178 20 70359 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: Oh what a sad day that will always be etched into my memory. Eventhou, I live so far away from New York, I still felt it here in Lindale Texas. I work in a middle school with 5th and 6th graders and I had just gone to the office and the secretary and other office ladies were all standing around with the radio on and the expressions on their faces were of devastation,looking with shocked looks as well. And I said "what are yall doing? You look like someone died or something"? One of the ladies said haven't you heard, and another lady said "How would she, she has been in the classroom." Then thats when they told me the news and they didn't want the students to hear about it yet so thats why they were also acting so strange. Usually our office ladies and teachers are always laughing and just having the best time like this isn't even a job were at! They told me about the first tower and it had just happened and I thought to myself "this is it". I came back to my classroom and turned on the radio to listen to as much as I could. When it was my lunch time at 11:00 I went home and turned on the T.V. and I couldn't believe my eyes. It was the most awful scene I had ever seen and the second tower had been hit already. Needless to say I didn't eat any lunch after that felt like I was numb. It broke my heart, it was so devastating. When I got back to school you could feel something in the air, it was quite and that's not normal at our school.Parent's were coming and picking up their kid's and so the students were starting to hear about it. They were scared and everyone was so very confused. What a world we live in that someone can just take so many lives and their own like it was nothing! I wrote a little poem that is hung in our school along with hundred's of our students work hanging up about Sept. 11th, 2001. Here is my poem: Heroes... Do you have one? The meaning of the word hero has always remained the same. Yet our youth of today would say differently, Are WE to blame? There were many on that Sept.11th That I would call HEROIC. They risked their lives for others; Others that will NEVER know it. It will take along time, for us to heal. Some may never; If any EVER will. The world will never be the same, Yet to our enemies,taking another's life was like they were playing a video game! We WILL stand together, Hand in hand; They will NEVER take away our Freedom, And they cannot take away our land. Well, that was what I wrote but really there are no words to express what I feel about all those innocent people who lost their lives and the ones that risked their own to save another. I wear two dog tags one is red with a firefighters name on it and it is red and the other is a policeman with his name on it and that dog tag is blue. I say prayers as I wear them for all, both the people, the heroes, and all the families that are are suffering from their loses. I also say a prayer for our enemies because we must somehow "Forgive them, for they not know what they do! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story5527.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. 66.76.66.114 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at my grandmother?s home on 9/11. we were watching TV., when all of a sudden the usual television program was interrupted by the horrible news that a plane had hit one of the W.T.C. towers in New York. We were both stunned, we started to get worried and very nervous (although our friends from the U.S. live in California). It was absolutely unbelievable. And then the second tower was hit and they both fell to the ground one after the other, live. I started crying without being aware of it. It was like I was watching the end of the world on national T.V.. I couldn?t move, I couldn?t talk, all I could do was stare at the television screen not being capable of believing or understanding what was happening. I remember asking myself: ?How was this possible? Wasn?t U.S.A. the most powerful country in the world? If it got stricken and wasn?t able to prevent it, what would the rest of the world do in this kind of situation??. It was a terrible day, felt as so in many countries of the world, even in Romania. Romanians, as part of the human specie also grieved for the ones that died that day and for their families. I am sorry for what they must have gone through and I congratulate the American people for being there for each other when it was most needed. They managed to set an example for the rest of us humans. 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 story11595.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2005-07-07 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 82.78.174.27 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On Septmeber 11, 2001, I, like most of my classmates, was in complete shock that such events could ever happen in the United States. I don't believe any of us really understood the full and lasting effect that would take place in our country. I can remeber all of the rumors that spread around school that day: the White House was on fire, planes were being shot down, etc., and I am not able to even express the fear and anxiety that came with those rumors. Students parents were coming to the school to bring them home, but others couldn't even get in touch with their own. Basically, we all felt shocked. In fact, it is hard to attach a word, or even a paragraph, to such an event. All I can hope is that people will never forget this tragedy. I made that commitment to myself when I visited the World Trade Center site late in the fall. And to think that some group of people felt (what they thought was) a legitimate reason to murder thousands of people--in the name of God, of all things is absolutly crazy. 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 story2150.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. 2002-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 206.149.208.84 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: We live in Belgium, Europe, buth that summer, we were working in France, with an international team of 150 pipeliners. We were the only family with satteliteTV (there is no cable available),so everybody went at our place, to see CNN. Within an hour, there were more than 100 people in my garden, almost all in tears and all of them in shock. This was our worst nightmare....even in Europe 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 story1318.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-20 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 217.136.186.57 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: Poems Band Trip On a Friday afternoon in May I visited New York City for the first time. I was in tenth grade. After winding through the streets for hours, caught up by the crowd, we landed back near Central Park and the fountain. The sky had now darkened and with a whoosh! ? Rain began soaking us. Patti, my best friend, and I read teen romance novels while waiting for the bus, wet but laughing. For New York, that day blended into a thousand similar days. As we climbed onto the school bus, they left their towers for home, for the weekend. That night we stayed up late eating candy at our hotel. In the distance, the city lit up the sky. Waiting. 11/7/01 ? Riding the Raptor A few years ago we were at an amusement park about to ride one of those roller coasters that flip you upside-down. I saw a group of Arab men waiting in line with us. They were whispering and looking up at the track, pointing. They did not smile. This fear washed over me and for a moment, it was all clear. They were going to blow the whole thing up. There was a bomb on there. I whispered this to Dan, who didn?t even entertain a laugh. He was miffed at my snap judgments. Still I felt this panic. I didn?t want to ride. They were waiting for it to explode. I just knew it. Dan made me get on. Some of them rode with us. It was the best roller coaster ride I?d ever had. Getting off, legs wobbling, I laughed sheepishly at my imagination. It was so silly, really. What had I been thinking? 11/9/01 ? Last Summer Days Camping 8/17/01 There are bears in the woods, everyone here keeps saying. Night closes all around, but we huddle in front of the crackling light, the heat slapping our faces as we tell stories. My marshmallow's on fire. I wait, then let the sugary goo dissolve in my mouth. Move just a step away from the fire and it's much darker, much cooler. Stay where we are and bake. We choose to bake and talk and kick at the sand with our toes and toss pebbles into the trees to scare whatever may be hiding there. Maine 8/21/01 We turn off the car and roll the windows down. Evening arrives early in this place where the trees rise and hide the sky. Everyone should do this: stop and listen. There are chirps and hums that swell and subside. Outside is alive. The air has that warm, sweet smell that permeates when the sun goes down -- of grass, and shade, and of green and mysterious things. Corn Maze 9/3/01 In this other world there is nothing but green on all sides, hay paths at our feet and the blue of the sky if we look straight up. We've been walking and turning and searching, pushing through the stalks. Sweat trickles on my temples. I long for water. Outside now is muffled, like a dream. I don't miss it much. It's been so long since I've played a game. Maybe I'll wander in here until the sun goes down, until I sink to my knees and someone has to find me. I'm in a corn maze. There are dozens of passages; scores of wrong turns. My sneakers are dirty. The sun is too bright. I love this place. 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 story642.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. 2002-05-17 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 146.96.95.21 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My name is Fabio, and I first want to say I?m sorry for my english, I don?t write very well but I can try. I remember the 11/09 day and today when I see the imagines from this day I can?t beleve the horror that this people was live. I remember that I say : it?s can?t trhuth! I know a someone who has worked in this moment and he died, he lived close to my home, he was argentina citicen and he was young man. Well, I bless all people who died in the World Trade Center and the airplane too. I think that all people may be united for the peace. Whit love. Fabio. If you can send me some information abaut it I?ll be hapy. Thank you. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story8704.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 name james boyle retired president of the Uniformed Firefighters AssociationLoc 94 My son Michael Boyle Firefighter Engine 33 was killed on 9/11/01. I spoke to him that morning at 8;35am he was relieved from duty and was going to the election headquarters of his cousin Mat Farrel who was a candidate for the city council from Woodside Queens. Tuesday Sept 11 2001 was primary day in New York. My office at the Kings County District Attorney office of C. Joe Hynes looked over the east river and directly at the World Trade Centre. I sa the smoke and fire from my office in the North Tower and tuned in on TV from my office. It was such a beautiful late summer day in NY and I wondered how this could happen. While viewing the fire I notice a plane flying South over the Hudson River make a large circile and fying into the South Tower. I immediate lelt my office on the 10th floor and proceeded to walk towards the World Trade Centre over the Brooklyn Bridge. I had monitored the trial of the terroist of the 1993 bombing of the Trade Centre. They had proceeded to J&R music store on Park place and stood on the 2nd floor with a clear view oof the Towers and waited for then to fall after they placed a bomb in the sub-basement.I was President of the Firefighter at that time and was involved for many hours in the rescue of many many people.I never thought the Towers would fall as I made my way against thousanda of people fleeing Manhattan. As I got to the New York City side of the brdge the crowd leaving made it impossible to reach J&R store. I then proceed across City Hall park and was at the corner of Broadway &Barclay street when aloud roar and dark clouds came racing aalong Broadway. I ran into the lobby of 250 Broadway and after a few minutes someone came out of the elevator and in a loud voice said the building had collasped. I immediately proceed towards the fire dept command post at West and Vessy streets. At Church st I notice part of the plane two blocks North at warren st i walked toward the plane and then turned bak and walk to West Btoadway and Vessey Because of the falling debrie on Vessey I walked back to Barclay st on Greenwich st and proceeded West in safety to West St. one block away. At the corner of West & Barclay St looking South 4blocks to the Fire command centre I was nblown to the ground and rolled North on West Stand over taken by hugh black cloud of dust dirt and because I knew the neighbor crawled blindly towards a building of District Council 37 AFL/CIO and fortunatley was able to escape from the cloud. After fifteen minutes I proceeded outside there were cars on fire in a parking lot across West St which is 8 lanes wide. Walking towards the fallen towers a sence of disbelief despaire a feeling of death. A fire chief Peter Heyden told me everyone was dead. At that monent I realized my son might have responded since his unit is only a mile north of the towers and if he did was he a victim? Walking around the sight looking for his unit and asking for him it became obivious his fire unit e 33 was in the buildingwhen it fell. I finaly found his fire rig and the driver Fr Conte told me Michael had jumped on the engine as it responded and was missing with his unit. Engine 33 lost the 7 members that responded that day. I searched for hours with so many wonderful people hoping and praying that somehow they were alive in some pocket in the ruins. About`10 pm i walked back through the streets of lower manhattan towards his firehouse on Great Jones St. I found his bag with all his personal items in the fire house where he had thrown them when he jumpted on the Engine even through he was off duty. I called home and notified my wife and family that I was coming home and Michael was missing with his company and presumed dead. In closing thank you America for all your prayers and support. I will never forgett 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 story11279.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2005-02-03 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.46.90.233 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 think you had better get up and turn on your tv," were the first words I heard on September 11, 2001. It was a Tuesday morning, and I had the day off from work. I was catching up on some much needed sleep when I awoke to images, sounds and emotions that I had never in my life experienced. I sat on the edge of my bed, and did not move a single muscle as I watched the events unfold on my television screen. This unbelievable calm came over me, as if my body was shutting down with each word from the mouths of the reporters trying to make sense of pure chaos. In no way shape or form could I fully wrap my mind around what happened that morning. In my mind I understood what had taken place, but it took much longer for my heart to feel to impact of those planes. When I think back on this past year, intense is the adjective that comes before every other word. Intense shock, intense hate, intense loss, intense grief, intense courage, intense unity, intense strenth, and love. Now that the dust has settled for some, and the world has gained back a portion of it's sense of normalacy, the lack of intensity in everyday life almost leaves me feeling empty at times. The images of planes crashing into buildings,the fire, the smoke, the names and the faces of September 11 will always stay with me,but even more so are the events that took place after that day. I remember the flag, our flag everywhere for as long as you could see. On porches, on cars, on windows, on t-shirts, on pins, overpasses, on buildings, being held up high by the citizens of other countries. I remember the songs being sung by everyone who knew the words, and by some who didn't quite know them all. I remember sitting on the front lawn with my family, lit candles in hand, and seeing neighbors who I'd never taken notice of before doing the same. I remember looking up on the nights no planes flew in the sky, and despite the reason why, thinking of how beautiful it looked with the only light shining coming from the stars. I remember the words, "Don't tread on me," accompanied by an American flag drawn larger than life for everyone to see across a sand dune while driving to Monterey. I remember a group of 12 children dancing and singing on a street corner all with flags in their hands, waving them to every car that passed. When I think of September 11, I think of the horror I saw that day, but I'll always remeber the beauty I witnessed on the days after. 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 story1764.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. 2002-09-05 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I remember where i was like it was yesterday i was in school and it was during gym. My teacher told us all to go upstairs where the T.V was and watch history being made. My friends and I were all unsure what he meant but we sat there and watched everything occur on t.v. We didnt get to see the first plane hit but we saw the second plane slam into the building. I just remember being shocked at who ever would do this to thousands of innocent people. I was also scared for my dad whose a senior chief in the Navy i was unsure how this would effect him.I remember sitting through school and in every class we did no work just talked about 9/11 and watch it on t.v. i remember some kids were joking around about it and thought it was funny but it did not amuse me it was no laughing matter. I am a very patriotic person and so is my family and the events of 9/11 effected us all. I was really moved by all the courage of the volunteers and the fire-fighters and now the soldiers fighting in Iraq there the true heroes of America not the celebrities or famous people everyone wants to be like. I think we should support our country no matter what, espicially since American lives are fighting for us in a different country we should give them all our support and pray that they all make it home. I am so proud of all the soldiers and all the people who helped on 9/11. 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 story10190.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-11-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 167.21.1.228 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: How did you witness history on September 11th? Share you experience. Response: I watched it live on TV from the Tech Ed Classroom at my school. I began to feel panic. The teachers have walkie-talkies, and kids were being pulled out left and right for early dismissal. Has your life changed because of September 11th? If so, tell us how. Response: It makes me appreciate our country more. I have tried to improve my personal relationship with God. I try to hug my family everyday, and tell them I love them. It made me feel grateful. I looked at the priorities and what's important. What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? Have you feelings changed about the American flag as a result of Spetemebr 11th. Response: We need to honor our heroes, need to remember that God is in control. Need to remember how delicate and precious our life and relationships are. We need to give thanks and focus on what's important. Did you fly an American flag after the events of September 11th? Have your feelings about the American flag changed as a result of Spwetember 11th? Response: Yes, I flew an American flag. Yes, my feelings have changed. It is more meaningful to me. Because now..I get teary-eyed when I hear the anthem. 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 story8847.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. 2002-12-17 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 216.54.14.84 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just gotten back from taking my daughter Amanda to school. My husband had just gotten home from work. When I got in the door he called for me to come into the other room, where he was watching television. He said look at this, I thought he was watching a movie, but he said no it's real and it's happening in New York City. At first I cryed then I got scared. My first thought was, ARE THEY GONNA HIT SOMEWHERE ELSE! And even though it went through my mind I still could'nt believe it when they did. I went back and picked my daughter up from school, and we explained things to her the best we could. I cryed for days and was having nightmares for awhile afterwards. My heart went out to the victims families and still does today. I for one am so proud of America and Americans for showing such courage and determination. I will always be praying that something like this never, ever happens again. Thank you for letting me talk about this tragedy. 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 story4849.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 REMEMBER WAKING UP LATE AND HAVING TO GO TO WORK. THE TV WAS ALREADY TUNED TO THE NEWS CHANNEL. I CANT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHICH ONE. I SAW THE NEWS ABOUT ONE OF THE TWIN TOWERS BEING HIT BY AN AIRPLANE AND I PROCEEDED TO GO TO WORK. BY THE TIME I GOT TO WORK I HEARD ABOTU THE OTHER PLANE HITTING THE OTHER TOWER. AND I SIMPLY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. THEY THEN STARTED TALKING ABOUT TERRORIST ATTACKS AND PLANES BEING HIJACKED AND I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF MY COUSIN WHO IS A FLIGHT ATTENDENT. AT THE TIME I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHICH AIRLINE SHE WORKED FOR SO I GREW WORRIED. I CALLED MY MOM AND SHE EASED MY MIND WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT SHE DIDN'T WORK FOR EITHER AIRLINE THAT WAS INVOLVED. THEN THE BUILDING WHERE I WORK SHOOK. THAT'S WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PLANE HITTING THE PENTAGON. IMMEDIATELY I THOUGHT OH MY GOD! WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING? 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 story5592.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 at my lawfirm at the time and was connected to MSNBC on-line. Someone yelled that a plane hit one of the Trade Towers. At first, we thought it was a small private plane, but then someone yelled that the second Tower had been hit. We were then informed that the Pentagon had been hit by a third plane. Meanwhile we were panicked as reports were flying that a plane was headed for the immediate DC area. Then all heck broke loose and in a matter of minutes some 2,300 employees out of our total of 2,325 employees began leaving the building to walk wherever they could get to. Streets were total gridlock. I lived in Virginia at the time and I had no place to go if I left the building. I had an open telephone line, an on-line connection, a restroom, a cafeteria and plenty of water. I tried to get a ride to Virginia with a co-worker but we could not get his car out of the parking garage. Too much gridlock. I decided to remain in our building until the subways were up and running again. At that time I rode the subway to Virginia where my husband picked me up. 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 story10597.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: We watched in shock and tears. It was heart breaking. My kids were worried that something could happen here too. We all were worried about that. New Mexico is far from New York but that day we felt alot closer, and we all felt attacked. 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 story1570.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was a regular day in September, and I started to make my way to the cafeteria for lunch. I ate my peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and visited some of my friends on the other side of the cafeteria. They were all trying to get something out of my friend Cody. They kept asking, "what happened?" Earlier that day he had a doctor's appointment, and watched the news of the day on the TV in the waiting room. Of course when he came to school later that afternoon, none of us knew except him. So of course all he would tell us is that something bad happened. Finally he told us, and that was the first time I heard it, terrorist attack. After recess everyone went to the gym, and we got all the details on the attack on the World Trade Center. there had been two planes that hit each tower; a 747 and a 737. First was the North Tower and then 18 minutes later the South Tower was hit. Soon after, the South Tower started to collapse, and came down into a pile of rubble. the smoke and dust filled the wide, shadowed canyons between the buildings. People tried to outrun this horrid wall of dust only to find themselves trapped from all around, with no place to run. To top things off, the North Tower also collapsed a little while after the South Tower. All this news was overwhelming, and to me it was kind of unbelievable. It took a while for it to set in. 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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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at home with my family when my Dad called just before 10:00 AM. He said "Turn on the radio, there's been a terrorist attack in New York." As a former Marine who had studied terrorism, he recognized the work of terrorists even before the President used the word. We turned it on just in time to hear the 10:00 AM news, which included reports about the World Trade Center and the Pentagon being hit. One of the children commented that at least we were safe because we lived in a rural area, and then we heard the report about flight 93 going down in Somerset. We stayed by the radio (we didn't own a TV) for the rest of the day, numb and shaking. We prayed the entire time, realizing that there was nothing else that we could do. We had friends who were scheduled to fly west that morning and we didn't know what their flight was, or where it was from. We had no way of knowing if they were alive. We also had friends and family in Washington, DC, who live and work within sight of the Pentagon and White House. One friend even worked at the Pentagon on occassion. As I listened to the reports throughout the day, I noticed a sharp contrast between the beauty of a late summer day, and the ugliness of an evil heart. The sky was cloudless cerulean blue, but my heart felt as though a shadow had fallen. Somehow the birds' songs seemed like a mockery, in the face of what had befallen our country. But nature went on, and so must we. 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 story6239.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.92.216.184 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My roommate, a German exchange student, received a phone call from her boyfriend in Germany. He told us to turn on the TV, because the World Trade Center had been hit by an airplane. My first reaction was, "isn't there more than one world trade center...and what are the world trade centers?? What significance does this event have to me? ...and then I said that we didn't have cable and that we didn't have any news channels...he insisted that this would be on every channel, and it was. I remember feeling ignorant as an American, that I heard the news from somebody in Germany first, and that he new what the buildings were and I didn't. After pondering why the attacks happened, and considering my first reactions, it all came together. We as a country, are fairly ignorant about the rest of the world and our own country. A country with this much power needs to be more informed about the world in order to do a better job, and be more understanding of the other countries that make up the world. Also, we are desensitized to violence due to the proliferation of violence in our movies and TV shows. I can't even count the number of people who agreed with me when I said that I stared at the images on TV for the first few minutes without even feeling anything. 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 story8642.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. 2002-11-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 144.13.19.160 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 left my families farm in SD on September 10 to spend the night with my aunt and uncle in Bismarck before heading home to Detroit, MI. On Sept, 11 I hadn't gotten out of Bismarck when the news came across on the radio. I listened all the way to Wiconsin and when I stopped for the night and was totally devastated. I got hoime to Detroit on the night of the 12th and was so relieved to finally feel a little bit of safey. 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 story4933.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was on my way out the door to take my daughter to her 2 month doctor's appointment when my husband called me from work to tell me a plane had crashed into the WTC. He didn't know any more details but he said he would call me when he did. We did not watch tv so we did not have cable or local access. I was numb for most of the day, just waiting to find out what had happened. When all of the banks closed down, I knew something very traumatic had happened. I couldn't get online to get any information either. I felt lost and in a time warp. I did not realize how important having everything at my fingertips had become. When I realized what actually had happened, I remember thinking about my daughter and how my husband and I had gone on a spiritual journey to decide whether or not to even try to get pregnant. And here she was, barely 2 months old and having to be a part of this day. I feel sad that she had to know this but I am not saddened that we kept moving on with our lives. She will not know fear and will not live in terror because I refuse to let ANYONE think that they can have control over her and us. She will always know what it is like to be an American and she will always have the same, if not more, freedoms afforded to her that her father and I have. We pray more often now and say a blessing at the table, no matter where we are. I am no longer concerned about "offending" others in a public place because we practice an alternative religion. I want my daughter to see that we have faith in a higher being and that with faith and love, all is possible. 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 story3721.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 day had gotten off to a rough start. It just seemed to me that people had somehow just forgotten where their heads were on the road, and this is an hour before anything in the world went wrong. I remember saying to myself, I just can't wait to get back to the house and get off the road and away from this craziness. Then I remember getting home and getting online like I typically do every day to chat with my cousin in Upstate NY, My Hometown for 26 years too. While we were chatting it up I remember my cousin sending me a message that said "OH MY GOD, TURN ON YOUR TV IF IT ISN'T ALREADY ON!!!" Well, my tv was not on so I turned it on to CBS. I see the aftermath of the first plane in the World Trade Tower. My first thoughts at that moment were oh my god, how did that happen. As I was sitting there watching the coverage I remember seeing the second plane off in the distance behind the towers and I remember seeing it get closer and closer and I realized it wasn't just a small plane it was a jumbo jet. As soon as that second plane hit my cousin and I each sent the same message to each other, that message was "that was no accident, this was planned" and next message was one word "Usama". For some reason it was just instantly in my mind that this was the work of a madman known as usama bin laden who many people didn't even know existed. I am an avid follower of daily news locally and world wide..I like to be well informed of what is happening in this crazy world.. and I remember having heard talk of bin laden in the news in the recent weeks prior to Sept 11. To this day I still don't know why I thought that maybe it was the fact I had kept up with the news, but my gut didn't tell me it was anything but him. My next thought turned to the people trapped in those buildings and the people who had already lost their lives. I prayed that since it was before 9 am when the first plane hit that not as many people that are usually in those buildings had gotten there yet. I kept praying that many people saw the first plane and didn't continue on their way to work. Unfortunately I had to work shortly after all this happened so I made my phone calls to my family in New York and my family in New Jersey only to find out that not only was this a tragic day for all of NY it was also a tragic day for my family that will be hard to forget because of what happened in NYC that day. My younger sister lost her baby that morning and the events in the city that morning now make it hard for me to forget that too, I only hope that as time goes on it gets easier for her and for me. I then headed to work listening to this all unfold on the radio. On my way to work I hear on the radio that a plane has now hit the pentagon. I am horrified by all this and start to panic but decide I must go to work and keep my chin up and try to deal with this as it goes. While I was at work the towers came down and the day just seemed to be getting worse. Then the news of the downed plane in Pennsylvania. Could it get any worse? In the next few hours and weeks it did get worse, but it reminds me of something my mother always tells me, "things always get worse before they get better." I guess that is true but at the moments it doesn't seem comforting. My mother was one of the many brave people to step foot on a plane in the next two weeks after september 11. My heart was in my throat the entire time I knew she was on that plane and I was never so happy to see anyone in my life as I was when she landed in Orlando. But as I said, things get worse before they get better. My mother left to fly back to NY the day that Bush declared war on terrorism. So as you can imagine my heart was in my throat again and I am so proud of my mother for getting on that plane without showing an ounce of fear. In closing I just want to say, we are a nation united, never have we not been, we are America and we will overcome this evil and for it all we will be stronger. GOD BLESS THE USA!!! 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