234 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: My name is Beverly Williams. On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I had just walked into my supervisor's office to sign in for the day. New Orleans is one hour earlier than New York, so it was 7:46 a.m., New Orleans time when the first plane hit. My supervisor had the radio on, and the first reports were coming over that an airplane had just hit the World Trade Center. I turned to look at my supervisor and said "What did they just say?" He confirmed what we both had heard. But at the moment, neither of us knew what had really happened. I made some comment that some nut must have flew a small plane into the tower and killed himself. I figured the Towers could certainly withstand the impact of such a plane. I turned to walk out, not even giving it a second thought. I went into my office, and started my work day. Shortly thereafter, I heard some of my co-workers running down the hallway screaming that the Pentagon was under attack, and that they thought it had been bombed!! I didn't connect it right away about the plane and the Tower, but I remember saying to myself, "if the Pentagon's been bombed, we must be at war." That really shook me. Then, someone else ran up to tell us that another airplane had struck the second Tower. We all looked at each other trying to process all of this. Someone even said they thought it was all a prank, some television stunt or something. No one wanted to believe it was true. Then, more information was being passed, person-to-person; and, we were told the television was on in our Administrator's office, and in the second-floor conference room. Our worst fears were confirmed, and then we knew it was real. But, it still didn't feel real. We were sitting there, glued to the television sets, but not really believing what we saw unfolding before our very eyes. There was litle work being done. Most of us stayed by the television sets most of the day, feeling more helpless and hopeless with each passing minute. I remember that sick feeling I felt in the pit of my stomach when the first Tower started to go down. "Incredulous," I said, "it just imploded, like somebody set off an explosive charge to take down a vacant building!" But it wasn't a vacant building. I knew in my heart that there were still people trying to get out of there. I tried to imagine what they must be going through, but it just didn't compute. I felt an even bigger knot in my stomach when the second Tower did the same. I couldn't imagine someone thinking that God wanted them to do this dastardly, cowardly deed. Afterall, any God worth serving would be certainly able to take care of his own business himself, and not trust it to any man! How wickedly self-serving of them to think that they could so speak for Him?!! I was appalled, hurt, angry and outraged all at once! But in the end, all I could do was pray. Pray for the unsuspecting victims who woke up that day thinking it was just going to be another average day. I also prayed for their family members and friends who never once thought that the last time they saw or spoke to their loved one was really their last. I also prayed for the rest of us that we would be strong enough to see them through their pain and utter despair. And I prayed that the people who did this can one day understand that they did a terrible, terrible thing. I continue to pray for us 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 story6002.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. 64.12.96.8 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 the day that we got attacked, I was starting my first day of school. When I first heard about this awful tradegy, all I could think of is trying to get a hold of my brother Ed who works so close to the Pentagon. I was very worried about him. All the phone lines were tied up and could never get a hold of him. After school, driving home, I turned on my radio and listened in horror as people in New York and Washington DC were having they lives shattered! I felt so selfish because all I was worrying about was my brother in D.C when all these other familes were wondering if their loved ones were ever coming back or not. The not knowing is the scariest thing in the human mind! As soon as I reached my mother and father-in-law's house, the first question out of my mouth was "Have you heard from Ed?" He said "yes"! I breathed a sigh of relief. I then went home and my husband told me same thing that I have been hearing all day. I tried fruitlessly to donate blood or to get ahold of my brother. This day is hitting me harder because, I realize now how selfish I was just to think of myself about worrying about another family member when there where thousands of people that were going to have to live the realization that their loved ones were never coming home. 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 story4068.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. 63.212.144.230 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 attending, well still am at this point, Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. I was going about the same routine of getting ready to go to class. I was eating breakfast while watching The Today Show on NBC and I saw what had happened. I was shocked. The information available was still sketchy, so no one really knew what was going on. I watched the news unfold:someone had flown a plane into the World Trade Center Towers. How could this happen? After I finished eating breakfast I returned to my room to finish getting dressed for the day. When I returned to the t.v. to see if anything else happened, the other trade center had been hit. In the course of about 10 minutes another building had been hit. The last thing that I wanted to do at this time was go to school, and I dont think that I did. I wanted to watch the news to see what was really going on. Being a history majoy, it occured to me that someday I might be teaching this exact incident to students 20 years from now. The attack dominated the news for weeks. And still there are concerns of what is really going to happen. 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 story437.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. 2002-04-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 134.250.3.9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just pulled into my parking space at work , when I heard on the radio that a plane just crash into the WTC tower. I thought that this has to be a joke. Then the radio anouncer said this is not a joke. before I could get out of my car the announcer in shock said a second plane just hit the second tower. Itwas so unbeleivable . My brother worked 2 blocks from the WTC . We thought we had lost him, but something made stay home that day . We're not sure what just a feeling that he had. We were so happy to hear from him later that day. But still so devastated for all those people. I just kept thinking why did this happen. We will never be the same. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2749.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. 66.54.184.41 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: For my story and song, please go here: http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/2610/2610399.html 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 story1768.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-05 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.45.141.78 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 woke up on September 11th at 5:50 AM. at six that morning I was supposed to call the hospital and find out if they had a room for me. I was pregnant and my original due date was Sep. 4th. I was scheduled to be induced on the 11th. When I was finally able to get to the hospital it was around three that afternoon. My daughter was born at 8:16PM that evening. I watched the horrible destruction of New York and the Pentagon on TV the entire day. It was a strange feeling having something so wonderful and so precious occur on such a dark day for America. My daughter was the bright spot born on a day when pure evil destroyed so many lives and changed us all forever. God is good, and he is faithful. We as a nation need to turn our hearts to him. He gives us strength,and peace, and hope. 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 story6429.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. 67.242.5.66 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: The sharp shrill of a telephone ring startled me out of bed. ?Hello?? I said vaguely, half asleep. It was my dad. ?Hey, turn on the news. Something really horrible just happened. Check it out find out about some of the details.? I immediately snapped on the TV. I saw huge clouds of bellowing smoke rising from the World Trade Center. My first thought was why in the world was one of the Twin Towers emitting smoke? Was there a fire? Then there was the report that a massive commercial jet full of passengers hit the World Trade Center. Then my next thought was: what went wrong with the airplane?s positioning and communication systems. Then I went to school, mulling over what I had just saw. This seemed so impossible and surreal that the massive impact of the events didn?t hit me until after watching the constantly repeating video clip of the jet flying directly into the side of the trade center for the umpteenth time. To me, when I visited New York 10 months prior, the colossal Twin Tower seemed to steady and strong. They were the last things I thought could possibly topple down and become a pile of rubble. The day I had anticipated to be a normal school day, had turned into some dream or fantasy that required some time to digest just to justify its mere existence. 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 story8309.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. 2002-10-02 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.79.81.234 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: I am just a teenager in a quiet town in Arkansas. I was in my first hour class listening to my teacher tell his dumb hunting and snake stories.then all of a sudden my pricipal came up to my class and told my teacher to turn on the T.V. so he did and just then i saw a plane go through the first tower and the people were screaming and it scared me really bad then it was time to change classes which was science and while we were switching all of my friends came up to me and were asking what happened and then I could not take it any more I had to call my real mom that I have not talked to in a while and she came and got me because I was in tears and I just kept asking GOD why and now I relize I should not blame everything on him cause he did not do it the terrorist did and I feel very bad for all of you guys loved ones who died and just to let you know you are in my thoughts and prayers every night God Bless You With Love, Ashley P.S.My e-mail is dancinbabe1503@yahoo.com 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 story9216.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-04-24 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 166.102.155.91 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: Sept 11th When sept 11th happened I was in school ,I didn't know what was happening, because the teacher's didn't let us watch the TV in class rooms. When I came home I turned on the TV, and saw what had happened I was confused and shocked. Even if I am not from this country, but I still felt sad about the people in the World Trade Center that couldn't escape out. When I saw the Twin Towers collapsing I was even more shocked because just think how many people where under the Twin Towers helping others. How many firefighters, police, and doctors where there helping people to get out. What I wished the most is to at least give blood for people that needed it ,and help them in anyway I could ,but I couldn't do that, because I was far away from NEW YORK. All I could do is watch how people were falling off the Towers and Watch how the Towers were collapsing. At the same time I was angry at the people that took over the plain , and crashing them in the World Trade Center. Sept 11th changed a lot of people in United States, and even me about helping others, and carrying. I fell sad for the people that lost families in the Towers, plains, and in the Pentagon. Not only do I fell sad for the Twin Towers , but for the pentagon also. I am thankful every day to god that I am alive, and my family too. We will be always thankful to the firefighters, police, and doctors for helping the people at the Twin Towers. 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 story6781.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. 64.12.96.135 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: Even now when I look back it's so hard to put my feelings into words. When I first heard the news on the radio, I thought oh a small plane hit a building, we changed the channel. When I walked into my office, i found out differently. We had quite a few employees working at and around the Pentagon and also other facilities on the east coast and were quite concerned for them and their whereabouts. I can only say that we must all have been in shock that day and it seemed like we were watching a horrible disaster movie and that it couldn't possibly be realbut it was, unbelievably to real. Even today it is hard to belived that a person or group could do such a horrible thing. My heart goes out ot all the families affected by 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 story1021.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. 2002-08-14 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 216.203.233.34 Notes Notes about this item. Duplicate posted with consent 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 seven months pregnant and visiting my parent's home on Norfolk VA. I live in Washington State, and arrived in Norfolk exactly one week before the attacks. My mother and I were having coffee, watching Good Morning America, and chatting about various trivialities, when suddenly I looked at the television and said, "Mom, the World Trade Center in on fire!" We both watched in utter horror and disbelief as the second plane smashed into the tower. My husband serves aboard a Trident Nuclear Submarine and was on partrol at the time. Not being able to speak with him and not knowing what was happening with his boat was extremely difficult. I worried that his partol would be extended, and as I heard countless stories of the military men and women going to work that morning like it was any other day and not coming home because they were sent to help in the war on terror, I worried that my husband would be forced to miss the birth of our second child. Fortunately, because of the nature of his job, he was able to come home on time. I think the thing that floored me the most was that the terrorists used commercial planes. I was shattered by the idea of what those passengers endured in their last minutes of life. I am still haunted by the images of destruction and it has changed me forever. Only my faith in God has sustained me through the last year. And seeing all the stories of the incredible herosim and kindness of average people in the wake of the attacks has given me hope for the spirit of ourt nation. I am grateful to all those who sacrificed themselves to protect the precious freedoms we enjoy. 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 story4212.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: September 11th was a brilliantly blue late-summer day in Forest Hills, a quiet neighborhood in the borough of Queens, New York City. I was teaching my 7th grade English classes that fateful morning, administering their first spelling/vocabulary quiz of the year. My classroom is directly on Union Turnpike, a major roadway that forms the service road for the Jackie Robinson Parkway leading to Brooklyn. My schedule included two classes of 7th graders back to back, and the day was also scheduled to be 'Picture Day' for our school. Since I am the advisor to the school yearbook, I needed to check on the progress of the photography when I had my first break, scheduled to be about 10:15. At 9:10 there was a break between first and second periods and I had 5 minutes to run down to the cafeteria and grab a quick cup of tea. The day seemed to be progressing as usual--slightly more hectic due to the disruption of the day due to the picture taking schedule. While in the cafeteria, our college counselor mentioned that a plane had flown into one of the Trade Center towers. My initial reaction was sadness for the person on the plane, but I was sure that it had probably been a small private plane that had veered off course. At 9:15 I returned to class to lead the next group through their paces. Probably about 9:45 I became aware of the almost continuous screech of firetruck and ambulance sirens racing down Union Turnpike. Since my classroom is so near to the street, traffic noises often briefly interfere with class, but this was never-ending. I even remarked to the class that 'something big must have happened' since the sirens were relentless in their cacaphony. At 10:15 at the end of class, a colleague came into the classroom to speak to me. He had been in the faculty room watching the unspeakable images unfold on the CNN link to the computer terminals. His words of "We are under attack!" seemed an impossibility to me, and it seemed as if my blood ran cold. I reached the faculty room to see the impossible picture of both towers engulfed in clouds of black smoke, and all I could think of was the hundreds and thousands of people who work in those buildings. I went out to check on the progress of the pictures. All seemed right with the world--smiling innocent faces, blue skies, garden flowers and trees, laughter and childhood silliness. The word had trickled down to the mothers who had come to help, and the beginings of panick were beginning to eat away at their calm demeanors. By now no cell phones would work, there was no telephone service in all of New York City. Fear had taken hold. The decision was made to tell the Middle and Upper School students at 11:30. Specific details were kept to a minimum for the Lower School kids, but by noon, many parents were coming to pick up their children and bring them home. All of us were consumed with a driving need to speak to our families. I was lucky that I had spoken with my husband who worked in Eastern Long Island, about 60 miles from Manhattan. He was my link to the news media, as most network TV stations were dark, their transmitters crashed in the rubble of the Trade Center. I was consumed with a burning need to speak with my three children who were at school in Nassau county. The overwhelming fear and uncertainty that further attacks were imminent was palpable. After all, the unspeakable had occurred--the landmark beacons of New York City had been attacked and destroyed. Life as we knew it was gone. My need to reach my teenagers wasn't fulfilled until the end of the school day when they returned home to stare dumbfounded at the television images they saw. 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 story934.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 will never forget that day. I remember every aspect about it as if it were yesterday. It began just any other ordinary day. My morning routine back in high school was to wake up around 7:00, take a shower, eat breakfast, get dressed and leave to school around 8:00. This day was no different. I had band first period and would usually arrive there early (class began at 8:30) to get my instrument ready, music, stand, say hi to friends, etc. It was football season and at that time of year instead of sitting down we would stand around in a huge circle. My director then stepped in and stood in the middle of the circle like usual. He popped a queston to everyone asking "How long do we have to live?" And from that point I knew something bad had happened because whenever someone would pass away he would always begin by asking that question. He then proceeded by saying "We must cherish every moment of our lives because we have no idea when we're gonna die.....because this morning, I dont know if and of you'all have heard, but some sort of missle hit the world trade center in New York". Remember, at that time I had no idea what was going on, probably 98 percent of the rest of the band also. So once he made that announcement, I really didnt react that much. I compare it to planting a seed. When it is first planted nothing happens until time passes. So we all proceeded by having rehearsal, nothing out or the ordinary. But for some reason I had this tiny feeling inside of me that somehow changed my mood. It wasnt until the bell had rang to go to second period. I always walked my best "female friend" to class and thats when she started telling me. "Hey did you hear what happened?" I was like..."yeah, some missle hit the world trade center right?" She replied, "No, two airplanes ran into it, they also hit the Pentagon, its being called a terrorist attack, and it is believed that there are other planes still in the air." From then on I was in some sort of a daze. No immediate tears, hysterical reaction, just kind of a bad feeling brewing inside me. Once I got to class, the television was tuned to CBS. I sat, watched the news along with the rest of the class and my teacher. Dan Rather kept recaping the event while video clips of the planes crashing into the WTC kept playing. He also kept repeating that the towers had collapsed. At that time I turned to my teacher and asked in awe "Both towers collapsed?" He nodded yes. Then thats when everything hit me. I was speechless, I had begin realizing what was happening. Everyone in the class looked scared. Some of the girls even gasped when they saw the planes crash and when they showed people jumping. I was silent. It was almost like a bad dream, or watching a scary movie. I kept saying..."how could people do this? Why?" I was so confused. At that time my dad was on a business trip to Dallas for a few days. I just wanted him to come home, but he couldnt return home until many days later due to the shut down of all the airports. Later on in class, my emotions never hit rock bottum until I saw Tony Blair's press conference on the events. The tears came after I saw him holding back his tears when he said the words "And we will stand with the United States...shoulder to shoulder...until this evil is rid from our world". The rest of the day was a very sad day. I remember that I thought it was soo ironic that it was a very dark, rainy day in Harlingen. Band practice was canceled, and I left home right after school. On the way home I was in disarray. I remember listeing to Michael Jackson's "Rock my World". And as I was driving I felt like i was in a scnene of Ghostbusters at that part where the huge convoy of army, police, firemen, were racing toward the "Haunted Apartement bulding" where Bill Murray says "Come on! lets run some red lights! At that moment i felt the world could be ending and I kept telling myself "We're going to war". As I got home my mom was getting there. She looked sad. She told me her story. She said she wasnt gonna go jogging that evening because she said she didnt feel it was right. She just wanted to stay home, order pizza, and watch the news. So we did just that. That was the worst night of my life. 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 story9420.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-08-15 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 172.133.57.63 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 morning like all mornings, I was in the office about 7:30 a.m. September 11th, and as the morning went on, we started receiving phone calls saying " did you hear about the planes that flew into the Trade Centers. My answer to that was "ya right" nothing like that happend. The person on the other line said pull out the television and watch the news, the happy morning went from smiles and good morning to "what the hell is happening". The office is full of tears and people saying how could this have happend. The office was in an uproar, I could not stop crying and asking if it was just a movie that the news was playing. My friend said call everyone in your family to see if you have everyone, before I could pick up the phone, friends of the family who happen to be on there way home stopped by to see if I was ok because they new that I have family in New York. My mother called me to tell me that everyone in New York was ok and that my Uncle Chuck was going to have to go away with the Military for a while, it was hard for me because I did not want him to go. He is very close to me and I had a bad experience the first time he had to go and that was durig the fighting over in the Pursion Gulf. Even though The United States lost a lot of inocent people, there are a lot of people I know who never went to church, never cried about anything, or showed real emotion, doing so right now. Its a shame that it had to take something like this to make America realize that as one we can take care of eachother and love one another. It should have been this way all along. My last few lines, as an American I will still love and respect my fellow neighbors and I will still fly in our beautiful skies, and I have become more kind and loving since this has happend. The children still do not understand the whole thing, but I let my daughters know that it is still safe and ok for them to go to school and play outside because we live in America and we will try to not have this happen to us ever again. 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 story5990.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. 205.188.209.38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: This is a day of rememberance that will never forgotten. Keep asking God to help all us do better. Smile at everyone you meet today and say hello. If you mess up, say you are sorry. A friend is a terrible thing to lose. Pray for every one on the earth. God Bless America. It is a great to live. Lets all try to keep it the best place in the universe to live. North Myrtle Beach South Carolina Our son was headed for the Pentagon that morning but was held up by traffic. Thanks Thanks Thanks 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 story3537.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'll never forget the sound of the phone ringing and my friends voice imploring to me "wake up and turn on the TV". To my horror I awakened to see one of the Towers on fire. Then the other tower was hit and the first one went down. I watched TV all day, I could not tear myself away in hopes that they would find victims alive. I will never forget the image of innocent people (it still bring tears to my eyes) jumping out of windows, knowing they were jumping to their deaths. It will haunt me to my death that these people had to choose between jumping or being burned to death. I have mourned our losses for the last year and I am still in mourning for what we lost. I don't know if I will ever recover from this. I will also never forget the spirit of the American people and how resillent we are. During the last year I have seen more love and caring than I can remember in years. Strangers that are actually willing to help each other. I find it difficult to express my joy over this (am I supposed to feel joy?). I am sad that it took a catastrophy for the American public to love each other and care for one another. I do have friends and family in other countries and it warms my heart and sole to know that the world is behind us and mourns with us. I read many tributes from people all over the world. Thank you for caring. I pray that something like this never happens again and that Americans will continue to care about one another. 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 story4821.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. 66.27.179.254 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 work in lower manhatttan and that day was suppose to be just an ordinary day. My day usually starts off with taking my son to school and then coming to work. I am always early to work but not on this day. My plans were to drop off my son and when I get off the station on Fulton Street, proceed to Borders at the World Trade Center to purchase a few books to read. I usually get to lower manhattan around 8:30 a.m. but on this day, God must have been watching me because my train was delayed and I arrived at 8:45. I still did not know what was going on. I proceeded to go outside and I realized that it was too late to go to Borders when I saw so many people looking up at the World Trade Center. I couldn't see from where I was standing so I crossed the street and then I saw the fire. I heard people talking about how it was a small plane or a helicopter. I was just stunned. I said a prayer for all those people trapped on those floors. I called my girlfriend who is a cop and told her what was going on. She instantly told me to go to work and stay there. She told me that it was an act of terrorist. I told her no way but she yelled at me and I listened. As I walked to work I started to cry (like I am doing now)and wondered why this is happening. I stayed in front of my work place to see my other co-workers. I didn't realize what time it was when I heard a loud sound and a big red fire ball just exploded from the other tower. I screamed and cried. I will never forget those colors as long as I live. I got on my cell phone and called my mother which to my surprise she had no clue as to what was going on. She has a really nice view of the towers so I told her to just look out her window and as she did, I heard her yell and cry. She asked me how was I getting home and all I told her that if I have to swim the East River then that is how I'm getting home. Time passed by very slowly for me. I was still looking up at the towers crying my eyes out when I felt the street shake. I looked up and before my very eyes I saw the first tower crumple down to dust. Lots of people were running towards me but all I could do was just fall to the ground and cry some more. Luckily for me, my co-worker was in better shape than I was and grabbed me by the arm and dragged me to safety. All I remember seeing was a huge big ball of dust coming my way and I did not care. I was very scared and frightened that to this very day, I still have nightmares. Anyway, after a few more hours I walked over the Manhattan Bridge, walked over 1 mile to my mother's house and collapsed from exhaustion in her arms. That is my memory of 9/11. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story948.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. 2002-07-30 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 208.210.24.40 Annotation Annotations to this item. Struggle to get home WTC, attack Premonitions/Coincidence/Fate 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 husband, myself, and our two children-ages 4 1/2 & 1 yr. were on our way to Warwick, RI from our home in Bradford, RI. We were going to my 1 yr. checkup after my daughter was born. My appointment was for 9:00 am.-the ride is about 1/2 hour from Bradford. I remember walking in the doctor's office to find the radio on very loud, and the nurses standing in shock. I had just heard about what happened. My husband went for a ride with our kids while he waited for me. I was scared because they were starting to shut down highways and main streets to airports and railways. I didn't have my cell phone. I couldn't get in contact with him. I still went through with my checkup, and after I was done, my husband was waiting outside the door for me. I told him what was happening-but he already knew, listening to the radio. I kissed them all. We raced home as fast as we could. We didn't know what was going to happen next. We stayed home for the rest of the day together. Thankfully my stor! y isn't horrifying as others are, but I think it struck everyone in different ways 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 story8361.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. 2002-10-04 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.0.240.88 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: WHEN I SAW THE NEWS COME ON I THOUGHT IT HAD TO BE SOME KIND OF MISTAKE THAT I HAD TURNED THE CHANNEL TO A MOVIE OF SOME KIND OF. THEN REALITY BEGAN TO SET IN I WAS IN SHOCK OUR MIGHTY NATION WAS UNDER ATTACK !!! MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE KILLED AND THE ONES STUCK IN THOSE BUILDINGS NOT KNOWING IF THEY WOULD EVER SEE THIER LOVED ONES AGAIN THEN OF THE FAMILIES WATCHING THIS AND KNOWING THEY HAD SOMEONE THEY LOVED IN THERE.MY HEART BROKE FOR THEM .THEN I GOT VERY ANGRY.WE ARE AMERICANS BY GOD AND I KNEW WITH OUT A DOUBT THAT EVERYONE OF US WOULD PULL TOGETHER IN THIS AND GET THOSE S.O.B.'S THAT DID THIS. THE FEELING OF PRIDE WAS OVERWHELMING AND TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE UNITE WAS A REAL EYE OPENER FOR ALL OF US I THINK.WE LEARNED TO TAKE PRIDE IN WHO WE ARE AND WHAT THE TRUE MEANING OF BEING AN AMERICAN IS, AS WE HAD ALL KIND OF TAKEN SO MUCH FOR GRANTED FOR SO LONG.BUT AS THE GREAT PEOPLE WE ARE WE OVERCAME AND GREW STRONGER TOGETHER AND YES WE GOT THOSE S.O.B.'S WE SENT EM' RUNNING FOR THE HILLS WE WERE ALL READY TO GO FIGHT THE YOUNG THE OLD THE HANDICAPPED WE ALL WANTED A PIECE OF THEM AND WANTED THEM TO KNOW WE ARE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.SO PLEASE AS TIME GOES ON DON'T FORGET THOSE HEROES THAT DAY AND DON'T FORGET WHAT AMERICA STANDS FOR.....JUST 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 story6827.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. 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: September 11,2001 I was in my home doing what I do in every day life we I recieved a phone call that would change my life completly it was my aunt that called and told me about it.Unless you were there you will never know just how scary it was so many lives taken for no appparent reason all the lost family members innocent lives. i'm truly soory for all that took a part in that and that the person that done truly be punished for all there wrong doing. 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 story10520.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. 2004-04-02 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 198.38.64.254