The Effects of 9/11 Attacks Research Paper Jamie Linthecome Contemporary History SUMA10 - Sec D Instructor: Marek Mckenna 8/22/2010 The Effects of 9/11 Attacks America and its people pride themselves on the fact that it’s politically ran government has provided them with a great deal of security. That sense of pride was permanently changed with the events that occurred on September 11‚ 2001. The effects of 9/11 attacks are significant because it brought about national and international
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September 11‚ 2001. A day no American will ever forget. It was a day that this nation realized that we as Americans are not invincible. We can be hurt. Planes flew into both the north and south towers of the world trade center. The towers collapsed killing thousands of people. This event has been not only terrifying‚ but it has also been insightful. In my English IV class‚ we read multiple articles that were published after 9/11. These articles gave us insight by looking into the historical significance
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1. Mom‚ where were you when the attacks occurred? (Mom) I was at work at the time the 9/11 attacks were taking place. I will never forget that day and where I was at the time. I don’t think anyone who was old enough to remember it will not know exactly how they heard the news. 2. Mom‚ how did you find out about he attacks? (Mom) I remember walking out of my office to go get a cup of coffee and a co-worker came out of his office. He said‚ “Did you hear a plane just crashed into the twin towers?”
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change American policy for decades to come. In the aftermath of 9/11‚ the United States started a policy of a global war on terror(GWOT) which would end up costing an unimaginable amount of money and hundreds of thousands of deaths. In this paper‚ I will review four
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The September 11 attacks‚ also known as 9/11‚ were the most horrific events on American soil. 9/11 was the beginning of the age of terrorism and America’s fight against it. On September 11‚ 2001‚ Islamic extremists known as al-Qaeda‚ hijacked four planes and caused great damage. Two planes hit the World Trade Center‚ one hit the Pentagon‚ and the fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania. American Airlines Boeing 767 which carried 20‚000 gallons of fuel hit the World Trade Center in New York City at 8:45
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Cullen Irons Athanasakkis Writing 2 Censored in America: Post 9/11 Censorship and the Bush Administration Censorship is not a new concept and is probably as old as the beginnings of communication itself. Governments have always kept information from the public‚ often in the interest of national security. Censorship has also been used to silence opposition to the government. In the past it seemed that this was common practice in other countries; usually non-democratic countries
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The terrorist attacks on September 11‚ 2001‚ were acts of terrorism against the United States and its allies. These attacks killed thousands of people‚ and left the United States in disbelief. Compared to previous history‚ international terrorism is different in many ways. We cannot win a war solely on military might. United States must fight terrorist organizations‚ networks‚ and anyone who wishes to put fear in people around the world. However‚ the United States must be prepared to respond and
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Sarah Lily Tulloch December 3‚ 2014 The National September 11 Memorial and Museum Reflection The National September 11 Memorial and Museum located on Greenwich Street‚ lower Manhattan‚ displays and remembers the many lives lost as well as the events on September 11‚ 2001. This field based learning trip to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum was especially interesting since this historic event happened during my existence. On September 11‚ 2001‚ I was five years and in St. Andrew‚ Jamaica‚ therefore far
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September 9‚ 2001 was a moment in everyone’s lives where everything changed. This attack was arguably the worst terrorists attack the world has ever seen. It felt like it took away our freedom. Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero was a fascinating video that covered everyone that went on before‚ during‚ and after the 9/11 attacks. It went over the spiritual views of the families who lost their loved ones in the attack. They talked about what their faith and believe was like before and after the attacks
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they attack. Also‚ it’s better to suspect one person instead of letting many people die. People should be able to get answers out of the terrorists before there is another attack. EIT was originally made post 9-11 because there were detainees still out there that had answers on how and why 9-11 occurred. The U.N defines torture as a way people get answers from detainees. The CIA would use harmful techniques to figure out what someone did‚ and how they did it (“5 Interrogation Methods”). One of the
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