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When considering its significant impact on the world the history of terrorism is relatively brief. That being said, as it propagates across the globe its brevity is shrinking and it continues to find its way into news headlines and into the history books. It’s a safe notion to associate the beginning of radical terrorism to the 1980s. The 1980s was a time period where terrorist adopted many of their tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) that are still used today. 1983 was a particularly…

Are you afraid of flying in planes? More than 20 million people are afraid of going on planes and unfortunately I’m one of them. My mom, dad, and sister Harman boarded the plane at MCI. We were off to Las Vegas. I know that Las Vegas is a weird place to go with your family but we went anyways. Las vegas wasn’t the only place we were going, but it was where the adventure began. We had arrived at Las Vegas. As soon as we stepped outside we were sweating. It was 114 degrees! It felt like the sun…

While this news article is not some sort of story that was reported on your television this summer, I still feel as though it is an important story. This summer my dad and I traveled about eight hours away to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, home of arguably the world’s largest airshow. My family and I have been going to this airshow since I was a little kid, but this year it was just my dad and I. EAA Airventure, as this airshow is more commonly known, never ceases to amaze me. Tens of thousands of people…

The man in the red bandana It was 9:12 when the south tower was hit. I am John Reynolds a survivor from 9-11. Once the plane hit, smoke was everywhere around me. A piece of glass hit my leg, it started to bleed badly. I tried to tie something on it to slow the bleeding. I could barely see my hands and leg in front of me. Everything was going black, and at first a thought that it was the smoke in the air. It just kept getting darker and darker, then i realized that I was losing my conscious and…

Have you ever been worried on a plane ride? What if that worry was a skyjacking? What would you do it you figured out that the plane you're on is being skyjacked? This is what people probably thought when Dan Cooper Skyjacked a plane. To understand the mystery of Dan Cooper, one must know the story of his skyjacking, what he left behind, and the theories about where he is now. What was Dan Cooper like? Dan Cooper was a well dressed man that looked like a businessman. He looked to be 170-180…

Flight MH370 is a mystery because we don’t know what happened to the passengers and where they are now. 2. Flight MH370 is a mystery because we don’t know how the plane disappeared. Most people think that there was an alien spaceship that might have abducted the plane and that was what caused the disappearance of flight MH370. They Also believe that some Russians boarded the plane and hijacked it. 3. Flight MH370 is a mystery because we don’t know where the plane is now. Two vessels have…

Philosopher’s Stone Throughout history and especially throughout the Middle Ages the craft of alchemy has been very popular. The purpose and end goal of alchemy is to be able to turn simple metals like tin and lead into pure gold. Another reason as to why it is significant is because it allows the alchemist to be immortal. There have been many different legends that tell of immortality, such as the fountain of youth that was sought after by Spanish conquistadors. Among these many…

The Challenger space shuttle was scheduled to embark on its 10th mission on January 28, 1986. It was a project coordinated by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and Morton Thiokol, Inc. (MTI). The later company was concerned with the engineering of the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs), which facilitated the space shuttle’s lift off. The SRBs contained a U-joint that required O-rings to seal pressure gaps caused by ignition in the boosters (Diane Vaughan, 1989, p. 330). The…

Colgan Air Flight 3407, a passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey to Buffalo, New York, carrying forty-five passengers and four crew members. During the instrument landing system approach, the aircraft went into an aerodynamic stall, causing the it to crash and kill all passengers on board. Captain Marvin Renslow was in command of the flight, having accumulated over 3,000 flight hours. Renslow was accompanied by Rebecca Shaw, the first officer who had 2,000 flight hours under her belt. The…

What makes anyone a hero. What makes them a hero is, humbleness, bravery, they are the protectors of us all. Therefore, if someone is willing to help you for nothing in return other than maybe help one day in return is a hero. They don’t do it for them self’s they do it for you. A hero can be anyone your neighbor, you friend, you pet, your parents anyone. They do it to help the community, to help ensure the safety of the people and the community. As a result, police officers they do exactly that…