September+11,+2001

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk_8YV0vuSw&feature=youtu.be

**What Happened?** On September 11, 2001, there was an attack on America. There are some men that decided that they didn’t like what America stands for: freedom, liberty, and the rights of men and women of all races, backgrounds, and beliefs. So on the morning of September 11, 2001, they hijacked four planes. Two of the airplanes were crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. The third plane was crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The last plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Thousands of people lost their lives through these attacks. Hundreds of people were on the planes and thousands died in the buildings that were hit by those planes. The men that arranged this terrible attack want Americans to feel afraid and disorganized. They wanted to scare the American people. Mass Hysteria After September 11, 2011, our nation went into a panic mode. The loss of over 3000 innocent people sent our country into utter chaos. Since 9-11, the nation has been seized with an overwhelming, paralyzing fear. Everyone is affected, the old, young, rural, urban, all Americans are suffering in some way such as emotion repercussions caused by losing a family member. Not all bad came from 9-11 though. I believe that because of the tragedies of September 11th, America has grown as a country. We have strengthen our national defenses and we are now more prepared for future disasters such as this one. We have worked together as a country to attempt to prevent foreign terrorists attacks and prevent other serious threats. Yes, fear can be a bad thing but I believe that in this case, fear-based thinking helped our country for the better. The media and general publics opinions were one in the same. After 9-11, all Americans wanted to protect their country. They wanted to know that they would be safe to walk down the street or travel across country in a commercial airplane. This forced the government to make stricter enforcements such as no liquids on carry-ons at the airport. An individual can't always prevent mass hysteria because sometimes it is out of their hands as in this case. No one could have foreseen the events of this day and their was no way for one individual to prevent these outcomes.