7 World Trade Center

I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention Gainer: 14 years ago on September 11th 2001, America faced the worst attack in its history: the demolition of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, and of building 7. It ended the lives of over 3,000 innocent men and women, “400 [of them were] police officers and firefighters,” and it permanently effected the lives of their families and friends. Imagine going to work one day, and unexpectedly a plane crashes into your place of work, and your life is on the line. What

But Sept. 11, 2001, did not change the nation as abruptly as Dec. 7, 1941, or as dramatically as July 4, 1776. This time, there was no declaration of war or independence, just a warning that if we altered our ways, the terrorists would have won.” On September 11, 2001, at 8:45 a.m. the US became a nation transformed, four planes were hijacked and turned into deadly guided missiles. One of the planes crashed into the World Trade Center, carrying 20,000 gallons of jet fuel plowed into the north tower

Anything that made the day appear normal drastically changed. On the morning of the September 11th attacks, or the attacks of 9/11, four passenger airplanes were hijacked by terrorists. Two airplanes collided into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center in New York, a third airplane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a fourth airplane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. These plane collisions

Pratt Institute The World Trade Center, Flight 93 and The Conspiracies Surrounding 9/11 Dana Weiss World Civilization II/CH 400 Jeffrey Surovell November 22, 2016 History has been defined time and time again by powerful people or groups shaping the social narrative of influential events. Made most famous by Winston Churchill, the notion of history being written by victors pays no more relevant context than the events surrounding the morning of September 11th, 2001. There is

This was done by the 19 al-Queda terrorists so they could be flown into buildings in suicide attacks. Two of these planes, from Americana Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were crashed into the North and South towers, of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. Within two hours, both towers collapsed with a lot of debri and the fires caused a lot of buildings to collapse in the WTC. A third plane, American Airlines Flight 77 was crashed into the Pentagon which is the headquarters

American society. These events are the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the attacks against America on September 11, 2001. On December 7, 1941, the American naval base Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese empire. On 9/11 the World Trade Center was attacked by Islamic men. These men hijacked two planes and crashed the planes into the World Trade Center in New York. A third plane was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon in Washington DC. A fourth plane crashed into a field southeast of Pittsburgh

their favorite morning goodness, and getting ready for the day, when a plane flew into the World Trade Center on the television. Just after eight o’clock American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into World Trade Center’s North Tower, and all eyes tuned into New York City to see the catastrophic event. Twenty minutes later during the live news broadcast, United Airlines Flight 175 collided with the World Trade Center’s South Tower. The carnage did not stop there, shortly after nine-thirty American Airlines

consists of a father (the narrator) who writes down his thoughts on the day when the World Trade Center (the 2 twin towers) collapsed. The way this text is written you quickly find out that the tone is very serious and critical, mostly because it is based on a real event. The text reveals the seriousness in l. 5 p. 163 where the father writes about the daughter: “Less than one hour after she passed under the World Trade Center, the twin towers crumbled to the ground.” We are not in doubt that this is an

crashes. People around the United States believe the government had something to do with 9/11. 9/11 contained explosions that were kept a secret by the government. History of 9/11 The attack on the World Trade Center took place on September 11, 2001, and is formally known as 9/11. The World Trade Center was not the only structure affected by the attack. The Pentagon was also affected. This event devastated a great deal of Americans. All of the commotions started at 8:45 am when the first plane hit

Terrorists Khalid al Mihdhar and Majed Maqued boarded the plane at 7:15 a.m. The other three terrorists, Hani Henjour, Navaf al Hazmi, and Salem al Hazmi, boarded the plane at 7:35 a.m. (The 9/11 Commission Report). At 9:37 a.m., the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia was hit. (A Nation Challenged 24). 184 people died at the Pentagon, including the fifty nine dead on the plane