base in northern Afghanistan. The mission, approved by President Obama on Friday, had been set for early Sunday local time but had to be delayed because of poor weather. Unlike 1980's doomed mission to rescue the American diplomats held hostage in Iran, by all accounts, the strike on bin Laden's fortress in Abbott bad went smoothly. Navy Seal Team 6 which reportedly played the key role in the assault was created following the disaster that left eight Americans dead at Desert One. About two dozen Seals and CIA enablers swooped down on the compound in a pair of choppers, leaving the second pair lurking nearby in case they were needed.
September 11, 2010, or usually referred to as 9/11 was one of the most tragic events in America’s history. Although many died on this day, and one of America’s biggest landmarks, the World Trade Center, was knocked down, this tragedy really proved that Americans are truly amazing. Our country is called the United States of America, and on this day people from all over grieved together and cried on each other’s shoulders. Even though there were so many mixed emotions such as anger, sorrow, tears, pain we the people were all united. This photo was taken in the heart of New York City; Manhatten.
The attack was labeled "the most lethal terrorism in human experience." Also, 9-11 was by far the worst terrorist attack on American siol. This attack took a lot of planning, many say it was "strategically planned" meaning they had everything very organized & in order. Not only was it very well planned, also the terrorists had arranged for the planes to crash into specific locations such as: the Twin Towers, the White House, & the Pentagon building in D.C. Approximately 3,000 lives were sadly lost during this horrible attack.
Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, while the third plane soared into the Pentagon just outside of Washington, D.C., along with the last plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania ("History.com," 2011). In this attack, more than three thousand people died and extensive destruction. Various people lost their lives due to being in the wrong place at the wrong time and risking their lives to save others. Many citizens reacted out of anger, fear, and insecurity to this unexpected situation. People began to question how safe the United State really is, which brought the attention to our Congress and the
A picture is worth a thousand words. But for many people a picture taken by Richard Drew called "The Falling Man" left many people speechless. Two years after the terrorist attacks on world trade centers author Tom Junod was inspired to write his famous article for Esquire Magazine entitled The Falling Man. In his article Junod discusses the victims of the terrorist attacks who were forced out of the towers due to the overwhelming heat from the fire or in desperation for relief from the smoke. These people who ended up in this unimaginable position and ended jumping from the towers.
Falling Man The day of September 11,2001, millions of people were in shock the moment they heard that the World Trade Center was hit by a plane. Many images and videos have hit the media’s television screen and radio station. Tom Junod the writer of “The Falling Man”, illustrates his perspective of this shocking indecent even through his article and the pictures he uses in them. Junod’s article brings back the emotion and almost forgotten, painful memory of 9/11. In Tom Junod’s article, he places a photo that strikes America as inappropriate to be seen.
My suspicions begin to rise when on one night in particular I heard my master, Dr. Jekyll, make a horrible noise in his laboratory. A glass shattered and I heard a screech unlike any I’ve ever heard. I rushed to my masters door and realized for the first time that the door was locked. This was very unlike my master indeed. He never locked the door before this very night so I knew immediately that something terrible must have happened to my master.
A third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, was crashed into the Pentagon, leading to a partial collapse in its western side. The fourth plane, United Airlines Flight 93, was targeted at Washington, D.C., but crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after its passengers tried to overcome the hijackers. In total, almost 3,000 people died in the attacks, including the 227 civilians and 19 hijackers aboard the four planes. It also was the deadliest incident for firefighters in the history of the United States. Suspicion quickly fell on al-Qaeda.
The attack on September 11, 2001 still leaves me with a lot of anger. This tragic attack not only affected me, but it also hurt many other people in the Unites States. Things like this can occur at any time, so that is what is so scary. Who would have ever thought that people would hijack a pair of airplanes to crash into the Twin Towers? First of all, I was in the third grade when this happened.
Pre-flight screening of passengers has taken on new importance since 9/11 when 19 men armed with knives hijacked three U.S. airlines and killed almost 3000 people. In the wake of the incident traveling has become a major inconvenience for everyone who travels, but especially for those who fly. After 9/11, Congress created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) as part of The Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001 but it was moved to the Department of Homeland Security and soon was in charge of screening travelers and their baggage. Gone are the days when passengers could stick their heads into the cockpit and say hello to pilots. Passengers are not allowed to carry liquid on planes, including breast milk and the new rules mandate the size of carry-on baggage and what were allow in those carry-on bags.