# Acknowledgments

By [ahmed438932](https://paragraph.com/@ahmed438932) · 2023-02-11

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In an effort to prevent similar disasters, airport security officials scrutinize luggage and passengers more carefully than ever before. In the months following 9/11, delays of as much as three hours were common as agents tried to assure that no weapons or bombs could be smuggled onto another plane.

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