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A Civilian's Response to 9/1
Photographer spent 6 months in the 9/11 cleanup and rescue, what he found is truly amazing. http://www.history.com/topics/ground-zero -
George W. Bush’s response to the Nation
At first Bush thought that the crash was a complete accident. He thought that the pilot of the airplane had possibly had a heartattack when the first one hit. When he heard the second one had hit, he sat, stunned, in the classroom full of little children he was reading to for a good seven minutes. Once he left the school his goal was to get on television in order to try and calm the American people. But things did not go quite as planned and he was rushed one to air force one and was not heard f -
Declare War on Terror
September 20th 2001, President Bush made a speech that would empower the people of America to take war to terrorism. He said that they would start in a-qaida but the war would not stop there. The Speech also marked the plans for a new department of homeland security. - Caroline Collier -
War in Afghanistan
On this date America launches “Operation Enduring Freedom” by invading Afghanistan. They do this with many other countries including Great Britain, Germany, France, Poland, Canada, and Australia. Over the course of the month of November the American forces slowly take over Afghanistan and force the al-Qaeda troops into the mountains of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. We slowly drop more troops into Afghanistan and in May of 2011 Bin Laden was shot and killed. But even after his death, his legac -
USA PATRIOT Act
The USA Patriot Act was passed after 9/11, on October 12th 2001. the patriot act was signed by president Bush in an attempt to intercept and stop terrorism. -
Homeland Security Act
The primary mission of the Homeland Security Act is to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States also to reduce the chance of another attack happening. -
"Ground Zero" Cleanup and Rescue
The cleanup effort lasted from September of 2001 to May of 2002. not many people were recovered from the rubble. For a long time they moved rubble carefully with bucket brigades. -
War in Iraq
On December 22nd, President Bush decided to declare war on terror in Iraq. The government spent all of 2002 deciding whether or not military action would have a positive effect on the terrorists. The final decision to take military action on Iraq finally came in January of 2003. President Bush was worried that the leading ally of the United states, Britain, would back out and leave us without an ally for assistance. But Britain did not back out and continued to help America. The war on terror ma -
Hunt for bin Laden
The hunt for Bin Laden lasted for many years from 2001-2005. It mostly consisted of wild goose chases between Bin LAden and our government. -
End of the Wars
The New President said that the war would come to a slow end by 2015 by taking out almost half of all the troops that were sent in the first time. -Caroline Collier “Over the last several years, we’ve worked to transition security responsibilities to the Afghans. One year ago, Afghan forces assumed the lead for combat operations. Since then, they’ve continued to grow in size and in strength, while making huge sacrifices for their country. This transition has allowed us to steadily draw down our
