as if it is your last one." - Guy Lafleur "Each player must accept the cards life deals them: but once they are in hand‚ they alone must decide how to play in order to win the game." - Voltaire "For when the One Great Scorer comes To write against your name‚ He marks - not that you won or lost - But how you played the game." - Grantland Rice "My work is a game‚ a very serious game." - M. C. Escher "A game is not won until it is lost." - David Pleat "Play the game for more than you
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Determined never to forget but perhaps ready to move on‚ the nation gently handed Sept. 11 over to history Sunday and etched its memory on a new generation. A stark memorial took its place where twin towers once stood‚ and the names of the lost resounded from children too young to remember terror from over a decade ago. The anniversary took place under heightened security. In New York and Washington especially‚ authorities were on alert. In New York‚ Washington and Pennsylvania‚ across the United
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It was the date of September 11‚ 2001‚ a plane had struck the Twin Towers at 8:36 am‚ devastating thousands of people. Meanwhile‚ in New York Firefighter Jessie‚ was getting up and saying goodbye to his wife. "Goodbye Samantha‚ I love you‚" says Jessie. Jessie’s daughter Bailey ran out of her room to give her dad a big hug and kiss goodbye. "Goodbye daddy I hope you have a good day at work‚ I love you‚" Bailey squealed. " Love you too‚" says Jessie. "Jessie why do you have to leave so
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project I do it diligently. Whether the due date is tomorrow or next week‚ I always make sure to get my homework done as soon as possible. That way I can have more time to do some of my... ahem* other interests... "But did you go straight to bed right after or did you play around with you tablet again?" Mom asked suspiciously. "Yeah‚ I did..." I answered sheepishly trying to avert my gaze. Mom always has that tendency to read my mind whenever I look at her in the eyes. Or probably that she could see
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attack. At 9:45 a.m. a third American Airlines plane crashed directly into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Less than 15 minutes later‚ the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed due to the heat of the burning jet fuel. Then‚ about a half hour later‚ the north tower collapsed. There also was a fourth plane that was delayed. Due to the delay‚ passengers learned that hijackers were aboard and fought them‚ causing the plane to crash
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children.” He had no idea how precise his words were more than a decade later. It has been about twelve years since 9/11 and for many people it seems like just yesterday when they witnessed the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center tumbling to the ground‚ United Airlines Flight 93 hurtling into a meadow in Shanksville‚ Pennsylvania‚ and the abysmal hole left behind at the Pentagon after the impact of American Airlines Flight 77. Countless people lost family members or knew someone who did. However
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After the September 11 attacks on the world trade center‚ the world’s perception of the Middle East and Muslims drastically changed. For individuals previously exposed to Islamophobic ideologies‚ these attacks reinforced them. On the other hand‚ these attacks exposed and established negative stereotypes about Islam within other individuals for the first time. Anti-Muslim sentiment increased drastically post 9/11; which in turn led to the advancement of abuses towards Muslims. These abuses were through
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The Impact 9/11 Had on America The events that took place on September 11th 2001 showed America that we need to expect the unexpected and prepare for the future. On this day‚ 19 terrorists from a group called al-Qaeda hijacked 4 commercial passenger planes. Two of them were crashed into the Twin Towers of New York City’s World Trade Center. The third plane was crashed into The Pentagon in Arlington‚ Virginia. The fourth plane they say was intended to be crashed into the White House itself‚ but
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On September 11‚ 2001 the unthinkable happened. It all started as an ordinary day‚ but soon matters took a turn for the worse. At the World Trade Center in New York City hijacked planes stroke into the two twin towers. In shock‚ no one at the scene had any idea on how to react or more importantly‚ how to help others stranded in the smoke filled buildings. That day strangers helped strangers escape the wrath of the spreading fire and smoke. However‚ the top half of the buildings were different. There
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The state of our country‚ the safety we have come to know as an ingrained American feeling is now gone. The terrifying events that brought down the towers of the World Trade Center‚ killing thousands of innocent people on September 11‚ 2001‚ is a day that will forever be remembered in our history. The hijacking of planes by the acts of terrorist forever changed airport security‚ the view of turban-wearing Sikhs forever changed how most Americans view them‚ the fighting of a war in the Middle East
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