Originally Posted by quantum-x

Age is irrelevant in this discussion (but you are close..)

If you recall, there were also the Madrid train bombings, and the London Tube attacks, not to mention countless other disasters (China floods + quakes, where a phenomenal number of people lost their lives) around the same time.

I'm not attempting to discount the loss of life at all, however, I firmly believe that the examples set by the UK and Spain in response to their respective attacks was and is much more poignant than that of the US.