Although there are a few similarities between the events, most of the details are greatly dissimilar. First of all, the circumstances of the time during which the incidents occurred were very different. Also, amount of damage, in casualties and economic effects, was much greater in Hiroshima and Nagasaki than in New York. The occurrences also generated drastically different reactions. Lastly, the international impact of the events was very different. After these points are taken into consideration it is easy to see that what happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was much more devastating

When the first plane crashed into World Trade Center North Tower it was a total shock. No one was expecting anything like that to happen. We weren't at war. We weren't at the brink of war. The country was doing well. It was a time when we felt safe. The United States was caught off guard, and that is what made the events of September 11th so over

1 I got these numbers from taking the number of injured + dead/missing (Hiroshima/Nagasaki 1989, pp. 368, 559) and subtracted the number of dead/missing (Encarta, 2000)

Between the attacks of September 11th and the bombings of August, 1945, the Japanese were definitely the people that were affected on a much larger scale. Even if you take the very different circumstances into consideration, the loss of life and injury done to the people was much more drastic in Japan. Those cities were filled with innocent civilians, just like the buildings hit on September 11th and war is no excuse to have killed so many of them. Secondly, Japan's economy was very badly damaged, whereas the economy of the United States slumped, but by no means suffered irreparable problems. The reactions of the two countries were also vastly different. The United States fought back and created a new Afghan government, while a defeated Japan turned their government over to America to change. Finally, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki led us into a new era while September 11th simply brought the threat of that era back into light.

The major shock of September 11th wasn't necessarily the deaths, but the demoralization. A total of 3,052 people died because of the occurrences of that day (www.firstcoastnews.com). Of course there was mourning for the individuals, but it was more the manner in which we were hit. The World Trade Center towers were a major symbol of capitalism and the Pentagon a symbol of defense and safety. The targets were chosen to stun Americans, and it definitely had that effect. America became fearful, and it forever changed our country's perception of itself as an invincible power. The country was knocked off balance, and that's what made the attacks powerful.

Aside from the death and fear, the attacks on America had significant economic effects. The economy was already suffering slightly, but September 11th caused it to become much worse. Among the economic losses were $13 billion of government and private property and $35-50 billion of insured property. Also, $1.2

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