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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (11186)	11/19/2001 1:57:03 PM
From: MeDroogies	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

What I would say about pure luck is that if you view the US as being basically free and feeling relatively secure in that freedom, then it was a well-aimed, but lucky shot on anybody's part. Were we more cautious regarding our freedom, such as Western Europe or Israel, this wouldn't have occurred. When you consider what happened on the 4th flight, once knowledge of what was going on was made available, you begin to see how lucky these guys were to make it to their targets. As far as one off...I don't think it was. However, it will be hard to reproduce on this scale. One thing to consider - when sarin was released in Tokyo, more people died in the panic than from the poison. The key to avoiding death in a terrorist attack is remaining calm. The fact that 25,000 people were saved at the WTC is testimony to that.