About 14 years, 14 days, and 2 minutes ago there was a U.S disaster. A man named Steven Smith who worked in the North tower of the World Trade Center on the 88th floor. Steven was on the elevator and was coming down the elevator to the 26th floor, as he looked down to check his phone it was 8:46 he felt a shake like an earthquake. ”OOO WHAT WAS THAT” Steven said. That’s when his whole day changed. As Steven began to ask people questions he wondered what it was he looked outside and saw a…
The 9/11 crisis threw the multi-billion dollar airline industry into a tumultuous panic. As fear spread among the public, airline passenger traffic dropped, revenues faltered, and consumer experience floundered. The airline industry was going through a violent contraction, one that cost $55 billion dollars, according to The New York Times. In addition, the crisis altered the airline industry’s environment. For instance, airline industry faced new uncertainty and pressure from legislation and…
September 11 2001, was a horrific day for many Americans around the world when terrorist decided to stick and attack the citizens of the Unite States. From that day to this preset day, over a decade ago, our country can still feel the terrible effect from that day. Our country let our guards down when we that we were fully prepared to handle any crisis if one was to come. However, this major attack caused our country to take another look at our social contracts, and recognize we had a greater…
it is too late. Seconds later, flight 11 struck around the 90th floor of the North Tower in the World Trade Center.…
"What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we've never met." This quote said by author, David Levithan, after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 helped people all over the world realize hope was not lost. Many people thought all hope was lost after four airplanes were hijacked by members of the terrorist group Al Qaeda. Two planes crashed into the Twin Towers, one crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth plane crashed into a field in…
Over a decade later, the American people will never forget the tragedy that occurred on September 11, 2001. The falling of the World Trade Center has changed the world forever. Initially the world was stunned, however after America picked up what was left of the country; hundreds of conspiracy theorists believed that the destruction of the World Trade Center was not a war on terror, but a planned attack with an ulterior motive. In the articles, “Simply Evil: A Decade After 9/11” and “9/11=False…
The 9/11 attacks were horrifying. On 9/11 two terrorist over took planes and were rammed into the twin towers in New York City also known as the world trade center according to document 1. People were jumping out of windows to their deaths or would die from the plane crashing and the towers falling. Many died that day and many were injured. The government needed to step in but killing people or just blaming people wasn’t very satisfying either. President George w. Bush was linking the 9/11…
of US airspace had only happened once before in US history. In addition to the shutting down of US airspace, many important places located in the United States closed down out of fear that they too, would be targeted by the terrorist group. NASA centers, New York public schools, Disney parks, the New York Stock Exchange, the UN building, universities in New York, baseball games, Nasdaq, and many more were closed following the events of 9/11 ("Attacks Prompt Widespread Closings"). There was grave…
You know how people say they can remember exactly what they were doing the day 9/11 happened? It was such a huge event in their lives they remember every last detail, just like it happened yesterday. While I may not remember what happened the day of September 11, 2001, I do remember the day of April 30th, 2004. I was seven years old and in second grade. It was a Friday, and as the minutes ticked by signaling the end of the day I grew more and more excited. After what seemed like years, we were…
I can remember 9/11 very vividly and recall my emotions to the event. I’m sure people living at the time of Pearl Harbor experience similar emotions such as disbelief, fear and anger. They were horrible situations in which a lot of people lost their lives leaving the survivors to deal with the aftermath. Watching the news coverage I was alarmed by what I was seeing and felt remorse for the innocent lives lost during this tragedy. During the event I was also proud to see how responsive the…