People trip over rocks and die from hitting their head every day...but if you have someone evil wandering through YOUR neighborhood hitting people on the head and killing them, your cold statistics and 'perspective' go right out the window. And if they conduct their killing by causing multi-billions in damage and disruptions to travel, industry, and financial markets world-wide, your statistics are of little interest.

Except for THIS ....everything those terrorists did is ADDED to the other disasters and misery...not instead of...........