Preventing 9/11: Could it Have Been Done? September 11th‚ 2001: the American people will remember this day as the day the unthinkable happened: someone‚ or rather a group of people‚ infiltrated the seemingly impregnable American defenses and turned our own airplanes on us. Crashing several planes into different important federal buildings‚ these terrorists spread terror throughout the country. Nobody thought that the most powerful country in the world could be attacked so easily‚ and
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Travis Nichols U.S. History 1896 – Present Aaron Weinstein 9-11 & the Effects on America The events that took place on September 11th 2001 changed the way things worked in America. On that day Islamic extremist high jacked four U.S. airplanes with the intent of crashing them into the twin towers‚ the Pentagon and the White House. Two of the planes did indeed crash into the twin towers in New York City and another was used to hit the pentagon. The passengers on the last plane however‚ fought
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to the attacks on the world trade center by expanding presidential power through the aspect of national security. George W. Bush was questioned from the day he became president‚ but the response he gave after the attacks proved his legitimacy. After 9/11‚ Bush’s leadership became a rallying point for the nation (Gregg). President Bush portrayed a new standing on foreign policy in response to the attacks taking place on September 11th‚ 2001: "Our war on terror begins with Al-Qaeda‚ but it does not end
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9/11 Conspiracy Theories are Theories that believe that 9/11 was not performed the way the media made it look. First you might need to know the basics. The United States had been having issues with terrorists for a long time. This terrorist group was know as al-Qaeda and were a lot like ISIS. 9/11 is thought to be the time terrorists hijack planes and crash them into 3 different building. The twin towers and the pentagon‚ also another was on its way to the white house when passengers took over and
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change. This report is also intended to educate employees on the seriousness of sexual harassment and give different ideas as to how to search passengers. Fire. Destruction. Horror. These are a few of the understated words that describe the tragedy of 9/11. On September 11th‚ 2001‚ terrorists hijacked planes‚ then crashed into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon‚ causing thousands of innocent lives to come to an unexpected end. “Haunting
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witness the terror attacks on September 11‚ 2001. September 11th was a horrific event in United States history and has left a permanent mark on our country to this day. On September 11‚ 2001‚ at 8:45 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning‚ an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20‚000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into
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On September 11‚ 2001‚ nineteen men from an Islamic terrorist group known as Al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial airplanes‚ and flown them into the World Trade Center in New York City‚ one into the Pentagon and the other crashed into a field in Shanksville‚ Pennsylvania. A total of 2‚977 perished as a result of the attack. (“September 11‚ 2001: Background and Timeline of the Attacks”) President George Bush addressed the nation
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Affects on Tourism after 9/11 New York City is one of the most populated cities in the world. The terrorist attack of September 11th in 2001 affected the whole city‚ shutting down transportation‚ affecting business revenue‚ police and the public’s safety. The emotions of New Yorkers were horrified. This was one of three terrorists attacks that impacted America on that day‚ but also not the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. That morning of 9/11 was a regular day in New York City;
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9/11 was one of the worst things to ever happen in American history. It has changed America economically‚ socially‚ politically‚ and militarily. Innocent people lost their lives or they lost their loved ones. They will never forget September 11‚ 2001. People already know who designed the attacks. The terrorist group that attacked was none other than‚ Al Qaeda and their leader Osama Bin Laden. But‚ now they just ask one question. Why? Their first target was the World Trade Center‚ which could be
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Argument “We might have accomplished something if we have been able to treat the terrorist attacks of 9/11 in a way similar to how we treat the damage on the nation’s highways-by implementing practices and requirements that are directly related to results (as in the case of speed limit‚ safety belts‚ and the like‚ which took decades to accomplish in the cause of auto safety)-rather than by throwing the nation into a near panic and using the resulting fears to justify expensive but not
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