A modest proposal
Hannah Patricia B. Tan
IV – Electron
A MODEST PROPOSAL: FOR PREVENTING TERRORIST ATTACKS AND EASIER AIRPORT SECURITY MANAGEMENT
A lot of terrorist attacks have been happening around the world. These attacks cause trauma and shock to a lot of people, especially those who are affected. Some terrorists threaten people by doing bomb threats which destroys the infrastructure, some kidnap valuable people and treat them as hostages to get ransom, and sometimes they kill those people if they do not get what they want. The hardest fact to overcome is that no place is secure anymore. These terrorists not only threaten the people they hostage, but also the citizens of the place where they held the crime, because this means that anyone could be a victim. An example to this is the bombing of the “Twin Towers” of the World Trade Center that happened last September 11, 2001.
Four passenger airplanes were hi-jacked by al-Qaeda terrorists in order to perform a suicide bombing. Two of the planes landed on the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center and within a couple of hours, both towers collapsed. The fires and the falling debris caused a domino effect on the WTC complex and resulted in more damage and injuries. The other plane landed on the west side of the Pentagon (the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense), that lead to a significant damage which was repaired within a year. The last plane was targeted to Washington, D.C., but the passengers were able to take over the hi-jackers. The plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.
Another problem is that people smuggle illegal items or products overseas. One method includes hiding drugs inside their clothing. They hide it underneath the cloth so that x-ray from the scanning machines would not pass through and not detect the drugs. When the person carrying drugs enters another country, it means that he could sell or take in the drugs in that country. If he gets caught and is proven guilty,
IV – Electron
A MODEST PROPOSAL: FOR PREVENTING TERRORIST ATTACKS AND EASIER AIRPORT SECURITY MANAGEMENT
A lot of terrorist attacks have been happening around the world. These attacks cause trauma and shock to a lot of people, especially those who are affected. Some terrorists threaten people by doing bomb threats which destroys the infrastructure, some kidnap valuable people and treat them as hostages to get ransom, and sometimes they kill those people if they do not get what they want. The hardest fact to overcome is that no place is secure anymore. These terrorists not only threaten the people they hostage, but also the citizens of the place where they held the crime, because this means that anyone could be a victim. An example to this is the bombing of the “Twin Towers” of the World Trade Center that happened last September 11, 2001.
Four passenger airplanes were hi-jacked by al-Qaeda terrorists in order to perform a suicide bombing. Two of the planes landed on the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center and within a couple of hours, both towers collapsed. The fires and the falling debris caused a domino effect on the WTC complex and resulted in more damage and injuries. The other plane landed on the west side of the Pentagon (the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense), that lead to a significant damage which was repaired within a year. The last plane was targeted to Washington, D.C., but the passengers were able to take over the hi-jackers. The plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.
Another problem is that people smuggle illegal items or products overseas. One method includes hiding drugs inside their clothing. They hide it underneath the cloth so that x-ray from the scanning machines would not pass through and not detect the drugs. When the person carrying drugs enters another country, it means that he could sell or take in the drugs in that country. If he gets caught and is proven guilty,