The tragedy prompted people living in the area to campaign for road improvements.
The tragedy prompted outpourings of sympathy and anger from throughout South Korea and internationally.
The tragedy also prompted a new round of televised "town meetings," a format that has become almost a reflexive response in coverage of troubling news stories.
The tragedy of September 11, 2001 prompted him to leave his career as an investment banker on Wall Street to pursue full-time adventure writing in Asia.
This tragedy prompted Pinellas County officials to create a Silver Alert pilot program that later grew into a statewide initiative.
It would be so much better if this terrible tragedy could somehow prompt a renewed commitment to America's "high and noble" ideals and aspirations.
Last year, national tragedy prompted some into the Pilgrim-like reflection that, horrible as things were, one should give thanks that they were not worse.
With an almost mythic inevitability, tragedy ensues - and prompts a precipitous expulsion from this North Carolina outpost of Eden.
That tragedy prompted Jones to start a foundation that gives scholarships to four students each year in Kansas City and St. Louis.
Past tragedies and natural disasters have prompted individuals with criminal intent to solicit contributions purportedly for a charitable organization and/or a good cause.