On September 11, 2001 many early risers in California were tuned in to morning television shows that were interrupted with news that the north tower of the World Trade Center had been hit by a plane. We watched the news coverage of this horrible accident and viewed images of smoke billowing form the badly damaged tower. What we were viewing was scary and we were concerned for the people involved. But we were about to see something even more shocking and terrifying, a second plane slamming into the…
Do you remember where you were when the world stopped that day on September 11, 2001? Most people over the age of 20 would probably answer yes to that question. The fact of the matter is, September 11, 2001 was a day that will never be forgotten. Not only were the September 11, terrorist attacks hurtful to the United States from a death toll standpoint, but they also hurt America from an economic and political standpoint as well. The attacks caused life as Americans once knew it to come to a skittering…
countries in the world (Haroutunian), why are nine out of twenty-five of the top cities for homelessness located in the U.S. (Castillo)? As of April 27, 2016, there are 7.4 billion people in the world (Current). Currently, there are 100,000,000 people worldwide (Castillo), 500,000 in the United States (Johnson), and 60,000 in New York City alone that are suffering from homelessness (Castillo). Homelessness in New York City is higher than the time of the Great Depression (Basic). The number of New Yorkers…
On September,11 ,2001 a day everyone remembers . Why dose everyone remember it you ask , well on that sunny morning a Boeing 767 fully loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel impacted the World Trade Center in New York . Many people remember it as a tragic, buildings falling , people screaming for help , sirens everywhere, but what really happened besides that , that is why am here to seek the truth people don 't remember about the tragic day of 9/11. Let 's start from the beginning. The people responsible…
great places to visit around the world but many people choose New York City as their destination, New York has many touristic and fascinating places to visit. On top of that it has a rich history of the first people who venture to this country and helped build the city that you see today, all of there culture and experiences are engraved in the city’s most famous landmark such as Ellis Island and the Statue of liberty. New York is the more diverse city in the world. New York’s diversity can found in…
The World Trade Center Memorial commemorates the September 11, 2001,attacks and the bombing that occurred at the World Trade Center in 1993. The memorial can be found at the former location of the Twin Towers in New York. These fountains that rest in the footprints of the towers are a powerful reminders of our nations history and all the lives that were lost that day. This memorial is ultimately successful because it evokes emotion whether that be sadness or possibly a feeling of serenity or stillness…
part of New York most people know, but I’m headed somewhere a bit quieter, though perhaps of equal or greater importance. Maybe it doesn 't hold the same pull that the bright lights of the center of Manhattan do, but E.B. White believed it would make New York City the capital of the world in his 1949 essay about Manhattan. The United Nations residing in the neighborhood of Turtle Bay definitely helps establish New York as a global city, if it weren’t already. Though with that weighty title, New York…
The World Trade Center was a 16-acre commercial complex in Manhattan that had seven buildings, a plaza, and an underground shopping mall. In the middle of the complex were the Twin Towers. The entire complex was destroyed on September 11, 2001 by terrorists. This attack is most likely known as 9/11. The Twin Towers were the tallest buildings in New York City towering 110 stories each. The Twin Towers provided about 10 million square feet of office space for nearly 35,000 people and 430 companies…
September 11th, 2010 will always be remembered as the tragic event heard around the world. It was the day terrorists invaded American airplanes in order to create multiple attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, New York. These attacks took the lives of about 2,500 people, including 230 civilians that were aboard the airplane that crashed in Virginia. These attacks will be in our hearts forever, the effects have prolonged the America throughout history to this day. 9/11 caused more than…
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. This attack was so deadly that…