Collapse of the Twin Towers

Fourteen years ago, our country appeared to come to a halt at 8:46 am. As the first hijacked plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center, Americans were filled with fear and melancholy. And as they held their breath, awaiting some sense of hope, you did what most people could never imagine doing. You went into the buildings while people were going out, holding your own, in the midst of the immense heat and disintegrating steel.

Two airplanes crashed into the two twin towers in New York City, one slammed into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters, and the last one crashed into a rural field in Pennsylvania. It was believed that the fourth plane’s intended target was the White House or the Capitol. At 8:45 a.m. the first plane hit the North Tower, instantly killing hundreds and trapping hundreds and trapping hundreds on higher floors. At 9:03 a.m. a second plane struck the South Tower. Minutes later, the buildings collapsed, one after another, leaving heat and debris to billow throughout the city. The temperature could be felt miles away and the suffocating debris was impossible to withstand. People were covered from head to toe with ashes and dying from its effects to the body. It was our darkest hour and we could only turn towards each other for a helping hand and shoulder to cry on. The steady, serene debris continued to fall and darkness filled the sky. Time seemed to slow down, and we felt hopeless, for there was nothing we could do to bring back the thousands of lives taken

On Sept. 11, 2001, A date that will live in infamy for Americans, terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York City. At 8:48 a.m. flight 11 crashed into the north tower. As it continued to burn a second plane flight 175 carrying 65 people crashed into the south tower around 9:05 a.m.. as smoke and debris fill the air in New York City after one of the World Trade Center towers collapsed. Police officers and rescue workers on the disaster scene in New York are covered in Ash that was two to three inches deep in places. People wandered dazed and terrified, Several firefighters coated with dust sat on the ground gasping for breath. One top fire official was asked if both towers had completely collapsed: "You

The attack on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001, had negative health consequences beyond the staggering loss of life. The James L. Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation Act, signed into law by President Obama in 2010, established the World Trade Center Health Program that ensured those affected by 9/11 received monitoring and treatment services for 9/11 related health problems up until 2011 and reopened the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 to new applicants. The act was renewed in 2015 which included the reauthorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, and over 72,000 responders and survivors are allowed to get medical monitoring, treatment, and compensation for their injuries. However, while federally-funded health care and medical monitoring for injured and ill 9/11 responders and survivors has been made permenant, the compensation program will expire in 2020 even while expecting thousands more cancer cases from exposure to 9/11 toxins in the coming years. The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund has to be renewed to continue to honor the injured and ill responders, survivors and their families for their heroic act and how their health is being punished for it.

9/11 was a disaster , and today i’m seeing which news media did better at that time. The two media resources that I chose are the CNN news channel and the history channel. The setting was september 11th 2001 therefore the name 9/11, but besides that it was the world trade centers of New York where two planes crashed into it resulting a little bit under 3,000 casualties which killed police officers, firefighters and civilians. The new media sites I use were around at the time of the terrorist attack of the twin towers and pentagon in 2001.

Today in America you can see that we are a pluralist nation by simply observing the diversity of beliefs and practice. However, within our society there are some religions that come with extreme stereotypes in certain situations, such as Islam. Ever since the tragedy of the Twin Towers on 9/11 stereotypes have gotten more extreme and spread around at an accelerated rate. “Pluralism is not a birthright in America; it’s a responsibility . . . People have fought for pluralism. “ (Patel 28). Patel had the right idea because tolerance is learned and due to the aftermath of 9/11 Americans are still unjustly wary of Muslims.

“Twin Towers”, the tallest building in the world at the time, were built between 1975- 1985, with a total construction cost of $400 million. The towers were located in the World Trade Center, a large commercial complex of seven buildings. On the morning of September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda members hijacked two Boeing 767 jets into both towers. I vividly remember that dreadful day, I was working in a doctor’s office when my boss received a call from her mother. I can remember her trembling voice screaming: “We are under attack”. Immediately, we turned on the television and that was when we saw the images of the North tower covered in flames

The 9 / 11 attack on the world trade center proves to be one of the most documents events in history. The actual footage caught on the cameras can bring a person to tears. Four airplanes were hijacked and two of the planes were crashed in each building causing them both to collapse. Each plane was carrying ten thousand gallons of jet fuel. Most of the acknowledgements I have seen growing up focus on mainly the people who were inside the building at the time of the collapse. Family and friends being called by love ones who knew they were not going to make it out the building alive. The graphic footage of watching people jump out the windows, so they would not burn to death by the two thousand degree flames pulls tremendously

What event or day could change how the United States citizens go about their everyday activities? Life has not been the same after that fatal day in September of 2001. The day is known as 9/11. This attack may have knocked the United States down briefly, but it has caused us to stand stronger for the freedom that we cherish. You may expect terrorism to happen places like Pakistan, India, the Middle East or South American but not here on American soil. This is not the first time that the United States has been targeted for terrorism. The United States has been the target for terrorist attacks more than you know. 9/11 helps us to remember that the United States is vulnerable to attacks just like other countries. Could 9/11 have been prevented? Did government agencies share information freely? Some people think that if the different government agencies would have shared information instead of having barriers that this terrible event may not have happened.

I think that Berne means that before the 9/11 incident occurred the Twin Towers was always occupied with many people those who were workers, tourist and its outside surroundings. Being one of New York Cities famous attraction sitting in the middle of manhattan bustling streets, may people were always there no matter what. After the tragic incident, that caused many people to lose their lives, loved ones knowing that they will never return or ever wake up the next morning seeing the beautiful World Trade Center. Other people would replace the absence of those who lives were lost with their emotional curiosity filling up the empty space. The ones who once wondered "how and why did this have to happen?"

Once there was a 9/11 truther. He believed that the so-called terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers and Pentagon on September 11th, 2001 were secretly ordered and carried out by the United States government as part of a false flag operation to stir up popular outrage against their enemies abroad so that the evil George W Bush could work his will upon the world. Recently, the truther took an Introduction to Physical Science class. The swarmy professor who teaches the course mocked him in the middle of class for mentioning his truther beliefs, and the truther resolved to get back at him by gathering and laying out a detailed case proving that he was right and by extension his intellectual superiority to the professor. The truther decided that his criteria for knowing he had succeeded at proving his hypothesis would be when the overwhelming weight of his proof forced the teacher to publicly concede the point and then break down sobbing in shame as his classmates rise as one to give him a standing ovation.

and not even terrorism in the familiar sense. It was not a little bit of each

Simmons is a 130-year-old mattress manufacturer that was hit hard by the economic downturn caused by the attacks on the World Trade Center towers on September 11th. The economic downturn had caused three of the furniture company’s best customers, Montgomery Ward, Heilig Meyers, and HomeLife, to go out of business. This group represented roughly 17% of the revenue for Simmons. To make matters worse, the foam Simmons used for its bed cushioning began to give off a malodorous smell when it was used in Simmons products.

In examining the way the twin towers collapsed, the way the towers fell was not consistant with the collision damage as it demonstrated a “scheduled” and “controlled demonlition” type of collapse as explained by the Leak Video interview titled: Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth. Richard Gage, the interviewed architect for the video, and respected AIAI san franscico bay area architect, helps illustrate the clear notion that the twin tower collapse was not from the direct damage of the planes primarly because of the way the building fell, and the damage shown during and after the fall.

The Tuesday morning started out as any normal busy American day. At the World Trade Center thousands of people were going about their morning heading to offices of the building surrounding the twin towers. Tower One and Tower Two combined had 220 floors, 110 floors for each tower. By 8:45 that morning there were more than 16,000 of the 50,000 people who work in the two towers had arrived to begin their day, (Boden, Valerie 2008) On any weekday there could be over 100,00 visitors at the World Trade Center. The employees were settling