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    September 11th, 2001. It is a date that will always be remembered as the date of random terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. These cruel events took terrorist attacks within the United States, suppress the susceptibility of the United States to terrorism, and diminish damage and assist in recovery against any unwanted attacks. Congress 's main focus for Homeland Security is “Intelligence and warning; Border and transportation security; domestic counterterrorism; protecting

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    Do you remember the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center? After that attack, President Bush “Appointed the first-ever director of the nascent Office of Homeland Security”(Homeland Security past, present, future). Homeland Security is to oversee and coordinate a comprehensive national strategy to safeguard the United States against terrorism and to respond to any future attacks. “In November 2002, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) formally came into being as a standalone, Cabinet-level

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    years later. The quality of the movie made it very clear to me just how painful being around the World Trade Center buildings during the attack was, not only for the people in the buildings that were hit, but for the people around as well. The feeling of helplessness that the bystanders must have felt in addition to the feeling of fear must have been unbearable. Seeing the footage of the attack in such clear video made it feel as though it was like a Hollywood movie rather than a real traumatic event

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    The first World Trade Center Attack in 1993 and the Boston Marathon Attack in 2013 are two significant attacks that share some similarities and difference. Although horrific, both attacks provide useful information to combat terrorism in the future. In a way, the World Trade Center Attack influenced the Boston Marathon Attack, and there is even an indirect link between the two attacks. Observing how the occurrences resembled one another, and interpreting the way technology has changed will provide

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    The World Trade Center attacks will go down in history for the worst attacks in history. The TwinTowers Painting by Christiaan Bekker. The painting at first glance is amazing with jaw dropping detail. Bekker created the image of desperation and evil and transitions to hope and unity as Americans. The towers collapsing will always be in the minds of all New Yorkers who experienced the tragic attacks in civilians. Christian drew a very powerful image of solidarity of Americans together. Beeker depicted

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    9/11 Documentary The 9 / 11 attack on the world trade center proves to be one of the most documents events in history. The actual footage caught on the cameras can bring a person to tears. Four airplanes were hijacked and two of the planes were crashed in each building causing them both to collapse. Each plane was carrying ten thousand gallons of jet fuel. Most of the acknowledgements I have seen growing up focus on mainly the people who were inside the building at the time of the collapse. Family

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    Since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on 11 September 2001, there have been different U.S. strategies to try and combat the rise of global terrorism. The attacks made the entire world all too aware of the scale and scope of threats that terrorism can carry. The post-9/11 global climate has thus seen a shift in awareness of and response to terrorist threats. For the last thirteen years now the United States has denoted terrorism as one of the largest threats to national

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    Terrorist Attack on World Trade Center on Feb 26, 1993: Terrorism is one of the largest problems and it has certainly changed the world and the way we see things in society. Terrorism has been around for a very long time but not until recently gained so much attention. Today the world is facing a terrible problem called Terrorism. Terrorism is an unlawful doing that affects an audience outside the immediate victim. It is not a natural phenomenon. It has almost half of the world living in terror

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    In the early 1960’s, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Austin J Tobin, brought forward the proposal for a giant skyscraper complex in order to accommodate for much needed office space in Lower Manhattan. The plan was met with considerable opposition at first, but Tobin’s proposal eventually succeeded, and Japanese-American Minoru Yamasaki was commissioned to design the building. Yamasaki projected a novel design for a development that included two 110 storey ‘twin

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    a morning of heinous and catastrophic events that took place on United States soil. The attacks ordered by Osama Bin Laden on the World Trade Center will be remembered throughout time, not only by those affected first hand but also those who witnessed it with their own eyes or through a television screen. The single most impressionable event on that fateful morning was the attacks on the World Trade Center, also known as the Twin Towers, in New York City. “The impact left a gaping, burning hole

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