Airport Security On September 11, 2001, a terrorist group by the name of the “Al-Qaeda” set a plan to attack the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. There were nineteen people that were affiliated with this attack, fifteen of them were from Saudi Arabia, and the other four people were from United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Lebanon. There were four teams and each team had a highly trained pilot hijacker, all four of these hijackers were trained in South Florida before boarding the planes. United
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Upon reading the poem “The Names”, a reader would agree that the topic of the September 11th attack is very tragic and possibly hits home for many people in the United States. Some would even consider the topic a tough thing to talk about considering it is one of the most memorable pieces of history for the United States. The speaker Billy Collins, is in an extremely sentimental and heartfelt state of mind considering he shows that he can feel the presence of the ones lost in the attack, he implies
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NASA Ill-Equipped For Disasters NASA was ill-equipped to deal with the problems that led to these disasters because of its organizational structure, organizational culture, and lack of support from POTUS. NASA’s established merit system of being known as a “civil service” created a since of duty. This duty in its recent years was greatly wanted because of the Apollo mission to the moon. Thus, scientist were willing to work not for what they are worth but, for the position and status it represented
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The World Trade Center was the first hit resulting in over 3,000 deaths of innocent civilians and first responders. The second target hit was the Pentagon; this resulted in over 100 deaths. The cold hearted man behind all this was Osama Bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda
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into the World Trade Center was happening. In “The 9/11 Report” there are many images and texts that show why the planes crashing into the world trade center was successful. There is a picture that shows Osama Bin Laden in a interview talking about his hate of America. There is a picture of Muslims almost getting on a boat with explosives. There is also a picture that shows that the government had no clue what was going on when the planes crashed into the world trade center. By the looks of everything
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converses about the heinous terrorist attack that occurred on September 11, 2001. Pitts’s main purpose was to inform and provide words that help make clear for the unsettled American people, which at the moment was the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. Pitts engages the use of the tone of pride and empowerment to express how the people felt and how they will persevere after the terrorist attack. In his article, Pitts commences
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September 11th 2001 was a traumatizing day that will always be remembered by Americans. On that fateful day, two planes crashed into the World Trade Center causing both Twin Towers to fall to the ground. Terrorism has been a big fear in the American homes ever since. Terrorism still exists today and will continue to be part of this world. Many people have an idea of what happened and who did it, but we will never know for sure. There have been many conspiracy theories and many accusations throughout
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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
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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
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On September 11 2001 four planes were hijacked, two of them hit the World Trade Center, The third one hit the Pentagon, and the fourth one landed in a field in Pennsylvania. Three thousand people were killed, which started a new attack on terrorism led by former United States President George W. Bush. More than 400 firefighters and police officers were killed during these tragic events. It was at 8:45 am on a tuesday morning, when two airplanes hit the Twin Towers, 40,000 gallons of jet fuel was
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