you never know what tomorrow will bring.” This was said by Elliot on September 10‚ 2001. Little did Elliot know that by saying this quote he was speaking to what the next day would bring. The next day was a day that changed America forever. September 11‚ 2001 is day no one will forget. Who would have thought that a plane crashing into the twin towers would have caused so much damage? That plane crashing was just the beginning of the downhill spiral of our economy‚ our national security‚ and the war
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On September 11‚ 2001‚ Americans woke up literally and figuratively to the realities of terrorism. To many‚ a terrorist attack was something that they only saw on the evening news. Never did anyone think of the deep impact that it would cause. Since the 9/11 attacks‚ things have changed. Prior to 9/11 did you even know that a Homeland Security Advisory System existed and that they were color coded?! Would you ever believe that strip searches would be a possibility when you boarded a flight to
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9/11 was a defining moment for terrorism in the 20th century. As a result‚ it seems that many of our government’s decisions regarding security are driven out of fear‚ which is exactly what terrorists want. Look at the evidence: airport security has intensified‚ deportations increased and governments are spying on their citizens. Other actions taken by western nations follow the Bush Doctrine of taking the fight to them and risk antagonizing themselves in the perspectives of these terrorist organizations
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Course Instructor Date Cause and effect of September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attack Although often caused by nature‚ disasters can have human origins. Often it is the unpredictability of such disasters that causes fear‚ confusion and stress that have a lasting effect on the affected community. In recent history‚ the Sept 11th terrorist attack is one such example. This paper will examine the terrorists’ motivation towards committing the attack and the effect it had on the American society
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September 11 is a day in the history which will always be remembered. America knew all about terrorist attacks but never thought that this can be so disastrous. Al Qaeda planned all this terrorist attacks and they were successful in doing so. On September 11 2011 19 terrorist‘s boarded commercial airplanes‚ hijacked them and crashed them into different targets like two world trade centers and Pentagon. “After the horrific attacks of September 11th‚ it was evident that our government need to be transformed
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Stand Although people say‚ “every picture tells a story‚” a picture cannot exemplify every detail about the event involved in that event. The attack on September‚ 11 2001 was a turning point in American history. There are many visual representations and written testimonies that lead us to have different feelings about the attack on September 11‚ 2001; more specifically‚ the reason behind these different emotions is because there is a vast difference in a testimony of the event‚ and simply a photo of the
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Zach Betten The Impact of 9-11 On September 11‚ 2001 America woke up expecting a normal day. What America did not expect was that this day was going to change history forever. On that day Islamic extremist high-jacked four U.S. airplanes with the intent of crashing them into the twin towers‚ the Pentagon and the White House. Two of the planes did indeed crash into the twin towers in New York City and another was used to hit the pentagon. The passengers on the last plane however‚ fought back‚ and
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The Effects of 9/11 Attacks 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
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Arab and Muslim Registration Security Effects The most significant temporary effect of 9/11 would certainly be the impact of the security as it affected Arabs and Muslims in the country‚ attempting to gain citizenship. Though the security measures found out thousands of illegal Arabs and Muslims‚ only 11 were related to terrorist associations. The other hundreds of thousands legally in the country with a visa were then required to register with the authorities through a program called the National
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Many people were devastated and shocked from the results Osama and his supporters accomplished on September 11. Al Qaeda and people associated with the terrorist group have been the cause of most of those attacks. Several people and countries were greatly impacted due to the attacks Al Qaeda made‚ but the country that suffered the most was the United States. A lot of things changed in America after the attacks in New York. Many people and businesses were affected. Most of them could not afford to
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