September‚11‚2001 there was a big tragedy that affected the whole United States. A group of 19 militants that are associated with Islamic terrorism from Saudi Arabia hijacked‚ and took control over four airplanes. Two planes were purposely crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. The hijackers had this all planned out on what they were going to do. After‚ the two planes headed towards the World Trade Center‚ the other two planes were headed towards the Pentagon and the White House‚ but these
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The History of Building Codes‚ Construction‚ and the Aftermath of September 11 Jhimelle I. Sepulveda Columbia Southern University Abstract There have been many catastrophic incidents involving fire throughout history with countless of lives lost and billions of dollars’ worth of damages. The lessons learned from these incidents have led to changes in the way we plan and how we build high-rise structures. These changes evolve into codes and building standards with people’s safety in mind.
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Abstract Searches of fire scenes are common in operations of the fire service and important to the investigation of fire origin and cause. Fire and arson investigators need to be aware of search and seizure laws. There have been several court decisions and laws created regarding proper search and seizure procedures for fire and arson investigators. Research into these laws and court rulings will help fire and arson investigators understand what type of search warrant is required‚ if search
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he was selfless and helped others escape while he went back up to save others. His dad said‚ “He loved helping people”(Man in The Red Bandana) it was just in the blood of Welles Crowther to help others ever since he was 16 and joined as a junior firefighter. Another example of heroes being selfless is a soldier in Afghanistan named Tristan Eugene Segers whose leg got torn off after his vehicle exploded by a homemade bomb. He said‚ after his injury occurred‚ “I didn’t do anything special‚ but if the
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Burning Through Nature A majority amount of stories may have a similar trait to another piece of writing. A large amount of stories have been compared in ways such as theme‚ settings‚ characters‚ irony‚ and close evidence of foreshadowing. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and “There Will Come Soft Rains‚” by Ray Bradbury are an example of similar stories by sharing some of the same qualities. These two readings can be said to be identical in some ways by containing a common idea of negative effects
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John Humphrey Sports Management 1/24/2012 Nine Innings to Ground Zero America has always used sports to help with dealing of difficult times and emotions. 9-11 was just another prime example. America first clung to sports during the Great Depression‚ to show that we can move forward from whatever is thrown at us. We took the same approach in 2001. The New York Yankees‚ predominantly hated by America‚ had become America’s team. The entire country (minus Arizona) were beginning to support
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efforts to raise ladders and spread nets there was little the firefighters could do to help the terrified woman lining the windows of the ninth floor. The longest ladders only reached the seventh and the fire nets were useless to the girls who were falling from over 100 feet above. Several of the girls jumping were already on fire demonstrating that there was only the choice to jump or burn to death. Thousands continued to watch as firefighters poured water on the building and entered to find even more
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if an amount or value would be put on the good faith. The example that was provided in the ethical scrapbook was a man has heart attack while mowing his lawn and firefighter returns to finish lawn after saving man’s life. The firefighter made sure the man was safe and okay then went back to finish the yard for the man. The firefighter could have gone on about his business‚ however he knew the man would need assistance cutting his yard until he was better. In another example‚ a police officer gives
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Chemistry 26/03/2013 The polymer Introduction What is polymer? Polymer is a huge macromolecule comprise many thousands of small molecules created through Joining together chemically. Polymers are everywhere in our life. Many industries extremely rely on polymers‚ for example‚ food court‚ tons o ’toys and dollar dungeon. Those all are stuff made out of polymers. In addition there are lots kind of polymers ‚ such as aramid‚ Carbon fiber‚ Rayon and so on. Now‚ this Essay will investigate Tons
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Chapter 2 Writing Improvement Exercises Save this file to your computer. Your assignment is to revise each of the following exercises to reflect your mastery of the concepts described in Chapter 2. Create your revisions directly on your screen‚ save your response‚ and send it to your instructor as a Word attachment in Blackboard mail. To help you‚ the solutions to several problems are already provided. Be sure to type your answers at the indented points after each enumeration to avoid the problem
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