237 20 70359 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had the day off from work and was on my way to an eye doctor's appointment. Howard Stern was on the radio talking about Pamela Anderson when he broke off to tell about a plane flying into the World Trade Center. I had a friend who is a pilot, so I attempted to contact him to be sure he was alright. I spoke with a roommate who was audibly shaken up. He told me that, as far as he knew, the planes were American Airlines and/or United. I went into the doctor's office and there, on a huge screen TV, was... Comedy Central. I told the receptionist that I thought they ought to turn to CNN. The receptionist gave me an odd look and ignored me. As I sat down in the waiting area, I informed the woman next to me that two planes had hit the WTC, and it was believed to be a terrorist attack. She was curious, but the gravity of the situation did not appear to hit at that point. Someone came and changed the channel after about 10 minutes. I was called into the examination room and upon emerging, the 3rd plane had struck the Pentagon and the towers were on the verge of collapse, or had collapsed. I was in shock and tears. The entire office was in a state of panic and chaos. Driving around the city was odd... no "road rage", blank faces at the gas station. It was eerie, even 750 miles away. 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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 11,2001, on a school day with no worries and no stress, teachers and studdenly New York's Twin Towers was crash into. I was about eight years old. Some of my teacher were crying and some were devastated. Students were really to young to really understand what horror it was. I came home from shcool my parents were puzzled and paused. The News play the show over and over and over again. The T.V talk about The Twin Towers for about a week. My mom said " you don't know what will happen any time or any place it just sometimes things just happen. 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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 in class at St. Cloud State University when I first heard the news. The department head came in and told us that the world was ending and that one of the Twin Towers had been hit by a plane. Of course, none of us believed her; we all thought she was kidding until she went on the internet and showed us. The room was eerily silent as we read about the plane hitting. We tried to continue working, but it was no use. All we could talk about was the Twin Towers. I remember visiting them about a year and a half earlier. I was in complete shock, unbelieving to what was going on. I couldn't believe that the towers that I saw just a year and a half earlier were gone. We were let out of class early that day because the concentration was completely gone. I went home and immediately turned on the TV. I then called my dad to see if he had talked to my mom yet. She was in Michigan and was supposed to be flying home that day to Minneapolis. I didn't think that Minneapolis would be a major target, but I couldn't help worrying about her. I kept my eyes glued to the TV for the entire day. My mom called me at 2 to let me know that she was ok. It was a relief. Looking back on 9/11 makes me realize how important family is. Before then, I took them for granted. I feel increadibly lucky to have made it through that day. A friend of mine lost two aunts and an uncle in the Pentagon attack. God bless America and those who helped out during this crisis and may God watch over those that lost loved ones. 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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 remember I heard about how the Trade Center was hit by an airplane on the radio on the way to a morning care lady on the hillside. I didn't think much about it, probably because I had no clue what the World Trade Centers even were. When I got to her house, my dad her what was going on, and then she started going crack-a-lackin'! She turned on the TV, and everything was on the same thing- "Terrorists Bombing," "World Trade Centers on Fire," etc. The entire morning, she sat fixated on the TV. I went to school where most people, like me, didn't even know what the buildings were, and therefor, we didn't really talk about it. The teachers sure did though. After school, once I had taken the bus to to my childcare persons house, she was still sitting there on the couch in the same spot. She seemed to be sleeping wiith her eyes and mouth open. That wouldn't be the last timepeople heard about that story for a long while. 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 story20736.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 remember coming out from OR suite # 5 where I helped start a surgical case scheduled that early morning of 9/11/01.As I was walking down the OR hall I noticed a few people standing close together in the OR lounge looking at the direction of the TV. I thought I'd go in to check and saw the first tower in flames. The TV news said something that possibly a plane hit the tower, purposely or not, it was not known yet.Watching it, I thought immediately of a terrorist attack.After a few minutes I went to another OR suite to continue my work while relating the incident to my co-workers and the surgeons in the room. As I was a float nurse that day I was delegated the job to find out more about the incident. I went back to the OR lounge only to see that the second tower was already hit by the second plane. I went back to the room to tell them the latest happening. When I finally got back to the lounge the first tower had collapsed.The OR staff who were there to see it happened where just unbelieving.We all looked like we were all ready to sob. Some of us had to call the schools to find out if we , as parents, were supposed to pick up our kids.We eventually cancelled all our outpatients who came for surgery that day and did only the in-patients and emergency cases.And proceeded on setting up the necesary emergency equipments that we might need if we do get casualties, being near to New York.The next day we had nothing on the OR schedule other than in-patients requiring surgery. One nurse at work called me at 5:30 am to tell me that the 2 of us were going to New York City to help, since there was not much on the OR schedule that day. We called our OR Supervior to let her know.And left for New York via the NJ path train.We brought with us some OR gowns and masks and gloves thinking that there will be a lot of work for us to do.I even asked my neighbor to take care of my son when he comes out of the school bus. But when we got to St. Vincent's Hospital we were told that they had more than enough medical volunteers that they need compared to the work at hand. There were maybe 14 to 15 survivors recovered early that morning mostly firefighters, before we got to New York.We were not allowed to go near the site now known as ground zero.But we walked all the way to Chelsea Piers where the emergency triage area was set up, thinking there might be some work to do there. We smelled smoke in the air and saw smoke coming from the site. But found only empty ambulances from different towns and states lined up on the avenue outside of chelsea piers and the drivers sitting on the curb. It was a desperate and painful site. Occasionally an ambulance siren would be heard but that was it.We met a few family members of some victims asking us for some informations but all we could tell them was what we knew then which was not that much.We went home feeling very helpless and disappointed of the painful reality that not a lot have survived in the 9/11 attack. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story4534.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'm a United flight attendant and was using our biggest benefit, which is of course the ability to fly anywhere at a moment's notice. My sister works part time for Continental and she and I decided to surprise our sister in law who is a major Oprah fan, with a trip to visit the show. When you apply for tickets you wait on the phone forever and then when they finally answer they basically tell you the available dates and you have to say yes to one of them right then and there. I don't know how anyone plans to attend that without the flexibility that my job allows. As fate had it, I chose Sept. 11 for our show date. We went in a day early to enjoy the city where I had once lived when I trained to work for United. The four of us (my sister in law brought her best friend, an equally fanatic Oprah fan) had a memorable time walking around the Gold Coast are of Chicago then went to bed relatively early, as the Oprah Show is also first come-first served for seating. We were up the morning of the 11th at 6 am at least, and standing in that line outside before 8 am. Inside the waiting area was buzzing with excitement as these huge fans got ready to meet their idol. Suddenly the tv screens located throughout the area were put on and we saw the first burning tower- we heard that a plane had hit and imagined it to be a small craft that had somehow gone off course. As we watched and listened, the second plane hit. I immediately burst into tears but no one else did. I think we were all in shock- I certainly did not imagine the magnitude of what was happening and for a moment, believed it was some kind of bizarre stunt put on by the Oprah show to get our reactions. My husband is a new yorker and we had recently moved from nyc with our children. We lived there in manhattan for 10 years and I will always consider it the best city in the world. My son was born there and my husband once worked in one of those towers before he met me. In other words our ties to "the city" are still strong. I felt so assaulted watching the horror unfold. The shock was so unbelievable that we all still herded into the Oprah studio and took our seats. No one knew what to do. A woman in front of me came back to her seat and mentioned the words Hijack and American Airlines and United. That put me into more shock. Another woman said "They've attacked the Pentagon". Talk about surreal. At this point, some people were beginning to react. Obviously some new yorkers were in the building and you could see people on cell phones. My sister in law was crying hysterically though she lives in new jersey- she had recently had a baby and was just in total fear. I tend to go into automatic mode when faced with horror and so, after speaking with my husband, knowing he and the kids were fine, I just sat back and watched in a state of shock. Oprah finally came out into the studio, in curlers with no make-up, and wearing one of those little capes you wear in a beauty salon. The reaction of the crowd added to the surreal state. Here she was, their Queen, just sitting down talking with her girlfriends. She explained how the show would be cancelled and talked a bit about not knowing what was going on. We went back to the hotel and watched the towers fall and it was one of the saddest days of my life. I will never forget the anger and fear and pain and disbelief. If I had not been on a leave at the time I am 100% certain I would have quit my job- I can't even imagine how my co-workers got the strength to fly. I took Amtrack home and it took me 18 hours- me, the woman who used planes like taxis and considered it my earned right to do so. 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 story778.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: When I heard about what happened on september 11,2001. I really didn't know what was going on at the time until I got home a my mother sat me down and told me what happened at the twin towers. She said that could be us and she told me to pray and hope it never happens again or to our people again. My grandmother said that this was bad I really Didn't know what was going on I was just sad for all the people that died that day and all the family that lost there family members. 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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 remember missing my flight from New York to Austin on September 7th, 2001. Being that the 8th was a Saturday, I decided to do something I had not done in the many frequent trips to the city and actually ascend the Empire State Building. It was a beautiful semi-clear day, only a few high wispy clouds overhead. I am a Photographer and I shot a few images of the Twin Towers, standing majestically in front of the Statue of Liberty, barely notcieable in the distance. Due to a bizarre series of instances, most of my meetings the following week, including two in the Towers themselves were canceled. Thus, I would be off from travelling a week, due to return on the 18th of September. That fateful morning I drove my little girl to school and gave the entire class New York Souveniers, something I had promised them I would do the next time I went. When I got to my car it was moments after 8AM CDT and the news was already breaking. "This is a day that will be like Oklahoma City..."began the report. Instead of heading to work, I rushed home, in time to see the second plane had just hit the other tower. I immedietly tried to rationalize this...There was afterall a plane crash in California a few years ago where two planes collided. And, considering the fact that both jets were close to Newark Airport, it could certainly be plausible that this was an accident. But the reports coming in now were grave and moribund. "This is no accident, said Katie Kouric of NBC News." When the third plane hit the Pentagon, I knew we were in trouble. Well, I was now on my way to Houston with a good friend in a planned trip to see the Astros play the Giants. Barry Bonds was on the all-time Homerun quest, and besides, I am a good friend to Larry Dierker, then the Astros manager. We would end up at his home, listening to this tragedy unfold. On the way to Houston, we decided to stop at a hotel along the way and catch a visual of what we were hearing on the radio. We arrived in time to see the South Tower crumble to the ground. All feeling simply left me at that moment, and it still does to this day when I recall it. We were uncertain as to whether the games would go on, but as we heard of yet another plane lost somewhere over Pennsylvania, the games seemed utterly irrelevant to the day. A week or so later I flew back to New York. The plane was almost totally empty, quiet. I went down to St. Johns Church near where the Towers once stood. The Church by this time stood as a lone sanctuary amidst all of the pain. It was covered with firefighter memories, pictures of those still missing and never to be found. There was an overcast raw chill in the air, and the smell...that smell was unforgettable. The ashes were still smoldering, debris was everwhere. The quiet muffled sound of a legion of dump trucks carrying the rubble drove by. The people at once applauded. "What a strange reaction" I thought as the bent steel and chunks of cement slowly processed by as if on their way to a funeral. I took an unforgetable image of this traffic light in fromt of the steel girders still resting in the ground. The light was stuck on green, an ironic sight in a world that had come to a complete stop. I remember just how alive New York was on that 8th of September and now how collectively dead it seemed. I made my way down the street and there was a Moslem man kneeling on his prayer rug outside, the rain began to fall harder and harder, as if to wash away his cries for peace in a world where all innocense was now lost, and time seemed anguishly suspended in the chill of the New York fall. Images that burn in my mind and still create a stir are everywhere, but perhaps one stood out among the rest. Along the way, I saw where someone took their fingers and wrote in the dust that had covered a window, "I don't know you, but I miss you already." 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 story10297.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: This was just another ordinary Tuesday, complaining about work and all that went with it. I sat at my desk talking to my co-worker when another co-worker said the radio announced that a plane hit the World Trade Center. After trying to find it on the internet we turned on the tv, and we found it. We watched at the second plan hit. After the shock of that started to wear off, the news of the Pentagon came. One of my best friends works in neighboring building of the Pentagon. I was lucky, I was able to get ahold of her. Then the phone started to ring busy everywhere you tried. All local phone service was jammed, some cellphones worked. We were all sent home, not much we could do. When I got home it finally hit and the crying started. The faces of those innocent people started to appear, the thoughts of families destroyed, and the sight of murder. Soon the phones started ringing, everyone could get through. Relatives that we hadn't heard from in years called checking to see if my father was okay, it had been long enough that they didn't know he retired from the government. Suddenly no matter what had happen bad or good, everyone was concerned about everyone. Unlike most people at the age of 25 I knew what it was to be an American, as the daughter, sister, niece and granddaughter of war veterans I knew, and it hurt. All my life I have been taught to honor, respect and love my country. And I do, and I felt so violated that someone could do what they did. I still love my country and always will, and the acts of September 11, 2001 will not change that EVER! The terrorist did the one thing that they didn't not intend do, the gave us true meaning to UNITED States of America. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story5072.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 first period. I was in sixth grade , at Tobin School. I just got back from band , and I walked into my classroom and everyone was watching TV . The TV showed the Twin Towers . There was a plane , and it was in one of the Twin Towers . Then, I was watching and another plane came out of the middle of nowhere and crashed into the other Twin Tower. It was a shock , because I didn't know what was going on. People were trying to tell me , but I didn't understand. It was really weird. Then , they showed another plane that crashed into the Pentagon. All my friends were telling me that there was a Terrorist Attack on New York, and that terrorist hyjacked 4 planes. They killed the pilots and flew the planes . Two of the planes crashed into the World Trade Center or Twin Towers , another one crashed onto the Pentagon, and the last one was found in a field in Pennsylvani. Then principal came into the room , and told the teacher that they had to turn off the TV. The whole we talked about the tragedy. It was really sad , because the teacher told us to put ourselves in the other people's position, and I did. It was realy upsetting .Just to think about loosing someone like that , or loosing your own life. It's really scary. A few days later we still talked about it . The sky was clear. There was no sound of airplanes , or anything. Everyday we had ten minutes of silence everyday. The September 11 tragedy changed everything . A lot of people that lived around me started to panic. They were scared that there was going to be a terrorist in Chicago , they thought that airplanes would crash into the Sears Tower . A lot people still do panic, though it's a year later . 9-11-01 was a terrible day , that hurt a lot of people counting me , and is a day that noone will ever 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 story6297.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 September 11, 2001,I was sitting in my math classroom, oblivious to anything concerning the outside world. I sat in my desk, half paying attention, half coloring on my notebook. I was wearing an American flag shirt that day, as coincidental as that may seem, and I remember waking up and questioning whether or not to wear it, as it was a little "bold" to say the least. When I got out of my zero hour class, I was walking down the hallway when my friend Stacy ran up to me to tell me the news. She said that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. I had no idea how bad the situation was, in my naive mind, I thought it was a small private plane that had barely hit the top of the building...no big deal. An announcement came over the loud speaker telling the teachers not to turn on the TV's, but just to go on with what they had planned for the day. My spanish teacher kept us all on task, but none of us could really concentrate. We had no idea what was going on, and our imaginations were running wild. When I arrived at my second period class, my history teacher had the TV on MSNBC so that we could watch. I remember gasping in horror as I walked into the room and saw the images for the first time. I had no idea it could ever be that bad. The entire class sat in silence and just watched. Looking back a year later, I realize how much this country has changed. Before September 11, 2001, many of us were worried about the trivial aspects of life, like our bank accounts or our social status. After that day, America was different. We were no longer obsessed with the trivial, but focused on the important. People turned to their faith. There were no enemies, only friends. A year later, this country is still a changed one, and I can only hope that we will be permanently affected and never forget how we felt on that day in September. 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 story4168.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 getting the kids ready for school when the phone rang. It was my sister, Rachael who also lives in Denver. A red flag was raised in my mind - she never called in the morning before... She asked if I had heard yet and I didn't know what she was talking about. She simply said, "Turn on the news." And there it was, that image of the first tower smoking. I couldn't wrap my head around what I was seeing - how the heck could some idiot run a plane into the Twin Towers in broad daylight?? And on such a clear day... Moments passed before the horror of what I was seeing actually sunk in - it is rush hour there - oh my God - so many people - I woke my husband and hung up with my sister. Jerry is a native New Yorker, born and raised in Brooklyn. We had moved to Denver the year before. His whole family lived there and my brother and his family lived there. As we watched, as the whole world watched, the second plane hit and we immediately knew that we were under attack. Where is everyone?? Is my mom in NY on business this week? My brother works just a couple blocks from there, so does Jerry's uncle. His sister lives down there, and where does his other sister work? His oldest daughter used to work in the WTC... We desperately started calling, somehow we got through to Bobby's office - someone answered - he wasn't there yet. That was it - we couldn't get through to anyone else. So we waited and watched the terror unfold on our TV. The buildings fell and we sobbed, unbelieving that this could be happening. I actually took the kids to school and went to work. I am a family doctor and figured my patients might need me. At the office we put TVs in the nursing stations and we all sat around them just watching. I kept making frantic phone calls and eventually found out that somehow we had been blessed - Our family members were okay. As I would hear over the next weeks it was close for several, but everyone was out and physically unscathed. None of us escaped emotionally unscathed. 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 story3744.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, I was in the bank depositing a check from a client of ours when suddenly one of the people working in the bank announced to the entire room that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center in NYC. I felt awful, it was not because I knew someone there because I didn't. I felt bad for what I thought was a tragic accident. I felt bad for the unknown number of people in the building and in the plane that had died. I left the bank and went back to my home office where my partner was not in the office but rather upstairs with her eyes glued to the tv. "They say it could be a terrorist attack" she said. I sat and watched as the commentators on tv talked about what had happened. Then as we watched another plane hit the other tower. "There is no way this is an accident now" we thought and heard the annoucers say. Then as we watched, the plane hit the pentagon and I was awstruck because my uncle is a high ranking officer and was in the pentagon, so I thought. I tried for the rest of the day to no avail to contact my family to find out if my uncle was in the rubble. I didn't find out until the next day that my uncle had recently been restationed to Alabama for education. A sigh of relief came upon me but I still was so disturbed and distraught because I came to find out that if he had been in the Pentagon that day, his office was in the direct area of the crash! 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 story3220.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: The day I call now worst day in my life already started out bad for me. I did not go to work that day, since I was not feeling to well with the cold I had caught. Around 2:30 pm German time (about 8:30 am in New York) I decided to move from the bed to the couch to watch some TV. And then I saw what I can still not believe to this day. First one, then a second plane hit the two towers of the WTC. I was in instant shock, knowing that my husband, who is a SGT in the US Army, works only hours away from the Pentagon. When the Pentagon was hit, I finally had him on the phone. He then worked for the US Army in a "secret" place not far away from the Pentagon. I cannot say more about this place other than he was in immediate danger. In the background I heard nervous voices, yelling....My heart wanted to stop beating, I was so scared to lose what is most precious to me. He did not have time to talk, nor was he allowed to say anything. He gave me a kiss over the phone and told me that he loves me. Then the phone line went dead.... I went back to the TV and could not believe my eyes. I guess I cried all day long. I thought of all the loved-ones, who would lose their daddys, moms, sisters, brothers, relatives, friends, coworkers.... And then again I could only think of my hubby and hoping he would make it thru the days to come. The next day he called me briefly to let me know that he would have to go to Washington DC to help reinstall phones. My husband is a cable wire installer in the Army. He takes great pride in what he does; he is a person that would give anything to help others. He was honored to have been picked to go to Washington DC. Yet, I was home in Germany, scared to death. He spent one week in DC. And although I could not talk to him on the phone, cause where he was, talking on the phone was not allowed, I sent him faxes with hugs and kisses and funny stories to support him and to let him know how proud I was of him doing his job for his country. Not one day has gone by ever since that I do not thank God for letting me keep the person I love so much. In anger and deepest grief I think of all the people lost and of all the ones, who were not as lucky as my hubby and me. Ever since that horrible day, I cherish my life with my husband more than ever before. Life is too short to worry about little things like money, cars, house....I have learned my lesson to thank God for what I have with me in life and to cherish the love I get from my husband. My heart goes out to all the victims of 09/11 and their families. I hope that they will be able one day to live their lives without pain. I honor the men and women, who defend this great country. I will sign up to be an officer in the US Air Force shortly, so I can do my share. This was my story - a lucky one without a loss. 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 story7586.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 Sept. 11th, I was running late. I usually have my morning news show on and leave the house at 8:30am but that day I didn't have the TV on and I didn't leave till 8:50am. As I walked out of the house, I said to myself, what a beautiful day. The sky was blue, the sun was out the air was fresh, I had just returned from visiting family in sunny Florida and couldn't help but think it's just gorgeous out today. I hopped on the J train and started my journey to work. As my train approached "Broadway East New York" station where I transfer to the A train for downtown Manhattan, I heard a man say that the Twin Tower was hit. He said to everyone look out, see the smoke? My immediate reaction was to pray. I thought that a small plane had crashed into the tower due to some pilot error. I kept praying that everything would be ok. Not knowing the intensity of what happened, I proceeded to transfer to the A train. When I reached the A train plaform, I heard a mumble over the loud speaker that the A train was not running into Manhattan. I decided to wait a few minutes and said to myself, "if the train doesn't come in 10 minutes, I'm going back home". The train arrived and I got on. The journey into Manhattan was slow. I had no idea of the intensity of what was occurring at the WTC. Reaching near Chambers St. the conducter announced we were unable to pass. Finally being stuck for about 10 minutes, we went through. I got off at Canal St and walked into chaos. There were people running all over the place, crying and hysterical. Not sure what was going on, I walked towards my building. When I reached Varick and Canal, I looked South and saw the huge hole in the building, not realizing only one building was standing. I stared for a few moments, then went on thinking, I am so late for work. I finally reached the building at Hudson and Canal, when I saw my co-workers running out of the building and crying. They told me the building asked us to evacuate and go back in 15 minutes, some were telling me to go as far north of the city as I can. I still had no clue what was going on. I walked over to a bunch of co-workers and we stood at the entrance of the Holland Tunnel. I looked southbound and could see the remaining tower burning. Several people told me what happened but it still had not hit me. I watched in horror and prayed as hard as I could. Trying desperately to call my family on my cell phone but not having any luck, I stayed close with my co-workers. It was surreal watching the building with a huge hole burning, paper, debris flying everywhere and people jumping out. The whole time I was watching the event unfold, I kept thinking Bruce Willis was going to run up the street and save the day... Soon after we heard the rumble and felt the earth shake. At that moment the remaining tower fell right before my very eyes. This was real! This wasn't a joke. Dumbfounded, I began walking northbound, not knowing where to go. Finally stopping at a payphone, I was able to call home and speak with my cousin. Crying hysterically, all I could think of were my friends who worked 2 - 3 blocks from the WTC. Still unsure as to what was rgoing on, I begged my cousin to call my sister and ask her not to fly to NY. People wandered the streets covered in dust and some with blood and cuts. Finally walking towards the Willamsburg bridge, I was able to stop and wait for a phone. People were running around, screaming. Telling me this was no joke, to get off the island. One woman told me that her friend works for the FBI and told her to get out! It's serious! Do not stay! Frantic, I was not sure what to do. I was crying, scared, and in shock. I decided my only way out of Manhattan was to walk over the bridge. The thought scared me as thoughts of bridge bombings came over me. Somehow I found the strength and walked over the bridge, turning back to look at that island, all I can see was smoke and tons of people ahead and behind me. It was surreal, almost like the crossing of the Red Sea in Moses. At the end of the bridge, people who normally would not say a word to one another were out helping eachother, distributing water to those who walked over. Helping eachother find their way home, offering places for others to stay. After several hours I made it close to home. My cousin picked me up and we could not speak, all we could do was cry and be Thankful that we were ok. The first thing I did was shower, I thought I can wash it all away, every thought of the event. I took a moment to myself and turned on the TV. All I could do was cry. I called my family and friends and was thankful that everyone was ok. I was fortunate to escape the mayhem that occurred that day, but felt guilty that others had not. The serevity of what happened that day had not hit me until I was able to watch the news and get the full scope (Pentagon and the other plane that crashed in the Penn. field). All kinds of emotions overcame me from fear to hatred. The next several days/weeks were the hardest as I prayed for survivors. I prayed that what I witnessed was all just a bad dream. Tears could not stop flowing from my eyes. I feared the end of the world. Not being able to see my family again. Our office was shut down the next few days. When the streets below 14th Sts. were opened again and it was time to go back to work. I was could not bring myself to head out to Manhattan. I struggle to hop on the train. It's now almost a year and I still can't get the events out of my head! I jump at the sound of sirens, I refuse to wear the clothes I wore that day and I can't say as I leave the house "oh what a beautiful day". I'm afraid if I did any of those, something bad may happen again. Everyday, I am reminded of what has happened and everyday I look southwards to see if the Towers are there. I have been to therapy many times and had been able to talk to people about what had happened, however I don't think I can ever erase the images or the sadness that is embedded in me. I pray that we will never ever forget what happened and that we will be there to help one another at all times. I am still overwhelmed by thoughts from people all around the world. May God Bless us all and may we all learn to forgive and learn to live in Peace with one another so that our children will never have to endure this experience. God Bless! 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 story1607.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 a t work when a man told me what had just haeppend at 2.pm,I turned on the tv on and it showed you the first plane hiting the world trade centre,A customer who comes into the pub was in one of those towers at a meeting ,I told my boss that i was going to take my lunch brake then.I went o my parent house and watched it unfold live infront of my eyes,what happend that day was the most shocking and defining moment in my life,what happend mad me sick and thought it would happend in England.The pople who were murderd did not deserve that,I hope theat George bush will keep on fighting and use eveything in his power to bring binladen down,The man is a piece of shit and i hope him and his followers burn in hell.I think that George bush can not be blamed for what happend but he can learn from it they is no correct way in how to deal with it and i think that the solders form usa and england and othe nations are donig a great job.On the 3rd anniversary of 9/11 i was off by request to watch the tv live form New york i was listening to a little girl whos dad had died on that day and i had a tear in my eye children lost alot that day.Until that day i never knew how evil can be but we will win the war on terror because we must.I have bought dvds and book on the 9/11 and have donated money to fund. 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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 my school bus route when the planes hit the World Trade Center. As the kids were getting on the bus they were asking me if I had heard what had happened. I turned the volume up on the radio and I couldn't believe what I was hearing. It was 9:35am when I got home and put on the TV to see what was going on. I called my parents to see where my brother was as he is an EMT with the Fire Department and found out he was home asleep. I woke my husband up as he is Airport Security out by us and told him I thought he should get up as two planes just flew into the World Trade Center buildings and I had a feeling he was going to be called in real soon. Within 10 minutes they called him to come to work. When the Towers fell I couldn't believe what I had witnessed. All I kept thinking was all the people who were in those buildings when they fell. As long as I live I will never forget the site of those buildings coming down. 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 story8036.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 getting ready for college when I heard about the first plane attack. My heart sank and I had a hard time being able to function. I felt terror that radiated from my throat to the pit of my stomach. When I picked up another student on the way to school, she had not heard and we both stayed silent the rest of the way. As the Pentigon was struck, I knew my brother worked there and did not know if he was alive or not. I emailed him three times from the college in hopes of some news of him being alive. The college closed it's doors that day and all Televisions ands big screens were tuned into the events of this tragedy. We had some events with some students that are from Iran, attending college and I never saw any students being mistreated, most of us did not know what to say to them. A local store owner got his store burned because he was Iranian and some creaps got it into his head that it was his fault. This is outrageous behavior and places those idiots on the same level as the terriorist. That day seemed like Mother nature was silenced as I noticed the air was void of any planes. My supervisor could not make work for a few days, she was flying over Florida and her plane was diverted to another state. It was about 3pm mountain time when I heard from him and was informed that he was saved due to the remodeling project there and had been sent to Crystal City until the project was finished. Later stories came in that this remodeling project had been moved to this earlier date and would have been done later. My brother's office had been totally demolished and had he been there at that time, I would have lost him that day. don't tell me that God is not real. Things happen for a reason and it saddens me that so many lost there lives that day, but so many more are alive due to circumstances that boggles the mind. http://www.geocities.com/joanna1953/We_Stand_United.html here is the poem that I wrote the day after September 11th. 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 story10438.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 received a telephone call from my mother at work. She told me that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center in New York and that it was believed to be a terrorist act. Thinking that it was just a little plane and that my mother was probably worrying about nothing, I got on the internet and saw the second plane crash into the other Tower. I sat in shock at my desk. It was liking watching a movie, only it was really happening. After the intial shock, my first thougt was who could have done this and why? As the events unfolded, the more upset I became and the more I wanted to leave work and just be with my family. For days after, everyone was still in shock. The sight of all the support from other people across the world still brings a feeling to me that I can't describe. The people that did this to America obviously thought that we would crumble, but true to the spirit on which we were founded - we came back stronger and more united than before! The loss that the people and family of New York, Washington D. C. and Pennsylvania victims are going through is incomprehensible, but they are a part of a larger, caring and loving family.....America. If I live to be 100 I will never forget September 11, 2001, or the fact that I have the privelege and honor to live in the best country in the world...the United States of America - One nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all. To the families of September 11, 2001, victims, you will never be forgotten! 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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 tragedy of September 11th On Tuesday September 11th, 2001 there was and attack on America. I was in Barker Central School. My friends and me were in Earth Science just hanging out and talking because our teacher was not ready to start class. Then a teacher came in and said that a plane had just hit the World Trade Tower. I had no clue what the World Trade Centers were. Now after the planes have hit them I realize how important they were. The news showed live pictures of Ground Zero. The pile where the buildings used to be is all smoke; you could not see anything because of all the smoke. I had heard that a plane hit the two Worlds Trades Towers, Pentagon and the 7th tower of the other building falling. I went and turned on the television I saw people falling or jumping out the buildings. There was smoke and fire in the sky, buildings falling everywhere they landed very hard to the ground. The people in the buildings are very hurt, sick, and don?t know what?s going on. People died and they don?t even know why. The people that did live are very lucky because people who did die had to go through attack by the terrorists who were Muslim extremist that they didn?t know who actually did it. People were very upset about the whole thing. People that did this need to learn how to be a person and get something out of their lives and not destroy our country. If they wanted to talk about their problems or what they have against us they should of tried to talk to us about it. Yes! They sent signs of warnings, but if they would of talked to something or us we could of explained. These people that died were working hard. They were innocent they had no right to die, suffer, get hurt. These people that did do it have problems because it?s not our fault. If they have problems with the government they could of talked to them about it. They shouldn?t have to take it out on the U.S people. Everyone was watching the news to see if his or her relatives were hurt or died. That would be very upsetting and sad if I found out that a relative if someone or mine I loved had died. People couldn?t believe what was going on. They didn?t know how to react. My friend April had an aunt and uncle that worked there and she was crying because she was in school and couldn?t find out much in school. Now everyone that go places are scared to go outside to goes anywhere and that?s not right People shouldn?t have to be scared in their own neighborhood. This attack was very harmful and upsetting. I feel that this should not have ever happened because we didn?t do anything to them. Our government might have done something, to make these people mad, but innocent people should not be killed. I think the whole thing is mostly because they don?t like our country and wealth. Even now months later people are still worried what?s going to happen the next day, next week, or the rest of their lives. 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 story579.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-05-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 168.169.8.132