No one knew this day would be tragic? Did they? The day was September 11th, the year 2001. It started as just another normal day. I got up around 6:30 a.m. to get ready for work. I took a shower and got dressed as normal. Then I made the best breakfast I could find: slightly buttered toast. I shoved the toast in my mouth, buttoned up my suit, and headed out the door. My morning commute wasn’t long at all; 10 or 15 minutes of walking did me good. As I walked down the street, I looked around me, taking everything in. “Ah, New York. What a beautiful city,” I said. I took a deep and refreshing breath. I arrived to work at about 7:03 a.m. I worked in the north tower of the World Trade Center. I took the elevator to my floor and went straight …show more content…
My first priority: typing up a report of yesterday’s meeting. I should’ve done it yesterday, after the meeting, but I was way too busy. I had to run a few errands and then I had to have dinner with my mother. So I pulled up a blank word document and started typing. . . Nothing. I couldn’t think. I sat there for a long while, almost 45 minutes just thinking. What was yesterday’s meeting even about? Oh, I don’t even know, I thought to myself. I logged off of my computer. How about some coffee? I got up and went to the break room. The coffee pot was empty, which was kind of odd. Who didn’t want coffee this morning? I shrugged my shoulders and attempted to make a fresh pot of coffee. I finished with the coffee and poured myself a cup. I looked down at my watch. It was already 8:32 a.m. What was I doing? I had a meeting at 8:45 and I was doing nothing to prepare for it. I grabbed my coffee and hurried to my office area. I slurped down the scalding hot coffee as fast as I could. Then, I searched my desk for this meeting’s agenda paper. Where are they? I asked myself. Time was counting down and I just know my boss would have it if I was late. After 5 minutes of searching, I found them. I carefully stacked them in order, grabbed a pen and headed for the conference …show more content…
I asked myself. Did the pilot lose control or something? I looked at Cory again. He was on his phone, probably with the police, asking what was going on. They were telling him to remain calm and that’s when he lost it. “. . . Calm? Remain calm? There is a plane in the side of the building and you’re asking me to be calm? Uh-huh. Okay. Goodbye now.” He hung up. He looked at me, straight in the face, with a frantic look in his eyes. “I think we’re being attack Jane,” he said. And that’s when I got scared. .
At 7:00am when the planes were taking off Eileen was giving birth. When the actual event of September 11, 2001 was happening Bob and Eileen where resting, sleeping, eating and generally trying to figure out what to do with their new baby. They spent many hours being wrapped up in the cocoon of being new parents, well the nurses tiptoed in and out of the room checking up on them.
September 11, 2001 is known as the worst terrorist attack in United States history. On a clear Tuesday morning, there were four planes that were hijacked and flown into multiple buildings by a terrorist group named al Qaeda. This group, led by Osama bin Laden, killed nearly 3,000 people. Out of those 3,000 people more than 400 police and 343 firefighters were killed along with 10,000 people who were treated for severe injuries. Many lives were taken, and to this day, people still suffer from the attack. September 11th is the most influential event of the early twenty-first century because it made an increase in patriotism, it caused a rise in security throughout the nation, and it had a tremendous effect of thousands of lives.
The attacks that occurred on 9/11 took place on September 11th, 2001. In this devastating event, four different attacks had taken place. Each of the attacks were carried out by terrorists. The group responsible for the attack was Al-Qaeda, a militant Islamist organization that is known to be global in present day. The group itself has a network consisting of a Sunni Muslim movement that aims to make global Jihad happen. Furthermore, a stateless, multinational army that is ready to move at any given time. This terrorist group focuses on attacking non-Sunni Muslims, those who are not Muslim, and individuals who the group deems to be kafir. Ever since the late 1980s, Al-Qaeda has been wreaking havoc all around the world. The leader of the group once being Osama bin Laden. Three planes were bound for New York City while another plane headed towards Washington, D.C. which was supposed to take out the U.S. Capitol. Two of the airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center. One plane hitting the North Tower and the other hitting the South Tower. The third plane had crashed into the Pentagon taking out the western side of the building. The last and final plane was focused solely on taking out the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. but failed due to passengers of the plane coming hijacking it from the hijackers. The passengers attempted to take out the hijackers but sadly failed, crashing it into a field in Pennsylvania. Throughout the content of this paper, we will be focusing on the role of media when it comes to 9/11; more specifically: how the media's coverage of 9/11 manipulated our feelings towards 9/11, how it affected Islamophobia in America, and the lasting effects of 9/11.
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...
The arrival to Manhattan was like an entry to a whole new world: from the sea, its breezes, color, and landscapes, to the heart of the city beating louder than ever at the Whitehall Terminal. I could smell New York’s bagels in Battery Park with a mixture of the most relaxing scents: the coffee people were holding while walking down the streets, the old walls of Castle Clinton ...
America is a country where citizens are proud to live and be apart of the great culture. Through many hardships, including the Vietnam war, the Gulf War, 9/11, and Afghanistan; the American population has binded together and show that no matter what happens, they will overcome the adversity. Time and time again, Americans have proven to the world that nothing will keep them down. When a country is threatened as a whole, specifically America and 9/11, the citizens will come together, and they will express a great deal of patriotism while showing their worries towards national security.
It was the first time I ever rode in one so I wanted to make the experience a memorable one. That’s why I decided to ride in the passenger seat in the front with the driver, and not in the back with the rest of the family. While riding down the road, the driver turned on the radio station. This was the moment when I first heard the announcement of planes crashing into the Twin Towers. At this time, both the north and south towers of The World Trade Center had collapsed. There was no mention of a terrorist attack at this time, I did not hear about that part until later that day when we got home and saw it on the news. The vehicle was quite at this time, I think we were all in shock and disbelief. I remember seeing the driver have tears that dripped down his face. I really didn’t know the significance of the Twin Towers at the time, or why would anyone want to attack New York City. All I knew was that the person on the radio keep saying airplanes full of people crashed into the Twin Towers. When we got to the repast, everyone was talking about what happened, and their version of what they heard off of the radio. Some people were saying it was a plane that crashed into the World Trade Center, others were saying that it was a bombing. There were many different versions of what actually happened, floating around the room. There were so many different stories, until I started to
The rain cried as if the heavens had torn apart and came down to Earth to show its sorrow, beating a gentle yet violent tattoo on the roof. The cool breeze blew fiercely through the shelter sending a shiver down Liesel’s spine, awakening her from her slumber. She peered through the rotten sheet of linen that barely covered her shrivelled, thin body as the sound of little feet and nibbling rustled through her ears. Not of the children, but of mice, eating their way through her pillow; an empty potato bag. She heaved herself up, and staggered off the cement floor, wondering if it was wet or stone cold. Her head spun as she stood for a minute leaning against the mouldy walls to get her orientation back.
Imagine you are riding home from school on a friday in the spring. The sun is shining there is a nice breeze and you are cruising along on your 21 speed. Then, all of a sudden you fly over your handlebars and plummet towards the sidewalk. That's what happened to me back in the 8th grade.
At 10:28 AM ET the north tower of the World Trade Center collapses. Terri Tobin remembers this:
I’d have to say that it is difficult to view all of the footage of the World Trade Center and not think that some stories that are being fed to us Americans are not the full truth. For all of the events that take place in the world to be so heavily covered by the media, I still don’t seem to grasp a clear picture of what’s really going in the world abroad and neither do the rest of the American people. I believe that the president is to alert the American people of important matters concerning our well being. I can’t help but feel a certain amount of betrayal from our president and administration for not taking further action to stop these planes while they were still in the air seeing that they indeed had prior knowledge of these attacks. I am glad to see that the American people are seeking the truth and I believe that we have every right to ask the government questions. The problem that is posed is the fact that the government is not answering these questions for us nor are attempting themselves to research these concerns that we have.
On September 11, 2001 John was on a senior field trip.The class went to the World Trade Center. They went to the North Tower. John had a good time. John found it fascinating what they do there.Ten all of the sudden out of nowhere there was a big boom.
My adrenaline has skyrocketed at this point, knowing that I could die at any minute. There was already units inside, while we were going in, and the Chiefs were trying to get everything under control, which could only be seen as impossible with what was going on. At some point, we were told to not worry about fighting the fires, and to just get as many people out of the building as possible. As we were going up into the building, each floor was more damaged and dangerous than the ones below us. Awful aviation smells, fires, and debris everywhere. Trying as hard as we could to get people outside, we felt something that kind of seemed like an earthquake and panic was never ending- What we felt was the South Tower collapsing. With no power, we only had our lights to guide people out of the building. We couldn’t find anybody else in the building, and we got back down as quickly as we could without getting hurt. Only minutes after we got out, the North Tower came down right behind us. At about 9:30 AM, another plane had crashed into the Pentagon, and everyone inside the White House was evacuated to safety, just in case a plane was to fly into it as
In 1692, one of the most inhumane tragedies occurred in the small village of Salem, Massachusetts. Now infamously recognized as the “Salem Witch Trials,” the trials were based on faulty accusations that charged others of being witches. These accusations resulted in a considerable amount of people being imprisoned and hanged, and it ended with 20 people being killed. 309 years later, four planes were hijacked by terrorists and were set to crash in four important government centers and buildings. Consequently, these attacks resulted in 2,966 deaths and it was the most severe attack ever on American soil. The terrorists were revealed to be Muslims, and that they supposedly did it in the name of “Allah”, which is the Arabic translation for God.
When you associate anything with New York City it is usually the extraordinary buildings that pierce the sky or the congested sidewalks with people desperate to shop in the famous stores in which celebrities dwell. Even with my short visit there I found myself lost within the Big Apple. The voices of the never-ending attractions call out and envelop you in their awe. The streets are filled with an atmosphere that is like a young child on a shopping spree in a candy store. Although your feet swelter from the continuous walking, you find yourself pressing on with the yearning to discover the 'New York Experience'.