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    The events of September 11, 2001, pose a huge and unexpected problem with which U.S. resident had to cope. To cope effectively with such problems, we often must marshal all available personal resources. In the week after September 11, US national polling organizations reported anywhere from 6% to 24% increase in church attendance and this trend continued through October to November. Members of many religious bodies sensed a revival of faith. However, this was not as the influx of churchgoer had receded

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    Terrorism: September 11th, 2001 Essay

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    we cannot let that day change the way we think and act. Since the attack on September 11th, 2001 American citizens have been afraid of terrorists. The biggest contributor to this fear was 9/11, but that was not the only recent world attack. Terrorist attacks in Syria have also created fear, yet Syria is nowhere near the United States. While terrorism is definitely a threat, this concern is exaggerated. September 11th, 2001 was the day two Boeing 767s crashed into the the World Trade Center in NYC;

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    Manhattan. September 11, 2001. Until this day the eleventh of september had always been a regular day, a usual day, a safe day. It was a beautiful Tuesday morning when thousands of workers had begun to make their way to the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Washington DC. Eager tourists and home sick patrons made their way to the airport and catch planes California bound. What they don’t know is that 19 hijackers from the terrorist group, Al Qaeda have also scrambled their way to the planes

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    On the morning of September 11, 2001, the bedrock of American society was shaken as two airlines flew into the Twin Towers in New York City. The first plane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center at 8:45 in the morning. Less than 18 minutes later, the second plane flew into the south tower, and shortly thereafter both towers were in ruins, covering the streets of NYC. In total, four airliners were hijacked by terrorists who planned to carry out attacks on important targets in the

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    The book I read was called "I survived September 11th 2001." Its one of the books in the I survived series. Written by Lauren Tarshis. And based around true events. The main character in this book is called Lucas an 11 year old boy who loved playing football. His Uncle Benny got him into football after Lucas's father was injured in a fire. Both Lucas's Uncle and Father are firefighters,in New York City Lucas gets hurt in football and his parent have to take him to the docter who speciallizes

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    you too Luke,” I said with a voice that just showed that my blood pressure was rising by the second. “What do you think I’m doing” says Luke a stubborn 6 year old who is now struggling to pull the tangled covers off his face. “The date is September 11th, 2001 right?” says Caden as he starts to finish his homework. I could already tell it was going a bad morning. Isn’t every day a bad morning when you're pushing your kids out the door to catch the bus. Not only that, but the traffic to get into

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    The attacks of September 11th, 2001 were carried out by four different planes hijacked by 19 hijackers. One of the planes hit the North Twin Tower in New York City, and another hitting the South Twin Tower in New York City. One hitting the Pentagon and another crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania with an unknown route. Over 2,900 people were killed in the nine-eleven attacks. These attacks were a changing point in American society because it increased the security in American airports

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    September 11, 2001. A national newspaper journalist had taken an infamous image during the destruction of the attacks on the twin towers. The image depicted an unknown man jump from one of the towers, choosing which way he wanted to die, because he was going to even if he didn 't jump. The image was published in a newspaper the next day, shocking the nation. This upset the nation, due to the insensitivity of the produced image and story, as well as the alarming position that the unknown man was in

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    Islamic Terrorism & 911 Will history judge the events of September 11, 2001 as acts of unwarranted terrorism, or as the retaliatory acts of Islamic patriots and freedom fighters? There has been much speculation as to the root cause of 9/11. Most Americans, and indeed much of the Western World view that these were unwarranted acts of outright terrorism that justified the “War on Terror” in response. However, to many in the rest of the world, especially those living in predominantly Muslim countries

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    It was Tuesday 11th September 2001 when two hijacked passenger aircrafts collided with the World Trade Centre, bringing it to fall and kill thousands of people and injure even more. Immediately, newspaper, television and radio journalists were reporting, all with different views, opinions and facts. The ways in which the tragedy of September 11th was reported and presented, in newspapers, magazines and television broadcasts was striking and they varied greatly, in particular

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