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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grandma turns the TV off. Why does she have to cry because of the big screen things. Moreover‚ my niece also acts aggressively toward people in the house. At first‚ I thought this was so ridiculous that she cried because she was not allowed to watch TV. However‚ after I saw these situations regularly‚ I realized this was not funny anymore. Is there any way that I can help my niece to get rid of spending too much time with TV? I was really curious about how TV affects children‚ so I typed it into
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Attacks Of September 11th “What separates us from the animals‚ what separates us from the chaos‚ is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.” - David Levithan. Just under fourteen years ago we were attacked on our own soil for the first time since December 7‚ 1941 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Although I wasn’t old enough to remember this day I feel like I was one of the millions of Americans to witness the terror attacks on September 11‚ 2001. September 11th was a horrific event in
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On September 11‚ 2001‚ a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City took the lives of many people around the world. Countries across the sea declared the terrorist strike an attack on the world. The United States was not the only country that was impacted from the events that occurred. More than 12% of the deaths were foreign nationals‚ not an American citizen (Broady‚ Dr. Christel). Some of America’s closest ties lost citizens in the attack: 67 victims from Britain and 16 from United
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On September 11 2001‚ the world trade Centre in Manhattan‚ new York. They were hit by two planes. Most people I know know where they were when they first heard about the collapsing of the world trade Centre. That moment is something that changed the course of the 12st century. On that day 3‚000 lives were lost and hundreds injured. People working in the towers‚ people passengers on the flights and emergency services. Before such an event took place it didn’t even cross anyone’s mind that such things
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In order to get most Americans to think a certain way after a drastic event like 9/11‚ the media spreads propaganda‚ information that is biased or misleading used to promote or publicize a particular cause or point of view. After the shocking event of September 11‚ propaganda was used to promote the concept of all Muslims being terrorists and violent. 29% of Americans believe that law enforcement agents should go undercover to keep tabs on Muslim activities and fund raising by joining their civic
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October 2014 Evil Took Flight I was at school when the 9/11 incidents occurred. I was about six years old and in Kindergarten. I remember my dad picking me up from school‚ he was sad and confused looking. I specifically remember riding home in the car and my dad turning up the radio and intently listening to it. That day I did not quite know what had happened or how it would affect me‚ but now I can truly grasp what happened that day. Since September 11‚ 2001‚ the United States has changed in many different
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9/11 Disaster On morning of September 11‚ 2001 a disaster occurred in the United States due to the terrorist attacks. Two planes where hijacked and were deliberately crashed into both towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. This disaster killed thousands of innocent people and Emergency management was called in from all over the US that day. This city didn’t have a plan in place for this type of disaster. Emergency Management is meant to make communities safe‚ less susceptible to disasters
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An Analysis of the 9/11 Terrorist Attack On September 11‚ 2001‚ 19 Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four United States commercial airliners travelling from the east coast to California. The hijackers forcibly took control of four planes. Two planes were purposefully crashed into the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City. The third aircraft was flown into the Pentagon building in Washington DC. The fourth plane landed in a Pennsylvania field. All of the people on board the aircrafts were killed
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