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9/11 Changed The World: Many people were just heading to work, some even just waking up. Others doing things you would normally expect on average day such as 9/11. However this was before the unexpected struck the nation, literally. The world trade center also know as the twin towers, along with the pentagon were struck by passenger jets. Many people were in shock, as something like this had not happened to the United States in a long time. Eventually the twin towers fell killing many innocent…

normal day on September 11, 2001 until 4 planes were hijacked by al Qaeda terrorists and were crashed into the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon and an open field in Western Pennsylvania. It has devastated many people all over the world. In total all four aircraft crashes killed nearly 3,000 people. That day in New York City, 17,400 people were working in both World Trade Center Towers but only 15,000 made it out alive. American Airlines 11 and 175 crashed into both of the WTC towers.…

For the past few decades, maybe centuries, many planes and ships have randomly disappeared, and all in the same area - the Bermuda Triangle. One of the biggest disappearances includes Flight MH370. Many have speculated about the cause, or causes. Some of the causes are supernatural, including aliens, Atlantis death rays, and large, giant sea monsters, like krakens. Other theories are completely natural, like methane crystals, large waves, and human stupidity. Most have settled for the theory of…

I lived in Manhattan, New York. This is the city where everything happened, evil and good. Many things happened in this neighbourhood. From drug dealers selling drugs to gangs that did crimes such as stealing. Seeing blue lights in my room was something usual to me. It meant that cops had pulled through in our neighbourhood. It was mostly cold in New York. There was a freezing wind that always blew on my face and made me not to feel my nose and make my hands complain due to pain. The skies…

The space shuttle disaster is one of the most devastating catastrophes, which took place on 28th of January 1986. The explosion of the vehicle started when the shuttle had some problems with its O-ring, and it wasn’t functioning the way it should work. The victims of this tragedy are five NASA Astronauts, and two mission specialists. The problem existed when the solid rocket motor failed at boosting its engine because of the O-ring which is responsible of connecting the parts of the solid rocket…

Introduction ‘Reflecting Absence’ was designed by Israeli architect Michael. Arad is an Israeli Architect who was born in London. He was working for New York Housing Authority and was well-known after he’s design for 911 M&M was accepted during the competition. [2]And its master plan was designed by Daniel Liheskind who has great experience of design memorial museums such as the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Imperial War Museum North in Greater Manchesteretc. [3]Moreover, the landscape was…

Heroic First Responders On the tenth anniversary of the attacks on September 11, the most important people were not invited to the ceremony. The first responders that were present on 9/11 were not invited. Days before the ceremony, “No Firemen at Ground Zero This 9/11” by Michael Burke was published discussing the importance of the first responders, how much they should be respected and how they need be invited to the anniversary ceremony. He felt as if that they needed more recognition than…

Adam Gopnik in the article, “The City and the Pillars”, explains that there are different methods of coping when reacting to a tragedy like the one that occurred on September 11th, 2001. Gopnik supports his explanation by using extended metaphors, rhetorical questions, and allusions to describe the moments leading up to the attack, and the attack itself. The author’s purpose is to portray different forms of grieving in order to show people vary in response to catastrophic events. The author…

Attacked on the United states aviation as always been a target for terrorist to carry out their violence disasters exploit against the United States calling fear and economy breakdown. And of such attacked was the Richard Reid failed shoe plot. Richard Reid board flight 63 an American Airlines flight carrying 197 people from Paris, France to Miami, United states on December 22, 2001 with sophisticated bombs made of plastic explosive, detonating cord, a homemade detonator and a safety fuse with…

“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it” - Douglas MacArthur. You must be able to risk things in order to have a gain. He was born on January 17, 1921 and passed away on March 6, 2007 at the age of 86. Louis Ted Seith was the commander of the 483rd Bomb Group which destroyed the only flying prototype of the Nazi Long Range Bomber and lots of fighter jets while more than 200 enemy fighters opened fire on the bomb squadron without an escort from ally fighter jets. He may have…