They're probably all West Coasters, and obviously didn't lose anyone on 9-11.
I lost a cousin, a heroic firefighter who was trying to free people from an elevator in one of the towers, just as it collapsed.
He was 34 years old. He left a wife and two little sons.
You are right. These naysayers are jerks. Wait until it happens to someone they love.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Look at what happened in Boston yesterday: a whole town stopped in its tracks because some advertising agency decides it would be a good idea to put electronic devices on bridges and tunnels.
NYers recently had to endure a natural gas "scare" and before that had to put up with a small plane gliding around the canyons of NYC before smashing through a high rise. In each case, cops were called out in the droves. Should all of these things been ignored because they turned out to be non-terrorist acts? I don't think so.