When this matter first came to light, I was under the impression that the 'D.C. crash and the N.Y. crash(es) were unrelated, hence my remark that "they could have gotten closer" than they did. However, it seems that the two were not separate incidents, and that they got quite close enough in D.C. I certainly have no regrets that they didn't do more damage, as my remark might have suggested to some. There are over 50K people who work in the WTC and adjacent buildings or live there. Based on the time of day at which this event occurred, there was undoubtedly enormous loss of life. Apparently as the, up to that point, largely intact portion of the WTC began to give way, numerous people chose to jump to their deaths through the broken windows rather than being buried alive in the rubble of the collapsing structure. It's deserves a moment's contemplation to consider what was in the minds of those people as it became evident that their lives were ending. Pentagon, and there was considerable damage and loss of life. Information is not so forthcoming about that, however. I suspect that this event will lead to considerable change in the U.S. policy toward rogue nations and those considered to be sponsors of world terrorism. I also expect that the U.S. Gov will amend its policy toward states that shelter terrorist organizations and that harbor known terrorists, irrsepective of their cultural/religious association with those nations. It's my sincere hope that the GOV will not be too quick to choose a scapegoat or to measure its response to what it learns or thinks it learns. Even if they destroy every evidence of life from Afghanistan to Libya, it won't restore those buildings, nor will it restore the lives lost or destroyed by this event. The GOV has already released statements that they will "hunt down and punish" those responsible. I hope this doesn't foretell a bunch of senseless misdirected violence. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:26 AM Subject: Re: World Trade crash... yea, my brother said mount weather's going to get used now...