With the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks now just five days away, we’re looking back at what some people are calling the “decade of terror”.

After 19 hijackers executed a deadly mission killing thousands of innocent people ten years ago, it set into action an international effort to try to capture and kill those responsible, as well as eliminating terror cells that pose a threat to our way of life.
But it also changed many aspects of our lives — and added billions of dollars in costs to governments.
Nick Dixon has this look at the toll so far.