Foreword
September 11, 2001, forever will be seen as a turning point in our Nation’s history. Before that date, terrorism, in the minds of most Americans, was a distant threat; the U.S. economy, while weakened, was in no imminent danger of a severe slide; President George W. Bush was criticized for pursuing a unilateral foreign policy; air travel was popular and commonplace; a divided Congress was preoccupied with the Social Security "lockbox"; and New York City was still enjoying a cultural renaissance.All of that changed on the morning of September 11. Two commercial airplanes, hijacked by terrorists, crashed into the World…
