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Question 1: How was your topic affected by 9/11?

Only a dozen people survived those affected by the explosions of 9/11, but living brought new kinds of injuries, and different ways of dealing with them. The explosions of 9/11 caused most people to have third-degree burns covering their bodies, and these burns have a very long, inconsistent healing process. "Burns heal, heal and then regress", says Jos, 55, she learned this after her multiple steps in physical therapy; these scars are hard to maintain, but they can be controlled with medical cream and pressure garments. (Rabin, 1) Even though some victims were lucky to survive the event in 2001, There were still other kinds of consequences.

Rabin, Roni. "For Sept. 11's Burn Victims, a Slow Recovery." //Los Angelos Times// 23 Oct. 2003: //LATimes//. Web. 7 Sept. 2011. .

Question 2: Explain the scope (extent), intensity (depth), and nature of the affect of 9/11 on you topic.

Even though some people were fortunate enough to survive the tragic attack of 9/11, they are still suffering the effects every day of their lives. Some of the explosions caused such awful burns that it caused skin infections and scarring that now prevents then from moving around quickly, or even at all. This is found mostly in their hands; Ms. Dutch, 56, can no longer drive because her hands are too weak, she also cannot fasten buttons or zippers, or rip open the wax paper in cereal boxes (Hartocollis, 2); Lauren Manning, 47, could not even apply glitter to paper snowflakes in her son's first grade class. (Hartocollis, 1) Though the event is long over, these people are still reminded of it everyday by the simple things they cannot do.

Hartocollis, Aneoma. "7 Years Later, 9/11 Survivors Search for Normalcy." //New York Times// 10 Sept. 2008: 1-4. //SIRS Discoverer//. Web. 2 Sept. 2011. .

Question 3: How has debate on this issue made our country stronger? 9/11's survivors' injuries have made our country mentally stronger as individuals. The traumas that survivors had to overcome with their disabilities helped them gain mental toughness in the end. "I am happy to celebrate every birthday; I am never, ever going to be the Elaine that I used to be, but i could have been dead at 49," said Ms. Dutch, 56. (Hartocollis, 2) Although she went through an unthinkably difficult time in her life, she was able to look past it and find herself again as a newly changed person.

Hartocollis, Aneoma. "7 Years Later, 9/11 Survivors Search for Normalcy." //New York Times// 10 Sept. 2008: 1-4. //SIRS Discoverer//. Web. 2 Sept. 2011. .

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