7 World Trade Center

sun-filled afternoon into a gruesome scene of destruction and chaos. Three spectators died: a 23-year-old woman, a 29-year-old woman, and an 8-year-old boy, while more than 260 other people were wounded. Sixteen people lost legs; the youngest amputee was a 7-year-old girl” (history.com staff). In a matter of seconds, our country experienced one of most tragic moments of our history. In a matter of days, we displayed our love in this country and what its stands for. The ad from Boston Magazine…

We live in a time where the United States have lost all hope of not collapsing like the Roman Empire. Rome dealt with a great deal of problems, problems that resulted from the many different emperors they had, problems that resulted in the collapse of their empire. One day the United States will collapse like Rome. The Romans dealt with a great deal of barbarian invasions, way more than what the United States have experienced, however the amount doesn’t change the way it breaks down a country.…

Tower and the museum began. “By laying this magnificent cornerstone of hope, we are sending a message to the people around the world that freedom will always prevail” (Reyes 28). “Symbols help us make sense of the world” (Townsend N.P.). The Freedom tower is a symbol of freedom because it stands in the same place as the twin towers saying we are not afraid of you to the world. The freedom tower built was bilt to be a simbal that…

feel that I knew nothing. Now I know a lot of facts about this topic. I was lucky to get the group that I have because we were all hard working and put in the same amount of effort that everyone else had put. I have learned so much including that only 7 plane crashes had crashed because of terrorism since the 2000's started. We found that finding some of the data was a little bit hard because when we typed what is the main reason for plane crashes a lot of news websites coming up saying…

The source that I am going to talk about is called FLYING AND DRIVING AFTER SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. It talks about how driving and flying has changed in the United States after the September 11 attacks. Was driving and flying safe in before the attacks? In the source the writer suggests that there was a lower risk in flying as compared to driving. This was according to Dan Weintraub in a paper that was published in the year 2001. However after the attacks there was an 18% drop in the number of…

Zach and Meyer Survival Scenario It started out when we reached the airport all dressed up for our business trip overseas. We were to make sales to a fellow company. We got onto our plane and took off. After several hours the plane began to shake. Before any of the passengers knew, the plane was hurtling towards the ground. Panic spread throughout the plane and screams escaped everybody’s mouths, then, everything went black. We woke up to flames and loud noises everywhere. We rose and looked…

1939, New York held the World’s Fair. For those that do not know The World’s Fair is “an international exposition featuring exhibits and participants from all over the world” (World Fair). The New York World’s Fair had an exhibition entitled the “World Trade Center” which was “dedicated to the concept of ‘world peace through trade’” (Remembering 9/11). Winthrop W. Aldrich decided to explore the idea of turning this exhibit into a reality, but soon abandon his plans, after wide spread criticism…

On a Friday morning on June 14, 1985, Trans World Airlines Flight 847 was schedule for a flight destined to Rome, Italy from Athens, Greece. Shortly after take-off, members of the Hezbollah hijacked the airliner that was containing 139 passengers on board. The purpose of the hijacking was the members of the Hezbollah was demanding the release of Shi’ite Muslims that were in custody of Israeli government officials. All passengers on board were unharmed and released during the two-week hostage…

Presidents Bush's Address to 9/11 9/11 (September 11, 2001) was a horrific terror attack in which involved four hijacked United and American Airlines' planes, heading to different destinations. On the night of this tragedy, President George W. Bush went live on television to tell his people about what had just happened, and what he was going to do about it. President Bush had a sad, hurt, and almost grim facial expression. President Bush's voice remained steady as he said, " terrorist…

Two planes crashed into the World Trade Center. One plane crashed into the pentagon and the last crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. About 3,000 American lives were lost that day. Lots of these were from the towers collapsing and all the firefighters and police that got caught in the rouble. 9/11 was a tragic event for many Americans, lots lost their lives.This brought many changes to America and also drove us into fighting…