[Dirk McQuickly]

Sounds like a bomb to me. I'm taking the train to my in-laws for Christmas for this very reason -- they don't screen all the bags for explosives -- THAT's insane. after the O'Hare incident, my wife and I looked at each other and said, "F--k it, we're taking the train."

Once again, the media will begin filtering out the "debris" and "explosion" accounts from eyewitnesses.

[areafiftyone]

You just got me thinking. I am taking a flight to Florida on Christmas and am seriously thinking about driving. I have to take a flight out of JFK too which scares me. Security stinks in NY Airports.

[WomanofStandard]

Sounds like a bomb to me. I'm taking the train to my in-laws for Christmas for this very reason -- they don't screen all the bags for explosives -- THAT's insane. after the O'Hare incident, my wife and I looked at each other and said, "F--k it, we're taking the train."

I'm all for train travel since the railroad is the industry that puts food on our particular table but they don't screen ANY bags on trains so danger could lurk there as well.

[Diddle E. Squat]

You can't count on the train being safer. If this is a terrorist attack, it may be another attempt to disrupt the public's faith in air travel. So a logical extension would be to eventually attack other modes. Penn Station is a huge target, probably the most disruptive single-target to NYC.

How many flights have taken off since 9/11, tons. So the odds of you dying in air travel are still astronomically small.