235 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: New York is and always has been my favorite place on the planet, I have ( and still do) hope to live out there and evolve as a New Yorker. I will never forget what I saw on that day and watch as "my" city was being distroyed. I was gathering my things to leave for work when I looked at the morning news for the last time when I saw the first building covered in smoke. I had no idea of what was to come next. As I sat to listin for some detail so I could leave I saw a plane dive into the next tower. Confused and in shock I assumed that it had to be some kind of mistake on the part of the captin, he got distracted looking at the smoke and got to close. I would have never thought that it was done on purpose. As I listened and learned fear and sadness shook me to the core. All those people was all I could think about. To know you were going to die, and in such a way made me sink into the last thoughts of those people had on the plane. Straight fear was all I knew for them. The same fear that the families knew that they had. The people in the buildings had the same fear, with the chance of a few servivors to tell the tail. With hope and prayers that we all had watching we all knew that it would not be good. As the New York story got worse the nations military headquarters had been aimed for as well. Thankfully not as may lives were taken, but one was even to many. For the renigades that took control on flight 93 were the first americians to tell terriorist that we are fighters. Fear and strenght of those passingers sacrificed themselves for an unknown amount for people who would have been killed. To all the firemen/women,law inforcement, medical, religous, and other people who gave their lives to try and help can never be replaced or forgotten for the ultimate gift that thay gave. For the servivors and the families of the ones who did not make it home that day, mine along with everyone else who saw that horrific act of cowardace will always be in our thoughts every year for the rest of our lives, a memory that can never be faded or altered in our minds and in our hearts. 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: This day began the same as every other day in my life. Wake up, take our two sons to school, retun home to get ready for my day. Try to be out the door asap. I had just gotten into my Jeep and headed toward downtown South Bend. I turned up the radio and thought that I had tuned into some modern day version of War of the Worlds. I was so sure that what I was hearing was some sort of joke, or a recording of some type of a play. I remember feeling instantly sick, as the realization of what I was hearing was slowly sinking in. I had such an overwhelming desire to go back and get my children out of school and keep them close to me. I mindlessly drove in the direction that I was headed, completely forgeting about the demands of my day. Then I thought "This is not a large Metropolitan City, We are safe here." Then it hit me like a slap in the face! One of my close friend's youngest son lives and works in New York City, close to the Twin Towers. The twist was that her son had recently sustained a severe leg injury, was on cruches, and had just that week returned to work. I knew that my friend was at home alone and I was afraid that she would have to go through all of this alone, until her husband could get home from work. I drove straight to her house and hurried in through the back door. She took one look at me, held her arms out, said my name, hugged me and began to cry. We remained glued to the television for what felt like days. My friend and her family were one of the lucky ones. Her son managed to meet up with his fiance' a few hours after the first attack. She managed to help him struggle along on his cruches, toward Central Park. Ironically that is where the first met. They could only go a coulpe of blocks and he could not go on. A man on a rickshaw type bicycle had offered his assistance. That man peddled both of them the rest of the way into Central Park. The gentleman refused to take any money for his efforts. This story has a happy ending. If only it were that easy. A few key strokes on my keyboard, and everyone had escaped the disaster. We could take it all back, make it just a bad dream. The helplessness that is still felt by so many people. We all know that life must go on!! It's all very different now. Our son will be 18 years old in October. I know that it's on his mind that on his birthday he will be registering for the draft. The meaning of that was all very different a little over a year ago. We live in the greatest country in the world. I have personally taken so much for granted. NEVER AGAIN!!!! God Bless American and all of her People! D. Gallippo 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 story4566.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 hear stories of first hand victims and others of those who witness the act live. I am not one of these people. I did not know anybody involved. Yet, something this tragic can scar a person for life as it has to me. I woke up around 7:30 to go to my 9 am music class. Turning on the television didn't even cross my mind. I was in my "early morning get ready" mode. I made it to class ontime for some reason and sat oblivious to the world listen to my teacher rattle on about major scales. After class, I realized that I didn't have the workbook in which my assignment for the next day was due. After class, I took my time getting to the bookstore not realizing that no body was outside passing classes. I reached the student center and noticed a group of people standing around a television set. Completely normal right? I bought my $90 book and went back to my dorm...and all hell broke loose. It was around 10:00 that I became aware of the destruction taking place less than an hour away from where I was. First instinct, call mom. Why the hell my cell phone wasn't working was beyond me so I tripped back to the student center to use the payphone. She didn't have to work that day and was home yet, what she said to me on the phone hadn't even crossed my mind. "Meghan is in the city. She took the 7:15 train for class." My best friend in the whole world was in the city! I know her school, and the train station were nowhere's near the trade center yet, her being in the city on 9-11 was not the best of situations. I hung up the phone. What else was there to say? I wanted to watch what was happening so I went to the even larger group of students around the T.V. and watched. And I couldn't help but cry. I never cryed and screamed that much. If I lost Megs, I would be devastated! At that point, one of the most beautiful things that has ever happened in my life happened. I was hugged. I don't know by whom or how I had gotten outside, but another student was hugging me and telling me that everything was going to be alright. And then she was gone. Megs is alright. She couldn't get through on her cell phone for five hours and ran 33 blocks to the train station when she heard they were letting trains out of the city. I'm sorry to say that we laugh about that. Picturing Megs run 33 blocks is as funny as picturing Megs run a yard. But if we don't laugh, we cry. And supressing something is alot easier than letting it live. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't stand tall towards our flag. And anytime I hear a siren or a plane, I look for it and see where it is going. It's stressful. But then I think of how lucky I am just to recieve that hug. To whoever you are, you have touched my life. You are truely an angel and will never be forgotten. To everyone who has lost someone, my prayers are still with you. It's hard to believe it has been a year. How fast it has gone by!!! Yet, I'm filled with love and hope and I stand tall with my fellow Americans. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story7324.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was about 15 mins to 9 AM when I had just stepped out of my Intro to Religion class, which ironically had just finished discussing the Islam Religion. As i proceeded to walk across campus to my next class, a bunch of friends of mine called out my name and told me that the WTC had just been bombed and i was like, "You guys are crazy, you just dont play around about shit like that" they said we're serious and to go check it out myself in the library because they had a TV set-up. As i entered the library and went upstairs to find the TV set, i will never forget the sight i saw, 2 little nuns praying the rosary and about 5 faculty members huddled around this small tv set and as i aimlessly stared at the screen the 2nd plane hit the 2nd tower. I couldnt believe what i had just seen. I was overcome by a sense of helplessness that i had never felt before or since then. As they replayed the scene over and over again, all i could think of was that this MUST be a scene from a movie, that something like this could never happen in the US, that these types of things happen in Kosovo, Israel, etc but not here in my own backyard. I then began to think about my sister who worked in the city and i was worried that the attacks werent near finished. At this point, we were in war for all i knew. Cell phones weren't working and i had trouble getting in contact with her and the rest of my family. At the end of the day we were all united in my house glued to the TV for the next next few days. 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 story10709.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 guess you could say that it was typical day for me. I got up and went to school. I remember sitting in my Political Science class and someone said that a plane had hit the WTC. I can remember saying "Oh I am sure that it's not a big plane." I am a American History major. I was thinking about the Empire State building plane crash in 1945. My teacher didn't seem to care about what was going on but when class was over he turned on the tv. It was at that moment I saw the North Tower collapsing. I was just standing there stunned. My jaw just fell to the floor and I started to sob. It took me a while to collect myself and I drove home from the college. Normally 321 highway going North is not very bad from Dallas to Lincolnton is a 20 minute drive. It took me an hour and a half to get into town. My drive home was at most the scariest time of my life. I had no idea what was going on if my family was safe or what. I remember listening to the radio and crying and repeating " God help the innocent people " Those words coming from me all the way home. My mother was a work and she too had a radio playing she was visible upset. She had me go and get my sister. I got my sister who was ten at the time and she was so upset that she kept asking my why this happen. I was eighteen and I felt completely helpless. To this day I still cry. My heart is with all of them and I do have family serving in the military. The only thing I hate about all this is that I will have to teach this to my students one day. Being young you never think that anything like Pearl Harbor could happen to you. Well my generation lost its security and became realistic to the world around us, a little over three months after graduation the real world had hit us hard. I still feel vunerable and I think I will always hold Sept.11 in a special way. God Bless America and the heroes of Sept.11th. My God watch over everyone. 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 story1710.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: 10/19/2001 Last Sunday, my wife and I decided to take a trip to Ground Zero. It has been a little over a month and something deep down said it was time to go. This has been the longest stretch of time since my last visit to the city. It has nothing to do with being afraid of some new attack or the fact that Tom Brokaw was within arm's length of touching anthrax. I just didn't want to wake up from this nightmare and find out it actually was real. Until now. Since the Holland Tunnel was still closed, our only routes were the George Washington Bridge or the Lincoln Tunnel. Since we were in no hurry and autumn foliage is in full bloom, I headed toward the Bridge. Then, at the last minute I chickened out, veering onto the Route 46 exit toward the tunnel. I've seen that view down Manhattan from the Bridge countless times on our way to Yankee Stadium. And I always made it a point to check it out, not to take it for granted. The Empire State Building, then the Twin Towers. That's the way it's supposed to be. Just postponing the nightmare, I guess. Heading out of the tunnel, we first decided on some lunch at one of our favorite Irish haunts, McCormack's. After some grub, a couple of pints and some rugby on TV, we headed downtown. I decided to park the car in the South Street Seaport area and then hoof it across town toward the Trade Center. On the way down, a golf cart pulled in front of us from a cross road. There are many golf carts moving around the city with sides built up with plywood. These are used to transport supplies and people from one location to another. On the back of this cart were 3 workers holding their hardhats with a blinding stare into space. They must have been up for 24 hours or more. Scenes from CNN crossed my mind. For a moment I thought of taking a picture, but just didn't feel it was right. Aligning the streets are tables of bottled water, bananas and various food stuffs. Trucks housing electrical equipment used to power large mercury lamps resembling a motion picture scene are dotted along the area. The sight of military personnel in fatigues along Canal Street takes a moment to get used to. While most people may look at 18-25 year olds as adults, i saw our boys faces in theirs. Peg later conveyed to me how she smiled at the one "kid" in uniform who looked horrified - he looked like he needed a motherly hug to make the pain go away. He smiled and nodded his head in acknowledgement. Hug accepted. The presence of New York State Police in Manhattan is another first for me. The closer you work your way downtown, the more it resembles a war zone. This is serious stuff. After parking the car, I decided our best route would be along Wall St. toward the financial center. As we got closer to Ground Zero, things began to change. On a clear day, the roads were becoming wet from the constant flow of water trucks hosing things down. Packs of people with cameras were more common than usual. Since I know the city like the back of my hand, we quickly avoided the mass and took a roundabout method. We headed north along a road heading into the zone. At this point, let me say that words cannot describe what we felt standing 2 blocks from Ground Zero. All of the pictures from television, magazines and newspapers don't even come close to expose the enormity of what was around us. Cars frozen in time, papers still spewed on hanging nets on fire escapes, grayish dust that may never go away. And yes, there is an indescribable smell of burning plastic, steel, carpet, fuel and things I would rather not mention. At the barricade were 2 military personnel and 2 of NYC's finest. Anytime there is a group of 100 or so people together in the city, you can usually expect an enormous amount of chatter. Not at this moment. Silence. People just staring down the block. The occasional sound of "No pictures please". I walked to the other side of the road and noticed my wife standing there with her hand over her mouth just shaking her head. This is serious stuff. Everything has changed. There has to be a chemical change within the body that occurs at that moment. For all 100 or so of us. The sight of that cathedral-like facade that is still standing just blows your mind of the energy that was created and destroyed on that day. Along this road, tractor trailer flat beds were making their way out of the city. Along the 2 blocks, firemen were lined up on both sides of the street with hoses watering down the truck and its scrap. Each truck was carrying one gigantic, twisted I-beam. The damn thing was still smoldering as it passed us by. For the rest of the afternoon, we wandered around the area heading north, moving into every crossroad to catch a different view of where the Towers used to be. Hundred-year-old churches are now converted into areas where firemen, policemen, ironworkers, etc can grab a wink or a coffee. Flags, banners, pictures of the missing are everywhere. And of course the scumbags selling pictures of the Towers, fake NYFD caps and the like around every corner. Hey, it's still New York, what can I say. Heading back home that late afternoon, I realized just how much I've taken that city and its people for granted. I don't know how many times I've said I'll never go there again. But, today I realized that New York City is the greatest city on the planet. That's why those towers were there. That's why those people were there. That's why I'm going back there. I know the media has purposely kept the scenes of those planes hitting the towers off of the television. But, I think all Americans need to see them once a week as a reminder, as justification of what we're doing now and in the future to put these bastards down. We will win, there is no doubt in my mind. Dave "Boggs" Schwartz 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 story4783.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My girlfriend and I had just woken up to get ready for work. A friend called and said "Oh my God, turn on the TV. We've been attacked by terrorists." and then she hung up. I turned on the TV just before the plane struck tower # 2. I couldn't believe my eyes. I thought it was part of a movie. My girlfriend and I sat down on the bed and watched the TV for the next hour as reports were coming in. We watched the towers fall. We sat there and held each other and wondered if this was the start of WWIII. We both started crying for the loss of life we had just witnessed. The people that had jumped to avoid being burned to death. It all seemed so unreal. When I told my girlfriend that we had just witnessed the start of a war she asked me "A war with who?". I told her that it was probably Osama bin Laden or maybe Saddam Hussien. We had an all employee meeting scheduled for that day at work. Everyone there was crying and talking about New York instead of all the new plans the company had. We decided to send cards and letters to the Police and Fire Departments in New York as a sign of our support for their heroic actions. Our companies New York subsidiary was on the 70th floor of tower # 1. We were all concerned that everyone of them was dead. At the end of the employee meeting we all prayed together, Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Agnostic, Pagan. At that point in time all of us were just humans struggling to understand exactly what had happened. I went home to be with my kids and let them know that even though the world had changed that things were going to be O.K. I spent the rest of the day with them. Holding them and telling them that I was right there if they needed me. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story1133.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 work for a company that packages food products for the goverment and the military,thats where I was on sept.11.It was hard going through the day.Coworkers from the office was keeping the rest of us informed on what was going on.After I learned what was really happening it was all I could do to stay there.I wanted so bad to go home and be with my family.Somehow I managed to stay.That evening at our 2 o,clock break our supervisor called a meeting.At that point he told us all he knew and informed us we were now going on "rain down".This meant if a order came in from the for the military all other orders would be put aside and we would be working around the clock till those orders were filled.At that time he said at 3:30 I want you to go home and spend time with your familys because we dont know what tomorrow may bring.That evening all of my family was at my house.None of us could move from the T V.And none of us wanted anyone out of our site,not even to go to the restroom,it was like you would hold your breath till that person got back.We we got some orders,but none of those so big that we had to stay around the clock.For the first time I heared knowone fussing because they may have to work overtime,instead we would have stayed there and slept on the floor if we would have had to.Today Im just scared,but I am so glad i am an AMERICAN.God please Bless us all. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at work on the morning of September 11th when a co-worker of mine told me that a plane had just hit the World Trade Center. We turned on the T.V. and like so many Americans that day, watched in horror as the events unfolded changed our feelings from terror to anger and for me my thoughts of my children and how they will never again experience the freedom we had taken for granted. Because now it has changed forever. Our attentions then turned to several people in our department that had left Logan that morning on a flight to Las Vegas. We knew that there were several planes left in the air and we had no way of knowing if there plane was one that was highjacked. We frantically tried to contact the airlines for the families that were still in the air. A feeling of helplessness overwhelming all of us. Thanksfully, all of our collegues were safe. A year later, it still feels like we had just heard the news and I can only imagine what the families of the victims are going through on this day. As I browsed one of the many websites on this tragedy, I crossed one that showed photo's of the victims of Flight 11 that left from Logan airport. I was shocked to see the photo of Lisa (Fenn) Gordenstein from TJX. I first met Lisa when I worked at Hit or Miss where she was a Merchandise Director. I was unaware until this morning that she was on that flight. I knew her as Lisa Fenn and was not aware of her married name. Lisa has a heart of gold. She took me under her wings at Hit or Miss and guided me through my career. I left Hit or Miss to become a buyer in another company. I will never forget her generousity or contageous smile. I am forever grateful to her. You never know when and how you will touch someone's life. Be good to everyone, as we all have experienced first hand, hatred is no way to live 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 story2421.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On the morning of September 11th, 2001 I was at school, thinking it was a normal day. The bell rang to release students from their second hour classes and in the halls I heard talk of "World War III." I didn't know what to think or who to believe so I went to find my best friend to see if she had heard anything about it. She was just as surprised as I was, if not more. We went to third hour to find the television on CNN. Walking down the halls, I noticed that in every classroom, the television was on and the class was all watching in shock. Classes did not take place--instead, we all watched the news in silence just thinking about how such a thing could happen in our world. Still thinking we were bombed, I watched in awe as the second plane hit the world trade center. As we questioned our teacher, he explained it was a terrorist attack and they had also hit the Pentagon. When that class was over, I did not want to leave--instead, I wanted to watch the TV and see if anything else had happened. School was just not the same--the halls were dead silent and everywhere you turned, you'd see people crying and hugging their friends. I prayed that everyone was okay--especially my family and friends in the New York area. September 11th has changed life as we know it all over the world. It has touched all of our lives and saddened them, but through it, I think our country has really grown together. People have become more understanding of others and we now appreciate our lives more than we did before this horrible event. September 11th is something I will never forget. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2837.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: At the time I was a Senior at High School. I was in my 2nd period Economics class, when we were told to turn on our TV's. As we watched all I saw was the first tower in flames. I thought it was an accident. But moments later from the side the second plane crashed into the other tower. Thats when I knew it was an attack. I was in tears. I was so scared. (I live in Rochester,NY). More then half the parents came to take there children out of school for the day, and many didnt return for days late because of fear of an attack..........Now 1 year later I stand as a Freshman in college. I watch and listen to storys. Im deeply sad for all who lost a loved one, or had to under go that experiance...................September 11, 2001 - Forever, you will never be forgotton. 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 story4456.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 driving to work and was stuck in traffic - cursing the car in front for not going at the required speed. The red light came on - decided to turn the radio on - it was 8.52 am. There was some news about a fire in the world trade center. I was scared - My husband works in the world trade center and I wanted to reach work as fast as I could to call him. Reached work at 9.00 - my phone was ringing - it was my friend and she sounded worried - she asked me if I had talked to Mahesh. I was scared - I asked her what happened - she said a plane crashed into the world trade center. I told her I am going to call him and kept the phone down. Called again and again - those few minutes just dragged for eternity - till I got him on the 4th try. I was relieved to hear him - he said he was walking to the ferry as his train was stopped at Jersey city. The cell phone was getting cut - he said he will call back. I was relieved - went to the cafeteria to watch the news - Found a lot of people crowded - was watching the TV - people were talking about an accident - and right then another plane hit the building - I was horrified. Couldn't beleive my eyes and then the news about the pentagon being hit. it felt so unreal - as if I was watching a movie - This can't happen in real life. I then remembered my Brother in law - he works on Wall street and walks from the World Trade center. I rushed back to call my husband - he said - he saw the second plane crash into the building with his own eyes - he was on the jersey waterfront. He was shaken too - I asked him about his brother - he said the last time he called his brother - he was in the basement of WTC. He said would go to his friend's place who lives in Jersey City. I now called my Brother in law's wife. She said she has had no word from him yet. I was sitting there looking up all the news sites - when my friend called again - she was crying this time - One of the towers had collapsed. I couldn't control my emotions - I was crying loudly - we had so many friends and realtives who worked there. I packed my bags and ran out of my office. I was crying through out till I reached my Brother in law's house. I had to be with family - my sister in law was more composed than I was. We kept calling everyone - no word yet about her husband, in the meantime - we called our friends - trying to account for each and everyone of them. My sister called and we cried together - out of relief that my husband was safe - out of concern for his brother and for all our friends. Crying was the only thing that we could do - everything felt out of control. Finally we got a static filled call from my brother in law - He was in the basement when the first plane hit - they were asked to evacuate and he was walking on the Brooklyn bridge when the two towers collapsed. My sister came to their house too - She was preganant, her husband was in Atlanta - he was driving with his colleague to a meeting when the cousin of his colleague called him - He was on the building and knew that it would collapse any moment - It was his last call and he called to ask him to look after his family. It was horrible to think of that moment. She kept saying "Why am I bringing my baby into this horrible world?" We had accounted for all our friends by now - except one - Ravi. He worked at lehman brothers. His wife was scared - she was insisting that she will go to the site to search for him. We talked to her and tried to calm her. Some of our friends went to her house for moral support. I went to pick up my kids from school - My older one was in second grade - I told him about the WTC collapse and the first thing that came out of his mouth was - "Is my father dead?". I was taken aback - I said no - he is safe and so is your uncle. He was back being a kid again. (His world was still safe) My husband called - he was coming back in the train - I went and picked him up. a couple of hours later - my brother - in law also came home - we decided to go to the temple - to pray for all those who lost their lives and thank god for all those who were saved. Later that night - we got the message that our friend was safe - but it was not good news for his family - his cousin was on the ill fated flight from Boston which hit the WTC. Everytime I think of that day - I feel it was a miracle to my family - My husband who is always particular about leaving on time - was delayed that day - the kids took too long to get ready and he missed his regular train. My Brother in law was in the basement - he could have been anywhere. Our friends either didn't reach on time or were reporting sick on that day. One of our friends who worked for fujitsu worked on the floor that was hit by the one of the planes - He lost his entire team - miraculously he didn't go to work that day - he was sick. One of my cousins saw a body fall in front of her as she was walking under the WTC- she ran to her office - across the towers and fainted in the lobby. She made it back home but had nightmares for a long time. My kid's art teacher's husband owned the restaurant in the WTC. On that day - his wife insisted that he take their kid to the doctor's appt, and he obliged. So many lives - so many deaths and so many miracles. Today - when I heard about the sudden wind which picked up as the names of the victims were being read - I felt - yes there was definitely some unknown force - some one had to be looking after all of us. Some dimension where the souls of the departed reside. My deepest heart felt homage to the brave who sacrificed their lives to save others. If not for them - there would have been thousands more dead. And thanks to the almighty above - maybe those who lived had more to give to the world ....... 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 story4132.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: Watching the Morning Show and having our early morning coffee together my husband and I could not believe what we had just saw....."Oh God please let this not be true "was our words and then tears from both of us. Frozen for a few minutes and then my husband yells "Oh no another plane". The fear of us living so close to the NASA Space center in Huntsville, Alabama came to mind....how safe are we? One year has flown by so fast that to this day Im still saying to myself...Did this really happen? Why did this happen? How could this happen? .....Are we a country for sale? Will the greed of the American Public let every enemy come into our country and buy whatever they need to destroy our country? Im scared....and I fear for my Grandchildren. I want to go back to the 50's and feel secure with my Government protecting me. I want to trust again....but Im sad to say I dont. Now one year later we hear on the news of the corporations doing our workers wrong....plants closing and moving out of our nation and families here left without income.....and on and on....greed of the almighty dollar seems to be the in thing for our country....I bow my head in shame.....TAKE CARE OF AMERICA FIRST.....AND AMERICANS WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.......GOD BLESS AMERICA AND MAY WE GET BACK TO TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN AND BACK TO WHAT THIS GOVERNMENT WAS BASED ON..... 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 story1575.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. 2002-08-30 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 206.229.105.130 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 just after 6:00AM on the East coast, when my husband and I were awakened by a telephone call from a friend who was watching the first news alerts. My husband answered the telephone and gasped "Don't say that! You're joking, right?!". My husband raced toward the living room and said "We're being attacked!". I followed him, still groggy and confused. When my husband turned the television on, we both had to sit down. We were shocked and in total disbelief at what we saw. We watched in utter horror as both towers crumbled. I sat there quietly saying "No. No. No." Looking back, I guess I thought that if I sad "No" enough, that it would all go away. Of course it didn't. The news only got worse from that point on. The more we learned, the more angry we became. We watched the news faithfully for any word of survivors, and as each day passed with no good news our hope slowly dwindled. Even though we didn't know anyone involved, and we are more than 3000 miles away, it still affected me greatly. I had horrible nightmares the first week or so, and I'm sure they were nothing compared to what all of those victims had to face. The events of September 11th, 2001 make me angry, sad and confused. But I am also SO PROUD. The passengers on flight 93 gave their lives to spare others. People came together and supported one another in a way that I've never seen before. It was an incredibly sad day, and one year later it is still so hard to accept. We've hung our flag and we're lighting a candle - just to remember. We will do this every year. No one should ever forget. To anyone who lost someone on 9/11, I'm so very sorry. We share your grief, and your pride in your loved ones. This should never have happened. To the people responsible for 9/11, MAKE NO MISTAKE - YOU WILL BE PUNISHED FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. GOD BLESS AMERICA! LAND OF THE FREE - HOME OF THE BRAVE! 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 story5152.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On september 11,2001 I was taking a training class for my job. I used to be a Bridge Painter for local union 806.Anyway, my instructers told us to take a break outside when we got there a short time later I heard a boom! we all looked around but when we saw that it was nothing so we went back inside. As I was walking in I saw my instructers yelling there was an explosion in the world trade center. A short time later we came to realize that it was an aircraft. Then number WWT 2 was hit. We were told to leave, me and my best friend got into my car and we drove away. Five minutes into the drive we decided to stop and look. two minues after first tower fell down. I started yelling and screaming no no please no and started to cry. By the time I got home and saw my wife and kids crying then the 2nd. tower fell. About 5:30 6:00 O'clock the tv and radio station started saying all allied trades are to go and help with the rescue effort. We got there at 7:30pm it was a nightmare, but I had to be strong about this because we were helping with the rescue effort. but to my great sadness I was never going to see anybody alive ,although there were survivers I never got to enjoy that feeling or see the getting rescued. On wensday we uncovered our first casualty .the smell was bad and the victim was a male about 35 to 45 years of age had no shirt and was fased down . then they blew the horn (that was an indication that one of the buildings was going to colapse)but we stayed behind ...................... sorry can't tell anymore it's bringin me too many sad memories sorry. God bless you all and to the one's that lost their lost one's. 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 story6938.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. 64.12.96.206 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: Memories As you know on September 11, 2001 two jetliners hit the WTC. This was a day of mourning for all. Many people lost loved ones. Many fire and rescue personnel were also lost. President George Bush took the news hard. He probably felt like he was two inches tall. He dealt with this problem because he was in a class of little children. He knew that he shouldn?t tell them because they were too young. He knew that this day would truly sadden all and that it would bring back terrible memories. This was a day of misery and mourning for all of the United State?s of America. People from Afghanistan hijacked the two jetliners that hit the WTC. The hijackers used box cutters and knifes. The jetliners and the few hundred passengers were blown to bits and the Trade Centers were also destroyed. Bin laden the ?master mind? behind this whole disaster should have been killed would have killed him. He was happy that he had succeeded in taking down the Trade Centers. They over the years have become a national landmark. They were a place of employment for several thousand workers. After all they were only working and next thing they see is a big 747 coming right for them and they had no warning. They were making an honest living and I know that most of them have children. So what I?m trying to say is they needed money for a roof over their head and clothes. Many tourists thought that the Trade Centers were so beautiful. ?Oh My God,? hollered my science teacher, Mr. Lavadure, as I walked into third period. We were all scared because we knew there have been threats that something was going to happen and I thought about it and I said the same thing my teacher said. I knew what had happened. I figured that the threats were true and something very bad has happened. I knew they were aiming for the Twin Towers. I was scared from that day on whenever I see a low flying plane. I can relate to how the people of New York felt seeing a plane that looks like it?s going to crash. After all I was sitting at a demolition derby and there was a low flying plane flying towards the mountains and it brushed the trees as it went over the mountain. It looked like the plane was only about 300 feet off the ground. It was scary. The whole problem was that Bin Laden didn?t like our god, and what made this whole disaster worst is when the 15 years old boy flew a small plane into a bank. After 9-11-02 everyone almost cried because of the losses and because the heroic fire and rescue personnel were handling the situation so good. Many of the fire and rescue personnel were lost because the buildings floors sandwiched everyone in the buildings as they went down. The fires raged through the elevator shafts up and down. There were fires shooting out the sides of the buildings and people knowing that they were going to die were jumping out the windows. The jet fuel caused the fire to go to the lobby. It cause fireballs to occur and people actually were inside the fireball. It is now one year later and watching T.V. programs makes it feel like it happening all over again. All the people on the programs were in tears. Just watching it cause my eyes to tear and just knowing how it feels makes it worse. It would be one thing if it was a natural disaster but it wasn?t, it was the work of one man screwing with peoples minds. In conclusion I think that they should get out of those training camp and if they want to die then let them kill themselves in their own country not ours. There is no reason to endanger the lives of thousands to kill one or two or maybe even three but they don?t have to kill us Americans. From what most people say, it sounded like they sent warnings. They could of save most of those people just by sending up some stealth fighter planes. They should have listened to the warnings. 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 story2428.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 day started out much like my other days; I was rushed all morning and arrived on the Hollins University campus anticipating a long day of studying. I had gone to Eastnor, a house on campus that had been converted into offices and study space for adult, non-traditional students. As usual, I was working on a project on the computer when I heard one of the office staff's radios blaring the news that an airplane had flown into the World Trade Center. I rushed to where the radio was as if it would make the news more believable and listened, stunned and horrified. I ran to tell my friend and we listened together. We called our parents and our husbands and checked on our children. At first it was not clear if it was intentional, then as we watched MSN Online News, we saw the second plane fly directly into the second tower and knew the horrific truth. Someone, somewhere, had deliberately attacked our country. We sat together as a campus community in our chapel, Muslim, Jewish, Christian and prayed and cried together. Never beore in our lives had war touched us so intimately. Watching the towers burn, I knew that so many innocent people had lost their lives. I sat watching tv coverage all day and cried and cried. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I read plea after plea on the internet for loved ones. A year later, the tears came again as I drove to school. Flags were flying at half-mast, ribbons streamed from cars. How true when it was said that 9-11 changed us. It did. We will remember New York, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania forever on this date. We will remember families, rescue workers, and medical personnel. We will tell our children about national pride, of doing the right thing,and of the importance of remembering. We will pray for the souls of those gone before us, and we will hope for peace. 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 story5564.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 morning of September 11,2001 is one I will never forget. It has cahnged my life forever. I was six months pregnant with my third child. I was sittling on the couch with my oldest child who was 5 at the time when the first plane hit. My son saw both the first plane as well as the second plane hit. Imagine my horror watching plus tring to explain to my five year old that he was safe. He had a lot of questions about the"bad guys". After I talked to him for awhile I was sitting there quietly and wondered what kind of world was I brining my third child into. What would it be like when he was born? I was scared for him as well as my ohter children. I also felt a lot of grief for the vicitms of 9-11. I can not imagine what they were feeling.Luckily I had belief that the president would keep us as safe as possible and every thing would be okay, never the same but okay. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims everyday. I don't think there is a day since it happened that I haven't thought about it. I was lucky engough not to lose anyone. God Bless the United States. My prayers also to out to those in the military. 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 story4718.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: Since it was such a beautiful day, I decided to take the ferry to my office at 2 WTC instead of the PATH train as I usually did. I even spent a few extra minutes outside the building,just enjoying the scenery, and I remarked to myself how lucky I was to work in such a beautiful place. I was at my desk and had just sent an email to a friend in New Jersey inviting him and his wife to dinner in NYC that coming friday. (He still has the email!) All of a sudden the bright sunshine disappeared for a split second and a I heard what sounded like a freight train scream past. Our building shook from the impact on Tower 1. I looked out the window and saw smoke and debris all around, and said to myself "That must have been an airplane hitting the building." A co-worker came down the hall and confirmed what happened. We immediately began evacuating the 37th floor (our company occupied floors 33-37) of Tower 2. After we made sure everyone was off the floor, 3 of us got on the elevator and took it down to the lobby. I remained in the lobby for a while, finding people from our company and directing them to our marshalling point across the street at the Wrold Financial Center. I left the lobby in time to find 2 close friends.We were discussing what to do next when all of a sudden what sounded like a thousand missles screaming overhead caused us to look up at the instant the plane flew into Tower 2, directly over our heads. We all ran to escape the falling flames and debris. A short while later, somehow,I was lucky enough to meet up with one of the people I was with when the second plane hit. After standing and watching the buildings for a while we decided to walk across West Street and then North to get out of the area. That is when the first building collapsed. We were again able to outrun the debris. We got a few blocks north when we heard yet another horrific sound and turned around to watch Tower 1 collapse. After watching in stunned silence for a long while we made our way north to the Javits Center and got on the ferry to Weehawken. A year later, these events are still fresh in my mind. It seems impossible that a year has passed already. The senselessness and enormity of this cowardly act are to me impossible to fathom. I hope everyone in this country remembers September 11 for as long as they live, so we can all fight to ensure nothing like this ever happens 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 story8628.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-11-06 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 63.117.201.120 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: As a child "Army Brat", I never thought a attack on our soil was possible. It was truly, unbelievable and heart breaking. Too many thoughts, too many fears,and if possible too much hate towards another Country. The fear of my father serving durng another war was not felt, but the fear of my husband, my younger brother, or brother in-law being called to the line of duty, was one of the heart wrenching fears. I am, however so enternally greatful for the men and women over seas. They fight everyday for us, to keep us save. I hope now America sees how important these men and women are, and how they have always been here for us, even when we have not been here for them. I pray, everyday for the people who fell victim to 9-11,for their famillies, for the President, and for the men and women who risk their lives everyday. 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 story7131.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. 2002-09-13 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 216.146.104.221