morning of September 11‚ 2001‚ the United States became a nation transformed” (“The 9/11 Commission Report Executive Summary” 6). This day will forever be a part of the American way of live from here on out. It was a day of tragedy and surprise‚ but was it something we could have avoided? “The 9/11 Commission Report” talks about the events leading up to this tragic event‚ how the government could of avoided such devastation‚ who was the man behind it all‚ the events on the 9/11‚ and the general problems
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Fahrenheit 9/11 Selling of American Empire "The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked‚ and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." Hermann Goering It was with disbelief and shock that people around the world saw footage of the terrorist attacks in the US on September 11‚ 2001 when the planes-turned-missiles slammed into
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9/11 Memorial Tragedy struck our nation in New York City on September 11th‚ 2001. That September morning was much like any other until 8:46 a.m.‚ when terrorists‚ with links to al-Qaeda‚ flew two planes into the World Trade Center and killed thousands of American citizens. This day would forever be known as 9/11. Amid the destruction and confusion‚ there was an emerging controversy about how our nation would respond to the attacks. An international competition was held to design a memorial for the
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9/11 Reflection On September 9‚ 2001‚ a plane crashes at the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:45 am. An hour later another plane crashes at Washington‚ D.C.‚ and slams into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters. Minutes after‚ the South Tower is hit by another plane. At 10:30 am‚ both the North and South Towers calliopes at New York City. 3‚000 people were killed in the towers‚ including 343 fire fighters‚ 23 police officers‚ and 37 Port Authority police officers. 10
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workers followed their usual morning routine. Many worked in the skyline-defining twin towers of the World Trade Center. In Washington‚ meanwhile‚ employees of the Department of Defense were at their desks in a section of the Pentagon. On this September 11 morning‚ four planes were scheduled to leave American airports within twelve minutes of each other. Aboard each of those planes were terrorists who were part of a coordinated plan to kill innocent people. Had the weather b8een bad‚ or the flights delayed
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happened to pushed such individuals to do something as horrible as the 9/11 attacks. As George Santayana once said “ Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” To truly shield this country from another occasion such as the 9/11 attacks‚
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One September 11‚ 2001 Islamic Terrorists hijacked several flights and struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The US was shaken by 9/11. In response to the attacks the US passed laws to protect its people. The Patriot Act was one of the laws or acts that was passed in response to the 9/11 attacks. The goals of the Patriot Act were to strengthen domestic security and increase the powers of law-enforcement agencies to stop terrorism. In addition‚ the US Department of Homeland security created
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wild. My mind stays innocent‚ and I just can’t seem to wrap my mind around things. I still think the world is perfect and everyone is friends. I am a child in an evil dirty world of innocence and perfection. In the world today and in the past it has happened again and again. Today I feel like it’s always going to happen‚ because we refuse it is happening. No one wants to tell themselves that there is genocide somewhere in the world. In some way we are all that nine year old boy who doesn’t understand
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American life was revealed (Lancet‚ par. 2). The aftermath of 9/11 created many doubts and fears within all of the people in America. As it is stated in the article‚ “Torture‚ War‚ and the Culture of Fear After 9/11”‚ by Charles Strozier‚ “it filled us with fear and profoundly altered cultural and political understandings”(Strozier par. 1). People were baffled and confused‚ wondering how such a thing could happen to us and how our government could claim they had not the slightest clue an attack
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The Conspiracy: 9/11 The day of September 11th‚ 2001 the world witnessed with disbelief as the World Trade Center in New York City came crashing down. The shock the attacks generated and the some 3‚000 or more people it killed made it one of the brutal attacks in history. One may only wonder how such a grand scaled attack could be carried through. Although controversial‚ evidence suggests that the September 11th attacks in 2001 were an inside job and the statements of the Bush administration
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