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By: Ashlyn Steffey & Grace Pilkay
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The link directly below shows the terrorists that hijacked the planes on 9/11 going through airport security.
Before this, airports didn't have many restrictions as to security. Prior to September 11, 2001, airport screening was provided in all airports throughout the United States by private security companies contracted by the airline or airport. You did not have to have a plane ticket to go to the front of the gate. You could walk all the way through security with no intent of getting on a plane. Also, you could have knives that were no more than 4 inches long, baseball bats, box cutters, darts, knitting needles, and scissors. Speaking of, every single one of the terrorist buzzers went off after going through the metal detector. They got scanned with a hand held detector, and then just got passed through. They had box cutters in their back pockets. Firearms were not allowed, but other than that there were not very many security precautions taken before boarding the plane.
In November 2001, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was introduced to take over all of the security functions of the FAA, the airlines, and the airports. Among the first changes introduced by TSA was to require all cockpit doors to be bulletproof and locked. This is now standard on all commercial passenger aircraft. After the attack, security within airports became very strong and strict. All of the items including knives, blades, scissors, etc. were banned along with big containers of liquid after the terrorists attempted to use it as an explosive. Now, when being searched, you are forced to take off your shoes, belts, hats and put your suitcase through a screening. Also, only passengers with a plane ticket are permitted past the security checkpoint. TSA now uses explosive detection systems, dogs, and full body scanners at all airports.
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