>> KPRC 2 in the fight to and pediatric cancer.
pediatric cancer.
>> Think back to Labor Day.
>> THINK BACK TO LAKE OR DAY 20
YEARS AGO YOU PROBABLY DON’T
KNOW WHERE YOU SPEND IT BUT YOU
PROBABLY DO REMEMBER WHERE YOU WERE A FEW DAYS LATER ON 9/11.
WERE A FEW DAYS LATER ON 9/11.
HOW COULD ANYONE FORGET.
>> IT WAS A DAY THAT FORCED
CHANGE.
>> TONIGHT WE INVESTIGATE MARIO
DÍAZ LOOKS AT THE CHANGE, 20 YEARS LATER AND THE AREAS
YEARS LATER AND THE AREAS
IMPACTED MOST.
♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪ >> Reporter: SEPTEMBER 11th,
>> Reporter: SEPTEMBER 11th,
2001, THE EVENTS IN MANHATTAN,
PENNSYLVANIA AND WASHINGTON,
D.C. THAT DAY, IMPACTING A NATION TO IT’S CORE.
NATION TO IT’S CORE.
FOLLOWING THE DEADLY ATTACKS,
AMERICANS WERE IN AGREEMENT WITH
THE RESPONSE.
>> AT FIRST EVERYBODY SAID, YOU
KNOW, FLAG ON OUR SHOULDER, LET’S MOVE.
LET’S MOVE.
>> Reporter: BUT IN THE 20 YEARS
SINCE 9/11, HOW HAVE WE REALLY
CHANGED?
>> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
CHANGES, BUT ONLY FOR VERY SMALL
PARTS OF SOCIETY. >> Reporter: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
>> Reporter: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
DAN CRENSHAW IS RIGHT.
IF YOU TAKE IN TO ACCOUNT COVID.
THE VIRUS HAS CHANGED NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF DAILY LIFE.
EVERY ASPECT OF DAILY LIFE.
IN THE YEARS AFTER 9/11 THE
BIGGEST DIFFERENCE FOR
HOUSTONIANS IS IN THE SECTOR
THAT HAVE MORNING’S GREATEST
FAILURE.
>> THE WAY SECURITY WAS PRIOR TO 9/11.
AND I HAVE VIDEO SHOWING WHAT IT
WAS LIKE ON THE MORNING OF
9/11 AS THE TERRORISTS WERE
WALKING THROUGH DULLES AIR
POURS, IT WAS ATROCIOUS. >> Reporter: DALLAS-BASED
>> Reporter: DALLAS-BASED
ATTORNEY STEVEN BADGER SPENT
NEARLY 10 YEARS AS A LEAD LAWYER
IN LEGAL ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST
AIRLINES AND AVIATION SECURITY
COMPANIES AFTER 9/11.
>> SECURITY IS TREMENDOUSLY BETTER THAN IT WAS ON 9/11.
BETTER THAN IT WAS ON 9/11.
>> Reporter: HE CREDITS THE
CREATION OF TSA A DIRECT RESULT
OF THE ATTACKS.
WITH KEEPING AMERICANS SAFE.
AND CHANGING HOW WE TRAVEL. >> WHILE WE ALL COMPLAIN ABOUT
>> WHILE WE ALL COMPLAIN ABOUT
THE TSA AND HAVING TO TAKE OUR
SHOES OFF AND THE SECONDARY
SCREENING, WE SHOULD BE HAPPY
AND THANKFUL THAT OUR GOVERNMENT HAS PUT A PROCESS IN TO PLACE
HAS PUT A PROCESS IN TO PLACE
THAT WORKS.
>> Reporter: SAFETY THE
PRIMARILY FOCUS CAPITOL HILL
AFTER 9/11.
SPARKING INNING OWE --
INDICATION. >> TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED AT A
>> TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED AT A
MUCH GREATER CAPACITY THAN IT
NORMALLY DOES.
AS A RESULT OF 9/11.
>> Reporter: SINCE 2002, SAL HAS BEEN A CORPORATE SECURITY
BEEN A CORPORATE SECURITY
ADVISER FOR THE DEVELOPER AT THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE.
HE VIEWS TWO KEY ACTIONS KEEPING
US SAFER THROUGH TECHNOLOGY THE
FIRST IS THE NOW CONTROVERSIAL PATRIOT ACT.
PATRIOT ACT.
INTENDED TO I WANT ISN’T AND
OBSTRUCT TERRORISM.
THE SECOND WAS MORE BELOW THE
RADAR, THE SAFETY ACT. >> THEY WANTED COMPANIES TO BE
>> THEY WANTED COMPANIES TO BE
ABLE TO CREATE SOME RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOP NEW CONNECTION TPHAOLGZ COULDTECHNOL
CONNECTION TPHAOLGZ COULDTECHNOL
TO DO COUNTER TERRORISM.
>> SOME OF THE PROGRAMS OR
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
CREATED HAVE DONE A DECENT JOB
KEEPING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAFE.
>> Reporter: REPRESENTATIVE CELL
SAW WAS A MEMBER OF SEAL TEAM
THREE.
IT CHANGED U.S. MILITARY
STRATEGY.
ONE HE EXPERIENCED.
>> IT WOULD BE A VERY, VERY RARE THING IF THE SEAL EVER DID A
THING IF THE SEAL EVER DID A
COMBAT MISSION IN HIS CAREER.
PRIOR TO 9/11.
POST 9/11, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD
BE DOING 100 OR 200 ON DEPLOYMENT.
>> IN MANY WAYS WE ARE
DIFFERENT.
>> Reporter: BUT BEYOND THE WAR,
TRAVEL AND SECURITY.
DR. SEEM SHAW EXECUTIVE VICE
CHAIR OF BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE’S DEPARTMENT OF
MEDICINE’S DEPARTMENT OF
PSYCHIATRY, SAYS 9/11 ALSO
IMPACTED PEOPLE MENTALLY.
>> IF THERE IS A BACKPACK OVER
YOUR SHOULDER 25 YARDS AWAY FROM
US.
>> RIGHT. >> Reporter: WE ARE NOT GETTING
>> Reporter: WE ARE NOT GETTING
ANYWHERE NEAR IT NOWADAYS.
>> EXACTLY.
>> Reporter: IS THAT A PRODUCT
OF 9/11?
>> THAT IS A PRODUCT OF
9/11 ABSOLUTELY. BEFORE THAT WE WERE NOT IN TO
BEFORE THAT WE WERE NOT IN TO
THAT HYPER VIGILANT STATE.
>> Reporter: DR. SHAW ADDS THAT
IN THE 20 YEARS SINCE 9/11, HIS
FIELD HAS SEEN A CHANGE WITH
MORE OF A FOCUS DIRECTED TOWARDS VETERANS AND THEIR MENTAL STATE.
VETERANS AND THEIR MENTAL STATE.
WHICH WASN’T EMPHASIZED AS MUCH
AFTER PAST WARS.
SHAW ALSO SAYING THERE ARE SOME
WHO STARTED REIMAGINING THE TRAUMA OF 9/11 NOT NECESSARILY
TRAUMA OF 9/11 NOT NECESSARILY
BECAUSE OF THE UPCOMING
ANNIVERSARY DATE, BUT AS A
RESULT OF THE IMAGES AND STORIES
SURROUNDING THE RECENT EXIT OUT OF AFGHANISTAN.
OF AFGHANISTAN.
ONE FINAL NOTE, RIGHT NOW ON
CLICK2HOUSTON.COM WE HAVE LINKS
AND PHONE NUMBERS FOR VETERANS
WHO ARE IN SEARCH OF ASSISTANCE AS THE ANNIVERSARY OF
AS THE ANNIVERSARY OF
9/11 APPROACHES.
MARIO DÍAZ, KPRC 2 INVESTIGATES.