It is unquestionable that the events of September 11th 2001 (9/11) left an indelible mark on the United States of America. Four commercial planes were hijacked by terrorists: two of the aircrafts were flown directly into the towers of the World Trade Center (WTC); the third one was targeted to the Pentagon; while the fourth airplane, a failed attempt of its hijackers, crashed in Pennsylvania after the heroic passengers took on the terrorists. None of the people aboard these flights survived. An entire nation watched the WTC towers, and the people inside, disappear into a mass of smoke and debris. Information released by the media pointed to a group of Muslim fundamentalists named Al-Qaeda; therefore shifting public opinion against American Muslims and Arabs in general.