Visionary On September 11th 2001‚ the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil occurred. Radical hijackers crashed passenger planes into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center towers in New York‚ toppling the 110-story Twin Towers‚ killing all aboard the jets and more than 3‚000 people on the ground. Architect of the Twin Towers‚ Minoru Yamasaki‚ said upon their completion in 1972‚ “The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man’s dedication to world peace... a representation of man’s belief in humanity
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When “air” is clicked‚ a soft‚ Japanese tune and a voice of a witness explaining the horror of people jumping off the Twin Towers are played (Ankerson and Rengetsu). The words of the poem plummet‚ the jet’s vapor trails brightens to represent the planes that crashed into the towers‚ and the “flocks of departing geese” represent the people flying through the air as they depart from this world (Ankerson and Rengetsu). The “earth” section represents
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A History of New York City Skyscrapers Whenever anyone thinks of New York City one of the first things that come to mind is the tall extravagant skyscrapers located in this city. Since the late nineteenth century New York has been home to some of the tallest skyscrapers in the world. For many tourists that come to New York City‚ the first thing they want to see is the skyscrapers of Manhattan. One of the first skyscrapers built in New York City was the World Building‚ which many people know
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Conspiracies involving the collapse of the Twin Towers and the attack on The Pentagon has been talked about ever since‚ including the most famous conspiracy of whether or not President George W. Bush planned the September 11 attacks. Another prominent conspiracy is that the collapse of the Twin Towers and the 7 World Trade Center were the result of a controlled destruction than a structural failure due to the fire and impact. In reality‚ the Twin Towers collapsed as a result of being struck by two
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The controversial advertisement titled Twin Towers released in May 2005‚ designed for the Nicolas Hulot Foundation- a French environmental awareness organization‚ is a hard-hitting and provocative advertisement that has effectively shown that to nature‚ we are all daily terrorists. The advertisement reproduces the iconic 9/11 terrorist attack scene‚ showing two trees being attacked in the same fashion as the World Trade Centre was attacked‚ carrying the message: “For nature‚ everyday is 9/11”. In
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The date of September 11‚ 2001‚ is one of the most traumatic events in United States history. In New York City‚ 19 extremists of the Islamic al-Qaeda group committed an act of terrorism that we can never recover from. They flew planes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center‚ one into the Pentagon‚ and one crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. These actions have cost a countless number of lives‚ 2‚996 lives to be exact. The profoundly weak terrorists only had one intention. To break the unity
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“stand down” on 9/11‚ or allow these attacks to happen‚ the impact of the plains could not have been enough to knock down both 110 story towers so explosives must have been detonated in the buildings at the same time of the impacts‚ and finally the use of “squibs” or controlled explosives‚ suggesting that the damage caused by the planes wasn’t all that caused the towers to collapse. There are no 9/11 conspiracies that can’t and haven’t already been debunked. Some believe that these attacks were thought
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The thing that I think is most important in all of U.S history is the Revolutionary War. It was also known as the American War of Independence between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the thirteen British Colonies. This war lasted eight years‚ it was between the years of 1775-1783. The Revolutionary War put everything back into place and ended everything‚ things got settled all around. They were fighting for their Independence‚ and to be free‚ they were fighting for what they believed in. The colonists
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Many people believed that the Twin Towers would never collapse and that it was invincible due to the complexity of its structure. The North Tower was constructed in December 1970‚ followed shortly by the South Tower in January 1972. The complex design of the World Trade Center was conceived as an urban renewal project and were used to restore confidence and help bring a halt to the decline of lower Manhattan. The 9/11 terrorist attack was a series of four attacks on the United States on the morning
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00 wounded. More specifically‚ two planes hit the twin towers in New York City‚ one plane hit the Pentagon‚ and
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