Lower Manhattan

On November 3, 2014, thirteen years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, which destroyed the twin towers and killed thousands of people, the new One World Trade tower is officially open for business. The One World Trade tower, also known as “Freedom Tower”, finally has its first residents. There has been apprehension by many people in the weeks and months leading up to the opening of this historical new building. By all accounts, the opening went off without a hitch, despite apprehension

The National September 9/11 Memorial and Museum The New York Times, interviewed Barbara Pickell, a sales representative who was the employed at Blue Cross Company at the World Trade Towers on 9/11, recalled that “Everybody started screaming because they could see people jumping out of the building” (“Witness to Apocalypse”). Approximately 3000 people lost their lives in the World Trade Center attacks (Templeton and Lumley). Many vanished in the debris, leaving families and friends no time to say

There has been several psychological and chronic health effects associated with the exposure to the World Trade Center disaster and its repercussion. People who were exposed to fumes, smoke and dust produced during the tragedy and subsequent recovery, clean-up and rescue activities have shown increased risk of respiratory diseases such as asthma (Jordan et al., 2011). Furthermore, psychological trauma as a result of the tragedy is connected with an increased risk of severe psychological distress

patriotism(“Reaction to 9/11”). New York Governor Pataki activated the State’s Emergency Operations Center; created a new office of Public Safety to check on the state’s bridges, tunnels and water supplies; and won bipartisan support for a plan to establish a Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and a state-run World Trade Center Relief Fund(“Reaction to 9/11”). Congressional leaders responded to: They passed a $40 billion disaster relief bill in September and, the next year, the USA Patriot Act, which gave investigators

On the New York skyline once stood a set of towers known as the World Trade Center and nicknamed the Twin Towers. After the attacks on a normal routine morning in New York City, those towers were no longer there. After several years of planning and designing, a new tower now stands and has been labeled One World Trade Center, also known as the Freedom Tower. In the shadow of the recently completed tower are two reflecting pools that were once the foundation of the fallen towers. During the design

water saving technologies, lighting, materials, transportation, air quality, and people (Facility Executive , 2016). Making this work of art, the most environmentally sustainable building of its size, in the world (Contract 2010) In 2007, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), introduced an aggressive green standards agreement which required the

Tuesday, September 11, 2001, began as a normal peaceful morning in the largest city in the United States. New York City was just as busy as usual, all the hustle and bustle of the people headed to their jobs, all the traffic going in and out of the World Trade Center. Millions of the people were in morning rush hour on their way from their homes to work. The World Trade Center was a symbol of U.S. power and financial strength, but that was about to change. A few minutes after 9:00 a.m., the sky was

. The village of Pleasantville conducts public board meetings every second and fourth Monday of each month. On rare occasions, for further discussion on serious issues or concerns of Pleasantville, the village board will conduct meetings—like a public hearing—on other weekdays. These meetings are located in the conference room on the second floor of the Village hall, which is also next to the Pleasantville Police Station. The village board consists of four trustees—Steven Lord, Mindy Berard, Colleen

During the late summer of 2010, Sharif el-Gamal was planning for the construction of an Islamic community center at 51 Park Street. This community center would be in close proximity of the site of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center during 9/11. Many people argued that the community center should not be built in such close proximity to the site of the attack. These people believed that the construction of the community center would be insensitive to the those who mourned over the deaths

People have moral courage whether they realized it or not. It is in our everyday lives and we used it. Moral courage could be something small or big in different cases. “The Man in the Water” is a Formal essay written by Roger Rosenblatt. It is about a plane crash in Washington D.C. and an unknown man risked his life to save others. In “The Man in the Water”, Roger Rosenblatt: moral courage is developed through the use of symbolism and conflict. Moral Courage is developed through conflict which