American Airlines Flight 11

Helios Airways “Ghost” Flight 522 Abstract : Helios airways flight 522 carrying people to their holiday destination took a tragic dive into the mountains when the whole crew and passengers became unconscious. No one in air or on ground could determine in time what was happening. Investigation revealed that a pilot’s negligence on a routine check proved to be deadly for all 121 on board. Depressurization was the determined caused which happened when the pressurization was left on manual after a…

9/11 - Personal Perspective In 2001, I lived in Slovakia, my home country and did not even dream of living in the United States someday. I was slowly getting used to my new role of a wife and mother that year, quite happy living in a small country in the middle of Europe. I was visiting my parents on Sept. 11 for couple of days. My first child had just been born in August and it was her first visit in grandparents’ house. Our lives revolved around the baby. About 3 pm that day I was…

Pigeon Forge Fires One November day two young juveniles set the beautiful mountains of Pigeon Forge on fire. Burning thousand of acres, homes of animals and human. The fire put a lot of pollution into the air killing many animals and even some human. It was the largest fire they have had in the past one hundred years changed life all over the world. There was schools closing, places evacuated, and roads being closed off. Shelters was being opened for families that homes burned and have nowhere…

restroom and his legs feel like jello for how long he”d been sitting. Afterwards he sat on the couch and turn the TV on and slowly drift off to sleep. While Edward was sleep, terrible things started to occur in the U.S. 4 international airplanes took flight and was being controlled by terrorist. Two planes crashed in NYC, one in Washington D.C. and last one never reached its intended target. At the time all the planes…

T he Hindenburg Disaster occurred 79 years ago today. On May 6,1937 in Lakehurst, New Jersey the world’s largest aircraft ever built caught fire and burned to the ground in seconds. The Hindenburg was a zeppelin aircraft. Zeppelins were made of helium but for some odd reason the Hindenburg was made of hydrogen, a very flammable gas. The Hindenburg was over eight-hundred feet long and carried over 2656 people across the Atlantic between Germany and New York and Rio de Janerio before the…

Polynesian seafarers, who traveled thousands of miles in their canoes, guided by the stars, the rhythms of the ocean, the color of sky and the sun, the shapes of clouds, the direction from which the swells were coming, and the presence of birds making flights out to sea seeking food. The Polynesians first arrived on the island in 400 A.D. However, the ocean currents which carried them there would not take them back. They were trapped and, having arrived there, could not…

Amelia Earhart- Where Did She Go In this essay I will be talking about theories on where Amelia Earhart disappeared. Amelia Earhart is famous because she was the first lady to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. But the sad thing is she and her flying partner Noonan disappeared while flying her "Lockhead Model 10 Electra" on July 2, 1937. She was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas and disappeared near the Howland Island. They never found the plane or anyone's body. But if you see her look for…

When the planned terror attack of September 11, 2001 occurred, the United States was not prepared for the emotional devastation or destruction that attack would have on so many people. The damage it created cost the United States billions of dollars in damage repair, relief aid, and debris cleanup after the incident occurred. The fact of the matter is the United States was unprepared and thus, this paper will discuss and analyze the response between the World Trade Center attack, as well as…

Terrorist attacks have been an increasingly prevalent form of disaster that the United States has faced multiple times with varying results. The most relevant attack that the United States has endured is the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. This series of collapses among the World Trade Center sparked a nationwide hatred and fear for terrorist groups in the Middle East that called for a war. At the time it was believed that…

Selflessness and Altruism Through Horrific Events On September 11, 2001, two hijacked planes flew into the twin towers about 20 minutes apart from each other. The first plane hit the North tower at 8:46 am; while the second plane hit the South plane at 9:02 am. These events caused many lives to be lost and many more to be injured. The intense blasts caused two of the tallests buildings, who were said to not fall, to collapse. Although this was a truly horrific event, it could have been even…