Personal Narrative Essay: Remembering 9/11 Many repressed memories tend to be good‚ joyful‚ and positive. However‚ some lean in the negative direction. These memories are ones you want to really forget‚ and never bring up again. The memory I remember most happened when I was 11 years old‚ in fifth grade. I was sitting in the classroom when the principal came on the intercom‚ announcing that the bells would be delayed‚ and those not staying after school to go to the cafeteria. So several
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When the attackers invaded America it changed the lives of everyone. December 7‚ 1941 “a day that will live in infamy‚” and 9/11 “a major attack on American soil‚” are the attacks that changed the lives of American citizens forever. The presidents present their speeches by their tone‚ purpose‚ and audience. Roosevelt’s and Bush’s speeches both have a serious tone. President Roosevelt’s tone was commanding since he called the attack “a day that will live in infamy.” Bush wants to bring “justice”
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On September 11‚ the world was shaken by the events of that day. Terrorist invaded our country‚ killing thousands of innocent people and injuring thousands more. September 11th was a horrible days in our history. The terrorist acts of 9/11 showed how unprepared The United State had been as a nation. People wondered‚ why is this happening? How is it possible that this could happen in America? What can be done so it never happens again? September 11th is the day people understood the concept that freedom
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There are many things that make a huge impact on people during their lifetime‚ but I think everyone can say even if they weren’t alive when 9/11 happened‚ it still has a huge impact on them. We watched a video in class‚ and I was amazed at the disaster September 11th was!! The way people pulled together and the heartache that shook the nation when two airplanes crashed into the twin towers‚ and the threat of terrorism that struck our sheltered country had to be scary. It automatically has a huge
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I don’t think any American can forget where they were when 9/11 happened. I was going into my history class when I learned about it. My teacher had the T.V. on even though the administration asked the teachers to turn the TV’s off. We watched it and discussed what was going on for the entire hour and a half that we were in the class. My teacher was very emotional and crying and so were some of the students. Some of the students were in shock and others were oblivious to what this meant for our country
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September 11‚ 2001 was a defining moment in American history‚ as well as a defining moment in the history of the fire service‚ when 343 fire fighters were lost in the 2 largest building collapses in recorded history (Brannigan & Corbett‚ 2015). The mechanism of the collapse of these structures has become a source of debate. NIST analyzed the collapse and arrived at a conclusion as to the contributing factors of the collapse of the buildings. Some of the factors include dislodged fire proofing‚ weakened
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Brenda Carino English 104 Ward Churchill Response Ward Churchill’s perspective on the September 11‚ attack in 2001 is very intriguing because he states that the United States had done the same damage in other countries specifying Iraq mostly‚ therefore deserved what the terrorist had planned which was bomb the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In his article he states that there was 500‚000 iraqi children whom the United States army supposedly murdered intentionally which he has no proof of
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September 11‚ 2001 the attack of on the Twin Towers. American Airline Flight 11 struck one of the towers early morning‚ destroying six floors instantly and people within the building are confused and have no idea what had happened. The building was engineered to withstand fires and smoke the smoke still mangoes to take over. On the floors above the impact the people with high level of authority were taking charge and asking other employees to look for people within the area‚ and making phone called
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can be devastating‚ but losing multiple near the same time is tragic. Shakespeare’s unforgettable play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet has 6 deaths in a matter of days that is disastrous and appalling to other characters. In real life‚ on September 11‚ 2001‚ when the World Trade Center was maliciously attacked‚ it caused heartbreak and pain to occur in everyone around the nation and the world. 2‚997 fell victim to the terrorist group. These two tragedies involved people who felt angry‚ fearful‚ and
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September 11‚ 2001‚ a day no American can forget. On this day 19 members of a terrorist group called al-Qaeda hijacked 4 U.S. airplanes and used them to strike various targets on the East Coast. Two of the hijacked planes hit twin towers in New York City and the third plane was flown into the Pentagon in Arlington‚ where the U.S. military is headquartered. The fourth plane was heading for the capitol in Washington‚ however crashed in Pennsylvania after the onboard passengers fought the hijackers
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