On September 11, 2001, nineteen militants

associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda

hijacked four airlines and carried out suicide attacks

against targets in the United States. Two of the planes

[5]  were flown into the 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. Often referred to as 9/11, the attacks

resulted in extensive death and destruction, activating

[10]  major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defining

the presidency of George W. Bush. Over three thousand

people were killed during the attacks in New York City

and Washington, D.C., including more than four hundred

police officers and firefighters.

[15]  At 8:45 a.m., on a clear Tuesday morning, an

American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with twenty

thousand gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower

of the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact

left a wide, burning hole near the 80th floor of the 110-

[20]  story skyscraper, instantly killing hundreds of people and

trapping hundreds more in higher floors. Eighteen

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

[25]  crashed into the south tower near the 60th floor. The

collision caused a massive explosion that showered

burning fragment over surrounding buildings and the

streets below. America was under attack.

The attackers were Islamic terrorists from Saudi

[30]  Arabia and several other Arab nations. Reportedly

financed by Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda

terrorist organization, they _____________(1) in

retaliation for America's support of Israel, its involvement

in the Persian Gulf War and its continued military

[35]  presence in the Middle East. Some of the terrorists had

lived in the United States for more than a year and

_____________(2) flying lessons at American

commercial flight schools.

As millions watched the events unfolding in New

[40]  York, American Airlines Flight 77 circled over downtown

Washington, D.C., and banged 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

[45]  building. Less than fifteen minutes after the terrorists

struck the nerve center of the U.S. military, the horror in

New York took a catastrophic turn for the worse when

the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed in a

massive cloud of dust and smoke. At 10:30 a.m., the

[50]  other Trade Center tower collapsed. Close to three

thousand people died in the World Trade Center and its

vicinity, including an impressive three hundred and forty

three firefighters and paramedics, twenty three New York

City police officers and thirty seven Port Authority police

[55]  officers who were struggling to complete an evacuation

of the buildings and save the office workers trapped* on

higher floors.

Meanwhile, a fourth California-bound plane–

United Flight 93–was hijacked about forty minutes after

[60]  leaving Newark 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 calls to the ground. Knowing

that the aircraft was not returning to an airport as the

[65]  hijackers claimed, a group of passengers and flight

attendants planned a rebellion. One of the passengers,

Thomas Burnett Jr., told his wife over the phone that "I

know we're all going to die. There are three of us who

are going to do something about it. I love you, honey."

[70]  Another passenger–Todd Beamer–was heard saying

"Are you guys ready? Let's roll" over an open line.

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

[75]  toward the ground, crashing in a rural field in western

Pennsylvania at 10:10 a.m. All forty-five people aboard

were killed. Within two months, U.S. forces had

effectively removed the Taliban from operational power,

but the war continued. Osama bin Laden, was finally

[80]  chased and killed by U.S. forces in Abbottabad,

Pakistan.

Adapted from http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks Acessado em 04/04/2013

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This couple’s jungle honeymoon became a total nightmare

by Jane Ridley

[1]    It was the going to be a weeklong romantic adventure for Holly Fitzgerald, now 71, and her husband,
Fitz, 70, rafting like Huck Finn down a fast-flowing tributary of the Amazon. Instead, it wound up becoming
a nearly month long ordeal, stranding two honeymooners on a parasite-ridden lake in the Bolivian jungle
– with nothing to eat but slugs, snails and frogs.
[5]    The epic tale began in February 1973, five months into the couple’s yearlong honeymoon backpacking
around South America. There was a general plan to reach Rio de Janeiro and then board a ship bound
for Africa, but the newlyweds were frequently sidetracked while meeting interesting people en route. One
such encounter, with some anthropologists, aroused their curiosity about the Amazon basin. So they
booked seats on a small plane to the Peruvian frontier town of Puerto Maldonado. It would be their first
[10] mistake. “The wobbly plane began to descend very fast, pushing me sideways, causing me to grasp the
seat,” Holly writes in her book. “We were thrown back and forth, held by our wide seat belts . . . I caught
sight of the plane’s right wing and engine out of the window. They’d been snapped entirely.”
    The DC-3 – with 13 people onboard – crash-landed in the jungle. Incredibly, no one was badly hurt
in the accident, which was likely a result of pilot error. The survivors were escorted across a river to the
[15] nearest shelter: an open penal colony full of convicted murderers and rapists. Although the passengers
slept in separate barracks from the inmates, there was a sense of menace in the air. Despite daily promises
from prison guards that help was on the way, it was four long days before a plane appeared on the muddy
pasture that served as a runway. When they finally reached Puerto Maldonado, the Fitzgeralds discovered

they’d missed their boat to Bolivia. It was flood season, and the next available trip downriver was likely
[20] three months away.
    Encouraged by locals, the young couple decided to build a raft – using four logs and a makeshift tent
fashioned from plastic sheeting lined with mosquito netting – and navigate 500 miles of the Madre de
Dios river to Riberalta, Bolivia, themselves. “At first, it was idyllic,” recalled Holly, who reveled in the jungle
scents of ripe mangoes and gardenia.
[25]    However, on their fourth night, fortunes changed. While the couple was sleeping, a raging thunderstorm
brewed. Torrential rain pelted the tent, threatening its collapse. “Just then, something slammed the bow,
pulling the raft downwards,” Holly writes. She heard the horror-movie rip of the plastic tent as a large tree
trunk crashed through, pinning her to the raft. Her husband struggled to pull the tree off her as the small
watercraft rocked back and forth, threatening to capsize at any second.
[30]    Once the storm quieted, the sun soon came up to reveal a frightening reality: The couple were now
off course, with no idea of their location. “We didn’t know it at the time, but we were stranded in the middle
of a swamp – a seasonal lake formed because of flooding,” said Holly. “Most of our food and supplies had
fallen overboard during the night. Our tent was ripped to shreds, so we had to replace it with spare plastic
sheeting we’d managed to hold onto”.
[35]    As the land around them was submerged, there was no question of getting anywhere on foot. Tying
the raft and their few remaining possessions to a bush above the water line, the duo swam for hours at a
time – only to travel less than half a mile. They gave up after trying for two days.
    For 26 days, they were marooned – knowing no one was looking for them, as they had written to their
family that they’d be exploring for at least a month. The couple were besieged by bees, mosquitoes and
[40] other biting insects. They tried to catch fish but had zero luck. Strange noises from the jungle terrified
them at night, and they felt themselves weaken by the hour. Holly and Fitz became skeletal and frequently
doubled over in pain because of the lack of food. One morning, Holly initially couldn’t wake her husband
and feared he had died in his sleep.
    On their 26th day in the swamp, Holly had a premonition. “We’re going to make it out of here. I just
[45] know it,” she told her ailing husband, who lost 40 pounds during the ordeal. (Holly herself shed 20 pounds.)
Hours later, after nearly a month of not seeing a single soul, they spotted two Indians hunting turtles from
a canoe. Using made-up hand signs and broken Spanish, the honeymooners convinced the men to take
them to their village. They later traveled to their original destination of Riberalta.
    Over the next two weeks, the Fitzgeralds were treated in a hospital for exhaustion, severe malnutrition,
[50] and the bites and stings they’d received. In April 1973, they finally returned home.
    Remarkably, their brush with death didn’t curb the couple’s enthusiasm for travel. They have since
visited far-flung destinations including Bali, Malaysia, Ethiopia, Sudan and the Himalayas. “With hindsight,
it does seem rather bold to have taken the raft on such a big river, but I can’t say I have deep regrets,” said
Holly. “The whole experience brought Fitz and I closer together. 

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All of me

John Legend

‘Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I’ll give my all to you
You’re my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I’m winning
‘Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you 

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Tower of London’s “queen” raven Merlina missing

    Merlina, who joined the flock in 2007, has not been seen for several weeks.

    The Tower usually has six ravens at any time and, according to legend, if they ever leave then both the fortress and the kingdom will fall. There are currently seven in residence.

    A spokesman said Merlina’s “continued absence indicates to us that she may have sadly passed away”.

    He added: “Merlina was our undisputed ruler of the roost, queen of the Tower ravens. She will be greatly missed by her fellow ravens, the ravenmaster, and all of us in the Tower community.”

    Ravenmaster Christopher Skaife said he would be taking some time to mourn Merlina, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

    “I know so many of you lovely folk will be saddened by this news,” he said in a social media statement. “None more than me. Please excuse my absence for a few days.”

    Tower staff added that they had no immediate plans to replace Merlina. Charles II is believed to have been the first monarch to officially decree that the birds must be kept at the Tower at all times.

    When numbers fell to just a single raven guard, Winston Churchill ordered that the flock — known as an “unkindness” — was increased to at least six.

    In 2018 the Tower launched a raven breeding programme after Historic Royal Palaces warned it was becoming “increasingly difficult” to source the birds.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-55651104