Shanghai World Financial Center

the first city they think of is Shanghai. Shanghai has been one of the most important cities for hundreds years because of its seaports. Nowadays, with the economic growth of China, Shanghai has become one of the most important financial centers around the world. Therefore, more and more people are willing to come to visit this ever-bright city. As a native resident, I would recommend tourists to visit three places, which are Lujiazui Financial Center, People’s Square, and Tian Zi Fang. To begin with, Lujiazui Financial Center is the most significant area in Shanghai, which contains thousands of companies from diverse countries such as Bayer, Mitsubishi, and ThyssenKrupp. Every time I enter the area,…

mothers and fathers. As New york tried to move forward, they spent months putting out fires and searching for survivors. Nine months were spent simply removing 1.8 million tons of debris from the site. No one was alone during this time though; many volunteers stepped u to help, donations were made, and the New York community gave support. As far as losses go, Memorials, services, and funerals were held throughout the city along with Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania. To this day, DNA technology…

Following the attacks on the twin towers on September 11th, 2001, citizens around the world live in constant fear of terrorist attacks. This fear affects both our mindsets and how we live day to day. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’s, or drones, provide a plausible reality to reducing the threat that terrorism poses around the world. Through surveillance and the ability to not be easily detected, drones make our troops safer because they are out of harm’s way. With advancements in technology, drones are…

On September 11, 2001, nineteen members of a terrorist group called Al-Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden hijacked four U.S. airplanes and crashed them into the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Virginia, and an area in Pennsylvania. About 3,000 people, both victims and first responders, were killed and over 6,000 were injured during this tragic event. An act by the name of Zadrogra started the World Trade Center Health Program in 2010. It was a program that gave special medical care…

The idea of a narrative is to tell a story, the events occurring on the day of September 11, 2001 will provide an opportunity to relay my feelings, moving beyond the initial pure and basic anger at those responsible for such a desperate act. The image shows two emergency responders in the cloud of debris left by the collapse of the Trade Centers and what drew me to this picture is what they must have been talking about. The questions and issues I initially considered included: the loss of life;…

Consequently, right as I am throwing my coffee cup and wrappers away to walk out the door, I hear hundreds of people screaming and a very tremendous loud crash. I quickly open the door to see what is happening and I gasp. I say to myself, “This can not be happening, this can not be happening,” but it was. My heart skipped a couple of beats and all I could say is that not having work today has saved my life, because the North Twin Tower has just been hit by a plane. Everyone is wondering if it…

files just to make sure they do not have a catastrophe like September 11 again. They all divided into four planes with a tremendous amount of gasoline that was supposed to be used to go to California but instead they hijacked it to the most looked up to place in the United States, New York. Soon after they took off, the terrorists hijacked the planes and were ready for their mission. The first plane, Plane 77, crashed into The Pentagon located in Washington, D.C. In total, 125 civilians died at…

The events that took place on 9/11 were extremely tragic. The people that were directly involved will have memories of that day forever. Wether we were there that day or not 9/11 has impacted us. Everyone has their own way of reacting to tragedy, but there are comparisons between the reactions of the individuals that lived in New York versus the people that do not. Comparisons that can be made dealing with the reactions of Individuals inside and outside of New York during the 9/11 attacks are,…

happening to them, and that they were going to die. Some passengers tried to fight back, and the plane ended up crashing into a rural field. All 45 people aboard were killed. Shortly following, at 10:28 a.m., the North Tower began to plummet to the ground as well. Once the building began to go down, there was no way to stop it, and the city of lost control completely. The towers were built to handle up to 200 miles per hour of wind, and large amounts of fire, but they simply could not handle the…

the many people’s life forever, some may have lost a family member or friend and they will always remember what took their loved one away. 4 planes were sent out as a suicide mission to crash into three different locations; one into the North tower of the World trade center the second plane into the South tower, one plane to the Pentagon, and the last one was aimed for the White House, but because of the heroic act of many on flight 93 the plane ended up crashing in a field in Pennsylvania. 9…