Learn from 9/11...(Conclusion)

September 11, 2001 was the most horrific and devastating incident I have ever experienced in my life. It had affected every human being in America some how and some way. Many people lost their lives in that day. They never would have thought about what is coming in their way the day before 9/11. A lot of people died leaving their family alone. They were all innocent. I know The United States took control of Afghanistan for oil, agricultural goods etc. But my question is why would they kill these innocent people who had nothing to do with this?? Why would they kill a innocent child`s father who had nothing to this?? The terrorists could have taken their revenge some other way instead of killing all this innocent people. I think it is also time for the government and president administration to stop the wars and stay at peace. I think this wars, racism, discrimination would make the younger generations who are growing up even more worst than us. I think it is time for our government to think about all of that and try to fix it instead of spending millions of dollars in wars. I know that 9/11 can never be forgotten. But we can learn from it so that we would never fall into something similar ever again. If we do than we would know how to handle and deal with it.

US Troops

President Bush declared war against Afghanistan right after September 11. The title of this war was “ War on Terror”. Millions of American troops went to fight this war. A lot of them got killed by cross fires. A lot of Afghanistan innocent civilians also got killed because of this horrific war. Based on an Article, It was heard on January 9th, 2008 that there were 26,000 Us troops are currently in Afghanistan and that they were sending another 3,000 troops for back up. Iraq war was even worse. The Us confirmed that 4077 were reported deaths and 4076 were confirmed death. A lot of soldiers died leaving their families. They left back their young kids, parents, wife and went to fight for their country. Most of them never looked back. There were also many injuries. Armies had their legs blown off, injured their soldiers, got shot etc. Based on an Article, A 40 year old veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan war lost his eye sight during the war. There is always a very possible chance of eye and brain injuries due to road side bombs, mortars, grenades which were most commonly used against The Us Troops.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2007-11-13-eyeinjuries_N.htmhttp://icasualties.org/oif/ay.com/news/military/2007-11-13-eyeinjuries_N.htm

Politics

After September 11, politics became very crude and desperate. The politicians became very aggressive and said they would do anything to prevent the country from danger. They decided to spend as much money as they need to prevent United States from terrorism. For example, On September 11 George W. Bush told the people “ Either you are with us or you are with the terrorist.” Basically he meant that he would do whatever it takes to response to 9/11, which he did. He spend millions of dollars on Afghanistan and Iraq war. The United States has moved into a new terrain after 9/11. A lot of people were against Iraq war but still Bush Administration did not listen to anybody and send millions of troops to Iraq. After 9/11 the voters sort of changed their opinions. They wanted to go back to Bill Clinton Era. The American people trust The Democrats to deal with issues like environment, health care, Social security, and opportunity for all. They trust the Republicans to make the toughest decisions. The want them to govern issues such as national security, defense and also fighting terrorism.

http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/1602/

http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=127&subid=269&contentid=250017

Travelling by Air

Flying after 9/11 attacks became very hard for people. They feared something bad might happen to them too. Before, people did not really think about the consequences that might happen to them when they travelled with a plane. But now 9/11 sort of put fear in people`s mind from all over the world. As stated in an article, Many business men and women also feel a little scared and uncomfortable flying after the terrorist attack in 9/11.
A lot of them decided to quit their jobs because of flying. Flying on a plane became a nightmare to people nowadays. Some people think they won’t return back home safe if they get on the plane. The Airline Business also slowed down. There were not a lot of people boarding on planes. A lot of Airline Companies were going to bankcruptcy because there were not enough sale of tickets. The fuel price also went up. The airlines also tried to secure the aircrafts even better than before. They made the cockpit door more heavier and made it not easy for the terrorists to get in and take control of the plane. But still the people could not trust it. American and United Airlines were the two Airlines who suffered most from it. These two airlines were the ones hijacked on 9/11. That is the main reason why some people cannot trust those companies anymore and stopped taking them.
http://www.miriametucker.com/Fear_of_Flying_After_9_11.html http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2006-03-20-fear-of-flying-usat_x.htm http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/14/news/fortune500/bankruptcy_airlines/index.htm

Lower Manhattan after 9/11

After 9/11 the lower Manhattan was completely finished. The side was corrupted. It was a nightmare for the fire fighters. A lot of fire fighters lost their lives. The 9/11 families were only allowed to visit the entire site. But the citizens were not allowed to enter the site. A few weeks later a group of highly organized business men called for the re-creation of lower Manhattan to the public authority who would be responsible for the reconstruction of lower Manhattan. Many industries and rich men took part in rebuilding the site. The site was full of dusts, concretes, mud etc. It also had a very bad smell. But now their plan to rebuild the World Trade Center is becoming clearer day by day. By 2010 the project of rebuilding the World Trade Center should be complete. The New tower will be named “Freedom Tower”. http://www.citiesandmoney.com/?p=8http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060903/11zero.htm

Racism

Crimes based on Religion, Race has rapidly increased after the September 11 attacks. The Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) reported that the crimes on race has increased most in 2003 over 2002. It mostly affected people from Middle East and also Southeast Asia. These people complained of rising violence and discrimination against them. After 9/11 people from Middle East in New York City were very scared and got discriminated a lot. They were not accepted jobs they applied. They were also mentally abused by people from other race. They were teased and were called terrorists. The kids in School were also mentally abused by their friends. Based on an article it is also found that people from other states are afraid to come to New York City. They think people will discriminate them and call them Arab or Pakistani. Airport became a big issue after 9/11. Security check became very high. The securities check all your bags, belongings etc. The most racist thing is that when they see that there is Arab passengers on board they start checking more. They make them go through a special check from everybody. I think it is not fair at all. They cannot check them separately. I think should check them all together. http://www.alternet.org/story/12065/

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/934838.cms

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14587965/

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