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caused by the burning jet fuel. At this point, New York City was in full panic. People were trying to get out of the war zone any way possible. Some walked the bridge to Brooklyn. After the collapse of the two towers, all seven of the world trade center buildings caught fire. Building seven burned for seven hours and collapsed early that evening at 5:20 p.m. As the day went on, president George W. Bush had been shuffled around the country in search for safety. At 7:00 p.m. that night he returned…

life forever, some may have lost a family member or friend and they will always remember what took their loved one away. 4 planes were sent out as a suicide mission to crash into three different locations; one into the North tower of the World trade center the second plane into the South tower, one plane to the Pentagon, and the last one was aimed for the White House, but because of the heroic act of many on flight 93 the plane ended up crashing in a field in Pennsylvania. 9 /11 happened on…

On January 28, 1986 a disaster that was never thought imaginable happened, during the launch of the space shuttle challenger there was a “malfunction”, one that would lead to the death of 7 brave crew member and leave the nation in fear. Ronald Reagan emotional speech addressing the space shuttle challenger tragedy calms the people of the nation and helps them understand that the best course of action is to move forwards and continue the space program in honor of the fallen heros. Reagan uses…

Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven begins with the end of the pompous life of first-class Hollywood star Arthur Leander, when he is suddenly struck by a heart attack and dies on stage amid his performance of King Lear. Less than 24 hours from his death, a deadly contagious pandemic called Georgia Flu falls upon the earth and threatens the existence of the whole civilization. With 99 percent of human population swiftly vanishes within the matter of week, Mandel envisions how the once…

Extreme Sports Extreme sports are sports added with a more extreme twist, for example, skydiving is an extreme sport, and the extreme twist is that you’re 12,500 feet up in the year. Unlike a sport like basketball, extreme sports give you the thrill that everyone asks for. But is it worth the risk of possibly dying? Extreme sports should be banned, let me tell you why. Extreme Sports should be banned because they are dangerous, people are not doing anything to make them safer, and lastly,…

In “Why Rational People Buy into Conspiracy Theories” written by Maggie Koerth-Baker, she discusses conspiracy theories and the reasons why people may believe in them. She uses examples such as the Boston Marathon bombings and George Bush being behind the tragedy known as 9/11. Although conspiracy theories are made up by people because of their suspicions that someone is always out to get them, they are believed by many whether they are plausible or not. The effects of these theories can be…

Pan Am Flight 299, August 3rd 1970 (Suarez). A man approaches a flight attendant and states that he wants to go to Cuba, he then pulls out a gun and bottle that he says is filled with explosives, and threatens to set them off if he does not go to the cockpit. The Premier of Cuba, Fidel Castro, was waiting when the plane landed at Havana’s airport. The only people to exit the aircraft were Captain Augustus Watkins and the Hijacker. Castro tours the exterior of the plane for around 40 minutes,…

However, later in the novel when Oskar visits the Empire State Building he imagines how a terrorist would fly a plane into the building and how he would be able to see the pilot’s face, “who would be a terrorist” (244). There is no further description of the pilot, other than that he is a terrorist and that his eyes would tell Oskar that he hates him (244). Out of context, the terrorist could be of any descent because of the lack of description. In context with the aforementioned anxieties,…

Three hours in, three hours more. Inside this metal death trap called an airplane sits me and three hundred others. This flight to Ireland had me anxious from the minute I had been told we were taking this trip. I understood that the overall trip would be amazing, but my enthusiasm was masked by evident fear, the fear of flying. It was not necessarily the fear of flying in a plane, as I had done that twice already. Likely, it was the concern of flying over water that terrified me. My fear is…

Society may also have different perceptions of races due to their own experiences, which is also backed up by the representation in television shows (Greenberg, & Mastro, 2000). Following the World Trade Center attacks, the question amongst immigrants working in America rose. In episode six, Justin walks past the two high school bullies who dance around with masks on claiming that their jobs were being stolen by immigrants. This is then followed by Justin’s…