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Planeattack

Earlier I said I had suggested to columnist Kathleen Parker, who wanted a better name for last year's terror than September 11, a better name. Since I have not heard from her, I will mention it now, just before the anniversary. I suggested "Planeattack". It describes what happened: planes made an attack. It was the airplanes themselves that attacked, not objects from the airplanes, as was the case with the Pearl Harbor attack of 1941. It applies to all four incidents on 2001 September 11. I had thought of "Towerfall" earlier, but that applies only to the two attacks on the World Trade Center. So I turned to "Planeattack", and I will be calling it that from now on. If anyone can think of a better name, let me know.