citizens reported showing more affection for family members and relatives, with 60% reporting that their personal relationships were strengthened following the attacks ( Saad, 2001a). Indeed, several polls indicated that U.S. Fredrickson, 1995 Fredrickson & Carstensen, 1990). And they might have also felt heightened love, drawing their loved ones closer as an uncertain future shifted their social priorities (cf. They might also have felt keenly interested in the country's unfolding political, social, and spiritual responses. For instance, people might have felt grateful to be alive or to know that their loved ones were safe. Indeed, intermixed experiences of positive emotions were justifiable after the September 11th attacks. Even so, positive emotions are known to co-occur alongside negative emotions during stressful circumstances ( Folkman & Moskowitz, 2000). Fear and anxiety also seemed prevalent: Sixty-three percent of people polled said their personal sense of safety and security had been shaken by the attacks ( Saad, 2001b), and 54% were worried that they or someone in their family would become a victim of a terrorist attack, compared with 24% the previous year ( Gallup News Service, 2001).Īmidst this amalgam of anger, sadness, fear, and anxiety, positive emotions seem unwarranted, even inappropriate. When asked about specific emotions experienced, people most frequently mentioned anger and sadness ( Saad, 2001b). Early polling in the days after the attacks found that 70% had cried about the tragedy ( Saad, 2001b), 52–70% felt depressed, 33–62% had trouble sleeping ( Institute for Social Research, 2001 Pew Charitable Trusts, 2001), and 66% had trouble concentrating ( Institute for Social Research, 2001). history.īeyond the extraordinary physical and financial devastation and loss of human life, the September 11th attacks generated considerable emotional turmoil among U.S. The September 11th terrorist attacks produced more civilian casualties in a single day than has any other event in U.S. In addition to the hundreds of people killed on board the airplanes and in the Pentagon, nearly 3,000 people remained in the World Trade Center towers when they collapsed from the impact.
military headquarters at the Pentagon, outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth crashed in Pennsylvania, missing its intended target.
Two crashed into New York City's twin World Trade Center towers, a third crashed into U.S. On September 11th, 2001, terrorists hijacked four U.S. The following historical summary has become all too familiar.
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