Maybe some student twisted it a bit to fit 9/11 as a hoax, but it was based on a pretty well known prophecy of Nostradomus. There was an HBO special on Nostradomus back in the '80's that talked about this prophecy. If I remember correctly the wording was very similar, I clearly remember the bit about the great city and the eagelk and the bear. The basics were an attack by some Middle East Country on New York City leading to WW3. With Russia and the U.S finally joining forces to conquer the enemy. The attack back then was interpreted to be nukes, however, and they even had a scene were some Arab in a blue turban pushes the button. The good news though was that after the long war was over the world would enjoy peace for hundreds of years, or something like that.