It is amazing that this show had a terrorism plot of the type it did. in this case--NUCLEAR terrorism.
A plot that had MANY similarities to 9-11. An attack using commercial planes. Targets cities"" NEW YORK, LA and DC." Hijacked planes flying to those cities. BUT in THIS case--with small nukes on board(IIRC, 20KT yield) Such a bomb, detonated above Manhattan or DC or LA would have killed probably killed 100 THOUSAND people, or more EACH!! ALL of the trade center area, for about 5 square miles around would have been ASHES, had they been fired off over them.
IN the movie, of course, the plot is averted in the final seconds before detonation of the bombs, and only the terrorists and the crews of the hijacked planes die.
A very gripping movie, especially after September 11.
A plot that had MANY similarities to 9-11. An attack using commercial planes. Targets cities"" NEW YORK, LA and DC." Hijacked planes flying to those cities. BUT in THIS case--with small nukes on board(IIRC, 20KT yield) Such a bomb, detonated above Manhattan or DC or LA would have killed probably killed 100 THOUSAND people, or more EACH!! ALL of the trade center area, for about 5 square miles around would have been ASHES, had they been fired off over them.
IN the movie, of course, the plot is averted in the final seconds before detonation of the bombs, and only the terrorists and the crews of the hijacked planes die.
A very gripping movie, especially after September 11.