The terror attacks on September 11, 2001 took a terrible human
toll and sparked a war on terror. They also changed the world's
economy -- reducing global growth, pummeling industries, and
costing billions of dollars. The 9/11 attacks took place six
years ago. But the reverberations of that day are still being
felt. Economists say that every American has felt a bottom line
impact from the terrorist attacks. A congressional research
report says that in the first two years after 9/11, $600 billion
in economic output was destroyed -- resulting in a one per cent
decline in global GDP. The buildings and infrastructure toppled
at ground zero generated more than $34 billion in insurance
claims. It cost more than $575 million to re-construct the
Pentagon. And seven billion was spent on compensating the
families of the almost 3,000 victims of 9/11. There are even
wider effects. Insurance premiums have shot up by 5 percent
since September 11th, 2001. More than a quarter of a million
people in the travel industry lost th