1. Phoenix in the Ashes
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 terrible, I kept thinking to myself. The weird thing was that at first the plane crash really didn't affect me that much. I just kept thinking plane crashes happen all the time, its sad but things do go wrong. .
After class I got in my car and started driving home the same way I do everyday, but something seemed different. The town, which is usually lively, with people walking on the streets, cars flying down the streets, and the occasional police siren going off, seemed like a ghost town. The world seemed to be on permanent mute there were no children yelling, dogs barking, or even a bird chirping. As I pulled up to the stop sign that I stop at everyday, in which in only my two months of school I've seen five accidents, things were quite different. People where actually waving others ahead. When I eventually got home I ran down to my basement to watch television. I found out though that it was already on and that my little brother, who was home sick, was sitting and crying on the couch. Without saying anything I looked up at the television and saw it for the first time. Every American, I believe, will remember forever where he or she was when the first time they saw the plane crash. My moth dropped and my legs became shaky, 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 him a hug, I tried hard to fight back my tears, thinking I had to be stronger because I"m the big brother. I knew though , that America was crying with me. Later into the evening I called up a couple of my friends and decided we should go and give blood.
Americans got more and more paranoid after Sept. 11th. ... In a way Sept.11 pulled America apart from different countries around the world, but pulled their country together. Patriotism increased after 9/11, bringing Americans closer together. 9/11 also brought different artists together, as actors and musicians came together to put on a televised concert, A Tribute To Heroes. Airlines were also affected by Sept. 11. ... As you can see a lot of stuff was affected by 9/11 from musicians to airplanes. ...
A Journalist for the Washington Post, Teresa Wiltz in her essay Popular Culture in the Aftermath of Sept. 11 Is a Chorus without a Hook, a Movie without an Ending delineates and exemplifies the reaction of popular culture after 9/11. Wiltz's purpose was to tell how people look towards pop. culture in order to seek , especially after a tragedy. ... Referring back to the point that no one wants to feel sad after a tragedy. ... Its as if with the first sentence Wiltz is trying to pile on detail after detail to illustrate the enormity, weight, or extensiveness of Sept. 11 which can be infe...
September 11, 2001 was a devastating day for the United States. ... Dawn Onley, staff for Government Computer News (GCN) reports that the FBI and other agencies have stepped up their monitoring of the Internet after finding Internet-related information on computers seized from Al Qaeda, the group blamed by the Bush administration for the September 11th attacks. ... Though nothing will replace face-to-face interaction, Web site traffic has increased 12-fold since April and in the last four or six weeks after September 11th (Onley 2002). ... Killer Applications The Global Command and Control ...
Retail sales drop largest in 9 years A plunge in retail sales in the United States has occurred since the September 11 terrorist attacks. ... But the slump the September 11 terrorist attacks was painful to the economy. ... The cause of this was obviously the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on September 11. ... The government conducted its surveys during the week of Sept. 10, which meant that the impact of the events of Sept. 11 isn't reflected in the results. ... But consumer confidence may be another casualty of the September 11 terrorist attacks. ...
Holcombe ECO 2000 11 Sept. 2003 Emperato 6 Works Cited Page Boehner, John. The Budget Deficit "Putting It Into Perspective Page. 10 Sept. 2003. ... Treasury's Fisher on Budget Deficit Page. 14 Sept. 2003. ... Holcombe ECO 2000 11 Sept. 2003 The Current Budget Deficit The gross federal debt that was facing our nation at the end of 2001 was almost 6.2 trillion dollars! ... These cuts created jobs, helped to jump start that post 9/11 economy, and put more money in the pockets of many Americans- (2). ...
All Suicide Bombers Are Not Alike By JOSEPH LELYVELD A journey to Gaza, Cairo and Hamburg in search of what really made Sept. 11 possible. ... A few days after Sept. 11, that quotation from a sacred Muslim commentary turned up on an English-language Web site called www.fatwa-online.com. ... In the days after Sept. 11, it also became clear that there was no Arab leadership with the inclination or stature to call a jihad against suicide bombings and the latter-day cult of martyrdom that may date from the Iran-Iraq war, in which Iranian teenagers, sent out by the thousands to be human minefie...
His purpose is to inform readers about the current state of America and its people, even years after the initial attacks in order to illustrate the lasting effects that terrorism in the early 2000s has had on us as a whole. ... In the article, "9/11:What else it taught us", Neyfakh writes "Sept. 11 transformed the world of American ideas in many ways--fueling sharp debates about America's role in world affairs, about the clash of religions, about freedom and security.... " The author also mentions that the John Hancock Tower in Boston had its observation deck closed to...
I don't think that anyone will forget September 11 2001. ... As you listen to the news, radio, or read a newspaper, you notice one thing in common after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City--unity. ... Before the 9/11 attacks, one would never have doubts about who's on the same flight as you, or feeling compelled to wash your hands after touching the mail. ... Flying is a huge phobia that was concocted after the attacks. ... After the 9/11 attacks, people freaked out. ...