The Reno-Tahoe Aviation Incident

The author, Tim O'Brien, is writing about an experience of a tour in the Vietnam conflict. This short story deals with inner conflicts of some individual soldiers and how they chose to deal with the realities of the Vietnam conflict, each in their own individual way as men, as soldiers.

There was a high school student that proved that it was a tourist attack because his dad was on the plane when it was high jacked by tourist and the students dad got in touch with his son while they were being high jacked and told him that tourist high jacked the plane and that he probably won’t make it home to his family but to tell the rest of the family that he loved them.

As I followed the other firefighters, captain said, "No Kennedy, you have to stay here." At first, I was enraged at him for saying that to me, but if he didn't make me stay, I would've died that day. All 87 of the NYFD firefighters went inside that building, and never came out. Who would be so cruel to do this, I thought. Suddenly, the news reporters stated, "4 planes have been hijacked by Arabs, and they have been planning to crash them into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and The White House.

Going through an era when the Vietnam War was a smash hit in your town, many high school senior boys would be drafted out if their number was on the list of people. The men drafted had to leave behind their families and aspirations. Tim O’Brien uses different perspectives in The Things They Carried to show if something tragic happens in life, consequently dealing with it may be hard. Moving on will help in the future.

An older man is slumped in a rigid metal chair. He is barely visible over the multiple rows of people surrounding him. His hands clasp his seat, trying to steady the rest of his body. A few tears trail down his rough cheek. The final notes of taps echo across the gymnasium. My brain takes a while to adjust to the fact that I had just seen my grandpa cry. I had never seen this tough yet loving man break down like that. I wanted to rush over to hug and comfort him. He located me in the crowd and shook his head, smiling. This was his moment. He finally acknowledged the sacrifices he had made, and was feeling true appreciation for his service. A simple middle school Veterans Day program was what it took to break through some of the pain of his

The tragedy is that my story could have been his.” This statement is moving because of the reality. Something as simple as personal responsibility decided the outcomes of their entire lives. If the author had not decided to let the military school help him, he could have very well ended up in the other Wes’ position; consequently, the same can be said about the other Wes—if he had decided to continue trying, instead of succumbing to the “norm” he grew up with, he could have been a successful man—or at least, he could have avoided

Two weeks later he got a letter in the mail, he read the letter is quickly turned into a bad one,he was drafted into the United States Air Force. As he walked inside, it was like there was a boulder on his shoulders. And his wife the bad news, and she cried into his shoulder.Thoughts were racing through his head, what if I die? My wife is expecting, what if my child grows up with no father like me?two weeks later taxi picked him up and drove him to the airport where he would go to train for the U.S. Air

r. Mcloud wrote a book about Evansville in World War II. In this book Dr. Mcloud wanted to ensure people that the story of Evansville in this time would not be lost, but passed on. In the beginning of his speech, he thanked people for helping him get the information he needed in order to write his book. He also thanked everyone that set up and gave him the opportunity to have the book signing. After thanking these people, Dr. Mcloud acknowledged all of the Veterans in the room. To my surprise there were many. Dr. Mcloud then showed a picture of his father, who was a veteran from WWII. named Lachlan Macleod. He was in the navy and sailed the sea passing on desired supplies. Finally, Dr. Mcloud acknowledged his children and his wife, Jessica.

The day started with a routine training run for Jack Chavez and his squad members, who were all members of the NYPD Emergency Service Unit’s Apprehension Tactical Team, which was an elite group of officers trained in hunting the most dangerous criminals in New York City. The run was nothing new to most of the men, and then had run about two-thirds of the course, when they were suddenly interrupted and ordered to exit the pit and make their way to a briefing room. Upon arrival, Chavez and the team were immediately briefed of a developing situation happening near lower Manhattan. Groups of reportedly home-grown terrorists, armed with automatic weapons, were threatening key targets throughout New York, mostly places with a large civilian presence such as

About a two years ago America had been dragged into the European conflict called the Great War. The war was like the one the world had never seen, and it war had claimed millions of lives and my brother had been drafted into military service. It had also caused many house wives to work in factories. As I got to 12th St. took a left and headed down Gorman Rd. Which was my least favorite house to deliver to because of the steep hill. I pedaled up the hills, my legs burning, and stopped on the side of the road just halfway up the hill. I wheezed and looked up the rising sun ‘Gotta hurry’ I sighed to myself. I sped up the hill, reached into my bag and threw the paper to the left. I felt the bag and smiled to myself, in the bag an extra newspaper. I smiled to myself and thanked my boss Gerald.

One notable event on Riker's Island was Northeast Airlines Flight 823. According to Correction History, “On February 1, 1957, at around 6:00 p.m. a plane of the Northeast Airlines to Miami from LaGuardia Airport crash-arrived on the penitentiary grounds on Riker's Island, a couple of minutes in the wake of taking off from the field”. In addition, “there were ninety-one travelers on the plane, of whom twenty were murdered as a result of the crash and blast” (Correction History). As indicated by Gabrielle Fonrouge (2017), According to Gabrielle Fonrouge (2017), “the Miami-bound plane crashed into a patch of trees on Rikers Island, ripping off its wings and bursting into flames less than a minute after take-off”. Detainees dashed to the plane crash to help survivors. As agreed by Lion Calandra (2017), “Rikers Assistant Deputy Warden James Harrison made the unprecedented decision to release prisoners to aid in the rescue”. (1) “Harrison gave the order to release more than 50 inmates known as “trusties” prisoners whose good behavior had earned the guards’ trust. (2) “They raced to the scene to help stunned passengers and crew” (Lion Calandra, 2017).

The year was 1954, Dan and Kendra had only been married for 5 months. They had been living in Waterloo, Iowa for 2 months when Dan was deployed to Vietnam. He loved being in the army because he was able to protect and defend his country. He only disliked when he was deployed because he didn’t know whether or not he would make it back home to his wife, but he knew what could happen and his wife told him that no matter what she would love him. Him joining would be a good thing in the long run she persisted. Now Dan and Kendra will have to wait until he comes back home to try anymore to have children.

Gabby went in next armed with a 9mm but rarely used it. But she shot the first guard. Dominick throw a smoke grenade to blind the guards and accidently fell out the window. Oops that was a mistake to throw that in there. Gabby looked out the window and saw the guards with broken legs. Then dominick got a text saying the “police are on there way”. Dominick told gabby that the police were on there way and that they need to get out. They Found the chair and got to the call point. And then dominick got a call from a random person. And the person said “I know where you are and i’m coming to get you”. The cops came fast and we escaped in the nick of time. Then they saw a flying nun in the sky. And right then and there the quinjet polled them up. And they escaped and the quinjet went in the invisible mode and flu off into the

Robert’s friends call him so he picks up the phone they said “do you want to go with us” Robert is not sure if he wants to go so they ask him to go over and over until he went. Roberts friends picked him up in a RV to go to a place that is a day or two away. When they get there he is shocked to see that they were going on a plane ride they knew how to ride planes but Robert was afraid of high places and plane crashes. Robert tried to leave but his friends told him you need to get over your fears and ride the plane he was so scared that he was about to call the cops but his friends talked him out of it so instead he was going to face his fear and ride on the plane.

The above mentioned airplane was a planned commercial passenger flight that took off from LaGuardia Airport, New York destined for Charlotte Douglas Airport in North Carolina on January 15, 2009. Six minutes after takeoff, the airplane was successfully abandoned in Hudson River after striking multiple birds during its initial climb out. The crew reported by radio two minutes after takeoff at an altitude of 3,200 feet, the Airbus experienced multiple bird strikes. The result of this multiple bird strikes, which occurred in northeast of George Washington Bridge was compressor stalls as well as loss of thrust in both engines. The Airbus was ditched in Hudson River after the aircrew