The importance of September 11, 2001, will never be disputed in the minds of Americans all over the country after the horrific terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, DC. What may have been the date of celebrated birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays, will now forever be a day of mourning and remembrance of the worst attack on United States soil. Americans began their day like any other, oblivious to the fact that life as we knew it would never be the same. The country was in disbelief as we watched American Airline flight 11 hit the World Trade Center's north tower at 8:46 AM, and then United flight 175 crash into the 84th floor of the south tower at 9:03 AM. We watched the gigantic fireball created by the second plane as it pierced the building's steel and concrete frame, and we saw our nation's sense of security go up in flames with it.
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English: World Trade Center, New York, aerial view...What we saw as horrifying and devastating, the television media saw as their gold mine and seized this "opportunity," creating a media circus that continued almost non-stop during the following months. The majority of Americans, dumbfounded and in a state of confusion of these unspeakable events, ravenously consumed every sound bite that the television news channels could produce, regardless of the legitimacy of the reporting. Desperately seeking answers and conclusions, we relentlessly sat in front of the television, listened to the radio, and read every article, craving anything and everything that the media fed us. The frenzy of the news media for ratings combined with America's irrationality caused by the events of September 11, created a wave of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim sentiment that swept the country.
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September 11 essay comments
Not sure the opening sentence was 100% effective, but the rest of your introduction was great. The events of September 11 like you said unfolded before our eyes with the help of the media. To this end, how did the \"news\" media conform to showing fame and drama instead of hard facts (relevant to your argument)? The drama what I saw was sad emotions as the reporters realized what was actually happening. You may have contradicted your own argument, but it may fly to the unwary!
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