What??? "...he was "trying" to discourage anyone from taking this flight."???????
So God isn't sovereign, then, huh? He just "tries" ... but sometimes *the created* (people) just stop him from doing what he intends.
This might help you to give a more *theologically correct* answer to those who sincerely want one:
<A HREF="http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3bb48c1e4873.htm>TRUTH-TELLING IN A TIME OF TRAGEDY</A>
#31: "I know where my God was the morning of September 11, 2001! He was very busy. First of all, he was trying to discourage anyone from taking this flight." What??? "...he was "trying" to discourage anyone from taking this flight."???????So God isn't sovereign, then, huh? He just "tries" ... but sometimes *the created* (people) just stop him from doing what he intends.
It's called FREE WILL. G-d is sovereign and He communicates with all of us; most of us just choose not to listen.