[wu_trax]

well, a lot of people from a lot of different countries died, that kind of makes it global, doesn't it?

[dfwgator]

Just as it wasn't only Americans that died on 9/11.

[Rodney King]

well, a lot of people from a lot of different countries died, that kind of makes it global, doesn't it?

Well, the catasrophe itself was local. I would say that it would be a global catastrophe if the tsunami hit around the world.