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To all the people who gave their lives, thank you. On one fateful day at the World Trade Center, Manhattan, terrorists were ready to take off from airports. They needed to make sure that it was the closest airstrip, what they wanted to do was take off, turn around and hit the twin towers. On that day, thousands of people went to the World Trade Center, not knowing what they were in for. At 8:46 the first plane hit. Most people thought that it was an accident. Then the second plane hit and then they knew it was an attack. Originally two planes were heading for the Pentagon, one for the White House, and two were headed for the Twin Towers.  The first plane to hit the Twin Towers number was flight 11(a United Airlines plane). It hit the North Tower. On flight 11 the flight crew knew that they…

The Amazon rainforest is a vast tract of largely untamed jungle in northern South America and an incredibly important habitat for millions of species — many of which are still unknown to science. Though the Amazon has existed for over 50 million years, it is now under threat from Brazil’s rapidly expanding agricultural industry. Ricardo Salles, Brazil’s environmental minister, claims that the fires were caused by unusual weather conditions such as strong winds and increased heat, but Christian Poirier, program director of the nonprofit organization Amazon Watch, thinks otherwise. “The vast majority of these fires are human-lit”, Poirier told CNN. “Even during dry seasons, the Amazon doesn’t catch easily”. Instead, Poirier thinks that the fires were most likely caused by cattle ranchers and loggers who, rallied by Brazil’s pro-business president, wanted to expand their fields into the Amazon. To get an idea of how our community feels about the situation,…