One September 11‚ 2001 Islamic Terrorists hijacked several flights and struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The US was shaken by 9/11. In response to the attacks the US passed laws to protect its people. The Patriot Act was one of the laws or acts that was passed in response to the 9/11 attacks. The goals of the Patriot Act were to strengthen domestic security and increase the powers of law-enforcement agencies to stop terrorism. In addition‚ the US Department of Homeland security created
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9/11 Speech The idea of writing a speech on the aftermath of 9/11 was initially frustrating‚ I froze. At first glance‚ seven years just didn’t seem to carry much reverence. However‚ the more I wrestled with the idea‚ the more I began to realize how flawed this way of thinking might be. I had minimized a moment in our nation’s history so powerful‚ that even seven years later‚ the images of that day are like fresh paint in our minds. Everyone in this room can remember the exact time and place
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workers followed their usual morning routine. Many worked in the skyline-defining twin towers of the World Trade Center. In Washington‚ meanwhile‚ employees of the Department of Defense were at their desks in a section of the Pentagon. On this September 11 morning‚ four planes were scheduled to leave American airports within twelve minutes of each other. Aboard each of those planes were terrorists who were part of a coordinated plan to kill innocent people. Had the weather b8een bad‚ or the flights delayed
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and they both end up in horrible situations in two very important cities in the United States. Lana is in Los Angeles volunteering at a Christian homeless shelter and Paul who is a Vietnam veteran tries to prevent Los Angeles from attacks just like 9/11. He suspects everyone who is of Arabic origin. They meet each other when a Pakistani gets brutally murdered. The best part of the movie is the well-assembled scenes‚ they are very dynamic‚ and that makes it that the two storylines come together so
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Gangs of New York: Who’s A True American? “You can hire half the poor to kill the other half.” Boss Tweed spoke these words in reference to the Draft Riots. It shows that you can easily turn the poor against each other‚ if you bring money into the situation. Gangs of New York is about the separation of the Irish and the Natives‚ which eventually led into larger conflicts. In this film there are two important characters‚ Amsterdam Vallon and Boyle McGloin‚ who were both Irishmen in the Five Points
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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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COMPANY NAME/WEBSITE/INDUSTRY Company: FreshDirect Website: http://www.freshdirect.com Industry: Online Grocery BACKGROUND/HISTORY FreshDirect was founded in 1999 but fully operational in 2001. The company is a New York based and in the online grocery business. All of their customers shop online for their groceries that are delivered to their homes or place of business the next day. FreshDirect offers fresh produce‚ meat and seafood‚ shelf stable items and even prepared meals (www.freshdirect
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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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events that shaped the U.S.. I believe that one of the most significant events in U.S. History is 9/11‚ which largely influenced our society because it caused us to go to war with Afghanistan for 11 years‚ huge economy impacts‚ and the U.S. no longer feels invulnerable because of it. I have reason to think the biggest impact of 9/11 was that it caused the U.S. to go to war with Afghanistan for 11 years and the war is still going on. Because of this we have lost over 6‚000 soldiers and still counting
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One Sunday‚ as I was driving back home from visiting my family‚ it began to rain. It was just me and the boys and they had finally settled down from fighting sleep and I entered into a place of worship and dialogue with God. He began to take me back to the moment when I wanted to mend the broken pieces of my life and fill the voids with a relationship with my father so bad‚ that I came so close to meeting him but God blocked it. I began to reminisce back on the moment I visited Texas for the first
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