Terroism In America
Terrorism. Webster’s defines terrorism as a systematic use of terror especially as coercion. There have been many acts of terrorism in the world over the years. The bombing of the U.S. embassy in the Middle East, the Oklahoma City bombing by Timothy McVay, and even the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1994. However, no terrorist attack has had the impact on America or even the world like the terrorist attack of the Twin Towers and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. The strategic plans of the terrorist were timed to precision. Although one of the hijacked planes was unable to reach its target, the attack on America was a deadly bloodbath. At 8:45a.m, the hijacked American Airlines flight 11 crashes into World Trade Center tower 1. This killed thousands of people. Then at 9:03a.m, a second hijacked American Airlines flight 175, crashed into the World Trade Center tower 2. This killed thousands of people who worked in the building, as well as the fire fighters and police officers that came to the scene of Tower 1. Then at 9:40a.m, hijacked American Airlines flight 77 crashed into the west side of the pentagon. At 9:45a.m, a 911-phone call is made from American Airlines flight 93, telling the police that the plane has been
The terrorist attack has hurt America greatly as far as the economy goes. The United States has been shelling out money in order to compensate for the loss of business and economic resources. The war on Afghanistan has cost the United States up to $400 million a month. This amount is said to rise to as high as one billion dollars a month. The cost of firearms such as missiles, warplanes, and submarines, is estimated at one million dollars each. How is America supposed to fund these weapons of war? The deficit is already extremely high, and this only makes things worse. Another aspect of the United States economy is the loss of jobs in New York. Hundreds of airline attendants have been laid off, since the September 11 terrorist attack. The unemployment rate has increased from 4.9 to 5.4 in a span of a month. This is the highest rise since December of 1996. Taxi drivers have felt the decline in business due to the lack of tourist travel. The terrorist attacks have slowed down tourist travel. And therefore the taxicabs that are assigned to the airports have been hurt financially. The independent New York cab drivers can no longer afford to keep their cabs. The financial district in down town Manhattan may not return to their location after the World Trade Center clean up. This would no longer make Manhattan the central business center of New York. This will hurt the New York economy has well as cost thousands of men and women their jobs. Another aspect of the e
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