Ever since I was little, terrorism has been a part of my life. I was only 5 years old when the Twin Towers came crashing down on September 11, 2001. So ever since I was 5 years old I’ve had extensive airport security and metal detectors be the norm. There was a time when people didn’t have fear when they were in a crowded place, but now there is a constant reminder that it happened once and it can happen again. Every time we go to the movies or Time Square or even a mall, a terrorist attack can happen at any moment.

Isis is making constant attacks/ threats and they are all over the news. It started with beheadings and torturing people and is now turning into full-fledged terrorism with bombings and missiles. The beheadings were just the beginning, they wanted us to know their name and know that we were in for a battle. The latest on Fox News was pictures of Isis’ weapon labs that show heat seeking missiles and bombs. This is the world we live in now. We are in constant fear that the people who surround us can be part of an organization that wants “death to America”. I’m not saying I agree with Donald Trump and saying we need to ban every Muslim from America because not all terrorists are Muslim, but something definitely needs to be done.

More extensive background checks should be had as well as better preparation for when an attack does happen. Fox News stated, “Isis are leagues ahead of their terrorist predecessors.” They are more advanced than the man, Osama Bin Laden, who single-handedly put New York as well as the rest of the United States into a state of panic over 14 years ago. As we all know, 9/11 was easily the worst thing to ever happen to the United States and for people to be saying that Isis is much more advanced than that, is extremely scary.

Living in this world, we are constantly in fear that something is going to happen. This is not something our parents had to deal with nor is it something that future generations should grow up with. This needs to end. The fact that we have pictures and videos of their labs where they make bombs, we should be able to track where they are or find ways to stop them in their tracks. If Isis is as smart as we are making them out to be, we need to be one step ahead of them. I don’t want to live in constant fear anymore and neither should the rest of us. It is time to stop living in fear because we are giving them exactly what they want.