Today we're taking a day off from powerpoint presentations to takl about 9-11.
i admit to pretty much saying the smae stuff i said last year in cwi.
this week's assigned blog is to research our family history...shouldnt be too hard. im scotish and danish on my dad's side, then im french, german, and luxumbourgian on my mom's side.
anyways,we started out watching a video about 9-11. it was pretty good. showed both planes crashing into both towers. had a speech at the end from pres bush. the people in the crowd started chanting "USA! USA!". headstrong petriots, those. at the time it was a good thing tho.
isnt it amazing how many disasters people catch on camera? volcanoes, hurricans, terrorist attacks, bridges falling down....etc. its, people see trouble coming, they whip out the camera. or cell phones.
back to the blog discussion:2996 people died that day, with people from about 90 countries (it was the world trade center after all). buildings around the twin towers were also knocked down, and people on the ground in the surrounding area too.
they built a church on or near ground 0 with a cross memorial to the people who died.
they are currently building a new tower, named the Freedom Tower (there are some pitures of it on the net, all computer generated) thats supposed to be finished in 2013.
the pentagon, the 3rd plane crash out of 4. people tend to forget about this one, its also the one with most conspiracy theories (people think since it wasnt caught on camera much, there wasnt really a plane)
then the 4th plane (which was supposed to fly into the capitol....side track discussion about books that advise you on what to do in worst-case scenarios...) crased in a feild somewhere in pennsylvania, becasuse the people on the plane rioted against the hijackers.
Effects of 9-11:
thousands of children left without one or more parents
us declared a war on terrorism
we gained a renewed sense of patriotism
departement of hs (homeland security)
Personal recolections:
most of my class was in 1st grade...we remember teachers crying in the office and the library, but they wouldnt tell us what was happening.
out of time.
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