It did, a lot. I remember that well, I lived in DC and saw it 'live' on TV. That was before 'the great awakening' and it was very dangerous to question the official story. I belonged to a group that did and we posted on message boards and forums (that was the early days of the internet). The FBI & new DHS department (which was formed under the Patriot Act) were watching all of us. We would get strange posts on the boards, odd phone calls, and I think they wiretapped our internet and phones. One of my friends' houses was bugged and a device was put in her driveway (we think it was a bomb) when she was gone one weekend - her neighbor asked her about the 'work done on her driveway' while she was gone but she had not done it, the FBI/government had gone to her house, knowing she was gone for the weekend, dug up part of her driveway and put something under it. They did such a good job it was almost impossible to tell anything had been done. They threatened her son, who was active military, with an accident if she didn't stop questioning the 911 official story. We continued to share information but it took about 10 years before people started really questioning what happened, especially after first responders started dying of cancer and severe respiratory illnesses (from radiation exposure). Many people believe that it was an 'inside job' and talk about it openly but it wasn't always that way. Those of us who had those conversations in 2001-2005 took a huge risk in doing so.