...How 9/11 Changed America Final Exam Essay 3/11/2016 On September 11, 2001 America watched in horror as an act of terror hit New York City. Two commercial airline planes were hijacked and rerouted to hit the World Trade Center buildings. Today the question is being asked, did this result from intelligence failures? My answer to that is yes. When something is going wrong and you do not know what is happening, that is an intelligence failure. November of 1941, the U.S. intelligence community knew that the Japanese were moving their fleets across the Pacific; however they could not quite figure out where the target location was. In November 1944, American and British intelligence knew that the Germans were massing around the Ardennes; it was not until the Battle of the Bulge did they find out why. In 1990, the U.S. intelligence community was aware that Saddam Hussein was moving armored forces in Iraq and various places; again we did not know why until it was too late. How many times does this have to happen before change is made? The intelligence community should know about people’s capabilities and their intentions. We do find out intentions some of the time, but not all of the time. The intelligence game is a zero-sum business. If you do not find intelligence all of the time, then what happened in New York will happen again. Maybe not in the same fashion, but something will happen. What happened? Nineteen members of al-Qaeda hijacked 4 American Airlines Boeing...
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...How did 9/11 change America? On the 11th of September, 2001, the United States of America suffered the worst terrorist attack in US history. Four planes were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists, where two of the planes, American airlines flight 11 and United airlines flight 175, were intentionally crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York. The third plane, American airlines flight 77, was crashed into the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, commonly referred to as the Pentagon, in Arlington County in Virginia, and the fourth and final plane, United airlines flight 93, was headed for Washington D.C however; it crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania instead, because the passengers tried to overpower the hijackers. 2996 people, including the hijackers, died as a direct result of the attack, thousand more were injured and the entire nation was in...
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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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...Four planes, nineteen hijackers, two thousand nine hundred and seventy seven dead people, and a sunny Tuesday morning in September makes 9/11; the day that changed America. Flight 11, with five hijackers crashed into the North World Trade Center (FBI Announces List of 19 Hijackers). Flight 175, with five hijackers crashed into the South World Trade Center (FBI Announces List of 19 Hijackers). Flight 77, with five hijackers, crashed into the west side of the Pentagon, and Flight 93, with four hijackers, crashed into a empty field, in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, after the passengers put up a brave fight (FBI Announces List of 19 Hijackers). This terror attack left our country in shambles. New York City, Washington, D.C., were destroyed and...
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...though that doesn’t seem like very much, it has been growing and continues to grow despite the events of September 11, 2001. On that day, very much changed for the Islamic people living in the United States. Although they American Muslims had absolutely nothing to do with the events that occurred on that day, their way of life was destined to change. The change that occurred was not in their religion or how they practiced it, it was in the no-Islamic population. Public eye was on the Muslims because the attacks from September 11th were said to be conducted by Muslim extremists. The media was, for the most part, the only place American’s would get any information about Muslims and they were not portraying them very nicely. In order to protect themselves from bad public opinion, American Muslim were faced with a challenge. They needed to improve their image in order to protect themselves from the growing number of people that were against Islam and they need to do it while staying true to themselves and their religion. In 2005, the Fiqh Council of North America issued a fatwa saying that the use of violence against innocent lives was forbidden under Islamic Law. This fatwa also encouraged Muslims to assist law enforcement in the challenge of preventing these sorts of attacks. This sort of thing shows how the Muslims in American are concerned about how they look to the public. Not only that but they are trying to improve their religion as a whole. Making it against...
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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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...America Before And After 9/11 Last month NEWSWEEK put out a special issue about our “new” new world. The editorialist says: “TV is now reality-TV, eating rats and bungee jumping doesn’t seems so compelling anymore; with real news to cover, the media gives an added bonus: Enron. Yes but we will never forgot 09/11. As we count the time from Jesus birth, BC – before Christ, and AD, Anno Domini (lat), a new line is now written on the history scroll: 9/11. And the media confirm this new kind of accounting: before 9/11 and after 9/11. Two different edges. In the same issue, NEWSWEEK give us a 22 year-old Rachel Newman confession. She came to New York three years ago to be “a guitar musician in rebellion” against the establishment, like her mother, a ’69 Woodstock veteran. She had herself tattooed, crying: “I would have told you I was a musician, a poet, an artist,… a woman, a lesbian, and a Jew”. That morning, stepped out of the shower in her Brooklyn apartment to watch the second plane barrel into the South Tower. She confess: “In that moment, the world as I had known it was redefined. Weeks ago all I could think of was how to write a good rap… Now is the time to talk with God about my soul and find the meaning of the life because everything has changed. Yes, everything has changed. This refrain has become as common in the post 9/11 world as the Dow Jones level for a broker. For decades, Americans have been paralyzed by intellectual, moral, and religious relativism...
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...America Before And After 9/11 Last month NEWSWEEK put out a special issue about our “new” new world. The editorialist says: “TV is now reality-TV, eating rats and bungee jumping doesn’t seems so compelling anymore; with real news to cover, the media gives an added bonus: Enron. Yes but we will never forgot 09/11. As we count the time from Jesus birth, BC – before Christ, and AD, Anno Domini (lat), a new line is now written on the history scroll: 9/11. And the media confirm this new kind of accounting: before 9/11 and after 9/11. Two different edges. In the same issue, NEWSWEEK give us a 22 year-old Rachel Newman confession. She came to New York three years ago to be “a guitar musician in rebellion” against the establishment, like her mother, a ’69 Woodstock veteran. She had herself tattooed, crying: “I would have told you I was a musician, a poet, an artist,… a woman, a lesbian, and a Jew”. That morning, stepped out of the shower in her Brooklyn apartment to watch the second plane barrel into the South Tower. She confess: “In that moment, the world as I had known it was redefined. Weeks ago all I could think of was how to write a good rap… Now is the time to talk with God about my soul and find the meaning of the life because everything has changed. Yes, everything has changed. This refrain has become as common in the post 9/11 world as the Dow Jones level for a broker. For decades, Americans have been paralyzed by intellectual, moral, and religious relativism...
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...events of 9/11 and those following it. As these are personal accounts they may not all be factually correct. I included two direct quotes from each of my interviewees. Each direct quote has been selected to best fit with the facts. My first interviewee is Justin, age 35, he was 21 during 9/11. My second interviewee is Sheila, age 61, she was 47 during the events of 9/11. My third interviewee is Mathew, age 21, he was 7 during the event of 9/11. The event of 9/11 were the largest terrorist attack on American soil by any metric and they effects in society and government reflected that. The reactions that many americans had to seeing these events were varied, but typically very emotional. Many felt that something like this couldn’t happen in america. Justin said “I had been out fishing when the first attacks happened, so I didn’t know about it until I got home. When my girlfriend at the time told me I didn’t believe her at first. I thought that things like this couldn’t happen here.”, and I think what he said reflects how a lot of americans reacted. Mathew said “I was in school when I first heard about the attacks....
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...Chasen Bruno Carla Chwat English 1101 April 13, 2016 Attacks on 9/11 - Annotated Bibliography "9/11 Attacks." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 01 Jan. 2010. Web. 11 Apr. 2016. In this article, the authors explain all of the events that took place on September 11, 2001. The authors explain how 19 militants associated with the Islamic group al-Qaeda hijacked four planes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. The Authors explain how two massive Boeing 767 planes flew into both world trade centers leaving gaping holes in each tower which led to both buildings collapsing and killing over 3,000 civilians, and over 300 firefighters. This article states that the attackers were financed by Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda terrorist organization, and they attacked because they were acting in retaliation for America’s support of Israel, America’s involvement in the Persian Gulf war, and America’s continued military presence in the middle east. Around 9:45 another aircraft slammed into the pentagon military headquarters killing 125 people on the ground, and then another 64 that were on the plane. The authors describe United flight 93, the plane that was hijacked, but stopped by the passengers in the plane. The authors explain how if it wasn’t for the heroic actions of the passengers on the flight, the plane could have crashed somewhere important, but instead the plane crashed onto a rural field in western Pennsylvania at 10:10am. Bazˇant...
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...(September 11 attacks, pg.5). During the years of the 1970s to the present, Americans experienced hardships but also patriotism. For example, the attacks on the Twin Towers and fighting in the Iraq War after the Twin Towers collapsed. In addition, Americans also faced more intricate videos for the invention of CGI. (“New Voices, New Frontiers” 1277-1289). Furthermore, an event that had a major effect at the time on Americans was 9/11, at which time George W. Bush was president, causing him to be an important figure in America's history. 9/11 had a huge impact...
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...In the past, the United States of America has been through some tragic events that have gone down in history. Two of the most infamous events are that of 9/11 and the Pearl Harbor bombing. Both of these events brought sorrow and frustration to the American people. The presidents at the time of these events gave very famous speeches afterward. Bush, who was president at the time of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and Roosevelt, who was president at the time of the Pearl Harbor bombings, both declared war in their speeches. There is however, quite a few differences between the events, the speeches, and the aftermath. September 11th of 2001, is a day that has changed our nation and the rest of the world greatly. On this day, four airplanes were hijacked by al-Qaeda members and were all crashed. There were 19 hijackers total involved in the attacks. American Airlines Flight 11 led by Mohamed Atta crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing all 92 aboard. United Airlines Flight 175 led by Marwan al-Shehhi crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center, killing all 60 aboard. American Airlines Flight 77 led by...
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...Durham 1 Olivia Durham 4/29/15 CCJ 316 Elena Windsong How has the government changed ever since terrorism attacks have occurred in the United States? The research articles have showed that the country has tightened up their policies, especially since 9/11. For example, Zakheim said “the White House--once known as the "people's house"--faces, no longer open to traffic. ID cards required everywhere. Airline passengers waiting patiently in line to take off their shoes, belts, jewelry--and to have their bags searched and perhaps their bodies as well”(2). Before 9/11 happened there were rules in the white house and everywhere else but the laws and rules weren’t as strict. In the U.S, the government usually doesn’t make a change in rules unless...
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...9/11 was one of the most known national tragedies in the United States. According to the Washington Post, more than two-hundred and sixty three government policies were either created or reorganized following the attacks. The newspaper found that more than twelve hundred government policies plus organizations and nineteen hundred private companies do work related to counter-terrorism, homeland security, and intelligence ("9/11 to Now: Ways We Have Changed"). At 9:05 A.M. President Bush is sitting in the second-grade class when a man named Andrew Card tells him that another plane has struck the twin towers. By 9:12 A.M. President Bush leaves the school and is already in touch with New York officials as well as the Vice President, Dick Cheney...
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...Understanding the World after 9-11 Even though we still have Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp there are those who feel that we should close it down and stop the torture for example degrading the person lack of sleep or lack of food and even though it was effective at times to get information out of prisoners by using such techniques though after September 11, 2001 and the media getting pictures of how we was treating these prisoners we had to change, some to the good others are not so good because a prisoner may tell you what you want to hear and it may not be the truth. Then there is still the public inquiring about the prisoners where would we have to transfer them? This scares those who live near a prison, many are terrorist so what should we do? Clean up and make Alcatraz Island also known as the Rock and put them there? From what we have learned that place is no better. Until there is peace throughout all the lands and countries there will and must be safeguards not just for us but for those who are suicide bombers and other terrorist. When someone threatened U.S. interests and safety, the government started thinking up ways to protect the citizens of our beautiful country. This is where the USA Patriot Act came from. The USA Patriot Act was signed into law by former President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001, just a little over a month after the attacks. It is an acronym that stands for, Uniting (and) Strengthening America (by) Providing Appropriate Tools Required...
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