9/11 in Canada

It could also fall northwards and take out the CBC building. The Quebec City-Windsor rail corridor would most likely be blocked, as well as train traffic both local (GO, Bathurst Yard) and transcontanental (VIA's Canadian), not to mention freight service. Much of Concord Citiplace would likely be damaged, as would the Spadina Avenue bridge, severing the streetcar lines there as well, isolating them from the rest of the network and the carhouses.

Not good news either way.

Another possibility is that that the hijackers miss the CN Tower entirely and hit Scotia Plaza or the TD Centre instead. Those building aren't nearly as big as the WTC was. I could see wherte the plane go right through it and hit the building across the stree. Taking out the headquarters of a couple of Canada's major banks would have substantial long term consequences for the Canadian economy,
 
Hmm, I was sure there was a CBC building standing next to The Bay at that junction.

I know of The Bay opposite the Eaton Centre, but that's not the one I was thinking of.

You're right though, it'll be a right royal mess. If it crashes near the Eaton Centre it has a chance of spreading debris that'll wreck St. Mike's Hospital which is not far away...

Sargon

Crash near the Eaton Center and you have a very good chance of hitting Toronto City Hall and both courthouses, as well as St. Mikes.
 
Crash near the Eaton Center and you have a very good chance of hitting Toronto City Hall and both courthouses, as well as St. Mikes.

Hmmm, yeah, the Eaton Center and St.Mike's are Toronto institutions. Attack those two and you're going to royally piss off alot of people and that's igorning the fact that you've just destroyed a hospital and a shopping mall.
 
as for why, Canad is the USA's largest trading partner (doesn't make sense but listen) the mind of a terrorist is complicated and well they wanted to hurt America as much as possible.

As for my sig, I don't have spell check and didn't notice until you pointed it out thank you.
 
If the terrorists want to hurt both America and Canada and do it economically, striking the WTC makes sense. Striking the Pentagon makes sense. Even Cheyenne Mountain would make sense.

But the CN Tower? No way. A hit on the St. Lawrence Seaway, the Soo Locks, or the Welland Canal would hurt both countries worse.
 

Sargon

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Radio yes. TV no. Cell phones would be a problem. Depending on which direction the plane comes from, if it hits the CN Tower and flies the wrong way, it could land on the convention center, or worse, Union Station. At 8:45 AM, there are a lot of people going through the station. If it comes from the north and dodges everything, the plane on the way down takes out the Gardiner Expressway and a couple condo towers. That wouldn't be pretty, either.

Am I glad this has never happened. I have a friend living in one of those condos in the area near the Rogers Centre...but as the condo wasn't built until 6 years ago or so and they didn't move in until comparatively recently, they wouldn't have been a casualty if it had happened on 9/11, but still....it makes me shudder with fright and worry if such a thing would have happened more recently....


Sargon
 

Valamyr

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OK, my last post put aside, lets say I embrace the premise of the question. If I was a terrorist, and I wanted to strike a Canadian target, I think hydro electric dams would be a great target, probably in Quebec and one of those closest to population centers.

They wouldnt be the most damaging, perhaps, but they'd be a terribly easy think to strike at. We've had journalists sneaking into electric dams complexes in the last few years only to find DOORS UNLOCKED to critical areas. Not only are they responsible for the power generation that fuels eastern Canada and a part of New England, but these dams divert the water flow in ways that their sudden destruction could bring floods to nearby population centers and great economic and ecological damage.

Because until recently there was literally no security measures in place, blowing up several around 9/11 seems entirely possible and i think it would hurt canadian pride and sense of security in a way that entirely proportional with a hit on the CN tower.
 

Sachyriel

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Canada tries the swiss route: everyone over 18 must have an assault rifle, and try military life. Children are sent to live in America with foster parents like the jets being re-routed here in OTL.

Canada then sends 70,000 troops to the Afganistan-Pakistani Border, ignoring civillians and urban centers, dead-set on finding whoever did this.

The CSA [Canadian Space Agency] then shows it's design for an orbital platform capable of levelling mountains with an ion-beam.

Osama gives himself up.
 
Canada tries the swiss route: everyone over 18 must have an assault rifle, and try military life. Children are sent to live in America with foster parents like the jets being re-routed here in OTL.

Canada then sends 70,000 troops to the Afganistan-Pakistani Border, ignoring civillians and urban centers, dead-set on finding whoever did this.

The CSA [Canadian Space Agency] then shows it's design for an orbital platform capable of levelling mountains with an ion-beam.

Osama gives himself up.

Gah! Do you know anything?
 

Sachyriel

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Nah, not really, I'm just suprised that if you think a refold-of the universe can happen, then why not a total disembarkment of what you think is a normal Canadian innovation?

And I don't appreciate your lack of creativity in an insult meant to try and dislodge my hopes and dreams of an orbital ion cannon for Canada...:p
 

Sargon

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Canadian orbital ion cannons - carving giant maple leafs into the territory of the enemy.


Sargon
 
Nah, not really, I'm just suprised that if you think a refold-of the universe can happen, then why not a total disembarkment of what you think is a normal Canadian innovation?

And I don't appreciate your lack of creativity in an insult meant to try and dislodge my hopes and dreams of an orbital ion cannon for Canada...:p

No! The Canucks will never get their hands on one of those! :p
 
If the terrorists want to hurt both America and Canada and do it economically, striking the WTC makes sense. Striking the Pentagon makes sense. Even Cheyenne Mountain would make sense.
Sorry, but flying a plane into a Mountain doesn't make much sense. :p
 

Sachyriel

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We remove Canadarms 1 and 2 from American Command, and start our own platform. Space-Based tech is easy, since inhospitable environments are like, every day for the average here...

Oh, and it runs linux :p
 
We remove Canadarms 1 and 2 from American Command, and start our own platform. Space-Based tech is easy, since inhospitable environments are like, every day for the average here...

Oh, and it runs linux :p
Canada can have an orbital ion cannon.

The rest of the world will just be under an anti-ion cannon shield, with their own mass-driver satellites overhead.
 

Sachyriel

Banned
Canada can have an orbital ion cannon.

The rest of the world will just be under an anti-ion cannon shield, with their own mass-driver satellites overhead.

Ion Cannon is excited particle mass, so it's radioactive dust propelled at a speed a bit high than gravity, isn't it? RfG may be great, but they're easy to deflect with magnetics, and much slower.
 
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