“ Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson, Quote Fancy). On September 11, 2001 an Al Qaeda leader planned an attack on the United States. The Al Qaeda leader got nineteen people to hijack four planes, two of which crashed into the twin towers, one that crashed into the pentagon, and one that crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. These actions took many lives, hurt many families ,and changed security protocols forever. This day of attacks caused a radical change in airport security.
What induced the airline security to change? An Al Qaeda leader prepared an attack on the U.S. and he planned to kill. “On September 11, 2001, nineteen militants associated with the Islamic extremist group Al Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets on the United States” (“9/11 Attacks”, History.com). The Al Qaeda leader ordered some men to tear down very important buildings by flying into them vigorously, to be specific there were four planes, but one
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Jason Villemez claimed, “Two months after the attacks, Congress federalized airport security by passing the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, which created the Transportation Security Administration” (“9/11 To Now: Ways We Have Changed”, PBS). This performance that Congress made included stricter instructions for passengers ,and luggage screenings. Everyone’s shoes began being analyzed by security,and also security began excluding many things. Airplanes, just themselves, went under a lot of development. Cockpit doors were introduced ,and curtains that used to be the door was then made gone forever. In addition, pilots began being able to carry a loaded weapon with them in the cockpit area. Letting the pilot have a loaded weapon in the cockpit was a way to ensure safety if the plane was ever