Student Response
respond to the students post. You have to respond to each post separately. No more than three or four sentences. You will say what do you think about what he wrote. Do you agree or not. Don’t talk about the writing style. You should focus on the subject .Don’t start by saying the article notes. Talk directly to the student or start with saying I think….. YOU HAVE ALREADY WORKED WITH ME IN THOSE TWO ORDER
Disaster recovery course
The assignment was : After major disasters, communities will often come together to create a memorial or to host a memorial event. Pick a real disaster and identify a project or event that helped in the social/psychological recovery of the community. Describe the project or event. Who organized and funded it? Why was it so important to the community?
Here is the student responds , respond to each one separately what do you think about what he is saying. Don’t say bad things
Student one(ad): September 9th 2011 forever remains the most dreaded day in the hearts of the American’s. The 9/11 bombing attack is historically one of the most fatalistic terror acts in the globe. It led to the death of numerous individuals when four different coordinated attacks were carried out on the World Trade Centre. After the disaster, those who survived the attacks and family member of those who lost their lives had different sociological and psychological challenges including post-traumatic stress disorder (Werner & Locke 2014, p.67). The government and community pulled their resources together in order to carry out memorials in order to remember the lives of individuals who met their demise in the attack (O’brien 2011, p.1). Different memorials were held, but one that stood out was the ground zero memorial. The central government financed it.
The arrangement of the names at the memorial is unique. The 3,000 names that are engraved in the memorial are randomized on a way that brings about a more emotional charged and meaningful way (O’brien 2011, p.1). It heavily symbolizes how Americans have risen above the devastating disaster. Relatives of those who demised could save time through searching their loved one’s names on the website. They are listed on their adjacencies. The names are engraved on 76 bronze panes that surround two pools at the site of the twin towers that were attacked. The names are further arranged in order to depict relations of the victims. For example, those who met their demise at the office investment bank are put together similar to occupants of professions such as police officers and firefighters. The memorial has proved to be helpful when it comes to serving victims deal with sociological and psychological challenges (Norris, Friedman & Watson 2002, p.240). It has done this by giving a platform for those affected to come to a closure. It has also enabled them to see that their friends and relatives are honored and remembered.
References
Norris, F. H., Friedman, M. J., & Watson, P. J. (2002). 60,000 Disaster Victims Speak: Part II. Summary and Implications of the Disaster Mental Health Research. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 65(3), 240-260. doi:10.1521/psyc.65.3.240.20169.
O’brien, M. (2011). ‘Meaningful adjacencies’: The incredible way the names of victims are arranged at the 9/11 Memorial pools. Retrieved athttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2035887/GROUND-ZERO-MEMORIAL-Victims-names-arranged-meaningful-adjacencies.html
Werner, D., & Locke, C. (2014). Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill on Mental Health in Alabama Coastal Communities: “The Loss of a Season”. International Journal Of Mass Emergencies & Disasters.
Student two(anjel): On April 19, 1995 two individuals made a bomb using fertilizer, diesel fuel, and other chemicals and attached this bomb inside a van (1). These men then proceeded to park this van in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. At 9:02 AM the bomb exploded (1). After the dust had settled, downtown Oklahoma City looked to be a war zone. Cars were destroyed, and incinerated, and over 300 buildings were damaged as well. However, the worst was the amount of dead bodies. Roughly 168 souls were lost,19 of these souls where children. At the time this was the worst act of terrorism on U.S. soil (1).
Mayor Ron Norick appointed a 350 member panel to come up with ideas on how to remember the souls that were lost that day but also how to help the community heal. The committee came up with two different designs that were selected for the remembrance (2). On April 19. 2000 the Outdoor Symbolic Memorial was dedicated by Bill Clinton and the following year on February 21, 2001 George Bush dedicated the Memorial Museum (2). These memorials were resurrected ” to remember those who were killed, those who survived, and those who were changed forever (2).”
The Outdoor Symbolic Memorial was designed for an area of quiet reflection. located on the grounds are 168 chairs, that represent all the victims, along with a reflecting pool, a survivor tree, and many other memorable tokens (3). This area is where family members and tourist can walk around to pay their respect to the victims of this horrible terrorist attack. It is a place to honor the dead by never forgetting them. The interactive Museum allows tourist and residents to explore what happened after the bombing by watching videos, observing artifacts, and looking at the photographs that were captured that day (3).
The allocated budget to build these two memorial sites was around twenty nine million dollars, seventeen million dollars was raised by private citizens who donated. The rest of the money came from the federal government, which gave five million and also from the state of Oklahoma which gave seven million (4). Since the creation of these two memorials, no money is given to maintain these museums from federal, state, or local government. Private donations and admissions to the museums are what provides the support (4).
We all have experienced pain and helplessness in our lives but I cannot imagine what goes through the minds of the survivors, first responders, family members, and the community after a disaster like this occurs. We know survivors can become stricken with anxiety, PTSD, depression, survivors guilt, and other debilitating medical problems (5). The goal of these museums is to help the survivors remember their loved ones, to bring healing to there hearts, and minds, but most important is knowing that their loved ones are never forgotten.
The building of a memorial is more for the mental aspect for the community. I wonder if these monuments only bring up more pain and heart break, that healing for survivors may not occur. Take for example, Aren Almon-Kok, who is the mother of Baby Almon, who was killed in the attack. A picture of a fire figher is shown carrying the baby out of the rubble, her life less body in his hands. When Mrs. Almon-kok, was asked if it has gotten easier, she replied ” no every year it get’s harder and harder (6).” These monuments, also are distraction from the real disaster that happen. The city of Oklahoma cannot rebuild another building, the area that was attacked just like ground zero becomes scared grown and moments are the way this scared ground becomes honored.
1. https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/oklahoma-city-bombing
2.https://oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/learn/history-mission/
3.https://oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/about/outdoor-symbolic-memorial/
4.http://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/903/whygive.html
5.Bissell, Richard. Social- Psychological Recovery, Video 11b.
6. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3037939/EXCLUSIVE-gets-harder-year-worst-20-years-Oklahoma-City-bombing-mother-lifeless-little-girl-photo-day-daughter-turned-21.html