9/11…A Turning Point There have been many turning points in American history; however none have had the same effects as September 11‚ 2001‚ and many people relate the day to the country’s loss of innocence. As a result of 9/11 many civil liberties were taken away‚ security was heightened‚ and there have been numerous effects on Americans. Although the attack happened on American soil‚ it can really be characterized as an attack on civilization itself‚ because people from more than 80 nationalities
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Hook: On average 3 to 5 days after 9/11 there was 44% of the adult US population experienced substantial stress. Bridge: People might even say that 9/11 was one of the worst events in history that caused serious problems for people like‚ depression‚ Post traumatic stress disorder‚ or the suicide rate in America. After 9/11 people most likely felt like they were on an emotional rollercoaster. Thesis: September 11‚ 2001 was a day that millions of Americans could never forget. Point: A 12 year-year-old
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Afghanistan‚ was to do with looking after Britain’s own national interest. With Britain seen as one of America’s greatest and influential allies‚ it would seem obvious that an attack on the scale of 9/11 could so easily be repeated on this side of the Atlantic. Whitehall according to {Chin 2013 }was concerned that 9/11 could spark a groundswell of movement against the West therefore taking action in Afghanistan to try and combat the threat possessed by the militants was seen as necessary. However there were
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On September 11‚ 2001 a group Islamic extremists hijacked planes and flew them into the two tallest buildings in New York City resulting in the death of 2‚753 innocent people. As the buildings crumbled‚ many people in an attempt to survive; jumped out of windows to escape the raging fire inside. Smoke poured from the skyscrapers‚ and firefighters‚ rushed to save all that they could‚ while families worried sick over their loved ones. The people killed were just ordinary people‚ trying to make a
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1. Mom‚ where were you when the attacks occurred? (Mom) I was at work at the time the 9/11 attacks were taking place. I will never forget that day and where I was at the time. I don’t think anyone who was old enough to remember it will not know exactly how they heard the news. 2. Mom‚ how did you find out about he attacks? (Mom) I remember walking out of my office to go get a cup of coffee and a co-worker came out of his office. He said‚ “Did you hear a plane just crashed into the twin towers?”
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Sound familiar? This is how rigorous airport security is present day. The 9-11 attacks caused such a huge shock to America’s security that they had to rethink everything; they had to change the whole system that the American people believed would keep the safe. The question is though‚ how did they change it? Were the changes for the better? And how safe is are the American people now after the changes have been made? Since 9-11 America’s securities throughout all airports have been drastically changed
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lives were taken from us‚ including 125 men and women serving here at the Pentagon. Thirteen years of moments they would have shared with us. Thirteen years of memories they would have made.” 9/11 was not just terrible for the people involved and their families‚ but for everyone in the United States. 9/11 was the day when a group called al-Qaeda made a plan to bomb multiple buildings in the New York area because they felt that the Christian-Jewish alliance was trying to destroy Islam. The group
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DC ‚ and in rural Pennsylvania causing the death of over three thousand innocent civilians and injuring over six thousand. Osama Bin Laden stated that the attack was in response to America’s support of Israel and the U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia. 9/11 resulted in an almost immediate and continuous increase in security procedures both in the United States and worldwide wherever a large gathering of people occurred. In addition‚
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change American policy for decades to come. In the aftermath of 9/11‚ the United States started a policy of a global war on terror(GWOT) which would end up costing an unimaginable amount of money and hundreds of thousands of deaths. In this paper‚ I will review four
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The attacks of 9/11 on America’s twin towers did not only affect the United states but shook the core of the world. Countries all over the world were affected directly and indirectly and people still remembered it as the terrible criminal act. Aguayo (2009) states that “in this post September 11 (9/11) climate of the “War on Terror”‚ Hollywood political-thriller films carry a new cultural currency” (p.1). It left an indelible impression in the hearts and minds of the millions of people inhabiting
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