Nearly (BE #4). every person that was old enough to comprehend what happened on September 11, 2001 remembers exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard about the attacks. September 11, 2001 was one of the most tragic days in U.S. history and has impacted the country ever since. Al Qaeda had been planning to invade the United States for quite a long time. They started strategizing for the attacks in 2000. Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda, wanted a strike on America that would impact everyone. He approved a plan that stated Al Qaeda would use hijacked airplanes to attack multiple targets in the United States. Their proposal to have multiple hijackings was in case one failed, they wanted to make sure they still …show more content…
President Bush’s (BE #12). first reaction was the thought that the pilot had a heart attack. However (BE #7), as soon as the President realized that this was an act of terrorism, he declared war with the statement “I made up my mind at that moment that we were going to war” (Haulley 2005). In President Bush’s first address to the public after the attacks, he stated: “Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America.” (“9/11 Attacks,” 2010.)
As a result of the attacks, more than 3,000 people were killed, including 343 New York City firefighters. 23 New York City police officers killed, 37 Port Authority police officers killed, and thousands treated for injuries – these are other tragic happenings on the day of the attacks. (SS #9). (“9/11 Attacks,” 2010.) The victims of the attacks ranged in age from two years to 85 years, with about 80% of those being men. Only six people who were in the World Trade Center towers when they collapsed arrived. The 19 terrorists who carried out the attacks also
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There have been many memorials constructed in remembrance of those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. The 9/11 Memorial Plaza and 9/11 Memorial Museum are located at Ground Zero. There are 16 acres at the World Trade Center, and the plaza is an eight-acre park that contains approximately 400 white oak trees and the largest manmade waterfalls in the United States. Each pool contains a waterfall, and each pool is one-acre in size. The names of each person who passed away in both the terrorist attacks on February 26, 1993 and September 11, 2001 are engraved around the memorial pools in bronze. On the plaza there is also a tree that is known as “The Survivor Tree.” It gained the name of “The Survivor Tree” when the tree was discovered severely damaged after September 11, and was removed from the rubble and given to the New York City Parks and Recreation Department to take care of it. The special tree recovered and rehabilitated, and was then placed back on the memorial in 2011. The tree still stands there today, as a reminder of resilience and survival. The museum contains exhibits, archives and artifacts, while also honoring not only those who passed away, but also those who survived the September 11 terrorist
The 9/11 Memorial has about 300,000 people visit it each year, you should be one of them to. If you go to New York the 9/11 Memorial is becoming one of the top tourist attractions in the city, and I can’t see why it's not at the top already. The 9/11 Memorial is a beautiful pool with gushing water running down its sides, and within the pool there is a smaller square pool that still has water running down to it. Just to top it off, it has trees that surround the pools, just imagine it when it’s in the fall and all the leaves turn colors and the leaves may float down and into the pool. The best part about visiting the 9/11 Memorial is that it is free! You should be one of the 300,000 a year.
During the attack of 9/11 Arijana Barun was on a plane from Zürich to Chicago. Like the other passengers on her plane she was very frightened and scared when the intercom came on and the pilot said, “The plane will be turning around due to an unexpected event in America.” She did not find out what had happened until four hours later when the plane landed in Zürich national airport. Two police officers entered her plane and said, “There have been attacks in America on the twin towers and they are no longer standing.” Entering the airport there were many T.V.’s portraying the same video, twin towers collapsing one after another. Talking to the people around them Arijana Barun and the other passengers on her plane discovered there was not only
Did you know that almost 3,000 people died on 9/11? People hijacked four planes and crashed them into the Pentagon, both World Trade Center buildings and into a field in Pennsylvania. 9/11 was a historical event because of what happened before, during and after.
Did you know, that one person escaped the tower with seconds to spare? A man named Ron DiFrancesco was trying to escape from the South tower, after the North Tower had been attacked, when the second hijacked plane hit between floor 77 and floor 85 of the South Tower. The explosion threw him against the wall, but, however, he was able to carry on to the ground floor from floor 81 in the same time the building was standing after the attack, and then it had collapsed behind him as he was escaping from the building. The attacks on September 11, 2001 had many important effects such as a change in immigrations laws, starting wars, and changed airport rules.
So It was a sad moment for the people that lost their lives that day the day of September 9,2001 or a shorter word 9/11. The people that hit the two Twin Towers and the Pentagon and one was going for the White House but there was a fight in the plane that was going to the White House. But the plane was crashing in a field at Pennsylvania. So, every year at 9/11 they will have a memory for the people that died that day from the two Twin Towers. So, if you will try to go too see the twin towers they are not there because of the 9/11 they did not try to rebuild it so they just put water in the outside and there is trees too. So if you try to go there in the night you will see the light in the middle where it was.
We all remember that tragic day on September eleventh 2001. Four planes were hijacked and placed with a particular mission. Two planes hit the north and south tower of the World Trade Center. One hit the Pentagon, and one landed in a field in Pennsylvania. Many changes were made to the world because of 9/11. Some of those changes are airport security, war, and government issues. September eleventh changed the world changed for the better and worse.
As the 9/11 attacks were happening millions of people’s eyes couldn't leave the t.v. screens they all thought only that it couldn’t be real. The assistant fire chief was talking with his men after he had his coffee when what he thought was a t.v. show came on but soon found out the terrorists hijacked a plane and crashed it. Many of the first responders were busy treating smoke inhalation when the first plane struck its target, but many others waited for their broken bones and bad burns to be treated. The emergency responders do these things every day, protect other people from getting hurt by these types of things.the noises around them was the hardest things to see happen what he heard was pain and death.
An event such as 9/11 was bound to occur at some point and time, due to the United States’ strained relationship with the Middle East, with roots back to the year 1910. However, it wasn’t until the Gulf War in 1991, when tensions began to run high. The Gulf War began due to an Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who ordered an invasion of Kuwait. Neighbouring countries were alarmed by the news and immediately asked for Western nations to intervene, fearing Hussein would continue to feed his power hunger and advance to other Arabian countries. Finally after forty two days at war, his troops surrendered. From this moment on, the events leading up to the attack on 9/11 snowballed. This is evidenced by, “After the Gulf War ended in 1991, the United
On September 11, a plane crashed into The World Trade Center, demolishing both buildings. Many people were affected by this tragedy, some even were diagnosed with cancer from trying to clean up ground zero. There are speculations that the people who did have health issues were the ones not wearing the respirators, and many died because of not protecting themselves from the dangerous fumes. Some did not realize that, it could be the last day they might see their families and rushed out without saying goodbyes for the last time. There was little help provided to the sick workers. The lawyers of the workers treat them more as heros then the people who employed them to help clean up after the World Trade Center attack. There were many rising concerns given after the attack and a vast majority of people wish those concerns would be addressed.
On September 11, 2001 at 8:45 am. a horrific event occurred. Four jets had been hijacked by an Islamic terrorist group called Al-Qaeda. They were on a suicide mission to attack the most symbolic and important united states landmarks.
This project is about accidents that happen in New York and in Virginia during September 11 2001. There are some places that occur something at this date. These are the places that occur something.
According to David Plotz, “20 percent of Americans know or have a friend /relative who knows someone injured or killed from the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001”. Even if one doesn’t fall into the 20%, the 9/11 terrorist attacks still affects them and their country. When the planes first struck the twin towers, the employees inside had a very limited amount of time to evacuate the building. Unfortunately, nearly 3,000 people never made it out alive. This is entirely due to the lack of education/preparedness for emergency situations prior to this day. The greatest loss of life on 9/11 was caused by the incorrect survival strategies of the people within the twin towers including distractedness, unpreparedness of emergencies and elevator
I have read the abc news article for the fifteenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. I disagree with how they interpreted 9/11 after 15 years, because there is so much more that can mentioned in details. The new generations that are coming into this world need to know more than just how many people died in 9/11 and how we are honoring them. We need to know about how much 9/11 affected our nation as a whole. As well as all the after effects 9/11 had on America, and all of the other nations. In fact, there should be details about the persons that were behind it, and how much we have grown, or how we can keep moving forward. All of this information should written there, because this was one the most historical moments
On Sept. 11, 2001, A date that will live in infamy for Americans, terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York City. At 8:48 a.m. flight 11 crashed into the north tower. As it continued to burn a second plane flight 175 carrying 65 people crashed into the south tower around 9:05 a.m.. as smoke and debris fill the air in New York City after one of the World Trade Center towers collapsed. Police officers and rescue workers on the disaster scene in New York are covered in Ash that was two to three inches deep in places. People wandered dazed and terrified, Several firefighters coated with dust sat on the ground gasping for breath. One top fire official was asked if both towers had completely collapsed: "You
This week we mark the 14th anniversary of one of the worst days in American history -- the day we have come to know by two numbers: 9/11.