I didn't interpret it as a drill, I saw it as a representative from a security consultancy talking about the fact that they were organising an EXERCISE to deal with such an event.
The reasons for those targets is so obvious that any number of people can wave manilla folders with details for such an event and say 'Told you so' in order to drum up sales or publicity.
Ever since that US bomber flew into the Empire state building, using an aircraft to hit a building has been on contingency plans for security, fire and safety, engineering, etc.
Shit, I read Tom Clancy's book in which a Japanese pilot steals a 747 and flies it into the senate building a few months before 9/11.
All this stuff is nothing new.
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