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Question 1: How was your topic affected by 9/11? The attacks of of September 11, 2001 was one of the top most painful to see, horrifying to talk and about, and terrorist attack that has ever happened to our country. The trauma that people suffered on the 110 towers of the building left people hurt physically and pysicologically,Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was found abruptly in the head of people in New York City, according to Dr. Margaret Dessau "The flames get worse, all these people hanging out there. The guy with his white towel, and he's waving it" (Hartocollis). This doctor shares what she felt what she saw when she looked at her window 8 blocks away when she saw a man jump out the window of the world trade center on the day of the 9/11 attacks. Night by night thousands of people in the city of New York wake at night and quiver at the sight or sound of a plane flying over them and may begin to have panic attacks from the trauma their brain suffered that frightful day on September 11th. I think that this weakens the americans just a tad bit on the pyscolgical side only if they were there and part of the experience, I don't believe that this weekend us at all but it hurt many peoples mind and feelings. Hartocollis, Anemona. "Treating the Trauma, 10 Years On." //sirs.com//. N.p., 11 Aug. 2011. Web. 8 Sept. 2011. .

Question 2: Explain the scope (extent), intensity (depth), and nature of the affect of 9/11 on you topic. "The events of 9-11-01 have caused great consternation, confusion, grief and saddness throughout our nation." (Panzarino). People living in New York who watched people jump out of the 110 windows couldn't help but look away and played it through their mind-"What if that was me?". Seeing the towers come down and seeing people crushed by the thousand pound concrete must have been gut-wrenching. Many people like Dr. Dessaus patient in the first paragraph were instantly shocked and couldn't help but look away and ball their eyes out. 10,000 firefighters, officers and civilians have been found to have PTSD, imagine being a firefighter pulling out the ashes and bits, the civilians watching people jump and suffer, and the officers rushing people to the hospital, people relive the the occurences in their minds, and become jittery at jet noises.

Panzarino, Peter J. "Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and 9-11 ." //Medicine.Net//. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Apr. 2002. .

Question 3: How has debate on this issue made our country stronger?  The arguments the countries had about this dissorder has made American, per say, because now that people are opening up and talking about this brings everyone together a a whole to talk about feelings. Going back to what Dr. Dessau had said, yes I think it was terrifying to watch, but at the same time was a blessing in disguise. After watching the planes crash 9 minuets away from each other brought us together and gave Americans and optimistic and open minded towards having sympathy for other Americans. At a 2009 census, 109 ground zeros former employees displayed a relief of PTSD according to Matthew Tull, and people had gotten over PTSD symptoms as soon as 6 months after the tragedy. Americans today have pulled together, to never forget and become strong and optomistic for the future and decades to come after the incident that happened that day.

Tull, Matthew. "9/11 and PTSD Rates." //about.com//. N.p., 25 Jan. 2009. Web. 3

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RUBRIC for Responses
 * A strong topic sentence that clearly addresses and answers the question
 * Evidence that clearly supports the topic sentence
 * Correct use of internal citations and a properly formatted MLA citation for your articles (put this citation at the end of paragraph one)
 * Strict adherence to the Power Paragraph format
 * Mechanics are clean and do not detract from meaning