I don't think that anybody could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it into the World Trade Center, take another one and slam it into the Pentagon, that they would try to use an airplane as a missile
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Acknowledging the difficulty in predicting the specific tactics of 9/11 attacks.
- In plain terms
- No one expected planes to be used as missiles to hit buildings.
- What can you take from it?
- Specific attack methods were hard to predict.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What could have predicted this?
- How do we prepare for the unknown?
Another view
Unexpected tactics still require better foresight.
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