... 421 times the EPA's safe level. Toxins in the air were butaetiene, formaldehyde, benzene, chromium, nickel, and carbon tetrachloride. Since September. 11, 2001 and the bombing of the World Trade Center; Lower Manhattan and the area surrounding WTC's air contain very fine toxic particles. These particles are silicon, sulfur, vanadium, nickel, lead, glass fibers, inorganic carbon, arsenic, PCB's, asbestos and ... , 2001, Manhattan had a high level of air pollution; it is a common theory that this event only worsened the situation. Results: Prior to Sept.11, 2001 and the World Trade Center...

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... acts of violence. Terrorism has occurred within our borders before, such as the Oklahoma Bombing in 1995 and the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. Numerous American citizens cannot truly believe that our government had no idea of the strategic attacks on our country. Kenneth Katzman, a ... nothing could have been picked up is beyond me-way beyond me,?There's a major, major intelligence failure, especially since the previous Trade Center bombing produced such an investigation of the networks and so much monitoring.? Nevertheless CIA spokesman Mark Mansfield replied,'the CIA has ...

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9 -11 World Trade Center Disaster The event that took place Tuesday morning has taken away the sense of security I had for our country. When I heard of what happened for the first time I was in ... would be doing an act or terrorism to innocent people in Afghanistan, which would then make the United States no better than the people who took down the World Trade Center. To end my essay I want to say that I think its great how the United States and New York have come together in mourning and helping out in any way they ... ...

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... , as some sarcastically say. The attacks on September 11 showed how unprepared we were, how seemingly unpredictable this was. But was it, really? Other incidents in previous years - World Trade Center bombing in 1993 and USS Cole just to name a few were not enough for U.S. officials to recognize the enormous threat that America was faced with. Moreover, about a week before the ... ...

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... September 11th only lasted one day, when in fact, the aftermath of funerals and the search for family and friends lasted until February. The attack made on the World Trade Center left New Yorkers in fear anticipating what tomorrow would bring. It was early in the school year when my friends and I were sitting around talking about our wild weekend. We ... ...

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... of his voice though lead me to believe something was terribly wrong he said, "There was a plane crash, the plane flew right into the world trade center". The unknowingly I asked him, "is anyone other than that was on the plane dead?"he responded "yeah I think so" and walked away. God how ... I sat down just as the tears began leaving my eyes. What I thought was one little plane crash, was actually two planes flown into the World Trade center buildings. It looked like a movie, but I knew this was no movie at all, it was Good Morning America. I turned to my brother and gave ... airport w...

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... of his voice though lead me to believe something was terribly wrong he said, "There was a plane crash, the plane flew right into the world trade center". The unknowingly I asked him, "is anyone other than that was on the plane dead?"he responded "yeah I think so" and walked away. God how ... I sat down just as the tears began leaving my eyes. What I thought was one little plane crash, was actually two planes flown into the World Trade center buildings. It looked like a movie, but I knew this was no movie at all, it was Good Morning America. I turned to my brother and gave ... airport w...

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... we, the United States of America and its people, have fallen victim to an "apparent terrorist attack".( add in resource here). The "apparent terrorist attack" against the United States involved three aircraft slamming into American icons, two into the World Trade Center towers in the heart of America, New York, and one into the United States Pentagon in the nations capitol, Washington ... historic day, lays a outline of the dramatic events as they unfolded in front of the American eye. 8:51 a.m.: American Airlines jetliner crashes into 1 World Trade Center, the north tower. 9:06 a.m.: Uni...

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... Who Knows! It's February 26, 1993 at 12:15 pm and you"re in your cubicle in a non-descript office in the World Trade Center tower number one. You"re just finishing up some mundane task that you've been assigned to do. You've been thinking about that lunch date ... U.S. for legitimate reasons, but what about those that are here under false pretenses? Such was the case of a student enrolled at Wichita State in 1989 (Pasternak). Who tracks the immigrants in the U.S. under student visas? Actually, no one. The State Dept. has issued nearly 11,000 visas to students from terrorist linked coun...

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... apparently can be deceiving. A race relations specialist reports that: Anti-Arab American, Muslim, Middle Eastern and South Asian sentiment rose markedly following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Within five months of the terrorist attacks 600 related hate crimes were reported, according to the Council of American-Islamic Relations and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights ... the year following the attacks. (source:Kimberly Hohman, http://racerelations.about.com/library/weekly/blhatecrimesleg.) Furthermore, she states that: hate groups rose by an alar...

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... are restricting the spread of their religion. The incident of September 11, 2001 was a great example of war because of their religion. They crashed those planes into the World Trade Center and Pentagon because they believed Americans were restricting them from spreading the Islamic faith. As long as there are religions, war will be impossible to get rid of. War is ... individuals, but as a society or a culture. It is the greed that drives us. Like Agent Smith said in the Matrix, "Humans are like a virus. We spread and consume every natural resource. Then move to another area, until the ...

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... you in one way or another. Maybe you: were there, lost a loved one, saw it on the news when you were sitting at your desk in an office somewhere, were a student who was forced to try to understand, were a survivor, were a friend of a survivor, or were a terrorist who is now cursing yourself for, or priding yourself on your wrongdoings. On the ... for the attack on America. There were the Perpetrators: Osama Bin Laden and his allies. Victims: The plane passengers, and the employees and people in and around the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the plane that went down in Pennsylvania...

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... have done for America. It also describes a case where a man has threatened an Arab-American owner of a grocery store to blow up his business the same way the World Trade Center was. Also at the end this article reveals the main truth. That the terrorists have won if the first thing we do, when threaten by war, is blaming innocent people ... the Muslim School students and teachers after September 11. Islamic schools are getting patrolled constantly by police. One of the most horrific incidents have happened with a Newtown High School's honor student Mustafa Mohamed, a17-year-old. He came...

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... we learn about chastity. Finally number three we really need to look out for one another. Summary When two hijacked airliners crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center September 11, fire weakened the structures and they collapsed in a releasing cloud of dust, concrete, asbestos, lead, fiberglass and PCBs.Scores of rescue workers and residents who live near the ... buildings is making them sick. Saturday's hearing at the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan was held at request of Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a West Side Democrat whose district includes the Trade Center site. He sai...

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... attack was a statement made by Colonel Tibbets as the U.S. believed this would make the Japanese easily surrender and to end WWII. With the World Trade Center, the extremist committed this attack and the statement was to start war with the United States. Both attacks were committed to make a statement for war, ... drop two atomic bombs in Japan as it will forcibly make them surrender, to end World War II. The destruction of the World Trade Center was committed to make a statement because of the alleged involvement the United States had with the Persian Gulf War and continued military pres...

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... West 23rd Street. Sweating profusely as I pounded the pavement on my way to the studio, I noticed people flocking on the corners of the Avenue's, facing downtown towards the World Trade Center. Intrigued as I was, I sped up my pace since I was already twenty minutes late. As I walked into the quiet studio, I had no idea of the horror that had begun to unfold ... grievances amidst a tragedy. Next I was concerned about locating my best friend Amy who attended classes two blocks north of what was soon to be called "Ground Zero." She was a nursing student, and as I wouldn't believe anything...

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Student Attitudes Towards the 9-11 tragedy To the council members of the Paradise Valley Community College, after the terrorist attack many students not only on this campus but all over America ... . These people did this because it was patriotic duty to do so. And that they could say that I saved a life! In conclusion, paradise valley community college should have a group counseling center for those individuals that were or still are affected from the 9-11 terrorist attack. I believe that by doing this, this will help out many people with there loss or help ... ...

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... , the game was cancelled. My coach and teachers talked for hours about this event, trying to get our esteem up and to get our minds off this terrible event. As a student, I didn't get much work finish because we didn't do anything in class but talk about the 9-11 events. Many people wore the American flag around school or on the cars ... of our lives just like I will be more affected by knowing about my brother friend deaf; many will be affected more than others. My cousin father worked at the Trade Center and his dad was one of many people who were killed. This is an example to let Amer...

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... will people believe in? These terrorism attacks have frightened millions of lives around the world. How will you explain to a 6 - year old kid whose parents died in the World Trade Center, Pentagon or in the planes used to crash? Will you tell him that his parents died in a plane crash in the office? In wars, people are just wasting their lives ... about, it should start from us. How can we have peace all over the world if we ourselves don't have peace in us? How? As a 14 - year old, high school student, I believe that peace should start at home and at school. By making peace with our f...

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... democracy. Did anyone stop any really think or even ask the people of Iraq if they wanted America to help? What about Osamah? He crashed planes into the World Trade Center and Pentagon and now we are worried about Iraq. Our American troops have been over in Iraq for way to long it's time to bring our troops home and let ... we should get rid of the ones that are already here. It's time to step back and look at the big picture. Why not concentrate on teens shooting faculty and student in their own high schools. Or maybe terrorists like the Uni-bomber and Timothy Mc Vey. Could those terro...

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... but choose the evening school of National Chung- Hshing University as a place to fulfill my dream. After spending three months in preparing the entrance exam, I finally made it to be a student of NCHU and begin my career in prusuing my dream there after.3 One day chatting with my wife in the living room after dinner, I told her one thing that had ... . One of the famous vistors was Dr. Abeebee, who was the head of Indonesia's minister of technology and later became the president of his country. I even went to World Trade Center Taichung to join its English Free Talking Club and was elect...

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... , came into the room and quietly spoke to Mrs. Roth, our coach. He then stood up and announced to the class that a terrorist group had crashed into the world trade center building, and he thought we might like to know before the principal announced it to the entire school. We needed to know too, because the debate topic for that year ... be affected. That means that we probably won't have to deal with this case this weekend." The principal came over the intercom to announce what had occurred to the entire student body, but i only caught the first couple of words, "The world has experienc...

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... day and there were blue skies, perfect weather, a sense of calmness in the air. Suddenly, a plane comes crashing into the North Tower of World Trade Center at 8:45 a.m.. No one was expecting anything. Everyone is in panic mode and starts crying and trying to get out of the building as soon as ... out of nowhere and crash into both towers. So many innocent people died that day. There is a memorial today and it was where the World Trade Center was. It has every innocent person's name that died that horrible day. Today, near the memorial is the Freedom Tower. Both the memorial and the ... ...

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... building were killed and the tower later collapsed. 9:03 AM Flight 175 crashes into the south side of the southern tower of the World Trade Center, approximately between floors 78 and 84, exploding on impact. The pilot at the time is believed to have been Marwan Alshehhi. The plane was carrying ... consisting mainly of new, unoccupied offices. 125 people in the Pentagon died from the attack. 9:28 AM. when both towers of the World Trade Center had already been hit, flight controllers in Cleveland overheard some commotion from flight 93's cockpit. The flight controllers tried to contact t...

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... term that means the base. The United States government has blamed al- Qaeda for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon Building near Washington, D.C. Al- Qaeda also is believed to have aided other attacks against U.S. targets, including the ... coast airports. 8:46 a.m. EDT - The first airplane crashed into the North tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. 9:03 a.m. EDT - The second airplane crashed into the South tower of the World Trade Center. 9:43 a.m. EDT - The third airplane crashed into the Pentagon in Washi...

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