But aspiration and global markets put them both inside New York City's tallest towers at the moment when terrorism struck America.
And when terrorism struck, the same pride and confidence asserted itself, to the envy and awe of the watching world.
Pain for the victims of the Bastille Day atrocity in Nice, the dozens of dead and their bereft families; but confusion too because there was a sense of deja vu, the return of the same doom-filled atmosphere that descended on us last November, when terrorism struck in Paris, leaving 130 dead.
The colors, which represent those of the Spanish flag, stood high above the city skyline, honoring the victims in Spain in a space dedicated to the memory of 9/11, when terrorism struck home in the U.S. Violence erupted in Barcelona on Thursday when a driver deliberately rammed a van into a large group of pedestrians at a popular tourist spot, killing more than a dozen in its path.
When terror struck the United States on Sept. 11, we all thought that terrorism was a worldwide threat ("Ground Zero, Madrid," editorial, March 12).
I think that is when terrorism wins".
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When terrorism ends, the war will end.
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