Oscar Wilde once said “always expect the unexpected.” When 9/11 happened‚ many people died because they weren’t prepared for the worst to happen. The planes crashed near the upper 3rd of the towers and the crash spanned about 10 floors leaving many living people above and below the crash site that could have been saved using certain tactics to evacuate. If everyone prepared completely for a terrorist attack on the twin towers‚ the fire dept. And police dept. Would have had a plan to evacuate
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The September 11 Generation There has been much talk about how the events of September 11 changed everything. I don’t think they changed the central urgency and relevance of what each one of us does with our life.. I think we’re all being pressured by history. How many people have lost their jobs or are re-evaluating their work and lives? Those of us who are concerned about the issues of diversity‚ coexistence‚ reconciliation‚ conflict prevention‚ understanding and tolerance
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How did 9/11/01 affect the way we live in America today? There have been many turning points in American History; however none have the same effect as September 11‚ 2001‚ and many Americans relate the day to the country’s loss of innocence. As a result of 9/11 many American’s lives were affected emotionally‚ physically‚ economically‚ and politically. A month after the terrorist attack in the US‚ a war was launched by the United States. This war was known as the “fight back” war. It was the
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There were many problems that needed to be fixed in the airline security department before 9/11. People were able to get dangerous weapons past the security machines and onboard the plane because our airline security was not as tight as it is now. Our airports did not have machines that uncovered explosives hidden in our baggage or even our clothing before and criminals took advantage of that. For example‚ Richard Reid had attempted to bring explosives onto a plane in his shoes. Fortunately‚ he was
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October 2012 Has the impact of 9/11 been baneful or beneficial to Pakistan’s security environment? Analyze. The second year of the new millennium was witness to an event which might have perhaps altered the geo-political structure of the world and gave birth to a whole new phenomenon‚ one‚ which has been directing foreign policy affairs of the world for almost a decade now. This event comprised the four terrorist attacks on United States soil‚ on September the eleventh‚ 2001‚ in which hijacked
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On 11th September 2001‚ the whole world seemed to come to a standstill when the horrifying image of the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York blared across our screens. The event itself shook the foundations of modern society‚ with an impact that seemed to shatter what we know as reality. At first commentators focused on how this tragedy came about‚ on external factors‚ but not on why. Looking closely at the event and its aftermath reveals more meanings. Because it felt as though reality
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1984‚ 9/11 Random Notes and The United States of BOO! 1984 The short story contains a lot of pessimistic and negative adjectives‚ which gives me‚ as a reader‚ a feeling of negativity at first‚ but then you realize that the story is so much negative that it turns out to be filled with humor and a sarcastic touch. In the very first section it is described that it is a cold day in april; that the clocks is striking 13; that the wind is vile; and that Winston Smith tries to escape this by rushing
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September 11‚ 2001 was a day that will forever reside in the collective memory of the world. On that fateful morning‚ 19 terrorists who were in affiliation with Osama Bin Laden ’s al-Qaeda terror organization hijacked four planes. The hijackers crashed two American Airlines jets into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City‚ A third plane into the Pentagon in Washington‚ D.C and a fourth crash landed in Pennsylvania as passengers attempted to take control of the plane. Nearly 3000
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University of Exeter ARA 3158 - Armed Islamist Movements To what extent have recent post 9/11 developments affected the strength of al Qaeda? Abdullah Rifai Student Number: 600012806 Word Count: 2171 More than a decade after 9/11‚ a great lack of consensus exists over the assessments of al Qaeda’s current situation. Some analysts’ say that al Qaeda is ‘on the ropes’ (John Brennan‚ 2011)‚ that the United States is ‘within reach of
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"Do not go outside! New York is on full terrorist alert. They hit the twin towers... only one standing‚ turn on T.V!" That was two years ago‚ yet‚ I remember that phone call and my experience of ’9/11’ as if it was only yesterday. September 11th 2001‚ just the mention of that date causes me to shudder. I remember it clearly. It was about half past eight in the morning and I was well asleep on my dad’s pull-out couch‚ with absolutely no intention of waking before eleven. Yes‚ I know that I’m very
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