Do I feel safe?

Breaking news in Rockford today is about a terrorist attack that was to take place the Friday before Christmas. It chills me to think that the intended target was chosen on that paticular day because it was where he could find the highest concentration of people. My first thought was not what if they hadn't caught him? It was would I have been there? It is possible I'm not done Christmas shopping and I do intend to wait until closer to Christmas to purchase the remaining items. Of course the Islamic Community in Rockford is releasing statements that this was a isolated incident to please not let this affect our view of them. I have never believed that terrorism was a racial issue. In my way of thinking a terrorist is someone who evokes terror in others. I could think of plenty of examples. A white kid who shot his fellow class mates, a black kid who shot people from the trunk of a car, a mexican man who stabbed several people downtown. There are terrorists in all races. It is not my concern the ethnicity of the person doing the act but the act itself that strikes fear in my heart. Things like this happen in Washington DC, they happen in New York, Chicago but my city, Never. I was not lulled by a false sense of security but I guess I just thought my city was not important enough. There are no famous people, no high end politicians, barely an airport to speak of and yet someone felt that he needed to hurt people here. Why? I don't have the answer to that simple question. But I do have an answer to my original question. It's no I don't, I don't feel safe anymore. Because it could be anybody, anywhere, for any reason, at any time. We just got lucky this time, will we be so lucky next time?