Right now I'm hearing that people trapped alive in the rubble are calling relatives on their cellphones. Now THAT'S a damned restriction of their liberty, wouldn't you say? Aren't they the most important 'casualties' at the moment?
Yes, they are important casualties. And the only thing that any of us can do for them is donate blood. There are people working on getting them out. If *we* try to enter Manhattan to help, we are subject to arrest.
The next most important thing that we can do is make sure that our liberty survives this attack because just as there are those working to free the victims at the WTC, there are anti-freedom congresscritters and others that will want us to surrender our liberty for some false hope of limited security. When would the best time be for them to do their dirty work? I would suggest that it is while everyone is stunned and grieving and looking for 'answers' and 'help'.