122 20 7169 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I saw the events on the internet and tv as I was getting ready for work. My husband works at The American Craft Museum in New York City. He works in the basement of the building where all of the offices are located. They had no phone service, cell phones were not working, no tv. They did have a Bloomberg radio (a free promotional radio) that someone had. They had no idea if the city was going to be bombed and didn't know if they should leave or stay in the building. There was a quick announcement on the radio that the Long Island Railroad would reopen for a very short time. My husband raced twenty-five blocks to the station. 1500 people were waiting to get in. There were policeman everywhere. As they were waiting, a plane flew overhead and everyone looked up at once, terrified at first, but happy to find out that it wasn't another attack. They let one person into the huge train station at a time. My husband sat on the train for an hour and then they let the trains leave. Shortly afterward, the train station was closed. My husband arrived home at about 3:30. When I saw him I cried my eyes out. He stayed home for the next two days and the museum had no phone service for a few months after. He always walks from the train station to work now and almost never takes the subway, as a safety precaution. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I REMEMBER SEEING THE FOOTAGE ON TELEVISION AND GOT A VERY DEEP SICK FEELING IN MY STOMACH. I COULD NOT BELIEVE ANYBODY COULD BE SO LOW AS TO KILL INNOCENT CHILDREN, WOMEN, AND MEN. THE ONE THING I KNOW IS BIN LADEN WILL BURN IN HELL FOR ETERNITY, THAT IS ONE CONSELATION, BUT IT DOES NOT BRING BACK THE THOUSANDS OF LIVES HE ENDED. MY THOUGHT IS NOW THIS COUNTRY SHOULD START DOING WHAT ISRAEL IS DOING TO THE SUICIDE BOMBERS. LETS GO TO THEIR FAMILIES HOUSES AND BULLDOZE THEM. THEN I THINK WE SHOULD INFLICT THE MENTAL ANGUISH ON THEM THAT THEY HAVE INFLICTED AN THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT LOST LOVED ONES ON THE 9-11-01. I KNOW THE BOBLE SAYS VENGEANCE IS MINE SAYETH THE LORD. BUT THIS TIME I THINK WE SHOULD HELP OUT. I STILL GET CHOKED UP AT SEEING THE IMAGES, AND THE INTERVIEWS WITH SURVIVORS OR FAMILY MEMEBERS. HE JUST SITS OUT THERE AND HIDES JUST LIKE A COWARD WOULD DO CAN'T COME OUT IN THE OPEN AND SAY I DID THIS HE HAS TO BE THE BIGGEST SOB EVER TO WALK THE FACE OF THE EARTH. I CONSIDER HIM WORSE THAN HITLER, MUSSOLINI, OR EVEN GINGIS KHAN. MY PERSONAL THOUGHT IS WHEN HE IS FOUND LETS STRING HIM UP AND TORTURE HIM THE SAME WAY HE TORTURED THE FAMILIES THAT LOST LOVED ONES, NOT BY KILLING HIS RELATIVES, BUT BY CUTTING OFF A TOE AT A TIME AND LET HIM EXPERIENCE A LITTLE BIT OF THE PAIN THAT HE HAS PUT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THRU BECAUSE OF HIS ACTIONS. ONCE HE QUITS SCREAMING FROM ONE BEING CUT OFF THEN DO ANOTHER ONE OVER AND OVER AGAIN DON'T LET HIM PASS OUT FROM THE PAIN IF YOU HAVE TO STOP IT THEN START AGAIN. I KNOW THIS IS WRONG BUT THIS IS HOW I FEEL, SORRY THAT I SOUND LIKE A MORBID PERSON BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO GET BACK AT HIM. HOPEFULLY HE WILL BE FOUND BUT I IMAGINE HE WILL TAKE THE COWARDS WAY OUT LIKE HITLER DID WHEN WE GET CLOSE TO HIM. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story5447.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: That morning I woke up and it was like any normal day. I remember thinking what a lovely day. Walking through the lobby of the 1 WTC, I remember leaving my i.d. card home that day and had to get a visitor's pass from the front desk. I arrived at work approximately 8:15 a.m. and sat at my desk and started talking to one of my colleagues. All of a sudden we hear this incredible thunderous sound. And then the windows begin to cave in. My first thought was to run and we preceeded to run to the receptionist area which looked like a hurricane hit it. We preceeded dowm the stairs but unfortunately when we got down a couple of flights of stairs the door wasn't opened (there was no knob or anyway to get in our out). We decided to go up instead of down. We must have been on the 83rd or 84th floor, when we were at a company and we were instructed to go in the conference room and that every thing was under control. While watching people call their loved ones (never thinking I really needed to do that since we didn't know what happened), all of a sudden the windows started to crash in and at that point, I sprained my ankle trying to get out of that conference. Now, we're preceeding down the stairs and I remember someone saying they heard that a helipcopter hit the building. My first thought was it couldn't be a helicopter because it wouldn't done that much damage to the windows. So we preceeded down the stairs and they're was smoke billowing in the stairwell and we couldn't breathe. I remember a woman having a bottle of water and sharing the bottle of water with myself and other people in the stairwell. One of the things that sticks out in my mind, I saw several firefighters going up the stairs and sitting on the floors I guess waiting to go up. We finally made it to the lobby and it was pretty weird because the lobby was normally very busy especially in the early morning. Once we were in the lobby, we were instructed that we could not go out through the street level - we would have to go out through the train stations. At this point, I never once asked what was wrong but I had a horrible feeling inside and knew something was terribly wrong because I kept hearing these strange crashing sounds (I realize know that it was bodies falling out the window). Once we got to the mall which is/was located right below the buildings, I noticed that it must've been evacuated because it was completely empty. All of a sudden, we hear what sounded like a hurricane or tornado coming towards us and we hear someone say run. We start to run but the sound kept coming closer and closer. I could feel myself being hurled around like a doll and when I awoke (not sure if I passed out) it was pitch dark (could not see in front of us). I was so frightened, it was such terror. One thing that frightened me more is that I was 6 months pregnant and thought my baby and I are going to die right in this place. Everyone is screaming and I remember begging god for my life. All of a sudden this voice comes from nowhere saying "shut the f up" we've got to get out of here so someone starts to hold on to my arm (he notices I'm pregnant), and we walk very carefully because I could feel stuff under my feet. Luckily, we see a flicker of light, which happened to be a opening. I'm not sure exactly how I got out because I've kind of blocked it out of my mind but I remember coming out of the building on the side of the church and news cameras were glaring in my face. Get to Chase Manhattan bank to call my sister to let her know I'm ok...she's frantic (never once telling me what she watched on tv). She says I'll meet you at Pace University, I said ok. Walking down the street in a daze, I arrive at a Starbucks that's right down the street from J&R Musicworld to wipe my face because I could barely see because of the debris all over me. I start to walk toward Pace University to meet my sister. Now people are screaming and running and sayiing the building's falling. I run as fast as I can but because of my sprained ankle, I just keep falling and thought "oh my god", I'm definitely going to die. What seems like an eternity the sound and debris stops. I walking near City Hall and at EMT comes up to me and says "Miss you have to come with me", I ask her what happened and she tells me terrorist blew up the WTC and the Pentagon. I'm hysterical. I guess I finally realized what had happened. I'm taken to the hospital and the next day, I lost my baby. It's taken me up until now to ever post my story because I've been in a state of shock for over a year and am know trying to come to terms with what happened - how my life changed in a split second. My family and I have always been very close but because my mom and my sister watched what happened on television and they assumed I was dead, it's made us appreciate life so much more. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story8399.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: This was our first vacation together as a family in about 5 years and probably our last. Our children were approaching the age that they would soon be leaving home and starting their own lives. The oldest child is Keith he just graduated techincal college and our youngest son Shane was a senior in high school. We had wanted to take our sons on one last vacation as a family that they would never forget. I'm sure it is one that they will never forget ever. As Jehovah's Witnesses we decided to take them to the world headquarters of our religous organization, which are based in Brooklyn, New York. We took a bus tour along with 55 others Jehovah's Witnesses many families and young singles who wanted to see the world headquarters. All of us on the trip were trilled with the beautiful weather that we had for our visit. We arrived in New York on Sunday September 9, 2001. We had started the day with a giuded bus tour of Manhattan we were shown all the sights with the exception of a ride down Broadway, because it was closed for Broadway on Broadway. After that we went to Pier 17 where we were left to choice what we wanted to do for the rest of the day. Some of the families went to the World Trade Centers and went to the roof to see the beautiful skyline we walked down to the WTC but didn't go to the top. We decided to go to Battery Park and take the ferry to the Islands. The day was so nice that the island for that Statue of Liberty had lines snaking all over the island. So we decide not to stop at Staten Island because there were so many people waiting to get back to Manhattan that we just rode straight back. We did some shopping for gifts for family. We had a great day. Our hotel was in New Jersy by the air port so we headed back to Jersy and spent the night. Monday was another wonderful day. Our tour was of the Watchtower factory buildings in Brooklyn. We went back to Jersy Monday night. Tuesday we would tour the Office complex. Again the sun was bright the day was unseasonable pleasant. The bus was heading to Manhattan then to Brooklyn. We were just approaching the Holland tunnel when there was a commotion on the bus. My youngest son had just put down the camcorder, when some one yelled "the towers were hit!" Instantly he grabbed the camera and began shooting as the flames poured out of the tower. We were all in shock. One woman said I think a helicopter just flew into the tower. None of us had their radios on, we were all just dumbfounded. When I asked the teenage boy sitting next to us to turn on his walkman and listen to the news. The traffic to the tunnel came to a dead stand still, everyone was just staring over to Manhattan! Then the police came and started to direct the traffic through the tunnel, as we got through half an hour later we watched in horror as the second plane banked and headed straight for the second tower. The flames again, the traffic coming to a dead stop, the shocked looks on everyone's face. Slowly again the traffic was directed to get moving, we were in China town when we seen people running in the streets away from the towers. The police and the fire crews were heading through the crowds running in the streets trying to flee. The sounds of the sirens are etched in my memory and every time I hear a siren I see the people fleeing some covered with ashes and crying just running!! The report on the radio were terrorfying. There were more planes that had been hijacked. At least five and the targets were not known. It was hard sitting there wondering were those planes were and that we had just witness two hit the towers. When the news came over the radio that Pentagon had also been hit. There was a visible apprehension on everyone's face. How could they get to the Pentagon? What next? This will mean war, all us feared. Where are the other planes? A report came over the radio of a truck bomb in one of the tunnels to Manhattan. We were all getting very nervous. We were heading for the Brooklyn Bridge trying to get over to the Watchtower complex when the report came on the radio that the Port Authority would be shutting down all tunnels, bridges, the subway and the buses. However we did make it across to the Offices at The Watchtower Bible & Tract Society. There we were taken in and given words of encouragement and strength. We did not see the towers fall. The buildings were just behind some on the bay. Yet we did see the big gray cloud of debris and ash float down in front of the building we were in. Then we heard what had happened. I felt my knees shake as I waited to get to the phone to call my family back in Wisconsin and let them know what was happening that we were Ok. My father was at work and I choose to call him to let him know, it was probably 9:30 in New York and they had all seen it on the news already. They were greatly relieved to hear we were ok. It was hours before the roads were open again and we were allowed to leave the city. As we left Brooklyn we looked over to Manhattan and seen the people still coming over the bridge walking away from the destruction and the smoke still billowing from where the towers once stood. The sky was still a bright blue. The smoke was heading out toward the Statue of Liberty. None of us will forget that day, or the sights we seen and the pain and horror we felt at the tremendous losses incurred, as we realized that another plane had been downed in Pennsylvania. Sitting back home in Wisconsin today it is hard not to feel the same apprehension. My father decided to take the same tour we did and he is in New York now. We are all grateful that nothing slipped by the authorities and that the terrorist didn't attack again. We thank God, pray for the day when he will put and end to all such violent acts. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story5629.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Sobre 9/11 fui a la escuela justo como normal, no sabiendoque hab?a pasado. Yo ten?a fue a mi primer per?odo y visto mis gritos de profesor, correctamente pregunt? que hab?a pasado y ella contest? " las torres de gemelo fueron derribados esta ma?ana y los cientos de personas fueron matados ". Mi profesor m?s tarde conect? el T.V. porque mucho de no ten?a ninguna pista sobre lo que hab?a pasado, miramos fijamente y miramos a reporteros y noticiarios del incidente tr?gico. M?s tarde ese d?a vine a casa y mir? algunos informes m?s por televisi?n. Entonces llam? alguna familia para ver como ellos hac?an y everyting era fino. Entonces entonces fui a dormir. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story7447.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On 9/11/01, my husband and I were on a cruise to the western Caribbean. We were in Jamaica, and after sightseeing a while, I returned to the cruise ship and he stayed on shore to shop a while. Going back on the ship, I noticed that we had to check in through many more checkpoints than we had had to any time before. No one was explaining the extra security, and I thought that perhaps there had been a bomb threat against the ship. I went to our cabin to nap, but my husband came in shortly and said to turn on the TV, that a cab driver had said something about a bomb in New York City. We turned on the TV in time to see reruns of the first plane hitting the Towers, and then the second plane hitting the Towers. We were stunned. Throughout the rest of the day and that evening, there was a definite air of grief over the whole ship, even affecting the passengers who were not American citizens. Passengers gathered in the lounges around the televisions, but there was little conversation. The show scheduled for that night was a comedian, and that was rescheduled. We were due to leave Jamaica that evening at 7:00 to return to Miami. Of course, since the US was closed, the captain didn't know where his ship would go, so we just stayed in port until after midnight. We finally left Jamaica and, after a day spent at sea, returned to Miami on Thursday morning. The ship was escorted to the dock by several Coast Guard and other vessels. We were supposed to disembark that morning, but instead we were kept on the ship until late in the afternoon. During the day, we were told that the cruise line would pay for one night?s lodging in Miami, and would work with passengers to try to find a way for them to get home ? OR we could re-embark on the next cruise. We opted for that, as did the majority of the passengers. Trying to re-embark was a study in errors, since the cruise line wasn?t prepared to re-embark over 600 people! Finally, after midnight we were able to go to our new cabins. The next day on TV, we saw a report that ?two Middle Eastern men were arrested off of a _______ cruise ship that docked in Miami on Thursday because their names were on the FBI list.? Our ship was the only one that docked that day! We had wondered why there were men with guns around!! In Cozumel, as we disembarked, we were met by a huge crowd of people carrying suitcases. They were American tourists who were stuck in Mexico, because the planes weren?t landing in the US, and were desperately trying to find a way to go home. We found out what it was like to be totally cut off from our country. While I appreciated having a place to stay and food to eat and things to do ? I kept thinking, ?I just wish we were in OUR country right now! I just want to be home in America.? Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2738.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was home that morning with my then 3-year old son. I had Diane Sawyer's show on low on the television as I played with my son. I remember the screen suddenly changed to a helicopter showing a fire at one of the Twin Towers. I turned up the volume, but it was still unclear to those broadcasting what had happened. They believed that maybe a plane had crashed into the Tower, though there was no confirmation. Suddenly, to the right of the screen, an airplane came into view. My mind scrambled to make sense of what I was seeing and I was hollering "turn the plane, turn the plane!" I screamed as I helplessly watched the airplane crash directly into the World Trade Center, the other Tower. My mind was still scrambling to make sense of what I was witnessing. Had the pilot become confused? What the HELL was going on?? I was crying. The voices on the television were saying "attack". Oh, Dear Lord, this couldn't be. I ran for the phone, calling my sister and dear friend, Cheryl, to tell of what I just witnessed. Now, the voices on the television were speaking of people jumping out windows. Another plane hit the Pentagon. I am devastated and scared now. My country is under attack! I call my daughter's school to notify I am coming to get her. I need her home. My family MUST be together. The line is repeatedly busy. There is talk of a plane crash in Pennsylvania. My scrambling mind is now thinking that planes are dropping all over the country, killing and causing devastation everywhere, as if in a bad movie. Thankfully, the plane in Pennsylvania is the last one reported. Air space is now closed. The school phone line is still busy! I am watching the events unfold on my television. Crying. Praying. Praying that the firemen and policemen are able to get everybody safely out of the Towers. I am routing them on, not at all prepared for what I was about to witness. The collapse. Oh, Dear God, all of those people. Oh, no! Please, no! I am shaking and crying now. I feel like I am trapped in a nightmare. I pull myself together and go to the school to pick up my daughter. She knows of the news. She, too, is scared. She asks me, "will we be alright, Mommy?" I tell her that air space is closed. The military is guarding. She feels reassured, though sticks close the rest of the day and night. That night, she asks to sleep with me. I say O.K. without hesitation. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story5681.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: As tragic 9/11 was, I must say, I am not totally surprised or shocked. For as a Bible believing Christian, I see that our society and the world in general has grossly removed itself from God. Though, America continues to claim being vastly "Christian", it would seem that Americans have forsaken the Biblical foundation which our founding fathers established this great country on. Biblical standards and absolutes are no longer tolerated, rather the "standard" is to force people to tolerate what ever. There no longer is a right or wrong, for this country refuses an absolute standard to judge right and wrong against. Our moral fabric is so tattered, that it is all but a crime to display Christian symbols in public, to post "The Ten Commandment" in public places, to say the name of the Christian God in public, to proclaim Biblical teaching in public, and the list goes on. For our places of worship to teach against abortion, divorce, adultery, homosexuality, the corruption of a political candidate is now not politically correct and such institutions will lose their tax exempt status under current IRS law. There is a solution, there is hope for American people(and the world). This solution and hope is found in the Bible, The Word of God, an everlasting Truth, an absolute standard. "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." 2 Chr 7:14 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2929.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My new life was to start on september 12th 2001. I was to fly to New Hampshire to meet up with the love of my life and we were going to drive across country back here to sacramento and start our lives together. I was asleep in bed when I got the call that put my life on hold and made time stand still. Safe in my bed I hear the words "basically, the world trade center is gone". It wouldnt sink in. I run to my television and turn it on and the images took the wind out of me. Im 21 years old, people of my generation have enjoyed such luxury when it comes to national saftey. We didnt have nuclear worries, or bombing drills at school, we were around for the Gulf war, but at an age where we didnt really understand it. Wars were fought away from us and we were here safe and spoiled by living without fear. When I saw the destruction on that morning, all of this crumbled and it finally sank in. The stories that older people would tell me about Pearl Harbor, and how I never really understood their fear or their sadness. Now I understand. There is a great mourning in my heart, even a year later, for those who gave their lives. They were a sacrifice, pawns to a cruel and heartless killer, but they will not be forgotten, their lives will not be forsaken. On september 12th the planes were grounded, the skies were silent, the air felt wrong, the world felt wrong. I was numb, I was mourning and my dreams and plans were on hold. But I refuse to live in fear. I refuse. 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Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-25 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 12.246.179.101 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I am a fourth grade teacher. On that tragic day, September 11, 2001, I was working on the floor reviewing math with a small group of students. The rest of the students were working on math at their desk or at other places around the room. Just before 10:00, my assistant principal stuck her head in the door and asked me to meet her in the hall. I reminded the children to stop working and then stepped into the hall. The assistant principal seemed very grave. She quickly told myself and a few other teachers she has assembled that the Pentagon and World Trade Center Buildings had been attacked. She instructed us not to turn on the television because the coverage was graphic. Then, she hurried on to share with the next group of teachers. I turned, took a deep breath and whispered a quick prayer before returning to my children. As a teacher, we are sometimes very issolated from the world. The rest of the day, I got tiny bits of information from parents picking up their children. At the end of the day, I sat down with my kids and briefly shared with them what I knew. I knew that many of these kids go home to an empty house. My fear was that they would turn on the televison and be terrified. The mature discussion that followed amazed me and inspired me. These children provide a wonderful promise to our country's future and that is why I teach. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It seems to be a normal day.I went to school, how evry pupil on this day.In the afternoon I went home. My mother watched Tv. These pictures I will never forget. Those tears in her eyes...At the first moment I didn't realized, what's going on. I thought, it's a bad joke. The rest of the day I watched Tv news. I phoned with my friends and spoke with them about this terrible day... Next day at school I looked into the sad faces of my teachers and the pupils. We spoke with our teachers about New York and this terrible terrorist act. After school I went home. The pictures don't wanted to get out of my head. Tomorrow is September 12, 2002 1 year and 1 day later. My feelings changed, but I will never forget. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story6610.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was about 9 years old when this happened.When I first heard about the twin towers.It didn't really have an affect me baecause I was so young. As I started to get a little older I started to undersand what was going on.i watched a Tv show on what happened.When I First heard the Tv show was comin on I got happy because I never heard what relly happened.Now I feel Safe because of what thay started to do.When people started to do what thay had to do. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story20464.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2006-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.186.239.238 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was still in high school when it happened. That morning I had gone in and took a shower and when I got out I finished dressing then went into the livingroom to see some of the news. I always turned on Fox News, to see what happened the night before. When I saw the first images of the first plane. I yelled out to my mom that a plane crashed into the world trade center. As I was watching I saw the second plane coming and I yelled out to my mom again that they were showing what happened. When it shot up in flames. I said to my mom isn't there 2 towers and she said I think so. That is when I said that was a second plane when I saw both towers on fire. I was thinking to myself right then Osama Bin Laden. Because like 3 days before there was this thing on tv about him. I was like thank God that this is over if it is. Then my mom was like we need to go. As we were driving to school I turned on the radio to hear what they were saying. I was like "oh my God". When I got into first period I realized I was late. So I ran to class. I went up to the student teacher that was learning how to teach, and asked her have you heard what happened. She said no what. I leaned over to her and whispered, 2 planes just crashed into the world trade centers. Her jaw just dropped. Then she said to tell the class. I did, about that time the teacher walked into the class and said it again. We told her that I had already told them. Then we turned on the tv and that is when we heard about the pentagon and they were saying that there was bombings at the pentagon. And one of the local channels were saying that there were bombings at LAX and all over the country and oil well were on fire. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story10472.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: i am french and .............desoled usa i love you Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story20365.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2006-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 85.68.72.23 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11, 2001, I was 27 years old and mother to a 7 month old baby boy. At the time I had never experienced war, fear, or national saddness as I did on this day and the weeks to follow. Being a new mom, I mourned with the thousands of moms who had lost a child in the attacks. Being a new mom, I was fearful with all the millions of moms who were fearful of the future for their children. One year later I still mourn and I am still fearful, but it hasn't gotten the better of me. In fact it has made me stronger, wiser, less naive, and proud to be an American. I display Red, White, and Blue in rememberance of 9/11, days in Our Nation's history, and the bravery of all Americans past and present. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story1836.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Recuerdo que aquel fat?dico d?a me encontraba yo en mi oficina cuando un amigo me llam? para contarme que hab?a un atentado en USA con aviones, yo no lo pod?a creer y corr? hasta el televisor para corroborar la noticia. Que grande fu? mi asombro al ver las torres gemelas en llamas, creo que perd? la noci?n del tiempo y a cada nueva imagen sent?a un nuevo escalofr?o que recorr?a mi cuerpo. Peor fu? la sensaci?n al enterarme que mi vecino, Pedro Grajan estaba desaparecido, una rar mezcla entre horror e incredulidad me invad?a, ya que hac?a s?lo un mes lo hab?amos despedido junto a su mujer y sus tres peque?os hijos, se iban a USA en busca de un lugar mejor para vivir y para progresar y ahora se encontraban frente a el destino m?s cruel. Ya ha pasado un buen tiempo pero la sensaci?n al ver las im?genes por televisi?n o por Internet es exsactamente igual a la primera vez que las v?, IMPRESIONANTE. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story9034.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-02-05 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 200.42.95.187 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at work when the tragedy occurred. Horrified and in disbelief, I, along with some of my co-workers watched the event unfold via the internet. Also, on that same day via Delta's Flt. 593 I was too fly to St. Louis, Mo. However, my flight, along with hundreds of others, was cancelled that day. Realizing that my life had been spared, and wanting to do something to commemorate the thousands who had lost theirs-- the next day when I went to work I took a copy of my poem, No Greater Love. I had written it years earlier as a tribute to the soldiers in Desert Storm (and in 2002 it was awarded the Editor's Choice Award by the International Library of Poetry). My co-workers made copies and posted the poem in various areas on our floor, it was even published in the company's monthly newsletter. A year later, September 11, 2002, during the memorial service held at our church (an internal urging) led me to recite the poem, and I did! NO GREATER LOVE by Zellie Rainey Orr It matters not the battle?s name the call that came today, for someone?s son, somebody?s daughter to journey far away. On foreign soil, in desert sand midst the turmoil of war- one soldier falls, his dreams subdued beneath a shimmering star. She kneels beside him then marches on with Stars and Stripes held high, to a victory which knows neither color, nor gender, or the fear in the enemy's eyes. From dawn ?til dusk, and dusk ?til dawn a courageous vigil they keep, each marching to a different drummer- the vanguard for peace. Copyright 2000 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story6194.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.244.114.124 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I hadn't had the television on yet that morning and a girl friend called to tell me to turn it on. She was concerned for my youngest son who is in the Air Force. He called later to say hi and I love you mom and I won't be able to call back for a few days as we are going into a lock down on all the bases. I cried the rest of the day thinking of all those innocent people who were lost to their loved ones and hoping God gave them the strength to capture their memories and continue on with their lives. That night I went to a church service in our town. It was wonderful to have the support of friends and family. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story5290.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I can't explain my experience of watching everything occur on CNN while watching TVin a hotel room between jobs, while waiting for my new work visa to be approved. For weeks after wards I didn't sleep. Five five days I did not sleep at all. I lost friends in the WTC. I used to deliver baked goods at just about 8:45 every AM when I was at the ZCNY Greystone Bakery. One day, while driving up the New Jersey Turnpike, many years before, 30 or 40 years ago, I saw the WTC on the horizon and while studying it, I had a profound insight into how a building means and all the buildings I ever really loved, from the Parthenon to Frank LLoyd Wright's work in PA or Tokyo, or the cathedral in Toledo where Goya worked, or Swiss chalets where I played as a kid all came together in a new way, and now that WTC was gone. I had to say what it all meant to me including the love I have for New York and sacredness of the land in which in resides and which takes care of us, unbidden and unrequited but loyal and full of compassion. I wrote this poem, a series of linked haiku, to express my experiences: hokku 11/9/2001 autumn in New York trees and fields in full color acrid scents of smoke New York in autumn rainbows riot through the hills scents of smoke linger from mountains to seas flows a majestic Hudson past the great city twin towers of steel shimmering in sunlight standing tall always out of twisted steel from that terrible furnace they forge us new hope I don't think the teers will ever really ever stop, but without tears how can we ever know our real humanity. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story259.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My husband and I got up right around 9:00am. We both had appointments in Columbus Ohio, We had decided to start a family. We were going for consultation appointments, because there were some medical things we had to check into and go through in order for us to start a family, so we had apointments with a couple doctors. I had went into the bathroom to take my shower and get ready for our appointments, I turned on the radio as always, I heard Bob and Shari talking about what was going on, on the radio, I guess I wasn't beleiving what I was hearing, it was like I was in denial,sad, scarred, different feelings all at once, I had talked myself into beleiving it was an accident, then I remeber hearing the other tower had just been struck. I remeber still not wanting to believe what was happening, but also knowing this was serious and scarry, I dropped to my knees in the bathtub, teary eyed and scarred.I remeber hearing my husband yell,he was watching it on T.V. My husband came to the door and said "do you know what is going on", I told him I had been listening to it on the radio, when I got out of the bathroom I went into the living room, I was trying to ignor still what was going on as best I could, my husband had the T.V. on so it was hard. Then another explosion, the pentagon, I just knew this was world war three, what were we doing,going to try to bring a life into this world? My husband and I went ahead and got ready to go to Columbus, we listened to the radio on the way, I was clammed up, scarred and crying on and off on the way.Finally I was able to let out to my husband a little of how I felt, are we doing the right thing? How can we think about bring a life into this world, like this? Will the world even be here very much longer? I was very scarred.I'm sure my husband had alot of feelings also, well I know he did, but he was being strong for me at the time. We got through both of our appointments. We stayed in a hotel that night.We went to a tavern in the town we were staying,we talked and watched what was going on,on the T.V with everything. Then another fear hit me, my husband is a firefighter, very dedicated and good at his job.What if he was sent away from me, what if, what if. Well we made it through. My husband and I were married on September 18th, one week after the tragedy. and right now my husband and I are expecting twin boys, due Nov.7th,2002. This story has a happy ending, but I do want to say I offer my deepest sympathy for those who lost Loved ones, and whos story doesnt have a happy ending.I do believe,and I my husband always tells me this "Put it in GODS hands"! Theres no dout this tragedy effected everybody. Thank you, and God bless america!!!! Thompsons. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story6743.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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