Similarities and Differences Between the RMS Lusitania and September 11

The book Brain on Fire, written by Susannah Cahalan, accurately portrays how an event, a conversation, or just one day, can change someone’s life. Susannah led a prosaic life, until she ended up in the hospital with an unknown diagnosis. In that hospital, she was labeled violent, psychotic and a flight risk, as well as spent several weeks in the hospital, meeting many different doctors hoping to find a cure to her unidentified disease.The critical moments in Susannah Cahalan’s life changed her physically, mentally, and taught her to appreciate family.

This was announced through several United States newspapers, some on the same page that advertised the Lusitania trip. One of the United States trading partners at the time was Britain, and the submarine warfare interfered with trade and caused tension to rise. German submarines were known for watching ships movements, so the British Admiralty warned the Lusitania to be careful in the area lined out by the unrestricted submarine warfare. They suggested that at minimum, the liner should zigzag in order to confuse the Germans. May seventh, nineteen fifteen, the Lusitania is sunk by a German Submarine, ending the lives of over one thousand three hundred passengers and one hundred thirty Americans. The captain of the ocean liner had ignored the British Admiralty’s warnings and recommendations, leading up to the attack on the starboard side. The torpedo that hit the Lusitania was followed by a larger explosion, assumed to be the ship’s boilers. The ship sank less than twenty minutes later near the sothern coast of Ireland. This was one of the main reasons that the United States entered World War

“Toward sunset on 7 May 1915, an alert member of a lifeboat crew spotted an intermittent flash of light from a dark shape bobbing on the gentle swell of the Irish Sea (Preston 1).” This is what the Lusitania saw before they were attacked by a German Submarine. I could imagine it was a scary sight to not know what the flashing light in the water was on that late May night. The Lusitania was an epic tragedy that happened in the United States. An examination of primary and secondary sources will reveal the significance of this key event in American History.

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Although being severely damaged much of the crew remained on borred the vessel for over an hour before being forced off by the smoke still billowing from the explosion site. After being basically ignored for several more hours someone noticed flames now coming from one of the holds of the High Flyer. However it wasn’t until nearly 11 that night that tugs manned by volunteers arrived to try and remove the ship from the slip. However even after cutting the anchor away the tugs couldn’t get the ship removed from the slip. The tugs finally cut the tow lines and having the crew of the High Flyer on board retreated to safety. About 10 minutes after doing this the High Flyer blew up also causing an explosion believed to be stronger than the one originally caused by the Grandcamp.

The Lusitania, being a ship, left a wake behind it. Being a very large ship, it had a very large wake. This could also signify the great amount of loss that occurred. A large wake is a symbol for large loss. Moreover, the technology of that time was not as great as it is now so no one knew what was lurking in the fathoms below the wake. Captains had no way to tell if there was a U-boat beneath them or

The Lusitania, a luxurious ship set sail out of New York Harbor to England. Suddenly, the passengers and the captain received a warning from the German embassy that ships traveling in the waters near England were targets for German U-boats. However, very few passengers took this seriously. The captain and the other passengers ignored this warning and they continued to sail. As a result, a German U-boat attacked the Lusitania. This attack led to the death of over 1,198 passengers, the destruction of a big ship, and a war against Germany. To sum up, the attack on the Lusitania, caused by ignoring warnings, led to a war with Germany.

“Dad dad can i go and explore first class.” said Elsie “sher Elsie.” said dad. It all started in the morning of may first. They said Lusitania was like a floating palace. So in my mind the Lusitania was an easy target. My evidence for this is “Thousands of miles away,a much smaller boat had also headed out to sea too. It was a German-u boat.

“All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.” (Helen Keller) This quote, among many, was one that really stuck out to me about the presenters message. Porsha became a parent when she was very young to a little boy. She was an active, loving mother and sought out help from the very beginning. This driven mother didn’t change who she was when she found out her second child was diagnosed with a hearing loss. Porsha continued to seek help and did what was best for her children. A mother facing a lot of life’s struggles early on didn’t give up, instead she overcame them. Throughout the presentation, I was intrigued by Porch’s selfless attitude and abundance of joy. As, I reflected on our class period, I found five things that bluntly stuck out: never give up, ask as many questions as you can, comparison is a downfall, extending grace to realize you are not perfect, and support groups are key.

“The Rest of Her Life” by Steve Yarbrough talks about a woman who recalls how her entire life was changed when her mother was killed. Teenage Dee Ann has experienced a loss of innocence when her mother's murder turns her world upside down. Actually, this short story was told from the viewpoint of the young women named, Dee Ann. Ann’s mother was murders by her father. The reader can realize serious events of family bonds and betrayal in the story. “The Rest of Her Life” by Steve Yarbrough talks about a woman who recalls how her entire life was changed when her mother was killed. Teenage Dee Ann has experienced a loss of innocence when her mother's murder turns her world upside down. Actually, this short story was told from the viewpoint of the

September 11, 2001, millions of New Yorkers and American citizens woke up and started their day, unprepared and unaware for the catastrophic attack that would be taking place in just a few short hours. At 8:46 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower. The impact killed all of the passengers and crew as well as hundreds inside the building. At 9:03 a.m., a second plane, Flight 175, crashed into the corner of the South Tower killing passenger, crew, and workers who worked on floors seventy-five to eighty-three. Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. killing approximately 185 individuals (History.com Staff). Because of the damaged to the support system, fires, and impact at extremely fast speed, the South Tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m. (Lipton and Glanz). Having heard about the acts of terrorism that had just taken place in New York and Washington, D.C., a group of passengers drove their plane, Flight 93, into a Pennsylvania field killing everyone on board but possibly saving hundreds of other lives in the process. The North Tower collapsed at 10:28 a.m. 102 minutes after being struck (History.com Staff). On September 11, 2001, almost twelve hundred people were wounded or killed by “coordinated suicide attempts” by Al Qaeda terrorists. In result to the four airplanes being hijacked and used for premediated reasons, the United States government instituted new regulations for entering the country and airport security as well as expounded on systems already in place.

On the 7 May 1915 at 14:30, then 240 metre long and 27 meter wide ship

First, while regarding the technical prints of RMS Lusitania’s lower deck, it is not hard to find where the boiler rooms are located. The second floor of the lower deck is almost fulfilled with giant boiler rooms, and they are surrounded with coal storages in order to load up coal and refuel the hungry coal-fired boilers. Beside the rear boiler rooms is where the cargos located. Coal dust is explosive, hence the explosion blast of the torpedo trigger a second wave of explosion, which

She was then going down very fast aft, and had all the appearance as if she would sink in a few minutes. I then ordered the boats to be lowered, and directed the en-gineers and firemen to come up form below. All the orders were obeyed as quickly as possible, and the whole of the officers, engi-neers, sailors, and firemen behaved admirably in carrying out my in-structions, and no one left his station until he was directed to do so. Before leaving the engine-room the engineer eased the safety-valves and closed the tunnel doors, and to this cause I attribute the fact that the ship was so long going down. We were all in the boats and clear of the doomed ship at a quarter to 9 o’clock and exactly 20 minutes after we struck. Neither myself nor anyone else saved any of our ef-fects. I also lost all of the books, papers, certificates, and everything belonging to me. I did not consider it safe to go back on board. Some of the crew and officers volunteered to do so, but I advised them not, as I wished to make sure of saving all the people, whatever else was lost. At 15.52 p.m. she keeled over to port, and her head be-ing then deepest, went down bows first. A quantity of wreckage came to the surface, and also my long telescope, which was picked up by the third officer. With the exception of a small cashbox which I took with me when leaving the ship, the telescope constitutes all that was

Life events and emotions go hand in hand. There have been many events in my life that had an emotional effect on me, whether it’s positive or negative. But there’s one event that I think about often, I am reminded of every day, and has also created a continuous feeling of happiness. To some an event like this isn’t a big deal. For me it was something that I had dreamt of for years.