How Has 9/11 Affected Society

9/11 has greatly affected the whole United States and not just the people and families involved in the actual event. Since 9/11 the number of terrorist attacks have more than doubled. 2007 was the highest year for attacks but it has decreased since than ("Terrorist Attacks Have More than Quadrupled since 2001"). Because of this it has almost forced the government to 1 create the travel over planes far more advanced in security and 2 to now place security cameras almost everywhere. Not only has that affected almost everyones idea of the stereotype muslim but it has also costed the government a ton of money (Bearden).
To stay on top of things the government has installed more cameras everywhere to suspect anything weird and also along borders. They are also allowed to go on the property of people and search through their e-mails, phone calls and more incase they think anything is suspicious. This also lead to a fence being built between the mexican and U.S. border (ways 9/11 changed Immigration). …show more content…
Before 9/11 you didn't have to take off your shoes, or have your liquids in a separate bag and only 3.2 ounces of liquid (my mom). Also nowadays the scanners have changed from a metal detector scan to a X-ray scan (“9/11’s Profound Effects on Air Travel”). Airports have done this to make it more difficult for any traveler to try smuggle anything in that could be harmful to any of passengers. Many random innocent people were punished like being handcuffed for 2 hours or being in jail overnight for things security guards found suspicious and reminded them of 9/11. Till this day it reminds my mom every time she goes to the airport because of how highly guarded the airport has