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9\11
A suicide terrorist attack by flying 2n places into the Twin Towers, 1 into the Pentagon, and the last one was meant to hit somewhere in DC. The passengers on the 4th plane came together and stopped the plane from crashing into anything important. It crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. This showed our country coming together to try to make bad things better. This also made the airlines more cautious and strict.
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US invades Iran
The US invaded Iran to safeguard the United States against the conjoined threat of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and links to terrorist groups. this started the Iraq war.
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Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was the largest and 3rd strongest hurricane ever recorded to cause damage in the US. This hurricane caused $161 billion in damage to the United States.
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The Great Recession
The domestic product went down by 4.3%, the unemployment rate doubled by more than 10%, and home prices fell by about 30% and were at their worst point. This set the US back from growing as a nation.
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Haiti Earthquake
This earthquake killed 222,570 people, injured 300,000, 1.3 million displaced, 97,294 houses destroyed, and 188,383 damaged in the Port-au-Prince area and much of southern Haiti.
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Boston Marathon Bombing
Terrorists attacked during the annual Boston Marathon. injuring 281 people. After this increased police presence and created less freedom of movement for fans and participants.
(Photo link) https://www.britannica.com/event/Boston-Marathon-bombing-of-2013