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came to help rescue the visitors and workers of the World Trade Center(WTC) were thwarted by the lack of communication and coordination between the police and fire departments and the towers’ security personnel. There were many aspects of poor communication that led to the loss of life, but the most devastating were the lack of communication between the fire departments (NYFD) and the police department (NYPD), the lack of communication and direction to the building call center and 911…

On April 28, 2003, 2 years after the attack happened, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) conducted an international competition to make the memorial of the 2001 and the 1993 World Trade Center attacks on the former site of the Twin Towers (LMDC Guidelines 20). The winner of the competition was Reflective Absence by Michael Arad and Peter Walker. Although they have won, in the end, the memorial Dual Memory by Brian Strawn and Karla Sierralta…

The Agony of a Single Day September 11th, 2001, a date that is seared into the minds of every citizen of this country. A single act forever striking fear into millions.One day forever changed the landscape of New York City, and the entire country. An even that alone changed the lives of a whole nation. The causes of 9/11 were very unclear and blurry for a while following the attacks. But after some time after the chaos was over the causes became clearer. Al-Qaeda felt a sense of outrage…

worst terrorist attacks in American history occurred on September 11, 2001. The World Trade Center was hit by two passenger jets which severed the center supports causing it to later weaken and collapse. The debris and rubble from the towers damaged buildings and surrounding structures. Many people witnessed and survived the event and lived to tell their stories. Truly, the attack on the World Trade Center was a disastrous impact on America. First, on an ordinary morning during September 11,…

attack the United States has ever had. An Islamic extremist known as al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial airplanes all with very important targets. American Airlines Flight 11 with United Airlines Flight 175 struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. The Pentagon was hit by American Airlines 77 (History.com 1). United Airlines Flight 93 was the only hijacked plane that didn’t reach it’s target. The courageous passengers aboard Flight 93, who overtook four hijackers and…

The World Trade Center Memorial commemorates the September 11, 2001,attacks and the bombing that occurred at the World Trade Center in 1993. The memorial can be found at the former location of the Twin Towers in New York. These fountains that rest in the footprints of the towers are a powerful reminders of our nations history and all the lives that were lost that day. This memorial is ultimately successful because it evokes emotion whether that be sadness or possibly a feeling of serenity or…

had ever faced. Not only was the nation violated, but it created an enormous insecurity and fear. It was a day that impacted and changed the lives of all Americans, one way or another. Leaving many devastated by the sights of seeing the World Trade Center and the Pentagon being attacked by terrorists. Unfortunately, the effects of the attacks, permanently and dramatically changed America and its people. The twin towers were completed in 1972 and were iconic…

2001, an event so traumatic would occur that would alter the lives of the world’s population with the terrorist actions of Al Qaeda against the civilian population of the United States. On this tragic day, 2973 people had died in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, as well as in the 4 hijacked planes that were used to crash into these buildings. Such an attack on American soil had not been seen since Pearl Harbor, which left Americans, as well as the rest of the world, confused and scared as…

“That crunching sound is a sound I will never forget till the day I die. I watched people jump from the buildings knowing that there was nothing below to catch them”(Facts) On the day September 11th, 2001, four American airplanes were hijacked and crashed into American ground. September 11th was a day of horror and it left a mark on America. The attack changed America’s outlook on cultured people, security, flying and the government of the United States. After a few years since the attack took…

it brings the piece and what the audience is thinking together. Burke goes on in the next three paragraphs of his piece to sum up the after results of of nine-eleven. “Three hundred and forty-three firefighters... died at the World Trade Center” next “visitors...attended their hundreds of memorials” and then “we’re working to...honor first responders...at different places and times”. This helped Burke out in his piece for his purpose in order to sum up nine-eleven. The effect this had on the…