How could such a thing happen?

ages: 15 to 19
purpose: to question the lack of security at this airport which luckily did not result tragically

This article presents itself with quite a lot of substantial evidence as there are quotes from primary sources such as from some of the hostages themselves, who were there to experience such an unfortunate event. By doing this the author of the article reassure it's audience that the article is highly worthy and qualified. The article captures the extent of just how frightful the experience was for these people on the hijacked plane. Therefore, this increases the amount of substantial evidence in the article as well as it's quality.

The author uses a style of writing that is informative but at the same time strives to get a fearful reaction from the audience. The article includes quotes that most audiences would find fearful if they were put in such a situation. For example, "I'm hijacking this plane", as well as,"I mean business, this is a hijacking, sit down, nobody move," these were all fearful quotes from what the passengers has heard from the hijacker, and the author chose to include them to bring across the idea of fear.

After the horrendous, unfortunate event of 9/11, airport security has become much tighter and people have become more aware. So why all of a sudden has this recent hijacking taken place on an airplane. This YAHOO article raises the crucial question of How did this man get pass security?It is also the question that mingles in every one's minds these days. The article specifically states in the introduction that "a lone gunman with "mental challenges" forced his way through security...", clearly this statement alone proves that majority of the blame is to be put on the security at this airport. The word 'forced' which was used basically is saying that the man made his way through, it seemed like there was nothing stopping him. Why is this? To add to this, the man was able to breach security with a gun. At airports I've been to, they are alone suspicious of what's in my water bottle, let alone if i had a gun with me.

Clearly the security at this airport was loose and not tight enough, or at all for that matter. There are many steps of security that this man got through, which resulted in him reaching his destination of the plane itself. There is no way that this man would have gotten through all the security steps, including metal detectors to detect the gun if only the security were doing what they were suppose to be doing; their jobs to protect innocent people. It's hard to believe that such incidents can occur again , especially after 9/11. After such a horrific event where many paid the most precious price of losing their lives, one would think that the security at each airport around the world would ALWAYS have their guard up and check everyone entering onto a plane.

As well, just because Canadian prime minister congratulated the Jamaican prime minister on the "successful resolution" certainly does not mean that everything is fine. Instead Mr. Harper should have been asking 'why?' and 'how?' There definitely is no need in a hijacking situation for congratulations. The responsibility of these peoples lives who were hijacked on this plane was in the responsibility of the security first of all. They have to ensure and double ensure that it is safe. Instead of quickly and happily giving out congratulations, the security should be put under a microscope to determine why these people now have to live with such a horrible experience for the rest of their lives. It would reassure many, as myself to get answers as to why this lack of security, in which the results could have ended up tragically. Do we really need a repeat of 9/11?