to remember that although it’s been 10 years‚ we still remember it like it was yesterday‚ and we shouldn’t forget.” (2011) One of the most famous pictures (2001) from 9/11‚ photo of three firemen raising the American flag at the site of the World Trade Center attacks. After seeing the image of three firefighters hanging the American flag only eight hours after the tragic attack we were able to see the true patriotism of our country. Many people may have believed that this was a representation that
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On September 11‚ 2001 the unthinkable happened. It all started as an ordinary day‚ but soon matters took a turn for the worse. At the World Trade Center in New York City hijacked planes stroke into the two twin towers. In shock‚ no one at the scene had any idea on how to react or more importantly‚ how to help others stranded in the smoke filled buildings. That day strangers helped strangers escape the wrath of the spreading fire and smoke. However‚ the top half of the buildings were different. There
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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‚ his need for individual dignity‚ his beliefs in
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in suicide attacks. Two of those planes were intentionally crashed into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. For this reason‚ there has been an enormous amount of changes in the United States. The three major areas that have changed are the airport security‚ the government‚ and the psychological impact. Before the attacks on the World Trade Center‚ airports security was fairly simple. For instance‚ passengers only had to show your ID and passengers were
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September 11‚ 2001 was a day that impacted the entire nation. Every individual American has a different opinion on how they feel about the events that took place. After the attacks on the World Trade Center everyone was feeling very distraught and emotional; some more than others. The government was under scrutiny. During this time the entire nation just wanted to get along and be with their families. Everyone wanted to feel a sense of comfort. There were thousands of people who suffered a loss
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symbols of America’s economy were gone‚ and not even the so-called World Trade Center Seven‚ a relatively new forty-seven-floor tower that stood independently across the street from the complex‚ remained standing. The building burned persistently throughout the day‚ and that evening became the first steel-frame high-rise in history to fall solely because of fire. (Online) There was wider damage then just that to the World Trade Center buildings and on the scale of ordinary disasters it was heavy.
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This article appeared in Harvard Design Magazine‚ Spring/Summer 2005‚ Number 22. To order this issue or a subscription‚ visit the HDM homepage at . © 2005 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Not to be reproduced without the permission of the publisher: hdm-rights@gsd.harvard.edu. Critical of What? Toward a Utopian Realism by Reinhold Martin There has long been a tendancy in vard Design Magazine architecture to erect straw figures only to knock them down. In his article “‘Criticality’
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September 11‚ 2001‚ the United States was attacked by terrorist. It involved four planes that were hijacked. Three planes hit buildings such as‚ World Trade Center 1‚ World Trade Center 2‚ and the Pentagon. Another plane eventually crashed in a field near Shanksville‚ Pennsylvania. September 11‚ many Americans fear for their lives‚ 17 years later‚ do we actually know what really happened? What secrets are the government is keeping from us American citizens? There’s questions that still have not been
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jets as a means of destruction . The suicide bombers used the passenger jets as bombs‚ and ran into the World Trade Center Towers of New York‚ the Pentagon‚ and a fourth plane that did not make it to its destination‚ hit the ground in Pennsylvania. These sudden attacks came as a shock to the people and government of the USA. The attacks affected not only the United States‚ but the entire world felt the aftershock of the event. It specifically affected the United States economy and sent it on a downward
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9/11 Reflection On September 9‚ 2001‚ a plane crashes at the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:45 am. An hour later another plane crashes at Washington‚ D.C.‚ and slams into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters. Minutes after‚ the South Tower is hit by another plane. At 10:30 am‚ both the North and South Towers calliopes at New York City. 3‚000 people were killed in the towers‚ including 343 fire fighters‚ 23 police officers‚ and 37 Port Authority police officers. 10
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