233 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 WAS AT WORK LISTENING TO MY RADIO, LIKE ANY OTHER DAY. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE NEWS BROKE THRU AND TOLD OF THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE HAPPENINGS. I JUST SAT THERE AT MY DESK IN DISBELIEF. I GOT UP AND TOLD MY BOSS, WHO THEN CAME IN TO LISTEN. BEFORE LONG THE WHOLE BUILDING HAD HEARD AND A DEAFENING CAME OVER THE BUILDING. WE ALL GATHERED AROUND A TELEVISION AND WATCHED IN HORROR. TEARS WERE FLOWING AND STILL IN DISBELIEF, SOME JUST COULD NOT CONTINUE THE DAY. WE COMFORTED EACH OTHER AND TALKED TO EACH OTHER. 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 story5159.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 live in Westfield, NJ and take a daily bus into Port Authority Bus Terminal. Every day on the bus I would look at the Manhattan skyline before taking the long turn into the Lincoln Tunnel. That particular morning, I know I had my eyes closed. Although I am big Jets fan, I watched some of the Giants-Broncos game the night before on Monday Night Football. I was napping on the bus when we entered the tunnel about 8:35 AM. I rarely wear a watch and the first thing I do upon entering PA is to look up at the big clocks and see what time it is. I recall that the time that day was 8:46 AM (time the first plane hit). I walked out into the street (a beautiful sunny day) and walked a few blocks to my office. Since I am in the media business, we have CNN on in the lobby at all times. I saw the WTC with a big hole in it on TV and wondered if a small plane had hit it. The pilot must have a stroke or seizure and lost control. My thoughts went back to hearing about a plane once hitting the Empire State Buidling. I suggested to the receptionist that we switch to local NY coverage and I switched the channel. As each employee came into work they were greeted with a "did you see what happened to the WTC". I immediately called my wife and told her to turn on the TV. That was the last phone call I was able to make as the phone lines in NYC became extremely tied up. As my office watched, the 2nd plane hit. This was no longer an accident! I walked over to 5th Ave. and 39th street and you could see everyone on 5th Ave. looking down the street (about 3 miles) at both WTC Towers burning. It was at this point that I thought one of them was starting to lean. Could it topple over? We went back to the office and seconds later, the first tower collapsed. I went back to my desk and began getting e-mails from friends and relatives. I told them to call my wife. She had already gone up to my sons school to organize everyone to say the holy rosary. The word on the news was that NYC was being closed. No way in and no way out. Being in Times Square area, I thought we might be a target. Eventually, we hard that Penn Station was opening up in the afternoon. By this time bomb scares were being called in all over the city. NYC had turned into a war-zone! I managed to get a train back to NJ at 2 PM. A few of the passengers wore looks on their faces like theyhad seen hell and the dust and grime on their clothes indicated that they were a lot closer to the scene than I was. I got home and was greeted by my wife and kids. Each person that got off the train had someone waiting for them with a warm embrace. After watching more of the coverage by myself on TV I decided to take the kids to apark down the block. You could smell the burning jet fuel in the air. Turns out I only knew of 2 people that died that day in the towers. One guy from Cantor was the catcher on my little league team when I was 12 years old and one guy was a husband of a former co-worker. It was his first day on the job at work. To this day, I have not gone near the site, but I still see the skyline every morning and see the obvious void in downtown where the towers once stood proudly. 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 story1545.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. 2002-08-29 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.80.17.228 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: I started my day with a ride to school. My Dad had the radio tuned to 1070 am. That is how I received the dreadful news. I hadn't realized the importance. They told of planes crashing into our World Trade Center. Being a pilot myself, I knew that this person might have had an engine faliure or steering problems. I never thought that someone would have done something so horrible on purpose. When I saw on the television from my second period class what had happened, I finally realized the magnitude of the problem. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw people jumping out of the buildings falling many stories to their death. Then there were the other commercial airlines which crashed to the ground. These events are very disturbing. This is when our whole nation rose together in a more uniting bond. This might be the best thing that has come from such a tragic event that has happened in the history of the United States of 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 story8352.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 that day I took my daughter to pre-school and when I came home I turned on the television to the news. I don't usually watch the news in the morning but I just felt like watching that morning. Right away the vision of the twin towers smoking was in front of me. Only the first tower was hit at this time and I watched with my mouth dropped open as another plane flew into the other tower. I ran to my younger sister's room to wake her. I went downstairs to my roomate and told her to turn on the tv downstairs. We had 2 tv's turned to different news channels. Then we all watched as the third plane went into the Pentagon. I got ready for work and listened on the radio. It was rumored that a plane had been hijacked from Dallas Texas. All the way to work I was worried that plane was headed to Amarillo. At first I thought "Why would they crash a plane in Amarillo?" but then a co-worker reminded me of the nuclear disassembly plant Pantex that is just outside Amarillo. I knew people that worked there and always in the back of your mind you think Pantex will blow up and I'm not with my daughter! At lunch I went home and ran to my daughter and hugged her. By this time the damage was done, we continued to hear of the towers and other buildings being unstable and collapsing, but air traffic was shut down so I went back to work listening to the radio hearing about the damage done and the estimates of the lives lost. I put my American flag sticker like many other Americans and tried to calm my fears so that I can calm my daughter's fears. It has now been a year. I took my daughter to kindergarten and came back home to get ready for work. With the funny feeling in my stomach I turned the tv on to the news and watched the memorials. Now we have a new baby in the house, my nephew is 3 months old. As the National Anthem was sung at the Pentagon I held him with his little hand across his chest and sang the song to him. And just like last year listened to the radio on the way to work and cried. 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 story6468.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. 209.40.182.76 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: Well first I would like to say that I hope that what I am going to express isn't going to offend anyone. I hope that some can relate and understand while I am sure others will just be upset. I was at work when the September 11th incident occurred. I was listening to my radio at my desk when I heard what had happened. I was very startled by the whole thing and very very hurt to see those that have lost loved ones. I can not imagine the pain that they have and will continue to go through. Now though I said that I was hurt, I was also very upset with the fact that it had happened in the first place. Now if there were prior threats then our country should have been on alert regardless of whether they thought someone was bluffing. Our country is the home of the free, but sometimes we are al little too free to some that come in from other countries. Not that I don't welcome people from all nationalities I am just referring to those that are guilty (you know who you are) of terrorism. Secondly, I would like to also say that everyone knows what the nationalities of those that performed the acts of terrorism on September 11th, but We (African Americans) are looked at as if We are the ones that do all this damage to our country. All that We are trying to do is raise families, work, love, and have a good time because as all of you can see Life Is Too Short not to live it to the fullest. I hope that a lesson was taught about Us minorities. We are not here to wreck and destroy our country, We are here to live just like everyone else. We want to have good things and know good people. We are not all bad. Some of us are decent people. I hope that those that have endured a tremendous amount of sorrow can take it easy and live life as you would if you had your loved ones still near. Because if you think about they are still here, in your heart, in your thoughts, in your presence. I hope that those who are offended can forgive me one day for expressing myself. But I just believe that we need to all come together and live as one. As far as I am concerned we have no color, we should have each other. God bless every one of you and 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/. 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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 Story I woke-up that morning as usual, but I was very excited, because I was twelve that day. My birthday, September 11th. I went to school, where my friends and I celebrated until classes started. I went to language arts, then to reading, lunch, and finally to social studies. Only one more class after this one, I thought. In reading we had gotten an anouncement on the intercom. Our principal told the teachers not to let the children know any recent information...which didn't help, because of course we kids began to pester the teachers! In social studies our teacher turned on the television and let us watch. The first scene was of the Twin Towers with smoke billowing from one of them. There was a news flash, and the second plane had struck, killing thousands more.I felt like crying, all of those lives gone, because...? There were no explanations. And on my birthday too! Now, years later, I am so proud of my country for finally capturing Saddam and I am proud of all of those soldiers for fighting, risking their lives for their country. I could never be so brave. Land of the free, home of the brave...America.Many of the brave are gone now...but they will not be forgotten. They and their families are in my prayers...as well as the people overseas in Iraq. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was one of the lucky ones. I live in Colorado and was not directly impacted by the gut-wrenching attrocities of 9/11/01. I was watching the ABC morning TV show, Good Morning America. They mentioned that a plane had flown into the World Trade Center. Moments later, they showed footage of another plane hitting the second tower. I could not believe my eyes! I had just had minor heart surgery 4 days prior, on 9/7/01. Being on medication and feeling rather tired, I went to bed for a nap (my God how fortunate... a nap!) just in time to watch the horrible sight of the first tower coming down, then the second. I awoke my 23 year old son and told him that he had to see this... it was surrealistic and it was history. It wasn't until later that afternoon when I awoke that I began to realize the full impact of the day. I thought of the lives that were wasted, the damage that was done and the families that had been destroyed. Being a history buff, I immediately drew a parallel to Pearl Harbor... the terrible devastation of both days by sneak attacks. I felt sick inside for those poor people lost... and for their families and friends. To this day, I do not feel justice has been served. I do not believe we have punished the leaders of this terrible attack. I only hope and pray that, as we did in the 1940's after the Pearl Harbor attack, we decisively win this war on terrorism. The lives wasted and families destroyed on 9/11/01, at a minimum, deserve justice. God bless our country, our leaders, those lost and their families and loved ones. 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 story5417.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 woke up that morning, getting ready for school; took a shower, ate, and left the house. It was around 7:15 when I arrived at school. As i walked to my locker, I heard a couple people talkin about some plane crash. I got my books, putting behind what i heard and headed for first period. When the bell rang to begin class, I had already taken my seat and began to rest. The voice of the teacher woke me from my drowzy state. He started talking about not having to do any classwork today and that we were to watch CNN. I was glad to know that we were to only watch T.V. all period. The teacher switched the T.V. on and flipped to CNN. I fixed all my attention on the T.V. screen I saw the most disturbing footage I've ever seen. Planes had crashed into the WTC buildings just about an hour before. I was shocked to see this, knowing that it was really happening. For the rest of the period, my eyes were only on the screen, watching the this phanominon. All my periods that day were of just watching CNN. Friends and other students were all talking about it. It was on everyone's mind. Days past, and still mention of what had happened in New York was present. It was broadcasted and replayed over and over, making me somewhat annoyed. My heart went out to all those who had been victims of the destruction, and I prayed for them. I felt lucky to be on the other side of the country, lucky to be safe then. But i will never forget. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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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: The day started off for me just like any other day. I got my kids, John, Michael, Richard and Rose ready for school and dropped my husband, Juan off at the Metro station in Dunn Lorring. It was a gorgeous morning. The signs of autumn were in the air and summer was slowly slipping away. I wanted to get a head start on my day so I decided to go into work a little early. I arrived about 8:45 and said my normal cheering "hello's" and "good mornings" unaware that something terrible had just happened. Within minutes all hell broke loose. Karen, one of my supervisors, informed us that a plane had flown into one of the towers. I was in the stock room in the back of the store with another supervisor, Sue. I was shocked. I remember saying, "It has to be an accident." Sue said, "I hope it's not terrorist again." Moments later we heard of the second plane hitting the other tower. At that point we had all gathered in the frame shop. We were all stunned. This was definitely no accident. Lou, one of our ladies in the floral department, was openly weeping. One of her nieces worked in the twin towers. I just felt sick to my stomach. Everything was just so unreal. The phone didn't ring once and it left us with an eerie silence. I was in a state of denial. Then the third plane went into the Pentagon. Juan worked in Old Town Alexandria and he could see the smoke from the Pentagon when he looked out his office window. He called me and said he was coming home and I needed to do the same. He just wanted all of us to be together. Jean-Pierre, one of my co-workers was frantic. His wife works in the Naval Research building and they all were locked down. No one was allowed to go in or out. He had no idea if he'd be seeing her anytime soon. I drove home as calmly as I could to find my huband waiting impatiently for me. We picked up Richard and Rose first. The school had been secured and you were only allowed into the building if you were a parent picking up a child. Rose (8 years old at the time) didn't understand why everyone was leaving and Richard (10 at the time) was quiet as usual. We then proceeded to pick up John and Michael (14 & 12). Apparently everyone wanted to be home safe and with family. The roads were full of cars as if it were rush hour and not 10:00 o'clock in the morning. John was affected the most. He was old enough to understand that our life had been forever changed. When we got home, Juan sat us down and he spoke to the children and explained that some very bad people had done something terrible and he just wanted all of us to be together where we were all safe. We tried not to watch the news constantly because it was just too much to take in. Michael asked very few questions and when he did, it was for the comfort of information. John, however, was glued to the television. He had to know because that was his solace. Sleep didn't come easily for us that night. I remember checking in on John at 10:30pm and reminding him no to stay up much longer. He shut the tv off a short while later, but I could hear him tossing and turning all night. Although this happened a year ago, it's still so fresh in my mind. We were stripped of our innocence and all I can hope for is that we are better people because of 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 story3141.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. 68.5.199.11 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 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 from Holland but on Sept 11, we were ALL attacked, I guess. I couldn't have been in a stranger place. My girlfriend, another friend and myself were in the Andes in Peru at the time. On the very early morning of Sept 11, we left the village of Chivay in a rambling little bus for a 2+ hour ride to the Colca Canyon, which is a renowned spot for condor watching. We had a marvellous time. This was truly the high point of our 3-week trip. The weather was gorgeous, though cold, as it was very high in the mountains. I remember little clouds which looked most strange, no doubt due to the high altitude. From way below in the gorge, the condors came until at a little after 8am they were flying straight over us. This was 9am NYC time, i.e. around the time when the tragedy unfolded. About half an hour later after having been at the Canyon for about an hour, we had left the spot and came in a very small village where a passenger of another small bus had heard something on a very unclear radio. A world disaster was taking place in New York. What we heard was so odd we couldn't believe it - 8 (!) planes crashed on New York, a million (!) people wounded or dead. What the hell was going on? We did not have a radio ourselves and in dead silence our bus travelled back to Chivay where 2 hours later we were to have lunch. I had this sick feeling in my stomach. The air was like lead. We were all so anxious so know what had happened. Back in Chivay, opposite our little restaurant there was a market and one of the stalls sold TV's. They were all on. Everyone huddled around the stall to see what I think was Spanish CNN. I couldn't understand what was said but the images were clear enough. Unbelievable - even though the initial report WE had heard wasn't quite true. The towers (where my girlfriend and myself had been to just 6 months earlier) had only just collapsed. Everyone was stunned, staring open mouthed at the TV in that tiny Peruvian village. Some in our little group were crying. I realized that whatever would happen next, we would be relatively safe where we are. A thousand thoughts flash through your head at such a time and at such a strange place. Another long busride later saw us arriving in the bigger city of Arequipa early in the evening. By then we had a hotel room with TV and access to CNN and we were glued to the thing all night. It was only then that we learnt of the Pentagon crash and the 4th plane having come down. Needless to say in the days afterwards I was a steady customer to Peruvian internet cafes to check on news. Peru was like another world where it had an impact, but not that huge. Whereas we were absolutely dying for news. It wasn't until we got back and saw all the images proper that everything really sunk in. In october we had planned to go back to New York (we LOVED the city) - my girlfriend, myself and my mother - as a present to the latter after a rough time following my Dad's passing. We were to book this the week after we returned from Peru. Needless to say this never happened. I cherish the memories of the times we were there (October 1998 and March 2001). I cherish the pics taken from the top of the WTC, and the view I had from my hotel in I think Canal Street (thankfully preserved on pics too). What a waste. Koen The Netherlands 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 story1535.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 for the Arlington County Police Department on 9/11. I had been running late for work (hem of my dress needed some quick needlework), and I remember standing in the bathroom doing my makeup when the first plane hit. I thought nothing about it other than an unfortunate accident, and went about finishing getting ready. As I was heading out the door, I reached to turn off the TV as the second plane hit. That caused me to leave the TV on and reach for the phone, calling one of my co-workers at the PD. I told them to head into my office and turn on the TV. By the time I arrived 10 minutes later, there were 8 people in my office watching the coverage. 35 minutes later, another co-worker came into our office and stated he had just watched a plane hit the Pentagon. He had to repeat what he said before we all ran out of my office to his desk to look out across Ft Myer to the black plume of smoke rising on the other side. That moment in time is burned in my memory...I remember who was standing next to me and just what the dispatcher was saying. After taking 15 seconds to let it all sink in, everyone grabbed what they needed from their desk and ran to get to the scene. I headed to find anyone in the command staff...our Chief was in New York, another Deputy Chief was on vacation in Florida and another was on his way to Richmond. I found the one remaining Chief and told him whatg had happened, then went to go track down MY boss, whom I caught as he was heading out the door to play a round of golf. (He had not turned on the TV). The rest of the day was a blur of activity. A former co-worker came and helped me handle media inquiries, the only way to communicate with the outside world was e-mail. I spent that first day at the PD doing my job, and then spent the next 2 weeks in the South Parking Lot of the Pentagon facility. I will never forget standing infront of the impact sight, seeing the damage with a piece of landing gear behind me and pieces of plane fuselage laying on the ground around me. And the smells of jet fuel and fire and death. While we did our job and helped who we could, it was hard for me to fathom what happened in NYC at the WTC. It took me two years to get to Ground Zero, and when I got there, it was just mind numbing to look around and realise just how lucky, in the grand scheme of things, we were. As a result of my work with the attacks, I have chosen a career in Domestic Preparedness. I use what I learned as a result of the attacks to try and help the first responders in communities across the country make sure they are as prepared as they can be for a disaster, whether it be natural, or the result of a terrorist attack. 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 story20694.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: Last year at September 11, I was in Korea. I was just watching TV when our Korean news suddenly switched to CNN. As it showed the first building get hit, I thought it was a movie or a play going on, because it was unbelieveable. Then when I realized what it is, I was shocked with horror. Everybody just froze, nothing able to say. As the second building got hit again, I got angry. How could something happen to people? It was so sympathetic seeing people throwing themselves of the building. I had been to the World Trade Center a lot of times, even on the roof. So it made me able to feel how it may be up there. As Pentagon was attacked again, I was praying to stop these disasters, let it be dream. But it was too true. After it happened, I listened to the radio day by day, hearing these very sad stories of the people who died, and their families and friends. As I recall my memory, I still remember it was too shocking. This terrorism was shown live in all countries, including Korea. This was a very sad mark in human history, and I hope it never happens again. I am really sorry for the people who died at September 11th, 2001. 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 story5299.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: the first news i heard was thata plane lost control and hit the north tower.they thought it may have been a highjacking. i then learned after it was.when it hit the second tower.this lady jerri i work with she was upset. she wanted to make sure her sister was ok. i later found out she was.this other lady i work with,then called the stations that had live reports being this shown on tv we could not see it.i then heard her say the first tower collapsed and many people were trapped calling from their cell phonesand then few minutes later the second tower collapsed. i needed to calm down feelings were going through me of deep concern, i was so bad they were going to send me home.i then called my mom and told her the news.by then i felt better.but my prayers were with those people.by then the american flag had meant so much more then stars and stripes.it upheld it's true meaning that day. 9/11/01 will live on and the lesson from it will never fade.god bless america! 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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'S A DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET! I HAD AWAKEN EARLY WITH MY NEWBORN SON WHO HAD BEEN BORN ON JUNE 19TH. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT I HAD BEEN WATCHING ON TV BUT MY PHONE STARTED RINGING AND IT WAS MY HUSBAND TELLING ME TO TURN THE TV TO THE NEWS THAT A PLANE HAD JUST CRASHED INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER!! I HURRIED TO TURN TO THE NEWS AND THEY WERE BROADCASTING THAT A PLANE HAD CRASHED BUT AT THE PRESENT TIME THEY THOUGHT IT TO BE JUST AN ACCIDENT. THE NEXT THING I KNEW TO MY AMAZEMENT WAS TO SEE THE SECOND PLANE CRASH INTO THE OTHER TOWER!! I WAS IN TOTAL SHOCK AND AS THE HORROR UNFOLDED WITH THE PENTAGON AND THE PLANE CRASHING IN PA. REPORTERS STARTED SAYING IT WAS THE ACT OF TERRORIST! I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT BUT I COULD NOT TEAR MY EYES AWAY FROM THE TV!! AS THEY STARTED REPORTING PEOPLE JUMPING FROM ALL FLOORS OF THE WTC AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE STILL MISSING AFTER THE DUST SETTLED ALL I COULD DO WAS SIT AND CRY FEELING HOPELESS AND VUNERABLE AND WONDERING "WHO'S NEXT?" NOW AS WE MARK THE 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THAT SOULESS ACT I AM THANKFUL THAT I HAVE MY FAMILY BUT I AM SCREAMING INSIDE FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED OR WENT THRU THEIR MINDS AS THE EVENTS UNFOLDED. GOD CREATED ALL MEN EQUAL SO WHY DO THESE TERRORIST WANT TO KILL ALL MAN KIND? READING OFF THE NAMES OF THE DEAD AND THOSE MISSING FROM THESE ATTACKS PUTS ALOT OF QUESTIONS TO MIND AND JUST GOES TO SHOW ME THEY (THE TERRORIST) HAVE NO SOULS. IT ALSO MAKES ME WONDER IF THIS IS THE END OF THE WORLD? IS THIS GOD'S FORTHCOMING? WILL WE END IN JUDGEMENT WITH WAR? I WASN'T GOING TO CHURCH UNTIL RECENTLY AND NOW I PRAY TO GOD EVERYDAY. I PRAY FOR THE VICTIMS, THEIR FAMILIES, FOR MY FAMILY, AND FOR MY SINS SO I KNOW WHERE MY PLACE WILL BE WHEN THAT TIME COMES!! 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 story5690.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I am 6th generation from the NYC area. I lived in Staten Island for 36 years. I spent much time downtown as a child. I remember the towers being built; people we knew worked on them. One foreman snuck us while they were under construction. I worked in #7 for a while. I worked downtown for 17 years. I had my first cup of coffee in my cousin's office in WTC #2. When Chase and Chemical merged we had huge parties in the plaza by the sphere. Thousands of people. It was incredible. And of course you always took out of town visitors to Windows on the World. On 9/11/01 I was making some deliveries before going to my job. I heard the first report on the radio. I went home and saw what was going on on TV. I started to cry. Stunned, I still went to work. People were in conference rooms watching the TVs. People were asking me what certain terms, buildings and other NYC details were. It was strange and horrible to see all that was familiar to me coming down or covered in smoke. Within 72 hours I heard from all of my friends and former co workers in NYC including one fireman who was early to the scene. And also from a friend in the reserves who had been called up. Their stories were horrible. Some e mailed pictures. I cried and cried. Luckily all of my friends were ok. I was sure I was going to lose someone that day but I didn't. I went back in April 2002. I met up with friends who told even more horrific stories than before. I was walking up Wall Street to Broadway and when I turned onto Broadway I was overwhelmed by their abscence. Not seeing what I knew I would not see was unbearable. I just started crying. It was harding turning that corner than it was being on the platform. More shocking. I took a picture of the sphere in battery park. I have it in my office. Such a reminder in such a pretty little park. The flowering trees are blooming in the background. The sphere near which, formerly my co workers and I celebrated. Nannette Colorado Springs, CO 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 story1335.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: A co-worker and I were on our way to Madison,Wisconsin from Milwaukee to attend a meeting for work. It usually takes an hour and half to get to Madison. So my co-worker and I were talking for most of the ride. As we turn to take the main throughfare to get to the capitol we turned on our favorite radio station. As we were listening to the morning disk jockeys talking with their sports person he stated "Oh my god a plane hit the world trade center". At first our reaction was in disbelief and we thought they were joking. Then the disk jockeys apparently had witnessed it on t.v. and confirmed what the sports man had said. So I instantly picked up my cell phone and called my husband who was at work and he confirmed the story also. When we reached our final destination for the meeting, we went straight to the cafetiria and witnessed the first tower being hit. I was instantly paralyzed. Then fear set in. My 3 children were in school back home in West Milwaukee and I am 70miles away from them. We then proceeded to our meeting room and sat down. The president of our company sat down next to us and told us that the second trade tower was hit and that there were planes headed for Washinton D.C. She also stated that if we wished to return home we could do so. We called all our managers and put them on alert to watch for job sites closing and that our clients may be coming home. Then as we left the building the state capitol was shutting down. Even more fear was setting in and the reality of the United States being under attack was for real. On our ride home our ears were glued to radio just listening to the horror taking place. Mid way home I contacted the school and asked if they were releasing the children home. They did not. When I returned home my co-worker and I starred at the t.v. for hours. Then my husband and children returned. We cried, yelled and prayed. We did everything our president asked. We were so exhausted as if we just found out our loved ones had just passed. Time did not seem to end. For weeks I and my family mourned for all the loss. My 7year old son informed me that he was going to join the air force. He was going to shoot the bad planes. Our hearts and souls mourned that day. Every emotion a person could feel I felt that day. Ann M. Wiese West Milwaukee, Wisconsin Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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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 driving my son to a doctor's appointment, listening to the radio, and trying to figure out exactly what was going on in New York when the news of the attack on the Pentagon broke. I knew we were at war, something I don't think people my age had ever felt. Sure, some of us sent brothers to Vietnam, and we went off to elementary school listening to reports of carnage in a faraway land, but we'd not been at war as our parents were. I know I'd never felt apprehensive about the safety of myself, my family, or my nation in the way I did that morning. By the time I got home my husband, who'd been working in a federal building near DC was home. I didn't know how worried I'd been until I realized how relieved I was to see him. We watched the news in disbelief. The only real memory I have of the news coverage, other than the crashes and collapses which seemed to be rerun every few minutes, is of a young black man in camo who stood before a makeshift memorial with a flag draped around his shoulders. He was crying and saying over and over.."Send me Lord, send me, please send me". On a day when heroes had died in quantity, he was willing to step up and be next. I've not really been frightened since. None of us are in this alone. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11, 2003 I was home with my husband and children. My husband was waiting for his brother to come to our house so they could go to Cleveland for the day. My two children ( then 1 and 3)were watching the disney channel. My brother in law came running in to our house asking if we saw it. It!!! What was it? " A plane hit the trade tower in Ny". He has to be mistaken. Why would a plane hit the towers. We turned on the T.V to see it. I had been to New York City 8 times and had taken Video from the Trade Towers I thought how stupid for a plane to not see the towers. Then as we were watching we saw on T.V a plane hitting the tower. How could this be I thought. Was this planned since they already had video of the plane hitting the tower. Then it hit not only me but everyone in the room the other tower was what just got hit. Again, how could this be. Why was the airport directing planes into the Trade Towers. Never thinking that we were under attack. For the remaing time that the towers were standing we were glued. Then the pentagon. Then we got the call that a plane went down in Somerset Pa. What is going on. As the towers crumbled to the ground I cried. Did everyone get out? As reports were coming in and watching the aftermath a cold numb feeling took over all of us in my house. This doesn't happen here not in the USA. Maybe over seas but not here. How could this of happened. I remember holding my children and my husband and not wanting to let go. Everytime they played a part of the planes hitting or the towers falling I wept harder. Thinking of how it was a beautiful morning the blue skies the comfortable temperature. And then that happened. Those people on the planes the towers the pentagon the last thing they may of seen was the beautiful New york City Sky Line, or the busy streets of D.C or the rolling hills of fall trees in somerset. These people when they woke up on the 11th didn't know this was the last moring for them. Last time they would kiss a loved one, send their child or children off to school or respond to their last call. To this day when I think of that I get a not in my stomach. The night of the 11th when I finally could go to bed. I sat and watched my children sleep for hours. Thinking "How in a matter of minutes the safe world I thought we had for them was no more." Early on the 12 my husband and I were awoke from the sound of low flying fighter planes going over our house. I was 29 years old and I never felt unsafe in america till I heard those sounds. It felt as though my freedom was gone and we were the captive. As the days months and years have past the anger and disblief are still there but not as strong as before. Wounds have mended the best they can only time and mend the memories. God bless all who parished in the 9/11 attacks and their families that were left behind. 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 story10891.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 on my to work and i just couldn't believe what i was hearing. I thought i still in my morning sleep mode. By the time i got to work, it was pretty chaotic. All of my co-workers had their radios on and were checking the web for more information. I was just numb that day and for a week just cried for us all. Then, when they were asking for help in any for possible my partner and i figured we had to do something. I couldn't think of anything for a few days. Then it hit me, we started a drive for supplies for the rescue dogs at our workplace. We collected bowls, eyewash, booties for the dogs feet, brushes, treats, and ended up sending three boxes of supplies weighing in at about 75lbs total. the delivery service waived the shipping fee and sent them all at no cost. It was our way to lend a hand even if we couldn't be in NY. thanks, toni and jennifer mitchell. 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 story4847.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 day of September 11, 2001 I was in second period Social Studies. I remember my teacher getting a call and leaving the room. A little while later she came back in and she was cry. Everyone was asking what was wrong and she told us that her husbands friend was in one of the WTC. She didn't exactly tell us that they had been hit by a plane. My teahcer had left again and came back in and said that we were going to the Science room. As we walked in people were watching t.v. I sat down and just looked at the t.v. and was very shocked. I couldn't believe what has happening. We stayed in the Science room for a while. Then as we went to every other class we just sat and watched t.v. A lot of the kids in my school where crying because there family members had been in the towers. Some of the kids had family members die. I remember the pricipal come on the anouncements and say that all after school activities had been cancled. For the rest fo the day I watched t.v. and thought how could they do this to us. The next day at school when the morning anouncments came on everyone had a moment of silence to remember what had happened. The principle talked for a while about what had happened and if anyone need someone to talk to there would be people to talk to about what had happened. The next few days after it had happened my school had a blood drive and I remember all the younger kids trying to give blood and I wanted too but we were not allowed. Everyday for a while after September 11th we had a day that we wore something in memory of September 11th and every where we went around where I lived you could see flags around on people's houses. A few miles away from where I live they built a big pole and put a big flag up to remember September 11th. On one of our school walls kids painted firefighters picking up a flag. I will never forget September 11, 2001. 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 story8992.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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