Citation

Pless IB. Inj. Prev. 2005; 11(5): 257.

Affiliation

barry.pless@mcgill.ca

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/ip.2005.010116

PMID

16203829

PMCID

PMC1730270

Abstract

I am simply not smart enough to be able to add anything sensible or profound to what so many others have written on this topic. After 9/11 I offered some thoughts on the immense challenge that preventing terrorist acts entails. No one wrote to agree or disagree so I concluded that either my suggestions were too controversial or too mundane. On this occasion, roughly one month after the London bombings at the time of writing, I feel obliged to try again. I do so because a journal dedicated to preventing the consequences of injuries cannot ignore terrorism. I also do so because it comes so close to home. The London bombings took place a week after we left following a brief visit for a family emergency.