9/11 Amendment Prevention
September 11, 2001, was a tragic day in the U.S. that no one will ever forget. The 9/11 terrorist attack caused 3,000 deaths of innocent people. People’s mothers, fathers, siblings, and children were killed or injured causing a worldwide tragedy. Children grew up without parents never knowing who they were or having a vague memory of them, due to the fact that they lost them in the attack. Imagine not being able to ever talk to your parent again. Not being able to call them when you are sad, proud, or to tell them how your day was. The result of this terrible event cost the government trillions of dollars to restore everything that was harmed. What if all this could have been prevented? How, you may ask. By simple security measures like we
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This amendment is demolished the moment you step through the doors of an airport. Many people believe this to be an issue. The aviation and transportation security act poses a blanket that allows searches without cause as long as terrorism poses a risk. However, the searches should not be more than necessary. For example, body scanners are an intrusion on privacy, for they take pictures of your naked body to ensure harmful objects are not smuggled through security. In addition, it forces the elderly to raise their arms when they are weak and frail to take a picture of their body. Also, passengers can be accused of “possible” smuggling resulting in a “handsy” pat down. Such as, bladder cancer patient, Thomas Sawyer left the airport mortified. Thomas had been a bladder cancer patient for years having a urostomy bag to collect his urine. He was on his way to Florida when he was stopped in security and had to have a pat down. This resulted in a TSA agent hitting his urostomy bag after being warned and broke the seal of the bag causing urine to spray everywhere especially on Sawyer. Sawyer said,“I was absolutely humiliated, I couldn’t even speak.” (Harriet Baskas) In conclusion, this violates people’s individual rights by intruding on their privacy. Is traveling worth it in these
This amendment is demolished the moment you step through the doors of an airport. Many people believe this to be an issue. The aviation and transportation security act poses a blanket that allows searches without cause as long as terrorism poses a risk. However, the searches should not be more than necessary. For example, body scanners are an intrusion on privacy, for they take pictures of your naked body to ensure harmful objects are not smuggled through security. In addition, it forces the elderly to raise their arms when they are weak and frail to take a picture of their body. Also, passengers can be accused of “possible” smuggling resulting in a “handsy” pat down. Such as, bladder cancer patient, Thomas Sawyer left the airport mortified. Thomas had been a bladder cancer patient for years having a urostomy bag to collect his urine. He was on his way to Florida when he was stopped in security and had to have a pat down. This resulted in a TSA agent hitting his urostomy bag after being warned and broke the seal of the bag causing urine to spray everywhere especially on Sawyer. Sawyer said,“I was absolutely humiliated, I couldn’t even speak.” (Harriet Baskas) In conclusion, this violates people’s individual rights by intruding on their privacy. Is traveling worth it in these