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    Words or terms such as back taxi, angel flight, crab angle, $100 hamburger, and many more will have different meaning from what that is used every day. For example, the term “hundred dollar hamburger” is slang for private aviation pilots who just want an excuse to fly. There are some religious practices that were not allowed on planes as rules on the plan forbid them. Causing uproar for religious people, the issue would continue as the rules were made to protect everyone on the plane. Some…

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    9/11 Research Paper

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    more secure school security was not crucial at the time being, but those parents and teachers who did have personal connections with schools would disagree in a heart beat. Having security required in schools was a way to help bring a peace of mind to parents, students, and administrations. Mike Kennedy (2011) highlights how after 9/11 the public was feeling vulnerable to violence and tragedy (para. 1). Kennedy (2011) interviewed a director of the office of safety and security, Fred Ellis, who…

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    often taken for granted, and a disruption to one of these systems will have dire consequences across other sectors. There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors in the United States whose assets, systems, and networks are vital to our security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof and are diverse and complex. It includes distributed networks, varied organizational structures and operating models, interdependent functions, and systems in both…

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    The Crucible Paranoia

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    Twin Towers, known as 9/11, extreme security precautions were taken as a matter of prudence, and paranoia. This is not to say that security precautions are abominable, but rather that those extreme security precautions were implemented because there was paranoia that the terrorists could strike again at anytime. For example, two months after the 9/11 attack the Congress Federalized Airport Security passed the Aviation and Transportation Security Act. This Act implemented stricter guidelines on…

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    and the Pentagon scarred America by killing thousands of innocent citizens, tearing apart families, and highlighting how vulnerable we are to random acts of violence. September 11th was the first time since Pearl Harbor in 1941 that the United States was attacked on its own soil. The attackers really had two goals in mind in executing this terrorist act. First, they wanted to kill as many people as possible and damage some of the nation’s most influential and symbolic buildings. However, more…

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    increased air and travel security, new government associations were put in place for our safety, and tourism rates drop in the US. Before 9/11, not all airports had check points, or baggage checks. But that all changed in the weeks following. The United states let each individual airport put in place their own security regulations. But after the attacks, the Aviation and Transportation act was put into place. Before the attacks, some airports had very minimal security, but now you wont enter…

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    CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF 9/11 On September 11 2001, 19 men linked with the terrorist group Al-Qaeda hijacked four planes and crashed them into important targets in the United States. The planes hit the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon outside Washington D.C and a field in Pennsylvania. The attacks, nicknamed 9/11, claimed thousands of human lives and caused major destruction. In the aftermath of the attacks, the U.S initiated several anti-terror measures to prevent something like…

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    9/11 Hijacking Theory

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    The 9/11 terrorist attacks were indisputably one of the most horrifying events that has happened on United States soil and will forever be remember in history. But some experts has suggested that it could have been avoided if only pilots were allowed to arm themselves on duty. Many people has tried to mimic the event and try to see and prove if this theory is true or not. There seems to be a lot of holes in this theory that has to be filled in order to ascertain that in fact the 9/11 terrorist…

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    leader of the Senate and his duties are as follows: presides over daily sessions of the Senate, holds order in the chamber and motions, he also appoints committee chair and members, refers bills needing to be passed to committees, signs legislation and acts as the spokesman’s for the Senate. In the event that something were to happen to the President next in line would be the President pro tem of the Senate. The primary duties includes taking over in the event the president is not present and…

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    9/11 Attacks

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    tragedy of Pearl Harbor. The event of September 11, 2001 attacks had effects on air travel, the economy, immigration and deportation, racial profiling against muslims in the United States, and the government. First, the United States upgraded security when it came to air travel. Secondly, the economy was hurt significantly due to the attacks. Thirdly, immigration and deportation was a big issue when it came to…

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