As the blood trickled down the flight attendant’s neck, they all prayed that they wouldn’t die. A dark skined man headed toward the front of the plane to claim his next victim. He slowly pressed the cold, red blade of a knife into the pilot’s neck. Many of those who saw screamed. They all knew, then, that they would die. Passengers felt the plane take some wild turns and they realized that they had turned around. Not long after this occurred to four planes, every single passenger died. Terrorists
be remembered in American history. Within minutes of 8:46 AM all Americans would know that this was not a normal Tuesday. This day would hold not one, but four attempted terrorist attacks by Al-Qaeda on the United States. Two attacks on the World Trade Center, one attack on the Pentagon, and a failed attempt on the White House. The first attack was at 8:46 AM ET on the north tower of the World Trade Center. The tower was struck by American Airlines Flight 11 which was in flight to Los Angeles. There
irreplaceable documents, records, art, artifacts were destroyed along with 3,000 American lives. People were trying to make sense out what had happened. People were also fearful and worried for their lives and their families. According to History.com mentions that during in Pearl Harbor, “The assault, which lasted less then two houurs, claimed the lives of more than 2,400 people, 100 wounded and demaged or destroyed hearly 20 american ships and more than 300
11. The Hole (Tsai Ming Liang, 1998) A little before 2000 a mysterious virus spreads rapidly at creates chaos in Taipei. The authorities order the evacuation of the city and warn that the supply of water will soon stop. The massive exit leaves the city almost completely abandoned apart from but some decide to stay. In a block of flats, a woman has a problem with her house's plumbing that seems to have its root in the flat on the floor directly above. The plumber who tries to fix the problem leaves
on a sensible Tuesday morning, when an American Airlines Boeing 767 slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City stacked with 20,000 gallons of plane fuel. The impact left an immeasurable, seething opening near the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper, in a glimmer executing a few people and getting hundreds more in higher floors. As the flight of the tower and its twin got in advancement, TV cameras indicated live pictures of
James Nachtwey was born on March 14, 1948 in Syracuse, New York. He was a war photographer. The civil war was an inspiration for him to create photographs of war zones. James had happened to be in New York September 11, 2001, when the towers fell to ruble. He felt awkward being in cities, he often felt he needed to be on an assignment, taking photographs and documenting conflicts and what not. That morning he sat in his loft drinking his morning coffee while looking out upon the Brooklyn Bridge and
On the evening of January 10th, 2000, Crossair (Crossair at the time before the transition to Swissair) Flight 498, a two-turboprop Saab 340B aircraft, took off from Zurich, Switzerland enroute to Dresden, Germany carrying seven passengers and three crew members. Taxi, takeoff and climb went normally until roughly two minutes into the flight ATC began to notice the aircraft was losing altitude and banking right when the aircraft was directed by ATC to turn left. Moments later ATC lost contact with
“Breaking News. The Boston Marathon was just bombed. We are unsure if there are any casualties, but there are multiple reported injuries.” It was a warm summer’s day in 2013. The birds were chirping, the wind was whistling, and I was waiting for the Red Sox game to start. I had no reason to think anything special about that day. It was like every other day that summer. At least that was what I had thought. I was leaning on the couch and my dad and his girlfriend, Julie, were in the kitchen. I
people became the cost of revenge. Many innocent people faced their Tuesday morning by ending their lives instantly, as a high jacked plane plummeted from the sky, towards their office building. At 8:45 am a high jacked passenger jet, flight 11 of American Airlines, plunges into the North tower of The World Trade Center. 9:03 am another plane hit this time the South tower. Leaving both buildings ablaze in flames of deat...
How can we forget September 11th? That fateful day when our lives and the towers crumbled. It was a bright Tuesday morning in Manhattan and flights AA11 and UA175 were cruising out of Manhattan and on to their destinations. It had just gone 8:40am, then out of nowhere flight 11 appeared to be heading in a direct line with the north tower of the World Trade Centre, suddenly it plunged into the top of the tower leaving a gaping hole. The passenger plane exploded into flames. Panic erupted
I. Introduction This investigation is about the chaotic accident of Korean Airliner Boeing 747 Flight 801. As the crew searching for their Airport to land, heavy rain making them impossible to see the Airport from the air. In just one blink of an eye the Flight 801 crashed into the rocky hill of Guam more than two hundred passengers are on board heading for Guam for amusing beaches of the Island of Guam. The accident usually cause by pilot error. The responsibility for the accident in such a case
If I could be anything in the world, I would be...The Incredible Hulk. Yes, I know he doesn't exist in real life per say, but let's be imaginative. He's amazing. I'll just begin there. He is easily the greatest superhero of all time. I mean, he is undeniably strong, has unmatched agility, and is, most shocking of all, greatly compassionate. First of all, The Incredible Hulk can pretty much singlehandedly destroy an entire city. Come on. He “broke” New York City in the movie Hulk in 2003. In 2008
9/11's narrative was about a rookie fire fighter and the events of September 11th just happened to be at the same time. Also, '9/11' has many narratives. '9/11' tells you the story of September 11th from a fire fighter's perspective and how the Americans coped with it. Whereas 'September Mourning' is about the after effects and how the families have coped with it. In both documentaries there is hand-held camera work. In '9/11' the 'Naudet' brothers are filming the fire fighters and in 'September
A character that was admirable in the novel “we all fall down” is John. John is the father of Will who is the main character, they spend nearly the entire story together looking for a way out of the world trade center during the 9/11 attacks. During the story you learn that John is very smart, brave, and respected. These are all characteristics which play a crucial role in saving lives such as his co-workers and a random lady they find on the way named ting, but mainly in the ending John and Will
On September 11th, 2001 at the World Trade Center 2,749 people were killed when hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 were crashed into the north and south towers. 412 of them were rescue workers who came to help. 147of them were passengers or crew members on the two flights. 102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn, the title referring to the time between when the first airplane hit the north tower and the south tower collapsed, tells the stories of what is happening
had been sent out through the intercom mentioning that the North Tower had been hit, he was helping a distraught co-worker to the restroom on the other side of the South Tower. But, just as he was taking his co-worker to the restroom another plane, Flight 175,
Historical Fiction It was a bright sunny morning in New York on September 11 2001. I was visiting my friend Olivia. She worked in the Aon company in the south tower. She went to work about 10 minutes after I got there. So I decided to take a tour around the city. On my way back home around 8:40 I heard a loud noise. Around 8:45 the noise was so loud I thought it was a bomb. I turned around quickly and saw that there was a plane in the north tower, smoke filled the air. I ran as fast as I could to
passengers filed through the security checkpoint, ready to board American Airlines Flight 11 bound for Los Angeles. They passed through metal detectors and x-ray machines, specially designed to find weapons and other dangerous objects in pockets or luggage. The supervisors found nothing suspicious. Not very far away at the same airport, another group of travelers were in the process of being cleared to board United Airlines Flight 175, also bound for Los Angeles. They too passed through the security
On September 11, 2001 millions of Americans were getting ready for another ordinary day of work, but little did they know the world as they knew it would change. Four airplanes were hijacked by terrorists and crashed into the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. The fourth plane was crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers retaliated against the hijackers. The terrorist attacks on America that day were performed by an Islamic terrorist group name al-Queda, led by Osama
crashed into the North and South World Trade Center Towers in New York City. Flight 175,an American Airlines plane was hijacked that morning and crashed into the North tower. Only a short time later after the first attack, another American Airlines plane Flight 11 was crashed into the South tower. That same day another plane Flight 77 crashed into the West side of the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Earlier that day Flight 93 was hijacked and headed for the White House, but the passengers on board the