Orders of magnitudes more people will be unaffected by any attack than will be affected by an attack. It is of critical importance that the rest of us remain as calm as possible, stay dialed in, and help others to avoid any precipitous action during the early aftermath.
Keep in mind that early reports are often wrong or just plain exaggerated.
Help keep the phone lines clear, stay home if you don't absolutely have to travel, and encourage others to do the same.
There's a very good chance that increased security and vigilance will force the terrorists to postpone or cancel their attacks, or that they will be apprehended before being able to reach their targets, but if they do manage to get through, the best weapon we have in the aftermath is rational thought.
I just filled my gas tank. It gives me some options, at least to keep the family together.
I'm coming into all of this late, but seems their focusing on monetary institutions.....World Bank (which was in the news a day or 2 ago) , International Monetary Fund.