2001 was a devastating and fear-invoking year for the people of the United States of America‚ and one that most will likely never forget. The attacks on the World Trade Center in New York in September of 2001 spawned other‚ smaller terrorist events. While most paled in comparison to the desolation of the Twin Towers‚ these other attacks presented great harm and risk and sparked a new fear in the American people. One such event was the spread of anthrax through the United States Postal Service. Just
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The first argument I chose from the essay states “It is unlikely‚ for example‚ that many Americans remember that‚ earlier in 2001‚ an earthquake in Gujarat‚ India‚ killed approximately 20‚000 people. One might explain the difference in reaction by saying that we naturally respond more strongly to the deaths of Americans closer to home than to those of others halfway around the world.” The premise of this argument is when the author states “It is unlikely‚ for example‚ that many Americans remember
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I am sure all of us are well aware of the tragic incident that had happened recently in th city The city of Mumbai . Triple bomb blast took place on july 13ty this year which led to the death of 17 people and 130 were injured and that too within the time period of 10 min. What followed the blasts‚ was a complete state of panic & chaos in the city The telephone networks collapsed‚ almost paralysing the communication between panic-stricken victims and relatives‚ and their concerned well-wishers
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Since the beginning of the 21st century‚ western countries have suffered a number of terror attacks by Islamic extremists. For example‚ the World Trade Center attack in America on September 11‚ 2001 called 9.11 and the Paris terror attacks on November 13‚ 2015 called 11.13 are the two biggest terror attacks which can be thought of. 9.11 is the most famous terror attack in the world carried out by Islamic extremist group al-Queda. They did suicide attacks on several important buildings in United States
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September 11‚ 2001 was a devastating time in history. No one knew exactly what was going on whenever the news of the plane crashing into the north tower reached them‚ but the leader behind the attack‚ Osama bin Laden‚ did. This wasn’t bin Laden’s first attack‚ but it was his biggest. He’d been involved in many things before. For example‚ he was involved in the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 and the attempted assassination of the Egyptian president in 1995. However‚ those didn’t stop him
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September 11‚ 2001 the attack of on the Twin Towers. American Airline Flight 11 struck one of the towers early morning‚ destroying six floors instantly and people within the building are confused and have no idea what had happened. The building was engineered to withstand fires and smoke the smoke still mangoes to take over. On the floors above the impact the people with high level of authority were taking charge and asking other employees to look for people within the area‚ and making phone called
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The One World Trade Center also known as “Freedom Tower” is a perfect example of civic pride. It is the main building of the reconstruction of the World Trade Center. It is one of the complex buildings that were destroyed in the September 11 attacks. The Parthenon was built to show pride in their community and it was also made to show civic pride. These two buildings played a big role in their communities even if was in the past to the present. After the September 11 attacks America was weak‚ but
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President George Walker Bush addressed the Nation on September 20th‚ 2001 in the wake of the terrorist attacks on America on September 11‚ 2001. That day was one of the bloodiest terrorist attacks that killed almost 3‚000 people and 6‚000 more were wounded. The civilians of the United States needed the support and the direction because the people were in shock‚ afraid ‚ and asking themselves if it would happen again or who was the one responsible for this‚ questioning if they were all safe or in
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In 1982 an Air Florida Flight crashed into Washington D.C.‚ destroying an entire street and landing is the fridge waters of the Potomac River. After this crash as response units rushed to the scene‚ six people were found at the tail of the plane. The response units used a helicopter in an attempt to save all six of these people‚ but not all of them survived and that is what makes this story interesting. One man who was unidentified and later known as the man in the water‚ helped to save these five
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When 9/11 happened a lot of people died. On September 11 2001 islamic extremist group al-Qaeda stole 4 airplanes suicide crashed in the United States.Two planes crashed in the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Another one crashed on the Pentagon just outside Washington‚ D.C. The last plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Almost 3000 people died when 9/11 happened. When 9/11 happened a lot of people died because 4 airplanes crashed to buildings. They crashed in the Twin
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