"After Lockerbie, everyone thought, now we've learned the lesson of how to be proactive instead of being reactive. Unfortunately, September 11 came and we know the result. Thousands of people lost their lives. Security totally failed, not at one airport, at three different airports around the country"
- Isaac Yeffet
About this Quote
This quote by Isaac Yeffet is referring to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. After this tragedy, people believed that the lesson had actually been learned which security measures would be taken to prevent comparable attacks in the future. Sadly, this was not the case. On September 11, 2001, terrorists had the ability to pirate and crash planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. This attack showed that security measures had actually stopped working at three various airports around the country, resulting in the loss of countless lives. This quote functions as a pointer of the significance of being proactive in security procedures, rather than reactive, in order to avoid future catastrophes.
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