9-11

             In the last year there has been an event that has changed the United States emotionally, physically, and economically. This event is the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September eleventh, 2001. Two planes hijacked by terrorists crashed into the Twin Towers; another plane hijacked crashed into the Pentagon. There were 1402 victims in the North Tower, and 614 in the South Tower. The New York police and firefighters have recovered a lot people from the two towers, nearby offices, and buildings. The number of people killed in the Pentagon was 184; and at least 12 children have lost a parent in the Pentagon. This affected the emotional, physical, and economical status of the United States.
             The September eleventh attack has affected the emotional status of the United States by making people feel insecure. People in New York who have lost relatives in the World Trade Center were coming to the cameras of news reporters with pictures in their hands. All of them were hoping if someone had seen their families or friends. Approximately 1.5 million New Yorkers needed counseling because of this tragedy. The wreckage of the World Trade Center brought more emotional pain in seeing that there is nothing but ground and rubble where the two towers stood before, but made people patriotic like never before. After the attack more people are placing flags on their houses and cars to show their support for their country in a time of need.
             People who are visiting or living in New York, they will find an enormous vacant region, around 16 acres. This is not the only physical discrepancy in the United States. There is more security at the airports due to the hazard of planes being hijacked. Another dissimilarity today in the United States is the bumper stickers on cars related to the September eleventh attack; and people who paint their houses red, white, and blue. People are also wearing a pin of the American flag and a rib...

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