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impacted history. These events are the Kennedy Assassination and the bombing of the World Trade Centers on September 11th, 2001. My family has been impacted by both events in numerous ways and I learned that these types of events not only cause mass hysteria, but also bring us closer together, and really force us to be grateful for what we have. Conclusion The Kennedy assassination and World Trade Center bombing are two very huge things that happened to America. One affected the lives of my grandparents

Escape from Pompeii After the Mount Vesuvius erupted the land was covered with lava and people were running everywhere. All the trees died, and the plants, it killed animals. Livia and Tranio were the only people who lived in Italy the lava had killed the rest of the people. Livia and tranio ran to a boat where they were safe. The lava was coming right at them and they were scared. They drove the boat fare away. They heard some noise coming from the forest. There were three other people

Todays story will be a special one in honor of the upcoming Anniversary of 9-11-01 A Memory burnt in my heart and mind, a horrific account of an event that shook the world. It is a Memory dedicated to Keith, an Iron Worker whom I met on 9-13-01 struggling to get to my triage location on W. 34th Street in NYC. I have met Keith briefly, and I hope wherever he is today, that he is ok. On that day, mid-morning, around 10:45am, I was cleaning up a wound on the arm of a firefighter, wrapping the gash with

The previous attack on the World Trade Center was the day of February 26, 1993 and was carried out by six members of a terrorist group. A truck bomb was used to initially have the North tower slam into the South tower, bringing both of them down with numerous fatalities. However, that plan of

September 11, 2001, a tragic event occurred strongly affected America. Four commercial airplanes were hijacked by nineteen terrorists who were part of the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. The four planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and an open field in Pennsylvania. The events resulted in just less than three thousand deaths and and costed just under twenty billion dollars to replace the buildings and areas hit. Immediately, America

Most Americans remember the hardship from the events that took place on September 11, 2001. It was a very hard time for many families; loved ones were passing or saying their last words over the phone. It was hard on more than just those people though. Through it, all heroes stepped-up and terrorists were overcome. Damage was done, but memorials were built to remember the good, not the bad. September 11, 2001, is a day that terrorists tried to bring America to its knees; however, heroes arose

On September 11, 2001 was one the most tragic day that occurred for the United States. Four airplanes were hijacked by terrorists from the middle east. They aimed toward important targets in the United States, two airplanes flew into the Twin Towers in New York City, one plane aimed to the Pentagon and fourth plane was headed towards the U.S Capitol in Washington but crashed in Pennsylvania and never making it to their target. The movie, United 93 attempts to show in detail what occurred on September

aren't hot enough, and do not burn for long enough to cause the steel beams of two buildings “built to withstand a Boeing Jet” (Martino 3) to just crumble to the ground. Besides, this theory still would not provide an explanation for how World Trade Center Building 7, which was completely untouched by any aircraft, fell straight to the ground, shortly after the first two. The only plausible explanation for how these three buildings collapsed is that bombs were placed along the steel support beams in

On September 11th, a tragedy happened when almost 3500 people died from a terrorist attack. One thing that did not change after this was the way America held itself together. Something devastating had happened but they still managed to push through it and come out strong. As well, the support that American's and other places around the world gave each other are still strong today. When someone is in need, we all come together no matter where they are in the world, this never changes. Lastly, people

According to the online history channel “On September 11th, 2001 the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against 4 U.S. targets. Both towers of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in a field in Pennsylvania. II. Body: A. The World Trade Center was the 1st target of the 9/11 tragedy. 1. Normal day 2.