159 20 7169 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was sitting in my office working when one of my coworkers came running down the hall saying that two planes had collided in mid air. I thought, Oh how horrible. But being as this type of accident had occurred in the past, I could accept that it happened, even though it was still very startling to hear that news. A few moments later my phone rang and my older sister who was home, was crying and told me "Peg, a plane has crashed into the World Trade Center in N.Y. I was horrified to know that, but at that time, it still was not realized by America that it was an intentional act of terror. We stayed on the phone and everything just started to go totally haywire with special news reports coming across T.V. and radio. We were both very scared and crying and when we heard about the plane hitting the Pentagon, we really freaked out. I remember Bryant Gumbel, saying, "Oh my God, Oh my God", it is being reported that a plane has just crashed into the Pentagon. At that point we were both crying hysterically and my older sisters words, were, We are at war. We both were so scared, we just did not know what to do. No doubt the rest of that day at work was very unproductive and resulted in many, many tears falling for all the lost lives and just seeing the reports on t.v. showing the planes hitting the buildings and then watching those beautiful towers crashing to the ground. It was too much to bear. So I cannot even imagine the horror of witnessing it in person. The people who did have to see it will be scarred for life with those horrible memories. I know our lives will never be the same in America ever again. A lot of innocence and trust was lost that day, and many hearts were broken as well. 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 story6310.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 cousin, Elaine Duch, was on the 88th floor of the World Trade Center, Tower One. She saw the explosion in front of her and would have been blown to bits if she had been standing a few feet forward. Instead, she was burned, more than likely, by the heat from the explosion. 77% of her body was burned, but she was able to get down from the 88th floor and out of the building. At the Cornell Burn Center, she was given a 10% chance of surviving. Now, almost 8 months later, she is a September 11 survivor. Elaine was the next to the last person to leave the burn center after being unconscious for 3 months. CNN did a story on her recovery which you can see at http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/01/29/wtc.burn.victim/index.html Currently, Elaine is at a rehabilitation center, and she is still unable to walk. She is facing this tragedy with courage, hope, and faith. Her strong spirit has been an inspiration to me; her experience has caused me to question the call that is made that determines one's destiny, the judgement that is made which, on the one hand saves a person from being in an explosion, but on the other hand allows the person to be burned by the heat from the explosion. What is it that makes us stand in one place and not in another. Being concerned with the forces that determine one's fate, I decided to create a multimedia DVD with an animation and an original brain wave music composition which I am dedicating to Elaine. The DVD is designed to provide healing energy for Elaine, as well as other victims of misfortune. "PeaceStreams" is the name of the DVD, which is scheduled to premiere at the Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage on August 1st at 6pm, in conjunction with Sonic Circuits, an international experimental, electronic music and arts festival. My wish is that Elaine will be there and that, after the DVD is premiered, I will be able to introduce her to the audience. The concert is free, and I hope all of you will be there to cheer Elaine on to walk again. Paras Kaul neural artist and researcher http://www.paraswest.com http://www.soniccircuits.com coordinator, electronic publications George Mason University http://www.gmu.edu 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On the morning of Sept,11 I was arriving at school with the child that was placed in my care.I work with the severely handicap.We arrived a little late so I placed my belongings down on my desk,and I had to rush him down to the cafeteria to have his picture taken;it was picture day.I remember walking back into the classroom and looking up at the t.v. at this time the first plane had hit one of the TWC buildings.I stood there glued to the t.v. trying to figure out what happened;at that time the other plane slammed into the building.That's when I realized that what had just happened was not an accident.I held on to the little boy who was in my care and I cried a lot that day.I saw people jumping out of the burning buildings and I prayed with everything I had in me.As the morning continued on the broadcasters announced that the Pentagon had been hit also.I immediately called my husband to see if he had heard from his brother who works at the Pentagon.I could tell by the sound of his voice that he hadn't been able to contact him at that time.I can't remember actually doing my job that day,but I know I did all of the kids were taken care somehow because our class that day was held in a crip of total disbelief.My brother-in-law had not contacted anyone and we found out that his new office was right where the plane had hit.After two hours of praying and crying he called to say he was o.k.I still did my husband later told me that although his office was on that side of the building he wasn't in it.He was suppose to be in a meeting,but he ran an errand to the other side where his old office was located.It's truly a miracle that he was on the opposite side when it happened.I felt releived to hear he was o.k.,but I kept thinking about the ones who wasn't going to walk away from that;who's loved ones would have deal to with the lost of their mothers,fathers,sisters,brothers,friend,and family members who wouldn't call to say I'm o.k. Today marks a year since this tragedy took place and I still hurt.I Know I live in a little town in Texas but,I felt like I was there with them.I felt the confusion,disbelief,anger and the sense of lost.We did lose a lot that day but we gained so much more in terms of compassion towards our neighbors regardless of their backgrounds because this is something we all shared it was a common feeling across the board.I would like the people of New York,The Pentagon and especially the people on the plane that crashed in Shankstown to know that they are my heros even if I never get to meet any of them their'll always be in my prayers.I pray to God for their healing. God Bless America . Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story6404.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 a Seminar on Accepting Change in the Business world. When we took a group break from the seminar we all went out in the hallway to find several hotel guests and employees glued to a TV set watching the first plane go into the tower. Everyone was shocked and continues to watch TV with people passing by asking what everyone was watching. The tradgedy continued to unfold as we all started watching and mourning in the shock. We went back to class the rest of the day was very different. The speakers had to continue on but using the event as accepting change and going on. It was difficult to focus and once the day ended we all went home to our families. 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 story5777.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 had been sleeping because I had stayed home from school. My aunt called me and she said "a plane just flew into the World Trade Center". To tell you the truth I wasn't quite sure what the World Trade Center was. Needless to say I would never again not know what the World Trade Center was. I got off the phone and immediatly turned on the TV. I went straight to CNN. In reailty I did not need to go to CNN because there was coverage on almost every single channel. I was amazed. I actully got up just in time to see the second plane smash into the second tower. At first, and I think many Americans felt this way, i didnt really think that it was real. America as a whoe usually viewed itself as invincible at the time. And now all the sudden there were these planes smashing into our buildings. I started trying to remeber if I knew anyone that lived in New York... I didnt. I was in awe staring at the screen and the constant replays of the events. People knew it was terroroist but not everyone was sure whether it was foreign or coming from our own people. Then I started getting scared because no one was sure at ths point whether there was going to be anymore attacks. We have Davis Monthan Air Force Base here in Tucson and so immediatly we start thinking about whether or not that would be a target and if so, how much danger would be involved for surrounding areas.ANd then I started thinking about my family, you know what if this turns into a big war and what if it is on a AMerican soil and on and on, so many things going through my head. I was starting to realise how important this was, the scale of this tradgedy and how no Americans lives would be the same. Eventally news came out the Osama Bin Laden was the main suspect and that we were going to go to war and I was deeply saddened. More innicent lived were going to be lost. More Americans, more people in other countries that have nothing to do with anything. And still to day we are at war an to no avail because we still have not getten the man weve been looking for for so long and so many people have died that shouldnt have. Hopefully, one day, we can all live in peace, every nation every nationality every sex, every denomination. In reality there is only one race, and that is human. 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/. 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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: September 11 was three days before my 18th birthday. I felt like I had the whole world in front of me. I woke up that morning to get ready for class when I got a call from my boyfriend. I was very proud I had gotten up all on my own because I was about to be dropped from my classes in college. He told me I didn't have to worry about getting ready for school and too turn on the TV. The second I turned it on I was in complete shock. There was one of the WTC buildings with a plane sticking out of it. I was in awe of the sight and not even a minute later I watched as the second plane hit the other tower. The realization of what was happening hit me America was being attacked. Although it was on the other side of the country I had to call my family to make sure they were okay. For weeks I lived in fear that the city I lived in would be next. San Antonio is a huge military town and it is known here that it is not unlikely for us too be attacked. Four months later I decided to take my safety into my own hands and I enlisted in the Army. I did it so that I would know I am making a difference in protecting my family. I spent four years in the military and did one tour in Iraq and I am extremely proud of every minute of it. My husband is now on his second tour and words can not describe how proud of him I am. September 11, 2001 was a defining moment in my life. It not only helped unite America but it brought me to a turning point in my life. 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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: At the time I was teaching Profoundly Handicapped Teenagers, and we were just finishing up our morning group time. My assistant, Crystal Foster, came into the room saying a plane had hit one of the towers. We were horrified at the terrible "accident". I asked her to go back to the classroom and see if there was any additional information such as if the pilot was ill, had they radioed in a mechanical malfunction. She returned visibly shaken and telling us a second plane had hit the other tower and the news was saying they were hijacked planes. We couldn't believe it! My class went to music and I went to the room with the television, in shock and hoping, somehow, there was a mistake! As I entered the room, the news was replaying the image of the second tower being struck by a speeding silver arrow - the second plane. I watched a few moments, in horror, then went to the music room to tell the music teacher what was happening. When we received news of the Pentagon being struck by a third plane, that is when the reality of this un-reality set in and we started to cry. Hearing about the bravery of the passengers on the fourth plane, and that tragic end, started the growth of fear and sickness within me. I felt the world as I knew it had spun out of control and no corner was safe enough for me to be in with my children. Were we about to fight a war on our soil? I was mesmerized by the news accounts that evening, trying to see if South Carolina was hopefully safe, or not. I still cannot completely believe that we were attacked and so many thousands of innocent lives were destroyed! Amid accounts of the long lines to blood donations, I can still see the images of idle hospital workers, frustrated at the lack of people to treat. The quote from one doctor saying they were ready to help but not many injured people (compared to the thousands that work in the Trade Center) were being brought to them, breaks my heart. It is still so incredible to me that literally only a few survivors were found after the collapses. I cannot wrap my brain around the reasons why. To attack a beacon of hope - America - was an attack on all of civilization. I can still cry when I think about the services held around the world for us. The other enduring image that floats before my mind's eye is the political cartoon on the 12th. The Statue of Liberty in a crumpled posture, weeping, torch held down and the other hand covering her face. 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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 late to work and as I was settling in a co-worker walked in late as well, announcing a plane had hit the WTC. Details were sketchy at that point, until we got a call that another one had hit the other building. Then I heard the Pentagon was on fire. At that point I became scared, as I am from DC, my family still lives there. I realized my cousin's husband was recently transferred to the Pentagon with the Air Force & called his wife at home to see if she'd heard from him. She did not sound alarmed when I called & had women coming over for a morning prayer group - Pentagon wives. I asked if Mike was okay & she told me he was in England. "Thank God!" I said. As it turned out she hadn't heard about the Pentagon yet, so she relayed the information to the women there. Then I let her go so they could find out whatever they needed to. I said a prayer for all the women there. Then I called my sister-in-law who works for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. She told me from her office she could see the smoke. I felt sick and vulnerable at that thought. She said they would most likely be going home shortly. I felt better, but not until all were home safe & sound. She mentioned her brother who just took a leave of absence from the Marines for a one-year intern job on Wall Street, was safe and going home and that her brother-in-law was on the street in NY talking on the phone to her mother as the second plane hit. He had been saying he was okay and tell all not to worry, when he said "oh my God, there's another plan!" He was safe, but had soot & debris covering him as he tried to move away from the area. My other sister-in-law works for the National Institute of Health & when called, she said they were going home, too. I felt better that they at least would be away from governmental buildings. Later I called when all were home and talked with my nieces who were telling me the planes flying overhead were frightening. I felt better having talked to them, they were still kids at heart in this matter, trying to have fun, but talking about it going on around them. I just wanted to put my arms around them and around my brothers. I recalled thinking about fears of Washington as a target during the Cold War years that were part of my youth, but that fear had gone away with the end of the Cold War. And now, here I live some 900 miles away, safe, but so vulnerable. I wanted to be there. I didn't want to be a sole survivor in a worst case scenario. However, it was comforting that I could offer a safe haven if my family needed a place to go. Family has always been important to me and today it's even moreso. 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 story1212.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11, 2001 I was driving to my job as a 5th grade teacher in school district 131 in Aurora, IL. On the way to work I heard of the first plane crashing into the WTC, however, at the point, it was being reported as maybe a small private craft, and an accident. Later in the morning while my students were in pe, I heard of the second crash, and it was on film, it was then obvious that this was a deliberate attack by someone. All through the day it was sheer torture.. I have never felt such fear as an American.. I was afraid.. I wanted to be home with my husband and with my children.. At lunch time all the teachers went out for lunch to a place with a television so we could get all the information. It was decided that we should not mention the situation to our students until almost dismissal time. We have many children who go home to an empty house at the end of the day.. so we were told to tell them to not be afraid.. That was the most difficult task I have ever been given,, I was afraid very afraid, and I could hardly hold back tears when trying to assure my students... I do not know anyone that died in September 11, however the people that did are the people of us all.. I feel the loss of them everyday,, I remember , and I will never forget Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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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 DRIVING IN MY CAR GOING TO WORK,I TURNED ON THE RADIO AN LISTENED TO HOWARD STERNS SHOW, THINKING HE WAS JUST KIDDING( YOU KNOW HOWARD) I THOUGHT THIS CANNOT BE REAL UNTIL I SPOKE TO MY UNCLE IN NY THAT DAY. SEE MY UNCLE NICKY WAS THE MANAGER FOR THE WORLD TRADE FROM THE BEGINING WHEN THEY WERE BUILT. WHEN HE RETIRED HIS SON TOOK OVER. TILL I HEARD A 80 YR OLD MAN CRY AN WEEP LIKE HE DID THAT WAS WHEN I KNEW IT WAS REAL. I GREW UP IN NY AN NEVER THOUGHT THIS COULD HAPPEN EVER. I JUST HOPE THE AMERICANS BORN HERE REALIZE WHAT WE HAVE AN TO NEVER EVER LET OUR FREEDOM BE TAKEN LIKE THAT EVER BY PEOPLE THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED IN THIS COUNTRY IN THE FIRST PLACE. SIGNED, MICHELLE DEPALMA (A BORN NOT TRANSPLANTED) UNITED STATES AMERICAN CITIZEN 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 story8062.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 son,who was waiting to leave for salt lake city to go to the mission training center in provo,woke me up and said "mom, i don,t think your soaps will be on today because the world trade center and pentagon have been attacked." even though i was a conservative,i was not terribly patrotic. that day changed me. i realize what a wonderful country that i live in. i do not want to lose the values that our nation stands for. i support president bush and pray that sept. 11,2001 is a day that will remain in the minds of the citizens of the usa. 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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 is the day after September 11th, 2002, and still I cry at the stories and the images I see. It was shortly after 8:00 a.m. Central Time, a year ago, when the phone rang and mom was asking if I had the TV on. I said yes, I am watching something I had taped the day before. She told me to turn on the regular channels because 2 planes had hit the World Trade Towers in NYC. Never having been to NY, I knew of the Towers but was not really familiar with all they stood for. That of course changed that infamous day a year ago. My life has also changed and how I think about certain things. Even though I think we all knew in our hearts it was terrorism, it wasn't until after the Pentagon was hit that I was certain. I was on the phone with a good friend and we were saying, oh my God (literally crying out to Him), what is next? What is going to be struck next? When I heard about the plane crash in Pennsylvania, I immediately knew it was a hijacking that had been thwarted. I stayed glued to the TV for 3 days and in shock for weeks. I don't even remember sleeping or remember the few weeks after the 11th of last year. It is a blur except for what I saw. I don't believe this is something we will get over in just a year. I haven't. I still shake my head in wonder at what occurred. I still cry thinking about what those people must have gone through. I pray for all those that have lost someone, all those that survived the horror and live with it everyday. I pray for peace, but I pray also our country prevails and is safe from anything ever happening like this again. I have always been a proud American, but never more proud than I am right at this moment. I say this with all my heart, God bless the USA and all those that stand beside her and with her. 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 story6842.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 walking through the door from jogging and my phone rang and it was my mother telling me to sit down and turn on the T.V. I couldn't believe my eyes all I could think about was I was there nine months ago and also getting ahold of my best friend that lives in Manhattan. You could not get through the lines so I rushed to my moms and searched for another number and I finally got ahold of him, he was o.k. I sat in front of the T.V. until 2 or 3 the next morning just crying and in a state of shock that this was really happening. I think it was a couple of nights after the WTC I was on the phone with my best friend and all of the sudden he said we are being evacuated from the apartment building becuase of some threat towards The Empire State Building, I was just terrified because you could hear people trying to rush out the door. For the next week or so my eyes were glued to the T.V. and I would talk to my best friend everynight to make sure that he was o.k. because he was there right in the middle of it, he even had to keep his windows closed because of the dust and smog in the air. I refused to ever fly again after that,but three weeks ago I flew to California. I refuse to let them get the best of me. Today as I sat in my car with a moment of silience tears streamed down my face. I can't even imgaine what the people in New York,Washington and PA are going through. My heart goes out to each and everyone of the Victim's families & friends. Also to the heros you are what makes us who we are today. 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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 beautiful day. No matter how many times you visited the World Trade Center or how long you worked there, you never got over the beauty of the place. The towers were bold strokes against the sky, signifying to the world that we were the biggest and the best. The view from inside was even grander. In 1997 I began working for the Port Authority Law Department. My office faced the East River from the 62nd Floor of tower one. I will always remember the view I had each morning when I looked out the three eighteen inch windows I was allowed. On a sunny morning I could see the East River bridges reaching across to pull the boroughs closer to Manhattan - pulling their inhabitants, their money, their dreams into the bosom of the city. All of them crossing a river of gold. On days when the storms would roll across the Hudson I would be lost in the clouds where, as anyone could tell you, it snows up instead of down. It was a beautiful day. I was newly married and that morning I kissed my wife goodbye and told her that I loved her. She said, "be careful.", but I was already down the stairs and gone. At 8:46 a.m. I was standing in my cubicle and contemplating whether I should go for a cigarette when the floor started to sway beneath me. I heard no sound - no crash, no explosion, no screams, but I felt that fortress of steel and glass wobble back and forth like it was a cheap card table, nearly knocking me off my feet. It felt for a moment as if the entire building would go toppling over onto Church Street. I turned to see black chunks falling outside my window and a cacade of papers floating in the air. What a surreal sight, I thought. My friend yelled, "Lets get the fuck out of here!", and I wasn't about to argue. There were eight of us in the office that morning and we filed out into the hallway where someone was screaming "Hit the deck!" I got down on my knees for a second and then I realized the absurdity of that position - being several hundered feet in the air and without much cover. One of our secretaries, a survivor of the 1993 bombing said, "I'm not going down 62 flights in my heels again." My boss and I went back into the office with her to get her sneakers while the rest of our colleagues began the long descent down the stairwell. My boss made one last check of the office while we were there and found his secretary under her desk. We pulled her out and left our office for the last time. As we entered the stairwell we were greeted by a throng of people from the upper floors who were calmly making their way out. We slipped into the line and heard almost immediately that a plane had hit the building. It was generally agreed that it must be a small Cessna that got lost or lost control and struck one of the upper floors. I don't know if this was a logical conclusion or a reassuring one, but I know it calmed me down. I thought, "This will be a nice extended vacation while they repair the building." I didn't think twice about the people who might have died in the crash and I certainly didn't think about what those black chunks outside my window might have been. Once I was in the stairwell I smelled that awful smell - burning jet fuel and God knows what else. It was that same horrible smell that lingered over Manhattan in the weeks and months to come. We progressed slowly down the stairwells, stopping every couple of minutes or so and then on again. Gradually we lost sight of the other people from our office. My boss said, "stick close to me, I may need your help." "I live to serve", was my standard reply. I thought I was going to get home early, but c'est la vie. About 9:15 a.m. or so, we started to get updates on our pagers that confirmed that we had been struck by an airplane and that tower two had been struck as well. I didn't process what this meant until much later. I figured maybe some debris from tower one had struck tower two - that was all. Shortly after that we stopped altogether to let some firemen up. They were packed with what seemed like an obscene amount of equipment - their faces grimy and uncertain. They kept looking up inbetween the railings, I guess to see when the line of people would end, but the lines didn't end. Those guys were so tired, but they wouldn't stop until they found somebody who needed their help. I don't know what end they came to, but I will never forget those grimy New York faces passing me on the way up as I was going down. Now the hard part. We had to stop more often. My wife kept paging me, but there was no way I could call her back to tell her I was OK and that's all I wanted to do at that moment. Of course, I had no idea what she was seeing on TV - what the world was seeing on TV. At this point people were jumping out of the buildings in groups and crushing themselves on the ground they so desperately wanted to reach. I had no idea. We were blocked off from the world. The last few floors were flooded form a sprinkler system that had gone off so I pulled my pant legs up and trudged down the last few stairs. I remeber people were laughing they were so happy to be out and breathe fresh air again. I finally reahced the bottom about 9:30 a.m. Unexpectedly for me, we came out on the mezzanine of the lobby facing West Street and not the ground floor. We made our way around to the east side facing the plaza. There my boss saw one of the executive officers of the Port Authority who was directing people out of the building and asked where the rest of the PA leadership was meeting. He didn't know. As he spoke to him my eyes wandered out onto the plaza that had been transformed into some place I did not recognize. We have all heard a thousand times that people who jumped form the towers were pulverized when they hit the ground. They were not. They were broken. They were burned. They were twisted into unnatural and horrible poses. I felt my jaw loosen in its sockets and begin to drop and my stomach begin to churn. I have since learned that this is a normal reaction to such a scene. My boss grabbed me and we descended the escalators to the ground floor and passed through the revolving doors to the shopping mall under the plaza. The mall was flooded from the sprinklers and some of the marble was coming off the walls. I recognized a Port Authority police sergeant that I knew and asked him if he knew where the PA leadership was meeting. He said we could try the police desk in WTC 5. My boss and I headed east through the mall and then up the stairs to the police desk. We introduced ourselves and made our way to the back of the command center. There was a TV there, but it was only getting sound and very fuzzy pictures. It was there I first learned that the Pentagon had been attacked as well and that there were reports of multiple planes that had been hijacked and were unaccounted for. The information slowly sunk in. This was not random, not an accident, not a solitary madman in search of glory. This was war and whether I ever saw my wife and family again was completely up in the air. Just then my pager went off again for the umpteenth time. It was my wife. I asked one of the officers if I could use a phone he said there was one I could use in the offices around the corner. I sat down at a desk and began to dial my number, but a thousand feet above me tower two had begun to come apart and the line went dead, the lights went out and the building began to rumble like it was sitting inside a thunder cloud. I tried to make my way back to the room where my boss was, but kept losing my footing as tower two came down on top of us. I found him and we started running through the dark to the front of the command center. There we were greeted by a phalanx of firefighters, police and FBI who were running towards us. We turned aorund and began to follow them out a door that led to the concouse, but all we found was fire and debris. We shut the door and started to run back towards the entrance, but the building was shaking so violently now that we braced ourselves in doorways for what was surely the end. What a strange way to die, I thought. And at that moment the most beautiful calm came over me and I knew that I was ready for death. But it never came. The rumbling stopped and we carefully stood up and surveyed our surroundings. The emergency ligths were on, but it was difficult to see through all the dust. We gathered around a water cooler and put water on our handkerchefs or ties to cover our mouths with and decided to try and go out the front. When we opened the door we found pitch blackness and dust. The cops turned on their flashlights and then we saw the ghosts. People covered in dust - dazed, bleeding, crying. We grabbed as many as we could and stepped over the ones who were beyoned help. I looked at my boss and without a word we clasped hands and followed the police and fire personnel, not knowing where we were going. They found the door to Border's bookstore and smashed it open. We walked through the store and out into the open. We were free, but not home. There were horrors still to be seen and realities to be faced, but none very different than the expereince of many New Yorkers that day. I walked more than a hundred blocks to come home to my wife that night and I wept uncontrollably when I got home and finally relaized what had happened that day and how many we had lost. I will never be whole again. That day has stripped me of so much. There is a sadness that intrudes even the happiest moments of my life now. A silent persistent presence in every moment that may be pushed to the background, but can never be pushed out of the room. For a long time, I did not know why I lived and why so many valiant others perished. I'm not sure I even know now. Why? Why? Why? I have decided that I will make my own reason and that the reason I survived is to meet my daughter. She is that much more beautiful to me for all the terrible things I saw that day. She is the reason I survived. She is the reason I can endure this day every year. I am so grateful. So sad. So very sad. But I am alive. 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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 witness history on September 11, 2001. I was in school in the mroning. The teacher found out when we were at specials. The teachersdid not whar to tell the students because there werem 4th grades in the school, and the teacher thought they were to little too know. Then I went home and someone on my street said the Twins Towers were hit by a plane. I was very shocked. I didn't know what to do. I went straight home and turned on the news. I could not believe what I saw. I wondered what had gone wrong. How did this happen? I was worried because I had a lot of family in New York. I was afraid someone in my family was there. I found out that everyone in my family was ok. I had to talk to a friend who was having a lot of problems in his life. His favorite aunt was in one of the Towers, and she was dead. I felt so bad because his father did not see him. The next day I went to school. They teacher talked a little about it, but not a lot. I went up to my sixth grade teacher classroom who was Mr. Santos. He was talking about it to me. He was telling me how it changed our lives. He had shown me a T-shirt that someone had given him, and I thinkit said "God Bless America". He was honored to have this shirt. September 11th changed my life. September 11 has helpled me become closer to my family. It helped me understand how good we have it living in the United States, we have freedom. It had changed my life so much. I respect people more. I have been kinder to people. On Spetember 25th, my favorite teacher passed away. His name was Mr. Santos. He was my sixth grade teacher. I wanted to die from all the pain of September 11th and now one of my old teachers had died. It was such a shock. How could have happened? I keep thinking these thoughts and question to my self. Almost 6,000 people are dead because of September 11. Then teacher you respect that taught you how much fun Social Studies could be also dies. The day before he died, I saw him and he was fine. So I was so sad about everything that happened that month. Planes were hitting people, and so meany people diying. i thought to my self, "This is bad." Mr. Santos is the one helping me through this, and then he died. I was so sad that all this happened. I think it helped me understand all at this. I think that all the people who died on September 11 should be remebered. All the people who gave thier life to help us should be remeber. People who went into to the building to find people and died should be remembered. Those who died serving their country should be rembered. We should rembered that this did not destroy America, but brought us all closer in many ways. I think that everyone who helped in any ways at Ground Zero or the Pentago should be remebered. Those who brought water or anything to the building for the firmen or volunteers shoulde be remembered. I think this is what people should remember on September 11th. 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 story8555.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 getting up and had turned on the tv to CNN. I got to see that the first tower had been hit by a large plane. As I was watching, I saw the second plane hit the second tower. At that point I told my wife, that is a terrorist attack. Then I saw the towers collapsing at about 10:30am. It was the sadest day of my life. I was angry, sad, concerned. I could not believe that something of that magnitude could happen to us. I just prayed hard and long. Joseph Alphonso. 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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 just like any other day. I would call my sister at work at around 8:30 in the morning, before her bosses come in, so we can catch up on some sisterly things. She worked at 2 World Trade Center, on the 100th floor. She worked for AON Corp. As we were speaking, I heard a loud crash, it was glass breaking. I asked her, "WHAT WAS THAT?" She replied, "A BOMB JUST WENT OFF IN THE WORLD TRADE!" I right away changed the channel on the T.V. and put the news on. It said that a plane just hit the 1 World Trade Center. I told my sister what it was and then we got disconnected. When we reconnected, she informed me that they were evacuating. I heard the screams in the back ground and the fear in her voice. A sound that I will never forget. I told her to get out, run as fast as you can, I LOVE YOU! Then we got cut off. Who would have known that that would be the last time that I would speak to her. My sisters name is Denise L. Benedetto. She is my inspiration and OUR HERO. G-D BLESS AMERICA Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story6449.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 just arriving at my client house I do home health care the news was on and my clients informed me that a airplane just crashed into the world trade center I remember looking on with terror an did not relized what was going to happened next as we were taking about what was happing we had mentio I was a terriost act than we saw the second plane crash into the second tower and I scream oh my god that plane just flew into the other building, my heart began to race I knew than we were under attact I thought we were going to war I this country I was scared. Then we was the building collasped and fall and all the people running I felt hurt, then they close all business and school I had to go get my grandson from school and traffic was bad to travel in and people started to argue with each otherI did not want to this thing happing not right now because there were other problem going I do not think people relize what was going on what was happing I watch th rest of the day as the every thing else went on as they try to pull people from the destroyed bulidingand the smoke and the fire and I prayed, 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 story6658.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 class when the Twin Towers fell, it was a phone from a friend that infromed me of what happened. I am thankful they called because I do not watch television during the day as to not distract me from my work. I remember trying to call home (Bronx, NY) to find about if my father who worked next door to the towers was ok, but the phone lines were all dead and that was scary in it's self. Geneva NY is where my college is located, you could not see the effects of the day unless you turned on the television but the quietness of the town for that day was nerve recking. Finding out my father was home when it happened was a blessing beyond words. I know everyone is remembering the people from the towers and I think that is fine, but the people I think of on this day are the hundreds of people who went on the airplanes thinking they were going to return home, thinking it was ok to relax because the airport had checked everyone boarding. I do not know how that must feel to know that your life was gone and all the hopes of tomorrow would never come, there was no chance of surviving through the flight. those are the people that I cry for because they are often forgotten by the deaths of those in the towers. I also remember that the women and childern of the middle east who are not funding terror but praying that they will not be killed by their government for expressing thoughts of freedom or by the West for simply put being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I pray that this day does not fade into history books and lose it's meaning like that of the bombing of Japan. 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 story5683.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 working in a doctor's office and a patient came in and said that a plane had hit one of the twin towers.I thought that maybe a small plane had accidently hit it, but then another patient said that the second tower had been hit and I learned that these were not small planes, but large ones.TV reception in the office wasn't good, but we managed to get a fuzzy picture. I saw the chaos, the burning towers, replays of the second plane slamming into the second tower. All of us in the office went quiet. We were dumbfounded.Then we heard about the Pentagon being struck and that a plane had crashed in Pennsylvania. The business manager came into the office, crying, saying she could not reach a relative who worked in D.C. The doctor I worked for tried to contact his brother who worked at the Pentagon, but he too could not reach anyone. Everyone was distraut,unable to believe what was happening. It seemed like the whole world had been turned upside down in just a matter of minutes. We were numb.I tried to do my work, but finally had to give in. I went outside and sat on the stoop and cried. I kept thinking of all of those people in the towers. I wanted to go up to New York and help. I have no technical skills, but I can lift, move debris, do something. I kept telling my self that maybe in the lower levels, maybe some people were still alive. As I drove home from work, the streets were empty along Route 40. The stores had closed early. Everything was eerily quiet. Dover AFB is not far away and they were on high alert. Large military planes roared overhead and still do. Even now, a year later, I am still drawn to the tragedy, it's like I can't let go. I see things for sale like photos or paintings of the towers and I want them for rememberance sake. If a TV program comes on and the opening scene is of New York, I look for the Twin Towers. I can't watch the collapse footage anymore because each time, those people die again, feel the terror again and I can't watch it. Today is the one-year anniversary of the attack. Outside my house the American flag is flying and I am buring a candle for the lost. I wasn't sure that I would be able to burn the candle as a storm was making its way up the eastern coast bringing with it strong winds which had been blowing hard all day long, but about one-hour before sunset, the wind died down and I lit the candle. Strange how it just stopped blowing like that. I don't think I'll ever forget that day... or that I want to. 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 story5080.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. 12.90.17.178