On September 11‚ 2001‚ the world changed. It was said to be a beautiful day‚ almost perfect. Then in an instant‚ a plane smashed into one of the Twin Towers. The building instantly lit on fire and the whole city went into a panic. There was debris falling everywhere‚ and even six blocks away from the building‚ you could see dozens of papers raining down from the sky like ashes from a fire. Police officers and firefighters were constantly rushing in and out of the building‚ salvaging every single
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How many of you can still remember exactly where you was on 9/11? I remember I was in my 2nd grade classroom and hearing over the intercom that our teachers needed to turn on the T.V. As we began watching the horrific events that was taking place and yet to take place‚ we was all confused on what was happening‚ and why. We just knew what we was watching was not normal. The World Trade Center attacks were part of a strategic plan of a terrorist group al-Qaeda. Throughout the speech‚ I will be
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The intelligence community failed the American people in multiple ways that fateful day. Due to a lack of changing with the times‚ and adapting to the new and upcoming threats to our country adequate information was not disseminated to the personnel who required it most. These facts reach out to all the agencies that were involved to include the FBI‚ CIA‚ and military intelligence. Many of these facts repeat themselves in all the categories. The application of how and why the chain of events
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themselves about a topic that they live through but truly didn’t understand because of how young they were at the time. When 9/11 occurred I was only three years old and I didn’t realize what was going on. All I knew is something was not right that day as i saw all the adults around me put on the news and stood in shock of what they were seeing on the television. Many people were lost in this tragic islamic terrorist attack. All
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Border Security in a Post 9/11 World The United States of America is a country founded on Judeo-Christian morals and ethics and is comprised of unique individuals who have led the world in innovation and ingenuity. The liberties and freedoms that America is founded on have enabled people to develop some of the world’s most technological advances. The capitalistic system has created the opportunity for great personal wealth‚ and has given millions of people opportunities that otherwise would not
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Controversies in Loose Change 9/11 The attacks that occurred on September 11‚ 2001 were an unforgettable day in American History. The attacks were sought to be from Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist organization in Afghanistan. But as the years have gone by‚ questions are being raised by many researchers all over the world. Now people have started to question who were really to blame for the attacks on September 11. Who is to blame for the attacks on 9/11? After watching Loose Change 9/11‚ I believe we were
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I don’t think any American can forget where they were when 9/11 happened. I was going into my history class when I learned about it. My teacher had the T.V. on even though the administration asked the teachers to turn the TV’s off. We watched it and discussed what was going on for the entire hour and a half that we were in the class. My teacher was very emotional and crying and so were some of the students. Some of the students were in shock and others were oblivious to what this meant for our country
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and 9/11. In both of these tragic events there were was the aftermath‚ death‚ and the people’s reaction. The audience’s reaction to Romeo and Juliet is like a cliff hanger because they have to keep their marriage a secret‚ which caused a lot of tension between them both and sooner or later they are going to have enough. They end up doing anything they can so they don’t get separated. On the day of 9/11 many people
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Randy Woodford 4/17/11 Phil 308 Islam Post 9/11 When dealing with racial tensions between Americans and Muslims after such a catastrophic event such as September 11th‚ the outlook on Muslims from an American’s standpoint may forever be tarnished. Much like the way Americans viewed Japanese following the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ although the Japanese people who we may come in contact with in the U.S. had nothing to do with the attack because they are Japanese‚ after the attack was not the
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The Impact 9/11 Had on America The events that took place on September 11th 2001 showed America that we need to expect the unexpected and prepare for the future. On this day‚ 19 terrorists from a group called al-Qaeda hijacked 4 commercial passenger planes. Two of them were crashed into the Twin Towers of New York City’s World Trade Center. The third plane was crashed into The Pentagon in Arlington‚ Virginia. The fourth plane they say was intended to be crashed into the White House itself‚ but
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