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Pennsylvania after some of the passengers tried to overcome the hijackers. A total 2.996 citizens died that day and was the deadliest incident for firefighters and law enforcement officers ever. This day has changed America for the better and the worse in these four major lasting impacts: more than a decade of war. immigration and deportation. the skies. and an increase in surveillance. Just a few weeks after the 9/11 event. the United States invaded Afghanistan to try and dismantle alQaeda and stop the terrorist group. Then two years later we attacked Iraq as a part of the War on Terror. Today. the U.S. is still entangled with Afghanistan and this War on Terror is now the longestrunning war in U.S. history. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was established because of this tragic event. This agency was put into place to help deport criminals and stop those from coming into the U.S. illegally. In the decade after 9/11. deportations nearly doubled and in the first two years of the Obama Administration deportations hit a record high of 400.000 annually. Airport security took a turn for the better. Although the lines and security rules to get to your gate are outrageous. the skies have never been safer.