Thank you for your kind words. Here's a thought I haven't seen covered by the news or talkings heads on TV: If we act to 'totally eliminate' this sort of risk in the future, we risk losing some of the civil rights we as Americans love so dearly. I don't think we would stand for a 'frisk them, tear apart every item in the luggage, and perform a body cavity search to boot' upon entering a plane for long, before realizing that the cure is worse than the disease. What happened was despicable, and had no honor in it. But we should not be so afraid, that we foolishly pass laws effectively giving up our civil liberties in exchange for increased security when entering airplanes. Instead, we could focus on what we can do, if involved in a situation like this in the future. I know that I personally will think twice, if I'm ever in a hostage situation such as those people on the airplane. You only live once - far better to cry 'Get 'em guys, they can't kill us all!' and rush the terrorists en masse, than sit quietly and let them take out 10,000 people with them. :-( --Kamilche