Tazi said:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">How many hijacks were there in the U.S. before 9/11?</font>
Depends on how far back you want to go. Lots of them up to 1992, most to Cuba. If anyone wants to read an extract that details a general history of aircraft hijackings since 1931, here is a pretty good one:
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~surette/hijacking.html
Then after 1992, I'm aware of one (a cargo plane out of Memphis) and then of course the big four.
Of course you are probably well aware my comment was a tongue-in-cheek one and was a bit like the comments made about how certain actions keep Elephants away and that the absence of Elephants (where none ever appear anyway) is evidence of the efficacy of the action. My point was that numbers often are used to prove points when they have no real relationship to reality. At the same time, I am smart enough to recognize that numbers can be important in our life. Have a stress free day.
