Then the cynical New Yorker in me surmised that a bridge would be a more likely terrorist target, because of the visual impact.
As the region's major international gateway, with nearly 30 million passengers a year, five-square-mile Kennedy International Airport has long been considered the most likely terrorist target.
In a raid on the house of a Jemaah Islamiyah member in central Java last month, the Indonesian police found documents from which they compiled a list of likely terrorist targets.
Particularly in an urban setting or near other likely terrorist targets, this assumption helps keep you prepared and on your toes.
But activity has revived, especially in countries that are likely terrorist targets.
Many New Yorkers knew, if only from a long line of disaster films, that the city would be one of the first likely terrorist targets, because it is the center of American commerce.
As was once the case with the World Trade Center, each is central to the city's cultural and commercial life, and each has been on experts' lists of likely terrorist targets in the United States.
All across thecountry, officials at virtually every level of government wererushing to take stock of America's vulnerabilities, starting withthe White House, which commissioned the Central Intelligence Agencyto identify the 100 most likely terrorist targets in the UnitedStates.
India must set up numerous regional anti-terrorist-squad hubs, with one in every state capital, and with special protective provision for sites deemed to be likely terrorist targets.
Both attacks occurred away from landmarks that officials have often considered the most likely terrorist targets and instead hit suburban areas with much more limited security.
