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Oklahoma City Bombing Analysis

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“AHHH” Imagine waking up to that sound everyday, every morning. You hear people screaming and running away from who knows who. In other countries children as young as you or even younger, experience this. Thanks to our soldiers we can wake up every morning knowing we are safe. But are we really? Terrorism is not only a national issue but it is also a worldwide issue. In some cases we are not able to stop these attacks such as 9/11, the Boston Marathon, and the Oklahoma City bombing. Everyday kids are affected due to terrorism emotionally or physically. Something needs to be done quickly, and it starts with us. So how can we help?

Nothing can go wrong on a perfect day right? A perfect day, what could go wrong? Well actually many stuff can go wrong. Such as the Boston bombing. It was a sunny day on April 15, 2013. Many citizens were getting ready to run the Boston Marathon. BAM!, the Marathon started, many people were to run 26 miles along the Boston streets ending near the Boston Public Library. Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev released two pressure cooker bombs exploded right near the finish line, about 12 seconds away. People say it was a terrorist attack which was then followed by a subsequent related shooting. It was a very sad time where many people were injured. It was as if seeing an American flag being …show more content…

No one was expecting it, no one knew it was coming, but why did it happen?

It’s 1995, our country is doing great, no major terrorist attack has happened in America yet. It’s just a regular day, you go to work, you come home, repeat. You see a truck driving to your work, but it looks normal, completely normal, you think it 's a delivery. You go to work not expecting anything to happen at all. Then suddenly, BOOM! It started. Yet did you know what was about to happen would change your life forever, and not only your perspective, but

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