On Oklahoma postman rescued a young girl from a burning house, a paramedic bride helped people in a car crash, despite the fact that her wedding was still going on, and a marine who lost both feet in Afghanistan saved a baby from a car crash. They all had a choice to walk away and not care at all, yet they decided to take a risk and save a life. These courageous heroes didn’t even think twice about the possible harmful consequences of their actions. The actions of true heroes today are deemed as selfless only if they put their lives in danger to save someone, perform beneficial deeds without expecting anything in return, or take bold actions despite fears. Heroes that endanger their own life for the benefit of others are truly selfless.…
Firefighters, businessmen and women, and bystanders willing to run through smoke and fire to save complete strangers is what America should be known for, for having people who would give up their lives for a nation they love. The events that occurred on the morning of September eleventh were a call for Americans to come together and defend their country. The results of the attacks still affect the country today, 9/11 was the most impactful event in American history because it influenced laws regarding immigration, airports, and privacy, it brought the nation together, and it greatly affected the economy. Many policies and laws were created or modified to…
The firemen of 9/11 were selfless, brave, and courageous and deserve to be remembered/ recognized for all that did on September 9th,…
But heroes are people that have risked something to help other people out making it a situation to remember.”Its…
Sean Proske Ms. K Wright English 101: Critical Reading and Composition December 3rd , 2015 9/11 Making heroes and America Stronger Acts of terrorism occur all over the world with the goal to create fear in the people being attacked. One of the worst acts of terrorism known in history occurred on American soil. September 11th, 2001 four airplanes were hijacked; with two being crashed into the twin towers, one hitting the pentagon, and the final plane crashing in a field in Pennsylvania. This attack was unlike anything the new world has seen before.…
Day of Infamy All throughout the world, countries are attacked. Throughout time, countries are attacked repeatedly, by many different countries for countless reasons. Some reasons are war, or they are enemies of the country, or they don't like the country. Our country has been attacked two major times, during World War II and during 9/11, both times were surprise attacks. On December 8, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a speech to Congress, December 7, 1941, was a day that would go down in the history books and will be remembered forever.…
September 11, 2001, was a day that started off as usual and turned into a completely different scenario. It is remembered as a day that devastated our entire nation. To honor this particular day the many people of New York City remember the heroes that contributed their life to save others. Despite the controversy caused by a number of disasters that occurred on the alluring, mellow morning, the heroes did their task. The events that occurred on September 11, 2001, were solved heroes putting forth their best effort during this overwhelming time in America.…
1,100 survived because of them that is not a lot though. That is why we celebrate 911 because these heros risked their life to save others. When the day was over 343 firefighters were gone and 72 police gone,also 55 military. All people who risked their lives for other. Think about it all of those men and women not going to there familys.…
How can we honor the victims of 9/11? When the Twin Towers collapsed on that fateful day, I was barely 2 years old and was completely oblivious to the tragic event that had just taken place. Years later, my parents would always recount the swirling emotions and horror they felt, seeing everything unfold on television. The people who sadly passed away that day were ordinary civilians, both in the buildings and on the planes and of course, the brave firefighters and policemen who risked their lives to save others.…
So many of our first responders, firefighters and just innocent civilians died that day. It made people think about how they could help our country and a lot of people decided to become our new first responders, firefighters, cops, and join the military to honor those who died. Everyone who passed on 9/11 will always be remembered and never forgotten. There are many 9/11 memorials throughout the United States. The three main 9/11 memorials are in New York City, the field in Pennsylvania, and The Pentagon to honor everyone who died that day at each of these places.…
Being a hero does not just mean they wear a cape or have a super hero ability. Sometime all anyone does to do to be a hero is help others in some way and sometimes even risk their own lives in order to do this. In 9/11, a man named Welles sacrificed his life in order to save others from the burning tower after the plane had crashed into it. He is known as a hero to many people due to the actions he took on that tragic day. Welles demonstrates being a hero by being selfless, determined, and by having courage.…
According to Tom Hanks, “ A hero is somebody that voluntarily walks into the unknown.” In 1000 A.D. when the epic of Beowulf was written, heroes were brave people that would fight for the people and save their lives. Today, there is the same concept of back then. Soldiers and other life saving heroes will never go away. Save lives isn’t always easy to do.…
Tuesday September 11th, 2001 is a day that every American will never forget. Even though the terrorists thought they could weaken us, instead we bravely fought back and grew stronger as a country. As Toby Keith says in his song, Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue, “Now this nation I love has fallen under attack/ It will feel like the whole wide-world is raining down on you, brought to you Courtesy of the Red, White Blue/You will be sorry that you messed with the USA” (Spotify). When this unthinkable attack happened, we saw bravery through the selfless service of our commander in chief, our U.S. Military and the first responders.…
Everyone remembers the sad day that the twin towers fell tower down. The terrorists attacks brought New York city into panic as the world trade centers were on fire. Then BOOM! The towers fell down and kill thousands of lives. They also put the people that did survive without jobs.…
A hero must exhibit traits of self-sacrifice. A true hero is always searching for a way to help others. The firefighters who meandered through the dark, dusty, crumpled building put their lives on the line to save the men, women, and children that were abandoned within the remains of the Twin Towers, displayed heroism to precision. They did not care about their lives, they knew what such tragedy would do to others so they sacrificed their lives for others who were…