...9/11 was the largest terrorist attack in modern history. With 2,993 deaths and over 8,500 injuries, the United States would never be the same. From all of the firefighters that risked their lives and many losing their lives, to all of the unknown heroes that were in the building when it collapsed, the same thing was going through everybody's mind, to get back to their families. Race did not matter, gender did not matter, sexuality did not matter. No matter who the person was next to you, the goal was to help them out of the building alive. Many of the lucky survivors lived to tell the tale of everyone else’s acts of heroism. 9/11 was one of the best displays of citizenship in history. Thousands of firefighters let people by infront of them...
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...On the morning of September 11, 2001, four airliners were hijacked by members of al-Qaeda who aimed to carry out suicide attacks against important targets in the United States. Of the four planes, on struck the Pentagon, one crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, and the other two hit the twin towers in New York City . The 9/11 attacks made changed the world by TSA more secure, homeland security, and the patriot act. TSA more secure it made a drastic change after the terrorist attacks it changed the procedure in national airports, the Transportation Security Administration was created after the attacks to before you can get on a flight the security has to check bags, clothes, double scanning, a metal detector that has your whole body in a machine. The TSA also has a watch list who they might think who can cause a threat to our country no...
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...Revealing September 11th John J. Koenig Professor Isaacs April 14, 2015 ENG 123 Abstract September 11th, 2001 took the world by surprise. An ordinary day turned into a disaster that led America into the war in Iraq. Many were touched on this day with the fear of our own safety. Looking back at everything that happened on 9/11 it is hard to believe that solely people did this from the Middle East. Research shows that the towers did not collapse from planes striking the buildings. The truth of 9/11 remains to be seen but the evidence does in fact suggest that this was a planned attack. September 11th 2001 was a standout amongst the most critical days in world history. Its effect will be felt for a considerable length of time to come. Many were killed on this day and millions were affected. This is a greatly confused story with various players and intentions. Not everything bodes well or fits flawlessly together. It's a story brimming with secret activities, duplicity, and falsehoods. The Bush administrations along with Larry Silverstein are some of the big names with ties to September 11th, 2001. This story has many coincidences that people choose to ignore but when looking carefully, these are not mere accidents. This is something that needs to be thought of. If there are forces out there deceiving the people, they can only succeed on the chance that we, the overall population, stay oblivious and uninvolved. Americans find it hard to believe that our leaders are capable...
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...The terror attacks that took place on September 11, 2001 would change not only America but the world. Sixteen years after the terrible of events of that day, we can still feel effects. Many internal reforms occurred within the United States and America has been changed forever. On September 11, 2001 terrorists hijacked four airplanes in mid-flight. Two airplanes were crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, another crashed into the Pentagon and the fourth was taken down by its passengers in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. That day nearly 3,000 innocent lives were lost. The events take took place changed air travel and government. Prior to 9/11 air travel was less strict. Travelers did not have to go through extensive security checks. However two months after 9/11...
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...Jack Dedert Ms. Schraub English 2B(4) 03 May 2011 9/11 Terrorist Attack “Smoke clears, and a wail: Where did it go? Oh, Lord, where did it go?” says N.R. Kleinfield (qtd. in Raines 30). The date of September 11th, 2001, will go down in American history forever. This terrorist attack shocked not only the United States, but every other nation in the world. On this day there was nearly 2,900 deaths, it will go down as the largest and most effective terrorist attack ever to have occurred. After the attack of 9/11 the United States changed for the better, it brought change in our government and the faith we have in our country. The day September 11th, 2001 will be a day people will not forget for the rest of their lives. On this morning planes were hijacked from Newark, Boston, and Washington. The first event of the terrorist attack was at 8:46 A.M. in Manhattan, New York. At this time a hijacked plane flew into the north tower of the World Trade Center (Greenberg). The top of the north tower was filled with smoke and flames. The people near the World Trade Center were completely surprised and had their attention caught right when the first plane hit. “Hundreds of thousands of people witnessed the attacks firsthand, and millions watched the tragedy unfold live on television.” (qtd. in “September 11 attacks.”). No one knew at first what had happened. Suddenly, seventeen minutes later, a second plane struck the south tower of the World Trade Center (Greenberg). People began...
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...Analyse the ways history and memory generate compelling and unexpected insights. In your response, you must make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least one other related text. Through history, documented evidence of past events, and memory, personal recollections of the past, a representation is conveyed. The perspective of the representation of the history and memory of events ultimately shapes the responder’s understanding of the event. This is evident on the Smithsonian website of American History, ‘Bearing Witness to History’ and Richard Drew’s photograph, ‘The Falling Man’, where the responders are exposed to different language forms and features that generate compelling and unexpected insights into the events of September 11. The Smithsonian website of American History, ‘Bearing Witness to History’, allows the responders to develop compelling and unexpected insights into the events of September 11 through a perspective built on American values. The homepage of the website adopts a muted and neutral colour scheme, creating a sensitive atmosphere to memorialise those who lost their lives. The respect created for those affected suggests that even now, more than a decade later after the event, individuals are still suffering and the pain and anguish created by the event is enduring. The title of the website September 11: Bearing Witness to History’ is in present tense, which implies that the history of this specific event is an ongoing process that is...
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...9/11/2001 The events that occurred on September 11, 2001 have had long lasting residual effects on the every day lives of Americans. These particular adjustments to our society can be seen in airline regulations, government observation, and government spending regarding the war and other political movements. Although these particular situations seem different they are all related to the events and repercussions of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The first and most obvious effect of 9/11 can be seen through the overall increased spending of America, and the increasing strain of taxes to support the efforts in Iraq and surrounding nations. The financial strain is not merely based upon our military action across seas, but also includes advertising spending for the armed forces, as well as governmental propaganda and advertising as a means to encourage American civilians to join in effort against particular terrorist organizations. Unfortunately, for one of the first times in American history, this particular war as caused a lasting strain on the economy, as compared to past wars that provided major increases in overall economic standings of our nation. Another major adjustment that Americans must face daily is the presence of government cameras and monitoring around our cities. In the past these observations and monitoring was restricted to big cities with high crime rate, but due to the specific events of 9/11 nearly every street corner, traffic light, and building...
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...9/11: A Day Remembered Forever It was a clear Tuesday morning; September 11, 2001, nineteen Islamic terrorists from Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations boarded four fully fueled American airliners. These airliners were set to depart to cities in California. Little did the staff for each of the planes or the people boarding them know that plans had changed. Within the space of an hour, al Qaeda wreaked more direct damage on the United States than the Soviet Union had done throughout the entire cold war, a tragedy seen by more people than any other event in history. (Bergen, 2006) Many questions were garnered after September 11, 2001. What caused this horrific attack and who’s to blame for it? Was this attack forecasted, could we have seen it coming and prevented it? What do we do now and how do we prevent it from happening again? People in America were terrified but at the same time came together in the face of tyranny. On September 11, 2001, nineteen militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda boarded and hijacked four American airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. At 8:45 a.m. an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact left a huge, burning hole near the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper, immediately killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more in higher floors. As the evacuation of...
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...OF 2001 1 The Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act of 2001 And it’s Effects on the Airline Industry Matthew J. Garcia Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Aviation Legislation/ASCI 254 February 23, 2012 Professor Peters THE AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION ACT OF 2001 2 Abstract Due to the devastating acts on September 11, 2001, a bill was passed after. The Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act of 2001 was an aid to help the airlines industries in their decline in sales, loss of profit and intimate bankruptcy. The act provides assistance to U.S. passenger and cargo airlines through $5 billion in grants, up to $10 billion in federal credit assistance, extended deadlines for tax payments, and reimbursements for certain increases in insurance premiums. The act was a huge bailout relief for these airline companies. Although it made the commercial airline industry happy, it may not have been so for many others. In an already declining economy this bailout increased the countries debt as well as cost money for the American taxpayers. Maybe there could have been a better way to deal with this situation, however it could have been the best thing to do, all in all only time will tell. THE AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION ACT OF 2001 3 On September 11, 2001...
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...Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001, digital archives were collected, preserved, and used to continue to show the history that happened on this day. September 11, 2001 at 8:45 am, the first hijacked passenger jet flew into the North tower of the World Trade Center, about 15 minutes later the second hijacked passenger plane crashed into the South tower of the World Trade Center and explodes. At 9:43 a third flight from American Airlines crashes into the Pentagon, and evacuation begin immediately. The last hijacked flight was crashed in a field Somerset Country, Pennsylvania. The aftermath and stories told will show the fear, hurt, and the lost experienced on this never forgotten...
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...On a sunny day in September, life as we knew it in America was changed forever. On 9/11/01 America was under attack. People were hijacking planes and crashing into America's favorite buildings including the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. This was a dangerous and sad moment in American history. Never forget this important part of American history that changed us forever. 9/11/01 a Tuesday morning a plane was flown into one of the twin towers in New York City. It left a hole in the building near the 80th floor. The impact killed many of people. People were trapped and the only way to live was to jump out of the building.Later a plane flew over Washington D.C and it slammed into the west side of the Pentagon at 9:45 am. Sadly 125 military people died and a 65 people on the plane.They finally...
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...The day that will never be forgotten September 11, 2001 By: Alex Goldsmith Class 004-17 ALC 88H30 07 April 2017 The day that will never be forgotten. Over the course of our nation’s history there has been many events that will forever be engraved in the minds of Americans. Many live were lost that day for unknown reasons. This event may not be the worst disaster to ever happen on American soil, but this day will forever be remembered and changed the world as we once knew it. The attackers were part of the Islamic terrorist group from Saudi Arabia and several other Arabic nations. There were 19 militants that smuggled on box-cutters and knives through security and were undetected. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the 19 men that...
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...The attacks of September 11th, 2001 came as a huge surprise, shocking the world and immediately taking over the news all around the world. For the first time in history, all non-emergency civilian aircraft in the United States were grounded for three days. Al-Qaeda is an international Islamist extremist terrorist network founded in the late 1980s by Osama bin Laden, who was killed in a U.S. military operation on May 1, 2011, and others who were involved in the war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. Their aim has been to overthrow governments in the Middle East, and elsewhere in the Muslim world, which do not strictly enforce a religiously sanctioned political and social order. Attacks against the United States were intended to reduce American support for many of these governments; U.S. support was viewed by al-Qaeda as a major obstacle to creating a global order under Islamic authority. The hijacked Flight 11 was crashed into floors 93 to 99 of the North Tower at 8:46 a.m. The hijacked Flight 175 struck floors 77 to 85 of the South Tower17 minutes later at 9:03 a.m. When the towers were struck, between 16,400 and 18,000 people were in the WTC complex. Of those, the vast majority evacuated safely. As they rushed out, first responders rushed in trying to save those still trapped or injured. The fires from the impacts were intensified by the planes’ burning jet fuel. They weakened the steel support trusses, which attached each of the floors to the buildings’ exterior walls...
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...The attack on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001 had a profound effect on the economy in both an immediate and lasting way. While the economy prior to 9/11 was not an ideal one, it cannot be compared to how horribly it was hurt immediately following 9/11. 9/11 immediately and effectively crippled the economy in a massive way. The effects of 9/11 on the economy can, in fact, still be felt today. 9/11 turned an already declining economy into an economy that was utterly crippled and affected the economy on such a scale that its effects remain to this day. Prior to the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. economy was already weakening and declining. According to wiki.dickinson.edu, the American economy was doing very well from the mid-1900 to the early 2000’s. The GDP began declining during the first quarter of 2001. During this time, the growth of the GDP slowed. In addition, production fell, unemployment increased, inflation rose, stock prices decreased, and, as a result, America saw a strong decrease in consumer spending. Because of the decreasing economy, American companies saw a decrease in profits and had to downsized, which increased unemployment even more and led to unemployment reached...
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...9/11 I chose the events of 9/11 for my research paper because there has not been any other even in U.S. history that has changed America as much as the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Not even when Japan attack Pearl Harbor had such an attack on the U.S. changed the way we live or the way we see things. Yes the attack on Pearl Harbor sent the U.S. to war but the 9/11 attacks have not only changed our thinking but also implemented a new system to alert Americans when there could be another attack on U.S. soil. There has been so much talk on the events of 9/11 from it being another country to it being the work of the government to hide information to wanting to start a war. Which it did, American forces invaded Afghanistan to search for Osama Bin Laden. The thought that someone could hijack commercial airliners (Boeing 767s) and use them to attack high rises, not only high rises but U.S. landmarks and also the Pentagon which houses the military headquarters in the United States. There were four airliners hijacked that day with three of them hitting their marks and the fourth one crashing in a Pennsylvania field. The attacks are the worst terrorist attacks to ever happen on U.S. soil, resulting in more than 3,000 people were killed due to the attacks on New York and Washington D.C. After the first plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center on the 80th floor, it trapped hundreds of people above the fiery inferno and they started evacuating the north tower. Within...
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