COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -A $10,000 reward for video showing thousands of Muslims celebrating in the streets of New Jersey after 9/11 had not been claimed Wednesday night, despite people's efforts to find video and pictures.
People emailed in videos and posted videos in hopes of securing the reward offered by a Colorado Springs businessman. However, videos submitted showed people celebrating overseas and only a handful of people reported celebrating in the U.S. The man behind the reward, Muslim businessman Khurshid Qureshi said no one has come forward with the evidence he has requested.
"I have not seen any sign, any video, any photograph that thousands of people were celebrating," said Qureshi.
Last month, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he saw thousands of Muslims celebrating in the streets after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Qureshi said he has spent hours searching the Internet for the video. Qureshi said he has read every article in New Jersey and New York in the days following 9/11.
"I could not find a single paragraph that the 10,000 or the 5,000 Muslims were celebrating," said Qureshi.
After a fruitless search, Qureshi decided to turn to the public to help track down the video. He wrote a check for anyone who can show him video or pictures of celebrations.
"I could even write a bigger check if someone can show me a large picture of a million people celebrating," said Qureshi.
