What+was+the+impact+of+the+September+2001+attacks+on+New+York?

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Why was this question important at the time?
This question was important at the time because it was one of the biggest terrorist attacks the United States had ever had. On the day, September 11th, when the World Trade Center collapsed, it threw America into complete chaos. America had to question there relationship with the rest of the world.

Why it's still an important issue?
This is still an important question because Terrorism is one of the biggest problems that faces most governments today.

__Introduction__
On September 11th 2001 there were a series of suicide attacks by Al-Qaeda upon the United States. Nineteen Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked and intentionally crashed four commercial passenger planes. They crashed the first two into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York. The third plane crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington and finally the fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville after the passengers managed to overthrow the hijackers and crash the plane into a field instead of another building. The total death toll for the September 11th attacks was 2,993 people, this including the 19 hijackers.



__Domestic Response__
The initial shock on the Americans from the attacks was huge. They had to completely rethink there relationships with the rest of the world. George Bush made a speech on September 20th explaining everything that had​ happened, he talked about the nine days of rescue and all the recovery efforts made by the police and firefighters, he then said what he intended to do about all of this.

George Bush set up the Coalition of the 9/11; this provided financial assistance to survivors and families of victims. By 2003 there were 2,833 applicants. Next the congress set up the USA Patriot Act which stated that it would help detect and prosecute terrorism and any other crimes. This had its bad sides though as people went against this saying that it wouldnt help anything because they would never be able to catch a terrorist. They hadn't caught many before and so they weren't likely to catch any now. Then in 2002 President Bush signed the Homeland Security Act which represented the largest restructuring of the U.S government in contemporary history.

__International Response__
They international response to the United States was really positive. Many nations around the globe offered pro American support, this helped a lot. Tens of thousands of people attempted to flee Afghanistan fearing there own safety. They fled into Pakistan, who then closed off its border with Afghanistan due to the fact that they already had many refugees from previous terrorist attacks where people had fled the country. The United States led a coalition of international forces against the removal of the Taliban for harbouring the Al-Qaeda organisation, which Osama Bin Laden was the leader of. America arrested over 600 supposed Al-Qaeda members and put them into a detention centre they set up in Guantanamo Bay. Here they held what they called 'illegal enemy suspects.'



__Airport Security__
As a consequence of these attacks there have been many drastic changes to airport security. For months after the attacks there were armed security guards all around airports. On September 11th, many of the hijackers managed to board the aircraft carrying knives as this was acceptable at the time. So now passengers can't carry liquids, gels, aerosols or any sharp objects. All bottles must be put into separate plastic bags for separate screening. Security on aircraft has now drastically changed; cockpit doors are now bulletproof and most aircraft has CCTV for pilots to monitor there passengers. Pilots also have the option to carry a gun but they must be trained to use it. Hijackers on September 11th managed to get on the plane without valid ID. So this is why today you must have proper ID or you are not allowed to even go through the security checkings. Then they introduced the TSA which is the Transport Security Administration. This basically controls all the security things in the airport and is now running every U.S airport.

__Final say__
In my opinion Al-Qaeda succeeded in terrorising the world because after this, Airline companies went bust simply because they were frightened to fly. Security is now priority but is drastically affects air travel. The fight against terrorism is the foremost problem faced by probably every government in the world. We will never forgot September 11th 2001.