September 11th, 2001, was the day everything in America would change. On the day of September 11th, 2001, four commercial airline planes where hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda militants. Two planes were flown into the World Trade Center, one plane crashed into the Pentagon, and the last one crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. In total, almost 3,000 civilians would die, making it the saddest day in American history. In the book; Scapegoats of September 11th: Hate Crimes and State Crimes in the War on Terror written by Michael Welch, he states “In so many ways, September 11th, 2001, bisects history, altering the way people speak, think, and feel about the world around them” (Michael-Welch , 2006, pg. 3). Although we see many negatives out of September 11th, there are some positives that came out of it. …show more content…
In the airports a whole new brand of safety breaks out. Mathew Green states “Created in the wake of the attacks, the TSA is tasked with instituting new security procedures and managing screening at every commercial airport checkpoint in the country” (Green, September 10th, 2015). Before the attacks there was basically no security in the airports, so it’s no surprise the attackers were able to get by (Green, September 10th, 2015). Although many do not like the TSA security on the airports, it is clearly the best thing to have for the safety of America. After the attacks, the TSA started doing pat-downs and also making passengers walk through metal detectors, anything you can think of (Jason Villemez, September 14th,