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2,753 to Heaven On September 11, 2001. America was changed forever when an unexpected terrorist attack on the World Trade Centers occurred. This day in history caused damage and fear to be placed in the heart of every American and even now people of this country are still experiencing the after effects of the tragic event. There were a total of 2,753 deaths between people in the towers, on the planes, and at the pentagon, none of them expecting this on a beautiful Tuesday morning (September 11th…

As a firefighter I had insight, but it was still hard to get information because the government was trying to keep things hidden. That's when I started to question things. I found out that three buildings had fallen at the World Trade Center site. The North Tower, The South Tower, and building number seven. I was confused because building number seven had not been directly hit and I didn’t think the that the debris damage would have caused the building to fall. I also saw how the North…

Some people seem to forget that islamophobia happens all around us. Whether we see it or not, it is still a big issue that needs to be brought up. Unquestionably, It is not an easy or comfortable conversation, but one that needs to happen. In “Some Reflections”, Nomani stated “We have to talk about the taboo topic of profiling because terrorism experts are increasingly recognizing that religious ideology makes terrorist organizations and terrorists more likely to commit heinous crimes against…

Drones, a great idea, or a burden? A big problem the United States is faced with is whether or not to use drones in militias combat.Imagine this, a pilot is flying his plane over the middle east attempting to locate a major leader in the terrorist act.Then, Boom!The pilot is hit by a surface to air missile, and the plane explodes on impact.The plane as well as the pilot, are lost.This isn’t just a death, a wife lost a husband, a child lost their father, that pilot had a family to take care…

The incident that occurred on September 11, 2001 has proposed many theories and ideas to what exactly happened. The video we watched introduced many different theories of the people who studied the event in depth and of some people who actually endured and experienced the event first hand. The ethos in the video are the theories and credibility given to them produced by the Italian directors or the people who studied the attack and what they think actually caused certain things that occurred…

9/11 Various artists have used the aspect of humanity in their work in order to speak about various events. They have used various values, themes, priorities and images in order to depict the meaning of these wars using the humanities aspects. On such image work is that of “Spiegelman” where the man is standing in shock and the time has stopped at 9/11/01. He then states that the time again started to run at 9/12/01, and it was the ticking of the giant bomb. This shows the terror in the minds…

the event. The bottom line was the US was not prepared for that magnitude of devastation and as a nation our guard was down concerning terrorist activity. As acting president, I would have had homeland security in place of the first world trade center attack in 1993. Bin Laden and al- Quada was already on our radar so perhaps, the homeland security department could have been another tool to prepare our country in handling…

thirty minutes after, flight 175 hit the south tower, killing everyone on board and hundreds in the building (“9/11: Timeline). Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked a total of four planes and killed nearly 3,000 people during their attacks on The World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the attempted crash into the U.S. Capitol (“How The 9/11”). Firefighters, businessmen and women, and bystanders willing to run through smoke and fire to save complete strangers is what America should be known for, for…

“To change the behavioral health and social service outcomes for people of all ages from surviving to thriving” (Legacy Treatment Services, 2016). Legacy Treatment Services is the result of a 2014 merger between two different agencies: The Drenk Center and The Children’s Home. Since the merge of the two different agencies, Legacy Treatment Services is able to offer crisis intervention, addiction, counseling, housing, educational, youth detention…

The media creates a lasting impression for its viewers, in the case of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the media coverage differed significantly during and after the attack. Media reports are the products of the work of journalists, who are often influenced by their own beliefs, ideologies or corporate pressures. The information and…