Boy, do I feel dumb.
You shouldn't. My initial reaction to these terror attacks is usually to link the date of occurence with a significant date of a past event. 7/7/05 adding up to 19 immediately stood out.
Don't feel bad.
I assumed you could count.
Smiling...
"Boy, do I feel dumb."
You should pat yourself on the back.
The events in NYC and DC did not begin the morning of 9/11. It began with the high-level assassination in Afghanistan of Ahmed Shah Massoud, leader of the anti-Taliban, anti-AQ resistance on 9/9/01.
From over here, that sounds like a footnote. But after the 9/11 Report, it seems evident the new administration was planning to go after AQ in a way the previous one had not. Massoud was key to the ongoing efforts to eliminate AQ leadership. There was no greater enemy they faced pre-9/11.
9+9+1=19