http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/whqr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1849639
Listen to the audio excerpt using the link above. Think about how Wilmington Fire Chief Buddy Martinette was affected by his involvement in the tragedy.
After reading the articles Freedom vs. Security and Horrifying, Just Horrifying, answer the following questions:
How were people affected by their experiences on 9/11? Give examples to support your conclusions.
What is the dilemma the the United States faces in a post 9/11 world? Explain.
Has this ever been an issue in the past? Why?
1) To be completely honest I don’t think that people knew what to think when the planes it the twin towers. I think that everybody was confused and didn’t think that it was a terrorist attack at that time. It affected people because people lost part of themselves that day. When the planes hit people where just most likely amazed and shocked on what just happened. People had lost their families, and the brave’s souls that went in those two buildings to try to save other Americans, but never came out of the twin towers that day. If I had seen people falling out of those buildings trying to escape from the fires and trying to escape from death, I would never get those images out if my mind. If I had been there watching the planes go into the towers I had would have most likely go in there and help all the people that had been stuck in that building that never made it out.
ReplyDelete2) The dilemma for the United States was out to help the American citizen and try to figure out what to do next and if they tried to attack again then how would we react on that or how to try to stop it. This has been an issue in the past when terrorist tried to attack the twin towers in the 1990’s when they tried to go to the parking deck with a whole truck of fertilizer to make a bomb, but we caught them in time before they could try to blow up the building. I think that there is a bigger issue is that we have taking traveling to a whole new level because of the new roles that you have to follow. Like you can’t take more than 3 0z of liquid onto a plane, then you have to go through a full body scanner, get padded down my officer and finally go in a metal detector, just to on a plane. It would be better f if you just got in a car and go wherever you wanted to go.
People where affected in many ways by 9/11 for example Emily Sussell said she at first never knew what terrorism was and was confused by the 9/11 situation. But a year later it hit her, she became depressed probably just by being a witness and seeing all the innocent people dying. She thought of her depression as post-traumatic stress from only being four blocks away from the actually bombing event. Since 9/11 the U.S. has gone through some major changes and, security is the biggest change. Most people remember that before 9/11 there was never full-body scans or pat-downs enforced by officers, water isn’t even allowed anymore. It was simple just got through the metal detectors, get your bags checked, and off you go. The government also has the right to suspect anyone and interrogate them if they seem suspicious and a law that would make it legal for the National Security Agency to be allowed, without a warrant, to wiretap and do other types of monitoring. But people didn’t like the idea that they would have lack of privacy and put an end to that law. We had never had such a tragic event like 9/11 that was a big “wake up call” for everyone that had to apply strict security laws nationally and not as much privacy in order to keep the country safe and alert about terrorists attacks. Most people didn’t know much about the whole terrorism concept but now they do and it’s a good thing to be informed because, right now terrorism is a threat to all of us in the U.S.
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1. 9/11 was a horrible tragedy which left many people affected by it, some in ways you could never imagine. People lost their lives, their family, their jobs, their friends, their mentors, and many lost themselves. A lot of people had held on to hope that their loved ones would return alive but unfortunately that was not always the case. 3,000 people were found dead after the event at the twin towers. For some the event had affected them on a more personal level than others. After the event many people gathered to grieve and mourn the lives that were lost that day. Some people even went as far as helping to save those alive and trapped, or helped create a memorial and rebuild buildings nearby, risked their lives to save someone else’s, and honor those whose lives were lost every September 11 sense and those to come.
2. What the U.S. faces post 9/11 is freedom vs. security. This is about what is more important to you freedom or security. What is meant by that is would you rather be able to have a large amount of freedom in the United States of America or would you like to be safe? I personally would choose security over freedom because I feel that a person feels they have more freedom when they are safe because they feel comfortable with the situation around them, plus who would feel safe knowing that someone can just walk onto a plane with a bomb. This is why I feel that security comes before freedom.
September 11th, 2001…a day that will be remembered in American history for a long time. This attack affected many people, leaving them traumatized and hurt emotionally. Emily, a 6th grade girl then, from the article “Horrifying, Just Horrifying” experienced the action movie-like scene that occurred that day. She says she will “never forget the sight of bodies falling through the air”. It is a very sensitive topic to deal with. Ever since, the US government has had to respond with a host of measures to keep the nation protected from unexpected terrorist attacks. It is now mandatory that Americans get security checks in airports. This may include: taking shoes off, getting padded down, walking through body scanners, etc. Many of these safety procedures were authorized by Congress a month after 9/11 when they passed the Patriot Act, which gives them power to conduct investigations and such. But this has been a dilemma because some people believe the government is violating the 4th amendment of the Constitution, which states “ the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures.” Before 9/11, there was no strict procedures like these. But I think we should all understand why this is happening. We do not want to experience another attack again when it could be prevented.
ReplyDeleteMany people were highly affected by the terrible event of 9/11. They were really upset and probably really confused. There must have been so much commotion and chaos that most people wouldn’t have probably even realized that the destruction that the planes caused to the twin towers was even a terrorist attack. I’m sure that their experience was truly horrifying and I couldn’t even imagine what it must have been like especially for the people who were part of the recovery team. In the article “Horrifying Just Horrifying” the girl said that she had thought it was an accident because of a plane flying really low and that she had no idea that it was a terrorist attack. She had also said that it had felt like an action movie and not like real life. This was also very similar as to what Wilmington Fire Chief Buddy Martinette had felt like that he described in an interview. He said that after being in the destruction for so long he lost his sense of reality.
ReplyDeleteThe United States faces the problem retaliation from Al Qaeda terrorists after killing the leader Osama bin Laden. The United States does not know their next move and how to stop it if they do attack. If the U.S doesn’t figure out how to defend the country then it’s possible that we could have a disaster all over again. This has happened before when a terrorist tried to blow up the twin towers but luckily he was caught before it could happen. If this had happened then many people could have died.
I think people were affected mentally and emotionally by this dramatic cause. At first I believe people thought when the plane crashed it was just an accident. Then they come to further realize that it wasn’t. People in the twin towers were shocked by this experience. Many people were affected by this outcome. Personally I would have hyperventilated because I wouldn’t have known what to do. People lost loved ones, friends, family, etc. It’s a sad story to see and hear about 10 years later. My cousin’s mother was there when this happened. I can’t imagine how he feels not to have his mother around him. It’s a tragic and devastating situation. The nation is struggling with the challenge. Also I think anyone who had anything to do with this needs to have consequences for their actions. If I was there at the time of 9/11 I would panic. I don’t like to see people in pain and hurt, and the people falling and jumping off the building is a sight. This is just crazy how someone out of their right mind one do this, and takes the lives of innocent people. The issue today is, how and what would they do if this happened all over again? What would happen? What can us, Americans, do to deal with the situation so that it doesn’t happen again. As well I feel that it’s a serious issue to deal with, and that there needs to be pat downs in the airports for others safety cause you never know who’s who. I don’t think it’s a matter of privacy. It’s really a matter of safety. There’s an issue between being free and having security. For myself I would most likely like to be safe than free. What would this world do without security? Majority everywhere you go there’s some type of security. I would rather be safe than sorry. This has also been an issue in the pass because the terrorists have tried to blow up things before. I believe that this can be prevented from happening again.
ReplyDelete1) People were affected because they lost ones that were dear to them. Like for example; Wilmington Fire Chief Buddy Martinette lost firefighters that he had trained himself. Some people may have lost loved ones when the twin towers went down. Even people who didn’t lose someone dear to them, are affected because they feel bad for all the family that lost loved ones. They are also affected because it was a tragic thing that happened to innocent people. Emily Sussell was affected even though she was only 11 years old when it happened because she was 4 blocks away from the twin towers when the planes crashed into them. She said she saw “an enormous hole with flames and black smoke at the top of the North Tower of the Trade Center. The hole was shaped like a plane-- you could kinda see the outline of the wings.” I think some people may not have been affected because they were either too young to understand or some people may not have even cared.
ReplyDelete2) The dilemma that the US faces in the post 9/11 world, I think, is the security. I say this because in the Freedom vs. Security article, they said that 1 month after 9/11, they started putting more security in the airports. For example; Americans would take off their shoes, get patted down by security guards, they would toss their water bottles out, and would even walk through a body scanner. They would do all that before walking on a plane. Before, it was just put all your belongings that you were carrying on the plane with you on the belt, send it through the machine, take your shoes off, go through the metal detector, and board your plane. The Freedom vs. Security article said that there are even armed soldiers patrolling airports and stadiums. This has been an issue in the past because people have complained about their little 3 year old child getting patted down in an airport. Others have complained about getting patted down unnecessarily by security in airports. I personally think security is a good thing in airports, but you should only do what is necessary and not get carried away with it all.
On the day of September 11, 2001 the world was hit by some big new. We were being attacked by terrorists. 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four passenger jets. Al-Qaeda terrorists attacked the United States by hijacking planes and using them as missiles and killing almost 3,000 people in New York, Washington D.C., and in Pennsylvania. The hijackers were going on a planned suicide mission. During their mission they intentionally crashed two planes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Both towers crashed in two hours. American Airlines Flight 11 was crashed into the North Tower and Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower. Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon and Flight 93 crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.
ReplyDelete1. In a way people were affected was just like the passage about Emily Sussell. She was in her 6th grade class we she could hear a shattering boom and she could feel the building shake. She thought it was a huge car accident. Someone led her outside and she could see a fire in the sky and an enormous hole in the North Tower. She said “The hole was shaped like a plane-you could kind of see the outline of the wings”. Another way people could have been affected was that they could know or be related to people that died during the tragic accident.
2. A dilemma the United States faces in a post 9/11 world is that we need to take more precautions so that doesn’t happen again and so people can be safer. Securities at airports are ten times stricter than they were before 9/11. Not just the security was strict but the government was as well. The government monitored phone calls and e-mails without warrants. It was never an issue before 9/11 and now it is a huge issue. I hope no one has to experience anything like 9/11 again.
1) In my opinion, everyone was traumatized from what had happened that day. Family members where lost, close friends were killed, everything was just hectic. No one really knew what was happening when the planes first hit the twin towers, but when the building started collapsing and burning, you seen people jumping from the third and the fourth floor trying to save themselves. Firefighters came in in a hurry rescuing men and women as soon as possible, trying to get everyone out as fast as possible. After the fact a lot of people were torn because of all the men and women that had died that day. If affected millions because of the attack, even people in Wilmington were affected.
ReplyDelete2) The dilemma here is the United States are being prepared in case of another attack was to happen. They have taken our security to a whole other level when it comes down to traveling on a bus, or a train, or on a plane. They are more serious about the planes now because of the past issues in the 1990’s when the terrorists crashed into the twin towers. When you get ready to board a plane you have to take all your items out your pocket first, then get patted down by a security guard, then go through the body scanner, and you have to get all your luggage checked. It’s a long process just to board a plane. And this will still be a issues in the future because terrorism still lurks in the U.S. even though we’ve not had any attacks. But we are looking out, preparing for the worst and praying for the best in this war.
1. People where horrified about the attack and will never forget it as long as they live. Fire chief Buddy Martinette was one of the firefighters in the building trying to save people. He said that “the smell was unforgettable. It was a mix of lots of jet fuel and decaying bodies that were in the building. And that he lost a lot of friends that he trained in that building.” Also a Pearson named Emily Sussell was only four blocks away from the attack in school. She said that “she heard a big crashing sound and that she thought it was a car crash but when she went out sighed she saw a hole in the building with fire and black smoke coming out. And that it was the scariest thing she ever saw.”
ReplyDelete2. What the question is asking is that what the U.S. has to do to ensure the safety of this nation. Because what they are doing is their checking everyone in the airports by patting them down and making them go through a metal detector will their possessions are doing the same. This issue with termism and all the things they are doing by killing and bombing is new and was never done in the past, probably never even thought of until 9/11. So that’s why the United States government is having a hard time trying to stop the terrorists. A good analogy is that their like a virus or disease that we have never encountered before and we have no vaccine for it so it is spreading everywhere and we can’t stop it fast enough because it is doing thins we have never seen before.
How the 9/11 attack affected people was because it was just a real bad thing. People on the street saw people jumping out of windows trying to get away from the fire. In the story just horrifying said she was at school and good feel the impact from 4 blocks away could see fire, black smoke and the impact of the plane. That is going to affected people big time and all the firefighter that lost their life’s to help people get out and love ones that were still in the tower when it fell. It has been an issue because it took use about 9 ½ years to find the person that plan the 9/11 attack. It has brought great depression to people and they will just never be the same person ever again. It hasn’t been a problem with airlines before the 9/11 attacks it wasn’t as strict as it now is they have new body scan patting down people taking much everything you have with you is now being search even our water bottle are getting taken. Now there is even more high tech security at places that didn’t really have it before.
ReplyDelete1. People were deeply affected by their experiences on 9/11. Fire Chief Buddy Martinette told his experience from rescuing people at The Pentagon. He said that the rescue workers had to work in terrible conditions, and there was also a possibility that the floor they were working on could collapse. At the same time, many firefighters that he worked with were dying. That must have been an incredibly saddening, scary, and stressful situation that he’ll probably never forget. Emily Sussel was in sixth grade on 9/11. She said she was in school and heard loud explosions. When she went outside, she could see and feel the flames on The World Trade Center. She said that she could see people jumping out of the building, and she’ll never forget that. She describe that day as “horrifying, just horrifying”. The traumatic experience caused her to have depression and post-traumatic stress. 9/11 had a profound effect on people emotionally, and many of them say that they’ll never forget that day. 9/11 has permanently changed the lives of several people.
ReplyDelete2. The dilemma that the United States faces in the post 9/11 world is balancing national security and civil liberties. There have been many debates about whether some things violate the constitution and other civil liberties. Since 9/11 many policies and rules have been changed to make people safer. An example of that are airport security checks. Some of the measures that have been taken to make things safer have been debated because some say that they’re unconstitutional. An example of this is when the National Security Agency listened to phone calls and read emails. It has been said that doing that is a violation of the Fourth Amendment. Another example is whether the prisoners in Guantanamo have the same rights such as a trial and Miranda rights. This has also been an issue in the past. In 1798 the Alien and Sedition Acts made it illegal to talk badly about the government. Those acts were repealed four years later. During the Civil War Habeas Corpus was suspended. It was given back in 1866. During World War I it was illegal to \say or write things that weren’t loyal about the government, flag, constitution, of military. That was repealed in 19212. During World War II Japanese American were put in internment camps. In 1998 they were given reparations. There have been several times throughout the history of our country when the line between protecting civil liberties and national security has been blurry
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ReplyDelete1.) People were affected by their experiences from 9/11 because a lot of people lost family members or important people in their life, or maybe saw some pretty terrifying sights. For example, Emily Sussel from the “Horrifying, Just Horrifying” article has post-traumatic stress because of the things she saw that day. Also, the fire fighter from the sound clip even lost some of the rescuers he trained and I’m sure that has caused him to never taken anything in life for granted because you never know when it will be your last day.
2.) The dilemma the United States faces in a post 9/11 world is all of the security precautions. Like in the airport, some of those pat downs could make people feel uncomfortable and maybe even violated, even though it is for our own good. Also, some of our civil liberties are taken away. I don’t really think it was a big deal in the past because how else would the terrorist sneak a gun on the plane. I don’t think this was mentioned in either one of the articles or the sound clip, but a lot of Muslims or Middle Eastern people get stereotyped.
1.) On December 8th 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a speech about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He made the comment that this day would live on as a “Day of Infamy” I think that if he knew about 9/11 he would have said the same thing. Even today 10 years later 9/11 is remembered with mixed emotions. Fear, anger, and sorrow are just three of the many emotions that people feel when they think of this national tragedy. No one expected something like this to happen and couldn’t believe that it had happened when it did. At first, like Emily Sussell said “It felt like an action movie, not real.” People didn’t know what to think. Because of 9/11 thousands of people have been affected worldwide. “We’ve been at war ever since.” Another quote by Emily Sussell tells us how even today 9/11 even today, is still affecting our lives.
ReplyDelete2.) Because of 9/11 today our nation has to take drastic security measures. We are absolutely terrified as a people that something of 9/11’s scale could happen again. Because of that fear we have to “Walk a tightrope.” And find the suitable balance in between. Though this “game” has been played before in our nation’s history. For example during World War 1 our nation passed the Sedation act, which made it a crime to criticize anything about the United States of America. Or even worse during World War 2 when we put 100,000 Japanese –Americans in internment camps because we doubted there loyalty to America. So yet again we are in this situation, this “walking of the tightrope.” Hopefully in time we can find that perfect balance and no longer have to be afraid.
There were many people there to witness 9/11, and they have been affected by it in many ways. One way that people have been affected is that they have scarring images in their mind every time they hear about 9/11. Another way that 9/11 affects people is that they have depression because a close friend or relative died in that attack. In the article “Horrifying, Just Horrifying” Emily Sussell said the following year she felt depressed. Another reason that people are affected by this is that people are being watched, they don’t have any privacy because they have to get patted down every time they go into the airport. In the article “Freedom VS Security” it says that soon after the attack they issued security measures on everyone that looked suspicious.
ReplyDeleteThe United States faces a horrible dilemma in the post 9/11 attack. The dilemma is that Americans are having their privacy invaded. Many new security measures has been set after the 9/11 attack to keep the country safe. Also, people suspected of terrorism can be arrested and searched with no questions asked. This hasn’t been a problem before the 9/11 attack because our country hasn’t been in such a horrible accident that would cause that.
The chief fire fighter names the smells of the building and how the bodies smelled when they were decomposing and what the top of the building had looked like when it had clasps. The memories painted vivid picture in his mind he remember the jet fuel smell and how small and dark the building was. He also states that the first responders have an important job and a serious job also and he states that people forget how important simple and major fires can react people lives. He stated that when you see fires over and over again the fires and destruction seems normal and average. He states what makes a difference is not truly the outcome it’s the first 24 hours and the first couple of minutes and saving all the people that you are able to save and recover.
ReplyDeleteMany people were affected in many ways like for an example people family was lost in this terrible incident and people had suffered through emotional distress and were afraid that he would come back and destroy more. For a very long time the presidents was trying to capture the terrorist but they sadly wasnt a complete success they tried many things. like for an example when this destruction had occurred president George Washington Bush was in office he tried many things and resources to catch the terrorist like authorizing the national security agency to monitor any phone calls or emails that anyone believe or had any reason to assume it was sent by an terrorist but when this program had become known to the public some people didn’t 100% agree with this decision/choice so they had made the 4th amendment protecting against unreasonable searches.
The terrorist situation was still under great debate and since it was so much rules against certain things the search was nearly impossible, soon Bush names the terrorist officially an enemy of the United States. President Obama had the same problems with fighting with the terrorist.
Later there was another threat to the United States BUT good thing is that after all of the heart break and people dying and family and innocent people killed in may president Obama officially stated that the U.S. navy seals had killed Al Qaeda the leader of the Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. This message affected many people some in a great way because they was able to have a peace of mind but it still brings problems because say if it happens again then were back In the same boat that we was reading on before.
An example the women in the article named Emily Sussell was just six blocks away not knowing what was really going on at first. Her first instant was that it was a really bad car accident but then people had started to guide her outside I guess to evaluate the building all she remembers is was the black smoke and the top of the building and a big black crashing hole. Flames were jumping out of the building she remembers it as just horrifying and scary the worst felling and the worst site she have ever seen. And when she had heard about the killing of bin laden she was confused about how people were celebrating and happy about the death and she couldn’t understand how people could be happy about somebody dying/killed
1.People were affected from 9/11 in different ways; some people it hit harder than others. Some couldn’t even comprehend what was going on because the amount of destruction that had happened. As Buddy Martinette said in the audio recording, people’s sense of reality was gone; they lost that concept because it seemed as though it was unreal. In “Horrifying, Just Horrifying,” Emily Sussell stated that she felt she was in an action movie when she was running from the flames; not reality. The tragedy of 9/11 affected many families too. These people lost innocent friends and family members. Sussell said in the article that she was affected her in the following year “…I became depressed, and looking back, I think there has to be some connection, a kind of post-traumatic stress…” This attack not only affected people physically, it affected them emotionally.
ReplyDelete2.The main question after 9/11 occurred was, “How can we protect the United States, but still have civil rights?” The dilemma the U.S. is facing is that whatever they do for the country’s safety ends up either being denied or it fires controversy. It says in “Freedom vs. Security” that “…finding the right balance can be like walking on a tightrope…” This means that the U.S. must make security measures that benefit everyone. This has been an issue in the past when, for example, in 1798, John Adams made a law that it would be illegal to criticize the government. But just a few years later, it was repealed. The United States must satisfy the needs of every citizen, but still must follow the constitution, which can sometimes be tricky when dealing with matters such as security.
After 9/11 things really changed for many Americans. Some people’s experiences were more traumatic than others but the horror of it all was just the same. So many people became traumatized and depressed after the events of 9/11. Many people lost their lives that day and people still grieve about it, even 10 years later. That life changing experience still haunts people; just think of Emily Sussel who was not much younger than we are now when this happened. Until the climactic moment of 9/11 she was just an average 6th grader at school on an ordinary day. To think she was just 4 blocks away, what would have happened to her if she was any closer? It’s a scary thought. So many lives were cut short on that day and some were blessed to see September 12, 2001.
ReplyDeleteThe government is in a constant battle over liberty vs. security. It isn’t easy to decide what rights someone has as an American and what rights the government has to protect that American and everyone else in the country. Since the events of that September day the government has been trying to prevent another 9/11. Just shortly after 9/11 many security precautions were put into play, but some were abolished because they were deemed as unconstitutional and an invasion of one’s individual privacy. The government still tries to grapple with what is security and what is just going too far.
1. A lot of people were traumatized by 9/11. It seems like the U.S. is more on edge about terrorism after what happened. Lots of extra precautions are taken now. For example, not being able to take water bottles to certain places, being patted down at airports, and other things like that. I think the event has created a lot of tension in our country.
ReplyDelete2. The problem the U.S. faces after 9/11 is that some of the methods that the U.S. has been using to obtain information from suspected terrorists have created a lot of controversy. Some of them are argued to be in violation of people’s rights. Although the Obama administration has said that they have stopped using most of these methods it can’t be said for sure whether they actually have. Issues regarding people’s rights have been present since as early as 1798 when President John Adams made it against the law to criticize the government.
People were affected by their experience because there were almost 3,000 people died from the crash into the pentagon as stated in the article Ten Years After 9/11, The US is Still Trying to Balance Protecting the Nation From Terrorist Attacks with Preserving Civil Liberties. There were families that had dead family members. Then the fire departments lost lots of important people that tried to help and went into the wreckage to find survivors. The first responders were the most important they were the ones to search for survivors. After the 9/11 attack there was a debate on how to protect against additional attacks without trampling on the civil liberties. There were many questions like:
ReplyDelete• Can the government listen to our phone conversations and read e-mails without warrants?
• Should suspected terrorist the Guantanamo prison in Cuba have the right to challenge their detention in court?
• How much power does the president have to search for and punish those accused of having terrorist ties?
• Are harsh interrogation techniques ever justified? And at what point do they become torture?
As stated in the article Ten Years After 9/11, The US is Still Trying to Balance Protecting the Nation From Terrorist Attacks with Preserving Civil Liberties.
Well mostly the United States government with George W. Bush in 2002 where he had people tapping, listening and reading, e-mails and phone calls. Then when the public found out about this they said it was a violation against the Fourth Amendment that protected against “unreasonable searches and seizures.” Also in 2010 a federal judge ruled that warrantless wiretapping is illegal and told the Justice Department that the practice has been discontinued under the Obama administration. Lastly, Soon after the 9/11 attack the US took military action against those responsible: Al Qaeda and indirectly the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan who had provided Al Qaeda terrorist with a base of operations. When Obama took office in 2009 he promised to close Guantanamo within a year but he is having just as hard a time figuring out what to do with the detainees as bush did.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that Guantanamo detainees have the right to challenge their detention in federal courts but many question remain including how where and if to try the detainees. Methods for interrogating terrorism have been “waterboarding “which stimulates drowning. Bush administration Critics have said some of those tactics did raise to the level of torture which would violate the constitution’s ban on “cruel and unusual punishment” and the Geneva Conventions.
When president Obama took office he vowed these techniques would stop but there’s no way to know for sure. What do you think?
1) After the 9-11 events happened everyone was traumatized. It had a huge impact on people in many different ways. Some people were/are dealing with post-traumatic stress, depression, and grief. A lot of people lost a part of themselves that day. Most people knew somebody that was involved with cleanup or they died on that day. Cleanup crews were affected in a huge way because they went in and saw the damage face to face, they had to deal with the decomposing bodies and the stench. Some of them actually had to take their friends and acquaintances out in body bags. The people that didn’t necessarily know anybody or were involved have also been affected by 9-11. The ways they are affected are found in common day events. An example would be at an airport, now you cannot take any liquids that contain more than 8oz. on a carry-on bag. I can’t imagine living with the images of people jumping from the twin towers to escape the fire and to escape death. From that day on whenever I hear 9/11 I think back to the horrific events that happened in those few hours, but they will always be running in our hearts and minds.
ReplyDelete2) The dilemma that the United States faces in our post 9/11 world is the decision between freedom and security. We argue about what is more wanted, to know you are safe while traveling or to have our freedom and privacy rights. This is a very iffy topic because you can go both ways with this. The problem with choosing security over freedom is, the government won’t have to submit warrants to access your personal information like phone calls and things like that, but something that is beneficial would be that the chances of another attack are low. The problem with choosing freedom over security is, there is a bigger chance of us having another attack like 9/11, something that is beneficial of choosing freedom would be that there wouldn’t be so many petty news stories of people complaining about security and how it isn’t right how they are conducting it. This had never really been a problem before because we never had any severe threats. The United States was supposed to be the “big man on campus” meaning nothing bad really occurred here and we were kind of the base of the pyramid, the strong country. Now it is much more complicated to get on a plane to go on a good vacation but still they make you throw away some very valuable things that you can’t replace just because they go over the 3oz. weight.
1) September 9, 2011 was one of the worst disasters in the U.S. It affected people far and wide throughout the whole country. This attack killed almost 3,000 people according to the article “Freedom V.S. Security”. In the U.S. when leaving to get on an airplane, the customs you have to go through are 10 times as strict which include, taking off your shoes, jackets, watches, putting your bags through a machine to scan them, and even walking through a metal detector. In the article “Horrifying, Just Horrifying” a 6th grade girl named Emily Sussell witnessed the shock of the twin towers. She states, “She will never forget the sight of bodies falling through the air – people who jumped from the flames. Horrifying, Just Horrifying”. People, who saw the towers fall, literally watched their loved ones die and they couldn’t do anything but watch. I’m pretty sure that day most people thought the plane incident was an accident but soon found out that it was an act on purpose. This impacted millions of people and it is something they will never forget.
ReplyDelete2) I think the dilemma the United States faces in a post 9/11 is the safety. Our country has kicked up the security, for example the airports. When going through customs, you take off your shoes, jackets, watches, you must put all your bags through a machine to scan them, you have to walk through a metal detector, they pat you down and throw away anything that might look the slightest bit suspicious. This may all seem like a good way to make help make sure nothing like the 9/11 day will ever occur again, but in some ways all this security can come with its ups and downs. In the article “Freedom V.S. Security”, some people have complained that the security is violating there “personal space” because of the pat downs. You can go many ways with this but it really comes down to one main point. Would you rather be safe or have a little more space? I don’t think this sort of thing has happened in the past because if it had why would it have taken this long to make the security here in the airports stricter?
People were affected by their experiences on 9/11 in different ways. As an U.S resident I feel very sad for those that were in the catastrophe of 9/11. There were many who lost family members and friends and others. People that were in the attack were in more danger than others. It mentions in the audio response that people were trapped inside of a building that has had planes damage many of columns that kept the building stable for over 24 hours. They are at the edge of death when you think about it. It also says in the audio that EVERYDAY firefighters would try and help there was a smell of decomposing bodies in the building of individuals that have passed. If you were to put yourself in their shoes you would see what type of experience it was to sit and wait for help, not have any food/water source, and think about how at any moment this building can collapse. It will shock you how bad it was for those individuals at that moment in time. As it says in the audio they tell how it was very dark and damp because of the firefighter putting out fires because of the plane crashing.
ReplyDeleteThe dilemma the United States faces in a post 9/11 world is that one the “nation is still struggling with the challenge” stated from the article and that in 2002 how “George W bush authorized the NSA to monitor phone calls and e-mails of thousands without obtaining warrants”. When that occurred and became public everything went from being bad to even worst. It was mentioned in the article that you must go through court issued warrants before conducting types of monitoring. This means that to me that you cannot go through someone’s privacy say for instance a diary without having permission or a warrant saying you can do so. In March of 2010 federal judge stated that warrantless wiretapping meaning going through something without having a warrant was pronounced ILLEGAL. This has been an issue in the past with terrorist trying to attacking twin towers but it turned out to be a failed attempt.
After reading the articles Freedom vs. Security and Horrifying, Just Horrifying, there are many ways to look at September 11th, 2001. From celebratory action of Osama bin Laden’s death, to sadness all over the country of what it reminded them of ten years ago. There were many feelings on that day and many people were affected by their experiences. A firsthand witness would be that of Emily Sussell. She was in school just four blocks from the Twin Towers when the attack happened. There were many things that she can tell you of that day that had to do with commotion, confusion and sadness. On the day of the attack, most experienced all three of those feelings. With either being there in New York City, being a part of a first responder team such as police or firefighters, and as well as being one of many millions who had no clue of how to react in that situation. We were all in a state of confusion and sadness. That day will never be forgotten.
ReplyDeleteIn the years since, there have been many scares with terrorism. We now face the wall between security and freedom. The government does not want to step over the line of the Constitution and our rights as citizens, but what they do want is to keep us as safe as possible. Most citizens understand that, but there is a very thin line between freedom and security. We now have to face very intense security at airports, a possible listening in on our phone calls, and while in the middle of both, we need to choose which is more important, security and safety, or freedom? There have been many scares with terrorists in the past, as well as after 9/11. In the past, we faced many problems with Al Qaeda. They do not trust Americans and are willing to terrorize us, for example, 9/11. Even after September 11th, Al Qaeda has affected us, in the spring of this year, Osama bin Laden was killed by US Navy Seals. That came to many as a joyous time to not have the mastermind behind 9/11 alive. Even though we might not think that our security is needed, it is. Most citizens would just think freedom right away, but when you think about it, we would rather not have another 9/11 situation on our hands and be safe rather than sorry. Many millions of citizens were affected on this day, and we need to take necessary precautions to keep it from happening again.
Invulnerable; that was how America was described until September 11, 2001. There are people out there who are still going through the tragedy of that day. They’re still trying to pick up the broken pieces of what happened. Emily Sussell was at school in New York, 4 blocks away from the World Trade Center, when the terrorist attack happened. Emily saw the second tower fall. She said that she could smell the smoke and feel the heat from where she was standing in front of her middle school. Emily says that the terrorist attack left her with post-traumatic stress…depression. Emily says that she remembers hearing people say that the attack meant war. She said that she understood that we’ve been at war since then, but it hasn’t felt that way to her. “As far as I’m is concerned, there was only one day in the past 10 years that really felt like we were in a war, and that was September 11, 2001,” says Emily. Emily hopes that people remember that it was a very real experience, but also that it is a sensitive topic to discuss and hear about. Wilmington Fire Chief: Buddy Martinette said that he couldn’t see because of the darkness of smoke, but he could feel the dampness, he could hear the cries of the victims and the by-standers, and he could smell the perished people and the fuel from the terrorist’s jet.
ReplyDeleteSince 9/11 happened the United States has had to make some very important and hard decisions. Here are a few of the very many questions that have been asked; “Can the government listen to our phone conversations and read our e-mails without warrants? Should suspected terrorists at the Guantanamo prison in Cuba have the right to challenge their detention in court? How much power does the president have to search for and punish those accused of having terrorist ties? Are harsh interrogation techniques ever justified? And at what point do they become torture?” The U.S. also has problems with airport security. Americans have to take off their shoes, get patted down by security guards, have their water bottle(s) thrown away, and walk through body scanners before boarding a plane. Most of those security measures were made official a month after 9/11. I don’t believe that this has ever been an issue in the past because we’ve never really had a reason to take all the precautions that we’re taking today. Clifford Mays, president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy says that it is like “walking a tightrope. The idea of finding a balance means that you’re leaning a little to one side and then a little to the other side, and that you might fall off occasionally.”
People were affected by 9/11 because it was that one time was that U.S citizens got a taste of war. In the article Horrifying, Just Horrifying Emily states “We’ve been at war ever since, but it doesn’t feel that way. As far as I’m concerned, there was only one day in the past ten years that I really felt like we were in a war, and that was September 11, 2001”. That day is when all of American citizens felt that they were really at war because the war came to them. The dilemma we face now after 9/11 is the balance of freedom and security. Our former president George .W Bush in 2002 authorized the National Security Agency to monitor the phone calls e-mails of hundreds perhaps thousands of Americans suspected of having terrorist ties, without getting a warrant first. This not just an issue that happed after 9/11 this has happened all the way back to the 18 century. You know honest Abe in 1861 he suspended the right habeas corpus which gives citizens the right to challenge their arrest in court. The right was restored in 1866. I think the reason why we have this 9/11 dilemma because we as nation are trying to prevent it from happing again so in order to do so we go against our own nation
ReplyDelete1) The disaster that occurred September 11, 2001 affected many people. Terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and killed almost 3,000 people. Lots of people were affected by this tragedy event like family and friends who lost someone that day and left people questioning. Also people were risking their lives and jumping off the buildings. The US was affected by this because the US is trying to protect the nation from any terrorists. The nation is trying to protect additional attacks without trampling on the civil liberties. So this tragedy of 911 sparked a debate about whether the US lived up to its standards. Someone who else got affected by 911 was this girl named Emily who was at school while it happened. The article ‘Horrifying, Just Horrifying’ is talking about Emily who is in the 6 grade. She said that she felt the building shake and heard a boom. Emily went outside and saw smoke from four block city away this means that this was huge and it left people thinking .People were really sensitive and showed a lot of emotion about the tragedy that had happened. This affected Emily by not knowing what was going on and she was confused. Emily didn’t understand at that moment because she was only in the 6 grade and didn’t know what to do.
ReplyDelete2) The dilemma that the United States faces in the post 9/11 world is security and freedom. The article Freedom vs. Security said that National security Agents are checking phone calls or emails to suspect any terrorist ties obtaining warrants. The government has power to investigate terrorist suspects like the FBI can go through any of your things if you look suspicious. I don’t think that no one will ever forget the disaster that happened on September 11, 2001.
1) The tragedy didn’t just affect the people near the World Trade Center, it affected a lot people in a lot of different places; Buddy Martinette is a Wilmington Fire Chief and he experienced the disaster and he said “You see so much destruction, the destruction starts to looks normal and you lose the concept of what reality is really like.” It had to have been a pretty surreal experience to lose your sense of reality, the fear and chaos that took place during this time was unreal. Emily, a girl who was only in the sixth grade when this traumatizing event took place has stated “I remember feeling like I was in an action movie, not real life.” People lost loved ones, lost their sense of security, and shortly afterwards they lost their sense of freedom. Shortly after the terrorist attack took place we had to put safety procedures in place in airports to alleviate some of the anxiety that unsettled us from the attack and to ensure that we have utilized every outlet possible in preventing something as horrific as the 9-11 attack. 9-11 has forever changed the United States because of all the safety precautions that are now being put into effect due to the horrific event.
ReplyDelete2) The United States is facing the quandary of whether to basically remove constitutional rights entitling people to their freedom, security, and their personal lives remaining personal to make sure everyone is safe or to allow people to have their freedom and have security at risk. Personally, I would rather have my freedom over security because without freedom you don’t feel secure in yourself and your surroundings; the United States is a country that was based off of the principles of freedom. Without that freedom we’re not that country we claim to be. You’re basically throwing away all the hard work and time our forefathers invested in getting us that freedom; I understand our safety is a major issue but when freedom is compromised for safety, that’s not safety at all because then we have to comply to the rules of other people who do not know what’s best for us and that is one of the scariest things to have to succumb to in my opinion. The issue of freedom verses security has always been an issue; there has been so many laws created in the past basically banning any blaspheme of the government like in World War I, when you violate a person’s rights like this scenario, you’re not considered free any longer, I believe you are in bondage and that is not very secure in my opinion.
1. On the morning of September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda terrorists were able to kill thousands of people in an attack that lead hijacked planes into buildings full of people. The emotions hit some people harder than others. Many people were devastated from loss of family and friends. Emily Sussel suffered from post-traumatic stress and fell into depression a year after she witnessed this horrible event unfold four blocks away during school. She will never forget the image of seeing people jumping out of the building. For most, this event seemed like an action movie, it seemed surreal. Every life lost, whether it’s from helping people or the incident itself, were mourned and every year when September 11, 2011 comes around, people’s emotions start to surface and they remember this tragedy. I think mostly everyone in the U.S would feel sadden by this event as I did even though, at the time, I didn’t know what was going on. I consider this as an incident that brought the U.S closer together. Looking at the pictures that were taken during the time, people were frightened and crying while they were confused and trying to run for cover. Ever since then, there is always a sense of worrying if this would happen again.
ReplyDelete2. A dilemma that we are faced with today is the question of whether security or freedom is more important. After 9/11 happened, rules have become stricter and the government was able to monitor you phone calls and emails without a warrant. It’s debated as to which one is more important, having security and feeling safer, or having freedom and less strict rules. A month after the Al Qaeda attack, the Patriot Act was passed. This act allows the government to tap into the phone calls and emails of those who are suspected of terrorism or having connections with terrorist, all without having to issue a warrant first. I think this is reasonable to do without a warrant. In the article, Freedom vs. Security, it was stated that waiting hours for a warrant can lead to valuable information, which could possibly prevent another attack, to be lost. However, a couple of years later, it was said to be illegal by a federal judge to do this without a warrant. Another issue is the security at airports that has been developed after the 9/11 attack. Taking off your shoes, throwing away your water bottle, and walking through a full body scanner are not such a big deal. What most people are on the edge about is the full body pat down from the security guards. It leaves some people to feel uncomfortable or violated. I think there was a sense of issues in the past, but now, after 9/11, it has become a bigger deal. Before September 11, 2001, the U.S wasn’t really worried about terrorism until it actually happened, and it opened our eyes and we have come to realize that desperate measures have to be taken to prevent this from happening again.
The 9/11 was a horrifying event that I don’t think anyone will ever forget. People were affected because they lost their friends, family, and other loved ones close to them in this terrifying national event. When this day comes around it brings sadness and bad memories back to those people. For some people this day didn’t seem real when they witnessed it, “it felt like you were in an action movie” as stated by Emily Sussell in her article. At the time the event affected Emily Sussell in ways she didn’t even know. She also stated in her article that she had no clue what terrorism even was. This experience affected many others because just the fact of seeing people take their own lives because they didn’t want to face what was about to happen was just terrifying. It was a desperate act of suicide and I find that heartbreaking. With all the commotion, smoke, fire, and screaming people I couldn’t imagine what those people were going through and how they kept it together enough to move on and save themselves and try and help others.
ReplyDeleteThe dilemma the United States faces after the 9/11 world is terrorism and keeping the United States safe. A small example of this is that security is now cracking down on searching people and their bags before going on planes and all forms of travel. They were also monitoring phone calls and reading people’s email messages because at that point they couldn’t trust anyone. Some people debate on this subject because they question on whether or not they can monitor private things like phone calls without a warrant. In 2002 President Bush had authorized the National Security Agency to monitor phone calls and emails of hundreds to thousands of people, as stated in the article. Heavily armed soldiers are patrolling airports and stadiums looking out for anyone that may be suspicious. Many people have become use to being searched as thoroughly as they have been, which includes being patted down, taking their shoes off, and going through a full body scanner to be absolutely sure everyone is safe to travel. When Obama became president in 2009 he had to figure out what to do with the detainees as Bush did. The F.B.I has expanded its power of its agents and is now able to go through household trash and provide surveillance cameras on anyone they find the least bit suspicious. The F.B.I and Obama are taking no chances on having another terrorism attack, if they can do anything to prevent it. A heighted sense of national security has never been a huge issue in the past until this national and unforgettable event occurred. It really opened our eyes to see what can happen and who can get through our security undetected. The United States of America will now continually have to look over its shoulder.
After 10 years of the tragic memories of 911 …
ReplyDeleteNine eleven, has been a big tragic to the U.S. government. In 2001 we were filtrated by Al Qaeda terrorist. They cause a big destruction in Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania and New York by hijacking planes and using them as missiles. During their horrid mission they intentionally crashed two planes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. By that they killed almost 3,000 people in total.
Many people experience this tragic remembrance; one was a girl (at that time) in the 6th grade named Emily Sussell. She said that she thought of all this as a normal plain clash but by putting everything together she was able to see the real happenings in this whole tragic event. Also thought that maybe we were going to go into war, but by the end she said that the only war event she ever saw over these ten years was that September 11, of 2011.
After this tragic event the U.S did not know who to trust, or who to turn fingers at for the big blame. Afterwards they made a new law saying, they could listen to others personal conversations, view our E-mails, etc. In 2010 they court made it illegal to wiretap someone else’s business. However the government still felt untrustworthy towards “suppose threats” as they may say it. Latter while discovering things they discovered many other terrorist operations in Afghanistan. Then they started dealing with them.
In September 11, 2001 a day in United Sates history that will be remembered by many, The smell of the many decomposed bodies of victims who were trapped or could not be saved. In the 9/11 attack there was an estimate of 2985 dead people. Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked a plane, turning it into missiles, the results of the attack affected many people. Many of them who lost their loved ones were devastated, not only did they lose loved ones but they also lost their jobs and their sense of security. I am sure many people were not only scared but also lost and confused about the events around them and worried about their safety, this attack affected them physically and emotionally. In the story ‘Horrifying Just Horrifying’ Emily Sussell stated “The following year I became depressed, and looking back, I think there has to be some connection, a kind of post-traumatic stress, though I didn’t make the connection then.” Sussell stated “let you realize that there was a lot of damage done not only to the World Trade Center but also to the people who witnessed the tragedy.” she wishes that the 9/11 attack would not be honored like pearl harbor in the movies but it will be talked in a sensitive manner. Sussell also stated “I think it’s wrong to celebrate anyone’s death, no matter how many deaths that person may have caused” I’m sure many of us feel the same way but we celebrated to show that we cared about our past loved ones and the sense that we were sure about his death.
ReplyDeleteResidents of united stated feel threated by the lack of security we are provided with. After the 9/11 attacks the U.S. residents’ sense of fortitude was gone. But this accident leads to more security in airports such as the metal detector and the full body scanner. Even though some people think that is unnecessary I think it is good since it can help us find people who could possibly be very dangerous. Another issue is the increase of foreigners coming in this country that could be terrorists, this problem is probably the most concerning one since the terrorist are most likely people who try to blend in with the crowd and try not to get noticed. As Obama has stated that there is a lot “There’s no doubt that Al Qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against us. We must and we will remain vigilant at home and abroad.” Obama has described this as “The idea of being in a tight rope. The idea of finding a balance means you’re leaning a little to one side and then little to the other side and that you may fall off occasionally”. Personally to me this sounds like risks we have to take in order to get the right reaction, and if it does not turn out right you will have to find a way to get backed up.
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1. People were by 9/11 because people lost a lot of their loved ones. The chief firefighter Buddy Martinette lots many of his closest friends in 9/11.most of his friends were trainees that he help train. Most were also affected by 9/11 because most Americans didn’t feel safe and that America wasn’t secure. Also what I got from this article is it makes me wonder what the real reason for them attacking us was really about and why they chose to attack America. Most who were affected by 9/11 were children because they didn’t even know what was going on. Such as Emily Sussell sixth grader who went to school four city blocks from the World Trade Center. She described in an article that she saw people jumping out of buildings, while they were on fire. People were also affected because 3000 people died during those attacks. After 9/11 the government started to question its own safety. People started to wonder if the government wired certain people phones who they thought were suspicious.
2. I feel that security is more important than freedom because if people are more secure they don’t have to worry about being free. With our country and its freedom is that it lets people act a certain way. After the 9/11 high jacking’s people wanted to be more secure so they don’t want a repeat of 9/11. So in life its fare to get patted down at airports it gives people a way of knowing that they are safe.
When someone mentions 9/11 people remember the tragedy that happened September 11, 2001. On that date Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked passenger planes and turned them into missiles as said in the article Freedom vs. Security by Patricia smith. That day and since it has affected people in many ways some that don’t even realize or realized back then.I would think the people in the building were just terrified with what was happening because they didn’t know what was happening until they got out of the falling, on fire building. Some didn’t come out and died in the buildings and their families were affected by that as well as other families who were just watching it go down. One of the people affected by it was Emily Sussell. She was in 6th grade 4 blocks from the world trade center when she saw the as she described it a big hole shaped like an airplane on fire with people jumping out from the flames. The following year she became depressed now she says it was like a post – traumatic stress that she didn’t make a connection then. She is now a senior at State University of New York at New Palts and she hopes that in the future people remember September 11, 2001 as a real experience, that it did happen and that it was a sensitive topic.
ReplyDeleteThe world we live in because of 9/11 has changed in both good and bad ways. Some of the good ways is we are more protected because the FBI is just more alert and cautious with anybody who looks suspicious in being connected/working for terrorists or being a terrorist. Another good thing resultedfrom 9/11 is I guess everybody just is closer together. I mean this because when the airplanes crashed into the buildings everybody in the United States and other countries felt the same way. They were all just sad and helpless that they couldn’t do anything to help and because of that I think brought everybody closer together. Now some of the difficulties we deal with because of 9/11 are as the article Safety vs. Freedom states in its title safety vs. Freedom. After 9/11 happened the presidency/government immediately started to plan for our safety and are still planning now. In the article it says the difficulty in the safety of us is and it’s phrased just like this having to come up with ideas on “how to protect against additional attacks without trampling on civil liberties”. Another issue we are still trying to decide on is how we are going to punish terrorists. Either torturing the terrorists or resolving it in court is what they are trying to make a choice in. President Obama promised not to do any type of torture but nothing seems to be decided on yet. I don’t think this was an issue before because none of these problems occurred till the day of September 11 and safety wasn’t really an issue. I also think so because people weren’t fully aware of the concept of terrorists.
1. In the article “horrifying just horrifying” Emily sussell says that she was an eleven year old in the sixth grade when the attack happened. She was only four blocks away at her school when they heard a loud boom. She says that she thought it was just a car crash until someone led her outside. She says she saw a big hole with flames and black smoke on the top of the north tower of the trade center and she saw that hole was shaped like an airplane. She could see the outline of the wings. She didn’t know what was going on and she had no idea what a terrorist was. She also said that she remembers seeing the sight of bodies of people falling out the window from where they were trying to run away from the fire. She says that she could feel the heat of the fire on her face. She says it felt like it was an action movie not real life. Soon after 9/11 the US took military action against the ones responsible for this tragic attack
ReplyDelete2. The attack shattered most of America’s invulnerability. In 2002 president bush authorized the national security agency to monitor the phone calls and e-mails of hundreds and thousands of Americans and others inside the US. Even killing the mastermind behind the 9/11 attack (Osama bin laden) sparked debate about whether the US had lived up to its ideals.
Most people were sad because of al Qaeda hijacking a plane and crashing it into the twin towers. But I don’t think anybody really knows how some other people felt but I do think that most of the people that were actually there during the 9/11 issue were sad or mad because of what al Qaeda did. But I do believe that you had to be there to actually feel sad but there still were others that were not their during the twin towers falling but did hear about it over the news and they were sad as well. Almost everybody that heard about the twin towers falling and the hijackings and also what happened at the pentagon I believe that all of those people all had mixed emotions. I also believe that most of the people wanted for there to be war and also to find the leader of al Qaeda (Osama Bin Laden) and kill him for planning all of this and being the mastermind behind the hijacking and the planes hitting the twin towers and also the plane that hit the pentagon. The dilemma that is going on that the United States faces is that in some airports, during the inspection some women report that some of the ways that the guards expect them it makes them feel violated or sexually abused and that is one of the problems that the United States is facing post 9/11world. Another problem that the United States is facing post 9/11 is that some of the government wants to wiretap some phones of people that they think that have ties to Al Qaeda but wiretapping is illegal and u also need a warrant but some of the judges believe that what they are trying to do is bad so they don’t give them the warrant and then that leads to them wiretapping without a warrant which is illegal and then someone is going to jail.
ReplyDelete1. The experiences people faced on 9/11 affected them in a sad and emotional way and they will never forget what happen to them on that scary day. Many people were in shock because nothing like 9/11 has ever happened to the U.S. Our sheriff of Wilmington said that “Nothing can replace the smell of that day in the pentagon and that everyone has their own 9/11s when something tragic happens to them such as a death in the family etc.” I agree with him because everyone experiences different problems or tragedy’s in their life. For Emily Sussell 9/11 was “Horrifying, Just Horrifying”. In the article she said “I remember feeling like I was in an action movie, not real life…..” and I am sure many of us felt like it was not real life. Also in the article Emily says “I wonder how 9/11 is going to be portrayed in the future”, well I hope 9/11 will be portrayed as an event that brought the U.S. closer together ,stronger, and more aware. I feel like 9/11 was a wake up call for the U.S. because before 9/11 we thought that we were all safe and had no problems but once the attack happen we all realized that anything can happen and we are not always safe.
ReplyDelete2. The dilemma the United States faces after 9/11 is the airport security has to be a lot more strict then before and it used to be that the president and police could look at personal phone calls and emails whenever they wanted but when Obama came into office he stopped it. An example to show how airports have become stricter would be now when in line to board a plane you have to take your shoes off, get patted down by security guards, give them your bottled water, and walk through a body scanner. Before 9/11 we would not have had to do any of this the only thing we would have to do is go through a metal detector and now the president and police do not check our emails and phone calls unless they have reasoning for doing it. We did not have to do any of those things before 9/11 because the United States did not think we had any terrorist problems or safety issues.
1)Many people were traumatized by the 9/11 event. It has impacted people in many ways that really can’t be explained. Some people were in a shock mode because they couldn’t believe the tragedy or what they had just witnessed. The 9/11 attack can be referred as a catastrophe because it was a sudden widespread disaster. The main people that I think were affected in the 9/11 heartbreak were the people that had loved ones that passed away due to this tragic event, all these people that had family that were involved in this event might feel depressed because their emotions and pain that they feel might be hard to explain. In the article “Horrifying just Horrifying” explains how a sixth grade girl named Emily Sussell was just four blocks away from the World Trade Center ( The Twin Tours) when she witnessed the 9/11 attack. She describes how she had felt the building shake, she thought it was just an accident and at that time she had no idea what the word “Terrorisms” meant. She too was affected in ways she couldn’t even explain at that moment, but a year later was when it really did hit her she became depressed and had made a connection that she went through a post-traumatic stress. Overall this event affected people mentally, physically and emotionally. Due to the fact that they had lost the ones they cared about because they were either in the plane crash or they were the brave heroes that had gone in to save the people that were in danger. The 9/11 attack will always be one of the most disastrous event to be known, and we will always keep in mind all the courageous souls and people who passed away due to this unforgettable event.
ReplyDelete2) The dilemma the United States faces, is corresponding freedom and security because debates have gone on and on about these two main subjects. To me, overall security is the most important and to me is way more important than freedom because the U.S has to be prepared with a strong force of security. In case another attack does occur the US will be well secured to be able to help prevent it. In a way it does put you in a stage of self-conscious to know that somebody out there is watching every move you make. I understand this may give you an un-easy feeling but at the same time we have to realize that this is being done to protect us and our nation from terrorisms attacks or any attacks in particular. I would also agree that wiretapping and other types of monitoring with court issued warrants are helpful because they are able to catch the ones involved in the attack or to prevent the attack itself. In the article “Freedom vs. Security” it explains how new security measures were authorized a month later after the 9/11 attack in 2001 to keep the U.S safe. This was never an issue in the past well at least not before the 9/11 attack security wasn’t a big of a deal. For example before the airports weren’t as strict to get on a plane to travel or go somewhere. Today many rules have change and airlines have become more stern and stricter of what you have with you or allowed to bring. Now days they have security guards who perform pat downs that might bring you to an uncomfortable stage. They also don’t allow you bring in water bottles or more than three ounces of a fluid. Airports have become sterner about what you can bring or take to your desired location but at the end all these security technologies and procedures like body scanners are helpful to prevent any attacks
Kayleigh Ann LeClair said...
ReplyDeleteSeptember 11th is remembered as a day of sadness and loss. If affected so many people in a number of ways. In the article, “Horrifying, Just Horrifying”, a young girl, Emily Sussell reflects on what she felt and saw that day. “I think I was affected by it in ways I didn’t even understand at the time”, she says. For many people it was a confusing and horrific moment in their lives. People lost family, friends, and coworkers. We developed a shell that will be there forever. Gadhafi can and did die, terrorism can be completely wiped off the face of the earth, but still we will never get that security and blind trust that we had before back. In the audio Ten Years Later; a local fire chief, Buddy Martinette led a recovery team at ground zero. He left that place with many close friends and NYC fire fighters he had trained, short. They didn’t make it and that left emotional scars on his heart. You could smell the burning fuel and decaying flesh he said. “It was literally undistinguishable.” In another article I read, Freedom vs. Security it talks about all of the precautions we take to protect the nation from future terrorist attacks and the lack of freedom or privacy we have traded for security. “The attacks shattered America’s sense of invulnerability and ushered in an ongoing battle…..” the article stated. America faced that big issue of security or freedom when the issue to prevent terrorism came up. It kept clashing with the past rights to protect Americans security. In the article Freedom vs. Security it talks about how security precautions have gone up and it has become a chore to travel. This has really changed everyone’s view point.
People were affected by 9/11 because almost 3,000 innocent people died from the plane crash into the Pentagon caused by the terrorist attack from the Al Qaeda terrorist. People were also affected by 9/11 because they had to suffer the terror of not only themselves possibly losing their lives, but the fear of their love ones perishing away in the terrible fire. Not to mention lots of people lived in and still live in shock from the incident that happened on 9/11 and still live with the feeling of being unsafe in the place the call “home”. In the article ‘Horrifying, Just Horrifying’, the survivor Emily Sussell stated that she was only in the 6th grade at the moment of the fire on 9/11 and she ended up being very depressed by the following year and she felt that there was a connection of post-traumatic stress because of the terror. The previous statement shows you that even if you were in the fire and survived 9/11 or not that it will still have a great effect on your life. Now a days people are affected by 9/11 because of the new security measurements that were made a month after 9/11, which causes people in America to have to take off their shoes, get patted down by security guards, and walk through body scanners before getting on a plane. Many people are affected by the over-rated security measurements because they feel as if their privacy is being evaded; also the new high-tech scanners that you just walk through can cause radiation and a possible risk of cancer. 9/11 has also affected some fire fighters lives as stated in the audio of Fire Chief Buddy Marinette who stated the horrors and the sadness that he experienced from not only the thousands of burned carcasses she worked around all day during the 11 day recovery, but also knowing that some of the same fire men’ that he trained didn’t make it out alive.
ReplyDeleteThe dilemma that the U.S. faces in a post 9/11 world is whether to choose between freedom and safety. The U.S. is doing the best at trying to keep the balance between freedom and also safety because of what not only 9/11 has caused, but also the previous and present terrorist attacks. The dilemma has caused the U.S. to drop some laws for privacy and it is now illegal for officers to raid houses without warrants and put people under serious security measurements if they think you look suspicious and also before you get on a plane to prevent terrorist bombings. These things have been a problem in the past back when Bush was president as stated in the article. The U.S. has been struggling between which would be better for our nation which is either freedom or safety. In the article it stated that Obama is still having a hard time trying to pass and fail some laws and claims that he will soon know what to do as he tries to un-mangle some of the laws that Bush had passed.
1) A lot of people were affected by 9/11. In the article Just horrifying I remember that Emily Sussell had said that she had thought it was a huge car crash outside. And once she found out the truth later on she had mixed emotions. At first I think one of the biggest factors of 9/11 was that it took everyone off guard. There were no clues no warnings it just happened. Ever since 2001 security has increased at almost every important building in America. There has been a debate ever since 9/11 also on many things. The reason for debate that caught my eye in the article Freedom vs. Security was whether or not the government should be able to listen to our phone conversations and read our e-mails. I personally don’t really e-mail but I do talk on the phone. If someone were to ask me would I have something to hide in my phone conversations that I wouldn’t want the government to hear; I would more than likely say no. I have nothing to hide other people might but I do not. It would be very time consuming and it would stake skills to listen to thousands of peoples phone calls a day. All in all I think it would decrease successful terrorist attacks and more. 9/11 has affected the security of the United States and the emotional wellbeing of a lot.
ReplyDelete2) Something America still worries about after 9/11 is if another attack will happen anytime in the future. There have also been a lot of debates on security and power wise. For example one of the things there have been a lot of doubts about is how much power the president should have when it comes to punishing those accused of terrorism. I think the president should have a little more power than what he does have. Punishing terrorist should defiantly be in the job detail for the president of the United States. Sometimes when I think of a lot of limits the president has it makes me think of him as a pawn. He does as told and does what is approved. So I really don’t understand why it’s such a great debate on who punishes who. It’s a terrorist people just handle it.
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ReplyDeleteSome people think that we reacted in a good way, as in we responded fast. Wilmington Fire Chief Buddy Martinette thought that the first responders acted fast rescuing the people that were rescued. On another hand people were traumatized thinking on what happened that day and what’s going to after. Emily Sussell went into depression and had thought that post-traumatic stress had a connection. She also remembered about how people were saying “this may mean war”, and had imagined the civil war and World War II put together with modern life. Also what war would’ve meant during that time and now. So I think people were affected mentally, emotionally, and some physically in different ways.
The dilemma the U.S. face in a post 9/11 world is that our security system got stricter. Now to get in a plane we have to take of our shoes off, have our stuff checked, get pated down, and walk through body scanners more. It’s also obligatory to do all that for everyone not just if they think you’re suspicious. It has been an issue in the past but not as big as it became after 9-11. For example we had a lot of terrorist attempts that could’ve not even happened with the precautions we take now.
I think people were deeply scarred, both physically and emotionally by the twin towers. Emily Sussell was a girl who was going to school in New York at the time 9-11 happened. In the article she wrote, she says that “I’ll never forget the sight of bodies falling through the air- people who jumped from the flames.” She was only 11 years old, in the sixth grade and now she’s 21. Even as an adult you can tell that it still pains her to think about the day this tragic event happened.
ReplyDeleteEven 10 years later today, we’re still under caution and are facing challenges that were caused by the 9-11 attack. While at an airport, you can’t even board your plane without being patted down by security, walking through a full body scanner, or even having your shoes checked. Even bigger conflicts than that, according to the article, “Freedom vs. Security, The Government Officials and President Obama are still dealing with pressure of deciding what to do with Al Qaeda, the mastermind behind the attack on the twin towers. But, this is a problem that had to be dealt with before. Before Obama, this was part of President Bush’s responsibilities. It may seem easy just to kill Al Qaeda, but according to the article, killing him will spark debate about whether the US is living up to their ideals.
1) It’s a very traumatizing experience. They could have had family members or friends in the building that died. Some people might have not been able to get the chance to really get to know their parents before the incident. Emily Sussel went through a post-traumatic stress over this situation. She was only in the sixth grade and this event is going to mark her for the rest of her life. The government is having trouble trying to figure out how to protect us without violating our civil rights. Emily had mixed feelings about Osama bin Laden being killed. I feel bad for the people that lost close relatives or friends because that is like they’re tearing a piece of you as well. People have to live with this event for the rest of their lives thinking “who would do something that heartless?”. Fire chief buddy Martinette was actually there when the event occurred. He has seen so much destruction and bodies that it started to look normal to him. Mr. Martinette led a recovery team for 9/11. He had to wait to grieve until he was finish with the recovery effort.
ReplyDelete2) The US government is trying to make our country safe is a dilemma. With each citizen having civil rights it isn’t really easy to be able to set boundaries for the country without violating our civil rights. It has been an issue in the past because they are trying to keep the country safe but not cross civil rights boundaries at the same time.
I feel that the terrorist attack traumatized so many people that some people today still aren’t sure as to what happened. At first it looked like an accident but after the second hit, it was proven to be an attack. Many people died are were seriously injured and never got there old life back. Some lost loved ones which I can imagine is seriously heartbreaking. For example a girl named Emily was in the sixth grade when the terrorist attacked. She was only eleven and she witnessed bodies falling from a building, something no one should ever have to witness. She even stated that she had mixed emotions about the whole thing. I’m extremely lucky that I was only a little girl and that I didn’t live in NY or have any family there. So many people lost other people or personal belongings that they loved are were connected to.
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