9/11 Reflection

On September 11, 2001 terrorists apprehended 4 airplanes and committed the most heinous act in American history. They flew two planes into the world trade center, one into the Pentagon, and one crashed in a field in Pennsylvania crash killing more than three thousand American citizens. Since 9 /11many things have changed in America in relation to our national security.

One of the major changes that have effected most people is in the airports. There are several new procedures one must go through to take a flight these days. First, when you arrive at the airport you are required to have a government issued identification card at the counter rather than any old identification card. Then, after you receive your boarding pass you must pass by a security guard just to get to the metal detectors; before you were able to just go straight through the metal detector. Now when you get to that station you must, in most cases, take off your shoes, coat and remove your lap top from it's case.

After you have gone through all that rigmarole you must once again have your identification card out at the gate. Also, an extra special treat that the airports have for us is the institution of random screening. When you get to the gate if you have a special ticket you get to go through the whole security process again if you have a ticket with a special marking on it. At this screening they go over you with a wand and go through your bags more intrusively.

In her article titled "The New Roman Arena: Airports" Ann Coulter points out the idiocy of these new implemented methods of security: "While still completely vulnerable to another terrorist attack, Americans submit like good Germans to these purposeless airport shakedowns- which are ab...

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...ly some people were gladdened: The stock market had its best week in twenty years. What people do with their money is a rather more profound barometer of public sentiment than any stupid poll- much less bald assertions by New York Times reporters. Times news stories are beginning to have the ring of Arab- style proclamations in defiance of the facts. As with Saddam Hussein, the truth for them has no meaning. They say whatever honor commands them to Say(Coulter 2)."

Since 9/11 many things have changed in America in relation to our national security. We now have stricter airport rules, a Patriot Act, a Department of Homeland Security, and a War on Terrorism. Are we any safer? I have no idea, but if a group of Arabs can hop on some planes and cause so much devastation with out being questioned before I sure don't see how someone else couldn't be just as creative.