Sunday, May 13, 2018
Effects of the 9/11 Attacks
The 9/11 terrorist attacks took place in September of 2001. 19 al-Qaeda Islamic extremists took over 4 planes. Two planes with thousands of gallons of explosive fuel were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. One hit the the 80th floor of the north tower, killing hundreds instantly and trapping thousands of others. 18 minutes later, another plane flew straight through the 60th floor of the south tower. Another plane then smashed into the Pentagon near Washington DC. Everyone in the plane was killed, and 125 others died in the Pentagon. Meanwhile, civilians fought hijackers over the fourth plane. It crashed in Pennsylvania, where all aboard it were killed. All in all, nearly 3,000 were dead. Hundreds of firefighters, paramedics, and police officers evacuating civilians were killed. Osama bin Laden was in charge of the attacks. He was able to financially support their operation. Against American support of Israel, the Persian Gulf War, and the military presence in the Middle East, the terrorists planned 9/11. Bin Laden would eventually die in 2011. 9/11 was the biggest terrorist attack in United States history. It changed the way Americans lived. Airport laws are extremely strict, and security in general tightened up all over the United States. It also intensified the war between America and the Middle East. It also made America more hostile to immigration, and many foreigners were taken into custody and some deported. Finally, there was large surveillance all over the country, and NSA (National Security Agency) spying became a big issue.
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If America had been more cautious and more trusting of their gut instincts and took those warnings more seriously, could this terrorist attack have been prevented? The people who were in interaction with the terrorists second-guessed themselves, airplanes that had a lack of heavy security, there were many causes that led to the success of the attack on 9/11. It wasn't necessarily the people's fault for having such low guard because America at the time had been having such a time of their lives and a bit too ignorant of what had been going on in other countries around the world.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the root causes in today's racism against Muslims. Yes, of course there are many extremists, but people in this nation that is supposed to be welcoming, are doing these hate crimes against Muslim-Americans. There also white supremacists that people ignore yet blame Muslims for terrorism.
ReplyDeleteEmily makes some good points in the above comment, which is that the terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda gave a lot of Americans room for generalizing all Muslims as radicals. So many people died in the attack, and the FBI took a big hit because they had all the information to prevent it. It must have been terrifying to know that trained groups hated America so much they were willing to suicide bomb themselves to kill us.
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