Destruction, terror, bombings, all because of one guy; Osama bin Laden. I chose to do Osama for many reasons. At first, the only thing that I knew about him was that he caused 9-11. Little did I know how brutal he really was. Also, Osama bin Laden seemed pretty interesting to me. I mean, he was the seventeenth out of fifty-two children, he had six wives, and he was a millionaire! (Osama) I bet you didn’t know that! In this essay, you will find information on bin Laden’s career and how he affected America.
Osama was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on March 10, 1957. He went to school for engineering .t King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, and he was actually extremely good at engineering. In fact, before 9-11, he stated,”[Osama] calculated in advance the number of casualties from the enemy, who would be killed based on the position of the tower.” (One-man) That shows how excellent he really was at it. His father, Mohammed Awad Bin Laden, was a billionaire, and Osama got most of his money from …show more content…
Imagine their families and how many people he affected because of that. Without Osama causing 9-11, there also most likely wouldn’t be as many memorials as there is today, and there wouldn’t be the 9-11 memorial. Have you ever been on a plane, and did you have to get rid of a water bottle or have to get a pat-down? Well, if it wasn’t for Osama bin Laden and 9-11, you wouldn’t have to of gone through that. In fact, before 9-11 you were able to carry a knife with a blade shorter than four inches on a plane. By 2004, screeners employed by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration nationwide confiscated more than 7 million items. Imagine how many items they examined today, in 2016. (Bin) Now think about life without Osama; everything he has done, the lives he affected, and the ways he impacted the world. What would life be like today without