The document discusses the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and comparisons made between that event and the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001. It notes that most East Germans escaped to West Germany through Hungary and Austria. Thomas Friedman compared the US after 9/11 to an oyster that had opened its shell and then had to close it. The real mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks was Osama bin Laden. The document suggests we should not live in fear of terrorism.