The US after 9/11 September 9th‚ 2001 was described as a sunny and cloudless day. It was a completely normal day for citizens in New York until American Airlines Flight 11 and Flight 175 disturbingly flew straight into The Twin Towers. This came as a big shock to the whole world‚ pictures and videos people saw through hundreds of different news channels‚ looked more like a movie scene than reality. In total there were four planes were hijacked by the Islamic extremist group known as Al-Qaeda‚ two
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The 9/11 tragedy that took place on September 11‚ 2011 was a day that will never be forgotten. On that memorable day the islamic group al-Qaeda hijacked four planes to crash them into the world trade center in New York City killing and damaging many lives of the United States of America. This catastrophe affected the U.S in many ways from security‚ immigration‚ ongoing wars‚ and not trusting the government that all still affect the U.S today. Shortly after the tragedy occurred‚ the government passed
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might sound at first‚ many believe the government has covered up events ranging from the attack on 9/11 and the assassination of JFK‚ to the creation of LSD and HIV. Some theories are ridiculous and can be disproved in a heartbeat. Some theories are plausible and could possibly
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On September 11‚ 2001‚ a tragic event occurred‚ three airplanes were hijacked‚ two out of the three crashed in the twin towers in New York. All them were hijacked by terrorists‚ the mastermind behind all this was Osama Bin Laden who was hiding in Afghanistan. Families lost loved ones over this event‚ because of this there was a man hunt of Osama. I believe that the U.S. responded inappropriately due to 9/11. The U.S responded inappropriately because they invaded Afghanistan without knowing
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Never in my life had I seen a woman quite as beautiful as her. I woke up on the morning of September 11‚ 2001 and looked at my wife still sleeping next to me. I took a moment to revel in her beauty‚ and think about what it would be like to be a father. Irene was eight months pregnant with a little boy. I had no doubts that she would be an outstanding mother‚ but i doubted myself. I’m a firefighter‚ I’m never home. What if I wasn’t the best dad? So many things rushed my mind‚ but I pushed them aside
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On September 11‚ 2001‚ 19 al-qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City‚ killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Both buildings collapsed within two hours‚ destroying at least two nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon and a fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville
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Many people were devastated and shocked from the results Osama and his supporters accomplished on September 11. Al Qaeda and people associated with the terrorist group have been the cause of most of those attacks. Several people and countries were greatly impacted due to the attacks Al Qaeda made‚ but the country that suffered the most was the United States. A lot of things changed in America after the attacks in New York. Many people and businesses were affected. Most of them could not afford to
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attacks of September 11‚ 2001 on our country was one of the most tragic and deadly days in our history. It brought a country together and the American strength of freedom and unity became a battle cry. After the dust had cleared‚ the questions came about that asked‚ how could this have happened? Were there not security and intelligence infrastructures and policies in place? Where did these failures occur? Will our country be vulnerable going forward? The events of 9/11 brought a large amount
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The Impact 9/11 Had on America The events that took place on September 11th 2001 showed America that we need to expect the unexpected and prepare for the future. On this day‚ 19 terrorists from a group called al-Qaeda hijacked 4 commercial passenger planes. Two of them were crashed into the Twin Towers of New York City’s World Trade Center. The third plane was crashed into The Pentagon in Arlington‚ Virginia. The fourth plane they say was intended to be crashed into the White House itself‚ but
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There were terrorist attacks against the U.S. prior to 9/11‚ but it is generally accepted that the War on Terror started with the attacks on September 11‚ 2002‚ when four airplanes were hijacked by terrorists and were crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center‚ the south tower of the World Trade Center‚ the Pentagon building‚ and one plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after the passengers overpowered the hijackers and piloted the plane into a field so that it would not harm anyone
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