7 World Trade Center

section on their website with frequently asked questions and answers. It all went down on the morning of September 11, 2001, the extremist terrorist group, known as Al Qaeda, hijacked four American airlines and flew them into the Pentagon and World Trade Center towers. The fourth plane was downed by the heroic passengers into a field in Pennsylvania, and the plane was believed to be headed for either the White House or the Capitol Building. Al Qaeda was very resentful of the Western influence on…

hijacked and flown into the iconic World Trade Center in New York, followed by an attack on The Pentagon in Washington. Terrorism has always been on the minds of the American people, but after this event, it was glued into their minds forever. The September 11th attacks took place on a Tuesday morning the attacks being held out by a terrorist organization known as al-Qaeda. There were 4 planes that were hijacked, two which were flown into the World Trade Center, one that was flown into The…

9/11 September 11, 2001 is a day no one will ever be able to forget. America's most devastating tragedy occurred that day. Exactly 2,996 people were killed; including 343 firefighters, 60 police officers, 265 on all four planes, 2,606 in the World Trade Center, and 125 in the Pentagon. You might be asking yourself how someone could do such a thing. The mastermind behind these horrible events is known as Osama Bin Laden, the leader of the Islamic extremist group Al Qaeda. Though the massive…

In science fiction, dystopias are used to depict the possible future of a world or city that has been through conflicts that developed the current world, in the text. Two scholarly journals that examine dystopias are ““Engaging “Apolitical” Adolescents: Analyzing the Popularity and Educational Potential of Dystopian Literature Post-9/11,” by Melissa Ames, and ““It Was the City Killed the Beast:” Nature, Technophobia, and the Cinema of the Urban Future,” by James Clapp. Three short stories that…

I will begin with a personal anecdote on the events of the day and describe how it changed my perception of the world. I will then share the applicable research I collected and how I believe it relates to my experiences. On the morning of September 11th, 2001 I woke up an unassuming nine-year-old. I had rarely left the West Chester area and knew little about the outside world. I went to school that day, the same as any other day, excited because it was a gym day and and we would get to go…

helps identify some of the victims of the attack, but 40% still go unknown. The day after the attack the remnants of the towers were searched for final survivors before the 13th when Engineers began to plan an approach for what remained of the World Trade Center. Soon after they began operating at ground zero. Through the end of the month, materials from the buildings were carried away from the site. They were then taken out of the city. At the turn of the month, focus began to switch gears into…

Following the attacks on the twin towers on September 11th, 2001, citizens around the world live in constant fear of terrorist attacks. This fear affects both our mindsets and how we live day to day. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’s, or drones, provide a plausible reality to reducing the threat that terrorism poses around the world. Through surveillance and the ability to not be easily detected, drones make our troops safer because they are out of harm’s way. With advancements in technology, drones are…

of Zadrogra started the World Trade Center Health Program in 2010. It was a program that gave special medical care to those that helped in responding to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The Zadroga Act also restored the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund, which Congress put together to help those that got hurt from…

the Trade Centers and what drew me to this picture is what they must have been talking about. The questions and issues I initially considered included: the loss of life; the tremendous devastation; and are there more survivors, where these possibilities could only be confirmed by talking to the individuals in the picture. Instead, I decided that the picture will be used as a metaphor to relay my awareness of the incident,…

accident or not. The sirens of police and ambulances are all starting to rush to the World Trade Center. People around me are all asking multiple questions and are very curious about what just happened. A young woman inquired, “What has just…