> It's tragic but if this wasn't in America I likely wouldnt have even heard about the event nor would it be influencing my life this much later due to the ways

> It's tragic but if this wasn't in America I likely wouldnt have even heard about the event nor would it be influencing my life this much later due to the ways others have reacted to it. I hope this doesn't read as disrespectful. I definitely agree to an extent with the sentiment of this - there are numerous attacks in recent times across the world that have killed hundreds of people each and they generally receive very little coverage. However, I also think it perhaps downplays the significance of the WTC attack. 9/11 is still the deadliest terrorist attack in history by quite a significant margin according to [0]. I'd be surprised if a similar event in another country was not covered by world news outlets. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battles_and_other_violent_events_by_death_toll#Non-state_terrorist_attacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battles_and_other_viol...