These were the words that were spoken on live TV in front of the entire nation on September 11‚ 2001. The exact moment those words were said is marked the second that America changed forever. Prior to 9/11 Americans thought they were untouchable. That there was no way the things they watched on Fox New and CNN every night could ever happen in their backyard. But when the North Tower collapsed at 10:28 am after the South Tower‚ Pentagon‚ and Flight 93 crashed America realized that they weren’t as safe
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9/11/01 was a day that changed both America and the world drastically. Security all around the world was heightened‚ people began to fear flying‚ and a war resulting in many casualties was started‚ all based on that one day. Ever since 9/11‚ airport‚ and many important building’s security has become a hassle for all. Passengers must go through great lengths of security‚ which includes the checking of all carry-on bags‚ removal of shoes and metal objects‚ and passing through a high-tech body scanner
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glimpse of the terror and fear that many people were feeling that day. When the second plane hit it went through the building and exploded on the other side. The ashes covered everything below. As I see pictures people are soiled with gray and gasping for fresh air as they are running for their lives‚ It hurts me. I know there is nothing I can do know but pray. Pray for the people who lived through it. Pray for the people who died in it. Even pray for the people who caused it. Twin Towers will never
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Amanda Brewer Mrs. Hartley AP Lang 16 February 2015 Never Forgotten You’re sleeping with your head against the plane’s window‚ your heart set on being home this time three hours from now. There are another one hundred and fifty people sitting around you doing the same thing. All of your worlds are so different‚ your thoughts are all jumbled and as far as you know your lives have no connection to each other whatsoever. The plane starts to shake and stirs you from your seat‚ knocking your headphones
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The clock tower struck 6 o’clock just as the storyteller finished the story. The old woman hummed and stood from her stool‚ motioning the children sat before her to rise from the carpeted floor. “That’s all for today‚ dearies. It’s time to go home.” She instructed before noticing the fear on their little faces. “Oh‚ my lovelies. I’m so sorry if the story had frightened you. The past may have been scary and wasn’t always peaceful‚ but it is also in the past. The broomriders are gone‚ and King Mickey
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There were many problems that needed to be fixed in the airline security department before 9/11. People were able to get dangerous weapons past the security machines and onboard the plane because our airline security was not as tight as it is now. Our airports did not have machines that uncovered explosives hidden in our baggage or even our clothing before and criminals took advantage of that. For example‚ Richard Reid had attempted to bring explosives onto a plane in his shoes. Fortunately‚ he was
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The biggest terrorist event during my life was 9/11 when terrorist attacked the Twin Towers in New York. The attack of 9/11 is personal to me because my uncle was on one of the floors in building. Just waking up one morning and trying to live your life then finding out hundreds of people died in a couple of minutes is devastating. Even though America has a huge number of people dealing with security of the nation everyday there is still a slight chance of more terrorist attacks. This event devastated
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President George W. Bush’s 9/11 address to America and the rest of the world is one of the most thought provoking and important speeches in history. On September 11‚ 2001‚ America was attacked by the Al-Qaeda which is a terrorist group in the middle east. They hijacked our planes and crashed two of them into the World Trade Center towers. Another crashed into the Pentagon and the fourth plane was headed to Washington‚ D.C.‚ but crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers tried to overtake
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in a Post 9/11 World September 11th‚ 2001‚ the day that the biggest terrorist attacks in history took place‚ the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York City. Even though this act of terrorism took place in the United States‚ it still had a major effect on Canada and changed a lot about the country and formatted what Canada is today. I will speak of four ways in which 9/11 affected Canada: The accusation that some of the hijackers entered the U.S. through Canada‚ how 9/11 affected
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9/11 was a planned terrorist attack and was set up by Osama Bin Laden and was pulled off by four airplanes. One was for the white house and one hit a side of the pentagon and the other two hit the world trade center in New York. The attack was planned to take four airplanes and crash them into three designated targets one was the white house‚ another the world trade center‚ and the pentagon. The world trade center was the first target to be attacked then was the pentagon and the third one was
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