Did 911's Impact On The World

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911 impact on the world

People that were born between 2002 and now live in the aftermath of 911. They don’t know how much it changed the world. They don’t know how much it impacted the way some people think today. 911 impacted the world in many different ways. After 911 America got into many wars with other countries. One of the wars was the war against Afghanistan. The people that destroyed the twin towers on 911 were from a group called Al-qaeda and they were from Afghanistan. America also got into the war of Iraq, Libya, and Yemen. In all of these wars we were looking for justice on Osama Bin Laden, the one that orchestrated the attack of 911. Before America left to get into all these wars they first wanted to upgrade

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