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Airport Security After September 11, 2001: How 9/11 Has Changed America

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September 11, 2001: this date has changed America forever. How far has airport security come so it can be as safe as it can be for all boarding passengers? Shortly after the terrorist attack on the United States of America, airports were closed; airports needed to recuperate by inheriting better technology. Airports started to use better scanners called Computer Tomography Scanners. This scanner checks baggage and carry on 's for harmful items. The USA put more air marshals on flights, and first class curtains were taken down. After 9/11 all 75,000 employees at airports had background checks. In all, airport security systems all around the country were required to be updated by the time another flight was ready.
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