The terrorist attacks disrupted business and shut down the nation's airlines, theme parks, major league baseball and NFL football for nearly a week. The financial markets continued to fall the rest of the week. It appears that the terrorists have done more than kill thousands of people and destroy the World Trade Center. They've shaken America's confidence in our economy. The airlines are in trouble and are asking for government help.
Tourism is at a standstill.
Even a previously healthy home construction industry is slipping. No one is surprised that the stock market fell last week. It wasn't doing all that well even before the attack. But now it's time for America to rally and get our economy back on track. If the terrorists have so shaken our confidence in America that we're afraid to spend, we're afraid to invest, we're afraid to build and afraid to grow, then they've accomplished their evil mission.