Takeoff

September 11, 2001 was just a normal and ordinary Tuesday. The sky was clear, beautiful, and the sun was shining. However, it was not long into the morning when catastrophic events evoked. Fear and panic spread all throughout the country. That day was going to impact our country for years and years to come. When the first plane hit the World Trade Center, people thought it was a mishap and a horrible mistake. When the second plane hit, Americans knew that this was an act of terrorism. America…

In this article, written by David Leonhardt, the issue of pet owners pretending to own service animals when flying on airplanes, is discussed. According to this article it all started when, “a 1986 law forbidding discrimination against handicapped air travelers made sure that physically disabled people could travel with service animals”. However, many non-disabled pet owners took advantage of this law, and began to travel with their untrained dogs, disguised as service animals. This is partly…

due to the attack on the Twin Towers located in New York, NY and the Pentagon in Arlington, VA. 19 Islam 's who were associated with the terrorist group al-Qaeda, which was led by Osama Bin Laden and a few others, hijacked the plane shortly after takeoff in hopes to carry out the suicide attacks and terrorism performed that day in the United States. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, terrorism is “the unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence to intimidate or coerce, as for…

Ron Carlson’s short story “Happiness” is, in my opinion, the most worthless reading we’ve examined over the past semester in Modern World Fiction. This short story contributed nothing to the class’s greater understanding of modern fiction and was seemingly devoid of any significant morals. The story itself describes an elderly man’s weekend cabin retreat with his brother and two sons. Throughout the course of this retreat the main character experiences a number of reminiscent flashbacks…

The United States of America is notorious for being a land where opportunities abound and dreams come true. It is common to hear stories of great Americans who ascended from the clutches of poverty and amassed great wealth, because they had a dream and pursued it. They did not allow their circumstances, no matter how daunting, to overshadow their ambitions of success. Richard Ira Bong is a perfect example of such an American. He was simply a farm boy with a deep longing to fly airplanes. He…

actually begin—no matter how long it took. This scenario would drive me absolutely insane. I try my very best to be a very punctual person; if I board a bus in plenty of time to arrive at my destination, I expect to get there on time. The fact that the takeoff time would be completely out of my hands would be undeniably preposterous to…

stubborn bird, the gooney bird caused quite a commotion. I woke up that morning, refueled, and got ready for takeoff. Green flight suit, check; black boots, check; aviator sunglasses, check. I had planned to take off, get some coffee, cruise eight hours, stay in Cameron Bay overnight, and go home the next day. Unfortunately, these plans were quickly spoiled. The crew and I were all ready for takeoff, but there was a gray and white gooney bird on the runway. It had its wings straight out and was…

London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow is the major International Airport in London, United Kingdom. By International passenger traffic, Heathrow is the second busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic, also busiest airport in Europe by passenger traffic and the seventh busiest airport in the world by total passenger traffic. In 2016, it handled 75.7 million passengers. Heathrow is one of six airports with scheduled services serving in London area. Heathrow is owned and…

Exploring the Moon’s Extreme Environment The Moon is our closest cosmic neighbour, and humans have been exploring it’s surface since we first developed telescopes. Though it can be fun to explore, it is far away, very expensive to go there and it is a very hard place to survive at. Different countries have sent probes that intend to crash to the moon’s surface but capture some photos of the surface before the impact. This was the first way to get scientific information about the moon,…

D.C. Round 3 Captions B. Arlington National Cemetery, located in Arlington Virginia, has over 400,000 graves located at its site. If you are a soldier that dies on active duty, are a retired member of the armed forces, or a certain veteran or family member, you are eligible to be buried at Arlington national Cemetery. The site of the cemetery was where Robert E. Lee’s home was located until he was removed from it so that the land could become a cemetery. John F. Kennedy, William Howard Taft,…