I have to wonder what we would have been told happened if the Shoe Bomber had been successful.
His attempt is still not listed often among TERRORIST ATTACKS since 9-11. Just becuase he was unsuccessful does not mean the attack didn't happen. He was stopped IN THE ACT.
The greatest hero of the WOT was the stewardess who stopped him. Why isn't she a household name? Where's the movie?
Really, I'm asking. I don't know.