Originally Posted by Doppy
And how is rushing people from several building out into the streets making them any safer? As suggested above, the plane could have just been the decoy for a ground operation. Even those kids who pulled the fire alarm in that school shooting a couple years ago were smart enough to think of that one.
If one wants to target those folks on the streets, they can just attack in the morning or afternoon rush hours. The high value targets, so to speak, aren't heading on to the streets as a group. They're either going into a shelter or dispersing widely outside.