223 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: I am a Special Education teacher with the New York City Board of Education. At about 8:45 on September 11th, an assistant ran into the classroom to say that a plane had flown into the World Trade. I thought that it was a small plane. I turned to 1010 WINS radio and heard the account. It was difficult to teach and not wonder what was going on in the city. As my cell phone was not working, I went to the school office at prep time to make calls. While I was there, parents either called or came to pick up their children. I called my aunt-in-law's house, (she works in the WTC area), and was told by her mother that she had not gone to work because of a doctor's appointment. I also called a cousin who works in Midtown Manhattan, and he said that he was fine and making his way home. At the end of the day, a school bus driver told me that listening to the details on the radio doesn't compare to viewing them. Yet, I was in no hurry to go home. So when my principal asked for staff to remain just incase students had no one to get them, I was among many who volunteered. The PTA provided us with Uncle Bens rice bowls. Fortunately every child was picked up, and none of the ones who walked home returned. When I made it home I turned on the television and was saddened,pained, and yet comforted that despite all the chaos, God provided wisdom to our leaders. In particular, Mayor Guiliani who was a calming force. Later that night I heard planes flying overhead. I live in Long Island about 15 minutes away from JFK airport. One of the news anchors reported that calls had been received regarding the planes, and that the aircrafts were transporting medical personnel. I went to church the following Wednesday night and heard from some who had been in the city. Their accounts were nothing short of harrowing. I just couldn't imagine experiencing what they had encountered. As the first anniversary approaches, my prayer is that families and loved ones will have peace. I imagine that many may not have closure, but I hope that peace will take effect in their hearts and lives....the peace that transcends all understanding. 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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: Mi chiamo Raimondo Roberti. Sono sposato con una ragazza di Brooklyn. Ho visto crescere le due Torri fin dai miei primi viaggi a New York nei primi anni settanta. Adoravo vederle da lontano viaggiando in macchina da New Jersey a Manhattan. A tramonto erano come due grandi lingotti d'oro. Avvolte mi fermavo a guardarle e mi si riempiva il cuore di gioia di fronte a tanta bellezza e magnificenza. Ho adorato l'America e New York - specialmente New York, sin da bambino attraverso i film e la musica. Dopo l'11 Settembre, sento che anche una parte del mio cuore ? finita con quelle due torri e non potete credere quanto dolore provo ancora oggi per tutta quella gente che non c'e pi?. Voglio tornare al pi? presto a New York e pregare a Ground Zero. 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 story8539.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 relive that morning many, many times. I was 11 or 12 weeks pregnant with my first child, at the age of 41, a pregnancy that doctors told me would not happen. Relaxing, watching my usual round of morning talk shows, the news cut to the 1st plane having just hit the North Tower. I turned to my husband and said, "How could the pilot not have seen the World Trade Center?" After the second plane hit, our phone starting ringing, friends who were off-duty flight attendants, family, all in shock. As we live about 12 miles from Manhattan, looking out my kitchen window, we could see the smoke from the Towers. We would see smoke, and smell it, for days to come. As the morning and attacks went on, all we could do was cry. We were bewildered, hurt, scared, helpless. Some friends & family came over to comfort each other. Being a high risk pregnancy, what energy I had went to protecting our unborn child. I couldn't allow myself to fully experience the horror of the attacks. Only now can I cry; I have nightmares of the people trapped inside, of the people who decided their only escape was to jump. Our daughter was born in March of 2002, healthy & full term. For this past year, I cringe when an airplane flies too low over us; it is instinctive. When a news story breaks on TV, our first thoughts are "Is this another attack?" For me, the memories and fear are everywhere. A trip to the Empire State Building means passing the Bomb Squad. Going into a municipal building and having my pocketbook thoroughly searched will never seem routine to me. Although I did not personally lose anyone in the attacks, my heart aches for the families who did. I cry for the victims and their families. Unknowing heroes, may God Bless Them All. 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 story6051.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. 24.90.98.138 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: World Trade Center Attack September 11th 2001, a day that no American could ever forget. A day that felt as thou it was just yesterday. A day that would remain in the history books forever. Many lives were taken, and many hearts were broken. I remember that day as though it was yesterday. It was early in the morning, I was cleaning temporary cement off a patients tooth and I was explaining how her permanent crown should feel. All of a sudden over the radio, Bill Bevens from the station light 98 reported a plane crash. It seems like nothing alarming at first but as his tone in voice altered it made me stop and think twice. I thought to myself why would a plane be flying that low in New York? How could that possibly be an accident? So I shared these comments with my patient and she confirmed that it was an accident and that it was a private plane. I remarked, are you sure, but hopefully, it was not a commercial plane. Then the music progressed as if nothing happened with the occasional interruptions of saying that there was a plane that crashed. By this time I had dismissed my patient and upon my return to clean the room, I had notice that the hygienists had the television turned on channel 12. The horrific picture was unbelievable. They had New Yorkers pointing to the plane stuck in the World Trade Center and exclaiming their account to what may have happened. By this time our whole entire staff was in the break room trying to figure out what might have happen. As more news developed talks of terrorism were in the air. Then out of no where another plane came out of the blue and smashed in the side of the building intentionally. As I stood there I keep telling myself this has got to be a movie or someone?s sick joke of a movie. This can not be possibly happening. I mean not in this age in time, I mean we are America! We are superior to all other countries. Then at 9:40 a.m. the most unimaginable thing happened. The two twin towers collapsed. Not only did this create a gasp, but everyone in the room had tears in their eyes. Immediately, I thought about my dad who lives in the nation?s capital and I darted to the phone. It was so frustrating to dial a number and get a busy signal? It seems like an eternity?. Waiting? waiting?. I could not even imagine the agony and pain friends and family felt waiting to hear if their love one still exists. It turned out that my dad was fine and thank God that he did not decide to take his students on a field trip to the pentagon. A lot of people describe the tragedy of the World Trade Center similar to the feelings of when President Kennedy got assassinated. I now can relate to that incident, I never understood how, or what people meant in other countries by, ?living in fear.? I now felt that I was living in fear and that, ?they,? could attack from anywhere. Not only in the air, not only on land, but by chemical warfare. They could put things in our water; they could put things in our food, or even make us inhale things that were unsafe to humans. The question that still remains is why? And when will this end? 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 story583.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. 2002-05-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.12.102.152 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 son woke me up early in the morning and told me we were attacked. I wasn't quite awake yet and mumbled something like I don't think so. He said a plane hit a building in New York and it was on T.V. I got up, went downstairs and started watching the news. He was right. At first I thought it was an accident but after viewing the video you could tell that the plane purposely headed for the tower. I was dumbfounded. Who would do such a horrible thing! As I watched, a second plane hit the other tower. I was numb. It didn't register with me. Attacked? Well, we are in California away from any attacks I rationalized. We are safe. It was like watching a movie. I rationalized it, denied it was that serious, and went about my day. I felt really sorry for the people on board the two planes but it didn't really register with me until that night when I watched the 11:00 news. Then, reality hit. O my God, I thought. We were attacked and all those poor people were killed. Watching the footage of the buildings collapsing and realizing how many people were trapped and buried alive just tore my heart out. I really started praying for their families, for them, for the workers not only in New York but Washington and for the people on the flight that was taken down. As I watched people being carried out of the rubble of the towers I wept and one year later I still pray and weep for the lives lost or forever changed. My children and I commemorated September 11th by attending a patriotic memorial service in Norco. We honored the firefighters from Norco who went to New York to help, we honored the everyday heros who day in and day out dug through the rubble and meticulously found the dead. We honored our country and prayed prayers of thanksgiving for the United States and honored all who have fallen in service to our country. It was done Norco style with horses and horse drill teams (we are a horse town)and music. Every year my family and I will remember and in honor of our brothers and sisters who were killed, we will do something to help others to make this a better world. We will never forget. Our brothers and sisters did not die in vain and their memory will long be remembered. Sincerely, Donna Mc Quillan 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 story8602.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. 2002-10-30 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.138.135.6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was a very typical day. I was getting ready for work when I recived a phone call from my Uncle. He asked if I knew what was going on and I said "no". He then told me to turn on the TV. At first I couldnt really make out what the burning objects were but as the shot panned out I could tell that they were in fact the "Twin Towers." I didnt know what to think at first I guess I was in shock. I quickly ran upstairs to tell my father what had happend. He was just as, if not more shocked than I was. I had about an hour before I had to be at work and for that whole hour I sat without blinking looking at the TV. Then when I thought that no worse could happen, one of the towers began to fall. I held my breath for what seamed forever as the tower fell to the ground. I turned and looked at my father who had began to cry, having lost his father exactly a year before the attacks and then having this happen must have been overwhelming. Then the second tower fell, at this point I didnt know what to think anymore, "are we going to war?" was the thought that came to mind first. Honestly at this point my emotions turned off and I just stared in shock, it wasnt untill a year later on Septemebr 11th 2002 that I began to look at memorial sites and a sudden rush came over me. The loss of life and all the innocent people who died so needlessly was what hit me first, but after that had passed I beagn to think to myself "I will never see them" I will never get to see the Twin Towers in person, only in books and on web sites will I ever again see those two shimmering towers that seamed to embody all that this nation stood and still stands for. So as I sit today looking at sites about the World Trade Center I decided to write my story, it may not touch any of you in any form or fashon but it is just my story. No personal loss of life, nothing that hits close to home for me personaly but just a story of a man who woke up one morning thinking everything was fine and then turning on the TV only to see history in the making. In the words of my father on that morning of September 11th 2001 "They have awoken a sleeping giant, nothing will ever be the same." 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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. 2003-01-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.146.24.234 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 your experience. I was standing in my kitchen watching "Good Morning America" on T.V. I was watching the smoke coming out of the first tower that was hit when suddenly another plane came into the picture and flew into the second tower. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. For the next hour I couldn't move away from the T.V. Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so tell us how. My everyday life has not really changed but the events of September 11 have made me realize how special and fragile life can be. What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think we should remember all of the everyday people who became heroes in one way or another. We should remember that life can change in a spilt second and make the most of everyday we have. Did you fly an American flag after the events of September 11th? Have your feelings about the American flag changed as a result of September 11th? Yes we did fly the flag after September 11th and we still are. My feelings about the flag have not really changed. I have always been proud of the American flag but I have become more aware of displaying it. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story8817.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. 2002-12-16 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 was in the counselors office trying to gather my thoughts as why i got kick out of my math class, and then i saw it. I saw the WTC on fire. I automatically knew that this was not an accident. How could a plane that huge not see the tallest building in the world! Then it happened the second plane hit. I just told my freind we are under attack,somebody want us gone. I didnt know who it was who did it. I just knew i was terrified. I went to my next class when the professor asked if we knew what happened,minutes later the college had to be evacuated. My college is downtown so it was a lot of traffic. I think i went blank because when i was driving home all i thought a bout was my sister. I ran a red light and the police pulled me over. I was horrid,I almost caused a accident. S he didnt give me a ticket she just told me to calm down. I DIDNT REALIZE HOW BAD THIS WAS UNTIL I GOT HOME TO LEARN THAT THOUSANDS PERISHED IN THIS ACT OF EVIL. I am an American. I kept repeating this in my head. I am free. I am happy. I am thankful to have so many strangers care about my freedom. I just want to thank all of you who are protecting us. AT first i wasnt to fond of the PRESIDENT but now seeing how he is handling things he will get my vote in re-election. ONCE AGAIN 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/. 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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: Our class was sitting in math class on September 11 when our homeroom teacher walked in and told us a tragic event had occured. A plane had flown into one of the World Trade Center building and a little bit later a plane hit the other building. Another plane had hit the Pentegon. We rushed to turn on the TV and watched as both the buildings collapsed into rubble. Several people left the room when the reporters started to talk about war. After school everyone rushed to the gas station to fill up their gas tanks. We sat out the afternoon in front of the TV watching as firemen rushed into the World Trade Center bravely to help save people. And now a year later, I can look back just like it was yesterday and recall what we watched and what was said while we watched the news. Every nighttime show is about the attacks of September 11. Pray for the people that lost loved ones and friends in the attacks, especially the firemen who gave up their lives to save people. 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 story2804.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. 66.156.133.117 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 working and it was announced on the radio about the plane hitting the world trade center. I thought that it was an accident. When they announced on the radio that another plane hit the world trade center I knew it wasn't an accident. We found a TV plugged it in and watched. I was upset and worried about the people that were in the buildings and started to pray that they were alright. 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 story5123.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.188.6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I found out about the attack on the World Trade Center as I was dropping my son of at his daycare. Needless to say, I was in shock and disbelief. I drove to work where we have a laboratory with a 2-story high video wall which was tuned to the live coverage. I will never forget seeing the image of the two buildings against the brilliant blue and cloudless sky, black smoke and flames billowing from the massive destruction. You can imagine my horror when I saw the towers collapse, a burial ground for so many innocent lives - all shown on a 30-ft screen. As a descendant of many men and women who have fought to establish and preserve our freedom since the Revolutionary War, I experienced every emotion that day, all a result of the act of cowards who would try to take that freedom away. Through the strength of the American spirit and the foundation of our beliefs, they failed miserably! I am thankful every day that I live in this wonderful country. I am inspired by the selfless acts of so many who helped to save their fellow American that day - both physically and emotionally - on the ground and in the air - and by those who struggled to recover remains so that the dead could be properly honored. They are true everyday heroes who represent the human spirit and flame of liberty that we so love. I believe that we, as a country, have done our best to honor those lost lives, and it is our duty to ensure that such senseless acts of violence never happen again on our soil. I will work to do my part, including imparting my memories of this day to my son so that he may know and will remember. 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 story6467.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. 165.91.111.211 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 September 11,2001 I was on my way to the court house for a hearing. I left home at 8:40 before I got to the end of my block there was an annocement on V100 our local radio station that there was a tradgic accident with the twin towers. At that time we were under the impression it was an accident. Before I made it to court the second plan hit. At that time we knew something was really wrong and the nation was put on alert. I made my way to court, and into the courtroom. the judge went into recess to find out details. we were evacuated. At 11a.m I also had an interview, so I checked on my son at school and went to the interview. I was hired but once I got home I was amazed to see the damage done to our country. For the next few days I kept my eyes glued to the t.v. Since this has happened we as a country came together and gave honor to GOD as we lifted the names of all lost. Being a christian I have faith that all lost were not in vain but instead opened the eyes of some many to get ready for the time is coming and we dont know the day nor the hour. 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 story4990.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 the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, three-year-old Joshua was watching a movie on our VCR while I relaxed next to him on the couch. I had been babysitting him since he was four months old and I had just started doing daycare in our home. Over the past three years, my five-year-old son Michael and I had grown attached to him. When the movie was over, Joshua went to find some toys, and I stopped and rewound the movie. The receiver on the VCR was tuned to our local ABC affiliate. As I stared at the TV, I thought the burning buildings were in another country. They had to be. I turned to a different channel, just to validate my theory. Wrong. They were here in our beautiful homeland. Just then, the first one collapsed. No surprise to me. I had seen the movie. The integrity of the structure was weakened. Of course it was falling. I called my mom. Together on the quiet phone line, we both watched the second tower fall. I hadn?t been watching the news as long as she had that morning. I wasn?t as shocked as she was. But then, as I listened to the reporters talking, I realized that not everyone in the buildings had made it out before they collapsed. They said that around fifty thousand people were scheduled to be at work in the towers that day. Then they speculated that at least ten thousand people (though now we know it wasn?t that many), maybe more, were still inside the buildings when they collapsed into rubble. Ten thousand people?! At the very moment I was sitting on my couch in my living room, safe and sound, I believed that ten thousand people had died as I watched on TV. I had never been much of a churchgoer. Even when I was a child, Sundays were spent sleeping in, reading the Sunday paper, and watching church on TV. I grew up with Dr. Robert Schuller and Pat Robertson. I did attend Vacation Bible School at my grandparents? church, and a Good News Club at my neighbor?s house. I believed in God. I just didn?t have real strong faith in him. Take the election of 2000, for example. I was so worried that my candidate would not win the election that I made myself ill. I called the 700 Club?s prayer line, and the gal on the other end tried to cheer me up. She said, ?Congratulations, you have now officially worried yourself into a complete frenzy!? She reminded me, however, that God is in control, and she advised me that I ought to find a church with which I can build a stronger foundation of faith. I didn?t end up taking her up on that suggestion. As I watched the people run from the cloud of dust through the streets, I wished I had. But what good would it do to pray now? The damage is done. What can God possibly do now anyway? Michael came home from Kindergarten at noon. I normally shut off the TV at that time anyway so that we can eat lunch. The boys played as I fixed their sandwiches. The images from the TV haunted me as I placed the slices of bread together and got out the chips. I turned on the radio in the kitchen, but shut it off. When the boys sat down to eat, I went into the bathroom and cried. A couple of hours later, as the boys napped, I let the dog outside. What a beautiful day! Sunny, 75 degrees, blue skies, warm breeze. I wondered, ?Is this sky the same one that is over New York, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania?? The neighborhood was quiet; just the songs of the birds and the rustling of the trees. No dogs barking, no loud vehicles, no lawnmowers, no explosions, no sirens, no screaming. I felt ashamed that such violent destruction, death, and horror was just a few hundred miles away, and here I was in my little corner of the land taking in all this beauty. How dare I wallow in my blessings while others were suffering such horrendous losses! Again, I cried. A friend called me and asked me if I wanted to listen in on a conference call on which people were going to pray. I was on this call when my husband, Jeff, came home from his job as a mechanic. He asked me why I was crying. I asked him, ?Do you have any idea how many people died today?? ?A lot... a whole lot,? he replied. He turned on the TV. I couldn?t bear to watch anymore of the news, so I took Michael to the store to get something for dinner. Wednesday morning, one reporter put the grim reality into perspective when she said, ?The sun rose on a different world today.? After a couple of hours, I finally turned off the TV again. I tried to focus on the housework only to break down into tears at the thought of all the families whose moms or dads would never again be home to throw a load of clothes in the wash, prepare another meal, or read another bedtime story. Jeff came home and again turned on the TV. Again I felt the need to leave the house. While I understood that he had been at work all day and was unable to hear all the news, I didn?t want to face it any more that day either. I also didn?t feel that our son should see the burning buildings or hear about all the gruesome details. It was difficult enough to get him to sleep at night without that. When he was two, he had a night terror, and ever since, despite our best efforts to give him a stable and secure bedtime atmosphere, he has always been reluctant to go to sleep alone in his room. My neighbor invited me to go with their family to a prayer service at their church. It got Michael and me out of the house, and I really wanted to feel closer to God. But Michael had a tough time sitting still for the hour-long singing and prayer, so when we got home, I didn?t feel I had gotten anything out of the trip. I was still very sad and anxious, and he was sensing it, too. It was especially difficult to get him to sleep that night. I didn?t pray often, but when I did, I went to our screened-in front porch. I can?t explain it, but I?d always felt closer to God there. The prayers I have said there have always gotten the best answers. Like when I started daycare in our home. I had asked God what I should do, and I got all these ideas about how to structure our home for a bunch of little kids who would have fun playing with toys on the front porch and running around our fenced-in backyard with our son. Then it happened. I had opened up for business, and within a month I had a full house. God must have been right about it! Finally, after Jeff went to bed, I set to work picking up around the house and found myself on the front porch, where most of the toys were. Again I was amazed at how peaceful the night seemed. The breeze was blowing through the screens, the crickets were chirping, and the stars were shining. They were the same stars that shone above Pennsylvania, New York, and Washington DC, where workers fought against time to find anyone who may still be alive. Finally, I prayed. Boy, did I pray. God already knows what is in our hearts, but it never hurts to tell Him anyway. I opened the flood gate to my heart, and out poured a river of fear, helplessness, anxiety, shame, anger, hope and thanks. Through tears and sobs, I told God how scared I was for the world my son is to grow up in, how sad I was for all the people who died and their families, how angry I was at the evil men who attacked us, how I felt we were helpless to stop it from happening again, how I was hopeful that our soldiers, who would surely be sent to find who was responsible, would succeed and be safe, and how I was thankful that I had a life that was so intact when others were destroyed, yet shameful at the same time. I prayed like that for nearly an hour, until I couldn?t think of anything else to tell Him. When I was finished, I closed my eyes. I imagined God standing with His arms open wide. I envisioned myself placing my face on His chest as His arms closed around me. I could feel the love and security of His embrace, almost as if it were really happening. I remembered that feeling from when I was a child, and my daddy would give me the same warm hugs. Then I got up, dried my face, and got to work taking care of my home with a much easier spirit. I began attending that church that my neighbors invited me to, and on October 7, 2001, I was baptized. 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 story10947.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at home on the morning of September 11th. I'd turned on the TV to watch a morning program. The story broke with within minutes. I watched in a semi-numb state as the horror unfolded. The magnitude of the tragedy was obvious. Collapse of parts or all of the buildings crossed my mind. Then, it happened. It was amazing to me that the the number of deaths was not in the tens of thousands, although even 10 deaths would be too many. It wasn't until later that I learned how connected I was to this disaster. Rev. Frank Grogan, of the Order of the Holy Cross, who was a family friend and associate and friend of my uncle Rev. Albert A. Croce, was aboard AA Flight #175, the second plane. I was very saddened by this loss. At age 76, he died too young. He was a vital, energetic, simple, holy, faith-filled priest who was loved by everyone who met him. I soon learned of other connections. Aboard that same plane were the Shearers, a retired couple who'd just moved into their dream home in Dover from nearby Portsmouth, NH. The crash of the AA Flight #11 brought tragedy to the Ford's Landing Condominiums where I live. My neighbor Paul Martin?s sister Karen Ann Martin was a flight attendant in the forward section of AA flight #11 which also carried our fellow Ford's Landing neighbor Douglas Stone, co-founder of Odyssey Press in nearby Gonic, NH. He was a man admired by his partner and employees. In his memory and the memory of all lost on September 11th, his partner and employees built and dedicated an inscribed granite bench and flagpole on company grounds at 8:46 AM on the first anniversary to the minute of the crash of AA Flight 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 story5157.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 were an appraisal management company. As an ex-New Yorker I had no trouble dealing with the appraisers in the North East so I was on the phone with my New York appraiser when we started haveing trouble with the phones. One of my co-workers anounced in a loud voice that a plane had just hit the World Trade Center. (She had been on line and notification had come over the computer) Most of us thought it was a hoax and said "Yeah, right" then the word came that the second tower had been hit. There was total silence and disbelief. People were trying to call family and friends. I tried calling my appraisers in the North East and was unable to get through (the phones were no longer working). Some of us sat in total shocked silence while others cried, some softly and others out loud. A radio was produced and we stood around it listening and holding each other. Many of us had family and friends in New York and Washington. One girl finally got word that her mother who lives in Washington DC was all right. Another got word that an uncle had been hurt at the World Trade Center. His leg had been broken but it was a few days before his family was able to locate him. 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 story4589.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: Well I heard of the attack early that morning after waking up to talk to my mother. She told me to look to the tv and see what was happening. My heart just sank. I knew so many people in New York City and that area. I then glued myself to the tv for as long as i could even remember. Watched CNN untill my eyes couldnt focus on the news running acrossed the bottom of the screen. I had nothing else i could do. I had just had surgery and i was on pain killers so i couldnt give blood. I would have given anything to be there and help. I was told that two people i knew had been killed. I now have reason to doubt that, ive never heard thier names said. And yet ive never gotten a phone call saying "Im alright". So i guess ill never really know. That in itself is haunting and unnerving. I had/have what you call "Survivors guilt". Its haunting. For this California girl, New York City and where dreams come true. And i hope that one day i can go there and see for myself what all has happened and make anew. I will never forget how i felt that day and every day afterwards. And all those people who died that day, from whatever state/country. In whatever state they died. I will never forget... Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story4942.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 11th I was at school. Five minuets before school started,about 7:15, I saw a t.v that was on in a classroom. I saw that one of the towers of the World Trade Center was on fire. The bell rang so I had to go to class. I turned on the t.v in that classroom. Before I even sat back down another plane had hit the second building. I then knew that this was not an accident, it was planned. Throughout the day we were informed that the Pentagon in Washington D.C. was also hit. The Deans and Principal had made announcments informing us what had exactly happened around lunch time. Many students including myself had left school and gone home.Within the next month our school had raised over $5,000 to donate to the familes and victims of the attacks. The tragedy of September 11th had effected my life greatly. Now because of it war is just a regular show on T.V.Even though a year has pasted, America has come together more as a country, but we are still affected by that day! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2639.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 everything on TV all day long. Seemed like it just kept going on and on and on. Still seems that way. It didn't seem real, and I agree, that Hollywood could not have done in the movies what was done to New York City on that day. At first, it wasn't touching me the way it was touching people who had friends and/or relatives die in this tragedy. I later found out that my sister's best friend in New York City was married to one of the firemen that died that day. My sister was maid of honor in their wedding. I also have a friend at work whose best friend of 30 years was on the first plane that crashed into the World Trade Center. This made it personal and the realization of the tragedy finally hit me. There are no words to adequately describe my feelings. This is a tragedy that has touched the lives of every American. This country will never be the same. The word FREEDOM now means so much more than it did before the tragedy. GOD BLESS AMERICA and ALL AMERICANS. 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 story4409.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had been up the majority of the night before with our five week old daughter. My sister-in-law was also on maternity leave at the time. Her daughter was born five days before mine. I remember that the house was always so quiet and boring, the baby slept wonderfully during the day. I would sit in front of the TV all morning with a cup of coffee trying to wake up. I turned on the TV that day and thought that my husband must have been watching some weird channel the night before after I'd gone to bed. What on earth was he watching?! Then I proceded to flip. Every channel was the same. I called my sister-in-law. She didn't believe it. A half an hour later she called back. I can't express the emotion that you feel when you have this little miracle in your arms and you realize that there are people on the planet that have no concept of the value of a human life. I couldn't help but think that those people that were dying right in front of us were babies at one time and their mothers would have just been beside themselves if they had known that something like this could happen to them one day. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story11784.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 still sleeping when the first tower was hit and my boyfriend woke me up by telling me what had happened. It was weird to hear him say the words "Somebody is bombing the World Trade Center." At that time it was still blurry and we weren't really sure what was going on. I remember getting up and looking at the television thinking it wasn't anything and surely there was nothing to really be concerned about. It was a weird kind of shock. I remember going to Wal-Mart later that day and it was empty in there and all of the televisions overhead were replaying the bombing over and over again. It was like a mutual feeling of depression and loss of hope all at once. I haven't liked where our country has gone since then and I think our society is out of control. It disgusts me! 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 story1625.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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