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    The 9/11 Disaster

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    was september 11th 2001 therefore the name 9/11, but besides that it was the world trade centers of New York where two planes crashed into it resulting a little bit under 3,000 casualties which killed police officers, firefighters and civilians. The new media sites I use were around at the time of the terrorist attack of the twin towers and pentagon in 2001. I already covered what news media sites I I’m am using in my project. They are similar because they both cover things that

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    Nineteen Al-Qaeda members divided into four groups, stealing four commercial airplanes, including United Airlines Flight 93, American Airlines Flight 11, American Airlines Flight 77 and United Airlines 175. Two of the planes crashed into the World Trade Center buildings. Another plane crashed into the Pentagon in Virginia and the fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania. Nearly three-thousand victims were killed in the nine-eleven attacks. It was a series of catastrophic terrorist attacks that changed

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    where people come to honor those that died in the worst horrific terrorist attack in the history of US. Our future nation and the world needs to know that America is strong and will always remember that. The 9/11 memorial and museum has actual artifacts that were found after the debris of the fallen buildings. After more than a decade the building of One World Trade Center has been complete. “The most important is that we did rebuild and gave us a chance to build better,” said mayor of NYC. It is

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    The Twin Towers

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    Donald E. Crawford U.S History June 10, 2009 The Attacks of the World Trade Centers Over 200,000 tons of steel, 425,000 cubic yards of concrete, a total of 10,000 workers and 7 years, 2 buildings were created known as the World Trade Centers. It 's more than its signature twin towers: it was a complex of seven buildings on 16-acres with its own zip code (10048). The construction of the buildings began in 1966 and was completed in April 1973, with the North tower opening 2 years prior of the

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    after a bombing or fire and something more significant, such as when the planes were used in the World Trade Center attacks. When a building’s structure and integrity have been compromised, first responders may not realize the extent of the damage while rescuing the injured, consequently leading to the building collapsing on emergency personnel after they enter. After the attacks on the World Trade Center, the collapse of the towers ended with over 400 emergency responders being killed (Thompson, et

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    Many people died, and many others were lucky enough to make it out alive. Twenty-nine minutes later the North Tower collapsed with much the same result as the first. The two symbols of America’s economy were gone, and not even the so-called World Trade Center Seven, a relatively new forty-seven-floor tower that stood independently across the street from the complex, remained standing. The building burned persistently throughout the day, and that evening became the first

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    Washington, D.C. Four hijacked planes crashed into a series of important buildings. Starting around 8:30 A.M. an airplane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center creating chaos in New York City. Then around 9 A.M. a second airplane crashed into the south tower, but this was just the beginning. This was not the World Trade Centers first terrorist attack; in 1993 six people were killed by a bomb set up by terrorist (DoSomething.org). People jumped from the buildings rather than get burned

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    one of the most pivotal days in world history. That day made a big impact that was felt for years to come. September 11th constitutes a horrific event in the history of the United States that continues to influence or societal, political and personal decisions. On September 11, 2001, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and part of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C was destroyed. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center and almost 200 at Pentagon. 9/11

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    9/11 Literary Response

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    2001, when 19 militants of Al-Qaeda, the Islamist extremist group hijacked four American planes. This was a suicidal attack targeting United States of America devastating the twin tower of World Trade Center in New York completely. Two of the planes hijacked by the militants hit the two towers of World Trade Center, the third plane hit the Pentagon, the US Military base and fourth plane in the fields in Pennsylvania killing more than

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    question of whether the Twin Towers, along with WTC 7, were brought down by pre-planted explosives (141). To support the claim that the attacks on September 11th must have been an “inside job,” the presence of highly explosive material were found at the sites. Upon reading this article and other material regarding this same argument, I completely agree that the towers were brought down with explosives. The fact that the towers’ collapse resembled the characteristics of a controlled demolition and that no

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