How Did 9/11 Changed America
I don’t think any American can forget where they were when 9/11 happened. I was going into my history class when I learned about it. My teacher had the T.V. on even though the administration asked the teachers to turn the TV’s off. We watched it and discussed what was going on for the entire hour and a half that we were in the class. My teacher was very emotional and crying and so were some of the students. Some of the students were in shock and others were oblivious to what this meant for our country. I was emotional myself. This was such a tragic event and I didn’t think it would be an event that would affect my life the way that it did. I think I was too young at the time to truly understand the seriousness that would come out of the attacks of 9/11. This tragic event changed America in so many ways. This event in history affected me in many different ways. For the next few year of my life things were very hectic and chaotic and I was still in high school for part of it. When we declared that we were going to invade on the Middle East I was terrified. My boyfriend and high school sweet heart who I later married was in the United States Air Force and he was stationed at MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida where we reside. I had the fear that since MacDill was where Central Command is that there was a possibility that
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The economy being the biggest thing crashing. Many people have loss their jobs and are unable to support their families leading to more homeless people than ever before. The rise in the price of oil causing an increase of gasoline making it harder for people who are getting pay cuts to pay all their bills and gas to make it to work so they can keep their families fed and under a secure roof. I have seen so many homeless people on the streets begging for money to feed their families and to help cloth them. It is a sad reality in our country at this
The economy being the biggest thing crashing. Many people have loss their jobs and are unable to support their families leading to more homeless people than ever before. The rise in the price of oil causing an increase of gasoline making it harder for people who are getting pay cuts to pay all their bills and gas to make it to work so they can keep their families fed and under a secure roof. I have seen so many homeless people on the streets begging for money to feed their families and to help cloth them. It is a sad reality in our country at this