As soon as I asked my dad about the 9-11-2001 tragic event‚ he has recollected his memory of this day. He told me that he and my mom were traveling in a suburban train to attend Mother Mary’s novena at the famous Mahim church in Bombay (Present Mumbai) on that day. He had a habit of reading a local daily called “Mid-Day” while traveling in local trains to get rid of the noisy and boring commute. That day‚ on 9-11-2001 too he bought this daily. He was terrified by seeing the pictures and breaking
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understand what was going on.” For most people I know‚ that seems to be the case. Since we were too young to understand what was going on at the time‚ I believe that is what makes it so important for us to learn and study what happened on September 11‚ just as it is with any other event in American history. The next person that I interviewed my mom‚ who is one generation older than me. She can remember what took place that day much more clearly than I. “I had just taken you to school. I came home
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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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For this exercise I took around ninety photos over the course of an hour and a half‚ attempting to portray some of the happenings and elements at the 9/11 Memorial. Out of all these photos I took‚ I chose these four because they display how expansive the memorial is‚ in terms of meaning and significance. Some of my other photos are interesting and portray many of the elements I am interested in‚ such as people touching the memorial‚ however‚ these few stuck out and seemed unique from the rest.
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The official account of 9-11 does not give a sound explanation of where any extremely hot material in the WTC collapse piles could have come from‚ nor does it give a sound explanation for the unusually persistent heat at Ground Zero. Numerous misleading and misinforming statements are disseminated to conceal this dilemma of the official account. In Part I several sources are compiled relating to the exceptionally high temperatures‚ and/or to the persistent heat at Ground Zero. Most of these
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this true? A day that will never be forgotten‚ September 11‚ 2001. I was in the eighth grade in Mr. Snow’s
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Documentary and fictional aspects of the film Fahrenheit 9/11 “In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.”(web quotes) This quote by Alfred Hitchcock contains some truth‚ but in past decades the documentary genre has become more than just factual information about real people and places. It has become a mode for opinion and bias. In Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11‚ the “creative use of actuality” (film ed. Grierson) in its editing‚ style and source information
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The image is of 9/11. 9/11 took place on September 11 2001 and was in Manhattan‚ New York. The attack was a terrorist attack on the United States and was targeted at the twin towners in the heart of Manhattan. 2 planes were hijacked and sent straight into the 2 towers causing fire in each then causing the towers to collapse. The entire ordeal left over 2996 people dead and thousands of people injured. The attack was done by al-Qaeda and controlled by Osama Bin Laden. I have selected the image because
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Looking at the perspective of a child growing up into the horrors of world rings true to probably many of us in class especially to recent attacks in Paris. When 9/11 occur most kids did not realize what was happening and didn’t learn until they were older the effects it has had on many American lives. However‚ now that we are older we can see the severity of what had happen and can come to the realization that
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Without falling into jingoism or being over-sentimental‚ Robert Pinsky’s poem "9/11" generates a commendable ode to the spirit that drives this country‚ in addition to revealing the American culture for what it truly is enthusiastic and frivolous‚ courageous and fallible‚ petty and resilient. For most Americans‚ September 10th is Before‚ and everything since is After. Citizens from every state across the U.S. responded immediately to the attacks by giving blood and donating much-needed items
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