157 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: About two weeks ago I had a chance to go to N.Y and see the trade centers and even a year after The attacks you still get this eary feeling when you look down into the hole in the ground. and when you look at the monuments and read the stories of the family members and the people that are still missing it makes you feel helpless and makes you wounder if there was anything that you could do to help 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 story2523.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. 64.18.33.4 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: What was significant on September 11th would not be evident until almost a month later. I was in our Estimating department of Hodess Building Company on the 11th of september. I remember an announcement coming over the PA that we were all to report to the board room as something has happened. An incident like this was the furthest from my mind. I thought something was going on in another country and we were involved. I reported as told and saw the gruesome scene of the Buildings on fire, smoke billowing out in thick black clouds. I was in shock. I could not believe what I was seeing. I went to my desk silently and started to pray for them. It was around 23 days after September 11th when I began to piece together a puzzle that I would never have thought possible for my life. Before 911, there was a new hire down stairs in the MIS department. He would take the head of MIS and replace the old MIS person. Karl was telling stories to Luke about his sisters occupation. His sister, worked for NORAD as a Leutenant. She was in Florence, the headquarters responsible for monitoring and notifying in case of attack, more specifically, they were watching for airline hijackings as well as foriegn bombers, missiles etc. their job was to watch the skies against attack. They had failed. Karl invited me into his office 23 or so days after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. I viewed an email that his sister had written. In this email detailed everything that happened at their base on that day. she said that "they knew about the planes being off course" and they also knew they were hijacked. They did not react. They knew for 15 minutes. They had a squack 7500 emitting from the planes and failed to launch the airplanes to intercept the airliners or to escort them to a runway. I suspect that Karl was under diress and his sister stalled the launch of fighter jets to save his life. I know that this sounds strange and surreal, yet, I cannot understand why they would not launch if they knew. this secret has been robbing me of sleep and happiness. I am hoping that it becomes public so all of America will know how bad it really is and how weak we really were. We need to come together and prevent this from ever happening again. Chris 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 story11652.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. 2005-07-31 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.116.143.82 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: Each year in September Pope AFB and Ft. Bragg sponsor a military retirees golf tournament. In 2002 my wife, Deloris and I, were playing in the tournament. Just shortly before noon the foursome I was with finished the 9th hole and went into the club house to get a drink and sandwich before finishing the back nine. When we got in the club house we noticed everyone glued to the TV set. That was my first notice of the attacks. Being military retirees the comments being made cannot be repeated here. Suffice to say that they consisted of explaining what was to happen to the lowlifes who caused the attack. We were all told to go out and finish the round and we would be given more information when we came in. We all knew that the tournament was over and the military would be going on full alert. Needless to say we were not too interested in playing golf. Our group played the 10th hole and then returned to the club house to watch the news. We all felt that the perpetrators had no idea of the wrath that was going to come down on them. We were right. 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 story10275.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. 2003-12-23 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.253.34 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 work at a local grocery store as a Health and Beauty clerk. My manager was on vacation with her family in Disney World. My boyfriend, whom I live with and also works as a Pricing coordinator, had to be at work at 7am. I didn't have to be there until 10:30am, but since I didn't have my drivers license at the time I had to ride in with him. I planned on sitting in the car listening to the radio until around 9am, when he had to leave to go to class at a college nearby. He would return to work after his class was over. Shortly after 8:30, he came out to the car and I kissed him goodbye, telling him I would see him when he got back. I went in to go to the breakroom where we have a television planning to watch tv until I had to clock in to work. When I went in one of our baggers named Wally was sitting at a table in front of the tv. "A plane has hit one of the World Trade Towers." he told me. I sat down, thinking it was a small plane, and it was an accident. I think we were watching Good Morning America, something like that, and the anchor was speaking on the phone to a lady who was in a nearby buisness building. She was telling what she could see from her view, as we watched the towers burning on our screen from a similar view to hers. Suddenly, we saw a speck off to the side and both of us said at the same time, "What's that?" You could then hear the lady and her coworkers screaming in terror, "Oh my God, another plane!" and boom, we saw it hit right before our eyes. Then I knew, this was no accident, and I began to long for my boyfriend. I needed to be near him. We watched in horror as the towers burned, and I began to cry. I am only 20 years old, I wasn't alive during WW2, and I was only a child during the Gulf War. I can, however, remember seeing it on tv, and since I was so young I remember hiding underneath my bed thinking I was safe from all the bombing if it ever came here to Kentucky. I didn't know any better. Now its a little different. I know my bed won't save me from any bombs. But I am still terrified of the very thought of war. Seeing those towers burning made me realize this meant war, and although it may be a good reason for war, for some, I just dont want to go through what my parents went through in WW2. In fact I don't believe any one should ever have to go through that again. Shortly after, we saw that the Pentagon had been the next target. I really got frightened, and began to pray to God to make these people stop. The plane then crashed in Pennsylvania, and people were saying there were others heading for Camp David and the Capitol. All these rumors were flying, then someone mentioned that Disney World had been closed and evacuated. I remembered that my manager was there on vacation and I became worried about her. I also had to laugh a little because I knew she was probably extremely mad; something always happens to her vacations! My boyfriend then returned from class. He knew what had happened but didn't know any details, and was unaware of all the nasty rumors. (Lucky for him) Some of the older guys at my work had been around at the time of WW2. One had been drafted. And they all began talking about the draft, that they would take anyone over the age of 18. I know the draft was abolished, but it still bothered me. I have a 18 year old brother, my boyfriend is 22 years old, and I graduated with many boys and girls who went into the military. I have a friend who is pregnant and married to a man in the navy. My sister had just given birth to my nephew, and a coworker who was a very good friend was pregnant and due in a few months. It terrifies me to think that they could be drafted, or that my friends could have to fight in this war, or that these children would be brought into a world filled with war and be tagged as a war child like my mother. I guess I just cry for peace too much, but too much just doesn't seem to be enough. For the rest of the day we were glued to the tv like flys on glue paper. We saw the towers fall, and the people cry. We saw tons of pictures of loved ones who were lost or missing. Out of an 8 hour work day I worked for about an hour total, all in between running back and forth between the tv in our breakroom, the tv in our pharmacy and the phone to call my mom. And for the next few weeks our television set was always on Fox News or MSNBC or CNN. Until finally I got tired of seeing the same thing over and over again. Either it was the towers falling, or the haunting image of the second plane slamming into the second tower. That will haunt me for the rest of my life, just like Pearl Harbor haunts others. I can actually say I saw the second plane hit. I may not have been there in New York, but I still saw it happen. And it still follows me and scares me. Soon I got tired of hearing that they were "Closing in on Bin Laden" "Bin Laden is most likely dead in a cave somewhere." to me it was all blah blah blah. I felt that the media and government were trying to ease all of our fears, but not many people are stupid enough to believe it after we heave heard it over and over again. Instead it was just creating more fear. That is when I turned off the tv, and began to go on with life just as I should. I was still scared, but when the tv would show more coverage of 9-11 and Afghanistan, I would go walking or read a magazine, providing it wasn't filled with stories of 9-11. And gradually, things got easier. Yesterday, the anniversary of 9-11, I worked again just like last year, but did everything I could to stay away from the televisions. After work, I went downtown to a local memorial and left 3 votive candles, a red, white and blue. I then went to the most beautiful church I have ever been in and prayed. Then I went home and went to bed. And I felt much better this year, than I would have if I would have turned on my tv. 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 story6632.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 at school when i heard the devastating news. I was walking in the hall and all I heard was that we were going to all die. At first i thought it was just a joke. Then i went into my class and the t.v's were all on. Everyone was staring in amazement. How could someone be so cruel. Over and over again you could see bodies plummiting from the buildings. People in the class broke out in tears.Some of them had family which were in the buildings. Later that night all you heard was planes going back to the base that is less than a mile from everbody's house. After this day everything changed. i take off my hat to those who passed away in this tragic event. 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 story580.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 sister was Lisa Trerotola, Lisa worked on the 64th floor of tower #1 with the Port Authority of NY & NJ, the TB&T dept. My lovely sister was a person that every one loved, when you met Lisa it seemed as if you new her for ever. On that tragic and devastating day, lisa was amoung 15 other co workers two of which survived coming down stair well B. The last words my Dad had with Lisa was, Dad I have to go, I have to go, and to this day my father has to live with those last words every day. It is now a year and a couple of months and it feels like this is a bad dream and I will wake up and it would be a horrable one. For me, my sister was a jewel and other people in this world should be so lucky as I was to have Lisa in my life. The fond memories that I have no one could ever take from me. You took our hearts and broke them, but our love of each other and our soul will live on forever. The group that was responsible for September 11th, 2001 your judgement day will come, no one on this earth could ever tell me there was a reason for taking inosent lives that tragic day. Because no religon or god would ever allow this to happen in there name. My sisters tragic death was not going to let me become bitter with hatred and it is so easy to do, instead I must be strong for my family and teach my children not to hate as other do. I have enough sorrow every time I look into my parent eyes and my neice and nephews eyes and the rest of my familys, knowing lisa is gone. And how much I had to look forward to Michael and lisa and the twins and my family grow old together. I feel my sisters presents every day with me and that is what is keeping me going with my loving wife and children. For the people who had jelous feelings because of our close knit family. They may have killed us but we have one on you our love is stronger for each other more than ever. I will love you always in my heart lee, your brother Paul. T W M A. 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 story8949.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 in my criminal investigations class when another teacher motioned for my teacher to come out of the room. This happened often so I wasn't expecting what he was about to tell us. When he came back in, he said a plane just hit the world trade center, proceeding to say that it may be a "kamikaze" plane. I was thinking yeah right, noone would do that to our country, it was probably just an accident or something. (I am 21 years old, and have never experienced a terror attack or anything close to it.) As he continued to teach, another teacher motioned for my teacher to go out again, then I got a little nervous. This time when he came back he said class is dismissed, another plane hit the other tower and the every college (state building) is being sent home. I couldn't believe it. When I left, I listened to my car radio in disbelief as they talked of maybe up to 8 planes that were unaccounted for. As the day went on I just cried thinking of all the lives that were lost and all the heroes of that day. I am so proud to be an American. The terrorist will pay for their evil acts. United we stand! We 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 story6236.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. 64.12.96.8 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: The place I was during 9/11 was the same place as every other kid. I was in school. But I was in the class that first heard what had happened. I was in my Ancient History class when my teacher was about to turn the television to channel 3 so we could watch a movie on the Egyptians. But when he turned on the television it was on channel 42, CNN. And what our class saw was the most disturbing thing we had ever seen. They were showing in slow motion the first plane hitting the World Trade Center. I was asking myself, ?is this real?? Then they showed the building after the first one hit. And after a while, there was one thing we all saw. We all saw the second plane hit the World Trade Center. My class all watched one of the towers crumble to the ground. I was so shocked and scared. After all this we heard about the plane crashing at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania. The whole school was scared that maybe a plane was going to crash and hit the school. My mother was so scared also because when she heard World Trade Center she thought it was the one in Boston. She was scared because my stepfather was right near the Trade Center in Boston doing the electrical things he does. When everyone in my home got home everyone could breathe. I would have to say seeing what I saw on that day was the scarcest moment in my whole life. 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 story9542.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. 2003-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.8 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 had to maintain an equelibrium while at work. After work, I was looking for some perspective from my kids. I asked my daughter for her reaction. She wrote the following: GOING HOME Silent screams fill the night Begging to be heard Reaching out toward hopeful hands To anyone who might be there Struggling under the rubble of hate Tears break the sudden silence Pooling at their feet A million thoughts circle their heads Home Family Children Questions come up ready Answers begging to be found Hope is all they ask for To see the sky again To smell their partner's hair To hold their children in their arms To be found To be safe In loving arms Again Home is where they belong Not under some hateful crime Crashing down upon them One wish is all they beg for Home, home again Where someone will be waiting With open arms Open hearts Loving hands They will be home soon They will be safe In a place where there is no hate No pain No fear It isn't hate that sets them free It is something greater It is love. 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 story6579.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. 66.120.226.1 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 driving to school when the morning radio host mentioned that something horrible had happened, but they didn't know what. Then news of the attack came through. I knew my cousin, Melody, lived and worked in D.C., so I called my aunt to see if she had heard from her. That is the moment I found out that Melody actually worked in the Pentagon. We didn't know the details, but Melody had been able to get a call through saying she was out of the building and unhurt. Over the next couple of days, as Melody was able to talk about it, we found out that a miracle had happened. Melody and her coworkers had not heard of the attack on the WTC until my aunt called her and told her. A few minutes after that call, the plane hit the Pentagon. Melody told us that if she had not heard of the attack, she and her office mate would probably had crawled under their desks, but instead they immediately rushed out of the building with the other survivors, narrowly missing the fireball that passed through moments later. You see, Melody's office was on the first floor, immediately to the left of the large gaping hole left by the plane. My father, a licensed counselor at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL, waited several hours to get on the base on Sept. 11. My brother and I pleaded with him to just go back home, because no one knew when or where the next attack might be. Instead, he went to work so he could do his job - helping people get through the day. To me, both my father and my cousin are heroes. They did not let the attack get in the way of doing their job - helping people, and helping the Department of Defense. My son, three years old at the time, watched the news with my parents and me that night. He kept saying, "I want to see the movie with the planes hitting the building again!" I know most of the world wanted to believe it was just a movie. Maybe a more recent version of War of the Worlds. Unfortunately, it will be placed in our children's text books as another horrifying event, along with Pearl Harbor and WW II. My hope is that my son, and the other everyday survivors, will remember and learn from the attacks. If we are to be survivors, we must make the best of every 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 story7010.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. 2002-09-13 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.208.22.25 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 went to work at 8:00 a.m. that morning. My husband called me at work around 9:00 a.m. and told me that a plane had hit the first tower. I just thought it was a horrific accident and felt saddened that lives were probably lost. My husband is self-employed, so after he called me, he left home to go to a job. I don't think an hour passed and he phoned me from his cell phone and told me that a plane had hit the Pentagon. I'll never forget his words, "We're under attack!" I remember freezing and feeling numb. I didn't really know what to do and being so far away, felt very helpless. After work, I went home and stayed glued to the t.v. in disbelief for several hours. Our children are older and when they came home from school, they had already heard about it so we discussed it as a family. My husband is a Marine Reservist who served in the Persian Gulf and things have been very stressful over the past year. They were told the weekend after September 11th, 2001, "It's not if, but when" in regards to activation. I spent most of today (9/11/2002), watching the t.v. and trying to remember and soak up as much information as I could. We went to church tonight as a family and remembered those who died so tragically. We are preparing as a family for my husband to go and defend this great nation. It saddens me today that people are so against America going, but I am proud and thankful that my husband and so many others are willing to give their lives so that we may continue to live free. 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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 had woken up that Tuesday morning at 7:30 to the radio like I usually do, so I can get ready & to get my son ready for school. It was the second week of school, so we were just starting to get settled in to a new schedule. At least that was the plan to get ready, as I was waking up to the radio all I can remember was hearing that a plane had gone into the World Trade Center. My feeling at that moment was disbelief. I had to wake up & sit there to make sure what I was hearing. Then I turned on the Today Show & right there on the screen the World Trade Center was hurt & hurt bad. Then to hear that we were being attack it was really beyond my comprehension. In my 30 years of life I have not had to emotionally deal with someone or something attacking our freedom. As I was watching all of this unfold in front of me my children had woken up. What do I tell my boy?s (6&3 at the time) how do we explain to them what has just happened? That was a big question in my mind to make them understand that we were safe, even though my feelings of being safe had been compromised. We tried to get ready for the day, listening to local reports that school was going on as scheduled. I knew my son had to go to school, he needed the same routine, and he need to know that everything is ok & school is where he needs to be. I got home from taking my son to school to find out that all aircraft have been diverted & grounded tell further notice. This had affected us in a big way because my husband works for an airline in which he had only been working there for 3 months. I tried really hard not to be angry. We had already gone through hard times & we had just moved to Vegas to get a new start. I had to ask myself why is this happening? What gave them the right? Now that it has been a year after the attacks I have pondered those questions watching story after story of the many people who have lost their lives & listening to all the lives that have changed forever. I have come to realize that things happen for a reason, even though we might not understand what the reason is. My Family & I have changed, we do miss the freedom we had before 9/11. It makes us more grateful for the freedom we do have & blessed for each day of that freedom. Our prayers & thoughts go out to everyone who lost a loved one & to every one of us who where affected by it. 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 story3577.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: I remember that it was in at first my 1st hour French class. Some teacher walked by about 7:55 (8:55 NY time)and said that something's or someone's attacking New York City. Then I went to my 2nd hour history class. We turned on the T.V. and sure enough they had the Trade Towers on it. My entire class went silent. We couldn't believe what we were seeing. Some of us started to cry because they had either been there recently, in the towers or just to New York City. But the worst part had to have been when we were all watching in other hours, and then seeing the second plane hit. Again, we all went silent for we had not idea and then when the news mentioned that it was probably the works of terroists, someone said Bin Lauden. Sure enough he was right. When then the towers began to colapse, we were agian like "Oh My God!". We just couldn't stop looking at the news. To me, it didnt seem like it was real, that America couldnt be under attack because we had the best military there is. It's like we were watching some movie that seemed very true, but it was only fictional.Then the death numbers started coming in and that really scared us. At first with the estimates of 5,000 dead? That was rediculus but then the realistic of the 3,000 was horrible. One is too many, let alone 3,000 lost. It was inhumaine and unrealistic to us all. Then coming home was worse becasue it was all that was on. Things were unreal to us, and the replays didnt seem to make it any more real to us. Just seeing when the two towers fell, and the second plane hitting is something that will remembered until I die. But then seeing the actual site brougt the realism to us all. We were shocked, stunned and in mourning for all those who had been there, those who parished, and those who lost thier loved ones on that fateful 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 story5517.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: I was on my way to work when I heard the news of the first plane hitting the World Trade Center. I thought that it was just a small plane. After the second plane hit, I received a phone call from my mother telling me that the United States was being attacked. I could not believe what I had heard. We found a television and turned it on. At that point I was in fear and shock. To this day, I still am very moved by the events of that day. I was not involved personally by the attacks, but I pray for the families of the heroes and victims of that day. God Bless America! We will stand strong and come out a better nation! United We Stand! 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 story5038.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: Era un dia regular y yo estaba en mi primer clase del dia. La profesora estaba hablando con nostoros cuando el director nos dijo las noticias de el acometida sobre los World Trade Towers. Durante el dia en todas mis classes estabamos viendo la television para oir lo que estaba pasando en Nueva York. Cuando leege a mi casa empeze a llorar pensando en todo le que esta pasando. Nomas pense porque...porque...porque??? Pero mi mama y mi papa me dijo que estabamos bien y que nesesitamos a recar para todos en Nueva York vivos o no. 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 story4776.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 a Public Defender. On September 11, I was, and did, start my first murder trial. I left my office, a short walk from the courthouse, just after 9AM. As usual, I had my radio on the local news station, WBZ. As I was leaving, an announcer said there was an unusual sight in NYC - a plane had hit one of the Towers, and it was smoking. They kind of made light of it - it appeared to have been a small plane. I went to court, and we began to get the case going. During a break, I left the courtroom, and saw ashen faces and persons huddled around a few radios. They said both Towers were hit, that Boston flights were missing, that a bomb had gone off outside the State Dept, and there was smoke from the Pentagon and, I believe, the Capital. And a Tower was gone. I told the secretary who told me this that that was impossible - a skyscraper doesn't fall because of a plane. The radio confirmed all of this (much of it later not true). The DA heard the same radio, and told me he was worried b/c a friend of his was flying that day out of Logan. I also got word that an attorney in my office had just been told her dad was on a flight out of Logan to California. Thankfully, both were OK (I remember Susan getting the call from her dad in Buffalo, where his flight was forced down.) But another attorney in our office, from Marblehead, would learn soon that she lost several friends. The Judge came into the room with the radio to get some papers, and heard for the first time the news. Here was 2 lawyers trying a major case, and a judge trying to do his job - we had to get back to work. So we did. At the next break, the news was stark - there was no WJC anymore. At that point, we heard that other courthouses were shutting down, but we were still up. I marveled that anyone would think some county court would be a target, but public buildings were closing everywhere. Bill the DA and I did our openings with all this news in the back of our minds. Thankfully, the Judge realized going on was pointless. I explained to my client, who would lose the rest of his life later that week, what had happened. He had converted to Islam in jail, but it was I, not him, who wondered if that would hurt him - he couldn't even take in what had happened. Since his conversion was not evident, we decided it should not matter. The Judge stopped the trial for the day, telling the Jury, who had not idea, that a horrific tragedy had struck us, that the judge and attorneys would be unable to continue, and to prepare themselves. And so I finally went home to see the extent of what had occurred, and to cry. But the case continued the next day, and through the next week. As a reult, I got my news at night, while trying to concentrate on the case. My main reminder was looking out my window, which was in Logan's flight path, and never seeing a plane except high-flying fighters and larger jets. I had never seen the sky like that. (And I remember seeing my first commercial jet when they opened the airports again.) When it was over, I went about my business. But my colleagues and friends noticed that I was very short-tempered. I knew that in fact the tears I had held through the trial were screaming to get out. With every story of a missing fireman, policeman, or citizen, I would choke up. Finally, someone explained to me that I had never had that chance to mource during the tragedy, and it was coming out now. Funny thing is, even today, March 1, 2002, when I see some family member still looking for something to bring home, I tear up. I believe in the end we all do have not just a national consciousness that allows us to cry for our nation, but a human consciousness that goes beyond borders. I hope that we are able to cry the same tears for the innocent Afghans, and other nations, that have and will also suffer because of this inability by some to feel for others. 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 story111.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: On September 11, 2001, I was at school, surround by tons of frowning faces. I didn't realize until someone pointed out that the sky was so clear. I don't think once have I looked up to the sky to see that there were no planes, at all. That sent chills up my back. I was proud of America, after everything happened we were still able to come together to pray and thank God that we are still alive. 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 story4332.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. 64.12.96.8 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 watching cartoons with my daughter on Nickalodean when my husband called home to tell me to change the channel. As I watched the events of the day, I witnessed the second attack on the Twin Towers. I fell to my knees crying and I held my daughter tight. I could not believe what was happening. The most eerie feeling for me over the next few days though was not hearing any airplanes fly overhead. We live in a city with 3 active Air Force and Army bases. It was a silence I don't ever want to hear again. 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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: The morning of September 11th gave no clue to what was about to happen. I arrived at the Port Authority Bus Terminal at 8:40pm after a faster-than-usual commute from home. The day was beautiful -- bright blue sky and sunshine. As I threaded my way through the crowds of my fellow commuters, the sound of police radios buzzed in my ears. I got off the escalator and started towards the 8th Street entrance/exit. Just then, seven or eight city police officers ran by me, heading towards the back of the terminal. I left quickly, thinking that there might be a shooting somewhere in the terminal. Certainly not unheard of. As I walked across and up into Times Square a man with a TV camera was staring up at the huge TV screen that dominates the area. Strange, what's he filming? Although it has taken me several years to acclimitize, I am now a true New Yorker in that I keep moving. However, as I passed the TV studio that looks out on the street there were several businessmen gathered around a small TV screen. I squeezed in and looked. I saw the World Trade Center with smoke pouring out. "What happened". Someone replied, "I guess a plane hit it." Sad but not too unexpected to my mind...probably a Cesna. I kept walking until it was time to head up 5th Avenue towards my office at 53rd Street. By now, the street was full of people staring down 5th Avenue. Some were standing up on mailboxes to get a better view. Others ducked into stores to buy cameras. Now I stopped and looked. Thick, black smoke poured up into the sky. Flames could be seen at the top of the building. The woman next to me said "another plane hit, I saw the explosion." As I looked I started to experience vertigo and nausea...my mind flashed on the people who must be up there. Just keep walking. I stopped by a police office. "We're under attack." "Come on, that's crazy...it's an accident." She glared at me "No, it's an attack. Those planes were flown into that building." As I walked into my workplace lobby, the building guys invited me down to the basement to watch the news. We were crowded around a tiny black and white TV with terrible reception. God, could this be happening just downtown? Just then, my officemate ran down. "Your husband is trying to get hold of you. You need to call him". I ran upstairs but the lines were down. I called my mother in Rhode Island. Strangely, I got through. "Where are you!? Are you in the city!? What's going on!" "I'm fine, Mom.. don't worry." "But, the Pentagon's just been hit. Don't stay in the city". The day unraveled from there. Some of my colleagues left the building, determined to walk to the top of the city and get off the island. One colleague was desperately trying to find her sister. She had left Boston and was either on the flight that had hit the WTC or she was safe. Another colleague was trying to find her husband. Was he downtown? Rumors were darting around. Two more planes are missing. They're headed for New York. We're not safe. I sat on a box of office supplies and listened to the radio. The announcers voice suddenly rose in anguish "my god, one of the buildings has just collapsed." I hugged my knees and sat tight. I didn't want to leave the building. Finally my colleague asked me to go home with her. She was scared, her husband was a doctor, he definitely wouldn't be coming home tonight. We walked 40 blocks uptown to her apartment. The strangest sights: no cars on the street. Then, one car screaming downtown with the windows smashed out and covered in ash. Lines around the block of office workers waiting to give blood a hugely pregnant woman squeezed against a building trying to stay out of the surging crowd and rest Masses of people evacuating across the bridge towards Queens Planes screaming across the sky. We flinched everytime. I stayed until 6:00pm watching the news but all I wanted was to be home with my husband. I left and took a city bus that was running. I sat next to an old Asian woman. She talked to me about her homeland, her apartment downtown, her senile mother...her life had been hard. I felt so unworldly. Nothing had ever touched my world like this, made me feel unsafe. I made it down to the PATCO where herds of people were waiting for trains to Hoboken. On the train, a man talked about watching people jump from the windows of the WTC. He was laughing and talking so loud and fast. The woman with him worried that people would misunderstand. "You weren't laughing before. You threw up, remember?" People can have the strangest reactions. When I stepped off the train at Hoboken they were separting people into downtown and midtown/uptown. If you were downtown, they took you out and hosed you down. People squelched onto trains, sitting shivering in their seats and waiting. The trains weren't on any schedule. They filled up and then they left. I was so lucky. I made it home to my husband. Not everyone did. 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 story1367.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 in 3rd hour math class . I flelt so upset that I almost wanted to cry. I remeber my teacher was upset also. I was thinking of Susan that goes to school in New York City. I was hoping she would be ok and she is still alive on this very 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 story6545.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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