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    The airplane is the safest way to travel; everyone knows this fact. But many people are still scared of flying and are super vigilant during the trip. The shadow of this fear partially comes from the 9/11 attacks, which caused almost 3,000 death and a vast of structures into ruins on September 11, 2001. Four passenger airliners were hijacked by nineteen al-Qaeda terrorists and crashed into buildings as suicide attacks, and the incident made a tremendous fear among the U.S. citizens and the U.S.…

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    9/11 Essay

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    service has undergone a transformation in its response in order to avoid another disaster of this magnitude. The 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York City, New York identified new building design and construction concerns due to a terror event. On September 11, 2001, two commercial aircrafts intentionally crashed into the World Trade Center twin towers igniting jet-fuel-fed fires inside the structures. Due to the intense flames impinging on the steel structure the towers…

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    On December 21, 1988, New York bound Pan Am flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland. Investigators later found fragments of plastic explosives and a Toshiba laptop (Verdict in the Trial of the Lockerbie Bombing Suspect). Only two people were ever charged: Libyans Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah. The CIA and FBI accused both men of being Libyan Intelligence Agents. Al Megrahi was the only suspect charged with bombing of Pan Am flight 103. The biggest motive for…

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    A Hole in the World Rhetorical Analysis The earth shakes as a loud crash roars across the city. The people look toward the sky as a cloud of smoke and fire engulfs the building above. About twenty minutes later, another disorientating crash happens, but this time to the tower next to the first. White smoke, debris, and human bodies start falling from the sky, while people scramble for shelter. What started out as a normal Tuesday morning turned into a day that will be remembered in every…

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    In Texas 1993 there was a guy named Vernon Howell who was a part of a group named branch Dividians. Vernon Howell changed his name to David Koresh and created a cult. A cult means a religious group which promotes worship of a human leader and devotion of one's life to a specific purpose. David made a cult than stored a whole bunch of gun powder and guns and made an army which he said he wanted to make an army of God. This whole entire thing about how Waco was destroyed occurred very interesting…

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    September 11, 2001 is most horrible unforgettable terror attack in US history. Al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners, two planes were flown into the trade center towers in New York City, third plane hit pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the forth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. According to news, “More than 3,000 people were killed during attack in New York City and Washington, D.C., including more than 400 police officer and firefighters.” I have watch many videos…

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    The Patriot Act Essay

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    September 11, 2001. Four airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda militants. Three of the planes hit their target. One plane hit the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The other two were flown into the World Trade Center. Over 3,000 people died as a result of these attacks. It was a terrible, horrific event. And what makes it worse is the fact that these American deaths were in vain. Because the terrorists won. This not because of the body count. This is because they were able to terrorize America and…

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    the visitors and workers of the World Trade Center(WTC) were thwarted by the lack of communication and coordination between the police and fire departments and the towers’ security personnel. There were many aspects of poor communication that led to the loss of life, but the most devastating were the lack of communication between the fire departments (NYFD) and the police department (NYPD), the lack of communication and direction to the building call center and 911 operators, and limited…

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    9/11 Informative Speech

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    Introduction The attack of the world trade centre in New York City, on September 11 had made Al-Qaeda very well-known of their existence. People become aware of the illegal and dangerous activities that happening around them and the government become cautious on the security of the country. Not only for the United States, but also for other countries, security had become tight. It opens their eyes that terrorist had gone rouge. The attack had become the worst nightmare for the United States and…

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    Introduction This essay will focus on the given case study: 'Transfield Services -off-shore detention centers ',referring to the 2014 boycott against Transfield Services’ involvement in the construction and servicing of off-shore detention facilities in Nauru and Manus Island. With relevant analytic tools and business concepts, the essay will identify the background reasons of the event as well as demonstrate the difference between Transfield Holdings and Transfield Services.On the basis of a…

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