“Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report” and “The Conspiracy Industry: Afterword to PM Expanded Investigation” are two articles both written for the Popular Mechanics magazine by James B. Meigs, the latter being written in 2006, one year after the former. “Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report” is an in-depth analysis of conspiracy theories surrounding the 9/11 attacks and the factual evidence that refutes these theories. “The Afterword” is a reflective piece that describes the uprising of the conspiracy theory community after the first article was published, and then poses the argument as to why conspiracy theorists have an “illusion of coherence”. The first article published by Meigs garnered a lot of attention from the conspiracy theory…
2,996 people were killed in 9/11, and unfortunately we will never know how many lives could have been saved if better communication was performed. Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn successfully provide readers strong examples of how good communication was important in their book 102 Minutes. Two other sources, the National Commission and Kelly Sharp, also effectively show readers this type of strong information in the 9/11 Commission Report and Sharp’s article “9/11, 10 Years Later.” All of these sources combined effectively show how the lack of quality in communication contributed to the loss of life during 9/11 through specific events that took place. Through these examples it is clear to the reader that quality communication was of higher importance during this event than the amount of communication that was…
Brooke, I can definitely see how 9/11 impacted our society. I remember being in second grade when this event occurred. The teacher turned on the television and we saw two airplanes hit the World Trade Center. My teacher’s facial expression allowed me to understand that something awful had occurred. I also remember some of my peers left early that day.…
Mary L. Dudziak is the editor of the book September 11 in History: A Watershed Moment? As mentioned on her personal website, she received her Ph.D. in American Studies at Yale, she then moved to the University of Southern California Law School and is currently at Emory University, where she is Director of a new, interdisciplinary Project on War and Security in Law, Culture and Society. This book is a selection of nine essays with introductory and concluding chapters written by Ms. Dudziak herself. The book is part of the American Encounters/Global Interactions series that “aims to stimulate critical perspectives and fresh interpretive frameworks for scholarship on the history of the imposing global presence of the United States” (Dudziak, ii).…
The most horrifying event that almost no person would want to remember. both attacks had in common is that they both left There many similarities dealing with the Red Scare and the September 11th terrorist attack. One thing that major destruction in the area. In the red scare attack 60,000 total strikers paralyzed the city schools and, ordinary commerce. On September the 11th there was a various terrorist attack which is known as 9/11.…
1. 9/11 was a tragic day in our nation. Not only did our country lose approximately 3,000 people who were family, neighbors, and friends, but it also left our world in a state of confusion and total chaos. Overall, our president handled the situation the best he could with the information that was held at the time of the event. The bottom line was the US was not prepared for that magnitude of devastation and as a nation our guard was down concerning terrorist activity.…
I can remember 9/11 very vividly and recall my emotions to the event. I’m sure people living at the time of Pearl Harbor experience similar emotions such as disbelief, fear and anger. They were horrible situations in which a lot of people lost their lives leaving the survivors to deal with the aftermath. Watching the news coverage I was alarmed by what I was seeing and felt remorse for the innocent lives lost during this tragedy. During the event I was also proud to see how responsive the police and fire departments were during the tragedy and in the days that followed the media, clergy, government and much more rallied together to for help the survivors and the American people cope and deal with this disaster.…
On the morning of September 11, 2001, the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda conducted a suicide attack on two symbolic USA landmarks, New York’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon. These terrorist hijacked planes and crashed it into these populated landmark sites. New York’s infamous twin towers collapsed after it caught on fire from the plane, as well as other buildings surrounding them. All the hijackers died during their attack as well as nearly 3,000 Americans.…
Class, The fall can relate to 9/11 because it was a human choice. Although these choices may seem very different they both grieve God's heart because of the sins that cause them. I think that it is harder to relate to the Tsunami of 2004 to the fall. Being that the Tsunami was a natural disator and the fall was a diaster of a different kind it can be hard to compare them.…
In my entire life I would follow the norm watch adapt and go along with what society does without question. Until one event that shocked my reason and beliefs about the world. September 11-2001 was an infamous day for most Americans but for me it changed my view and thoughts about the world. The media, the government told many explanations about the incident but pieces were misses or hidden. To explain my discovery I must explain the facts in our society and the environments around us.…
I am sure that myself and many others have always thought that the FBI, CIA, and NSA was pretty much the extent of the Intelligence community before this week’s lessons but after reading this week’s articles or chapters, I have found that I was way off base and I would have never thought that there was so many organizations that deal with intelligence. I mean I understand that the military has an intelligence community but they really don’t play that big of a role in the safety of national security. The entire intelligence community is led by the director of national intelligence. He is responsible for informing the president of the United States, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council for all matters that relate…
9/11: The Inside Job The war on terrorism has been a crisis for decades, a major event in the war against terrorism began after the supposed terrorist attack on the twin towers. The September 11, 2001 attacks also known as 9/11, were four coordinated terrorist attacks which caused the deaths of over 3000 people, the most deadly terrorist attack on US soil. As well as it has been reported to have been perpetrated by the Islamic terrorist group known as al-Qaeda.…
Naiqing Zhou Professor Jonathan Keeperman WR 39B 15 March 2015 CRRP On September 11th, 2001, four terrorist attacks happened in New York City and the Washington D.C. 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four passenger airlines and fly into buildings. The twin towers collapsed within two hours because two Boeing 767 airplanes hit the WTC towers. The third plane was flown into the Pentagon and the fourth plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The series of four suicide attacks brought huge economic loss and led to extensive deaths among people.…
On September 11th, 2001, an event so traumatic would occur that would alter the lives of the world’s population with the terrorist actions of Al Qaeda against the civilian population of the United States. On this tragic day, 2973 people had died in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, as well as in the 4 hijacked planes that were used to crash into these buildings. Such an attack on American soil had not been seen since Pearl Harbor, which left Americans, as well as the rest of the world, confused and scared as to what would happen from these events. In memory of this tragedy, September 11th exhibits, such as the one in Albany, have found themselves throughout the nation in hopes of reminding those who see them to what happened, remembering the dead, and all of those who risked their lives to save people from the wreckage. From my experience at the museum on November 23rd, I found myself experiencing a strong patriotic feel from the exhibit, as well as holding back tears from what was left afterwards.…
In order to understand “War on Terror” and how it began, one must first go back to understand when it all began. On September 11, 2001 the country faced what has been one of the strongest attacks against America. On that day Americans first witnessed what would be something that would mark the country forever. The American life changed for good, people no longer felt protected or at peace. It was no longer the same; it was as though something had been taken away from them.…