Following the September 11, 2001, Twin Towers attacks, many Americans elected to drive rather than fly. The media coverage of th
e hijackings caused Americans to overestimate the danger of flying. As it was an event they remember easily they assumed it could occur more frequently. This example illustrates the:
Traumatic events such as terrorism can imprint a long lasting image not only survivals but love ones of victims; these events are usually dramatic and effects wide spread in that vein it tends to affect the Nation as a whole; due to broadcast of these events it could imprint on the minds of her citizen a psychological trauma of imagining the event reoccurring especially been thrown at the same circumstance.