Personal Narrative: Growing Up In Post 9/11 America

The late 1990’s into the early 2000’s was a time of great economic success that took a turn for the worst as the war against terrorism began. In America, the economy was at its peak especially on Wall Street until September 11th 2001. The attacks that occurred on September 11th deeply affected America. The attacks caused the Dow to drop tremendously along with causing the recession to deepen. America was led into of the biggest government spending periods in a long time. The cost to fund the war along with to rebuild the economy held a toll on all Americans. America had to dig itself out of a hole. Unlike the economy, technology was on the rise. Many new inventions such as wireless internet, mobile devices, and new forms of social media were created.

George W. Bush once said that “Our enemies have made the mistake that America’s enemies always make. They see liberty and think they saw weakness.” 9/11 was a devastating day in American history. Men, from the terrorist group Al Quada, attacked America on their own soil for the first time since Japan attack us at Pearl Harbor. But there are some things we can isolate from it. The basic overview of it. What were the terrorists doing to get ready for the day, and what was their major purpose and intention.

The book I read was called "I survived September 11th 2001." Its one of the books in the I survived series. Written by Lauren Tarshis. And based around true events.

September 11, 2001 is a date in history that changed the lives of people from all over the world and especially the lives of Americans. On this day nineteen militant men associated with al-Qaeda, an Islamic extremist group, hijacked four airplanes and carried out multiple suicide attacks on different locations in the United States. Two of the planes directly struck the World Trade Center located in New York City, one of the other two planes hit the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and the final plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania before it could reach its final destination. On this day, more than 3,000 people were killed including over 400 first responding police officers and firefighters. In recent years as people look back on that day it is remembered as a time when the country was joined together by grief and showed an overwhelming amount of comfort and support to the victims and their families; it was also a time of extreme national pride. People also remember that following the attacks the economy suffered tremendously, in addition, air traffic which makes up a portion of the economy was greatly disrupted, both of which created uncertainty about the security of the financial markets critical to the success of the United States. What most people do not remember is the immediate backlash and hostility the Muslim and Arab communities received following the attacks by both civilians and the media. This is a topic that has been largely ignored by the public and media’s

Written Assignment Unit #5 3/6/2018 September 11 September 11th 2001 will always be remembered as a tragic day for the American people. It was a day where thousands of people died because others believed that the freedom that Americans had was sinful and wrong in the eyes of their G-d. But the American people would carry on from this tragedy and prosper for many years to come. One of the things we do not associate much with the attacks is sports. Sporting events were in fact affected by the attacks. Personally, it was not in my mind when I watched those towers fall. One of the things we do forget, is that sporting events bring happiness and comfort to a damaged country. Frank Linsky and Lena Williams wrote an article called Many Sporting Events Called off or Postposed which was about all the

Chris murry 3rd and hes team of navys on may 5 2009 we was sent to pakanstan to kill osama ben liden. I came to the army because of 9/11. I wanted to be the one to take the leader of 9/11 down. So from 2002 to 2009 i was training. But that year i knew we was going to catch him. We was getting the helacoter ready for the mission and my sargent gave me two other people to go with me. We was on our way to pakastan. The helacoter put us 10 miles from the hide out. So we walked for 10 miles and there it was the hide out. There was a big wall and it was quiet. We clamed over the wall and was attacked. We hide behinde this big rock. And while my partners was distrating them i ran behind the hideout and clamed in the north windeo. Then i started to

Where were you when you heard about 9/11? When you hear about a traumatic event, time seems to stop. Most people remember every detail of their surroundings. Imagine living and breathing in a traumatic event.

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September 11, 2001. Today was like any other day get dressed eat breakfast go to work, when i was my work someone said look there’s a plane. I looked and it hit the north tower everyone screamed. When that happened i was on the 112 floor and at 9:02 when our tower was hit and that changed my life forever.

America has developed through the different factors of tragedies that the nation went through, everything has shaped America into a stronger country. The September 11 attack was a major tragedy to the United States, also the most known event where airplanes hijackers crashed into North and South Tower of the Word Trade Center along with the Pentagon. (Schwartz, 11/29/16) The September 11 terrorist attack changed America more because the horrific event led to large modifications of laws that are still influenced today, in which have helped to increase the surveillance and protection of the United States’ population.

September 11, 2001, changed me, I remember it was a Tuesday morning I put my sons Frank and Brandon on the school bus. I remember looking up at the sky thinking what a perfectly gorgeous weather day it was. The large fluffy white clouds made the shade of the blue sky even more deep and brilliant.

September 11, 2001, a date that will never be forgotten, a date that will forever hold a place in America's heart. This day is one that changed the United States of America, forever. A beautiful September day, when men from Al Qaeda began with hijacking a plane and hitting the north twin tower in New York City. It left people confused thinking “was this an accident?” But, it was no accident, this was a terrorist attack. Following after, the north tower being hit, the south tower was next. Hijackers had another plane and hit the pentagon. Flight 93 from Boston en route to San Francisco was hijacked, flight crew and people on the plane knew about the attack in New York City. The passengers then made the decision to take over the plane and crashed

Terrorist attacks has changed the United States tremendously. Since 9/11 there are striker laws that have been passed, more security in known places that terrorist have targeted before. For Example, flying on an airplane or at an airport is totally different since the terrorist attack occurred. “The TSA already uses behavior detection screeners at airports to spot out terrorist and other dangerous travelers through subtle clues in the way these individuals act” (Maras, 2013, p.347). These security measures are just the beginning of how things have changed. Furthermore, citizens are now more cautions of where they go on vacation and people who supposedly look like terrorists can be frightening and bring up those memories. The victims and many

Life in America after 9/11/01 was a hard time for America, many families and friends were grieving over their lost loved ones. But while all of this was happening government and important people were creating programs like the TSA.The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was created to create a safer flight and safer planes so tragedies like the recent terrorist attack America went through does not happen again. Some changes they made for safer flights are the cockpit doors that pilots are controlling the plane is was turned bullet proof and stays locked at all times during the duration of the flight. Also, in the airport you must put baggage through the technology created to detect weapons or bombs that could be in anybody's luggage. Many requirement must be met at airports after 9/11, for example a specific ID is required; the ID name must math the name printed on the ticket of that person. This is probably in effect because they wouldn't want anyone on the plane that is not supposed to be there. Also, whatever thy person has on them like baggage and carry on that a person plans to bring into the plane must be checked and screened. People can fit many things into their bags so this rule is there because they would want any weapons on the plane that would lead to other people getting hurt. Lastly, there is technology that scans someone's body to check for any weapons to anything they would not like to have on the plane, but if

Jo threw the smoke signal and we waited. Waited for for the air strike to hit and clear our path of the enemy allies of ISIL and North Korea which is now known as the New World Order Terrorists, “N-WOT”. We heard the jets’ engines from a distance and I commanded my company to gear up and be alive. The bombs dropped and we all noticed the destruction as they impacted the city of Pyongyang. The day is July 27th, 2020, one day away from my birthday and the United States and allies are on the verge of winning the third world war. Company C and I advanced into the city to conquer the capital and assassinate Kim Jong-Un. Carefully approaching the capital we saw apartments and businesses that belonged to innocent civilians. All destroyed due to