How has the terror attack on the U.S. changed attitudes of area residents?

Times-Union staff writer Matthew Weigelt talked to residents Wednesday. He asked them each the following three questions:

How have Tuesday's events changed your view of American security?

Have Tuesday's events changed your view of flying?

In your opinion, how should American leaders react to the terrorists' attack?

Ed Davis, Warsaw

(Davis has a daughter in a mid-Manhattan drama school this fall.)

"Most of us thought we had a system in place that would protect us from terrorists."

"No. We don't fly much anyway."

"We need to pray about what we are going to do. We need to be selective and know for sure what and where those people are."

Bethany Watson, Warsaw

"I'm scared about flying. I was going to fly to Australia, but not for a while."

"I have never flown before. My mom is paranoid."

"When they find them, they should bring them back for trial."

Cori Westrick, Warsaw

"I don't know if I feel any less secure, maybe because I'm from a small town and it doesn't seem likely to happen here."

"It will be a while before I fly again. But it is something I enjoy. So with security I will be, hopefully."

"They need to make sure it's all done fairly. They need to be judged fairly like any other crime."

Shirley Cutler, Warsaw

"No. Anything can happen. You can't prevent everything. It makes us more aware, though."

"No."

"No leniency, just full punishment because it was murder."

Josh Holinger, Warsaw

"It doesn't change my view of security. My biggest thing is the immigration and how it is done. I am not against one people but we don't know who we are allowing into the country."

"I have never flown before. but anything can happen in a car or a bus."

Misty Kinsey, Winona Lake

"I don't think it's what it should be. What happened shouldn't have happened."

"I have never been on a plane and after Tuesday I will never be on a plane."

"They should be on the lookout."

Lisa Piper, Warsaw

"I have a sense of no security."

"Anytime you are at the hands of a terrorist, you never know."

"Let us be more informed because this affects the whole world."

Tom Garland, Warsaw

"It's scary. Here at the (YMCA) we've added even more security before this happened. I don't feel like hopping on a plane any time soon."

"It's frightening to think it could happen in the U.S."

"We need to be 100 percent sure of who it is. I hope we are sure who it is before we do anything."

Jack Engler, Warsaw

"I predicted this would happen. I predicted this would happen when Clinton was re-elected. Why? That draft-dodger did everything to bring this country down. It hasn't affected me a bit. My guns are still loaded."

"No, not at all."

"You can't condemn a whole race for a few people's actions. We shouldn't have a knee-jerk reaction." [[In-content Ad]]