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The truth behind the Grenfell Tower fire On an early Wednesday morning, many residents of the Grenfell tower woke up to flames. Many were speechless and many were scared. They did not know how to handle the situation. Some residents frantically searched the building for escape routes; whereas, others decided to reunite with neighbours to say their goodbyes. The emergency assistance was immediate – more than 200 firefighters arrived at the scene in the span of six minutes after calls were made.…

which is considered by many to be the worst day in American history. However, this was also a turning point in American history and the start of a new age. This was not the first terrorist attack on U.S. soil. On February 26, 1993, the World Trade Center would see it’s first but not last attack which was not successful. Then on April 19, 1995, a federal build was blown up. This would be known as the Oklahoma City Bombing. With the most recent terrorist attack happening during the Boston Marathon…

On sunday, a 7.3 earthquake hit Iraq and Iran, it hit Iran the worst, killing 500 people. Iran's new buildings were not built properly and many of them came down, including their brand new hospital that they had been building for eight years and just now finished. The old hospital was fine and other old building were still standing, it is just the new buildings that were destroyed. Iranians are worried that their government is not doing what needs to be done to make sure their building are built…

the minds of Americans forever. On that day four airplanes were hijacked. Two planes were flown into the world trade center. One was flown into the Pentagon. The last one was headed to an unknown location and ended up crashing in a field in Pennsylvania. On flight eleven which was one of the planes flown into the world trade center. The second plane flown into the world trade center had sixty-six people aboard. Flight seventy-seven which was flown into the pentagon had sixty-four people aboard.…

September 11, 2011 was a very rough time to say the least for many citizens of the US. On this day the US was put to test by a terrorist group named Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda hijacked four different planes and flew two of them into the twin trade centers in New York. Another plane was flown into the pentagon in Washington DC, and the last plane crashed in the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania because the passengers on the plane fought back against the terrorists who were hijacking it. By watching a…

That day the planes crashed on United soil was a horrible history changing day that we refer to as September 11th. I was in home room at my high school in Minnesota when my teacher said, "You will never forget where you were this morning while this took place for the rest of your life, you don't understand the impact this just had on our country." as we watch the news on the television. My home room teacher was right, I didn't know the degree of the event happening right in front of me, and to…

Judith Resnik was an Engineer and a NASA Astronaut. She was born April 5, 1949 in Akron, Ohio. She graduated from Firestone High School. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1970, as well as a doctorate’s degree and Master’s in Electrical Engineering from University of Maryland in 1977. In 1984 she received a NASA Space Medal. She was apart of two major NASA Space missions onboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-41-D which took place in…

by President Bush and has been used every since. The war represents the efforts by USA to fight militant Islamism group. The most significant change after the 9/11 was the gaping empty space that was all that was left over of the grand World trade center twin towers which came crumbling down that day. Called as ground zero this empty area became a memorial site to honor the loved ones who lost there lives that day. In March 11 2002, 88 searchlights were arranged in a way that two beams appear to…

Terrorism is something that strikes fear into many people's mind. People are left with physical and emotional damage for them to repair. lets look back at the attacks on the world trade center and the pentagon on september 11. It was a day that broke many americans hearts. When nineteen members of al-qaeda seized control of 4 airplanes. The airplanes had thousands of passengers on board. Al-qaeda flew two planes into the twin towers in new york. They flew another one into the pentagon.the last…

Astronaut Luca Parmitan’s EMU experienced a near life threatening fluid leak during his space walk in 2013. During his spacewalk, Parmitan reported feeling water in his helmet and behind his head. The spacewalk continued up until the water reached his face, making it difficult for him to see and breathe. A photo of the EMU helmet worn by Astronaut Luca Parmitan filling up with water to recreate the leakage. (NASA, 2013) At first, the leakage was thought to have occurred due to a malfunction in…