Affects after 9/11
Affects on Tourism after 9/11 New York City is one of the most populated cities in the world. The terrorist attack of September 11th in 2001 affected the whole city, shutting down transportation, affecting business revenue, police and the public’s safety. The emotions of New Yorkers were horrified. This was one of three terrorists attacks that impacted America on that day, but also not the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. That morning of 9/11 was a regular day in New York City; children were on their way to school and adults were going to work. The weather was clear, the skies were blue and the temperature was in the 70’s. No one expected something so devastating to occur on such a beautiful autumn morning. September 11th affected New York negatively and recently it has affected the city positively with more growth to the city’s businesses and tourism activity. Before September 11th the first terrorist attack attempt of the World Trade Center was at 12:18 PM on February 26,1993 a tourist bomb explodes in the parking garage of the world trade center in New York City. An attempted to knocking down the tower failed. This explosion created a crater of 60 feet wide and collapse of several steel reinforced concrete floors from the bomb. Even though the attempt failed this did leave six people killed and more than 1,000 were injured. This bombing created more than 500 million in damage to the parking lot. Authorities evacuated 50,000 people from both of the two buildings. Many people were suffering from smoke inhalation. (“World Trade Center Bombed”) According to Business News Daily, after the attack of September 11th businesses in lower Manhattan were shut down due to the destruction of the city. The fronts of the business buildings had been destroyed and other people were evacuated for their safety. About 14,000 businesses had been affected from the attack and this led to their shutting down permanently and others for renovations. While