5-B Henry Duncan How 9-11 Changed the World

Half (51%) of adults think 9/11 changed the country for the worse. Few (14%) think it did not change the country at all while just over a quarter (28%) think it changed the country for the better. More than seven in ten adults say 9/11 had the following effects: Made them appreciate their friends and/or family more (77%); increased their awareness of events overseas (73%); increased their appreciation of local police and/or firefighters (72%). Four to six in ten adults say 9/11 had the following effects: Increased their patriotism (61%); made them more concerned about their personal safety (48%); made them more suspicious of others (46%); increased their faith (44%). Two to three in ten adults say 9/11 had the following effects: Prompted them to create an emergency plan and/or disaster supplies kit (30%); prompted them to volunteer (29%); made them less likely to travel by air (26%); led them or someone they know to join the military (26%).

The 9/11 event made me appreciate my life in many ways. I do have a greater awareness of those who fight to keep our country free and safe. I try to thank them individually as I see them, and give to the organizations that support them and their families. I'm sad that the old ways of doing things is no longer possible due to the radical groups that threaten us.

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Armed officers staff a beige outpost. Drivers and passengers face questioning. Vehicles automatically get scanned for radiation, to make sure there are no dirty bombs.

Dana Nelson, Gertrude Conaway Professor of English and American studies, saw 9/11 as “something utterly arresting in the American psyche” — our first experience with horrific foreign-bred terrorism.

The most dangerous legacy of the attack, she said, was an “embrace of the imperial presidency,” an “arrogant assertion of executive supremacy” by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Exemplifying this presidential attitude, Nelson said, was the policy of remote-controlled drone attacks to kill terrorist leaders overseas. Some of those targeted are American citizens who are receiving “a death sentence without trial.”

This calendar is made up of hidden, overlooked, misunderstood, private or secret events, each related directly or indirectly to the attacks. Its dates, momentous and trivial, have shaped the nation in ways large and small.

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The most striking change has been the emergence in the United States of a garrison mentality. In the name of security, Washington embarked in 2001 on a course of open-ended war. Politicians have called intervention in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen and Libya essential to America's safety. Yet the military has shouldered this burden alone. Meanwhile, these policies have brought death to hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and tens of thousands of Afghans. A perpetual state of chaos reigns.

Ten years later, we have unprecedented debt, unprecedented deficits, as far as the eye can see — it’s not all related to 9/11, but the economic weakness of the United States was greatly accelerated by our response to 9/11,” Nacht said.

“From what we know about bin Laden and al Qaeda, their aim was to provoke the United States to go into Afghanistan, where they thought we’d be in a quagmire,” Nacht said. “They also thought we would so rev up our expenditures that it could really strain or even bankrupt us.”

“It is hard to see a time when that will disappear,” said Nacht. “What happened was unthinkable, but it happened in front of our eyes.”

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Before 9/11 we thought we were invincible. We thought nothing could touch us. I understand that 9/11 changed that belief and made us paranoid about it happening again.

Before 9/11 we thought we were invincible. We thought nothing could touch us. I understand that 9/11 changed that belief and made us paranoid about it happening again.

Before 9/11 we thought we were invincible. We thought nothing could touch us. I understand that 9/11 changed that belief and made us paranoid about it happening again.