Originally Posted by raisin
Trains could get lots of people out quickly.
One would think this was a very, very good lesson in the importance of a good national public transportation system.
Great, unless the trains aren't running. One of the first things that happened on 9/11 is that many forms of public transportation were shut down for fear that an opportunistic terrorist would wreak more havoc using it. There is no silver bullet here. Well, maybe personal jetpacks.