Looking Back On 9/11

SALISBURY, Md. – As with all events that change the course of history, there's no going back to life before September 11th, 2001.

Since then opinions over US involvement in the Middle East have simmered, boiled over, and done just about everything in between.  There's now a new face of terror in the form of ISIS and a new generation to fight it.

America was forever changed 13 years ago, terrorism remains a looming threat and the debate over how the U-S should fight it continues.

“We need to honor all the victims of 9/11 it was a terrible moment in us and global history at the same time I would argue the great our presence in the middle east the more we become a target,” said Haven Simmons, Salisbury University Professor of Communication Arts.

Now America's focus is on the threat of ISIS and military options in the middle east are once again being considered. Since 9/11, the level and type of U-S military involvement, have been points of contention. For many in this generation, they've grown up with the threat of terror.

For most Salisbury University students they were too young to remember and fully comprehend the September 11th attacks but they did grow up in the shadow of the war on terrorism, giving them an unique perspective in the current events in the middle east.

“You know it's tough because I was so young so I didn't really understand it but I do see the effects of it now,” said Nicole Vaz, SU Freshman.

“I would say it's worth it to intervene to stop something like that from ever happening again,” said Nicholas Lopez, SU Freshman.

“I think I'm more pro isolation just because I feel like we haven't seen much of an improvement,” said Kaylee Mahon, SU Freshman.

Despite a new face of terror in the form of ISIS, and a changed landscape since 9/11, the nation's next leaders, may be having familiar arguments.