Today is September 11th, 2014. The thirteenth anniversary for one of the most horrific events that have ever happened in United States history. An event that took thousands of lives, and affected the entire United States in some kind of way. Thirteen years ago, not only the United States changed, but the World changed. The global repercussions of 9/11 are still being felt today. The attacks of the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. can be described as horrific, shocking, confusing and depressing. Tens of thousands of people witnessed it in person, and millions witnessed it through TV, read it in their newspapers, all who were seeking the reasoning behind this. So what happened? At 8:52 AM, a plane that …show more content…
So how did all of this affect our country? It had a huge impact on the United States not only emotionally, but politically and economically.
September 11th, 2001 was the beginning of a new fear, and a sense of Americans had to "watch their back". The attacks made US citizens more aware, but made the US look like it wasn’t as invincible as it was portrayed. Some of the short term effects that took place after 9/11 was the heart ache felt by all the families of almost three-thousand victims in the attack. It caused a complete shutdown of the American air space, stock markets closed down, and insurance companies, airlines and tourists sector showed longer periods of recession. In New York there was a short term oversupply of rental space and a reduction in hotel occupancy. There was a lot of discrimination and still is today against "Muslim-looking" travelers, and a huge increase of hate crimes after the events. Some of the long-term effects after 9/11 was an increase in people joining the military, the USA Patriot Act which came into effect October 26th, 2001. There was a huge increase in security which also involved allowing law enforcement agencies to search private data and the right for USA to detain and deport immigrants suspected of terrorists’ activities. In the book "9/11 In American Culture", professor of information studies Philip Agre says "The U.S. home front itself is as much of a theatre of
September 11, 2011, started like every normal day in New York City. People rushing to work, children going to school, and people taking a morning walk or jog. But no one knew that this day would turn into a horror film. A terrorist organization call al-Qaeda hijacked airplanes and hammered them into the World Trade Centers North and South Tower along with the Pentagon in Washington D.C. The September 11, 2001, attacks changed America forever (9/11 Attacks - 102 minutes That Changed America).
September 11, 2001 was America’s worst day in history. As George W. Bush once said “One of the worst days in America’s history saw some of the bravest acts in American’s history. We’ll always honor the heros of 9/11. And here at this hallowed place we pledge that we will never forget their sacrifice.” 9/11 is something that no one has forgot about since 2001, and no one will ever be able to forget this horrible day that changed the world forever. Many Americans spoke up and said that America needed to make changes to become safer and that's exactly what America did. There are many effects of 9/11. These things include airport security, increase in
September 11. 2001 was a major turning point in American History, and its political and social impact can still be felt today. The tragic event shook the entire country on the civilian and federal level. Before 9/11 many did not think that a plan of terrorism such as that of Osama Bin Laden's would be able to come to fruition because they had great trust in American security. The destruction came as a wakeup call to the federal government and American citizens themselves. National Security became the first thing people thought of when they traveled, and civilians looked to the government for reassurance that they were safe. The federal government's plan of action was to pass a series of acts that would go on to create the Department of Homeland Security and Transportation Security Association. Along with the creation of more strict security measures came the question of "who is a terrorist?" within the country. The formation of the DHS, TSA, and increase of Islamophobia are some examples of the lasting effects that 9/11 had on the country.
The aftermath has resulted in many changes in daily life, whether it be any form of travel or monotonous and routine activities, like boarding the subway or walking into a school. A positive outcome of 9/11 is the improvement in security which may seem like a burden at times, but the end result is to keep the citizens safe. Although America has not been the same since, the tragic events that occurred on September 11th, 2001 has left a lasting mark on the citizens of the United States and resulted in changes in the everyday lives of our country, making us a safer country that is more unified than
On the morning of September 11, 2001, an Islamic terrorist group known as al-Qaeda carried out a series of four attacks on the United States. The most well-known attack is when two commercial airline planes crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City. Many innocent lives were lost and families were torn apart. While many Americans were determined to show their resilience towards the attacks, this is a day many Americans will never forget. Although the attacks happened sixteen years ago, Americans are still dealing with the impacts these attacks have had on life in America. The 9/11 attacks have had several long-lasting effects on everyday life in America, some of which include an increase in airport security, a change in national security, and an increase the fear of terrorism.
four airlines and carried out suicide attacks against the United States buildings. 2,996 people were killed and more than 6,000 other were injured. 9/11 was the biggest influence on the United States. The attacks on 9/11 toward the buildings, there has been changes in airports and the immigration system. There has been domestic spying on the citizens of United States, people were changing their trust in the government, and the ongoing wars.
The events of 911 changed America culturally in multiple ways. It also brought American people in the light of a new threat, terrorism. This changed America’s outlook drastic. On September, 11, 2001,multiple Al Qaeda terrorists boarded three passenger planes and then hijacked the planes and carried out suicide attacks against the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, DC., killing everyone on board the planes and nearly 3,000 people on the ground. A fourth plane crashed into a Pennsylvania field, after passengers and crew attempted to take control from the hijackers. These attacks were symbolic attacks against the United States and its people. Not only had it been a psychological attack, it was the first attack in a long time that it happened on US soil. The terrorists were also making symbolic attacks
September 11th, 2001 America was brought to its knees. The USA had the wind knocked out of it and was laying bleeding on the floor. Every citizen in the United States held their breath and watched, awestruck as they watched the World Trade Center burn. Soon after watching the buildings just burn, they witnessed them collapse. They watched as the building fell in on themselves, not even able to imagine all the people inside the buildings. Without a doubt the attacks of September 11th contributed to one of the worst days in American history. But it also gave birth to a ‘New America”. A day of fear eventually would lead to a day of pride, a day of patriotism, and what it meant to be an American. 9/11 instilled a sense of American pride, brought the country together, and gave birth to a new sense of patriotism.
The attack of September 11, 2001 has changed the lives of millions around the world for better and for worse. This attack consisted of airplanes hitting the twin towers in America by hi-jackers who were said to be members of Bin Laden’s terrorist organization Al-Qaeda where as many believe that this attack was an inside job by the Americans themselves. Those who believe that Bin Laden was the successor behind the 9/11 attacks believe it was a way to weaken the Americans in order for them to stop supporting countries who aren’t following the Islamic way. Considering there was never any proof that neither Bin Laden nor any of his people had anything to do with 9/11 is why some believe it was an inside job. Those who believe that Bin Laden and his terrorist organization were behind this attack
September 11, 2001 is known to be one of the most devastating days in history. To this day, September 11 has been the largest terrorist attack in the United States with 2,996 deaths and over 6,000 wounded. They not only crashed the Twin Towers but the crashed them with our planes. Due to the crash, it “...resulted in a dramatic change in our nation’s attitudes and concerns about safety and vigilance” (Green, 2016). The impact left behind after the attack changed the United States tremendously. Although there were many dramatic impacts that followed the crash, I found two in which seemed to have the biggest impact on the United States. Surveillance has increased tremendously since the crash resulting in the loss of privacy rights. The article How 9/11 Changed America it states “...the the National Security Agency alone.. violated privacy laws thousands of times per year since 2008” (Green, 2016). This shows that we have lost our privacy rights due terrorist attack.
Fourteen years ago the United States was not officially engaged in one overseas war. We extradited partial the amount of people we do nowadays. Our investigation state was a meager portion of its present size. No single figure since the Second World War has made so profound an impact on world events as Osama bin Laden. Sept. 11 changed America fundamentally, far more so than outsiders realized at the time. For Americans it genuinely was a new Pearl Harbor, an attack on the homeland that made them feel vulnerable for the first time in sixty years. It twisted a management with quasi-isolationist propensities into one committed to robust interference overseas. America’s involvement in the War on Terror — lead by the Sept.
I think all will agree that the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001 have impacted the lives of millions of people around the world and the effects will last for lifetimes. Unquestionably, the changes to the airport security system that resulted were changes that were previously in need of for many years, as aviation security incidents in the U.S. date back to 1930 according to Wells and Young. Changes in the system range from new government agencies having been formed to changes in checked baggage screening processes. The greater goal is to protect the traveling public from any future terrorist attacks, which are changing everyday for the element of surprise.
Over a decade into the War on Terror, the U.S. has largely succeeded in its attempts to destabilize Al-Qaeda and eliminate its leaders. In the writing Manhunt by Jonathan H. Cody, he states that these accomplishments didn’t come without a price; in fact the cost was enormous, and our nations decisions on how to finance it have profoundly damaged the U.S. economy. The US economic crisis can all be traced back to 9/11. In Catherine New’s article Then and Now she compared the US economy today to the economy in 2001 before the attacks. The results are astonishing; the average price of gas per gallon has increased by over $2, the median sales price per house has increased by over $50,000, the poverty rate has increased by 3%, the unemployment rate has increased by 4%, and the public debt has increased by trillions of dollars (New)! These facts show how devastating the attack was and the extent at which it changed the US. Since 9/11 we have ramped up our national investments, concerns, and spendings. The 9/11 attacks had both immediate and long-term economic impacts, most of which continue to this day. The stock market closed for four trading days after the attacks, which was the first time this has happened since the Great Depression! The attacks caused the Dow to drop more than 600 points, the 2001 recession to deepen, and according to Asad AbuKhalil’s book Bin Laden, Islam, and America 's New "war on Terrorism” also led to one of the biggest government spending programs in U.S.
The day started well, all calm, beautiful clouds on a sunny Tuesday morning until around 8:00 a.m. on the day of September 11, 2001. The United States became a nation transformed into fear. An airliner traveling at high speeds carrying a lot of jet fuel, pounded into the North Tower of The World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. Around 9:00 a.m. another plane ran into the South Tower. At this point America is on its knees terrorist just attacked one of our very important buildings. After everyone was in shock not knowing what to do or what happened the towers fell in less than 90 minutes. As some time went by another plane was spotted headed to the pentagon, it crash landed into the western side of the pentagon. In all there were four planes that crashed, the last plane was headed straight towards the white house. But luckily one of the passengers stepped in and stopped it from crashing into the white house it crash landed somewhere in Pennsylvania. More than 3,000 people died that day, the death toll was way worse that anything anyone has ever seen. It has just about if not more gory than pearl harbor in 1941.
There were three attacks which happened on September 11, 2001. There were three sites in which great damage was done. The first was the World Trade Center which took the most damage. There were two buildings at the World Trade Center that were hit by two of the four planes that were hijacked by a group known as al-Qaeda. The two towers that were hit were known as the Twin Towers in the World Trade Center, NY. At 8:45 A.M on a clear Tuesday morning the first plane crashed into the north tower. The collision was so big that it left a burning hole near the north towers 80th floor of the 100th story. There were hundreds of people in that story that were instantly killed. This caused many more hundreds of people to be trapped in the higher floors. Evacuation immediately started and broadcasting went live and everyone was able to see this terrible accident. Eighteen minutes after a second American airlines flight 175 appeared out of nowhere and took a sharp turn heading straight for the south tower. The plane sliced straight through near the 60th floor. This impact caused a huge explosion that caused debris to rain down. Immediately America knew that this wasn’t an accident this was an