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3 pages in length. The extent to which September 11, 2001 will always reflect a watershed moment in global history is both grand and far-reaching; that it also represents a day where the lives changed quite drastically for many individuals indirectly impacted by the attacks speaks to how the terrorism of 911 reached far beyond the intended targets. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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many individuals indirectly impacted by the attacks speaks to how the terrorism of 911 reached far beyond the intended targets. "Terrorism on such a massive scale creates an enormous
range of direct and indirect victims, from rescue workers to medical personnel. As a result, it inflicts dire consequences far beyond the actual victim group, causing fear and intimidation
across an entire community or even nation. The invisibility of the perpetrators exacerbates the sense of fury and dislocation felt by the community under siege" (Dart Center for Journalism
and Trauma, no date). The students experiences of 911 - loss of many friends, rescue-related illness, apprehension about travel and heightened suspicion
- is indicative of how he is the indirect victim of terrorism. No differently than how the Holocaust created indirect victims, the terrorist attacks of 911 also produced unintentional
targets by virtue of its broad-brush approach. The person or persons intended to feel the wrath of the terrorists ire are very rarely the one(s) to actually suffer the
injurious act; rather, terrorists have learned that it is much more effective to their cause to impact wholly innocent people in order to better get the attention of their true
target(s). Once regular citizens have been drawn into the web of bombings, hijackings and other radical exploitation, the speed with which diplomats respond to terrorist activity is far greater.
In short, the indirect victims are those who are unwittingly martyred for the cause. The symptomatic responses the student is experiencing to being an indirect victim of 911 is
indicative of post traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD). Reaction to critical incidents, such as tragedies, deaths, serious injuries, hostage and/or threatening situations, require the human being to respond in a
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