World Trade Center Movie Review

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World Trade Center - Movie Review Martine Parker Liberty University Abstract The movie World Trade Center (2006), tells the story of John McLaughlin and Will Jimeno and several other Port Authority police officers who in their attempt to rescue others get trapped in the rubble from the attacks on the World Trade Center that happened on September 11, 2001. The movie tells of the emotional and psychological trauma that the officers faced while waiting to be rescued. The movie also looks at the effect of the crisis on those who help with the rescue as well as the family members of those trapped and those who died on that day. This review of the movie will analyze the trauma and actions of those affected that day and suggest steps for dealing with the crisis, teaching coping skills, and developing resiliency. The Nature of the Crisis Presented The following paper is a movie review of World Trade Center (2006), directed by Oliver Stone and will outline the nature of the crisis presented in the movie, suggest steps for dealing and helping with the crisis, teaching victims and those effected with coping skills, and the ability to bounce back from the crisis. There are many different definitions of a crisis and different types of crisis. Our text list several types of crisis Developmental Crisis, Existential Crises, Ecosystem Crisis and Situational Crisis. One definition in our text states that “people are in a crisis when they face an obstacle important to life goals-an obstacle that is, for a time, insurmountable by the use of customary problem solving” (James & Gilliland, 2013, pg. 7). Another definition in James and Gilliland 2013 is that a crisis arises from a traumatic event that is unpredictable and uncontrollable which is what I think best fits the situational crisis in this movie. Steps for Alleviating the Crisis The movie begins as a routine

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