A few days after the attack, a different cousin of mine passed away in Arizona. My family continues to tell me stories about how there was legitimately no more than ten people on the plane when we flew to Arizona. They spoke about how security was dangerously intense and there were was no wait throughout the entire airport. Aside from the mental block associated with the attack, the City was greatly affected economically. It has been recorded that the World Trade Center attack cost the city over 143,000 jobs a month and almost 2.8 billion lost in wages only three months after the attack. As a result, almost 70% of jobs in the finance field were lost. Michael L. Dolfman, the regional commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statists, states, “The effect was centered on the jobs that make New York 's economy unique. We lost the high-paying jobs, the people who pay more real estate taxes, higher sales taxes and support various elements of the economy. ' ' To add insult to injury, New York City had been facing a severe economic decline two years prior to the incident. Being that the city is such a powerhouse, the rest of the country was affected by the attack as well. Production decreased, government spending increases, and overall consumer expectation decreases as well. Ms. Virginia Fields, Manhattans borough president, simplified this ideology by stating “When Wall Street is down, everything dies in the
A few days after the attack, a different cousin of mine passed away in Arizona. My family continues to tell me stories about how there was legitimately no more than ten people on the plane when we flew to Arizona. They spoke about how security was dangerously intense and there were was no wait throughout the entire airport. Aside from the mental block associated with the attack, the City was greatly affected economically. It has been recorded that the World Trade Center attack cost the city over 143,000 jobs a month and almost 2.8 billion lost in wages only three months after the attack. As a result, almost 70% of jobs in the finance field were lost. Michael L. Dolfman, the regional commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statists, states, “The effect was centered on the jobs that make New York 's economy unique. We lost the high-paying jobs, the people who pay more real estate taxes, higher sales taxes and support various elements of the economy. ' ' To add insult to injury, New York City had been facing a severe economic decline two years prior to the incident. Being that the city is such a powerhouse, the rest of the country was affected by the attack as well. Production decreased, government spending increases, and overall consumer expectation decreases as well. Ms. Virginia Fields, Manhattans borough president, simplified this ideology by stating “When Wall Street is down, everything dies in the