Bush, who had become president nine months earlier after a fiercely contested election, saw his job approval rise 35 percentage points in the space of three weeks. Americans also turned to religion and faith in large numbers. Public esteem rose even for some institutions that usually are not that popular with Americans.
For example, in November , news organizations received record-high ratings for professionalism. Public trust in government, as well as confidence in other institutions, declined throughout the s. With the U. Many Americans were impatient for the Bush administration to give the go-ahead for military action.
Even in the early stages of the U. Throughout the fall of , more Americans said the best way to prevent future terrorism was to take military action abroad rather than build up defenses at home. Initially, the public was confident that the U. Support for the war in Afghanistan continued at a high level for several years to come. Only two-in-ten said it was the wrong decision. The share favoring a speedy troop withdrawal increased over the next few years. A turning point came in May , when U.
Over the next decade, U. Meanwhile, public support for the decision to use force in Afghanistan, which had been widespread at the start of the conflict, declined.
Today, after the tumultuous exit of U. Throughout the contentious, yearlong debate before the U. As with the case with U. Since then, sizable majorities have continued to cite that as a top policy priority. Admiral David L. McDonald Admiral Thomas H. Moorer Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. Admiral James L. Hayward Admiral James D. Watkins Admiral Carlisle A. Trost Admiral Frank B. Boorda Admiral Jay L. Johnson Admiral Vernon E.
Clark Admiral Michael G. Greenert Admiral John M. Campa Jr. Beldo Carl M. Brashear Jesse L. Brown Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Rosemary Mariner Bernice R. Walters Nordstrom M. Elaine Toms Chancellor A. Upshur - David Henshaw - Thomas W. Gilmer John Y. Mason George Bancroft - William B. Preston - William A. Graham - John P. Kennedy - James C. Robeson - Richard W. Thompson - Nathan Goff, Jr. Whitney - Benjamin F.
Tracy - Hilary A. Herbert - John D. Long - William H. Moody - Paul Morton - Charles J. Bonaparte - Victor H. Capitol, the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland or one of several nuclear power plants along the eastern seaboard. Citizens of 78 countries died in New York, Washington, D. At the World Trade Center, 2, died after the two planes slammed into the twin towers. That figure includes firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York City police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers who were struggling to complete an evacuation of the buildings and save the office workers trapped on higher floors.
At the Pentagon, people were killed, including 64 on American Airlines Flight 77, the airliner that struck the building. On Flight 93 , 44 people died when the plane crash-landed in Pennsylvania. Bush , who was in Florida at the time of the attacks and had spent the day being shuttled around the country because of security concerns, returned to the White House.
These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. In a reference to the eventual U. Within two months, U. Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11th attacks, remained at large until May 2, , when he was finally tracked down and killed by U.
In June , then-President Barack Obama announced the beginning of large-scale troop withdrawals from Afghanistan; it took until August for all U.
It was signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 25, Today, the Department of Homeland Security is a cabinet responsible for preventing terror attacks, border security, immigrations and customs and disaster relief and prevention. Mohammed led propaganda operations for al Qaeda from In August , a U. On the first day of trading after the attacks, the market fell 7.
The heaviest losses were in finance and air transportation, which accounted for 60 percent of lost jobs. Thousands of first responders and people working and living in lower Manhattan near Ground Zero were exposed to toxic fumes and particles emanating from the towers as they burned and fell. In the space of three hours, two planes hit the World Trade Center, one plane hit the Pentagon and one crashed in Pennsylvania.
Nearly 3, died during the attacks, and many more suffer ongoing conditions from injuries and smoke inhalation. For millions, September 11, , is a day that will never be forgotten. Have you read? An entire generation of Americans has no idea how easy air travel used to be.
There were four planes involved in the crash. Life in America was set on a new trajectory. It took media sites minutes to start coverage of the crash. What's the World Economic Forum doing about the future of cities? License and Republishing. Written by. More on United States View all. US consumer prices are at their highest since And inflation is at 6.
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