WI: A real-life Die Hard

Suppose for the sake of arguement that European terrorists seize a skyscraper in Los Angeles or any other major city in the late 1980s. Assuming further that they are foiled, with high levels of property damage in the process, what effect would this have on American culture and politics?
 
I'm curious myself -- what are the odds, you think, of said balding man going into politics? Cause you know he's going to get tons of "hero coverage".

(And please don't berate me for not "getting" John McClane -- we're talking more realistic scenarios here ;)
 
You mean a group of glorified bankrobbers masquerading as leftist-terrorists to misdirect people away from their real goal? Could definitely work.
 
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