No longer is the risk of terrorism for global business focused only on certain areas such as south america or the middle east. That risk now has to be considered in countries such as the united states, which had previously been regarded as safe. Eighty counties lost citizens in the world trade center attack on september 11,2001. Many companies from asia and europe had office branches in the towers of the world trade center, most of those office, along with the employees from those countries, were immediately affected by the attack but also by countries amall and large businesses impacted by the ripple effect ; global airlines and financial markets were devastated