Similarities Between Dwyer And Flynn's 102 Minutes

Michael Wright was in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 at 8:48 in the morning. He is an account executive. Wright was a thirty-year-old man who witnessed the crash at the tower. It was Tuesday morning when Wright and his coworkers felt an “earthquake” when they were inside the men’s room. He then opened the door and was surprised by the fire gushing into the building. From there he tried to evacuate and get to a safe place if possible. Wright’s information was reported in Esquire News “My Escape From the 81st Floor of the World Trade Center”. The following is a narrative of what Wright ‘s day on September 11, 2001 could have been. He was in a good mood when this tragic event happened.

"102 Minutes" by Kevin Flynn and Jim Dwyer is a factual book that describes the events that occurred in the World Trade Center during the 9/11 attacks. The book itself is named 102 minutes because of the 102 minutes people had to evacuate the World Trade Center before it came down. Before writing this book, a team of a few people interviewed over 200 survivors and witnesses of 9/11 and researched historical facts, radio transmissions, phone messages, and emails from the day of the attack. This book aims to tell what happened solely from the perspective of people inside the building and the people who rushed to help them such as the New York Police Department, Fire Department, Emergency Medical Service, and more. It describes the simple

In Ground Zero Berne uses many examples of imagery and metaphors to paint a descriptive picture of her surroundings and what she saw to enhance her reader’s experience. She uses the imagery to make her readers feel as if they were there and make them feel the same feelings of awareness, and sadness she did. Suzanne achieves this by recalling back to the horrid memories of 9/ll when “the skyscraper shrouded in black plastic, the boarded windows, the steel skeleton of the shattered Winter Garden.” (Berne 176), By using these extremely explicit and descriptive details Suzanne allows her readers to experience the rude awakening she had when she saw nothing in Ground Zero, but was able to recall the chaos that went on that day. Suzanne lets her readers understand what was going on in her mind , and clearly experience what she was feeling that day

The momentous tragedy that occurred on September 11th, 2001 has been engraved into the memories of United States citizens. What began as an ordinary day quickly evolved into an tragedy no one could have predicted: thousands of lives had been taken and countless more devastated and ruined by the acts of terror. Although unpredicted, the horrific and frightening news affected all. The four planes individually plummeted into their targets—two crashed into the Twin Towers, another struck the Pentagon, and the final hurtled into an empty field—eliciting a wave of panic throughout the nation. The jarring images of commercial airplanes hijacked by members of the terrorist group Al-Qaida managed to instill a fear. As the terrified country anxiously fretted about the future, President George W. Bush delivered a speech to address the nation in order to soothe the tensions and worry. In George W. Bush’s “9/11 Address to the Nation,” the terrorist attack orchestrated against the U.S. is addressed with rhetorical devices such as parallel structure, imagery, and various appeals in order to inspire and heal the country.

The World Trade Center (WTC) held fairly high regard throughout New York as a structurally sound building, but the authors of 102 Minutes beg to differ on this opinion. They use various diagrams and statistics of the incredible impact and destruction the planes caused to the building, arguments against the poor architectural design and support of the towers, and periodic timestamps to make claims and factual statements about the events that occurred. The timestamps serve as a means of the authors building suspense in their audience, deepening uncertainty in the audience which intends to move them to read further and discover the office laborers’ fates. Moments like “At 9:19… we’re trapped… there’s smoke coming in. I don’t know what’s happening”(102 Minutes 186) and when Assistant Chief Callan“stood

On September 11, 2001, catastrophe erupted in New York City, New York. This tragic event sparked a war, united a nation, and conceived various personal encounters from people whom were involved in the experience. In the short story “The Ashen Guy: Lower Broadway, September 11, 2001” Thomas Beller utilizes a chaotic tone that can be observed through his use of details, images, and diction.

Throughout the documentary, Avery appeals to pathos by incorporating photographs and recordings to illustrate the magnitude of the tragedy while supporting his claims. He examines how the buildings collapse by showing eyewitness videos and computer simulations. The film repeatedly shows footage of the destruction of the World Trade Center (WTC) buildings. It shows the airplanes flying into the towers, the sudden collapse, and the solemn aftermath. Because of the potent imagery, Avery appeals to the audience’s grief, fears, and doubts.

Many people lost family and friends on September 11, for a very devastating reason. 2,977 lives were lost along with many injuries because of these attacks. The attacks left many in shock, leaving many with fear to move forward after experiencing, witnessing, and hearing about the events that had taken place (September 11). Many lost their parents, their soulmates, and the country lost the people who helped to fight for us on this day. The firefighters, police, and military all risked their lives to help the people in trouble. A text says, “Equally alarming, more than 335,000 people lost their jobs in tourism between 2001 and 2002, according to a case study by Finland’s Centria University of Applied Sciences” (DePietro). This evidence shows that many people from other countries or different parts of the United States that usually visited popular parts, stopped because of the attacks. Many people that experienced the attack had just as bad effects on their lives as the ones that were lost. In the book, “Escape From The Towers” the author, Andra Abramson states, “At 8:46 a.m., Greg Trevor finished a phone call. He stood up to stretch his legs. At that moment, there was a huge crash. American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into Gregs building. The plane hit the North Tower about 20 floors above Greg's office. Greg remembers hearing a loud noise. Then he

In the novel of an unforgettable story, “102 Minutes” by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn, the organizational structure sculpted by a combination of specific examples proves their commentary about the morning of September 11th, promoting group survival. The structure of the novel is cause and effect, and is displayed frequently throughout. For example, the authors write, “Nearly all the people from 27 had already left, as had nearly all the people from Empire, which had 1900 employees spread across ten floors” (Dwyer and Flynn 177). In the passage, Dwyer and Flynn are discussing the vast amount of people involved in just a small portion of the building. Due to the efforts made by the employees inside of the tower, and the Port Authority, they were able to evacuate the

In “Ground Zero,” Suzanne Berne writes about the absence of the Twin Towers, and showing respect of the people that passed away. She wanted us to imagine ourselves being there, but seeing nothing only the thought of what was there before. She uses the words that are descriptive and paints an image of what is actually being seen. She said,“Gathered along the ramp were firefighters in their black helmets and black coats,” to show feeling of sadness. Which helped feel a connection to everything that was happening.

In the essay, Ground Zero, a description of the scene seven months after the 9/11 Twin Towers attack written by a visitor to the site, Suzanne Berne details the area and weather around the fallen towers, attempts to recount the feelings of those visiting, and to describe the variety of people at the Twin Towers in order to provoke an emotional response from the reader and illustrate how the world was deeply saddened by the terrorist attack that occurred on September 1st, 2001. First, Suzanne Berne describes the area surrounding the Towers in order to prompt the reader to picture the sight as she sees it. Take, for example, how "Ground zero looks at first simply like a construction site… Then gradually your eyes do adjust… Ground zero is a

A man clicks on the radio station in his car. He is miles away from his home in Chicago, driving to work in Evanston. His wife and newborn baby still in bed as it is early in the morning. There is a sound of terror in each of the reporters voices, he knows something is wrong. Finally Fox News reveals what is going on. Panic surges through his veins. He picks up his cell phone, his hands trembling. No answer at his house. He tries to call again, and again, and again, still no answer. He thinks to himself that his family will be okay, but The Sears Tower is not yet an

“The attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on 11 September 2001 not only caused death and destruction but also was a major psychic event in the life of the nation” (“9/11 and its Aftermath.”). In the book, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, the main character, Oskar, is a very intelligent nine year old boy. He loses his father, Thomas Schell, during the attacks on September 11, 2001. Oskar’s father was in one of the Twin Towers for a meeting when it came crashing down. After his father’s death, Oskar’s life changes drastically and he wears “heavy boots” (Foer 326). In the novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer’s use of symbolism, mood, tone, and a visual writing style emphasizes how losing a loved one, so abruptly, can cause a person to question their existence, change their perspective on life, and learn how to cope with loss.

September 7, 2011- Michael Burke, a Wall Street Journalist writes“No Firemen at Ground Zero This 9/11?” Informing strong politicians that first responders didn’t get enough credit; since their families weren’t invited to ground zero for the memorial. Politicians have a lot of influence in New York; therefore, Burke appeals to them within this piece. He uses a narrative to paint an image of what had happened when there were only first responders and firefighters to try and save these helpless people in the towers. Remorseful flashbacks let the audience grasp what had really happened when everyone was evacuated. By doing all of these things, Burke uses: repetition, allusion, and distinct description to develop his message about the memorial invite they didn’t get.

The story which I want to analyze is "Fear & Loathing in America" from Hunter, S. In the UOPeople library I found an article from The Leader Telegram, Trip to ground zero reminds journalist of tragic day, which described a day in may 2012 when then new Twin Towers reached their highest point. This article I compared with the story of Hunter. It is interesting to read that the feelings of Hunter, a day after the attack, are more or less the same with the feelings described in this article from The Leader Telegram (Hunter, 2001).