On September 11‚ 2001‚ terrorists hijacked public airplanes and flew them into the twin towers in lower Manhattan‚ New York. After the first building fell‚ the entire city’s population was in chaotic distress. Authorities had shut down all modes of transportation including bridges and all subways. For the first time in over a hundred years‚ transportation by boat was the only way in or out of Manhattan. The Coastguard knew they needed a more organized method of evacuating civilians‚ so they decided
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9/11 was one of the biggest terrorist attacks in US history. The attack killed "Nearly 3‚000 people from all over the world died in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon" (CBBC Newsround). It was planned by a man named Osama bin Laden. He was the founder of Al- Qaeda ‚ which was one of many terrorist groups in the world. Him and his followers planned to hijacked use a plane and crash the following places . The twin towers‚ World Trade Center‚ Pentagon‚ and some place in California
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the media. Douglas Kellner proves this in his work called‚ “9/11‚ spectacles of terror‚ and media manipulation(Kellner).” In this piece Kellner shows how both the Jihadist and the Bush Administration manipulated the media to portray their enemy. The Jihadist used social media and the internet to recruit and gain support they did this by portraying the western world as terrible sinful people. The Bush administration used the events of 9/11 unite the country against terrorist with the use of the global
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The premise for the first argument is that relative to the death toll on 9/11‚ the panic level showed by American following the events was irrational. The conclusion is that to that extent Americans gave the terrorist exactly what they wanted: to spread fear. 1. The author provides examples of other situations that happened in 2001‚ an earth quake that killed almost 20‚000 people and statistics of how many people die yearly in car crashes‚ as examples of Americans milder reactions as support to
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Border Security in a Post 9/11 World The United States of America is a country founded on Judeo-Christian morals and ethics and is comprised of unique individuals who have led the world in innovation and ingenuity. The liberties and freedoms that America is founded on have enabled people to develop some of the world’s most technological advances. The capitalistic system has created the opportunity for great personal wealth‚ and has given millions of people opportunities that otherwise would not
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went ahead and used a boat in Yemen against the U.S. warship. So you have a car‚ you have a truck‚ you have a boat. Why wouldn’t you expect a plane to be added?” (“9/11 Intelligence Failures Report”‚ 2002). This emphasizes how important it is to be creative‚ think outside of the box and be proactive when it comes to homeland security. 9/11 was not an inevitable event. If the correct policies and thinking were in place the entire situation could have been thwarted in its early stages. Assuming an
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Malik Hall Professor Suitor February 12‚ 2015 Memory I can recall on several occasions where I have experienced a clear episodic memory. One experience was in 2001 when I was five years old. It was the day of 9/11 and I remember being in my kindergarten classroom. I remember the teachers on their cell phone with a paniclook on their face; they were talking about towers. A few minutes went by and my mom checked me out of school and I was so scared because I did not know what was going on
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Part I -Progressive Muslims – In Search of Progressive Islam Beyond 9/11 Farid Esack describes the situation of progressive Muslims post 9/11. He does this because their role has become significantly important in the society they live in. Progressive Muslims described by him are liberal Muslims who are seeking for a change but according to their conservative values. He describes the attacks from 9/11 represents a collision of two forms of religious fundamentalism‚ the American capitalistic market
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Ten years ago no one had heard of Islamophobia‚ today the fear spreads like cancer. A phobia widespread‚ filled with mayhem‚ poisonous rhetoric‚ and cruelty . 9/11 was the catalyst for a new wave of Islamophobia. People seem to forget that Muslims were also victims on that day. Terrorists did not spare those who’s religion they claimed their own.Cultural and religious acceptance was put on the back burner. There has always been the need for an enemy‚ otherwise the good guys wouldn’t see any publicity
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Groupthink and 9/11 Group decision making can be very helpful in getting different thoughts and opinions out of discussion‚ but also can be dangerous because of groupthink. Groupthink occurs when people avoid individually testing‚ analyzing‚ and evaluating facts in order to avoid upsetting the consensus of a group. In effect a conflict occurs whereby some topics are okay to discuss while others are closed often without the group being consciously aware of it. Those who violate the unspoken
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