“Our Community Is Heartbroken” – Mayor Dies In Horrific Crash

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A community in Utah is devastated after its mayor, who was re-elected in November, passed away in a car accident.

Ren Hatt, the mayor of Green River, died in a crash Friday night on U.S. Highway 6 after his vehicle was hit head-on by a semitruck.

“Our community is heartbroken today,” the city posted on its Facebook page.

“We are saddened to share that Mayor Hatt, Ren, was involved in a fatal crash late last night on Highway 6 east of Green River. According to the Utah Highway Patrol, a semi truck drifted into the eastbound lane and struck his vehicle. The investigation is ongoing,” the post continued.

“Mayor Hatt loved this community deeply, and he served it with honesty, kindness, and unwavering commitment. We are grieving alongside his family, friends, and all who knew him. We will share more information when it becomes appropriate. For now, we ask everyone to hold his family in their thoughts during this difficult time,” it added.

More from The Salt Lake Tribune:

The semitruck collided with the Hyundai Palisade that Hatt was driving, killing him, UHP said. The semitruck driver was not injured, according to the release.

Officials said they were not sure what caused the semitruck driver to drift into Hatt’s lane, but the release said they do not suspect that the driver was impaired.

Hatt, 40, recently won reelection to lead Green River for a second term. He grew up in the rural, southeast Utah town, which is known for its melons and the river that flows under its Main Street.

As a teenager, Hatt was an all-state center fielder for Green River High School’s baseball team. He also showed an early interest in elected office as the school’s student body president.

“I am so sorry to hear of the passing of Green River Mayor Ren Hatt. Katrina and I are praying for his family, friends, and the Green River community as they mourn,” Rep. Mike Kennedy (R-UT) commented.

Deseret News shared further:

“Mayor Hatt was a dedicated public servant who cared deeply about the people of Green River and worked tirelessly on their behalf. A popular mayor, he was reelected to serve a second term, just four weeks prior to the crash, receiving over 65% of the vote. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and loved ones as we all grieve this tragedy together,” Green River officials said.

Many residents gathered at Green River High School on Saturday afternoon for a boys basketball game — seeking comfort in familiar routines and a chance to honor a leader who left an unforgettable legacy.

“We’re going to miss him a lot,” said student Jessica Norman, describing her shock of learning the news late Friday.

Jessica’s mother, Shannon Johnson, said Hatt was close to her son, Ryder, who competed in debate under Hatt’s guidance. “My son Ryder spends a lot of time with Ren,” Johnson said. “He took him to compete all over. … My son adores him.”

On the City Council, colleagues remembered Hatt for his intellect, work ethic and compassion.

“He’s such a kind person and so smart,” Councilman Larry Packer said, who served four of his six years on the council with Hatt. “He wanted good things for Green River, and he worked his butt off to make sure that happened. Very good man.”

KSL News Utah shared video coverage:

IN the summer of 2019, I was seated in the wine cellar of a walled Medieval town high above the Dordogne Valley of France, not far from Sarlat-la-Canéda, making phone calls, writing reports. I have given this story in other places and it appears as though you’re about to hear it again. Rob Skiba is a name you that you might be familiar with. Though he had made a name for himself as a Nephilim researcher, more recently Rob had taken a dive into the deep end of the pool via flat earth research. The recorded interviews I conducted between he and Rick Hummer, a fellow flat earth investigator and close friend of his, was published while still occupying that very wine cellar. Read all about it. Chicago Is Not a Mirage.

Word quickly spread. Within a few short weeks, dozens of flat earth researchers began accepting my invite for a private interview, if not a series of interviews. From a 17th-century tower built by King Louis XIV, and with a stunning view of the Alps, I sat down with Robbie Davidson, founder of the Flat Earth International Conferences, conducting multiple sessions. While staying in Dumfries, Scotland, David Weiss agreed to take part in the interviews, as did Bob Knodel of Globebusters. There were others. But when I asked the interviewees to discuss the moments that shaped their lives, among the many PSYOPs, false flag attacks, and hoaxes that were discussed, only these men committed commentary to the false 9/11 narrative.

The resulting recordings ballooned into The Unexpected Cosmology, a book which became a website and was even intended as an anthology. And of course, the following discourse was originally a chapter. It was Walt Disney who stated, “Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.” Those sentiments remain applicable here as well. American Sensationalism: The 9/11 Interviews was always intended to be expanded upon with the inclusion of new researchers. So I’m sorry to say the project became stagnant during the Covid-19 psychodrama. I took a break to tackle other projects. We lost Rob Skiba. Rob offered hours of private conversation regarding his life but we never got around to the big one. 9/11. It was in the cards. Sadly, Bob Knodel died soon afterwards. Voices are being squeezed from an entire generation. Gnosis passes with them.

In the aftermath, the FE community became fractured. People began going their separate ways. Robbie Davidson, among a noted few others who were interviewed for the project, got up and left the movement altogether. It is not my intent to erase his or the contributions of others if only brief. They came, they went, their testimonies remain.

The original vision may have hit roadblocks but it is not forgotten. I expanded this paper a few years later to include testimony from author Pauly Hart, a dear friend of mine. I had wanted to continue that trend every year thereafter but you know how it goes. For the 25th anniversary of the attack I have redirected my efforts to its first large scale expansion, including Andrew Hoy and Darrin Geisinger into the mix. Perhaps others will lend their experiences to the recorder in time.

The following is their report.

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