Addie Mae Collins: The Victims Of The Bombing

On September 11th of 2001, more than 3,000 people died during the terrorist attacks. The event changed the lives of not just the people whose loved ones died on that day, but also of those who belonged to the Islamic world. The experience of Muslims who lived in America in 2001 and those who were yet to come here would never be the same again. After 9/11, the number of hate crimes against Muslims in the United States increased and their everyday lives changed forever due to the rise of islamophobia and the vicious influence of the American media.

Richard Allensworth Jewell was just a police officer who had worked as a security guard, at Piedmont College, located in Georgia. At first, they had praised Jewell as being a hero, in the bombing, because he had recognized the bag which the bomb was

The Ruthless Ku klux Klan non stop tortured this man. Mr. Stephens was stabbed five to six times not only was he stabbed ,but he was also hanged as if he were a piece of meat.The KKK did not care who saw their actions because it was their belief ,they thought it had to be done.It was a cruel a man of some power murdered due to some differences.Doc B shows two men , members of the kkk pointing a gun to a former slave named Colby. The kkk broke into the mans home and took him out of bed brought him into the woods and whipped him for three hours straight just because the man refuse to accept the 2,5000 dollars in cash to not vote and keep his mouth shut , make everything disappear.Fearlessly colby remained at his place and did what was right to

After the attack, hate crimes in the United States towards Muslim communities have increased by 1,600 percent from 28 hate crimes in 2000 to 481 in 2001 (Disha, Cavendish, King, 21-22). From the research done by Disha, Cavendish and King, with the data acquired from FBI, it is

To begin with, the bombing came by surprise. It was September 15,1963 11:00 AM at The 16th Street Baptist Church (United States National Park Service). Just before this the church had been a big gathering point for civil rights activists (“16th Street Baptist Church Bombing). That morning at 11:00 AM a bomb was placed under the church stairs (“About the 1963 Birmingham Bombing”). The bombing was a surprise to everyone in and around

On April 19th, 1995 a homemade bomb made of a concoction of agricultural fertilizer, fuel, and other dangerous chemicals was left in a truck parked outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City. At 9:02 in the morning, it’s blast damaged over 300 buildings surrounding the vehicle and even flattened a third of the federal building. (Strom, 2015) The bomb took the lives of 168 people, including 19 children. It was found that two men, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Lynn Nichols were the ones who planted the device. Both men were found to be associated with a radical militia movement that sought revenge for a siege in Waco, Texas two years prior. The siege killed 82 Branch Davidians, of whom, multiple were related to the militia movement.

In the New York Times article, “Birmingham Bomb Kills Four Negro Girls in Church; Riots Flare; Two Boys Slain”, reporter Claude Sitton gives plenty of details about what occurred the Sunday morning of September 15th. The beginning of the article states that the bombing of the all Negro church killed four black girls (Cynthia Weasley, 14, Denise McNair, 11, Carol Robertson, 14, Addie Mae Collins, 14) and injured fourteen Negroes. Claude also explains that during the hours following the bombing and explosion, others were hurt and killed. The hours after the bombing were chaotic and Birmingham was in complete mayhem. Among the killings were two young black boys shot, sixteen year old Johnny Robinson and fourteen year old Virgil Wade. Among the

“This is it”, Will said softly as the he is in tower was collapsing. The jet fuel in an inferno about 20 feet away, scorching the concrete. There are dismembered limbs, scorched around him. He remembers the moments before the plane hit the 1st tower. He was terrified when he saw the plane collide. There were objects and debris flying everywhere. The people around him were terrified, wondering if the people in the other tower were alright. The tower was shook from the impact. He knew that he had to run, or else he would die. He sprinted as fast as he could to the stairs, when he was younger he had a similar experience, the Oklahoma City bombing.

On Friday, September 15th, Britain was bombed by a terrorist group in an underground train in London. As a result, 29 people were sent to the hospital for their injuries, but luckily the injuries were not life-threatening. Eight of those 29 people have been discharged from the hospital.

Leigh did go to a viewing party when the bombing happened. She was at the party, but left the area before the bomb went off. Joanna Leigh was not even in the area at all by the time that the bombing happened and instead had already went home. There was no way that she could be injured, but Leigh said that she was so she could money. After two weeks, Leigh went and said that she was injured. She tried to claim that she ran back to help people who were wounded and received injuries, but this is not true.

McVeigh's trial was set for Denver, Colorado on March 31, 1997. On June 3rd 1997, the jury found McVeigh guilty of all 11 counts, including eight counts of first degree murder in the deaths of eight federal law-enforcement agents, conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, using a weapon of mass destruction, and destruction of a federal building. The jury deliberated for 23 and a half hours before rendering the verdict. In the end, McVeigh was left all alone as dozens of former best friends and family relatives testified against him (Eddy et al., 1997).

Chambliss was convicted of murder. The case reopened in 1980, 1988 and 1997, when two other former klan members Thomas Blanton and Bobby Frank Cherry were brought to trial. In 1971, Alabama attorney General Bill Baxley reopened the case for himself, requesting evidence from the FBI and building trust with witnesses who had been denying to testify. Investigators discovered that, while the FBI had accumulated evidence against the bombers, they did not disclose the evidence to county prosecutors. In 2000, the FBI helped Alabama state authorities in bringing charges against the suspected men.

I learned quite a bit about the psychological impact of the Boston Marathon Bombing. After researching the effects, I realized how much trauma these innocent people went through during a moment that was supposed to be joyous. People that were healthy and filled with life were either severely injured or had there life taken away by a senseless act. Some of the injured victims will never be able to walk again, others, never able to see their loved ones again. Martin Richard, an 8-year old boy whose life was taken during the attack, will never get to see his family one more time. The amount of grief the Tsarnev brothers caused can never be taken back and it has left a psychological effect on the viewers and the victims – runners, adults and children.

When the characters died in the story there was rage, sorrow, and sadness. Parents, family members, and friends were either mad or sad. After the Paris attack, there was a lot of people sad because they had lost their loved ones. Some had rage and wanted revenge because ISIS did it on purpose and they wanted to get attention. In the end, both had more sorrow than rage, both honored their lost ones.

Toshiko Saeki who, at the time of the bombing, was with her children at her