September 11 ATTAck

On September 11, 2001, four passenger planes were hijacked by terrorists. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City, causing huge fires that led to the collapse of the towers less than two hours later. One plane crashed into the Pentagon building in Washington, D.C. The last plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania; it is believed the hijackers had planned to also crash this plane into a building or landmark, but were foiled by the actions of the plane’s passengers. Many of these horrific events, including the second plane’s crash into the World Trade Center and the collapse of the towers, were witnessed live by millions of television viewers. It was by far the worst terrorist attack on American soil; conservative columnist George F. Will labeled it “the most lethal terrorism in human experience.”

As the dust settled in New York and Washington, Americans were left to ponder what the attacks meant for the nation. In search of a historical precedent or point of comparison, many Americans reached back to Japan’s surprise assault on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, another “day of infamy” in which the United States was suddenly attacked. In both instances, a seemingly secure nation was jolted by massive assaults on its own soil. “As Pearl Harbor snapped America out of a false sense of security,” NBC news anchor and author Tom Brokaw writes, “September 11 had a similar effect on young Americans.”

The comparisons Brokaw and others made between the two dates dealt not only with the attacks themselves, but also how the American people responded to them. Many people wondered whether the resolve and unity shown by the American people in 1941 would be matched in 2001. Others wondered whether September 11 would become a defining experience for this current generation of Americans, much as Pearl Harbor had been for members of a previous generation. In attempting to answer these questions, it is instructive to note both the parallels and differences between the two events.

Comment:

 Its true that in our life no matter how work hard to make ourselves secured from any kind of tragedy ,disaster and problem

 but its a part of life and it will come to our life in a moment that we did not expect. But the one can secured us from inside

 out of this tragedy and problem is only God.

How hard to guess , on how terrible is this people, who are able to do this kind of terrible things, maybe they don't have fear God.

America, US, is a top ranked country before in terms of technology and even in security , but how could this high jackers able to pass those machine which can examine things  , using their high tech ex-ray , censored  but still they fail to maintain the security. In the other  part how  amazed to the high-jackers , because how keen they are, for  they able to pass the intelligent of the machine . And make their mission complete.

Security must rely first in ourselves and don't depend on the machine around us, though they have the artificial intelligence and artificial censored but still this is all artificial. So we human being have the responsibility to maintain the security in our area for we are not made artificially but natural.
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Posted by : Jeffrey Sabado Mocoy