A few weeks before the attack‚ "Lyla!" I hear my mother shout as I run down the halls. I hurry down the halls and outside to my secret garden. I reach the secret door behind the tall mirror and I look around. No one is looking so I quietly pull on the mirror and open the door behind it. I slip through and shut the mirror and door behind me. I take my uncomfortable shoes off and let my toes dig into the cool grass. I walk back to the bench swing between the trees and sit down. I listen to the small
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During the attack of 9/11 everyone involved had a lack of communication and technology‚ but today both of those have improved immensely. Authors Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn explain what happened on September 11th and shares multiple stories from people both inside and outside of the towers in their novel “102 Minutes.” One of the biggest problems addressed in the novel was the lack of communication between the police and fire departments‚ and also with communicating to the people in the building. The
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talks about therapy dogs helping children testify against their attackers. In this particular story it talks about a dog named Argos helping a 11 year old girl Devin Connors who was raped when she was 8 years old by her mother’s boyfriend. Since the boyfriend pleaded guilty to the rape she didn’t even have to testify at all but she decided she wanted to tell what happened. In order for a dog to be a therapy dog they have to be walk quietly on a leash‚Interact well with strangers‚ and be calm in unpredictable
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How does the poet convey the horrors of the war in ‘Attack’? The poet conveys the horrors by using personification‚ onomatopoeias and other interesting techniques. In Sassoon’s poem ‘Attack’ he includes: Lack of hope‚ loss of human identity‚ sacrifice of life‚ desperation of soldiers and the disorganization and discomfort of war. The horror of war is portrayed in the way that the soldiers are deprived of their human identity and are just seen as a ‘thing’ and not individuals. In the middle
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At 7.50am on Sunday 7 December 1941‚ the first of two waves of Japanese aircraft began their attack on the US Pacific Fleet‚ moored at Pearl Harbor on the Pacific island of Oahu. Within two hours of the attack‚ five battleships had been sunk‚ another 16 damaged‚ and 188 aircraft destroyed. The two attacks killed just under 100 Japanese but over 2‚400 Americans‚ with another 1‚178 injured. The Japanese were lead by Tojo and Yamamoto. Pearl harbor was a massive event in history that will always be
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The decision made by Japan to attack Pearl Harbor in 1941 was the result of a gradual process that developed over time. By July of that year‚ Japan had already embarked on the conquest of Southeast Asia‚ despite the well-known risks of going to war with the United States. The Japanese elite‚ who were concerned about their country’s economic situation and military expansion‚ decided that the United States must either remove the sanctions and embargoes imposed against them‚ or they would have "no choice"
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After the attack Introduction The data shows that far and above the people who die or are physically hurt in a terrorist attack or act of war‚ there are many more who are suffer psychological injuries. As the specter of a major terrorist attack hangs over the United States‚ it is critical that policy makers‚ government agencies and civil leaders understand how to deal with the fear and panic that come with an attack. It is especially the case when the attackers use a weapon of mass destruction that
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A work of complete and total devastation occurred on December 7th‚ 1941 when the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the military base‚ Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. The raid on Pearl Harbor (and on other U.S. occupied areas) disabled the United States navy for several months and wiped out parts of the U.S. Air Force. It also gave the Japanese several distinct advantages in World War II over the U.S. and the Allied Powers. This well-planned‚ surprise assault damaged the U.S. military‚ had several
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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th‚ 1941 appeared to be quite unexpected to say the least. The American naval fleet on the base of Pearl Harbor suffered a catastrophic blow at the hands of the Japanese army. Ninety minutes after it had all started‚ the attack was over; more than 2000 Americans had lost their lives‚ there was over 1000 wounded‚ a loss of 200 aircraft and the Japanese had managed to sink eighteen ships including five battleships. Compared to the United States of America
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horrifying experience of a gas attack in World War I. Owen goes into excruciating detail on every effect of the gas‚ and describes almost everything about the physical state of the infected‚ dying man. Thousands of soldiers were exposed to gas in the war‚ and unfortunately‚ many of them died from the effects. The first attack that the Germans unleashed on the allies was devastating. Over 5000 soldiers were killed with many more incapacitated (Christianson 30). While the attack was detrimental to the strength
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