More info could have certainly made a difference.
What if some people are born to be bad, or they tap into a very bad pattern?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Harris_and_Dylan_Klebold Dylan was born in 1981 on 9-11 and was part of a plan to crash a plane into NYC in 1999.
https://www.nydailynews.com/1999/04/27/young-gunmen-targeted-nyc-planned-to-hijack-plane-crash-here/
Fortunately, they never got that far with their dastardly plan.
https://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/12/05/columbine.diary
Thus, their final destination wasn't in NY.