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Old 12-04-2003, 12:29 PM   #17 (permalink)
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So I guess that's pretty insignificant, right?
BTW - 4 were hijacked - <i>ONLY</i> three reached their target - but the passengers and crew of Flight 93 are just as dead as the others.
My bad - you're right - it was 4.

But, yes, in terms of the odds that I'd be on a plane that is hijacked, it IS pretty insignificant. We're not talking about whether it was a terrible thing or a tragedy or whether or not we should be upset about it or anything. We're talking about if we're afraid to fly on planes. So, statistically speaking, the fact that 4 planes were hijacked one morning, out of the hundreds of thousands of plane flights every year, is pretty insignificant. Not unimportant by any means, just insignificant if you're looking at whether or not there is a risk to yourself if you fly somewhere.
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