The world so often highlights the darkness that we live in. Terrorism, war, racial discrimination, and accidents, just to name a few. But we don’t have to choose to look at that. We can instead avert our eyes and focus in on all the love and good that the media so often skips over. This can be seen in two large world-changing events, the Holocaust and 9/11. In the Holocaust, people were discriminated against and treated horribly for their beliefs. They were separated and discounted. They were considered, at times, aliens. But in all of that they had a choice to make. Would they abandon everything they knew and live in fear for the rest of their lives. Or would they choose to love those around them and cherish everything they had while they had it. You can see countless cases where people decided to go with the latter. For example, the Franks. They were forced to live in hiding for …show more content…
However, people can choose to live in fear of that day and the prospects of something like that happening again, or they can take a step back and look at the good that came out of the event. Many people, when remembering the attacks of 9/11, look back on how they felt as the news poured through their radios and hitting their ears. But many disregard what happened later on that day and into the week to come. There were people standing around neighborhoods, in stores, and in parks consoling complete strangers. There were random people in grocery stores coming up and asking if you were okay or how you were feeling. People were definitely affected by the events but many chose to look at it as a way to help others and bring our nation closer together (almost as close as it has ever been). That day in September 11th, 2001 the United States of America chose to come together and live in love and not in
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
In 1939, during World War 2, over 6 million Jews were persecuted and killed. This massive conflict is known as the Holocaust. So many innocent people died in vain because a person wanted to make a country a better place, but not the world. Although 6 million Jews died, some Jews manage to survive thanks to their undying force of will through laughter, love, and nature. Love is one thing that helped people’s spirits to go on.
Many people, including myself,would consider the terrorist attack of 9/11 as one of the most horrific events in US history. This event had changed and affected not just America but the entire world. .
During the Holocaust, about six million Jews died. Some were taken to concentration and execution camps, such as Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, and Chelmno. Others were kept in ghettos with terrible living conditions in order to segregate them from the rest of society. Regardless of the suffering, these people miraculously managed to keep their head up and look on the bright side. To some, it may be a mystery of how they stayed strong. However, it is clear that love, nature, and humor allowed human spirit to triumph during the Holocaust.
On September 11th, a tragedy happened when almost 3500 people died from a terrorist attack. One thing that did not change after this was the way America held itself together. Something devastating had happened but they still managed to push through it and come out strong. As well, the support that American's and other places around the world gave each other are still strong today. When someone is in need, we all come together no matter where they are in the world, this never changes. Lastly, people did not stop using airplanes because of this attack. They still continued to use airplanes to travel around
On this day the U.S were as strong as ever, we were together for those horrible days. No one saw it coming. Almost 3,000 passed away and 6,000 were injured. After this horrible attack the United States changed, we were never the same, but we were stronger than ever. Also the controversy that is happening in Charlotte, North Carolina there is unity in the black community where the Black Lives Matter Movement has started after an African American man was shot dead unarmed by police who abuse their powers, the black community is coming together and is tired of all the disrespect that their community gets.
On September 11, 2001, the terror attacks that struck upon the American people etched a wound so deep that will take years to repair. The whole world watched and mourned as 2,977 innocent lives were taken mercilessly away by the clutches of vile people. The group responsible for these attacks had malicious intent and animosity toward the people of the free world. They took their accumulated hatred and attacked the American people. The way the American people responded was not what the terrorist group had expected.Instead of cowering in fear from the attacks as presumed, the American people began to display more patriotism and exhibit a sense of unity. While 9/11 is a day we remember the innocent lives lost to terrorism and the new sense of togetherness it founded, it is also a day that birth the term Islamophobia and gave rise to mistaken-identity hate crimes.
September 11, 2001 was not just any ordinary day for the citizens of the United States and the city of New York, but a devastating attack that has put us all in shock and fear. As all of you know, the Tuesday that this country was ambushed and attacked destructively by terrorists, was one of the saddest days America has ever seen. Not only did it affect the people that were in the World Trade Center Towers and the loved ones who unfortunately passed away, but it affected our country as a whole. Scared, devastated, astonished, and surprised are just a few words that begin to describe September 11th. As separate states and people, I can confidently say that America has never been closer together as one than on that
Although the Holocaust and the attack on the World Trade Center were around 4,882 miles away from each other, they were both terrible events that killed and injured many people. These innocent people that were killed could do absolutely nothing to stop these killings, although some people survived the attacks. Because of this, they just had to sit back and watched their loved ones die right in front of them. Although there are some similarities between the Holocaust and September 11, 2001, there are also many differences.
There are two horrible times in history. The two horrible times in history are the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Holocaust. These events in the past have affected a lot of people of the race Japanese Americans and Jews. The conditions at the camps forced the Japanese Americans and the Jews’ to take care of themselves. While living in their new “homes”, they had to learn how to survive through these hard times.
September 11, 2001 was a day that everyone who was old enough to remember will remember for the rest of their lives. I was in the fourth grade when the World Trade Centers were crashed into. I remember our principal coming on the intercom and saying that we were not allowed to turn our televisions on. I did not understand the magnitude of the situation until I got home and my parents explained it to me. I remember that every plane I saw over my head scared me and I was afraid that a plane was going to be crashed into my home or school. The general population reaction to the attack was that of hysteria and worry. People were afraid of flying. People also feared that this was only the precursor to an even bigger attack that was being planned on the United States. The public wanted someone to blame for the incident and they wanted to know why the government had not prevented the attack if they had been given intelligence that an attack might happen. The years leading up to this terrible day in history were full of tough decisions. No one can say that the government was not interested in terrorism at all. They had small departments in the FBI and CIA that looked at and interpreted terrorism related intelligence. The decisions the government had to make changed the United States forever. There was not one factor that defined how the government dealt with terrorism collectively. The government had to take into account not only the actions to take against
A quote from Albert Einstein states “the world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything”. As difficult as it is to describe the terrible deeds of those who were part of the Holocaust, it is true that those who did nothing are at fault just as much as those who carried out the actions. When one thinks of the Holocaust today it is difficult to picture that such events were done by human beings. Societies have advanced but it is important to acknowledge the reason as to why many bystanders refused to help or why they were so indifferent to the pain felt by the Jews. “The psychological mechanisms used to come to terms with the suffering of another appear to be very similar, whether the person is standing right before us or is 2,000 miles away. (Barnet:118) Barnett explains that ideological and moral principles also come into play, as do self-interest and the weighing of the possible consequences of our actions. We try to establish what is or is not possible. In the end, our decision will be determined not so much by whether we actually have the power to change a situation, but whether we have the will to do so. (Barnett, 118). In the case of many of the individuals who chose to become bystanders rather than change the situation they were not willing to get involved. Although not every German was a bystander, those who
9/11 was a tragic event that is now a part of history. It was named the worst terrorist attack in the U.S. Many people think that this could’ve been prevented, but this makes people feel unprotected a lot. Another one is the Boston Marathon, which is also forever remembered. Many people have died due to these terrorist attacks, and are left feeling unprotected because of these terrible things, hopefully the U.S can find a solution to this and can stop these terrible attacks
One of the the most terrible events that happened in the US was 9/11. 9/11 caused so many lives and injuries to many people. Many families have had to deal with the tragic losses that happened that day. There was many other things that led up to 9/11 that a lot of people may not know about. Many may not know but 9/11 was an inside job that has been planned for months and maybe years.
Do you ever have one of those moments in your life in which you will never forget where you were? I remember waking up early on September 11, 2001, getting ready for school and my dad telling me hurry up to watch the news with him. Being in 8th grade at the time, the news really wasn’t something I would watch in the mornings so I knew it had to be something important. Then I saw it. An airplane crashing into a tower, people panicking, and mayhem ensuing in a city very well known to me. When any tragic event like 9/11 occurs, the effect it will have on a nation is tremendous. It left America in shock, anger, and sadness just to name a few adjectives to describe the insurmountable amount of feelings that we felt on that day.