I may have a short memory, but what the heck is everyone else’s excuses?
There are a million events that have happen in the world, but society is so quick to forget them. Why is that? I don’t mean that you should live your life everyday in fear, or live in the past all the time, BUT to at least recognize what has happened and be thankful for what you have. I know that if one of these major events, had personally affected your life in some way, then there’s a greater chance that you would have not forgotten it.
I don’t understand why, it takes the anniversary on the news of a prev. disaster for ppl to remember, how it affected all of our lives at that time. I honestly think that the average person takes for granted what they have.
So, here it is a list of some of those events that happened; that I think should be remembered.
I know that some of these events, have changed me as a person.
There are a million events that have happen in the world, but society is so quick to forget them. Why is that? I don’t mean that you should live your life everyday in fear, or live in the past all the time, BUT to at least recognize what has happened and be thankful for what you have. I know that if one of these major events, had personally affected your life in some way, then there’s a greater chance that you would have not forgotten it.
I don’t understand why, it takes the anniversary on the news of a prev. disaster for ppl to remember, how it affected all of our lives at that time. I honestly think that the average person takes for granted what they have.
So, here it is a list of some of those events that happened; that I think should be remembered.
I know that some of these events, have changed me as a person.
1980 -U.S. Heat Wave, death toll 1,700 lives and because of the massive drought, agricultural damage reached $20billion.
July 17, 1981- Hyatt Regency hotel walkway collapse, death toll 114 people and injuring more than 200
1988 -Pan Am Flight 103, death toll 243 passengers and 16 crew members
1993- The Waco Siege, death toll 86
1995 -Chicago heat wave ,death toll 600 heat-related deaths
April 19, 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing, death toll 168 people and injuring more than 680
July 17, 1996 -TWA Flight 800, death toll 230 people
April 20, 1999- Columbine High School massacre, killing 12 students, one teacher, and injuring 21 others
September 11, 2001- Multiple Plane crashes due to Terrorist attack, death toll 2,985
Feb 1, 2003 –Space shuttle explodes-crew of 7 died
Feb 20, 2003- The Station nightclub fire, death toll 100 people, and 230 people were injured
2005- Hurricane Katrina, death toll 1,300 and still counting
April 16, 2007- Virginia Tech massacre, death toll 32 people
August 2007-Crandall Canyon Mine collapse, six miners were trapped by the collapse, and 3 rescue workers died
August 7, 2007- I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse, killing 13 people and injuring 145.
October 23, 2007- California Wild Fires, 1,500 homes were destroyed,over 500,000 acres of land burned, Nine people died as a direct result of the fires; 85 others were injured, including at least 61 firefighters.
Feb 8, 2008 -Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, Eighty-seven tornadoes occurred over the course of the outbreak, 57people were killed across four states and 18 counties, with hundreds of others injured
September 12, 2008- Chatsworth train collision, death toll 25
Jan 15, 2009- American plane crashed in Hudson river, 155 people on board
Feb 2, 2009 -Colgan Flight 3407, crashed into a house in the northeast Buffalo, total of 50 people were killed
April 24, 2009- Swine Flue hits and kills many ppl
June 11, 2009- Declared Swine Flu an epidemic
November 5, 2009- Fort Hood shooting, killing 13 people and wounding 30 others
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