“Osama bin Laden telephoned his mother in Syria the day before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks [September 10, 2001] to tell her that he could not meet her there because ‘something big’ was imminent that would end their communications for a long time, a senior foreign official said tonight [October 2, 2001].”
– Patrick E. Tyler and Philip Shenon, “Call by bin Laden Before Attacks is Reported,” The New York Times, Oct. 2, 2001