World Trade Center

September 11th, 2010 will always be remembered as the tragic event heard around the world. It was the day terrorists invaded American airplanes in order to create multiple attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, New York. These attacks took the lives of about 2,500 people, including 230 civilians that were aboard the airplane that crashed in Virginia. These attacks will be in our hearts forever, the effects have prolonged the America throughout history to this day. 9/11 caused more…

collapse of the World Trade Center as some sort of vacuum, wherein the towers fell solely because of the plains and every other thing surrounding the towers was somehow perfect and immune to criticism, especially the towers themselves. This is largely due to the immense tragedy that happened to the towers and the psychological scars they left on the United States, and while this somewhat naive view is understandable, it is largely mistaken in it’s understanding of the World Trade Center and its…

of Zadrogra started the World Trade Center Health Program in 2010. It was a program that gave special medical care to those that helped in responding to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The Zadroga Act also restored the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund, which Congress put together to help those that got hurt from…

problem, but we can never agree on what terrorism is. A great example of terrorism is September 11, and how America recovered from the travesty. The World Trade Center in New York were more than just buildings. These 200,000 ton steel structures were proof of New York’s belief in itself. These buildings were built during a time when…

towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. At 8:46am, American Airlines Flight 11 was crashed into the North tower, and at 9:03am, United Airlines Flight 175 was crashed into the South tower of the World Trade Center complex. The South tower collapsed at 9:59am after burning for 56 minutes and the North tower collapsed at 10:28am after burning for 102 minutes. When the North tower collapsed, fires were started as a result of its landing on and damaging the 7 World Trade Center Building…

United States, and even the world. These disasters have greatly influenced history and our society, for better or worse, to what it is today. Some of these disasters were preventable, and others we could only protect ourselves against. Terrorist attacks have been an increasingly prevalent form of disaster that the United States has faced multiple times with varying results. The most relevant attack that the United States has endured is the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.…

etched in the minds of Americans forever. On that day four airplanes were hijacked. Two planes were flown into the world trade center. One was flown into the Pentagon. The last one was headed to an unknown location and ended up crashing in a field in Pennsylvania. On flight eleven which was one of the planes flown into the world trade center. The second plane flown into the world trade center had sixty-six people aboard. Flight seventy-seven which was flown into the pentagon had sixty-four…

brief account of his experiences on September 11”. The story gave a firsthand account of the events that happened on the day of the World Trade Center attack. At about exactly 8:50am that faithful morning, the first jet that took off from Newark, N.J on routine cross-country flight to the West Coast with fully-loaded fuel tanks hit tower one of the world trade center causing an immense spiral of smoke to rise to the sky and within an interval of 20 minutes another jet slammed into the second…

several places where about 3,000 innocent people died during this event. The first two planes flew into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centers in New York City, Manhattan. At 8:46 a.m. the first plane, Flight 11, crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center and soon after, the second plane, Flight 175, crashed at 9:03 a.m. in the south tower of the World Trade Center which was in New York City, Manhattan. At 9:37 a.m. the third plane, Flight 77, crashes into Pentagon and the last…

perished in the end of this devastating event. Many people feel as if both of the World Trade Center buildings were built to their best ability. Others see this tragedy as the building structure being at fault for the death of numerous innocent lives. The poor and effortless application of fireproofing, lack of durable evacuation staircases, and the use of more steel as…