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The decision by four Miami Dolphins players kneeled during the national anthem before kickoff against Seattle Sunday is being met with both support and backlash - including from one super model who is engaged to another professional athlete.

Arian Foster, Michael Thomas, Jelani Jenkins and Kenny Stills took a knee just before the anthem began. The four held their hands over their hearts as the anthem played and stood immediately at its conclusion.

"I chose to get involved to see if I could create change, raise awareness. And I want to make it clear that there is no disrespect to the military or to police officers - I'm not about that. I love everyone," said Jenkins. "I would like to keep moving forward in the right direction with everybody: equal rights, equal opportunity. From my position, it doesn't seem that it's happening. That's why I took a stand."

The Dolphins got support from one very important person - their boss, team owner Stephen Ross.

"I don't think it was any lack of respect," Ross said. "I think everybody here, our team and our whole organization, respects the flag and what it stands for, the soldiers and everything. These guys are really making a conversation of something that's a very important topic in this country and I'm 100 percent supportive of them."

Kate Upton, who is engaged to Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, specifically condemned the players' actions as "more horrific'' because they occurred on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

"I could never imagine multiple people sitting down during the national anthem on the Sept. 11th anniversary,'' Upton wrote. "The lessons of 9/11 should teach us that if we come together, the world can be a better and more peaceful place.''

The Dolphins later released a statement:

Upton, who is engaged to Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, specifically condemned the players' actions as ``more horrific'' because they occurred on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

``I could never imagine multiple people sitting down during the national anthem on the Sept. 11th anniversary,'' Upton wrote. ``The lessons of 9/11 should teach us that if we come together, the world can be a better and more peaceful place.'' who is engaged to Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, specifically condemned the players' actions as ``more horrific'' because they occurred on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. ``I could never imagine multiple people sitting down during the national anthem on the Sept. 11th anniversary,'' Upton wrote. ``The lessons of 9/11 should teach us that if we come together, the world can be a better and more peaceful place.''The Dolphins released a statement saying:
"We encourage all members of our organization to stand at attention during the national anthem out of respect and appreciation for the freedoms we are afforded as Americans. We also recognize that it's an individual's right to reflect during the anthem in different ways. We respect these liberties and appreciate the sacrifices that everyone has made for our country, especially on this day of remembrance. We hope today's events will continue a respectful and thoughtful dialogue in our community on unity, inclusiveness and togetherness"
On the opposite sideline, Seahawks players and coaches locked arm-in-arm. That included defensive back Jeremy Lane, who sat during the national anthem in the preseason finale in Oakland in a sign of support for San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

Lane indicated earlier in the week a plan to continue sitting during the anthem but changed after the Seahawks decided to stand together as a team.

Lane stood next to Richard Sherman and near coach Pete Carroll.

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The decision by four Miami Dolphins players kneeled during the national anthem before kickoff against Seattle Sunday is being met with both support and backlash - including from one super model who is engaged to another professional athlete. Arian Foster, Michael Thomas, Jelani Jenkins and Kenny Stills took a knee just before the anthem began.

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We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race."

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it (America) was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk art forms

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Other countries with such divisions have in fact divided into new nations with new names, but not this one, impossibly interwoven even in its hostilities

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This is saying that America is together but not together.

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This is saying that America is together but not together.

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This is saying that America is together but not together.

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The quote that I also feel supports the claim well is "it (America) was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk art forms,"(3). This is saying that America is together but not together. America wants to be together but it's not working

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The quote that I also feel supports the claim well is "it (America) was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk art forms,"(3). This is saying that America is together but not together. America wants to be together but it's not working

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The quote that I also feel supports the claim well is "it (America) was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk art forms,"(3). This is saying that America is together but not together. America wants to be together but it's not working.

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To sum up, my life has changed so much but for the better and i’m so happy now even though the process wasn’t easy at all but as they say “trust the process it’s worth it”

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The quote that I also feel supports the claim well is "it (America) was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk art forms,"(3). This is saying that America is together but not t

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"We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race."

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This link has information and a short video on this topic. This explains all of the conflicts we had with out attackers and what exactly happened that day. This is important information to know when reading "A Quilt of a Country" because it mentions it in the last paragraph on page 6.

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On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people were killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which triggered major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defined the presidency of George W. Bush.

World Trade Center

On September 11, 2001, at 8:45 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.

The impact left a gaping, burning hole near the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper, instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more in higher floors.

As the evacuation of the tower and its twin got underway, television cameras broadcasted live images of what initially appeared to be a freak accident. Then, 18 minutes after the first plane hit, a second Boeing 767-United Airlines Flight 175-appeared out of the sky, turned sharply toward the World Trade Center and sliced into the south tower near the 60th floor.

The collision caused a massive explosion that showered burning debris over surrounding buildings and onto the streets below. It immediately became clear that America was under attack.

Did you know? September 11, 2001, was the deadliest day in history for New York City firefighters: 343 were killed.

Osama bin Laden

The attackers were Islamic terrorists from Saudi Arabia and several other Arab nations. Reportedly financed by the al-Qaeda terrorist organization of Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden, they were allegedly acting in retaliation for America's support of Israel, its involvement in the Persian Gulf War and its continued military presence in the Middle East.

Some of the terrorists had lived in the United States for more than a year and had taken flying lessons at American commercial flight schools. Others had slipped into the country in the months before September 11 and acted as the "muscle" in the operation.

The 19 terrorists easily smuggled box-cutters and knives through security at three East Coast airports and boarded four early-morning flights bound for California, chosen because the planes were loaded with fuel for the long transcontinental journey. Soon after takeoff, the terrorists commandeered the four planes and took the controls, transforming ordinary passenger jets into guided missiles.

Pentagon Attack

As millions watched the events unfolding in New York, American Airlines Flight 77 circled over downtown Washington, D.C., before crashing into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters at 9:45 a.m.

Jet fuel from the Boeing 757 caused a devastating inferno that led to the structural collapse of a portion of the giant concrete building, which is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense.

All told, 125 military personnel and civilians were killed in the Pentagon, along with all 64 people aboard the airliner.

Twin Towers Collapse

Less than 15 minutes after the terrorists struck the nerve center of the U.S. military, the horror in New York took a catastrophic turn when the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed in a massive cloud of dust and smoke.

The structural steel of the skyscraper, built to withstand winds in excess of 200 miles per hour and a large conventional fire, could not withstand the tremendous heat generated by the burning jet fuel.

At 10:30 a.m., the north building of the twin towers collapsed. Only six people in the World Trade Center towers at the time of their collapse survived. Almost 10,000 others were treated for injuries, many severe.

Flight 93

Meanwhile, a fourth California-bound plane-United Flight 93-was hijacked about 40 minutes after leaving Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. Because the plane had been delayed in taking off, passengers on board learned of events in New York and Washington via cell phone and Airfone calls to the ground.

Knowing that the aircraft was not returning to an airport as the hijackers claimed, a group of passengers and flight attendants planned an insurrection.

One of the passengers, Thomas Burnett, Jr., told his wife over the phone that "I know we're all going to die. There's three of us who are going to do something about it. I love you, honey." Another passenger-Todd Beamer-was heard saying "Are you guys ready? Let's roll" over an open line.

Sandy Bradshaw, a flight attendant, called her husband and explained that she had slipped into a galley and was filling pitchers with boiling water. Her last words to him were "Everyone's running to first class. I've got to go. Bye."

The passengers fought the four hijackers and are suspected to have attacked the cockpit with a fire extinguisher. The plane then flipped over and sped toward the ground at upwards of 500 miles per hour, crashing in a rural field near Shanksville in western Pennsylvania at 10:10 a.m.

All 44 people aboard were killed. Its intended target is not known, but theories include the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland or one of several nuclear power plants along the eastern seaboard.

How Many People Died in 9/11 Attacks?

A total of 2,996 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks, including the 19 terrorist hijackers aboard the four airplanes.

At the World Trade Center, 2,763 died after the two planes slammed into the twin towers. That figure includes 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York City police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers who were struggling to complete an evacuation of the buildings and save the office workers trapped on higher floors.

At the Pentagon, 189 people were killed, including 64 on American Airlines Flight 77, the airliner that struck the building. On Flight 93, 44 people died when the plane crash-landed in Pennsylvania.

America Responds

At 7 p.m., President George W. Bush, who was in Florida at the time of the attacks and had spent the day being shuttled around the country because of security concerns, returned to the White House.

At 9 p.m., he delivered a televised address from the Oval Office, declaring, "Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve."

In a reference to the eventual U.S. military response he declared, "We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them."

Operation Enduring Freedom, the American-led international effort to oust the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and destroy Osama bin Laden's terrorist network based there, began on October 7. Within two months, U.S. forces had effectively removed the Taliban from operational power, but the war continued, as U.S. and coalition forces attempted to defeat a Taliban insurgency campaign based in neighboring Pakistan.

Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11th attacks, remained at large until May 2, 2011, when he was finally tracked down and killed by U.S. forces at a hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan. In June 2011, President Barack Obama announced the beginning of large-scale troop withdrawals from Afghanistan.

Sources

The Encyclopedia of 9/11. New York Magazine.
FAQ About 9/11. 9/11 Memorial.
September 11th Terror Attacks Fast Facts. CNN.
9/11 Death Statistics. StatisticBrain.com.
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On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.

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The song that I chose is "A Wake" by Macklemore.  I feel that this shows that these generations are still not as good as we would like them to be. We're still not the best we could be and some of us need to realize this.

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One point that was brought up during the socratic seminar that I thought was interesting was the question "why do we need tragedy to pull us together?" I honestly think this is the only way that humans feel obligated to come together and help each other. This is a question that several people have different views on, but I believe that humans are obligated to help in times of need. In the video it states that this feeling could possibly be already engraved in our nature and I believe that to be true.

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"We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race." I feel this quote is what Quindlen is trying to explain with the text. The text says, "What is the point of a nation in which one part seems to be always on the verge of fisticuffs with another, blacks and whites, gays and straights, left and right, Pole and Chinese and Puerto Rican and Slovenian? Other countries with such divisions have in fact divided into new nations with new names, but not this one, impossibly interwoven even in its hostilities,"(5). Both of these quotes are making a point that we are all one, even if some don't realize or don't accept.

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This is an old picture of Philadelphia which gives you a visual for the line "The New York of my children is no more Balkanized, probably less so, than the Philadelphia of my father, in which Jewish boys would walk several blocks out of their way to avoid the Irish divide of Chester Avenue,"(5).

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This picture is a visual for the line "Slavery and sweatshops the burning of crosses and the ostracism of the other,"(3). This is a sweatshop of America and it shows how bad the conditions were.

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I feel that this picture can represent the discordant quilt that Quindlen mentions.

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The most important connection between this video and the text is the idea that we could possibly have this mindset of being a bigot engraved in our brains since the beginning of time. The video is clear with this and even provides evidence from an experiment with rats where the one rat did not trust the other because if was a different color. The text evidence that I feel connects best is, "The New York of my children is no more Balkanized, probably less so, than the Philadelphia of my father, in which Jewish boys would walk several blocks out of their way to avoid the Irish divide of Chester Avenue."(5).
The Connection is that the Jewish boys walked a different route because they didn't trust the Irish just as the rats didn't trust the other rat of different color.

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The current event that I'm choosing is the the NFL players choosing not to stand during the national anthem. Players on the Miami Dolphins, the San Francisco 49ers, and several other teams chose not to stand during the national anthem due to the Black Lives Matter protests going on in the country. This ties in with the text because they feel that America is not united right now, as well as many other Americans. The text says, "What is the point of a nation in which one part seems to be always on the verge of fisticuffs with another, blacks and whites, gays and straights, left and right, Pole and Chinese and Puerto Rican and Slovenian?"(4). These issues are how America is divided.

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The decision by four Miami Dolphins players kneeled during the national anthem before kickoff against Seattle Sunday is being met with both support and backlash - including from one super model who is engaged to another professional athlete.

Arian Foster, Michael Thomas, Jelani Jenkins and Kenny Stills took a knee just before the anthem began. The four held their hands over their hearts as the anthem played and stood immediately at its conclusion.

"I chose to get involved to see if I could create change, raise awareness. And I want to make it clear that there is no disrespect to the military or to police officers - I'm not about that. I love everyone," said Jenkins. "I would like to keep moving forward in the right direction with everybody: equal rights, equal opportunity. From my position, it doesn't seem that it's happening. That's why I took a stand."

The Dolphins got support from one very important person - their boss, team owner Stephen Ross.

"I don't think it was any lack of respect," Ross said. "I think everybody here, our team and our whole organization, respects the flag and what it stands for, the soldiers and everything. These guys are really making a conversation of something that's a very important topic in this country and I'm 100 percent supportive of them."

Kate Upton, who is engaged to Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, specifically condemned the players' actions as "more horrific'' because they occurred on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

"I could never imagine multiple people sitting down during the national anthem on the Sept. 11th anniversary,'' Upton wrote. "The lessons of 9/11 should teach us that if we come together, the world can be a better and more peaceful place.''

The Dolphins later released a statement:

Upton, who is engaged to Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, specifically condemned the players' actions as ``more horrific'' because they occurred on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

``I could never imagine multiple people sitting down during the national anthem on the Sept. 11th anniversary,'' Upton wrote. ``The lessons of 9/11 should teach us that if we come together, the world can be a better and more peaceful place.'' who is engaged to Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, specifically condemned the players' actions as ``more horrific'' because they occurred on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. ``I could never imagine multiple people sitting down during the national anthem on the Sept. 11th anniversary,'' Upton wrote. ``The lessons of 9/11 should teach us that if we come together, the world can be a better and more peaceful place.''The Dolphins released a statement saying:
"We encourage all members of our organization to stand at attention during the national anthem out of respect and appreciation for the freedoms we are afforded as Americans. We also recognize that it's an individual's right to reflect during the anthem in different ways. We respect these liberties and appreciate the sacrifices that everyone has made for our country, especially on this day of remembrance. We hope today's events will continue a respectful and thoughtful dialogue in our community on unity, inclusiveness and togetherness"
On the opposite sideline, Seahawks players and coaches locked arm-in-arm. That included defensive back Jeremy Lane, who sat during the national anthem in the preseason finale in Oakland in a sign of support for San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

Lane indicated earlier in the week a plan to continue sitting during the anthem but changed after the Seahawks decided to stand together as a team.

Lane stood next to Richard Sherman and near coach Pete Carroll.

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The decision by four Miami Dolphins players kneeled during the national anthem before kickoff against Seattle Sunday is being met with both support and backlash - including from one super model who is engaged to another professional athlete. Arian Foster, Michael Thomas, Jelani Jenkins and Kenny Stills took a knee just before the anthem began.

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The quote that I also feel supports the claim well is "it (America) was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk art forms,"(3). This is saying that America is together but not together. America wants to be together but it's not working.

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I feel that the quote "Slavery and sweat shops the burning crosses and the ostracism of the other,"(3) supports the claim well. This is definitely not the idea that America had when we were just starting out.

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"America is an improbable idea,"(3).