encountered-then-reported-multiple-9-11-hijackers-to-the-fbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-how-james-woods-encountered-then-reported-multiple-9-11-hijackers-to-the-fbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback: How James Woods Encountered, Then Reported Multiple 9\/11 Hijackers to the FBI"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflashback-how-james-woods-encountered-then-reported-multiple-9-11-hijackers-to-the-fbi%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2658359&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Exactly 25 years ago, nearly 3,000 innocent peopel lost their lives in the devastating 9\/11 terror attacks. there are reports that actor James Woods noticed suspicious behaviour from four men on a flight from boston to Los Angeles shortly before the attacks. Woods described these men as acting strangely-refusing to eat or sleep, sitting erect, staring straight ahead, and speaking only in inaudible tones-and believed they might be hijackers. He alerted the flight crew and the pilot, and later reported the incident to the FBI. Despite no public confirmation from authorities on whether the flight was a dry run for the attacks, Woods&#8217; account suggests it may have been a precursor to the hijackers\u2019 plans. Woods\u2019 proactive warning is now remembered as a potential early attempt to prevent the tragedy, with some calling him a hero for trying to stop the horror.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Exactly 25 years ago today, nearly 3,000 innocent people died in the most horrific terror attacks in modern history. Had red flags been seen, those lives may have been saved.<\/p>\n<p>One of those red flags, it turns out, reportedly came from none other than actor James Woods.<\/p>\n<p>In a story he relayed to Fox News\u2019 Bill O\u2019Reilly in 2002, Woods said he initially encountered the men on a flight from Boston to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>He wouldn\u2019t say what behavior initially alerted him. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Entertainment\/story?id=102411&#038;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a> said shortly after the attacks that Woods told the FBI \u201cthat he was alone in first class with the four men and noticed during the entire cross-country flight that none of them had anything to eat or drink, nor did they read, sleep, or appear to make themselves comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey sat erect in their seats and stared straight ahead, saying nothing to flight attendants and speaking to each other only in inaudible tones,\u201d the outlet continued.<\/p>\n<p>This behavior, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fed-islam-james-woods-issues-savage-statement-will-offend-every-muslim-earth-give-hope-everyone-else\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woods<\/a> told O\u2019Reilly, had him asking the flight attendant if he could speak with the pilot of the jet, and the first officer came out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI reported to him that I felt that the four men \u2014 and I said, \u2018Can you look over my shoulder and see who I\u2019m talking about?\u2019 and he said, \u2018Yeah\u2019 \u2014 I said I think they\u2019re going to hijack this plane,\u201d Woods said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, everything they\u2019re doing, and I explained to him these details, which I\u2019ve been asked to keep private until whatever jurisdiction, you know, whatever trials may take place. Their behavior was such that I felt that they were going to hijack the plane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When he arrived home, he was asked by his girlfriend at the time how the flight was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, aside from the terrorists and the turbulence, it was fine,\u201d he said he responded. \u201cWhich was now in retrospect not such a very funny joke, but it was Aug. 1 and nobody was thinking along those lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cbc-caves-common-sense-refusing-refer-9-11-terror-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">After 9\/11 happened<\/a>, one of his friends told him to call the FBI. The individual he talked to was \u201ca very intelligent young man\u201d who said that due to the volume of tips and the possibility he might have to testify at a trial, \u201cyou won\u2019t hear from us\u201d about it.<\/p>\n<p>That changed the next morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuarter to 7:00 the next morning, I get a phone call that actually wakes me up. And they said, \u2018We want to talk to you about the flight that you took in August,\u2019\u201d Woods said. \u201cI said, well, look, I\u2019ll get ready and I\u2019ll come down to the federal building. He said, \u2018That\u2019s OK, we\u2019re outside your house. We\u2019ll just wait for you here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was definitely indicative of the seriousness, although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-arrests-gay-podcaster-former-tv-host-threatening-kill-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the FBI<\/a> didn\u2019t tell him initially whether the passengers matched the names on the manifest in direct terms.<\/p>\n<p>However, one made it pretty clear they had a good idea: \u201cWell, we\u2019ve had 36,000 tips in one day. And there\u2019s two of us and we\u2019re going to be at your house all this morning. So you can do the math, but we can\u2019t tell you,\u201d he told Woods.<\/p>\n<p>Woods told O\u2019Reilly that in the interim, \u201cI have identified for sure two of them as two of the terrorists who actually were not on Flight 11, but one was on Flight 175 and one was on Flight 77. And I\u2019ve been told unofficially, not by the FBI, but by someone else in a higher level of government, believe it or not, just through a coincidence, through a mutual friend, that all four of them were terrorists involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>American Airlines Flight 11 was one of the two flights that originated from Boston that were involved in the attacks, along with United Flight 175.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Did you know?<\/p>\n<p>James Woods observed and reported four suspicious men making a dry run on an airline flight before the 9\/11 attacks.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NeverForget?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NeverForget<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/laQwpTzznV\">pic.twitter.com\/laQwpTzznV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wojciech Pawelczyk (@WojPawelczyk) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WojPawelczyk\/status\/1833796553506472050?\">September 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A week after the attacks, ABC News reported that the flight Woods was on \u201cnow appears to have been a dry run\u201d for the hijackings. While he did not report it to the FBI, Woods said, the flight crew reported the incident to the Federal Aviation Administration.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/105th-islamist-terror-plot-us-since-9-11-foiled-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI<\/a> has never publicly acknowledged whether or not the flight was indeed a dry run, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/hercules-actor-james-woods-recalls-fbi-cal-9-11-1952583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> reported. However, Woods has continued to post about it on the anniversary of the attacks, two years ago getting millions of views on X for a reminder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwenty-three years ago today I picked up the phone, and with no little trepidation, called the FBI to report a flight I had taken with some suspicious fellow passengers,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealJamesWoods\/status\/1833911035180581057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cThe response I got was thoroughly professional and so impressive, and the beginning of a decade-long saga.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And, with the 25th anniversary of that horrible day approaching, others are thanking the actor for taking the initiative to alert the crew and the FBI after the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod bless you James and thank you for trying to stop the horror of that day by reporting the dry run,\u201d Megyn Kelly <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/megynkelly\/status\/2098184966924362186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> Thursday evening. \u201cYou\u2019re a hero.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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If warning signs had been recognized, those lives might have been spared. One such warning reportedly came from actor James Woods. He shared with Fox News that he noticed suspicious behavior on a flight from Boston to Los Angeles before 9\/11. Woods didn&#8217;t specify what initially alerted him, but ABC News reported that he told the FBI he observed four men sitting quietly without eating or sleeping, speaking only in inaudible tones, and avoiding eye contact during the entire flight. Woods asked a flight attendant to speak with the pilot and expressed his concern that they might hijack the plane. Afterward, he was contacted by the FBI and later identified two of these men as terrorists involved in the attacks-one on Flight 175 and another on Flight 77-leading him to believe all four were connected to terrorist plots. A week after September 11th, ABC suggested that Woods&#8217; flight may have been a dry run for hijacking. Despite not reporting it directly at first, Woods&#8217; account has since gained recognition for its potential significance in understanding pre-attack warnings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2658360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-09-11T102635.721.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[56199,50645,85508,48115],"class_list":["post-2658359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-9-11-2","tag-fbi-2","tag-hijackers","tag-james-woods"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-09-11T102635.721.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2658359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2658359"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2658359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2658362,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2658359\/revisions\/2658362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2658360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2658359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2658359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2658359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}