September 11, 2001 was a typical Tuesday morning for most citizens of the United States. People were going about their everyday lives, workplaces were carrying on typical business, classrooms were filled with students. No one was aware that within the next twenty-four hours their lives would be changed forever. Everyone knows the story. At 8:46 in the morning, American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Seventeen minutes later United Airlines Flight 175 slammed into the South Tower. America was in complete shock and confusion. Was this all an accident or was it part of a large-scale attack? That question was answered with much clarity when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the United States defense
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Bush’s speech to the nation on September 11, 2001, was not only to inform the nation of the tragedy that had occurred, but to unify and strengthen our country as the memory of this day would live on for well over a …show more content…
Many airlines around the world have made stricter security procedures. Most airlines have metal detectors both for the person flying and anything they are bringing with them. They have special attendants that do bag checks before every flight. They have been trying to avoid any more terrorist attacks like 9/11. Terrorism has also become a bigger issue and it seems to be more common. Before 9/11 there was some terrorist activity but it was not very common and now terrorism is way more common. Part of the reason might be all the rebellions around the world. Recently a terrorist group went to France and killed a group of journalists for drawing political cartoons about Muhammad. This is just one more example of unsettling terrorist activity that goes on around the world. Another thing that has come out of 9/11 is the stereotype that all Muslims are terrorists. That has become less common, but for many years after 9/11, many people believed that all Muslims were radical and going to blow up our country. The last major thing that was caused by the events of 9/11 is a more unified country for the United States. Many people came together to help and support all those who lost family and friends in the horrible events that took
Bush’s speech to the nation on September 11, 2001, was not only to inform the nation of the tragedy that had occurred, but to unify and strengthen our country as the memory of this day would live on for well over a …show more content…
Many airlines around the world have made stricter security procedures. Most airlines have metal detectors both for the person flying and anything they are bringing with them. They have special attendants that do bag checks before every flight. They have been trying to avoid any more terrorist attacks like 9/11. Terrorism has also become a bigger issue and it seems to be more common. Before 9/11 there was some terrorist activity but it was not very common and now terrorism is way more common. Part of the reason might be all the rebellions around the world. Recently a terrorist group went to France and killed a group of journalists for drawing political cartoons about Muhammad. This is just one more example of unsettling terrorist activity that goes on around the world. Another thing that has come out of 9/11 is the stereotype that all Muslims are terrorists. That has become less common, but for many years after 9/11, many people believed that all Muslims were radical and going to blow up our country. The last major thing that was caused by the events of 9/11 is a more unified country for the United States. Many people came together to help and support all those who lost family and friends in the horrible events that took