All The CEOs Were Out To Lunch on 9-11?

Starting at 9:04 in the Q & A Session in Oakland, a gal brings up the question of Jew didn't show up for work that day. I mean, who didn't show up for work that day. With a yarmulke. I'm proud to report that Jason Bermas doesn't take the bait, instead he shifts the blame to another group (9:20):

But other than that, the CEOs being out to lunch that day... there's just so much kinda evidence, you know who was there and who wasn't...

At this point the woman interjects and says that Al Franken (a Jew) admits to having been warned not to go to work that day. I did a quick Google and didn't find anything, but that's not to say that Al didn't get the same call as Willie Brown from his good friend Condoleezza Rice (see below). But the filmmakers, to their credit want to stick to the high road and kick the CEOs in the shins (10:00):

"Other than that, the CEOs all being gone that day..."

All? That's not too hard to check.

This site notes:

A very large share of victims had high-level professional occupations. It is unprecedented for a terrorist attack to claim the lives of so large a number of corporate presidents, partners, chief operating officers, executive and senior vice presidents, and vice presidents (12%). Another 10% are listed as bond and securities traders and brokers.

Here's a list of those who died including:

Herman Sandler, Chief Executive, Sandler O'Neill.
Richard Barry Ross, President and Chief Executive, The Ross Group

So, as usual, it's the fruitloops who produced Loose Change who are out to lunch. As best as I can determine, the only CEO who was out "to lunch" (of course nobody was really out to lunch at 9:00 AM in New York) was Ann Tatlock of Fiduciary Trust, who was attending a charity golf tournament hosted by Warren Buffet.

Note regarding Condoleezza Rice and Willie Brown. If you Google Condoleezza Rice Warned Willie Brown, you'll get a bunch of links to the CT nutbars, but I did find this blog post:

Da Willie was holding forth on one of the strangest rumors to come out of the 9/11 Commission hearings. Relatives and friends of those who died on 9/11 were wondering about a story that makes the rounds that Condi Rice had warned Willie Brown on 9/10/2001 not to take a plane flight to New York because of an imminent threat of a terrorist attack. Says Willie Brown, “This one of those stories that takes on a life of its own on the ‘Net and talk radio. In fact, I never received any particular warning of anything. In the previous months we at City Hall, like those at city halls across the country, were receiving notices of increased concern about terrorism. But there was never anything specific. And I didn’t get any special notice from Condoleezza Rice. We just received the same info all municipalities did.”