and “distraught” while reporting on the involvement of the Army Reserve Forces in the rescue operations following 9/11. This demonstrates the media’s use of emotive language to engage the reader. Despite their similarities‚ Thompson’s account is pervaded with opinion while Pullen concentrates on a factual account of what occurred at the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon on September 11‚ 2001. Thompson’s article represents a field of journalism that unapologetically reports news from a subject point
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Today I interviewed my mother about her experience with September 11‚ 2001 (“9/11”). To me her experience wasn’t as exciting as if she were there‚ but pretty normal for someone who was having a typical day. On 9/11 my mom was driving down Perryville Road‚ passing Menard’s‚ to the doctor’s office where she worked at that time. She was informed about the attacks on the radio. Unfortunately she doesn’t remember what radio station it was. At first my mom thought that they were doing a joke on
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9/11‚ a day of death‚ destruction‚ and devastation. It’s early morning‚ about 8:45 a.m.‚ and American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center. It has to be an accident. Why would an airplane purposefully run into the tower? Everyone is wondering if they know anyone affected‚ if the people inside and around the towers are okay‚ and how someone could be so careless and not focus on the plane enough to keep it away from the towers… up until the second plane tears down
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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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1.What impact did the events of 9/11 have on your sense of security/vulnerability? The events of September 11th brought a harsh reality to light. I remember sitting home thinking this wasn’t real and when I finally did catch on and see this was really happening I was overcome with fear. I wasn’t sure if we as a nation were safe or what would happen next. I kept saying to myself “How they can say they are here to protect us and this happens?” 2. Doyou agree or disagree with the U.S. response to
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In 2001‚ on September 11 a tragic accident occurred at the World Trade Center in New York. 400 Firefighters and Police officers who responded to the scene were killed‚ including roughly 3000 civilians. This tragic incident is forever remembered as one of the most significant terrorist attempts. Terrorism is only effective if we make it effective‚ our fear feeds the the fire and it just keeps building making us change the way we live our lives. The fear we have is the essential reasoning behind terrorism
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in regards to the attack of September 11 2001 was strong and powerful. President Bush addressed what happened‚ as well as addressing Americas actions in response to it. He made it clear as to who caused the attacks and his plan on how we would respond. President Bush made it known that America is no stranger to war. We know it all too well. However he stated that‚ " Americans know wars on forgien soil‚ except for one Sunday in 1941."‚ leading us to know how serious an attack on our home soil really
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terrorism against targets in the United States of America. The product of this: 2900 fatalities and a limitless figure on those traumatized. Over a decade later the wounds inflicted by 9/11 remain raw. It is perhaps one of the most controversial‚ revolutionary and conspiracy ridden events in human history. AL Qaeda is defined as a broad-based militant Islamist organization‚ and is considered to be- by the majority of society- the primary culprit of the 9/11 terror attacks. By inspecting Al Qaedas’ philosophy
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September 11‚ 2001‚ considered to be one of the worst terrorist attacks in the history of the world. About 2‚900 people died‚ and about 3‚000 people were injured. The terrorist attack affected the world physically‚ in the matter that the twin towers were destroyed and there was about 1.8 million tons of debris from the attack. A fallout of this attack meant security got stronger‚ and paperwork for adoption became more difficult. 9/11 made the adoption process much harder because all of the paperwork
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Mostly everyone knows about 9/11 and it goes down as one of the scariest days in U.S history. I can say myself that 9/11 has impacted me in so many ways to make me the person I am today. You may be wondering what I mean but surely enough by the end of my college essay‚ you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. Since that day my life has been changed in so many ways. My Muslim background is very important to me and I take pride in it but people also have a different opinion on this religion. My
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