"If the story of the United States has a theme so far in the 21st century, it is surely one of resilience. To hail that spirit on the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001, TIME revisited the people who led us, moved us and inspired us, from the morning of the attacks through the tumultuous decade that followed. These astonishing testimonies — from 40 men and women including George W. Bush, Tom Brokaw, General David Petraeus, Valerie Plame Wilson, Black Hawk helicopter pilot Tammy Duckworth, and the heroic first responders of Ground Zero — define what it means to meet adversity, and then overcome it."
(Photographs & Video by Marco Grob for TIME)
http://www.time.com/time/beyond911/#
Your Assignment:
1) Click on three individuals and listen to their stories.
2) Give a brief summary of all three individuals and their stories.
Due: Sunday 9/18/11 by no later than 11:59pm
11 comments:
1.Cindy Sheehan is a mother that had a son killed in Iraq in 2004. And after her son died she became an Antiwar activist.
2.Joseph Pfeifer is a head cheif for one of the fire departments that was one of the first on the scence. he also watched the first plane hit the north tower.
3.Tammy Duckworth is a Major, Illinois U.S. Army National Guard; Iraq war veteran. she was in scottland when the attack happen and she come home asap to get her troops ready to go help.
that 4o men and women died and that was very interested to know about the plane crash and how people feel and how they share there story
jo. saw it happen he went in and it collapsed took him 6 hrs to get out
nick. was on patrol and a car bomb went off 50 feet from him
ron was in the buildinghe got a call right before it hit from a friend telling him to get out of the building. but all the stairwells were locked
1) I listened to Lyzabeth Glick Best's story, Cristina Jone's, and Brian Clark's stories.
2) Lyzabeth is now a widow and at the time her husband called her and said we are taking a vote, do you think we should attack the hijacker. We all know that plane crashed into a field. Cristina was on her way from Miami to Paris 3 months after 9/11 and on board was a man known as the shoe bomber.She and the passengers plus other flight attendents worked together and succeded in stopping him. Brian Clark was in one of the buildings when the planes crashed. He tells of the horror and shocked state he was in.
I watched the videos of Julian LaVerdiere,Gedeon Naudet, and of Ron DiFrancesco.
In Julian's video he tells what happended on that day, and how he got the idea of the Tribute in Light Memorial. His story was very interesting.
In Gedeon's video he tells his story as a photojournalist. And how he about died when tower 1 came down on the firetruck he was hiding in. He also talks about how his colleague left before him and he didn't know if he would make it back. But in the end he did.
In Ron's he tells about working in tower 2 on that day and the struggle to get free from the disaster zone. He also stated that he moved back to Canada after the attacks because he wanted his children to live in a safe country.
Lane Gascoigne
1-General Petreaus talked about the missions and operations that he was part of in the war on terror that started because of 9-11.
2-President George Bush talked about what he did on 9-11. He went with Rudy Juliony to ground zero and tried to comfort as many people as he could. at the end he said the greatest accomplishment of his presidency was that there was no further attack.
3-Dick Cheney talked about the deceptions that mr. bush and himself had to make about going to war and what had to happen after the attack. he also applauded obama for sending in the navy seals to kill benladen but also said he has his disagreements with the man.
1)I watched Ali Abbas. He is and Iraqi cilivian, he was in London during the 9/11 attacks. In 2003 American Soliders invaded his house burning his body and taking his arms. He lost his entire family during the attacks. He quoted "The ceiling and the walls fell in on us, and the fire was all over my house. I could hear my family screaming and I felt the fire on my body."
2) I also watched the video on Jim Richies, his son Jimmy was a firefighter on 9/11 and was killed in the North Tower.He described everything as "Crushed" he drove up there because when we was running he saw the South Tower being hit so he went home and went back down there cause he knew his son was working that day. From 9/11- May 30th 2002 he spent time looking for bodies and things. He knew his son was dead. He just wanted to find the body. He quotes "It sounds pretty strange: I'm one of the lucky ones, I found my sons body."
3)3rd one I watched was about Stanely Praimnath, a survivor of the World Trade Center South floor 81. He just described what he saw, he called his wife and said "Don't worry, I'm going to be all right." He also said "I'm watching this plane and every split second it's getting larger and larger. I can see the "U" on the tail, and this plane is looking at my eye level."
He survived.
1.Cindy Sheehan is a mother that had a son killed in Iraq. And after her son died she became an Antiwar activist.
2.Joseph Pfeifer is a head cheif for one of the fire departments that was one of the first on the scence.
3.Tammy Duckworth is a Major, Illinois U.S. Army National Guard; Iraq war veteran.
1)Tommy Riches, He talked about his older brother Jimmy and how he was an idol to him and he was always going to him. On 9 11 Tommy was in school when the planes hit and Jimmy was a firefighter and when tommy called his father his father didn't wanna talk to him about it and then after lunch Tommy called his mother and she answered. Later on that day Tommy's dad went looking for Jimmy and days went by. After a couple of days they found Jimmy and carried him out. He also talked high praised about his dad and about how much his dad did to help people.
2) George W Bush, He talked about when he went to New York and he described what he was and what he smelled and he tried to shake everyones hand that he could and he was looking at peoples faces and he was bloodlust. He stood up on a destroyed fire truck and talked. He also talked about how it was a very emotional time for him. He was a new president and he was there to comfort and heal and encourage the people. He had his mind set on giving justice for the attack. He also thanked all the people who went to help after the attack and he went to visit with the people who had lost people in the attack. Irlyn Howard was one of those people and she gave him her sons badge.
3)Gadeon Naudet, Was a filmaker doing a documentary with his brother on a firefigher because he thought it was amazing to see them do their job. He said he was hoping to film a big fire and they were staying on a firehouse when the bells rang. Everyone left and he stayed, a while later he heard a boom. Someone came over and knocked and told him about the crash. He saw the smoke on tower one and he saw the faces of all the people and on his way to the first tower he saw the attack on the second tower and he said all he could think was how was his brother and he asked a firefighter if he could ride with them and they all were looking for some of their friends and he saw the tower fall on him and he ran into a empty fire truck and he waited for the tower to fall and the tower hit the back of the truck and he lived and then kept looking for his brother and then his brother showed up and he mentioned how he was proud of him.
lyzabeth.
she lost her husband on the flight 93 crash. She got a phone call from her husband when she was with their 11 week old baby saying his plane had been hijacked. She talked to him knowing what would probably happen said their goodbyes and she gave the phone to her dad. Her dad listened to the passengers attack the hijackers then the phone went dead. She is remarried with 2 children along with her oldest daughter.
joseph Pfeifer:he is the chef of one fire department, he saw the planne hit the tower.
Ali abbas:he was very young in the 9/11 and in 2003, when the american attack Iraqi the bomb was in hes house and he loose his family, his arms and every thing.
Cindy Sheehan: she is a moom that had a son killed in Iraq. And after her son died she became an Antiwar activist.
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