ABSTRACT
In the wake of the attacks on the United States in September of 2001, many victims, families of victims, citizens, and leaders of our country asked the same question: Given all of our technological advancements and abilities, how could these attacks occur? The realization of our true vulnerability and the false sense of security given to us by that technology were exemplified by an editorial that appeared in the Chicago Tribune on September 12, 2001: “And then, come a Tuesday in September, we realize that for all our progress, all our technology, our cities are infinitely more vulnerable to attack than were the coarse, walled cities of medieval Europe” (University of Wisconsin historian Stan K. Schultz, The Vulnerabilities, p. 22, 2001).
