How Missing My Flight Saved My Life
Tuesday, September 11th, 2001. It nearly perfect late summer morning across the country. Not a cloud in the sky could be spotted from miles away. On the Today Show that very morning a reporter said these words at approximately at 8:20 am, the words, “It’s a very quiet day across the country, a little too quiet. These words would change in a heartbeat. About 20 minutes later news broke across the country that the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City had was engulfed into smoke. A loud explosion was heard across Manhattan. Very few people knew what exactly happened. Thousands of people looked up at the building thinking that it was a fire or some kind of , but people had realized just 17 minutes later the South Tower was struck by a plane. Right as the plane hit people knew that this was an act of terrorism. This is a story about one guy who nearly became one of the victims in this tragedy. The story begins in Boston, Massachusetts a good 3 and a half hours or 215 miles from Manhattan, Adam McRoberts, a 5 foot 9 inch man with brown hair and a thick, scruffy beard and black Ray-Ban glasses rushed out his condo right in the middle of downtown Boston and tried to hail a cab.
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The time was 7:25, his flight scheduled for departure at 7:45. He knew that he was too late. He went up to the one of the 5 American Airlines check-in desks and waited another agonizing 10 minutes to see what he could do. After talking to the agent another 20 minutes, Adam would end up getting rebooked on a flight another flight to Los Angeles later in the day. Right at this point, Flight 11 scheduled to LA had departed and had begun to be hijacked. The flight had lost contact with air traffic control. Adam making his way to the gate where his next flight to LA would depart, he was just watching the morning news on the television hanging up on the wall, when he got a
Critique of “First Flight” The “First Flight” is an excellent short story that made pathos for the reader to portray in the life of an everyman who has to deal with exclusion and people’s bad choices. Gregory is an 18 year old who just wants to be sociable but everyone just shuts him out and doesn’t pay attention to him. He stops in a train station to warm up and is ridiculed on a false accusation of stealing a pilot uniform. W.D Valgardson perfectly shows both of the main themes.
On the morning of September 11/2001, 19 terrorist working for the Al Qaeda terrorist organization hijacked four commercial planes. They attempted to fly them into multiple U.S targets. One of the planes, American Airlines, flight 11, crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center at 8:50 a.m. Another plane, United Airlines, flight 175, crashed into the south tower at 9:04 a.m. These tragedies took the lives of nearly 3000 people and affected the lives of millions.
Introduction On September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center buildings one and two were attacked. However, who we were attacked by and even if we were attacked is a hard decision to make. There have been many different claims about how everything on that fateful day happened. There are facts that we know are true, though; Flight 11 flew into the North Tower at eight forty- six in the morning.
As you know, there were four planes hijacked early that morning and among those: two
September 11, a turning point in the United States history. This event caused various negative impacts on the aviation industry. It changed the way airports and airlines organized themselves completely. The effect was so strong that it caused bankruptcies, people to lose their jobs, changes in how flights were made and flew, and security checking’s. This day also created fear and psychological issues on individuals concerning anything to do with flying on an airplane. In other words, this day was a catastrophe in the aviation industry in the US.
September 11th, 2001 is one of the worst days in the United States of America’s history by far. It all began at 8:45am when a stolen airplane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Many people believed that this was...
At 8:19 am – Flight attendants aboard Flight 11 (Boston’s Logan International Airport en route to Los Angeles) alert ground personnel that the plane has been hijacked; American Airlines notifies the FBI. Around 8:24 am – Hijacker Mohammed Atta makes the first of two accidental transmissions from Flight 11 to ground control in an attempt to communicate with the plane’s cabin. Following this, twenty-four minutes later – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) alerts North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)’s Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) about the suspected hijacking of Flight 11. In response, NEADS call upon two fighter planes located at Cape Cod’s Otis Air National Guard Base to locate and tail Flight 11; they are not yet in the air when Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower. Next in this crucial timeline, at 8:46 am – Mohammed Atta and the other hijackers aboard American Airlines Flight 11 crash the plane into floors 93-99 of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing everyone on board and hundreds inside the
After landing flight 1549 in the Hudson River, Sully said, "We need to try to do the right thing every time, to perform at our best"(Zaslow). This quote shows how Sully tried his best to save the passengers and how it helped impact their life and their family’s life. “A lot of people are saying this was a miracle on the Hudson but others said it was seconds to disaster”(Grant). During this moment, the world was thinking two diverse thoughts. The people that think it was a miracle were impacted by Sully but the others were not impacted they were scared.
The town of Halifax in West Yorkshire had never experienced such a manhunt in it’s history (Glover 3). During a short, but long lasting in feeling, time period in late November through early December in the year 1938, the town of Halifax underwent a period of mass hysteria. A mysterious “slasher” hid in the shadows and lunged out with a razor blade at people who passed by (Halifax Slasher).
On the morning of the 25th of September an employee with Big Island Air who said they had seen the pilot that morning when he arrived at the airport, mentioned that he appeared to look rested and very alert. There were two flights that were scheduled for the pilot on that day. The first of his flights was a sightseeing tour that was scheduled to depart at 7am followed by the second flight also a sightseeing tour that was scheduled to depart at around 4:20pm. The second flight ultimately ended in the deaths of ten people that day.
The airplane has affected human life in several areas, including the transport of goods internationally, the world of politics and meeting people from other countries. It has reduced travel time from one destination to another, affected the costs people are willing to pay for transportation, and changed the experience of traveling by offering luxuries that are not available in other modes of transportation such as vehicles, trains or boats. The technology is more effective on the airplanes, it makes the flight comfortable, fast and safe. I use the airplane when I need to see my friends and family in my original country (Iraq).sometimes I use my cell phone to search for the affordable prices that I can get to plan for my flight
I remember when I had made a record for altitude height I was so proud of my achievement but it was broken soon after so I set out to brake it, unfortunately there was a fog that made it very hard for me to see and I almost crashed my plane I could have died from it if I did crash, the reason why I almost crashed my plane is because I couldn’t tell which way I was going anymore I couldn’t tell if I was going up or down. Throughout my life I had many ideas for what I was going to do when I got older I never really realized I wanted to fly planes until I went to see my first air show with my family. Back then things were a little different for me as a woman than what they are for women now. I decided to buy a plane but it took a while for me to get the money. All though I did get some help from my mom
Krock, L. (2004). Crash of Flight 111: Making Air Travel Safer. Retrieved February 17, 2005 from PBS, Nova Online website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/aircrash/safer.html
My internal organs thumped against my chest as I dragged my bag along the carpet floor and into the corridor. As I walked into the long hall, I glanced up and noticed the sign telling me I could get on. My entire body could barely hold itself together with the anticipation of the monumental, dream-come-true event about to take place. I said to myself, "I'll soon be in the air." I slowed my pace to further enjoy what was happening. Swarms of people walked around me as I treasured knowing that one of my lifetime goals was now inevitably going to occur. The excitement and adrenaline running through my veins could have killed a horse.
When I was seven years old I went on my very first holiday abroad, to