6 20 204 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 Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) My 9/11 story I had just recentaly joined the Air Force. Of course nobody thought somthin like what happend would actually happen. I was at Luke Air Force Base for training. I hadn't completed technical training yet. At Luke we were learning how to launch and recover aircraft. Almost done with training. I remember going into class that day, the first jet had struck the first tower. I'm thinking "What was a jet doing THAT close to the towers? Dumb Pilot" Moments later the second jet had hit the tower. Now I'm thinking "whoa, somthing isn't right here." We pressed on with the class and went out and started training for the day. One of our instructors came up and said "The Pentagon was just hit!" I knew then we were under attack. Soon after class was canceled due to the airspace getting shut down. We went inside and watched the coverage. The base was shut down and we since were in student status weren't allowed off base. It was quite a strange and scarey time. Since we didn't really know what was goin on none of us knew what to expect. Were we going to be shipped out or what? Not that I think any of us would have minded. We all were angry and wanted to do our part. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? Strongest memory of that day? Wow, hard to say. The whole day was filled with so many different emotions. Much the same as I'm sure the rest of the world felt. Shock, anger, hatred, fear, pain, and sorrow. I remember feeling traped on that base. And wanting so bad to get out and do somthing. Help or somthing, feeling so powerless. But the main memory I had of that day was how quick the base was locked down, like you blinked and it was locked down. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? Those events have stirred a strong sense of patriotisim in me. Not that I didn't have it before. But it seems to have firmed it. More of a sense of duty, and what I'm doing is making a difference. More so since the war, wich I was there for Iraqi Freedom and The war of terrorisim. 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 Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) I took off a couple of hours to take my daughter to the MVA for her driver's test. She failed the test and I had a headache and started not to go to work. I took her home and then heard on the radio that a plane flew into the World Trade Center. I thought that I would later see it on the news. I decides to go to work and took the Metro to Capital South and I heard a loud explosion. Then I saw all of these people in the streets running and saying that another plane had crashed into the World Trade Center and another in Philadelphia. I work at the Library of Congress and I tried to go in the building to let my supervisor know that I had arrived. The LC Police would not let me in. So I walked around and saw all of my coworkers outside and they told me we had been dismissed. I had no money on me and the trains were horrible and the cellphones would not work. I remeber looking out the trains and saw the smoke from the pentagon. After I arrived home everyone was calling to make sure that I got home and I also called to check on other family members. After I got home and saw the news I was truly upset that someone deliberly did this and killed so many innocent people. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? The non stop news coverage and how the country seemed united and all the flags on the cars, houses and the government buildings. How I was scared to go to work the next day and I called in and looked at TV all day. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? That life is no longer normal. I grew up in the sixties and the only one we feared was Russia. I never thought that anyone would attack us on our own soil. Now when I go to work police are on every corner. I have to now go through metal detectors at work and they make me feel that I am a criminal. My daughter worked at the Brentwood Post Office with the anthrax and that was scary. Then the sniper murders and that scared me to death. So now I have a lot of anxiety and sometimes I don't want to go to large crowd gatherings or look at the news. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource lc_story171.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) On 9-11 i was sleeping getting ready for church. my family woke me up and turned the news on. and our bishop called from church telling us what happened. And i thought they were having remembrance of some other accident. and than i noticed that it was new and i started crying and i understand what happened... LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? my strongest memory was going to school and all of my friends just crying and comforting each other just talking and telling how we felt about 9-11.. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? It has made me personally mad e me respect my country more the people and mostly what we belive what america stands for. and i really love the military for all they do really no word could tell how much i love this country... love to world thanks to all who suffered for this country. i love all who is in the navy,miltary,army,seals,armed forces. tec.. 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 lc_story132.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) I was in 3rd period when it happened. The class was talking until the teacher came in and said that a plane had crashed into a building. I did not believe it until I saw the world trade center on fire. It was the most shocking sight I had ever seen in my life. But then, I saw the second plane crash right there on live tv, The room fell silent. We got out early that day and school was closed the next day LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? Seeing the planes crash into the buildings. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? It showed how evil Al Queda is and it was a wake up call that we should have protected the country much better than we 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 lc_story265.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) I'd been at work for about 1/2 hour, and was watching the news as the second plane hit. I was scheduled to go to a meeting in another part of the city and listened to the news broadcasts all the way there. The reality of the horror didn't really sink in until my meeting - and work - was cancelled, and I was heading home. Listening to the horror in hardened reporters' voices, hearing one break down and start to cry; the horrible destruction not just of buildings but of a way of life. A belief in ourselves and a basic sort of trust in others. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? The looks of horror on the faces of those people racing out of the clouds of dust and debris from the falling buildings. They truly came out of the jaws of Hell. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? The attacks were a harsh awakening for the American public. I don't think, until then, any of us were truly aware of just how vulnerable our country is to this sort of attack (we still are). 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 lc_story94.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) I was at home watching the Today Show getting ready for work. At the news of the first plane (at that time unclear as to what type of plane) I called my Fiance at work and then my parents back home in Ohio. When the realization of what was happening became more clear, I called my Fiance at work (for the 100th time) and beggged him to come home immediately. I was close to getting in the car with him and driving home. I felt an immediate need (that nearly consumed me) to be close with and snuggle up to everyone I loved. Instead, the day was spent connecting with family and friends across the country and in Europe as well. I as glued to the TV until late in the night completely sobbing in utter disbelief as to what had happened. My Dad (46 yrs older than me) was 15 when Pearl Harbor was attacked and I could never understand his strong feelings and heart ache surrounding those events. As a result of September 11th, my now husband and I cancelled our elaborate wedding plans for Oct 12, 2002 and had a wonderful, cozy wedding on Dec, 28th 2001. Seeing all of the tragic stories of life and love lost, we did not want to wait to start our life together. I often think about how routine and unassuming the morning of the 11th started out for so many families. How many people left their homes and their loved ones angry about spoiled milk or drycleaning that should have been picked up or dropped off last week? How many people left without a kiss or a hug or an i love you? How many people left without inhaling the scent of the person(s) they cherish most in this world, one last time. How many people left behind, heard or spoke harsh words before the front door shut? How many people upon realization of the tragedy unfolding, desperately tried to get in touch one last time to take it all back? Some succeeded, some did not LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? Watching the towers fall and just knowing that the hope of millions of people (both in those buildings and safe at home) had fallen as well. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? September 11th definitely brought our counrty closer together for at least a little while. I was bursting with pride with all of the American flags hanging from the front of homes. I am saddened by the evidence of that patriotism diminishing. The personal affects are too numerous to mention. Moving our wedding up, changed the course of directions for so many things in our lives. 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 lc_story183.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) I was at work as a U.S. Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune NC. I was assigned as the Company Commander of Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion. I was returning to the company office from checking on platoon training. The agitated Company Clerk informed me that the media was reporting a plane had crashed into the world trade center. My immediate thought was it was a deliberate attack, but I quickly pushed that snap judgment aside in favor of waiting for further details and the possibility of other explanations. I continued about my duties. The Company Clerk continued to monitor the news via the web. He announced, now on the verge of loosing his composure, that a second plane had struck the second tower. That announcement removed all doubt about the nature of the tragedy; it was clearly a coordinated terrorist attack. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? It was my Company Clerk's next words that still resonate in my mind and illicit a visceral emotional response. "What are we going to do now, Sir?" Something about that question disengaged my thoughts about the terrible loss of life and focused my minds-eye to the future. I knew we were going to do something. Our demanding but relatively predictable peacetime regime was going to change in the near future. Our training and character were going to be put to the ultimate test. I knew everyone in the office wanted an answer to that burning question. I curtly responded "what do you mean, we are going to go about our duties, we are going to continue to train. Let's get back to work." LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? The impact of 911 ebbs and flows like an emotional teenager on the collective conscious of the nation. To determine a lasting impact is difficult in our fickle citizenry. I think the attack on our soil firmly established a sense that the instability that breeds terrorism had to be proactively addressed even if the nation is deeply divided on how to do so. For me personally, I believed our military power should serve mostly as a deterrent and that nations should make the necessary sacrifices to secure freedom for themselves. My experience in Iraq showed me how easily desperation and hopelessness can breed terrorism. It taught me that some peoples could not possibly help themselves without intervention from powerful outside forces. 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 lc_story213.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) I was at school, going to my Spanish class. I heard that someone had crashed a plane into the World Trade Center. At first I thought someone had crashed a Cessna into a window or something. But by the end of the period, we had learned that a plane - a passenger jet, not a small plane - had crashed into the Pentagon. The president of our school Fr. Arnold came on the P.A. and said, "Let us pray for the victims of the devastation in New York and Washington." I knew then that something had gone horribly wrong. I walked somewhat uneasily to my study hall, where two TV's had the coverage of the attacks on. I stood there and looked, watching the plumes pour out of the building. Then it happened - I never thought it could happen - I saw the top of the tower start to move down. There was no time to think - all I remember is that image and that horrible feeling of loss, of defeat, of sorrow. I could not believe the destruction I had just seen, all the lives I saw extinguished right there... I sat down at my desk, just wanting to weep. I saw the smoke engulfing lower Manhattan like a great pall. And then - with the one tower destroyed and the Pentagon damaged, just when I thought it couldn't possibly get worse - the second tower fell. I was just dumfounded. This was not a loss just for New York, just for America...no, this was a loss for humanity. This was a loss for the people who did it, this was a loss for their victims, this was a loss for everyone who has to carry on and rebuild. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? After school, there was a Mass for Peace in our chapel. By the end of that day, I was afraid - afraid for myself, for my family and friends, for my country, for the future and what it would bring. To put it simply, I was beside myself that day. I remember singing the hymns for peace during that Mass, which for me is monumental - almost nothing can move me to sing. The image of the towers falling is burned in my memory, yes; but it was that gathering in the chapel that gave me the hope I needed for that day, a hope - despite the overwhelming evil I had seen - that God would be able to deliver us, and save us from our imperfections, and give us the peace we all so desperately need. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? Without a doubt, September 11 has changed America. The days immediately following it were surreal - I can never remember a time when people could put aside their differences so readily and help each other. I saw the flag everywhere, and everyone was banding together under it. For once, we all were one - one nation, one people, all binding together to heal the nation's wounds. While I do not see that so much now, I still see the flag, and I still see police and firefighters risking their lives to keep us safe. The thing about September 11 is that, further along in history, it may be remembered for two things, just as Pearl Harbor was: its general devastation, and its affect on foreign policy. But we must never allow this day to pass into dry history - no, we must preserve its memory as fully as we can, so future generations can understand. They must know not just of the damage done on September 11, but of the unparalleled heroism of those who saved so many, of the outpouring of emotion, of the nation's rise from the fiery rubble of Ground Zero - wounded, but strong, and ready to continue as America and her citizens always have, and always will. 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 lc_story235.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) I was working for the Social Security Administration, Southern Ohio Area Director's office on this horrid day. I was preparing my final material for an Operations Team Meeting, which began at 10 AM that Tuesday morning. We tried to conduct the meeting as usual, but the tv was on in the background and everyone was more than distracted. The monthly 4 hour meeting was eventually called off at noon, and those travelling from outside of Columbus were sent home. I spent the rest of the day trying to maintain sanity in our Social Security offices, particularly those located in Federal Buildings. I also tried to maintain contact with my husband, my parents and my sisters. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? My strongest memory of that day was the emptiness I felt. Being of Arabic descent, it was horrifying to know that others of Arabic background were in involved in this Satan-like act. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? I was deeply saddened by the events, and found it difficult to get out of bed in the morning. I entered a mild stage of depression and when all I wanted to do was help those who were hurt. The tragedy did result in some good for us. Nine months later, our first daughter was born June 17, 2002. I suppose out of bad, comes good, so take that you terrorists! Another full blooded American has been born to continue to support the freedom our country stands for and to fight against the hatred your kind spreads. 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 lc_story158.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) Sitting in my favorite chair in my living room in Upstate New York. Just watching the morning news with Katie Couric and gang. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? My strongest memory of that day was viewing the second aircraft coming into view. Up till that point the discussion was what type of aircraft had hit the first tower, and whether it was an accident, or worse. As the reporter was discussing that topic, it became clear that this jetliner, going at what appeared to be full speed, was going to fly straight into the second tower. And then it did.... LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? I am still struggling to come to terms with this terrible attack. It is now January 2004. Having served in the military, as have many of my own family and relations, and with 1 family member serving right now, a sense of resignation that whatever the reason for the attack, as well as what may happen to the world community as a result of it, we have every right, even a responsiblity, to seek out our attackers. Justice will be served, just as surely as we live and breath. 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 lc_story205.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) My wife and I were at our home in Gaithersburg, MD, getting ready to go to Bethesda Hospital for a post-pregnancy check-up when a friend of mine in Massachusetts called and said "turn on the TV." The images we saw were of the WTC's north tower smoking and obviously on fire. Not clear what had happened, other than the building was on fire. Shortly after, the second plane hit the south tower and we both knew an attack was occurring (both my wife and I are military--US Army). As we were departing for the hospital, the report came (over the radio) that the Pentagon had been struck by a plane and that there could be several other planes ready to hit the Capitol building or other targets. We also got the report that Bethesda had been closed (as had Walter Reed) to prepare for casualties from the Pentagon. We had to divert to a civilian hospital. As we were checking in, I called my unit at Ft. Meade, MD, to let them know I was ok and not at the Pentagon (I was outprocessing and had been assigned to one of the Army offices in the Pentagon). Also called the Army Operations Center, in the Pentagon, as my wife was assigned there to let them know she was ok. As I was calling (outside the hospital), two Air Force F-16 jets streaked down towards DC. Several more jets could be heard as well. Once we came home, her parents were visiting and taking care of our son, we received over 15 phone calls from friends and family attempting to see if we were ok and/or had we been in the Pentagon during the attack as well as numerous emails. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? Thinking back, I believe my strongest memory of the day was twofold: that the US was underattack and there was nothing I could do to help. Also, if our son hadn't been born 3 weeks before, ensuring both of us were on leave, and there hadn't been complications requiring my wife go to the hospital on 9/11, my wife and I probably would have been in the Pentagon during the attack. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? At the grass roots level, there is alot of patriotism and coming together of Americans. Much pride over our civil servants (police, firefighters) and our military. At our country's leadership level, there is too much emphasis on "going it alone." A British Officer summed this up during a professional development seminar I attended in the Pentagon a few months later. Seminar was on post-Cold War NATO and the British officer noted (paraphrase) "when I heard about the attack on the US, I gathered my kit bag (his equipment) and waited by the phone for a call from the US to come help......it never came." We need to get our allies back together, apologize, and move forward with a united West, not the fragmented one we have now. 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 lc_story269.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) I was sitting at my desk working on the computer. One of our agent's husband called to tell us the first tower had been hit. At first I thought it was a plane accident. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? Probably the way I felt. There was fear, would there be more? and anger. I came home for lunch and the entire neighborhood was outside. I went in, turned on the TV and cried when I saw it on TV. Ever since I was little the first thing I'd look for going to New York were the Towers. When you saw them you knew you were close. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? I think its made all of us appreciate the peace we do enjoy and at the same time it let us know how very vulnerable each of us are. 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 lc_story143.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) A co-worker and I were excited to implement the new computer program at our church office. Most people who worked there didn't utilize a computer very well, and we were very excited to get everyone on board. A few minutes into our lesson, one of the leaders ran into the room screaming something about a plane and New York...We thought she went off her rocker! By the time we got to a television the second plane had hit, and we began to understand...We seemed to split into two groups. A few of us had husbands or wives that we knew were in DC or in other sensitive areas. We immediately tried to contact them - knee jerk reaction - of course we couldn't get ahold of anyone. The other group of the church went to action - they began making signs for open prayer, calling those we knew had military or DC families and offer to watch children, or pick kids up from school, the rest is a blurr. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? My strongest memories are of the faces of the people around me. Fear, horror, sadness, disbelief the multitude of reaction to the events was, dare I say, intriguing? The variety of reactions, how many thoughts must we have encountered in our subconsciousness in just the first few minutes? LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? As most major events, I don't believe the impact of 9/11 is lasting long enough. The futher you are from the epicenter the easier it was to return to a normal routine. Yet as a child of the late seventies, the cold war for me was more of a myth, I never worried if a nuclear bomb was going to drop. But now, I take a second look at oddly parked cars, lonely packages, things I never would have noticed before 9/11. 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 lc_story239.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) On September 11, 2001 I was in my math class, third period I believe, with Mr. Mueller. We were sitting in our seats in class about to check our homework, talking and gossiping with one another until the principal came onto the announcements and told the school the news he had heard and been watching. At that point Mr. Mueller turned on the television and we were viewing the twin towers when the second tower was hit by the plane. The class just sat there, no noise, no nothing. I remember being so confused because at that point in time I had no idea what was happening or where this was or even what the twin towers were. I had never been to New York or heard of the pentagon. I didn't really know what was going on, I was just silent and scared. People in my class began saying that we were going to war or that countries were bombing us or they were going to call our parents away to go off to war. The rest of the day in all of our classes we just sat there and watched the television and talked about what exactly we were witnessing. It was horrible. Some parents took their children out of school, my mother came and picked up my step-brother and I from fifth period, right after lunch. She was worried and wanted us to be home because she herself didn't know what exactly was going on. As I got home I just remember staring at the television and later talking to my dad on he phone and crying because what happened was so shocking and horrible I couldn't believe it. I was so afriad that my dad would be drafted into an army and sent away, even though my dad has never been in the military or even associated with anything of the sort. I was so naive and confused on what had all happened. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? My strongest memory of that day was calling and talking to my dad on the phone. I was so upset because I thought that he would have to leave me to go off and fight for the country. I didn't even have the slighest idea of what had even happened that day, nor what the twin towers or the pentagon even were. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? The September 11 events haven't actually affected my life in a physical way. I've only ridden in an airplane once in my life, and that was in third grade. It has, however, affected my emotions. I never had believed before that the U.S. would ever be attacked in any way. I believed that we were the strongest country in the world, no one would ever try to harm us in any way. I was so naive then and I've learned so much more than I knew then. It seemed that in history and any other class, instead of regular class, we just discussed the events that had happened. The school and classes just seemed to be kind of phased, everyone was upset. Nothing was the same. 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 lc_story217.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) During the fall of 2001, I was a junior in college, participating in a foreign exchange program in Oxford, England. I and about seventy other American college students were busily studying and reading our course materials that sunny afternoon, oblivious to the tragedies happening in the States - until some noticed the TV broadcast in our Common Room. I was using the card catalog when I overhead a few girls worriedly saying that a plane had flown into one of the towers of the World Trade Center. I wasn't concerned, and thought that a small plane had just accidentally crashed into the towers with little damage. I began to feel a bit more concerned as I headed to the Common Room to check it out, passing a few fellow students in tears. There were about thirty stunned and sobbing students sitting in the common lounge, staring at pictures of large planes crashing into the twin towers. I arrived just in time to see the last tower collapse amidst a cloud of smoke and fire - accompanied by shocked commentary in a British accent. It was immensely strange and surreal to experience that day in a foreign country, even one as friendly as the United Kingdom. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? Some fellow American students witnessed the towers collapse in a mall, watching the news bulletin on TVs in an electronic store. A nearby British construction worker thought that the tragedy unfolding before his eyes was humorous, prompting an angered outburst from several of these students. In retrospect, this exchange was eerily foreboding, in that it was a small taste of the passionate, conflicting responses September 11 would evoke from Americans, Britons, and people around the world. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? 9-11 had both positive and negative effects on the States - initially, it brought all Americans together behind one cause (revenge, retribution, retaliation, or justifiable war - the choice of wording depends on one's political leanings). This country experienced a remarkable resurgence in patriotism and nationalism, noticeable even to those Americans overseas. Partisan activity all but ceased in an effort to locate the perpetrators of such a tragedy and to bring those people to justice. It was very refreshing to see the nation's leaders cooperate rather than continue their petty infighting. Such reactions also resulted in other, perhaps less desirable, outcomes in the Patriot Act and the martial bent of the current administration, among other things. Terrorism is certainly an evil and reprehensible activity, but I wonder about the methods currently utilized by the U.S. Should the United States be the sole policeman of the world, disregarding the rest of the nations? I think not. 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 lc_story177.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) Republic of Korea. Training U.S. Army Air Defense soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division on use of Forward Area Air Defense-Command, Control, and Intelligence (FAAD/C2I). I was in my hotel getting ready to leave for work. The first thing I do every morning is turn on the news - in this case CNN International. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? Initial thought was that there had been a terrible accident. Continued watching showed the sequence of impacts on the WTC, the Pentagon, and Pennsylvania. Then I realized - this is no accident. Initial impression was shock and anger - this is worse than Pearl Harbor. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? A wake-up that there are people with extreme hate of the United States of America willing to do extreme acts against the USA. We are no longer safe between two oceans. 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 lc_story254.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) I was working as a short-order cook at the grill in the back of a Jersey Shore beach town. The season was winding down, the weather cooling off, and my outlook on life was muddled in that "do I really know anything at all," 20-year-old sort of way. Business was slower in the mornings since most of the tourists had left, so I was in the front of the store with my two bosses joking around when one of the locals walked in. He saw that we were in a jovial sort of mood, and after looking around asked us if we'd heard the news. Answering only with silence, he added that a plane had just crashed into the World Trade Center, that it was all over the news and causing a big mess everywhere. We had a TV between the kitchen and the store, so we rushed over to turn it on as most all Americans do anymore when they hear word of tragedy. And there they were: both towers in flames. Since the man had left his house on his way to our store, the second plane had crashed and made it apparent to people across the globe that this was no accident. I was in shock. We probably all were. I remember thinking as I walked to the back to make the man a breakfast sandwich or cheese steak or whatever it was he wanted in the face of this horrible wake-up call, How am I supposed to concentrate on work at a time like this? Here I am in South Jersey and planes are being flown into major centers of business a few short hours away. What was to stop me from thinking we would be next, that Atlantic City only twenty-some miles away wouldn't be hit, or that on these hijacked planes weren't some type of chemical or nuclear weapons? When I heard on the radio several minutes later that the Pentagon had also been hit, and that one had even gone down in Pennsylvania, it started to settle in that we were truly under attack and that it might not stop until all the major cities in the country had been plunged into devastation. When I walked back to the front, I stayed glued to the television for a while, leaving occasionally to do some bit of work half-heartedly. We watched as newscasters reported emergency workers had entered the building to see if they could locate survivors, only to be trapped themselves minutes later when both towers collapsed. I remember watching them fall, and thinking I could feel all of those poor souls crying out one last time before it was over. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? I remember feeling that if there was some country or group in the world that could carry out such an attack against a country that surely had the ability to wipe it off the face of the Earth in retaliation, we must have done something very wrong to them. I thought that whoever had done this and for whatever reason...well, I just felt that maybe it was time for the United States to think twice about immediate military action, that maybe we should rethink our foreign policy first, that maybe we could turn the other cheek and lead the world to peace by example or at least die trying. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? Many t-shirts and bumper stickers were sold in the wake of 9/11 expressing America's solidarity and that we would never forget. I know from experience that our country never pulled together and that many people have only become more racist, more impatient, and more intolerant toward views that do not agree with our government's. The terrorist attacks only made our country more arrogant than ever, and now we are like a blind floundering giant trying to crush all the enemy comabatants hiding in holes that we can not begin to navigate yet. I love this country for the freedom it affords me now more than ever, but since the reaction of our government and its military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, I am utterly ashamed at our inability to co-exist with others who may not view our culture as the saving grace we often think it is. 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 Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) I was at work on the morning of 11 September 2001, assisting guests to check out at the front desk of my hotel. Adjacent to the front desk is our office area. CNN was tuned in on the TV which sat on the manager's desk. I do not remember why I had the news channel tuned in. Whatever the reason, it was completely eclipsed by what I was to see that morning. Suddenly there were excited TV voices and scenes of "little" airplanes going into the Twin Towers buildings, and fireballs and smoke. I remember the first impression that this looked like something out of a video game. At first, there was no sense of reality to it. The sense of deep reality finally came when those little bitty people (the ones who jumped from the top floors) were shown falling outside the Towers. Such tiny dots; were they really people? That is when the horror of it finally set in. I watched and watched for hours as the scenes were replayed and replayed, and replayed again and again. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? My strongest memory was a dream I had that night. I was inside one of the Towers, a huge plate glass window before me, and I was looking out across the tops of New York City. Clear and hazy in the distance. And, way in the far distance, I saw an airliner, so tiny and far away. And I saw it turning toward me and then slowly growing larger and larger, and suddenly growing so much larger, blocking out all else as it came right in to me. No sound, just some kind of building vibration ending in a blare of white light ... then nothing. I awoke knowing that this was a scene replayed from the memory of some dead person who had seen it first hand. I will never forget that dream. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? We all became more vulnerable that day, and we learned a thing about fear. Americans have always been sheltered from that. Terrorism had always been a thing which happened somewhere else. Even the attack on Pearl Harbor was something which happened somewhere else. Somehow, even the bombing in Oklahoma City did not truly wake us up. Suddenly, we felt a raw and open vulnerability which had never been there, before. I think we all were proud of those great people in New York City; the way they pulled together to do the awful work of cleaning up that mess. My whole viewpoint about New Yorkers changed as I watched the way they supported each other and got the job done. And the country-wide surge of sudden patriotism was so strong you could taste it. And, beneath all this, there was an undercurrent of fear; an awareness of danger which was new for us. Perhaps it would be good if we kept a bit of that fear. 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 lc_story120.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) I was at a conference in Washington, D.C., having traveled to D.C. the day before from New Orleans. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? My strongest memories of that day are the throngs of people pouring into the streets of D.C. as government buildings were evacuated; the Hummer military vehicles that were parked on every other city block; the message announced over loudspeakers telling us to stay away from the buildings and walk in the center of the street, and; the smoke rising from the Pentagon. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? Since 9/11, our government has taken from its own citizens many basic freedoms that were once taken for granted. Neighbors have grown less tolerant of those who have views other than their own. I fear nationalistic fervor is on the rise. 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 lc_story100.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) At home as I was just waking up.My wife who works for an airline called me,as my answering machine picked up the call I heard her voice which sounded as if something was terribly wrong,as I reached for the phone I remember hearing her say turn on the TV right now!I turned on the TV and had the phone to my ear trying to make sense of what was happening and what she was saying,as I woke up and got my senses together I was in shock and disbelief as the news reports came in.My wife had the scanner tuned to the tower frequency and ATC repeated over and over "all aircraft on this frequency are ordered to land now at the nearest airport".As an airline employee myself it was devastating to watch the horror of the day unfold.All day long I was glued to the TV and spoke with many of my co-workers who shared my shock and outrage! LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? Watching the second Trade Center Tower collapsing live on TV,also the aircraft colliding into the buildings. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? I thought our generation would pull together and finally denounce terrorists and their evil beliefs but it appears that many people in this great country are still in denial and even as we are at war will say and write things that are anti American which gives our enemies the will to fight on.Many of my co-workers were laid off as a direct result of 9/11 and the ailine industry will never be the same. 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 lc_story144.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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