recovery plan, Hurricane Andrew would have put the company out of business in 3 days. Many of the 350 companies that had their systems destroyed in the World Trade Center bombing in 1993 were unprepared; 150 of them went out of business. Focus 8-3 describes how a thorough disaster recovery and business continuity plan enabled Nasdaq to survive the complete destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Focus 8-4 discusses how disaster recovery and business continuity plans helped two banks survive the effects of a catastrophic fire.