All of us know the madness and chaos that was caused by the Al-Queda terrosists on the morning of September 11,2001, when nineteen terrorist hijacked four commercial passenger jet airlines. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airlines into the World Trade Center, one plane into each tower. The crash resulted into the collapse of both buildings soon afterward and irreparable damage to nearby buildings.Eventhough the main goal for these terrorist was to divide a nation, on the contrary we became more united than ever because it was a complete tragedy and thousands of innocent lifes were lost.
However, every american knew that September 11 was going to be the day that would change everything and it did. Certain measures were taken in order to secure the safety of everyone and anyone. For instance, when effects of the attacks soon reached airports nationwide Congress created the Transportation Safety Administration in which President George W. Bush signed into law on Nov. 19, 2001, just two months after the attack. The TSA took responsibility for the airport security nationwide at that point, according to TSA spokesperson Nico Melendez.
The TSA also has taken on 50,000 screeners screening 100 percent of passengers and 100 percent of bags," Melendez said. "We have reinstituted the Air Marshal program, granted funds for bus companies located in 25 states ... strengthened our shipping plan with $170,000 for port security."
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