Impacts of terrorism

case study of 911 attacks

world trade center

Social/psychological impacts

• people would lose their loves ones and are devastated.
• many turn to hate the terrorist.
• some of them breaks down after losing their love ones.
• some may lose their moral in the government as they could not orevent the case from happening.

Economic impacts

• the attack will cripple the economy as it affect the tourist industry.
• tourist will not visit the countries in fear they might get involve in the tourist attack.
• there will be an reduce in the income in the busy city as people would not want to invest in a area that it affected by terrorism.
• money is need to be channeled to saving the victims of the attack and rebuilding the lives in Lower Manhattan.
• some of the people working is the sole breadwinner for the family thus leading the family to be poor without the financial support.
• these will slow down the growth of the economy

Political impacts

• the governements had to suspect everyone in the country as they could be the potential terrorist.
• tighter control over the airport system to spot for terrorist, slowing down the immigration clearance.