To understand the mystery, we must first broaden our viewpoint, both laterally and through time.
Our account begins with a middle-aged captain sailing west and entering what would eventually be known as the New York Bay. For the first time in history, a European sets his vision on the future New York.
The date?
September 11, 1609.
Henry Hudson, onboard his ship The Half Moon, has no way of imagining the tragedy that will occur at this very spot precisely 392 years later.
9/11/1609 and 9/11/2001, a 1 in 365 chance (0.27%) if calculated solely on the date! A surprise indeed, but a coincidence? Perhaps. However, we'll see September yet again in the pages that follow.