Research Paper
Jamie Linthecome
Contemporary History SUMA10 - Sec D
Instructor: Marek Mckenna
8/22/2010
The Effects of 9/11 Attacks
America and its people pride themselves on the fact that it’s politically ran government has provided them with a great deal of security. That sense of pride was permanently changed with the events that occurred on September 11, 2001. The effects of 9/11 attacks are significant because it brought about national and international security issues, showed the extent of Al-Qaeda’s hatred for Western Cultures, severely change the US economy and health, and it also brought on a new set of racial and prejudice injustices.
What is 9/11?
What happened on September 11, 2001? According to Lehrer (2001), the 9/11 attacks happened as such:
“At 8:45 a.m., American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into a tower of the World Trade Center. The flight, starting in Boston, had 92 passengers.
About 20 minutes later, a United Airlines flight with 65 passengers from Boston crashed into the other tower.
People in those towers began running toward the exits, trying to get to safety. Many inside did not know why they were being evacuated until they were outside and could see the damage done by the planes.
Meanwhile, there were still two other hijacked planes in the air moving toward their targets. An American Airlines plane carrying 64 people from Dulles International Airport outside of Washington D.C. slammed into the side of the Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia at 9:40 a.m.
A fourth plane, a United Airlines flight with 45 passengers from Newark, NJ, crashed into the ground outside of Pittsburgh around 10:00 a.m. There have been reports that the plane was headed for the White House or the U.S. Capitol building.
Numerous rumors began flying through the media about other attacks, from a bomb at the State Department to an explosion at the White House, but all were untrue. “
National and international