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    The series of September 11, 2001 were attack by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States. The attack killed 2,996 people and injured 6,000 people. United States used 10 billions to fix the damaged properties, but 3 trillion in total. United Airlines and American Airlines were hijacked by al-Qaeda. Two airplanes were crashed to the North and South 110-story towers in New York. After an hour and 42 minutes, both towers collapsed with massive of smokes and fire. Thousands of people…

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    and began screaming, the machine fired blowing an 8 year old girl's head across the White House walls. It was then when I realised that it wasn't me screaming, it was the girl. After what happened at the White House the machines spread around the world killing countless innocent people. It wasn't long until we realised that the machines are programmed to find and…

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    Shoe Bomb

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    because of the pressure in the cabin. Or maybe he was more afraid of dying than he was of getting caught. Either way his shoes were confiscated. Failure to detect the explosives in an attempted terrorist’s shoes put airport security into overdrive the world over. Security measures were innovated, new checks invented, anything to prevent something like this from ever happening again. The first order of business: check passengers’ shoes. Anybody who has gone through airport security at least once…

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    9/11 Research Paper

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    annihilation was part of a plan called Operation Northwood’s , there was one occurrence that was not just some terrorist attack , it was September 11 ,2001 also known as 9/11 , a tragic incident of the falling Twin Towers that was known by the whole world , since Operation Northwood’s was discovered , people have now been wondering , if Operation Northwood’s was the real reason for 9/11 or was it really a terrorist attack , for that is the government has led us to believe. What made the…

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    Oklahoma City Bombing It was an early morning in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. People arriving to work and people still on there way. At 9:02 a.m on April 19, 1995, that all changed very quickly. A rental truck packed with explosives detonated in front of the nine-story Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. The explosion was so powerful it blew off the north side of the wall. 911 was flooded with call. Emergency responders responded very quickly. They arrived on scene to…

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    Patriot Act Pros And Cons

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    September 11, 2001 was an extremely sad and memorable day in the United States history. A terrorist group attacked major United States cities in a joint effort to destroy our way of life. On that day, 3,000 innocent Americans lost their lives as a result of terrorism. This attack was the first catastrophic terrorist attack on American soil in many years. The Unites States decided to act and went after terrorist organizations abroad and implemented laws in America to defend our freedoms.…

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    September 11th 2001, left a huge impact on people’s lives all over the country. Michael Burke, a wall street journalist, talks about 9/11 in the article, “No Firemen at Ground Zero This 9/11?”. He explains how brave the firemen were on the attack of 9/11. On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the firemen were not invited to ground zero to watch the remembrance ceremony, they were told they could watch it at another area on tvs. They were told there wasn’t enough room at ground zero for them, but…

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    The book written about Rick Rescorla along with the inspirational speech by President George W. Bush not only inspired me, but also made me proud to be an American. When many people speak about September 11 they often refer to planes crashing into the Twin Towers. In memorial of the terrorist acts that took place on that day it was the largest. However, there were two other well know incidents that occurred, the flight 93 hijacking and the actions upon the Pentagon. There were many hero’s and…

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    “Cactus 1549, we’ve hit birds”, came over in the cockpit as Chesley “Sully” B. Sullenberger and his flight crew lost the plane’s engines to a bird strike. Sully: My Search for What Truly Matters, written by Sully Sullenberger, chronicles the events of January 19, 2009. The ‘Miracle on the Hudson’, Chesley’s successful ditching of Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, resulted in zero fatalities and the safety of all 155 passengers and crew members. Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger proved that he is…

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    I remember it like it was yesterday. The day my life turned upside down and went up in flames. It was a day that I will never forget in a million years. The events that happened not only changed my life but affected my whole family. It was the day I lost my grandma.That day I learned to appreciate the time you have with your loved ones because you never know when the hourglass will run out of sand. December 4th, 2012 started as a normal day. I never knew how much my life would change that day.…

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