The hijacking and destruction of several planes and buildings rocked the world on September 11, 2001. One of these planes collided into the north building of the World Trade Towers in lower Manhattan, destroying it. Americans and millions around the globe watched these atrocities while wondering i...

It started out like any other day, a bright, beautiful morning. I remember driving to work and noticing how beautiful the day had begun. When I walked into my office, I knew something was wrong, everyone was sitting around the television, phones went unanswered, and no one said a word. I stopped to...

Defining a Patriot Ever since the towers came down, and the flags went up, there has been a widening split over the best way to fight this war on terror. New legislation created to deal with these threats was initially met with full support, as immediate action was needed to effectively res...

In the 1920's the telephone was but a few years old, and still considered a rich man's tool. Widespread use of the telephone would not come about until some time in the 1930's, and still the hunger for more and better technology existed. It was in the 1920's that the idea to deve...

The book Let's Roll is centered on the author Lisa Beamer and her husband, Todd Beamer and his heroic experience on September 11, 2001. It is about his life before the plane crashed in Pennsylvania, and how he helped to prevent the plane from reaching it's intended target, and how his wi...

After the tragedy on September eleventh something called the Patriots Act was passed. This Act allows the FBI s to infringe on our personal liberties as Americans. It mainly takes away our rights that the 1st and 4th amendment gives us. I personally think that it infringes on our fourth amendment mo...

I remember that fateful day in September day as if it were yesterday. It was just a regular day for me and for those going to school and work. I was in homeroom and I was already exhausted, counting the seconds, hoping for the day to end. All of a sudden, Mr. Coleman the Principal screamed in a grat...

I was home alone, and I sat on the floor and cried when I saw what was happening Tuesday morning. I instantly knew we were talking thousands of deaths. I'm having night terrors thinking about people trapped talking on cell phones, and I keep imagining what it must have been like for the people in th...

I remember my mother telling me about her trip to New York last year. She talked about how the city was just how she remembered it: Times Square, Fifth Avenue, yellow taxis as far as the eye can see. Everything was the same except for that odd patch of blue sky that now shined down onto the shops al...