154 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: My husband and I live in Ohio, but had gone to Atlantic City for a long weekend. We left A.C. at 7:00 AM because we had an 8 1/2 to 9 hour drive ahead of us. We were on the PA turnpike & driving through the mountains so we didn't have the radio on, we were listening to cd's. We stopped at a rest stop to get something to eat & every person in the parking lot was on their cell phone. It looked strange, but I went on in to get the food while me husband waited in the car. While I was in line I heard two women talking. One of them said, "I can't believe two days ago we were looking at the Twin Towers & now they're gone." I got back in the car & told my husband something was going on & to turn on the radio. We listened to the radio the rest of the way home, we couldn't believe what we were hearing. We were so far from our kids and just so desperate to be with them. We passed within 30 miles of the Pennsylvania crash sight. We didn't see the sight, but we passed approximately 25 police & government cars on their way to the sight on the other side of the turnpike. It was just so unreal. I cried most of the way home. 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 story6049.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. 206.68.132.99 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: If, as we were told it would, the plane that went down in Pennsylvania had hit the White House, I would have spent the past five years fighting off nightmares. Either my colleagues and I would have been among the casualties, or we would have witnessed something akin to armageddon. Thanks to a few decisive and selfless people on flight 93, all I saw was a late (it didn't happen until noon) White House evacuation. To this day, when I see footage of the second airplane hitting the tower, I shake my head in disbelief. I still can't wrap my brain around the event. I now work in a building with a view of the side of the Pentagon that was hit. I also can see National airport. I watch and hear planes take off and land every few minutes and wonder how this could not happen again. 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 story20478.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: It was like any other weekday. I was on my way to work in the area. As I arrived the Credit Manager asked me why I was in the office. I sarcastically responded by saying that "I came to work just like I do everyday". He then said that he was referring to the fact that I was supposed to be at my company's disaster recovery test in Jersey City. I suddenly realized that I had goofed. So I said I would grab a quick cup of coffee and head to the Trade Center to catch the Path train over to Jersey City. It was still before nine so I would only be late about a half hour. So I went to our kitchen to get a cup of coffee. The company's Controller then walked into the kitchen and asked me if I had heard the news. "An airplane had just crashed into the Trade Center". I immediately thought of the fact that I was supposed to be at the trade center around that time to meet the other members of the disaster recovery test. We had a TV in the office which we turned on to see the news. Shortly after turning on the TV a second plane could be seen approaching the second tower. All of us froze as we stared at what couldn't possibly be, then suddenly the impact. I suddenly realized how lucky I was to have had forgotten my appointment. The other members of the group luckily left without me to the recovery site just before the first plane hit. However, we did have four employees who lost five family members a husband. a brother in law, an uncle, a nephew and a son-in-law. This was quite a shock for us all especially since we were only a staff of 33 people. It didn't seem possible that being such a small company that we could be affected so greatly. A year later I still get very emotional about the senseless loss of innocent lives and I can't understand how these Al Qaeda individuals can think that by killing all these people it would help their cause. 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 story6388.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. 206.205.43.66 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 realize my story is minor compared to the victims and families. But I can remember just getting up and my supervisor called me to turn on the television (I am a 911/police and fire dispatcher). It was as if I were watching an action movie. I could not believe it. I woke my husband up, cancelled my doctors appointment and sit by the television all day and night. I can almost compare it to the death of John Kennedy. But this was thousands of times worse. My head was spinning and the fear I felt almost took my breath away. Then the tears came and I must have cried all day. I want everyone to know that all of us are one and that when some part of our nation is destroyed then it takes a piece of our hearts. We are all victims of these senseless murders and should not rest until those responsible are brought to justice. Wanda Williams, Clayton County 911 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 story7021.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 work in Valdez, Alaska, which is 4 hours behind New York Time. I left my apartment for the Alyeska Pipeline Marine Terminal at 5:30 in the morning and heard the breaking news on the car radio that the Twin Towers had been hit by an airplane. I felt shock, but don't recall having a concern for my safety. I arrived at the Operations Control Center (OCC) and called the Duty Officer at home to start the chain of notifications to upper management in the company. The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) was manned, and they had CNN on, so we were being given updates. We were told it was considered a terrorist attack. Later that morning, the Coast Guard called the OCC and directed us to notify the 3 vessels alongside the berths to depart immediately for sea. Suddenly, the threat seemed closer to home. The decision was made to continue to operate the Pipeline. The incident commander came to OCC from the EOC. He said that a KAL commercial flight had been reported possibly hijacked, and it was not responding to radio calls and inbound to Alaska. He said not to worry, the military would shoot it down before it got to Valdez. Strangely, I still didn't feel worried. I felt horror at the possibility of more civilian lives being lost, but I truly did believe that we would be protected in our fjord. Management notified the Terminal that all non-essential personal should depart the terminal. The OCC is essential and 4 of us stayed. Suddenly, there was the sound of a large helicopter directly over our building. We are used to company helicopter surveillance flying in front of us, over the berths. But this was different - low and loud and way to close to the roof. I called Security and asked if they could identify the helicopter. They said no - and suddenly, I did feel fear. We're taught to respond to earthquakes in AK - get in a doorway, under a desk, away from glass. But there was no desk that was going to protect us. There was nothing we could do but wait. It seemed like forever. Security called back and said that it was a Coast Guard helicopter. It had come up and over the mountains behind the terminal, instead of up the inlet over the water as the usual flight path. I felt a sense of relief. 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 story4015.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. 209.112.145.48 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: Its amazing as you grow up, some of the things your parents say, that you truely never understand until later in life. When the challenger exploded, my father told me to sit down and watch the news..."history was happening beore my eyes." That morning i was awakened my my father in law telling my husband and I that teh World Trade center had been bombed. As i walked grogly into the room expecting to see nothing more than a small fire I couldnt believe what was happening. I watched in horror as the second plane found its final resting place in wtc 2. I was shocked and truely afraid for the first time. I immediately found myself hugging my children and telling them the words my father once told me. I looked at my 4 month old and wondered if he would ever know about what was happening that day. As the first tower fell and the news of the pentagon came about, I knew I was in no signifacant harm, but then my family came into mind, They lived in Kansas City. I called and they were as mortified as I was. Several hpours later I had to drive into Mena, a very small town about 30 min away. I was shocked to see cars in gas stations that wound around for blocks. I thought to myself, we are not a target, terrorists dont even know we exsist here......But still I inew nothing would be the same. And it wasnt. And I pray that it never will be. I still remember......I always will...I hope everyone else does as well. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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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 started out school that day, I got dropped off as normal, walked to my homeroom also my 1st period. After homeroom ended we had 1st period as normal, I don't remember exactly which period it was but we had the firedrill sound and went outside, then we got word that a little fire had started by our generator we were allowed back in but told to go to our homerooms. I went to my homeroom and my teacher Mr.Polvino was there, we all sat down and he told as that two hijacked planes had crashed into the WTC, I was shocked but to my shame my composure regained quickly, I think my teacher just needed someone to talk to when he asked us who we thought did it, it was not as if a bunch of 6th graders would know. People started giving off names of the few types of organizations they knew. Everyone was talking about it all day, as we left the classroom and headed to our next period after a while we got word that a plane had crashed into the Pentagon. The Teachers were scared you could tell by how they acted, as I came back after lunch to English class also taught by Mr. Polvino we were told we were safe here and there was nothing to worry about, then two older girls probably from the highschool and asked to pick their little sister up, my teacher asked if anything else had happened they told him "The Towers have collapsed". I went home that day and my mom took us over my friends house who had friends in NYC and worked in the WTC we did not know what happened. We turned on the News and watched towers falling down and flames coming from the Pentagon. By the next day I knew we had entered a new world, a new era in history had come about in a single day. 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 story11790.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 remember so vididly, coming home from dinner at a friends house and quickly looking at the late night news (About midnight in Australia). My wife and I cried and feared what this all meant. We were so sad we could see people dieing on TV, and yet our first thought was to pray and be consolded by the King of kings and Lord of Lords. We were in fear for fellow Christians and yet we knew that God has and continues to have a plan. 5 years on, our plan is to keep remembering and praying for our Christian brothers and sisters.. and those yet to know the full glory of God. Peace be with you. And pray: Lord forgive our trespasses and those whose trespass against us. Forgive and live......in eternity. 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 story20370.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: During the summer of 2001, my husband, Kimball, and I were preparing for our permanent move to Anchorage, Alaska. He had gone up there in June to start work and save up enough for us to have a place to live, while I stayed in Payson, Utah with my parents. Our daughter Hazel was almost 15 months old when he left, and I was four months pregnant with our second child (a boy, Nathan). Kimball came back to Utah at the end of August so he could drive our car up the Alaska/Canada highway with his Mother. They left September 5th. It was a long, exhausting journey, and the whole trip was filled with an underlying feeling of urgency to get to Alaska. On the night of September 10th, instead of staying in a hotel, they were prompted to finish driving their last leg of the journey all the way through the state line that divides Canada from Alaska, and they made it to Anchorage during the early morning hours. Falling asleep never felt so good for them as it did that night, but it was short-lived. They were awakened early in the morning on September 11th to hear the devastating news about the attacks. Aside from the extreme sorrow we all felt about what was happening, we were also very grateful for the promptings they had to keep pushing forward until they were past the state line. If they had not listened and waited not even a day more to go through, they would've been stranded in Canada for at least two weeks before the state line would be re-opened. As for me, I was awakened the morning of 9/11 by the phone ringing. I ran to answer it, and it was my Mother calling from work. She told me to turn on the television, so I, still not knowing what was going on, turned on the T.V. just in time to see the second airplane smash heartlessly into the WTC. I wanted to cry, throw up and scream all at once. The words I use cannot even begin to describe the depth of the feelings I felt as I watched this horrifying sight. Disbelief: How could a human being do something like this to other human beings? Horror: This is real! Those airplanes actually smashed into the World Trade Center towers. Sick inside: I saw people jumping out the windows in a desperate panic to escape, only to plummet to their deaths below. I cry to even think of how frightening those last few moments must have been. Fear: Yesterday I lived in a world where I felt safe. Today I quickly realize how fragile life really is, and that terrible things can happen to anyone, anywhere. On September 17, 2001 I took my first flight in an airplane to go to my new home in Alaska. Leaving my family and everything I knew behind, seven months pregnant, carrying an 18-month old child, all alone past the security point, and going to a place where I had never been, to start a new life from scratch, on top of going in an airplane for my first flight, and after the attacks, you can easily guess I was pretty nervous and saddened. I had to choke back the tears as I watched my family disappear behind the security gates, not knowing when I would ever see them again. It was a very difficult and heavy time in my life and in the nation. Now a year later, I can look back on that period of my life and know that I am stronger. We made it through the storm. We have experienced a renewed sense of faith in God, and have stood in a united front. We have our freedom implanted in our hearts, and nobody, no airplane, nothing can take that away from us. 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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 got to work early that morning and I was on the phone with a friend discussing how we were going to get to the Yankees game with our 2 sons the next evening. She lives on 34th St. and 2nd Avenue and has a clear view south. As we were talking, she said, "You are not going to believe it, but I just saw a plane fly into the WTC." I thought, "That's wierd, must be an accident." We kept on talking. Ten minute later, she called back to say, "Another plane just flew into the WTC. I called you because I didn't know what else to do." I knew it was terrorism. I tried calling my son's school and couldn't get through and then tried my husband's office and couldn't get through. Just then, my assistant walked in and her face was ashen. I said, "Did you hear what happened?" and she replied, "I saw it from the subway coming in from Brooklyn." I told her, "If you can't get home, come to my house." And I flew out the door. I raced toward my son's school. I will never forget standing on the corner of 34th St and Park Avenue South, looking south at the mushroom-like cloud in the distance. At that point, groups of people had gathered on every corner, but many people did not know what had happened--they thought it was a fire or something. I was one of the first parents to reach my son's school. There I learned the Pentagon had been attacked. I wanted to take some of my son's friends home but the school wouldn't let me (afterward, they changed their policy...). My son and I walked home in a daze. By the time we reached home the towers had already fallen. We spent the morning staring at the awful events of the day on TV. Then, I went into my bedroom which faces south and saw that the towers were gone. I truly felt that our lives might end that day but at least I was at home with my son. After living in NYC for over 20 years, I finally understood what it meant to live on an island... My husband had stayed at work to help victims. His office is right below Canal Street and peopled streamed uptown looking for phones, bathrooms, bandages. Later, when we left the house I noticed a man who looked homeless. His clothes were in tatters and he was covered with ash. It took me a few minutes to realize he had been at ground zero. Then we saw 100's and 100's of people streaming up First Avenue on foot. I'll never forget how over 3000 people perished from my city on such a brilliantly gorgeous fall day in September. 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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 work for Simmons Co. Makers of the Beautyrest Mattress. I was at work on Sept 11. It was a georgous day that day. Blue skies and really nice. I was working and one of our maintenance men came back and said a plane had flown into the World Trade Center. I thought that was bad but remembered the plane that hit the Empire State building in the 40's. I thought the lose of life was bad but it could have been worse. I know the airspace in that area can get quiet congested and thought it was a simple accident. A bit later he came back and said it was a twin engine plane. Again a tragedy. Then someone else said it was an airliner. That got me to go to the break room and I saw it. Horrific scene. In a little bit someone else came back and said a second plane had hit the other building. We turned on a radio and caught little bits of the news as we still had to work. As the morning continued we heard of the crash in Pa and the plane hitting the Pentagon. We were under attack. I cannot really describe the feelings I had. It was patriotic, anger and a sense of witnessing history. I am 40 yrs old and dont remember JFK's death but remember hearing people say they remember where they were and what they were doing when it happened. I thought of that right away. I made a mental note to look around and take in as much of the day as I could. I know we were scheduled to work 12 hours that day and we worked the entire 12. I remember when I got off work and was going home I noticed very long lines at the gas pumps. I thought "what is going on?" Then I heard on the radio that gas prices were expected to skyrocket. I figured that if the prices were going up then I better fill up. I bought 2 locking gas caps for my cars and filled them up. The prices were normal at that time. It was around 7:30 in the evening. Downtown Columbus, Ohio was shut down. There was a sense of disbelief in the air. People were talking with each other like never before. People seemed to want to know each other. There was a calm in the air. It was eerie. I cannot fully describe it but I was so totally aware of everything. I was saddened by the deaths of so many people and felt so much pride in the actions of the NYPD, FDNY and all the other agencies that responded. It was a beautiful day in Columbus, Ohio... Gary Kuhlen gkuhlen@columbus.rr.com 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 story1202.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. 2002-08-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.25.158.176 Annotation Annotations to this item. Economic effects Rumors DOMESTIC 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 certain that, as most Americans, that day will never be far from my thoughts. Even almost three years after so many of our family and friends lost their lives to cowards, images of that day are horribly clear. That morning started out like every other day. I had just returned home shortly after 8:30 a.m. from taking my son to school and had sat down to watch The Today Show. I can still feel the weight in my chest, the tears running down my face and my prayers for the lives I knew were forever lost. By the time the entire world witnessed the second plane hitting I knew our world and our lives would never again be innocent. When the Pentagon was also attacked, my immediate thoughts were of my son and his safety. As implausible as it was that South Carolina may be attacked, I could not help but fear that possibility. After all, did anyone ever think that our Pentagon would be blatanly targeted? For the next week I remained in front of the television, praying for miracles to be found in the rubble. Crying at the heart wrenching images of innocent men and women jumping to their deaths to try and escape the fire. I lost my father in February of 1999 and every day since his death I wished that he were still with us, except on September 11, 2001. That day I remember thanking God that my father were no longer alive to see what was happening. After years in the Army's Special Forces, my father worked for 21 years as a Firefighter. The sight of so many Firefighters, EMS and Police Officers, as well as the thousands of innocent people would have destroyed him. No one should have ever had to witness death like that. I continue to feel deep pain for the families and victims of that day and I pray for their salvation and happiness. My God continue to bless us all and keep us safe from the world's cowards. 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 story10308.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 remember that day as if it were yesterday. I had just went on break and was in the teacher's lounge. I overheard two other teacher's talking and one of them was crying. I asked her what was wrong. She said the World Trade Center in New York had been hit by some planes; and, two other planes had crashed. I can remember feeling like I had been punched in the stomach. I went to the office and called my husband, (Mickey) and asked him if he had heard the news. He said he was watching it on the news. For the rest of the day, I talked with my students what was happening. Every time there was a new development, someone would pass the news on to all the teachers; and we would continue to discuss the news. 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 story1460.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 sitting at my desk working when my best friend came in to tell me that a plane had just flown into the World Trade Center. I couldn't believe it! I was in shock! I went upstairs to wath the TV that someone had hooked up in the concrete dispatch office. I just couldn't belive the horrible pictures I was seeing of the World Trade Center collapsing!! How awful!!! I couldn't help but think about all the people being killed or injured!! Not to mention how their friends and families were feeling. I remember crying all the way home and seeing the jet planes trails in a circle going back to KCI. It was the most terrifying day of my life! I never want to see anything like it again, but I fear it is not over. Look at what is happening in London now. We must remember our true heroes! Our firemen, police men and women, and rescue workers and our service men and women! God Bless you all!!!!!!! I can't sing the National Anthem all the way through any more because I am crying to hard to finish it and I can't look at a service man or woman withouth shaking their hand and crying and telling them how much I appreciate them sacrificing their lives for my freedom! 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 story11649.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. 2005-07-30 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 150.199.95.70 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: It started as just an average Tuesday morning at work. I was helping with the switchboard when my boyfriend called up to tell me a plane crashed into the World Trade Center. My first reaction was that it was an accident. It was only a little plane. It just had to be an accident. He was unsure of what kind of plane it was until the second plane hit. After the second plane hit, the news came over the radios. No one could believe it. The whole office gathered together to listen to radio news broadcast. My heart actually felt like it had stopped. The whole time I was at work I had no emotion except shock. We were let out at noon. I went home as fast as I could and was glued to the television. It all happened so fast that I really could not take it in. I made sure I got to the store in time for first press. I wanted to be sure I got enough information to help it all make sense. This is history and I wanted every piece of it to help me down the line when I have children. By the time I have children, this will be just another part in there history books. I want it to be more than that. I must of called everyone I knew to just know where they were. People were stopping by with so many emotions running. Revenge was the main emotion. I still had no real feeling towards it all. The next morning I woke up and can honestly say I forgot. It did not take me long to remember. On my way into work everything was different. For the first time in a long time, even before the attacks, there was a sort of peacefulness to everyone and everything around. I was amazed at how many flags were displayed in such a short period of time and how much kindness was in the air. People were actually being nicer. I know now that I was only in shock. My heart goes out to all of the families who lost someone dear to them. I may not of known anyone, but I can honestly say on September 12th I felt as if I we are all connected in a way. I believe that we will go on. We will always remember but it will not hold us back! We will United Forever and Always as One Nation. 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 story4862.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. 152.163.188.6 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 that particular day, I had gotten up earlier than usual to do some last-minute studying for an exam I had later that afternoon. I'm a student at the University of Missouri Saint Louis (UMSL). I had stepped out to get some breakfast, and when I returned home at about 6:45am (7:45am in New York), my neighbor met me on the porch with a 7-month-old kitten in her arms. The cat had been found stray a couple weeks earlier outside the Fox Theater downtown, and she apparently wasn't getting along with my neighbor's other cat. So my neighbor, Mary, asked me if I would like to have the kitten. I asked what her name was, and Mary said she hadn't named her yet and that I could pick a name. Well, I didn't have a name in mind, but I took her in the house anyway. About an hour later, I was taking a break from studying and was chatting online with a friend from Spain. She didn't speak a lot of English, so her posts to me were laced occasionally with Spanish. She said, "Gary, Gary, big trouble in New York." I said, "What do you mean?" And she replied, "Guerra." I knew that this was the Spanish word for war, but I didn't know exactly what she was talking about. I thought maybe some gang war or something had made web news and that's what she was talking about. So I said, "Oh, don't worry, it's fairly common in big cities like that." She said, "Not like this. This is bad. This is evil." So I moved away from my computer, turned on CNN just a couple minutes before the second plane hit 2WTC. I just thought suddenly, "How many people have just lost their lives in front of my eyes?" And I just dropped onto my sofa and cried. I didn't care that guys aren't supposed to cry. There was no other reaction possible. The kitten jumped up on my lap and curled up, purring, right then. I petted her for a bit, still staring absently at the TV screen. I just whispered, "New York." And the cat jerked her head up to look straight at me. I looked into her small face with huge shiny green eyes, and I said, "New York. That's your name." I named her in honor of all those who died and all those who risked their lives on that day. At the time, I hadn't yet heard about the Pentagon or Pennsylvania, but she seemed to respond instantly to "New York," like it was the right name to give her. So it stayed. I spoke a couple days later to my friend in Spain, and she told me that when I didn't come back to our conversation, she knew I was glued to the TV. She waited for me for 10 minutes, then went back to her own TV. She said she just gave in and cried for the next several hours. Our pain was felt and shared half a world away. She is a member of an organization at her university in Barcelona, and they gathered together that night for a candlelight vigil and said prayers for the dead in NY, DC, and PA. After all, those terrorists didn't target the "American Trade Center," they targeted the "WORLD Trade Center." It was an attack not against America, but against the world. And the world felt it. And as one of the earlier letters states, from Switzerland, "We were ALL Americans that day." 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 story5607.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: It was a typical Teusday morning, I was sitting in my 2-Dimensional Design class. We had been in class for nearly two weeks and I was still getting accustomed to my new classmates and my new professors, I was just two weeks out from back home (Flushing Queens). Around 10:30am when we were allowed to go on break I was sitting calmly in my chair drinking a soda. My Professor came in and said that the world trade center had been hit by an aircraft. The first thing I thought was 'Oh great another plane crash' then she continued to say that they think it was a terrorist attack, I guess it was my typical New Yorker response. My reaction was of confusion, then I became concerned that maybe one of my family members was there. The professor let us out of class early, I headed home I felt zoned out and alien. As if everything was going on around me but it was like watching a silent movie. As soon as I walked into my apartment my roomate asked me if I had seen what had happend and if I was alright, the only thing I remember saying was that if any of my family is hurt or killed because of this I was going to enlist. They began to show replays of the airplanes hitting the towers, then I thought about my uncle Alex who works at the World Trade Center renovating offices. I began to try to reach my mom and my family but the lines were busy. I decided to go to class because I needed to keep busy. I sat through the rest of my classes thinking about the attacks trying not to stay calm and I kept telling myself my family was ok. I went and picked up my friends John and Geoff and we went to get something to eat. John was in worse shape then I was, he was actually in shock. I kind of felt bad because it seemed that I couldn't show any emotion and here was my best friend trembling and nervous. Geoff on the other hand was probably the most mature of all of us, he would just sit there and ask if we were ok if he could do anything to help. Later in the day I got ahold of my dad, he told me to try and reach my uncle Alex and told me not to worry about my mom, everyone else was ok. It took another week to finally get ahold of my mom in the city, she said she was fine and that my uncle Alex was fine too. Luckily he had gotten out of the building after the second plane hit. He had run all the way down to battery park and was still recovering from the shock. After I got ahold of my mom I guess I started feeling anger against the people who did this horrific act of violence. Things started to rebuild in terms of people moving on and getting on with their lives. I just feel sad for the people that lost friends and family in the planes and in those buildings. 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 story21.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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: El dia 11 de Septiembre por la manana yo me levante a las 8:00 am.ME alistaba para ir a la escuela.Yo Llegue a la escuela a las 9:00 am en ese momento que entre vi que cada clase que pasaba por estaban las televisiones prendidas.Cuando llegue a mi salon vi que tambien la television estaba prendida y vi que todos los estudiantes la estban viendo. Luego le pregunte a un amigo que , que era lo que estaba pasando. Me dijo que las torres gemelas de Nueva York se habian estrellado unos aviones contra las torres. Yo no podia creer lo que estaba pasando. Todos estaban sentados mirando el televisor. Paso un tiempo luego vimos que las torres cayeron. Yo me sentia bien triste y toda via no lo podia creer. Durante ese dia no podia dejar de pensar sobre lo que paso.Yo no podia concentrarme en lo que estaba haciendo en la escuela y tambien tenia un poco de miedo. Despues de la escuela llegue a la casa y mis padres estaban viendo la television en ese momento me entere que no nomas murio gente en Nueva York pero tambien en El Pentagono y Penssylvania porque tambien ahi habia estrellado otros aviones. Cuando mis padres me dijeron de lo que habia pasado yo estaba muy asustado. En ese momento pensaba que el mundo iba terminar porque mucha gente murio y sufrio mucho ese dia. 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 story5294.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. 64.157.88.205 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: That day I was still sleeping when the frist air plane it the tower. My mother comes in my room to wack me up, she tell me that a plane has it one of the World Trade Center Towers. I had throught nothing of it. I go back to sleep, upon wacking up I found out that she was tell me something importain. Going back in my bedroom turning to CNN to watch what was going on. Later in the night hear Jets flying over head give me some comfort, nowing that our mil. was in control over are skys. 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 story1972.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 woke up. It felt like a normal day. I was sleepy and very hungry. I went to school on the bus with my friends and my backpack. My first period class was Spanish and I didn't hear anything about the attack, probably because nothing had happened yet. I went to my second period class and still nothing. When I got to my third period class, the classroom was dark with the television on. The class was Global Studies; the teacher being Mrs. Capen. I walked into the room and I saw the really big news on the television. At first I thought it was just a rerun of the bomb that was in the Twin Towers in 1993 because I saw the gaping hole in the side of one of the towers. When I saw the other plane hit I got really scared because I thought, "what if one of my family members was in one of the towers?" After this my class and I heard that a large airplane also had struck the Pentagon. All that period we watched the devastating disaster. My class and I watched the first tower collapse which made everyone fell very sad inside. When that class was over I knew that was going to be a class to remember. I went to Earth Science next. It was exactly like my Global Studies class. My teacher Mr. Goldpenny said, " The school never said that we had to teach our classes." So all during that period we watched CNN. My friend and I usually talk constantly during Earth Science lab but this was the first time that we had never talked during this class because it was so important to our lives that we paid attention to this historical event. I watched CNN every period that day, even during my lunch period! I went home and my mother ran up to me and hugged me because she was so happy that we weren't involved in the "Attack on America". I flopped on the couch because I was so tired and I was hoping that there was something on television to watch, like a good movie, but every fifteen out of twenty channels where talking about the attack, or playing the collapse of the second tower. The same day that this all happened another plane went down in Somerset, Pennsylvania. The passengers of the plane fought the terrorists and the plane crashed in some field in Pennsylvania. About three days afterwards, people were telling me that the plane in Somerset, Pennsylvania was supposed to be going to Somerset, New York (where Barker is located). The terrorists were aiming for Somerset because there is a major power plant called AES. AES generates power for some of Manhattan. This was only a rumor. After the devastating disaster everyone, including me, were very sad and had high hopes for some payback on Osama bin Laden. Now this tragedy has influenced people to give blood and give money to the Red Cross to help the injured. 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 story716.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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