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False Alarm

I found an interesting story whilst I was browsing CNN.com. Apparently, a small passenger plane, flown by Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle, crashed into a condominium complex in Manhattan. Both Lidle and his flight instructor were killed during impact, and several others were injured. Witnesses claim to have seen the plane flying sporadically before colliding with the skyscraper and falling to the ground. The story, although tragic, wouldn’t seem to cause a huge fuss. People however, starting thinking about 9-11 and thought of this as another terrorist act. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) sent fighter jets to monitor major US cities as a precaution, which is the exact same thing that happened after the 9-11 attacks. After the crash was deemed certain not to have been a terrorist attack, the fighters were called back.

Even though the incident turned out to be nothing more than a tragic accident, it shows how much terrorism, like 9-11, still affects people today. After the indicial crash took place, citizens of Manhattan didn’t know anything more than what was shown on TV, which was just word that a plane had crashed into a building. It would have been impossible for the citizens of Manhattan not to think of 9-11 after what has happened. With word spreading quickly via the use of phones and communication technology, many people became frightened of the possibility that this incident could have been a terrorist attack. Terrorism still strikes fear into people, even though America hasn’t had a major attack since 9-11. It still remains a very real possibility that an attack could still happen.

Full Story Here…if you feel so inclined to read

posted by Anonymous @ 10/12/2006 06:23:00 PM