Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the effects of that day can still be seen across Southern Nevada.
The attacks were thousands of miles from Las Vegas, but the deaths of nearly 3,000 people touched the lives of Southern Nevadans and exposed the vulnerability of the tourism-dependent economy.
The attacks also permanently changed the way people travel, with new airport security requirements, a new federal agency and tighter security around some of the region’s most important infrastructure.
For Las Vegas, the changes began almost immediately.
When 19 al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners on Sept. 11, 2001, federal authorities grounded all aircraft in the United States.
