On September 11‚ 2001 the United States experienced the most devastating attack on US soil since Pearl Harbor. This terrorist attack left people with several questions: Who would do this? and How could this happen? When the 9/11 commission report came out it revealed that there were intelligence failures on many levels‚ most importantly of which was a lack of or unwillingness of agencies to share intelligence. The Commission’s report noted‚ “information was not shared‚ sometimes inadvertently or
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3:26 pm News one 2. Air Defense Was Told To “Stand Down” In the event that a airplane were to be hijacked‚ the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)‚ is prepared to send out fighter jets which can debilitate or shoot down an airplane. On 9/11/01‚ NORAD generals said they learned of the hijackings in time to scramble fighter jets. Some skeptics believe NORAD commanded defense systems to “Stand-down”‚ because of their lack of presence during the attacks. 3. Planes Didn’t Make Twin Towers
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The Attacks on 9/11 Research Paper The attacks on America on September 11th‚ 2001 killed “almost 3‚000 people” according to theguarden.com. The attacks include the Twin Towers‚ the Pentagon‚ and the naked field in a rural area in Pennsylvania. After 16 years of mourning‚ the evidence of the day of September 11th‚ 2001 still does not add up. Families have been fed lies so the government can cover up their disturbing secrets on the 9/11 attacks. The government has put the blame on Osama Bin Laden’s
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E.Torres Critical Thinking Perspectives of 9/11 There is a lot of speculation on who was truly behind what happened on September 11‚ 2001. On this date one of America’s greatest tragedies occurred. About three thousand people were killed‚ with a total of six thousand injured. Four planes were hijacked; two of them struck the Twin towers in New York city‚ one stuck the Pentagon in Arlington Virginia just outside Washington D.C.‚ and a fourth one crashed in Pennsylvania‚ the intended destination
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day of September 11‚ 2001 the World Trade center was attacked by the Al Qaeda terror network. They hijacked our own commercial air-liners and flew straight into the towers. It was not till May 1st of 2011 that we finally brought the head of the attack to justice. It was TEN whole years later for us to locate him and bring him down. He slaughtered 2‚792 people just in New York City. Americans from all over the country gave over 2.2 billion dollars to help charities set up for 9/11. The country still
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and they both end up in horrible situations in two very important cities in the United States. Lana is in Los Angeles volunteering at a Christian homeless shelter and Paul who is a Vietnam veteran tries to prevent Los Angeles from attacks just like 9/11. He suspects everyone who is of Arabic origin. They meet each other when a Pakistani gets brutally murdered. The best part of the movie is the well-assembled scenes‚ they are very dynamic‚ and that makes it that the two storylines come together so
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"Fahrenheit 9/11" is a chilling documentary made by Michael Moore that gives us a glimpse of what went on behind the World Trade Center attacks. This documentary is very well made‚ it sets the right tone for each scene and Moore is good at making his point. For example‚ in the opening scene‚ Condoleezza and other cabinet members are shown primping prior to being on TV. This shows the fact that they are more concerned about their exterior image and act‚ not necessarily concerned with doing the right
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events that shaped the U.S.. I believe that one of the most significant events in U.S. History is 9/11‚ which largely influenced our society because it caused us to go to war with Afghanistan for 11 years‚ huge economy impacts‚ and the U.S. no longer feels invulnerable because of it. I have reason to think the biggest impact of 9/11 was that it caused the U.S. to go to war with Afghanistan for 11 years and the war is still going on. Because of this we have lost over 6‚000 soldiers and still counting
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Abdullah Nanabawa 802 social studies 9/11/14 The Importance Of Culture There are various diverse cultures in the world. These cultures have different customs that make them more diverse from each other. Cultures are guidelines that guide the people that follow that culture. My culture is Indian. India’s food‚ money‚ and holidays differ from place to place in the country. India is one of the most diverse countries in the world when it comes to culture and religion
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Over 2‚000 people died from the attack of 9/11 but our country United States of America still had faith and managed to raise up the American Flag.Danny McWilliams FDNY lieutenant in Brooklyn was in the tragedy of 9/11.A close worker of Danny‚ Bill Eisengrein was also present during 9/11.The day of 9/11 Bill was watching tv and saw what happened and immediately headed to the scene.As he headed to the scene‚ he saw McWilliams holding the American Flag with other significant and knew they were up to
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