On September 11‚ 2001 a group Islamic extremists hijacked planes and flew them into the two tallest buildings in New York City resulting in the death of 2‚753 innocent people. As the buildings crumbled‚ many people in an attempt to survive; jumped out of windows to escape the raging fire inside. Smoke poured from the skyscrapers‚ and firefighters‚ rushed to save all that they could‚ while families worried sick over their loved ones. The people killed were just ordinary people‚ trying to make a
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September 11‚ 2001‚ a day no American can forget. On this day 19 members of a terrorist group called al-Qaeda hijacked 4 U.S. airplanes and used them to strike various targets on the East Coast. Two of the hijacked planes hit twin towers in New York City and the third plane was flown into the Pentagon in Arlington‚ where the U.S. military is headquartered. The fourth plane was heading for the capitol in Washington‚ however crashed in Pennsylvania after the onboard passengers fought the hijackers
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dominant event that is related to the Taliban’s is the 9/11. In 2001‚ United States faced a horrific terrorist attack that left many Americans devastated‚ traumatized and scarred. “Airlines Boeing 767 left from Boston’s Logan International Airport to Los Angeles and was loaded with 20‚000 gallons of jet fuel.The plane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Approximately two hours later‚ American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into floors 93-99 of the North Tower of the
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September 11‚ crash into the beautiful twin towers in NYC. Many years before this terrorist attack‚ in December of 1941‚ a similar but as well different attack occurred. Planes struck the navy base on Pearl Harbor. Streets are full‚ people working and a plane strikes a tower in the center of New York City. Working on a navy base and planes come out unexpected with terrorists planning to destroy everything. The bombing of Pearl Harbor was definitely unexpected‚ as was the plane wrecks on 9/11; many can
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Significant or not it affects some or all. For America 9/11 was the biggest tragedy to occur since Pearl Harbor‚ and has changed the course of our nation and for the future. 9/11 being the largest death poll on American soil since the civil war had a great impact on the country. It takes a great force to change the course of a powerful nation and 9/11 had that power to leave the country in shock and change the future for America. Learning about 9/11 brings respect to those who died and respect to the
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means to me. Every year‚ in the first week of June‚ I go with my church on a mission trip. Every year we go somewhere different‚ and I’ve only been on two‚ but the one that impacted me the most would have to be the summer I went to New York City. Now New York is a big city‚ many things go down in New York‚ so yes‚ I will admit to you that I was scared to go. Luckily‚ I over came my fear and head into the trip as confident and a championship boxer heading into a match with a tomato can. When we
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William Yette Mr. Tiernan Personal Narrative 2/11/14 From Virginia to New York: When I moved to New York to live with my dad‚ my life and ethics took a major turn. Many things changed‚ from school‚ to sports‚ to even the way I dressed. The people are different‚ the culture is different‚ and the way people talked was even different. The reason these changes had to be made was because of the black population in Virginia‚ they were all very gangster‚ and the New York population were mainly white‚ not
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My two media sources are CNN News and History Channel. The disaster I am covering is the 9/11 when the two twin towers collapsed. When this happens was in September 11th‚2001 at 8:21am. Where all of this took place was in new york. The people that was there was 19 militants‚ over 400+ hundred firefighters and people who worked in the twin towers. There was over 200 firefighter that died in the 9/11. The 9/11 happened to drive the U.S from muslim land and to expel westerner/americans. My two
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The best thing i did over the summer was go to New Mexico to visit some of my family and friends. Now i will tell you about some of the fun things that I did over in New Mexico. One of the days that I was there me my family and friend went to this river and we swam there. It was a little hard to swim because there was a really fast current. The best part about it though was jumping of the cliffs that were there the first time I was up on the cliff I was a little scared to jump off of it. Another
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remember September 11‚ 2001? Connect/Relate with the Audience: Many of us were around the age of 9 or 10 when these attacks occurred and didn’t have a clue of what was going on. We just knew it wasn’t normal. Thesis: The World Trade Center attacks were part of a strategic plan of a terrorist group al-Qaeda. And I will be mapping out the attacks as they unfolded. Preview of Main Points: Four planes were hijacked‚ each intended for different targets. According to the New York Times‚ the flights
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