In a normal world, infrastructure damage with an impact as large as this would be fixed in a week or two. For anyone not familiar with the east coast of the US, this is the north-south corridor which runs from Miami, Florida to the Canadian border in Maine. There are alternative routes for through traffic (namely the NJ Turnpike) but diverted traffic is going to be a nightmare while we wait for this to be repaired.
Imagine they found "his" ID completely unscathed from the massive fire and it identifies him as a Russian or Chinese man
Boom, 9/11 2.0 and we're off to world war 3