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Question 1: How was your topic affected by 9/11?

Before 9/11, America had a feeling of security, although following the attack on the twin towers, a new sense of paranoia was created. During the recent earthquake in Virginia, many Americans felt the rumbling of the ground and instantly they assumed that it was a terrorist attack. When asked about the earthquake, one man said “I felt that same extrasensory thing as on September 11th … That feeling that something is happening, something out of control” (The Washington Post). The fact that so many people thought of “terrorist attack” before they realized the quake was a natural disaster goes to show that Americans still have a sense of paranoia of terrorism, even after a decade following 9/11, which is evidence of how our country has been affected on a long term basis.

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 * < Fisher, Marc. "Earthquake brings mind panic of 9/11." //The Washington Post// 23

Question 2: Explain the scope (extent), intensity (depth), and nature of the affect of 9/11 on you topic.

The density of this paranoia caused by the 9/11 attacks come from the fear of the unknown: terrorism on our country. The scope of this paranoia ranges all over America and was especially apparent during the recent earthquake in Virginia. “… thoughts go immediately to evil attack rather than natural disaster” (The Washington Post), since post-9/11 America has adopted a fear of terrorism after nearly ten years following the destruction of the twin towers. The loss that America had gone through scarred our people in the sense that terrorism has become of our biggest fears and threats.

Fi sher, Marc. "Earthquake brings mind panic of 9/11." //The Washington Post// 23 Aug. 2011: n. pag. //washingtonpost.com//. Web. 28 Aug. 2011. .

Question 3: How has debate on this issue made our country stronger?

The paranoia of post-9/11 trauma in America has raised more issues and fears than ever, and if anything, has not made our country stronger. From racial profiling to taking extreme measures of security, our country has drastically changed since the attack on the twin towers, due to fear of terrorism. The University of Southern California conducted a survey to minorities and “ Middle Easterners polled in this survey, 42 percent said they feel less secure since 9/11; 70 percent worry more often; 29 percent say they are making less money ” (Immigration and Insecurity: Post-9/11 Fear in the United States). Specifically socially, America has been hindered by the constant fear of terrorism.

Tirman, John. "Immigration and Insecurity: Post-9/11 Fear in the United States."

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