Well Op I have to state this was a curious thread.
Might I suggest a different approach next time...
First pay for the drinks ahead of time... Give a good tip... Then tell your story...
Edit it a little bit..
Add this in... I had X family member in the first tower... They always were their for me... I couldnt be there for them that day...
Its like being victimised twice then find out there is a possibilty that the guilty are still out there..
Your fight for social proof... You had all their attention use it... Make sure sure you pause when mentioning the family member...
If you encounter a military man, ask him what branch... Tell him part of your source came from a US Navy seal... Tell them a few are looking into
it... They had few friends that died in the pentagon..
State if they find out who, I would not want to be in their shoes... Tell them oliver stone is rumored to be looking into making a movie on it. He
intends to dedicate part of the funds from the movie to scholarships for the children of the firemen and police officers who died that day...
With the waitress if she responds that way ask her who in her family was in the towers. Tell her I understand... I got real upset at first to... It
made me so mad I went and started investigating all on my own. It hurt to much to keep looking into it...
When they quote the media i.e. MSM go to our british brothers as an example. Several you have talked to online said the the BBC had completely
different footage.
Your matching news for news strategy...
I think it was ignorance of the crowd matched with non control of a social situation.... Be glad you got out alive...