Presentation of 9/11

Extract

[...] It can also be a modern-day hero, a person who has performed a heroic act or simply our own personal hero, our role model, whom we look up to. On September terrorists crashed two hijacked planes into One and Two World Trade Center. In the space of two hours, the towers collapsed and not long after that World Trade Center collapsed as well. Nearly 2,800 people died, including 343 firefighters police officers Port Authority police officers, and more than 2,200 civilians. How did the notion of everyday heroes appear after the event of 9/11? I. [...]

[...] The adaptation of art to pay tribute to the victims Then, we are going to see the adaptation of art to pay tribute to the victims. For example, the singer Paul Simon decided to sing his song ‘sound of silence' in public a few years after the attack. He decided to sing with a very low voice so that everybody's listening, they are all very moved, a lot of them are crying because they are maybe thinking about their beloved ones. [...]

[...] Mike Kehoe is a firefighter from Staten Island. Before this event he lived a normal life with his family. But by helping the persons who were in the twin towers in the 9/11 he became a hero. As shows the photograph of Mike that was taken during the terrorist attack, on this photograph Mike Kehoe is running up the stairs, he looks sweaty and tired whereas in the background the office workers who are dressed in suits are going down in order to escape from the fire. [...]

[...] This photograph shows the number of people who feel grateful about what the firemen did by representing Mike and his wife who are taking time answer to everyone. The family is representing sitting in their living room to emphasize the fact that this is kind of their routine now. Mike seems tired about having to archive all of the letters, he doesn't want to be seen as someone special because for him he was just doing his job. The aim of this picture is to show what happens after these kinds of events and how people are thanked. II. [...]

[...] Lauren Hetrick is saying herself that it's very difficult for her to teach with that little bit of detachment, for her pain feels like it happened only few days before and while she is teaching, she is having little mental breakdown easily. She is being a little everyday hero herself by transmitting the memory of the dead ones to the new generation so that the world ‘never forget'. To conclude, this notion of everyday heroes first appeared with the presence of firemen, psychologists, policemen . that helped during the attack but nearly eighteen years after this event, some persons continue being little heroes themselves by helping the memory of the dead ones not to be forgotten. [...]