The classification of an event as extraordinary is also affected by the reporting entity’s ability to measure it. Consider what happened following the September 11,2001, terrorist attacks. Shortly after the attacks, the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) met to consider the accounting and reporting issues raised by the terrorist attacks. Firms suffering from the attacks had requested guidance from the FASB concerning certain financial reporting issues. At its September 21,2001,meeting, the EITF tentatively agreed that the losses sustained by companies as a result of the attacks should be considered extraordinary. All the EITF members agreed that the events were both unusual in nature and infrequent. But at the September 28 meeting, the task force decided against treating losses associated with the attack as extraordinary: