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to our country. This was a very sad, tragic time for The United States. It was good that our Nation came together to help. This was a normal calm day in New York City when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. This happened at 8:46 a.m. At 9:03 a.m. Flight 175 crashed into the south tower. This nearly killed 3,000 people. The third plane hit the pentagon. And the fourth plane crashed into a field…

Throughout the semester we have learned about all the different ways that the welfare can provide assistance to families who are in need. Nevertheless, we have also learned and saw in various ways, the struggles and obstacles families face in order to get what they need to get back up on their feet. George Tillman and John Q are two men who prove that struggling to get what you need from the welfare system is worth the success in the end. However, I personally do not believe people should…

Imagine flying a plane in complete darkness, thinking that you’re flying in one direction but you’re instead flying in a different direction. Flash Airlines Flight 604 was a Boeing 737 charter plane that crashed minutes after taking off from Sharm el-Sheikh Airport, killing all one hundred and forty-eight people onboard. Although there are no clear answers as to why Flight 604 crashed into the Red Sea, the current theories are pilot disorientation, mechanical history of the airline and the lack…

Many events have happened in my life that i just wanted to close my eyes and be gone. However 9/ 11 is my first event that I wish that it was only a dream. 9/11 is now being taught as a historical event . 9// have hurt and shook many people. Furthermore, when I mean 9/11 shook people I mean back then things were more calm and after 9/11 we have high security. There were 50,000 workers and 200,000 daily visitors in the twin towers. As stated in the text “ Travel was not a nightmare and…

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had to call NORAD several times to inform them of the situation. Unfortunately, NORAD nor the FAA responded in a timely manner thus creating the time lag and ultimately the destruction of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Flight…

My clammy hands grip the seat tightly turning my knuckles white. My heart beats as if something is trying to frantically pound its way from inside my chest. Frenziedly, I search for my seatbelt. It’s across my lap. Thank god! The relief that the seatbelt gives me is short lived as I hear the plane’s engines shudder under the pressure of flying against the ferocious wind. Fire erupts from one of the wings as it is hit by an enormous bolt of lightning and I feel the plane lurch forward, plummeting…

September 9, 2001, was a day filled with despair and misery for all New Yorkers and the rest of the world we lost an iconic landmark, The World Trade Center as well many good people including fire fighters, police officers, and World Trade employees. Today we have a chance to say goodbye again to all of which was lost on 9/11. I remember when I was younger traveling to the city, on the Staten Island Ferry with my farther every weekend ready for a fun filled adventure in Manhattan. I always…

Review of On Native Soil In 2006, only five years after the most well-known attack of the 21st century, Linda Ellman completed her documentary, On Native Soil. The film went through the stories of several survivors of the 9/11 attack as well as the families of some victims, all of which were seeking answers as to how such a tragedy could happen here in the United States. At the time there had been growing hostilities between the U.S. and terrorist organizations of the Middle East, namely…

Phil Atwater's helicopter landed on the roof of the Government facility where his office was. He told the pilot an address and instructed him to bring up the coordinates to that location. Governor Commins temporary office in Bermingham would be Atwater's next stop. The pilot nodded as he began typing on his computer. Atwater hurried to the elevator door and pressed the button. The stainless steel door slid open as he stepped in and pushed the button to his floor. Trying to sort things out in…

Not a whole lot has been written about the 200+ people who committed suicide by jumping from the top of the World Trade Center Towers on September 11, 2001. There was a specific moment, as they held tightly to the windows high up above the New York streets with the relentless heat and smoke drawing closer and closer, that they decided to jump and, in that one moment, they become angels returning to their point of origin. “Falling Man” focuses largely upon the identity of only one of these…