...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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...The human condition of individuals who have been thoroughly impacted by a crisis make them fear how dangerous these situations are, and make them more aware of current events. In December, 2015, Kirk Semple interviewed young Muslim Americans on their impact of the 9/11 attacks. One of which is Hebh Jamal, who was one year old at the time of the 9/11 attacks, “... as her emergence from childhood to young womanhood has coincided with the violent spread of the Islamic State and a surge in Islamophobia, she has had to confront some harsh challenges of being a young Muslim in America.” (Semple) Fear plays a role in this by a section of your brain called the amygdala, it uses past memories to determine emotions (in this particular scenario: fear)....
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...September 11, 2001 was a day of destruction and sorrow that took the lives of thousands of US citizens. On that day the US was hit with four coordinated terrorist attacks involving four Airline planes. This moment in history scared our nation and left us wondering why anyone would ever let something like this happen. These four attacks were thought to have been led by an Islamic terrorist group called al-Qaeda. It consisted of 19 al-Qaeda terrorists getting on four different planes: American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, which were hijacked and sent flying into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, American Airlines Flight 77 which crashed into the western side of the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and United Airlines Flight 93 which was intended to be flown into Washington D.C. but was taken over by a few passengers after the hijack. During the struggle Flight 93 unfortunately crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. All together these attacks claimed the lives of 2,996 people....
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...Ashton T. Mason Ms. Denny Engl. 1101 28 Jan 2016 The Consequences of 9/11 September 11, 2001 is a day that many Americans will never forget. On that morning, the United States of America was viciously attacked by terrorists, resulting in thousands of lives being lost. Both the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington DC were destroyed. The tragic events of September 11, 2001, forever transformed American society by implementing new defense mechanisms and combating terrorism, as well as igniting the patriotism of US citizens. In the wake of 9/11, the United States of America was no longer seen as the untouchable superpower. America’s weakness was exposed and the country’s vulnerability was seen worldwide; thereby making the US an international target. Terrorist attacks rapidly increased both from outside adversaries and even some home grown terrorists’ cells. Case in point, the Boston Marathon Bombing was a terrorist attack orchestrated by two Russian American brothers, which resulted in a few fatalities and numerous injuries. Because Al Qaeda, an Islamic anti-American group, is responsible for the majority of these terrorist attacks, many Muslims faced incited racial profiling and bullying. In an effort to curtail terrorism, the United States government overhauled its defense operations. A new agency, Department of Homeland Security, dedicated to safeguarding the country was created. A five level color coded system, ranging from low to...
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...While growing up we all experience events that will change the world, whether it be a new president, catastrophic weather damage, or in my case, a terrorist attack. On September 11th, 2001 a day that will forever be talked about. This was a day where everything seemed to stop, everyone let their differences aside and prayed for those in need. It’s also a day that made us scared to step on the same ground or be near someone of that seemed to appear Afghan or Muslim. For my article I decided to combine two articles that talked about the aftermath of September 11th and the job market for Afghan and Muslim decent. My first article I am reviewing “estimates the impact that the 9/11 terrorists attacks had on the U.S. labor market outcomes of individuals...
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...one will tell you, A terrorist is normally of the muslim religion that thinks if you do not think the way they think than you deserve to die. There are many types of terrorist groups such as the Taliban,Isis, and Boko Haram. You will hear about this all over the news about how there were terror attacks and how they killed a plethora of people. The worst part is that it happens everywhere. All that we can try to do is stop it now. Malala On October,9, 2011 A girl named Malala was shot by the Taliban at gun point for going to school. She was shot in the head, shoulder, and neck, not only this but two of her friends were also...
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...Attack on America, was written by Mary Gow in 2002 and its sixty four pages described the events of the terrorist attack on America by using four hijacked airplanes. September 11, 2001 started out as a normal day on the street of New York City. More than 40,000 people were on their way or already arrived at their jobs in the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan. Between 8:45 and 9:00 A.M. events unfolded that changed that changed the landscape and normalcy of New York City as well as America forever. Survivors described the scene as a horrific nightmare. The speeding jet struck the 110 story north tower around 102 and the explosion upon impact sounded like a bomb. Those outside witnessed flames shooting through broken windows, the sound of metal bending and falling and...
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...Cindy Arters, an American citizen, was devastated on the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. She was angered and questionable about why would someone do this. “Anyone who was involved and participated in this event would do this mostly because of hate.” It all began on an early Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001. Cindy was recently working on the computer and doing her job like everyone else does on a regular basis. She goes to work everyday, accomplishes what she needs to get done, and goes home. Time was running slow on the Tuesday Cindy went in until a shocking tragedy happened in a blink of an eye. It was around 8:45 a.m. when one of the workers below came up and informed Cindy and other co-workers to turn on the TV. Turning...
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...of Americas was victim of a terrorist attack that affected the whole nation and its population. It was a Tuesday, September 11th of 2001, in New York City and Washington D.C. It consisted in a group of nineteen terrorists, members of a red named: Al-Qaeda. They took possession over four American aircrafts with the only objective of exploiting them into buildings in the city and the Pentagon. After 30 minutes of the first explosion into the World Trade Center Twin Towers, flight number 77 of American Airlines was leaving from Dulles International Airport and was on its way straight to the Pentagon, in Virginia, ready for the next sabotage. This flight had 58 passengers, 4 flight attendants and 2 pilots on board. Many lives were...
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...leadership for more than a century has been the very beneficial to the U.S. and its economy particularly in the pre-9/11 and pre-2007 global financial crisis eras. But these events particularly the 9/11 attack for example have created serious blow to the U.S. global leadership and its image. Like in the area of the U.S. foreign policy in which its global image defends upon that has also significant implications on its economy, global economic and political interest. Hypothesis The evolution U.S. Foreign Policy for example has been intertwined with the changes of the socio-economic-political and technological landscapes. But for the first time in U.S. History, Terrorism has become the major cause of the abrupt changed in its Foreign Policy which has some serious implications on its national security, political and economic interests in different regions of the globe including West African region which composed of countries like Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Congo. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conduct discussion and analysis on the United States Security and Economic Cooperation (policy) for West Africa Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. As one must take note that such region is entwined with serious economic and political factors that would help the...
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...There are many associated risks for first responders when responding to terrorist events. When first responders respond to a terrorist attack there are possible environmental and physical risks; however, physical risks can create environmental hazards and vice-a-versa. For instance, emergency responders may enter into an environment with “biological or chemical agents, radioactive materials, or hazardous air pollutants from collapsing buildings or destruction of buildings might be imminent” (Guide, 2002, p.29). Structural damage and deadly pipeline, sewer systems, bridges or tunnel damage may cause additional environmental or physical risks to first responders (Guide, 2002). While the first responders are involved in the disaster, they can be in danger of inhalation of hazardous materials, and building debris hazards, among other physical and emotional problems after the attack. When first responders react to a terrorist attack, there is the potential...
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...especially regarding a disaster as tremendous as a terrorist attack. In the context of a terrorist attack, risk is a product of an attack, the openness a community or entity faces regarding a terrorist attack, and the consequences of the impact a terrorist attack can cause (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2012). A terrorist attack may come in many different forms, and first responders must be adaptable and have an appropriate strategy to address a variety of terrorist attacks that may include, but are not limited to car bombings, suicide bombings, IED’s, chemical attacks, assassinations, kidnappings, hijackings, and missile attacks (Graeme & Clarke, 2008)....
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...by plane. Moore claims “The plaque underneath it proudly proclaims that this plane killed Vietnamese people on Christmas Eve 1972.” (Moore, Michael) Moore’s phrasing implies that the plaque praises the deaths of civilians, however the truth behind the plaque is a different story. When Michael Moore was criticized for his inaccurate paraphrasing of the plaque, his response was: “I was making a point about the carpet-bombing of Vietnam during the 1972 Christmas offensive. I did not say exactly what the plaque said but was paraphrasing.” (Moore, Michael) Moore misleads the audience and deliberately keeps the plaque hidden off screen so he could get away with the deception. Moore was insinuating that it was America’s own fault for the attack on 9/11.What seems to be another solid point starts to crumble after finding that Osama had not used any ‘CIA Training’ on September 11th, Moore was simply just reminding the audience that CIA had some sort of dealing with Osama in an attempt at concreting his...
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...Fahrenheit 9/11 This is a film that will make U.S. citizens really think about what actually happened on September 11th, 2001 and what is still happening with our country. Whether viewers of this film are fans of Michael Moore’s work or not, he keeps viewers guessing throughout about what he is going too pursued upon them next. It is almost hard as a first time viewer of this documentary to believe everything that is provided throughout the film. Moore has ways of convincing his viewers into what he exactly wants them to believe but sometimes he is lacking the credibility of where this information is coming from. Obviously there are parts of the film that viewers cannot argue with, in cases where there is footage of political officials or general public talking on a certain subject. But at the same time Moore usually doesn’t include what he is always asking the interviewee, so once again is he just showing his audience what is needed to be heard in part will make the viewer believe in what he wants them to. One of the most catching parts of the film as a viewer is Moore’s choice of music in particular scenes. While showing live clips he would play songs that take the scene to another level. He makes the viewer really focus on what he is trying to impose through the music playing in the background. As a viewer it is easy to see that when Moore is using a specific song in the scene it is simply adding to the situation that is being viewed. In all the cases whether it is some...
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...Sydney Nelesen 13 September 2016 The Idiot Wall In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the government-controlled television shows are catered towards a society of conformists with short attention spans and no desire for any substance or meaning. There is a show in which people randomly yell at each other for no reason other than that they are in some sort of argument. Mildred watches this show, and when asked by Guy what it is about, she has trouble trying to explain it. Guy prompts her with questions about the people arguing and she struggles remembering. Mildred watches her television shows and does not comprehend what is going on because the shows are very nonsensical. She is not bothered by the lack of sense, though. All she cares about are the pretty colors and loud noises. The way she acts towards this plotless show reveals that she is superficial and ignorant. Mildred also has get togethers during which she and her friends only watch television and barely communicate. When they do, it is about their television shows, another of which is The White Clown. Mildred invites two of her friends over to watch The White Clown. When the show comes onto the walls, “A woman smiled and drank orange juice simultaneously… the room took off on a rocket flight into the clouds; it plunged into a lime-green sea… White Cartoon Clowns chopped off each other’s limbs… the room whipped out of town to the jet cars wildly circling an arena [, and then] a number of bodies [flew] in the air”...
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