I'm not defending anyone who claimed this definitely is terrorism, but...
If you choose to wait around for the government to tell you an event is terror related, before taking basic precautions or preparations, you are welcome to, but Charles Darwin may want a word with you.
Hope for the best, plan for the worst. Balance is good, extremes are less productive.
correct.
this case unfolded the way it should have - certainly the initial indication was of something dramatically out of the ordinary - planes don't crash into manhattan buildings every day. so the speculation was warranted.
but as the facts become known, a new evaluation emerges.