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9/11 timeline: Three hours that changed everything. For Americans and people watching around the world, September 11, 2001, is a day that will never be forgotten. Within three hours, New York’s tallest buildings were reduced to rubble, and the Pentagon—the nerve center of the American armed forces—was burning and partially collapsed.
A member of staff who was working in the White House on 9/11 has shared her personal account of that day. When news came of the plane crashing into the World Trade Center, the Secret Service evacuated the White House. Following the evacuation, hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon.
For Americans, the world has changed profoundly in two, somewhat contradictory ways, in the 15 years since the 9/11 attacks. On the one hand, Americans are immeasurably safer as a result of massive investments and improvements in intelligence collection and sharing, billions spent on homeland security measures, and offensive actions ...
Americans' experience of air travel was very different before 9/11, writes a professor of history. The terrorist attacks brought swift and lasting changes to airports, as security measures were drastically increased. Similarities can be drawn between airports' responses to 9/11 and the urgency of addressing public health concerns during COVID-19.
On the eve of Davos 2024, here's a historical guide to the Annual Meeting in Davos, and the World Economic Forum, itself. In the early 1970s, the Cold War split the world while the Vietnam war split America, an oil crisis was looming, and a German economics professor had a bright idea. The idea was unconventional at the time, but it has since ...
But the first wave of globalization and industrialization also coincided with darker events, too. By the end of the 19th century, the Khan Academy notes, “most [globalizing and industrialized] European nations grabbed for a piece of Africa, and by 1900 the only independent country left on the continent was Ethiopia”. In a similarly negative ...
Camille Squires. The 'smart city' movement is a global effort by city governments to harness technologies for improved city management. After the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, New York adopted anti-terrorism and surveillance strategies that have been adopted all around the world. Not only did these new technologies provide a new approach to public ...
Martin Armstrong. In July 2019, officials in New York reported that 200 firefighters had died from illnesses related to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that exposure to the attacks has resulted in a range of health conditions from traumatic injuries to diseases of the respiratory ...
On September 11th, 2001, two planes struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center, killing nearly 3,000 people. Nearly 500 miles away, New England Aquarium scientist Rosalind Rolland was studying the fecal matter of whales in the Bay of Fundy when she and her team got word. Distraught, Rolland and her team decided to continue on with their ...
From 1880, the Earth's average surface temperature has risen by 0.07°C every decade. Evidence shows that key historical developments such as industrial revolutions contributed significantly to global warming. These events are linked to the mass burning of fossil fuels to meet an increase in human demand. Global temperature graph (1851-2020)