September 11th

“A week after the devastating terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, the economic impact was being measured in tens of thousands of job losses across the country”, said MSNBC News. I was horrified at what I was seeing! Four passenger airplanes had been hijacked and crashed as bombs in the United States: two into the World Trade Center Towers leveling them both, one into the Pentagon ripping a section into, and one nose-dived into a field in Pittsburgh leaving a twenty-five foot deep crater. Most companies throughout the Nation closed for a day or so, which generated almost no revenue through our economy. If this happens, the business world will tighten up on spending, thus reduce employment growth and opportunities.

The airlines weren’t the only businesses that shutdown.

Nervously awaiting the outcome to this horrific disaster of September 11, 2001, Americans seem reluctant to buy goods. On Wednesday, September 19th, just two days after Wall Street reopened, I read this from MSNBC News, “The Dow and the NASDAQ closed with moderate losses Tuesday, stabilizing somewhat after Monday’s sharp decline, as Wall Street remained cautious amid military uncertainty and concerns about the outlook for the economy. With unemployment inevitably expected to increase, my opportunity to secure a promising position is sure to decrease. There it was written all over the screen, “TERRORISTS HAD ATTACKED AMERICA”! At first I thought I had tuned into scenes from a movie until I turned the channel and the same view was on every station. President Bush immediately grounded all air travel in the US for two days and demanded the Federal Aviation Administration heighten its security measures before reopening to the public. ent leads, as I had routinely been doing during the previous six months, when I reached to turn the TV on. With this weighing in the balance, I must become more creative and flexible in my employment search and consider possibly even changing careers. ”

Our once thriving economy now has in place all of the ingredients to create a recession which could possibly cripple us financially. That one horrendous day in September 2001 could forever impact my professional and personal life as the economic aftermath unfolds.