Cause And Effect Of 9/11 Essay

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On September 11, 2001, three airplanes were hijacked by terrorists to attack the two World Trade Centers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, DC. The death toll was about 3,000 people. This series of events is the single largest concerted attack on US soil, right along with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The 9/11 events are made all the more visible through the coverage of modern media, such as live television broadcast of the collapse of the towers. As such, the impact on the country are deep and wide. Immediately after the attacks, domestic air flights were stopped immediately for several days, for fear of further attacks. Gradually, airplanes were allowed to fly again under additional security. Air travel volume…show more content…
The ensuing events were also volatile and unpredictable as American troops were sent to Afghanistan and other related developments unfolded between Pakistan and India, and between Israel and the Arab world. Media usage increased as people sought to find out about the events, understand the causes and monitor new developments. Unfortunately, higher media usage does not necessarily translate to better understanding, given that the President's explanations consisted of naive statements such as "Why do they hate us so much? They hate our freedoms – our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote..." and then "I'm amazed that there's such misunderstanding of what our country is about that people would hate us ... I just can't believe it because I know how good we are." We will now cite some survey data from the 2002 MARS study. This is a mail survey of 22,097 adults in the 50 states of the USA conducted during January-March 2002. Within this survey, there is a section that begins with the question: "Due to the tragic events of September 11th, would you say that you are doing each of the following more, less or no differently than you did prior to that date?" followed by a list of activities. In the next chart, the survey results are

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