Will We Ever Recover? This essay is about the effects that September 11, 2001 had on the airline industry.

Will We Ever Recover? What does 911 mean to you? For some it is just a number dialed when there is an emergency but to others it is a day of death, triumph, and tribulations. September 11, 2001 (referred to as 9/11), a day that changed our way of life. The events that occurred on September 11, 2001 was "...the deadliest act of terrorism in the United States..." (September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack). Tuesday, September 11, 2001: 8:46AM: American Airlines flight 11, flown by hijackers, crashes …

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