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8:45 am local time in the New York City, on September 11th the United States awareness of protection was altered eternally. On this day, a Boeing 767 of American Airlines Flight 11 transporting around 92 individuals on the board ,impact into the World Trade Center’s North Tower. Nearby, eight minutes overdue one more Airlines Flight 175 as well owned Boeing 767, which the same was carrying almost 65 innocents on the board further collapse in the direction of the World Trade Center, at the South…

Professor Abbey ENG 1520 11/17/16 The Hunger Games related to real-life world “Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny” -Thomas Jefferson. When power hungry people get exactly that, power, very negative things happen affecting the people under their social status and around them. Too much control and power can completely change a person no matter how that person was raised…

Before and After 9/11 Airport Security On September 11, 2001, there was a terrorist attack where an airplane crashed into the Twin Towers in New York killing thousands of Lives. The disaster of 9/11 has affected many citizens in the way they see the United States if it is a safe country to live in. The tragedy of 9/11 impacted Americans and Terrorist lives. Ever since 9/11 happened security has changed, especially in the airport because laws became strict on what you can take or not take on an…

Do you characterize yourself as Good Samaritan or a fake? The struggle of identifying a person as a true Good Samaritan or not will always be tricky. It is not possible to identify someone’s true intentions on a specific situation, or characterize a certain individual’s good acts as either being forced or actually beneficial to another individual. Even though individuals can contribute in forced good deed acts to only benefit themselves, a true good Samaritan is someone who benefits others by…

experience an event that will change their life forever; ranging from either a physical or mental change, to one that challenges someone’s beliefs and viewpoints on the world. For me, I experienced all three of these changes during my time on the First Flight High School Swim Team. By being a part of the team, I was able to break away from a former negative aspect on life and realize the potential and knowledge one can gather from those around them. In order to discuss the changes I experienced…

Set in a time when the end of the world became reality Joanna Russ’ When It Changed and Colin M. Drysdale’s Last Flight Out each described a society where an outside force changed the way the society was established. Although the characters in both stories were presented with challenges such as being unwanted in a one gender based society, being threatened by an unforeseen group or being scarified for the greater good both Mankind from planet Earth, the women from planet Whileaway and the pilot…

There have been countless disasters throughout the history of the United States, and even the world. These disasters have greatly influenced history and our society, for better or worse, to what it is today. Some of these disasters were preventable, and others we could only protect ourselves against. 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…

Mount St. Helens, located in Skamania County Washington State, had an eruption which caused the death of fifty-seven people on May 18, 1980. A cloud full of ash rose into the sky, turned everything dark, and made any given time of day appear as black as midnight across many of the north-western states. It was recommended that people not leave their homes and they were told to wear gauze masks to keep the ash from entering their lungs. The eruption also caused about one thousand miles of roads to…

One beautiful September morning in New York, Mike the firefighter was on his way to meet his buddy Mark and Amy his Dalmatian. While Mike was on his way to meet Mark and Amy, he heard on The radio that a plane crashed into the North Twin Tower. Mike was stuck on a bridge. He knew he had to get to the North Tower, but he didn't know how. While on the bridge, he ran into Mark and Amy. Mike told them, ''A plane crashed into the North Twin Tower.'' Mark and Mike knew they both…

A day Americans will never forget. 9/11/01. On this day 19 terrorists boarded multiple commercial airplanes, hijacked them and crashed them into different targets on the eastern coast. Their targets were the World Trade Centers, and the Pentagon. The others lost control and crashed in fields. There are many theories to why these attacks happened, the most reasonable being US foreign policies in the middle east, in particular its support of Israel, 9/11, is a response to foreign occupation, and…