On the morning of September 11, 2001, a hijacked Boeing 767, American Airlines Flight 11, crashed into the north tower of World Trade Center at 8:45 a.m. (EDT). Twenty-eight minutes later, a second hijacked Boeing 767, United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston en route to LA, hit the south tower. Controlled by ten terrorists, these two passenger jets tore gapping holes in WTC, and set both buildings afire. At 9:43 a.m., American Airlines Flight 77, also hijacked, slammed into the Pentagon, while …showed first 75 words of 1153 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1153 total…to the carnage of Sept. 11. Neither is our panic, hatred or blind sympathy. If terrorism is to be countered, our understanding of it must go beyond the threat posed by al Qaeda or any other particular terrorist group at the moment. Instead, sober reflection should be prompted as we endeavor to save human civilization from the plague of terrorism. Otherwise, not only will terrorism be ineradicable, but it may also risks becoming unmanageable as well.