After the bombing attacks, I had nightmares for days. I was in the second grade at Child of God Lutheran School in St. Peter’s, Missouri. My second grade teacher was Mrs. Steinbrenner. I was around eight years old attending school that day while my sister Rachel was at Lutheran High School and my mother was at home. During the afternoon, my mother had picked up my sister early from school to go to the eye doctor. I went to extended care that day as they were running late from the doctor. It seemed as if it was a normal day, but little did I know I would be staring at the television in horror for the rest of the week. It was simply an average day. My mother picked me up from extended care and asked me, “How was school?”, as she usually does. …show more content…
The screen showed “BREAKING NEWS: Explosions at the Boston Marathon”. They had reported three dead and around two hundred wounded from two explosions. As the story unfolded, they repeatedly showed videos of an explosive going off during a marathon, followed by a second explosive down the street. As I watched the screen sitting with my legs crossed on the couch, I felt extremely frightened. I heard terrifying screams after the loud bang and sizzling noise. People were running away from the scene while first responders ran in. One explosion was enough, but little did I know there would be …show more content…
We mentioned to each other what we each saw, and it was a rough time. On the carpet, we sat in a circle to say a prayer for everyone in Boston and victims of the attacks. It had been a dark time at school as everyone was confused and scared. As the week continued, I watched the television every day after school to check up on if they had found the bombers. I remember FOX saying that there was a report that one of the bombers was in custody, but they didn’t have enough evidence to support it on their end. The week continued with confusion as the possibility for bombers on the loose and more bombs being activated was high. However after school on the Friday that week, my father and I turned on the television in curiosity as my father got a call from his co-worker that Boston was in lockdown. His co-worker lives in Boston and he occasionally goes there for business trips, talks on Skype, and has meetings with him. As we tuned into the television, we saw a clip of a boat inside of someone’s backyard with police units all around the house. The caption showed “BREAKING NEWS: Boston bombing suspect FOUND in a residential neighborhood”. As they got the suspect out of the boat that evening, the suspect was taken into custody. We celebrated in our living room with excitement. I went outside to find my neighbor Merek where we both discussed how relieved we
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It would appear that there are more questions to be answered than there are facts to support the government’s case against McVeigh. As the government asserts that the release of the video surveillance footage could not be released as a matter of “National Security” or the text advising federal agents, prosecutors and judges to stay out of their offices on that day plays to the mindset of those who would consider the actions which took place on April 19, 1995 as a covert action by the government gone
I have always loved sports and the competitiveness that comes along with them. In so doing, I have decided to eventually become either a high school or college coach at some point in my life. Subsequently, I decided to interview the Vilonia High School Cross Country Coach, Coach Sisson. As I walked into her office, I instantly noticed all of the trophies and team photos from all of the past years of coaching. She is also the school nurse so her office has first aid equipment intermingled into the trophies and team pictures. While I set up my notes and questions for the interview on one of the desks in her office, she was finishing up a diagnosis of one of the high school students who felt sick. After her patient left, I quickly started the interview in order to waste no time. She began with how she got involved in coaching. The Vilonia School District expressed their interest to her as being the next cross country coach several years ago. She was widely known for her passion for running and she gratefully accepted the position and has been a coach for numerous years now.
Terrorism – This is a word that many people are terrified of. When a terrorist attack occurs, people’s daily routines are shattered. Things change instantaneously the moment the bomb goes of. When we think about a terrorist attack that really impacted the world, we immediately think about 9/11. On that day many people were hurt directly and indirectly. People were disorientated and scared. The moment there is change, the world panics. Unfortunately, 9/11 was not the only day where people panicked. On 1988, the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 occurred. This terrorist attack was not as massive as 9/11; but, it did leave scares especially to the Syracuse University community.
I am now officially in my Senior year of Cross Country , and am close to the end of my season. My first race of this year though was a big accomplishment for me, because I hadn`t been able to run. When I ran that race though it made me just so happy I was able to finish it, I was`nt happy with the time, but there is always time for improvement. I was glad to be racing again and being apart of the team again. I believe that my injuries were a barrier in my way, but they did not stop my sports career.
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September 11th, 2001 is one of the worst days in the United States of America’s history by far. It all began at 8:45am when a stolen airplane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Many people believed that this was...
People around the world often get together under the most negative circumstances. Once a disaster strikes many will gather in order to help the best that they could. The Oklahoma City bombing is only one of these events which occurred almost 19 years ago. At exactly 9:02 am a bomb was detonated on April 19, 1995. This mass murder was considered the largest terrorist attack before the September 11 attacks in 2001. The bomb was located in a rental truck in front of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The nation shook as each floor of the building collapsed. The main suspect was a former army soldier, Timothy McVeigh was all to blame with a few accomplices by his side. This attack occurred due to a mixture of both diesel fuel and fertilizer in the powerful bomb. As will become evident the Oklahoma City bombing resulted in panic worldwide, increased security, government legislations and injuries that will impede the lives of hundreds for years to come. Shortly after the bombing occurred the investigation commenced with hundreds of people rummaging through the collapsed establishment looking for survivors. Many authors suggest that McVeigh and his accomplices, Terry Nichols and Micheal Fortier left many pieces of evidence behind which led to their fast discovery. McVeigh was convicted of murder and received the death penalty by lethal injection on June 11, 2001. His accomplices however did not receive the punishment they deserved since Nichols who helped create the bomb only received multiple life sentences and Fortier who was aware of the bomb plot was given 12 years in jail. Some of McVeigh’s motives included his obsession with guns growing up, his distrust in the federal government as well as his rage ...
It's bombings, causing three deaths confirmed by police, and 180 injured, several seriously ill, must be amputated. The three deceased are a Chinese student from Boston University aged 23, Lingzi Lu, a 29-year-old Krystle Campbell, and an eight year old boy, Martin Richard, the younger sister of six loses leg and whose mother was seriously injured. A man of 27 has both legs blown off. Rumors speak other bombs would not have triggered are belied by the FBI.Immediately after the explosions, newspapers and police are calling a witness and investigators searched the rubble collecting useful to the investigation. In the days that followed, numerous photos and videos taken by bystanders or from the surrounding shops surveillance cameras are examined.
A series of shots being fired in the near distance can be heard. A crew of ambulances, police cars, and fire trucks are seen speeding down the streets while blaring their sirens to warn people to move out of the way rapidly. Then, crowds of people are seen running down the street franticly. Sounds of earsplitting yells fill the air. Their eyes are filled with tears of fear and terror. They look as if they were running for their lives. There is a wave of worry and curiosity that washes over everyone’s face as they stand there from a distance watching it take place. There was a sense of wanting to run towards the chaos to see what was going on. But the panic of the people running gave off the feeling of “Warning! Do NOT come this way!” What was happening? Later that night, the news reports that another mass shooting took place earlier on in the day. In the 21st century, many crimes involving mass shootings are the main focus of the public eye in the media. With the technology of the 21st century, investigators are able to look more into depth of the criminal’s background to see if they have a history of mental illness.
First shock, then terror, followed by sorrow and lastly rage were my emotions on September 11th, 2001 when a hijacked airliner crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City. Tunh! Tunh! Tunh! All circuits are busy; please try again at a later time. This message kept repeating as I tried to call my cousin in New York, who was working in the South Tower. At the time the American Airlines flight 11 just moments earlier crashed into the North Tower. I sat in my house in shock and terror. Then at 9:05 am, about twenty minutes after the first collision, United Airlines flight 175 crashed into the South Tower. I began to feel the knot in my throat getting tighter and tighter until I just finally began crying. I still didn’t have any word from my cousin and when both of the buildings plummeted to the streets below, I thought for sure he was dead. When I returned home, my mother informed me that he had gotten out before the buildings went down. Turning on the television was another ordeal in itself. All of the news stations repeatedly exhibited the buildings plunging to the ground. I felt extreme sorrow for the families of those who had not made it out alive. They had to relive that horrible moment over and over again. I was also outraged. How could such an act be committed on American soil? The only way we can answer this question is to look at the terrorists who could do such an act and what possible reasons they have for doing it.
“ The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (also known as the Oklahoma City bombing) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 19, 1995, was a major act of domestic terrorism that killed 168 people, including women and children in the daycare on the first floor, and injured over 500 more.” (Netzley 1) The morning of April 19th, 1995, was a normal day for many people, kids were going to school, and adults were going to work. Many people were looking forward to the day because it was a day of many
No one was prepared for what the swat team saw when they entered the building. The building was filled with smoke and bullet casings literally lined the floors (Hasday, 32). Pipe bombs were laying on the floor where they burned the carpet. Ceiling tiles were loose, nails scattered the floor, and glass was scattered on the floor from where bombs exploded attached to the walls (Hasday, 32).No one had expected it to be so
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We finish what we start. This was the motto that kept me going during the strenuous training period for a marathon. But prior to that, I must confess, I wasn’t an athlete. I was never interested in playing sports, except for recreational badminton. During gym class, I would walk three quarters of the time when it time for the dreaded mile run. I preferred staying indoors and sitting on the couch and watch movies. The first time I had heard about a marathon training program, called Dreamfar, in my school, I thought to myself, what kind of crazy person would want to run a marathon? Never did I realize, eight months later, I would be that crazy person.