Flight

Zach and Meyer Survival Scenario It started out when we reached the airport all dressed up for our business trip overseas. We were to make sales to a fellow company. We got onto our plane and took off. After several hours the plane began to shake. Before any of the passengers knew, the plane was hurtling towards the ground. Panic spread throughout the plane and screams escaped everybody’s mouths, then, everything went black. We woke up to flames and loud noises everywhere. We rose and looked…

Aldo was born in Brooklyn New York but later move to Manhattan at the age of ten. Growing up as kid in a big family he always felt the need to help. Whether it was helping his dad after school with the family business or helping his mother with babysitting. For that reason it could probably explain why he became a firefighter“The need to help”. What was just a normal day for a firefighter like Aldo, turned out to be a bittersweet day.A day he watched many people died but also a day he got…

Jimmy exhibited flexible eye gaze during conversation, initiated and responded to social overtures and demonstrated adequate topic contingency. He provided information upon request and responded to conversational danglers. A decontextualized narrative of a familiar movie (i.e., 2012) was elicited. Narrative abilities were an area of weakness for Jimmy as his descriptions were abbreviated and ambiguous, it was very difficult to understand what he was talking about. Jimmy required verbal…

September 11, 2001 is a date that is ingrained in the minds of anyone who was old enough to hear the reporters on the news stations announce that an airplane has hit the World Trade Center. Even before we knew the extent of the damage, or we were told about the other planes, I knew this would affect me. With less than five years of service with United Airlines, I knew that even plane crash from any airline was a big deal. A live camera focused on the towers when it happened. The south tower was…

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…

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…

On a sunny and hot morning Tony, a New York City firefighter was throwing a frisbee with his dog Max. Max is a six year old Dalmatian that weighs fifty-six pounds. Max is also a rescue dog that helps Tony and his team on missions. In Tony's backyard, Max stops and lifts his ears up high. In about five seconds, Tony understands why he froze. A plane was dangerously close to the World Trade Center! As soon as the plane hit the tower, Tony's whole body stopped. And just watched as the plane hit…

Rhetorical Analysis of Clinton’ Speech On April 19 in 1995, America has witnessed a tragic act of terrorism- the bombing of federal agency building in Oklahoma- in which 168 people died, and hundreds of individuals were injured. For the US, where people rarely doubted their security, this act of terrorism was a big loss. Families of victims and citizens of America were hurt, desperate, and heartbroken, and of course the US Government feared that this incident may contribute to loss their…

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…