Personal Narrative: The World Trade Center

It was a day like any other, until Surai hears a piercing screech that slowly fades away. “Hey, did you guys hear that?” says Surai. “Yeah it sounded like a scream” replies Tooler. “I wonder who it was?” questions Mickey. All of them rush to the edge and discover nothing. They all say their goodnights and return to our rooms. They all go to sleep wondering who made that noise. The next day we wake up and find a load of people crowded on the deck. “It’s chaos” Surai says. Tooler goes up and asks Schmedrick what’s wrong. “Schmandon has gone missing, and a bunch of people thought they heard a scream last night” replies Schmedrick. Surai, Mickey, and Tooler then realize that it was Schmandon who made the scream last night. “I think that Schmandon

The early morning air was crisp and the smell of rain still lingered. It was still dark out and the street lamps illuminated the rundown neighborhood as Roy stepped out of his small town home. He stared out at the bare street for a few minutes contemplating what to do next. After a while, the redhead pulled out his phone. Dialing a number, he waited for the other person on the end to pick up.

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

Sixteen years ago, on a late-summer Tuesday morning on the North East, some said you could see miles out from the highest buildings. In New York specifically, the day was like every other for most people.New York’s mayoral elections were being held that day, Jennifer Lopez’s new hit,“I'm Real”, was sailing the charts, the movie, “Hardball”, just released to moderate acclaim, and an economic recession was coming to an end. Millions were on commute around the country, and for people in New York City, It was no different. The Twin Towers, part of the most famous skyline in the world, was part of the World Trade Center Complex which was made up of seven different buildings. Approximately 50,000 people worked in the complex, and another 140,000

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Everything began 5 prior on my 13th birthday. I was with my mother who was a doctor, my dad who was a lawyer, my uncle who worked at the World Trade Centre and my younger sister who was very caring at the time. We were going to visit the Twin Towers were my uncle’s office was. As we went in, I was amazed at how huge it was and builders have built the two towers the same. As my uncle was finishing his work, I was simply investigating the entire area. Every floor was an alternate segment. I had an inclination that

I Remember it all the day the bomb dropped. Me and my family were sitting in our house when the broadcast came on. I fully didn't understand it till he said the bomb are dropping across the united states. So i remembered that a guy by the name john had came by our house asking if we would like to join vault tec. So I told my family we have to get to the vault now. So everyone was rushing out of there homes to get to the vault. So we start run as fast as we can. When we get to the entrance of the vault. There was a huge crowd, then walk up to the front and then there was john only letting people that are signed up to be in the vault through.Then I tell that me and my family are signed up to get in the vault. He let us pass so we were told to

On 2nd February 2017 I visited National September 11 Memorial and Museum which is located in the World Trade Center site in New York which was destroyed during the September 11attacks. I went with my two friends who also had interest in seeing the place for leisure and appreciate importance of historical artistic expressions. The place captured my attention to a greater extend by the art, artifacts and exhibitions around the place that I even started imagining how the attacks happened and the massive death of the victims.

I walk into the elevator going up to the 33rd floor and saw something coming, and hit the 32nd floor and smoke surrounded me. Then we notice it was a plane. Then I went downstairs and saw a working elevator.

Subsequent to 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center (WTC), which compelled the U.S. to imagine the inconceivable, because that day things went really wrong. That was the day that terrorist decided to make their presences know by attacking us. They evolved from using bombs to using airplanes to deliver as their attack weapon because it would cause lethal fatalities on U.S. soil. This was never done before and we were not prepared to handle such a massive attack. This paper will investigate what went wrong before and after 9/11, surveillance surge, and what was the problem, with the CIA and the FBI regarding communication with each other, the dissemination of information to first responders, and recommendation for changes to policies that are obsolete. We understand that local law enforcement and state agencies will bring specific advantages (their strength) from their organizations, and they will also bring their inherited weaknesses. But, they will also bring one important thing to the table which is, how they collect local intelligence; and being able to address some of their organization’s weaknesses, and how they can fully use any data they collect before and after 9/11. This paper builds and contributes to how things were before and after 9/11, and the types of changes that were made in law enforcement, CIA.,

September 11th, 2001 is not a day that is easily forgotten for most Americans. 9/11 was a day of tragedy, defeat, and loss, not only for New Yorkers but for the whole country as well. Reading Tower Stories: An Oral History of 9/11 by Damon DiMarco can expand your knowledge of that day and it's impact, as well as give you the different points of view from the victims. Even for those who weren't yet born to experience September 11th, Tower Stories is a superior start to learning about the attack. As stated in the beginning of the book, the mission of these stories is to give you a better understanding of what exactly went on that chaotic day; I feel it is safe to say it has succeeded in that goal.

I watched at 8:46am Tuesday morning as the twin towers collapsed. Every moment I saw, tears fell like a hurricane. It hit me like cold ice that I was alone with only my little sister Amber. I have no mommy and no daddy to hold me tight. No one to tell me it will be all right. I watch with regret and despair. I didn’t get to say goodbye or even say I love you. The guilt and loneliness took over, I couldn’t get up. My eyes were locked to the tv. I saw people crying and through their eyes I saw pain. I couldn’t take it anymore sitting, their like a puppet with no soul. I ran to the bathroom shut it tight, and fell to the floor. I cried, I screamed, I hit the wall, banged my head, and finally cried. I cried until I ran out of tears. When I came out of the bathroom all weak and scared. But when I opened the bathroom door I saw my four year old little sister. She was in fear, she was clueless, and worried. We sat down in the couch and as I told her what happened, we cried for hours until we cried ourselves to sleep.

My family and I went to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The first thing we did when we got there was to take a tour of a space shuttle that once flew into space.  During our tour, an astronaut showed us her spacesuit. I even got to try on the space boots.  Next, we tasted the food astronauts eat while they are in space. It was really different from other foods that I had eaten but it tasted pretty good.  Finally, we got in a special booth that showed us what it is like to be weightless! It was an amazing

I went a family trip to Japan for the first time when I was in an elementary school. The area of Japan I visited was Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When I was an elementary school student, I had neither background knowledge nor ability to think about the depth of the war. However, I still remember the fact that I visited the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum and remains of what was destroyed due to the atomic bomb. Before this class, there was another class that called my attention to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was U.S. history class in the high school and I learned the names of the bombs for the first time that I can recall. Big boy and Fat man were dropped during World War II, in order to neutralize the military factory area of Japan. As far as what I know is that the atomic bombs were not dropped in a Tokyo for the purpose of not totally destroy the Japan.

While walking around, I saw many artifacts such as an iron beam that was hit by the plane, the radio tower from the north tower, and many more. We then both went on a guided tour of when everything was explained to us visitors. We then went to the new One World Trade Center which reflected the sky and was beautiful. We first had to get our tickets. Afterward, we had to wait on a line. When we were done waiting we entered. Inside the tower, we saw a map of the world. It showed us where the most sightseers were coming from (most came from Great Britain).It was then time to go to the sky pod elevators. These elevators were amazing. We were able to see New York City from the 1500s to now as we went higher I felt my ears pop. When we reached the 102nd floor and exited the elevator we saw the real New York City. The view was scary and cool at the same time. From the view, we could see the Brooklyn