...the terrorist, was strictly domestic. But it was too late. The damage had been done. Because America jumped to conclusions then, America was later blind to see the impending attack of 9/11. The responsibility, however, is not to be placed on the America people. The public couldn’t stand to hear any talk of terrorism, so in turn the White House irresponsibly took a similar attitude. They concentrated on high public opinion and issues that were relevant to Americans everyday. The government didn’t want to deal with another public blunder like the one in Oklahoma City. A former FBI analyst recalls, “when I went to headquarters (Washington, D.C.) later that year no one was interested in hearing anything about Arab money connections unless it had something to do with funding domestic groups. We stumbled so badly on pinpointing the Middle East right off the bat on the Murrah bombing. No one wanted to get caught like that again,”(Posner 90). All of these decisions, made at the hands of the faint-hearted, opened the doors wide open, and practically begged for a terrorist attack. So who’s fault is it? The public’s for being unaware, uninterested, and inadvertently the driving force behind American Democracy? No, of course not, that would be a completely ridiculous idea. In the events of September 11, 2001, the United...
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...Written Assignment 5 September 11, 2001 began as any normal morning. However, it turned out to be one of the most devastating memories to be etched into the minds of every American citizen forever. On that Tuesday morning, terrorists hijacked four commercial airline planes. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of these planes into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, and flew one directly into the United States Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. According to the terrorists’ scheme, the fourth plane was en route to crash into the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. A few brave passengers sacrificed their lives and thwarted this mission. These evil acts resulted in massive devastation and the loss of nearly 3,000 lives. After the realization of what had just happened, an astounding number of the American populous felt a need to do something; they volunteered. Each volunteer’s reason for helping was very personal and unique. These motivations included: civic duty, moral obligation, and patriotism. During the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, many police men and women, firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, doctors, and nurses unselfishly, almost immediately, volunteered their time, blood, sweat, and tears to the recovery effort. Each of these volunteers was a civil servant in his or her own profession. They believed it was their civic duty to help. These volunteers possessed the skills most needed by their...
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...Kristy Evans Explaining the significance of September 11 , 2001 events CRJU 2110 Assignment #1 Explaining the significance of September 11 , 2001 events CRJU 2110 Assignment #1 Introduction: When I hearing or thinking about September 11, 2001, I get a flash back of me sitting in my sixth grade classroom watching the Arab bombing the United States Twin Towers, at that time I really did not understand what was going on. Until our teacher was explaining it to us and she pulled up a video and showed us. I felt sad and horrified for all the people who were losing their lies. I had never heard of terrorists before so I was also really nervous. I was terrified at the thought that there were people out there who despised our country so much that they wanted to kill us. So in my paper I will be talking about the short term and the long term effects that it had on us. Topic I: Short Term Effects A. Military Operations (Iraq War) B. Domestic Response: Hate Crimes against Muslims C. American Reactions (created groups to help those injured) Topic II: Long Term Effects A. Economy Decline (Stocks and unemployment rate ) B. Health Effects (toxins spread to residential areas in NYC) C. Government Policies (More security, airport security, anti-terrorism acts) I. Short Term Effect A. Military Operations In the meantime dealing the attack on 9/ 11 our government has been financing war related tasks in Iraq and with the Global War on Terror...
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...[Name of the Writer] [Name of Instructor] [Subject] [Date] September 11 Attacks Introduction In 2001, al-Qaeda, an Islamic terrorist group launched four coordinated attacks in United States. The target locations for the attacks were the metropolitan area of Washington D.C and New York City. Nineteen terrorists of al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger airlines. The purpose of hijacking was to use the airliners for the suicidal attacks to destroy the World Trade Center complex (Leach & Neil, 2003, p.75-92). The causalities resulted from the attacks closed at 2,996 people including 2,977 innocent victims and 19 hijackers. Almost all the victims were civilians. It includes 55 military personnel killed at Pentagon (Perrin & Andrew, 2005, p.167-194). The attacks resulted into the complete destruction of numerous buildings at the site of World trade Center including the 110 floors of the Twin Towers. The 9/11 attacks also damaged the St Nicholas Greek church badly. The end report of deaths reported to be 6,000 actually the double that eventually confirmed at the time of attacks (Leach & Neil, 2003, p.75-92). Discussion In 9/11 attacks, two of the hijacked airliner were crashed into the south and north towers of the world trade center. Both the towers collapsed within two hours. The resulting damage and fire cause the partial or full damage to the other buildings in the complex. It caused the complete destruction of the other ten big structures in the surroundings (Perrin &...
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...The September 11 attacks From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th, or 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks killed 2,996 people and caused at least $10 billion in property and infrastructure damage. Four passenger airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists so they could be flown into buildings in suicide attacks. Two of those planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were crashed into the North and South towers, respectively, of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. Within two hours, both towers collapsed with debris and the resulting fires causing partial or complete collapse of all other buildings in the WTC complex, as well as significant damage to ten other large surrounding structures. A third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, was crashed into the Pentagon (the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense), leading to a partial collapse in its western side. The fourth plane, United Airlines Flight 93, was targeted at Washington, D.C., but crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after its passengers tried to overcome the hijackers. In total, 2,996 people died in the attacks, including the 227 civilians and 19 hijackers aboard the four...
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...September 11th was a gruesome day in the history of this country. Schools saw it. Businesses saw it. The world saw it. The world saw the dawn of a new war, a war waged against terrorism. On september 11th, 2001, two commercial airliners crashed into the World Trade center, one into the Pentagon, another into a Pennsylvania field. The planes had been hijacked by members of Al-Qaeda, a muslim terrorist group. They did this to protest America, to get us to change our ways. In the photo, the flag functions as a symbol for the idea that America will not be defeated. The symbolism of the firefighters raising the flag on the rubble of the World Trade center made me feel proud of my country with a bit of anger directed at the terrorists. I felt...
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...The Practical Impacts After September 11 Terrorist Attack In the article, How We've Changed Since 9/11, by Jennie Wood stated that ever since September 11 terrorist attack, the most obvious changes Americans have faced have been at the airport. Traveler must check in at least two hours in advance before their departure. There are restrictions on what passengers can bring. Anything that is liquid has to be a certain size and need to be placed in clear, sealed bags. No food or bottled water is allowed through security check. Passengers are selected at random for more intense screenings. You cannot protect against every single thing unless you want no freedom. Therefore this emphasis on freedom in the USA that has led to the latest round of highly-publicised controversy over airport screening procedures. TSA's aim to replace all passenger-screening units with advanced imaging technology (AIT) equipment. These machines use either backscatter X-ray or millimetre-wave technology to provide a graphic image of a passenger's body beneath clothing, which can detect both metallic and non-metallic threats, including weapons and explosives. Passengers who object to the machines on privacy grounds can opt for an enhanced pat-down instead, although this can be much more intrusive. I experienced a pat-down in the airport last summer and nothing were left untouched. It was very uncomfortable. In the article, Eleven Years After 9/11, Flying is safe, Routine, and Annoying, according to Daniel...
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...INTRODUCTION. The September 11 terrorist attacks on the world trade had far reaching effects on American foreign policy. Several changes occurred and a new general priority was created in national security. The entire American populace awoke to the fear of an amorphous enemy Al Qaeda, a terrorist group led by Osama Bin Laden which had declared war on the US by taking the battle to the very shores of America. Over 3000 people were killed when on the 11th of September 2001 two hijacked planes were flown into the he World Trade Centre destroying the twin towers, a third struck the pentagon building while the fourth heading for the White House was brought Down by its hostage passengers who courageously laid down their lives for the nation. The attacks were unprecedented considering the fact that The United States had been attacked before by terrorist. In 1993 the World Trade Centre was bombed, in 1988 US embassy bombing took place in Kenya and Tanzania and in and October 2000 the USS Cole Bombing took place in Yemen 1 just to mention a few. The attacks were considered an act of war and as such required decisive action which was clearly spelt out by President George W. Bush in his September 20th joint address to congress that same year. "Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated…And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven...
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...The horrific tragedy in which September 11th, 2001 occurred some people hijacked a plane and sent it crashing into the world trade center towers. Soon after another aircraft was struck and sent the towers toppling. Just then a third airline was crashed into the pentagon in Virginia. The effect it caused on many people was disturbing and hurtful. Some survived not many though. The response of the policeman in New York and the firefighters was fast at every corner stood NYPD directing people to different streets while others tried to escape the inside. The two actions of nine-eleven given actions where people asks many nine-eleven survivors on planes if the hijackers were Iraq thinking now Iraq and Mr. Hussien. They say 44% of people thought...
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...Running head: Airport Security Airport Security Improvements Before and After the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack Andrew Fuller South Carolina State University Abstract The purpose of this study is to research improvements that have been made since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack and study airport security before September 11. According to ABC News 4 much has changed in our country over the last seven years including airport security. Air travel has been greatly affected by 9/11. Security measures have caused an increase in passengers to face many more steps before boarding flights. In November 2001 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was formed to secure airports both inside and out. Statement of the Problem or Objective Since the September 11 attacks security as a whole has undergone drastic changes in America. All aspects have been upgraded and reevaluated to take all the necessary precautions to either prevent another event as such or to be better prepared if it were to happen again. In the past airport security was pretty basic. You arrived at the airport got checked in and left. Now you have to carry everything in little bottles and take your shoes off and other accessories to pass through the metal detectors. According to Security Solutions the most improvements have been made on airplanes. Cockpits are bullet proof and pilots and their crews are secured from the rest of...
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...Emne: 11.september 2001 Navn: Beyza Karatas Fag: Historie Opgavetype: Dansk-historie opgave Vejleder: Rene Jacobsen Afleveringsdato: 13.06.14 Skole: Københavns private gymnasium 1.b Indholdsfortegnelse: Indledning…………………………………………………………………………………………s.3 Metode:……………………………………………………………………………………………s.3 Fatwa 1998:……………………………………………………………………………………….s.4 Address to a Joint Session of Congress following 9/11 attacks:………………………………….s.5 Verdensbilledet efter angrebet:……………………………………………………………………s.8 Konklusion:………………………………………………………………………………………..s.9 Litteraturliste:……………………………………………………………………………………...s.11 Indledning Det var en helt almindelig morgen, men i formiddagen skete det som ændrede verdensbilledet, at to amerikanske fly fløj ind i World Trade Centers nord- og sydtårn af 19 arabiske terrorister som havde tilknytning til Al-Qaeda. Der dødede da 2400 uskyldige mennesker. Det var den blodigste og største terrorangreb i verdenshistorie. Det var den begivenhed som ændrede verdensbilledet og verdensbefolknings syn. I denne opgave jeg vil først fokusere på at redegøre forholdet mellem Vesten og Mellemøsten, derefter vil jeg gerne bruge den retoriske analysemodel til at analysere taler både Osama bin Laden og Georg W. Bush. Efter 11.september har verdensbillede ændret sig og mediernes iscenesættelse af angrebet har også ændret verdensbefolknings syn, jeg vil også gerne komme ind på om USA har ændret deres holdning til Mellemøsten efter 11.september men det kommer jeg ind...
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...Grace D’Onofrio Professor Conti English 151 26 March 2012 The Day our Country Changed Forever “Who can tell me what eight times nine is?” Ms. B asked the room full of third graders. I was never one to participate in the classroom, so I just sat there in silence. My assigned seat was smack in the front, right next to the window. The only downside to having a window seat was being stuck in school for the entire day on really beautiful days like this one. The only thought going through my head was, “I can’t wait to go home and play outside!” My friend, Brianna, who sat right behind me, chuckled in my ear, “There’s chalk on Ms. B’s butt”. I giggled aloud by accident and received a stern look from my disapproving teacher. It was great day, especially because my mom had packed me an awesome lunch, a turkey and cheese sandwich with a juice box and a rice crispy treat, and I couldn’t wait to eat it. Out of nowhere, a voice crackled over the loud speaker, “Brittany Ciampi, Jamie Natale and Michael Hession – report to the principles office please. Your parents are here to pick you up.” Everyone started to murmur as Brittany, Jamie and Michael stood up. “That’s weird that three people got picked up this early in the day…” I said to myself. I turned to my friend Brianna and said, “Isn’t that weird?” She responded with a quick, “Yeah”. There was a terrible feeling in my stomach, I knew something was going on but I didn’t know what it was yet. Within ten minutes, many...
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...Corpuz, Maria Erika A. TC202 – BUSSFIN (September 11, 2015) 1. The external forces helped in a way that they are allowing to borrow or lending money to the company. They gave funds that were used in making the products that his company will sell. They are also the ones who helped Phillips to sell his products. 2. Aaron Phillips’ company became successful because he loves what he is doing. He is a hardworking person ever since he is still a child. He doesn’t let anything or anyone put him down or let him give up. Phillips’ is determined to make his company grow and become successful, and it happened. He made sure that his products will be known everywhere, by him doing marketing in any way they can. His dedication on becoming successful and having a great future made him what and where he is now. 3. The competencies that Phillips’ appear to possess that he is very good when it comes to handling a business. Aaron Phillips’ knows how to handle money and be responsible at a very young age. And he also very good in advertising his product and making it stand out. He knows how to handle his employees and to manage them. 4. The factors that were probably important in the decision to sell Kink BMX products abroad are that the products should have the best quality and that many people would buy their products when they will sell it in other countries. Corpuz, Maria Erika A. TC202 – BAFBANA (September 11, 2015) 8 Trends ...
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...Jozelle Fleming RHT 101 026 Monday October 1, 2012 What was I doing on September 11, 2001? It was like any other morning. I woke up at around 8:00 am to use the bathroom as I normally do at around the same time every day, because being 8 ½ months pregnant can really put a strain on a person’s bladder. So as I was saying I went to the bathroom and lay back down and turned on the T.V. It really wasn’t much on so I started flipping through the channels and I stopped on the news channel. Now it was like around 8:50 am and what I saw on the screen just looked like any regular accident. It was lots of smoke and fire. I never thought this was a evil plan put together by some very evil people. (I would like to say what I really believe, but that would be another story) So as I continued watching the live footage, you see people running and people trying to help and others just watching wondering what the hell was going on. At about 9 o’clock you see another plane fly low and BOOM!! It hit the second tower. Now as I’m watching this I’m screaming and yelling at the T.V. screen like “WATCH OUT”!, Like they could hear me or something. Then it hit me at that exact moment all I could think was “O My God”, we are under attack. I could remember at that moment my stomach started hurting and I started feeling very scared. And all I could ask myself is “Do I really want to have my baby in this crazy world”? So of course now this terrible event that was taking place was now broadcasting...
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...the functions and dysfunctions of immigration? Explain. I actually have a two-part answer for the contemporary immigration. If this was before September 11, 2001 then I believe that it would be because of the number of immigrants. The reason why I say this is because they may feel that the more immigrants that are let into the country, then the more will try to follow and maybe overflowed the US. Another reason could possibly be that they may not be comfortable surrounded by so many diverse immigrants and may actually get nervous. Or maybe they seem no stories on TV about different immigrants and may have some type of prejudice against them because of their culture or lifestyle. If this is after September 11 them I definitely believe it is because of their nationality. Since after September 11, 2001 people have been more on edge about diverse nationalities entering the US especially those from the Middle East. Before September 11, 2001 people were so awkward about a person wearing a turban, board the plane that they are on, after September 11, 2001 people are more observant of the surroundings especially when one there is a person what a turban on the plane or even just somebody who may look like they are not from the US or maybe a descendent of someone from the middle east. For example, globalization (Schaefer 2006, chapter14, pg 11) means global integration of financial markets and government policies. In some countries, this may be illegal or even forbidden due to laws of...
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