Changed Forever Essay

All change has consequences. In Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address 1863, John F. Kennedy’s 1961 Inaugural Speech 1963 and “Forgotten Jelly” by Megan Jacobson a story from the perspective of an overweight girl who is blinded by her attitude from her friend’s battle with anorexia, both the positive and negative consequences of change are explored. The effects of change are demonstrated in many different ways, however, they all attempt to convey a central aspect of change; that all change has ramifications.

April 19, 1995, 9:02 a.m: a bomb was set off beneath the Alfred P. Murrah Building. The bomb damaged the structural support beams and the Northern support columns. Half of the building collapsed. 168 people died (Cook 5). Eric McKisick, a district manager, recalls the incident, ¨I made an assumption that, hey, everybody is out, everybody is good, and I left at that point. It wasn't ´till much later that I saw the devastation and understood they didn't respond because they couldn't.” Not only were there a large number of casualties, 300 people were also injured, some of whom were physically impaired for the rest of their life. A child who was in the building at the time of the explosion states, “I have no recollection of that day, but I’m reminded everyday about it because of my breathing problems (Brandes, Heide, Schapiro).”

Change should be seen as a challenge and embraced with enthusiasm (Marquis & Huston, 2012). In my professional and personal life, I view and respond to change as a way to make improvements to existing regulations and circumstances. I embark upon the quest with determination to succeed at whatever task is presented to me. Life without change can become unchallenging and stagnant (Marquis & Huston, 2012). As society and technology advance, you must incorporate the necessary transformations that arise with it.

Over the weekend, I took the time to explore two museums. The first museum I visited was the D.I.A , also known as the Detroit Institute of Arts. The D.I.A was a very beautiful, multicultural, and unique place. I also took the time to visit and explore the Charles H. Wright Museum of Detroit. Luckily, these museums weren’t too far from each other they were roughly 5-7 minutes apart. The Charles H. Wright Museum was also very beautiful, it was more appealing to me because it is a museum that exhibits and highlights the history of the African American culture. The Charles H. Wright museum also happens to be the largest African American museum in the world.

Thirty people were killed instantly. Eight later died from their injuries and hundreds of others were injured. A majority of the persons killed were messengers making deliveries, stenographers, clerks, and brokers (Gross, 2001).The blast was so strong it sent debris soaring as high as 34 floors and derailed a street car one block over(Andrews, 2014). Buildings shook as their large windows burst inwards. Luckily, most of the occupants inside were spared

This event changed many lifes. Like Don Hull, who “has spent 14 years as a hostage negotiator, found himself performing an entirely different task: trying to find life amid the rubble” (McRoberts). This event changed his career life for a short time, but many people suffered emotionally if not as well physically. Many people lost family members, friends, and neighbors. These people have suffered more because of this event than anyone else in the world. Even though this event happened and the people as a whole have suffered, humans still strive and

Above the people who are helping each other. There is a banner that goes across and list the names of the three civilines that were killed by the bombs. Then under the names there is an engraving of the famous flag with four hearts in the canton, then with the words BOSTON STRONG on the stripes. On the poles that hold up the rock banner that goes across, there is the name of the officer who was shot and killed, by the terrorist that was involved with detonating the bombs. The ground that the spectators will see each brick will have the name of each person that was injured in the bombing. THe bricks will be yellow and blue as these are the colors of the ribbon for the Boston

At 9:02 a.m., a truck that Timothy McVeigh had rented, which was filled with all of the explosives, detonated in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The explosion was extremely powerful. It blew off the entire north wall of the building. Many buildings in the immediate area were also destroyed. The blast killed 168 people. 19 of the 168 people were young children who were in the building’s day care center during the time that the bomb went off. Along with the deaths, 650 other people were injured.

On September 11, 2001 hijackers hijacked four planes leading the the United states, two of them were flown to the twin towers. The impact caused the buildings to crash and burn nearly killing 3,000 people, and now was appointed as “Ground Zero”. Ground Zero after some time was going to be restored into a memorial to turn tragedy into hope. Within the rebuilding of ground zero symbolism can be found in tower number one, the waterfall, and in the glass.

Throughout the rest of the museum you continue to see what workers like Ricks and others who survived saw after the explosion. “When you see displays of persons personal effects and personal things they recovered from the rubble... You see a pair of little kid’s shoes that are burned or melted, whether the kid was in them or not- we don’t know for sure- there was a defenseless little kid… whose parents worked at the building or near the building and there was this gigantic blast that goes off” (Lemke). The blast was huge. “One thing that stuck in my mind was how big the crater was in the street that the bomb blast created… It blew a 30 foot deep hole… It basically wiped out a third of the building” (Lemke). It took a lot of people and time to go through the large amount of rubble. An entire section is dedicated to workers who helped in

Memorials have been the displays that represent the past. Many people from when the memorial was built, can go and learn a lot just from where it was placed. Lasting from the years of 1861 to 1865, the great American Civil War was a war that changed United States history. With American’s fighting against themselves, it was a battle in which over six hundred twenty-two thousand lives were lost. With memorials set almost everywhere in the United States, Gettysburg National Military Park has over one thousand four hundred monuments alone!

The National WWII Museum, originally founded as the D-Day Museum in 2000, offers visitors the chance to delve into the history and legacy of “the war that changed the world.” The museum features exhibits, multimedia experiences, and an extnesive collection of artifacts and first-person oral histories, as well as a period dinner theater and

It was 8 o’clock in the morning the next day I woke up and to say I wasn’t tired would be an understatement. Nevertheless, I still jumped out of my bed and got ready for, we had a big day today. We walked to the Brooklyn Bridge after we got breakfast and roamed across the nearly two mile bridge in under an hour. From the bridge I could see the Statue of Liberty and hear many of the boisterous boats floating below us. After taking in the amazing view, we headed to the Freedom Tower as well as the 9/11 Museum right below it. The museum was outstanding to say the least. It had rooms complete with artifacts and stories for every person that died. There were also artifacts from the actual towers and recordings of people trapped in the airplanes

various first person accounts of survivors of the bombing to provide a vivid imagery of the

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning but anyone can start today and make a new ending”. Maria Robinson’s quote can be applied to the concept of change as anyone can alter the way they are in their lives and become something new. Change is a state of transformation which results in a fundamental shift in the way we perceive and interact with the world. It is the process of being made different, altered in appearance, turned into something or someone new. The concept of change is very important in our lives as it gives us new experiences whether it be positive or negative. Change can be explored in the poem “Remember me?” by Ray Mather, “My father began as a god” by Ian Mudie, “Originally” by Carol Ann Duffy and in the pros fiction