How Has 9/11 Changed American Society
Describe and explain change(s) in a society you have studied this year.
On the eleventh of September, 2001, four planes set off bound for separate destinations across the United States of America. Little did the passengers know as they boarded these planes that they would never live to see another day, as Muslim hijackers were onboard the flights with the intention of launching a terrorist attack on the country. Two of the four planes were deliberately crashed into the Twin Towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing thousands of people and injuring hundreds more. A third plane was flown, once again deliberately, into the Pentagon – the headquarters of the US Department of Defence – killing everyone on board. The fourth plane was bound for the country’s capital city, Washington D.C., but the passengers managed to stop the hijackers from reaching this destination and instead crashed the aircraft into a field in Pennsylvania. Everyone on board the plane was still killed, but they saved hundreds of innocent …show more content…
This caused a massive increase in airport security measures, and the whole world has been affected because there are so many rules and regulations in terms of what we are and are not allowed to take on board with us. For example, no more than 100mL of liquid is allowed on your person when you fly, because the airlines are so suspicious of everyone boarding their aircrafts that they enforce dozens of rules upon the passengers. This change has had positive and negative consequences, because although we now feel safer when we travel, we are so limited in what we can carry on board with us. This is a current perspective because it is happening right now, and airlines are getting stricter and stricter in how they run. This increase in airline security measures impacted America greatly, and is another factor in their change to
On the eleventh of September, 2001, four planes set off bound for separate destinations across the United States of America. Little did the passengers know as they boarded these planes that they would never live to see another day, as Muslim hijackers were onboard the flights with the intention of launching a terrorist attack on the country. Two of the four planes were deliberately crashed into the Twin Towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing thousands of people and injuring hundreds more. A third plane was flown, once again deliberately, into the Pentagon – the headquarters of the US Department of Defence – killing everyone on board. The fourth plane was bound for the country’s capital city, Washington D.C., but the passengers managed to stop the hijackers from reaching this destination and instead crashed the aircraft into a field in Pennsylvania. Everyone on board the plane was still killed, but they saved hundreds of innocent …show more content…
This caused a massive increase in airport security measures, and the whole world has been affected because there are so many rules and regulations in terms of what we are and are not allowed to take on board with us. For example, no more than 100mL of liquid is allowed on your person when you fly, because the airlines are so suspicious of everyone boarding their aircrafts that they enforce dozens of rules upon the passengers. This change has had positive and negative consequences, because although we now feel safer when we travel, we are so limited in what we can carry on board with us. This is a current perspective because it is happening right now, and airlines are getting stricter and stricter in how they run. This increase in airline security measures impacted America greatly, and is another factor in their change to