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    9/11 Conspiracy Theories

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    evidence, and absurd logic is the basis of many rumors. So conspiracy theories were created by suspicion. In the mode world, conspiracy theories are everywhere for instance on September 11, 2001, when terrorists hijacked planes to hit the world trade center. From that moment on, the whole of the twenty-first Century was rewritten. Many American scholars in opposition to the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq at the same time, put forward a new point of view, the 9.11 event is directed by Bush…

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    The Challenger Failure

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    The Challenger’s first ever mission was on April 4, 1983. The challenger took place in The United States of America. The Challenger was named after the HMS Challenger Royal Navy corvette. This was successful until one morning it exploded. This tragedy happened on January 28, 1986. What happened was that two rubber O-rings had failed due to cold temperatures. The thing was that the rocket exploded seventy-three seconds or one minute and thirteen seconds. There were seven crew members…

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    Could one imagine getting ready for school and then out of nowhere boom! That explosion was the Halifax, one of the most devastating disasters ever. From the story “The Great Halifax Explosion” and “The Shattered Sky” both talk about the great disaster of the Halifax explosion and how people had a great struggle with lifestyle after this devastating disaster. The Halifax was one of the worst disasters to ever happen, the power was horrific, the aftermath was devastating, and it was hard to…

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    On September 11, 2001 a group named al-Qaeda sent four airliners to the United States carrying suicide attacks. We didn’t expect any attacks at the time or knew there would be any soon that day, it was all a surprise. Two of the planes flew all the way to New York City and crashed into the towers known as the twin towers, the third plane hit the Pentagon just outside of Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. These crashes resulted to be an extensive death and…

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    How Did 9/11 Happen

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    The events that happened on September 11, 2001, have had a lasting impact on the United States affecting everything from security to beliefs. That day four planes had been hijacked and used as missiles to target busy/important. One of the best known are the twin towers being struck and collapsing leaving debris and dust everywhere making it look like a graveyard. After that day the security increased and homeland security was created to help secure everything and make sure nothing else like that…

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    Eastern Air Lines aircraft crashed into the Everglades around 11:42 pm Eastern Standard time. This occurred on December 29, 1972 and missed its landing airfield by 18 miles to the Northwest. The Aircraft was spread across the swampy terrain and was a complete lost. Due to accident, 94 passengers of the 163 lost their lives as well as five of the 13 crew. All passenger were injured with varying degrees of injuries. The flight started from John F. Kennedy Airport and was generally uneventful…

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    There are a lot of airport security gaps they said that more than 900,000 have access behind the scenes, which is why there was a bomb that went off on the Russian plane that went down and killed everybody that was on the plane. This why the bomb could be planted on the plane before the plane took off. The airport is trying to address the so-called insider that was a security threat could be of more urgency if the Russian plane was proved of a bomb being planted on the plane this guy would have…

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    9:59 It was a bright shiny day in New York city..with probably a few clouds in the sky i was walking with my mom to the store so suddenly a large plane is going the twin towers. I turned away from my mom then suddenly The first twin tower got hit.Then suddenly police and firefighters are surrounding the area, suddenly I remembered my dad was in the first tower at a meeting. about 40 minutes later...we were watching the twin towers and then the 1st one collapses and then we get a call from the…

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    observed several juvenile detention hearings. I asked one of my previous supervisors if I could sit in with her during her time in court. Overall the process for each child went relatively briefly. The detention center has two buses that transport the juveniles from the detention centers to the courthouse, one 8 am and another at 10 am. For each case, a juvenile is brought to the courtroom from a holding cell that is located in the basement of the courthouse. At first, I thought it was callous…

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    Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001 at 8:45 a.m. two planes crashed into the world trade center. Shortly after, another plane crashed into the Pentagon. A fourth plane was found crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The tragic news of this flashed over every media outlet in America. We were under attack. “It was a real wakeup call,” says everyone who experienced 9/11 (Source). From the aftermath of medical consequences to the fear of counterterrorism and the new wars, the effects of 9/11 left…

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