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    It was late September when they heard the news. At eight-thirty in the morning PST, a combat ship belonging to the new republics crashed into the deserts of Coalry. No survivors have been found, yet. They read the news over and over again, looking for something that would give them hope, something that would calm the frenetic beating of their hearts. But the more they read, the more information corroborating the news surfaced. P-189 was flying enemy grounds when it was blasted from the air.…

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    Reflection About 9/11

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    This is my reflection on the 9-11 events. On September 11th, 2001 a plane crashed into the one of the two twin towers. Soon after another plane did the same to the other. The Pentagon was destroyed, a field in Philadelphia was pointlessly burned, and when they thought it couldn’t get any worse, the two buildings collapsed. Power was suddenly off in downtown Massachutes and the world trade center was destroyed. It was a sad and tragic event. It seemed to really have no really good reason to…

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    specific reason for why they chose these four flights were due to the amount of fuel that was stored for the long trip to California. Two of the four planes, United Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were flown right into the buildings of the World Trade Center located in New York City. One of the four planes, United Airlines Flight 77, flew into the Pentagon located in Washington D.C. The final plane, which was United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into a field in Shanksville,…

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    9/11 Economic Analysis

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    States. At 8:45 am local time in the New York City, on September 11th the United States awareness of protection was altered eternally. On this day, a Boeing 767 of American Airlines Flight 11 transporting around 92 individuals on the board ,impact into the World Trade Center’s North Tower. Nearby, eight minutes overdue one more Airlines Flight 175 as well owned Boeing 767, which the same was carrying almost 65 innocents on the board further collapse in the direction of the World Trade Center, at…

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    The Unsolved Mystery of D.B. Cooper I.Introduction A.Imagine being a flight attendant, now picture receiving a note from a passenger which indicates that there is a bomb on the plane; this is what happened to Tina Mucklow, a flight attendant and also one of the main witnesses of the D.B. Cooper Case. B.The unsolved case of D.B. Cooper is one of the most infamous hijackings of American History. C.Not only that, it’s also one of the largest and most difficult conundrums ever for the FBI.…

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    How do you remember the date: 9/11/1? Certain dates may stand out to some individuals, but one particular date will persistently stand out to the entire country of the United States of America, and that date is 9/11. Adam Goodheart states “Each a honeycomb that traps us side by side with strangers” (242). Goodheart is saying that each of the items: a skyscraper, and an airplane and how the enclose us with strangers. Goodheart also states “Each a rig that suspends us far above the ground,…

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    The weather and setting of Roger Rosenblatt’s essay, “The Man in the Water,” had a prodigious effect on one particular man as well as everyone else who was involved in the catastrophic January 13, 1982 crash of Air Florida Flight 90. Due to the winter season and the weather conditions, the water in the Potomac River where passengers landed was frigid. One courageous man stepped forward and began to save as many of the horrified and dying people as he could. Since the water was so cold, it…

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    9:59 It was a bright shiny day in New York city..with probably a few clouds in the sky i was walking with my mom to the store so suddenly a large plane is going the twin towers. I turned away from my mom then suddenly The first twin tower got hit.Then suddenly police and firefighters are surrounding the area, suddenly I remembered my dad was in the first tower at a meeting. about 40 minutes later...we were watching the twin towers and then the 1st one collapses and then we get a call from the…

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    wakeup call,” says everyone who experienced 9/11 (Source). From the aftermath of medical consequences to the fear of counterterrorism and the new wars, the effects of 9/11 left visible scars on America, the land of the free. After 9/11, many Americans faced traumatizing medical effects. From young to old adults, people suffered from (PTSD) Posttraumatic Stress disorder. According to Katherine Harmon, “Posttraumatic Stress disorder is characterized by trouble sleeping, difficulty controlling…

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    In 1956, there was a mid-air collision in Grand Canyon. A Douglas DC-7 (United Airlines) collide with a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation (Trans World Airlines) resulting in killing every single person in those two airplanes, which were 128 people total. When the Civil Aeronautics Board investigated this tragedy, they found out that ground controller in the Salt Lake City knew about that those two airplanes were on a crash course. However, since those two airplanes were in the uncontrolled…

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