though on the inside she was half asleep she always looked like a bright sunflower shining through the crowded streets of New York City‚ Times Square. As she struggled to insert the right key to her penthouse‚ she dreamed of an amazing sleep for at least 9 hours‚ but Elizabeth had company tonight and she had to make a delicious dinner. Her family was coming over tonight‚ which was a big deal since they only come once in a blue moon. She spent
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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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As we all know‚ on September 11‚ 2001 Muslim terrorists attacked the United Stated. They hijacked 4 airplanes in mid-flight. The first 2 planes flew right into 2 skyscrapers at the World Trade Center in New York City. Obviously‚ the buildings caught fire and collapsed. The third plane demolished part of the Pentagon (the US military headquarters) in Arlington‚ Virginia. The final plane crashed in Shanks Ville‚ Pennsylvania. Both articles agreed that exactly 19 terrorists hijacked the 4 planes; and
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Let me give you an example. 9/11 was considered one of the most impacted times in our American History. We panicked‚ everyone thought we were going to die and we had a feeling that people were going to have to go to war. We were doing the right thing...in the beginning. We went to Afghanistan to try to find Bin Laden and to no avail; we couldn’t find him so what we did? We‚ or the president I should say‚ decided to go to a place where it had nothing to do with the 9/11 incident and that was Iraq.
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this: 2900 fatalities and a limitless figure on those traumatized. Over a decade later the wounds inflicted by 9/11 remain raw. It is perhaps one of the most controversial‚ revolutionary and conspiracy ridden events in human history. AL Qaeda is defined as a broad-based militant Islamist organization‚ and is considered to be- by the majority of society- the primary culprit of the 9/11 terror attacks. By inspecting Al Qaedas’ philosophy at its roots‚ its writings‚ and development‚ we can conclude
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“If we learn nothing else from this tragedy‚ we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate.” After the misfortunate event that occurred on September 11th 2001‚ it left quite the impact on the United States. Coming out of an event like 9/11 brought a lot of negative changes to the United States. These negative changes left a mark on us that affects us economically‚ politically‚ and socially. Prior to the attacks‚ the United States was already dealing with a recession‚ which the attacks
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For my final project I decided to look at specific Infrastructures that developed as a result of 9/11 I broke my project into 4 different categories 1) Symbolic meaning behind the Twin Towers: Why were the Twin Towers specifically targeted? What did the World Trade Center symbolize to Islamic extremists? 2) Security response: What Infrastructures were immediately put in place after the attack? I will be looking at the physical increase in security‚ funding by the government and zoning to prevent
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that’s not what I mean. It’s chaos but if you look closer it’s not chaos. Look up. Look closer - they’re suspended in thin air‚ but every time you exhale they start falling again. It’s hushed. It’s a secret. You’re not supposed to look. You’re supposed to wake up the next morning and look outside while you’re making coffee and think‚ “Huh. Maybe they’ll cancel classes today”. It’s leaving your sunroof open during the biggest rain storm of the summer.
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Cost of terrorism – Effect of the September 11 attacks on tourism industry: 1The total economic impact of 9/11 is realistically immeasurable; however the world travel and tourism council has estimated the decrease of the travel and tourism demand world wide to be 10%. 2Job loss of 8.8 million people globally including airlines‚ hotels‚ tour operators‚ car rental and credit card companies‚ creating a 1.7% decrease of total GDP for the world economy. Terrorism is an inhuman act which is
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The air was filled with smoke; slowly I made my way through the enormous building. Not knowing where to go. But feeling the building rumble and shake in my fear of claustrophobia. I remember hearing “GET DOWN! RUN!” That was the dreadful day of 9/11 September 9th 2001 “I have to go to work” As I told Michael (my son). Our apartment wasn’t much; we still had a rent problem. But since I’ve got accepted to my new job at the World Trade Center‚ I don’t think we’ll be having too many problems
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