Designing Terrorist-Resistant Buildings
BY TOD RITTENHOUSE
Terrorist bombings, until recently, primarily were thought to occur in the Middle East, South America, England, and Ireland. Even after the World Trade Center Bombing in February 1993, most observers believed terrorist attacks in the United States would be a one-time event. Headlines describing a radical fundamentalist group striking a major city landmark did not cause much concern for the rest of the country. In fact, only major coastal cities seemed concerned enough to prepare for terrorist attacks. On April 19, 1995, the other 90 percent of the U.S. population was forced into a major reality check when one of its own people struck in the heartland. A former U.S. soldier and reported paramilitary activist allegedly detonated the largest terrorist bomb on U.S. soil, killing 169 people and wounding countless others.
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