How Did 9/11/01 Affect the Way We Live in America Today?
How did 9/11/01 affect the way we live in America today?
There have been many turning points in American History; however none have the same effect as September 11, 2001, and many Americans relate the day to the country’s loss of innocence. As a result of 9/11 many American’s lives were affected emotionally, physically, economically, and politically. A month after the terrorist attack in the US, a war was launched by the United States. This war was known as the “fight back” war. It was the beginning of George Bush administration’s war on terrorism. The main theme of this war was to stop terrorism and catch Osama Bin Laden. He was the main person who planned this evil attack on September 11, 2001. Bin Laden’s trained groups that were called Al- Qaeda. The FBI had gathered evidences and discovered that the hijackers of the planes that crashed in 9/11 were trained by the Al-Qaeda. Many Al-Qaeda members had studied United States airports security and flight schedules. They were also trained and became certified commercial pilots in the United States. In 2002 the department of homeland security was created. This department has three main goals. The first goal was to prevent terrorist attacks. The second goal was to prevent people from bringing chemical, biological, and nuclear materials into the United States. And the final goal was to secure the safety of important buildings, bridges, tunnels, resources and leaders.
Flying after 9/11 attack became very hard for people. They feared something bad might happen to them too. The government knew that they had to improve the security at the U.S. airports in order for people to feel save. The U.S. government established the Transportation security Administration in November 2001 to handle passengers and baggage screening and security at U.S. Airports. The TSA established a long list of items that could not be carried onto airplanes. These included box cutters, scissors, guns, fireworks, spray paint, and
There have been many turning points in American History; however none have the same effect as September 11, 2001, and many Americans relate the day to the country’s loss of innocence. As a result of 9/11 many American’s lives were affected emotionally, physically, economically, and politically. A month after the terrorist attack in the US, a war was launched by the United States. This war was known as the “fight back” war. It was the beginning of George Bush administration’s war on terrorism. The main theme of this war was to stop terrorism and catch Osama Bin Laden. He was the main person who planned this evil attack on September 11, 2001. Bin Laden’s trained groups that were called Al- Qaeda. The FBI had gathered evidences and discovered that the hijackers of the planes that crashed in 9/11 were trained by the Al-Qaeda. Many Al-Qaeda members had studied United States airports security and flight schedules. They were also trained and became certified commercial pilots in the United States. In 2002 the department of homeland security was created. This department has three main goals. The first goal was to prevent terrorist attacks. The second goal was to prevent people from bringing chemical, biological, and nuclear materials into the United States. And the final goal was to secure the safety of important buildings, bridges, tunnels, resources and leaders.
Flying after 9/11 attack became very hard for people. They feared something bad might happen to them too. The government knew that they had to improve the security at the U.S. airports in order for people to feel save. The U.S. government established the Transportation security Administration in November 2001 to handle passengers and baggage screening and security at U.S. Airports. The TSA established a long list of items that could not be carried onto airplanes. These included box cutters, scissors, guns, fireworks, spray paint, and
Bibliography: Benoit Peter. September 11 we will never forget 1955 The New York Times. A nation challenged September 2002 WWW.farecompare.com www. Truth-out.org