247 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: The Pentagon Washington, DC 09-11-01 BNN Page Arlington: Plane crash/vacinity of 14th St bridge/George Wash Pkwy/Arlington units have witnessed an airplane crash very close to the Pentagon?further details as they become available/ BNN 624 MDT Group 12 9:45 am 9/11/01 I left for work on a sunny Tuesday morning at about 6:50 am?as usual and stopped for coffee at Starbucks?as usual. For no particular reason I bought a piece of coffee cake not knowing it would be my breakfast and lunch. Arriving at work in Old Town Alexandria at 8 I was greeted by my fellow employees also beginning their days. For the past month or so I have been taking my portable radio and scanner into the office to suplement the old Radio Shack model I use to monitor the DC Fire dispatch. This allowed me to also keep tabs on the Fairfax Co Fire channels with my GE-MPD radio and scan the Alexandria and Arlington 800mhz frequencies with the Radio Shack Pro 39. Sometime around the 9:00 hour a fellow worker informed me that she had heard that an aircraft had hit the WTC in New York. I instinctively switched on the radio in my office to WTOP-AM , a long time source for concise information and news. Through the AM static we listened to the reports from New York with updates almost constantly. A second plane hit the tower #2 and the staff became engrossed in the scratchy reports. While answering the ?E? mails that had accumulated over night and listening to the radio I kept a close ear on the scanners. The local reports were the usual BLS calls, accident with injuries, etc. Around 9:30 am I caught the Arlington Co Fire dispatcher shouting to?I think?a Battalion Chief that ?there is a plane down at the 14th St bridge !!! ? (the site of the Air Florida crash in the 80?s) Too much to be a coincidence I jumped up out of my chair, grabbed my radios, announced the news to the office and left for my car. I drive a used Virginia State Police car, a 1994 Chevy Caprice?equipped with 2 mobile Trunk Tracking radios, a Motorola 16 channel Radius to cover the 460 mhz range and the two portables I use in the office and while on foot. On the way out I felt an obligation to inform the local TV producers whom I work with from time to time of the incident. Speed dialing from my NEXTEL I called WRC-4(NBC), FOX ?5 and WUSA ?9 (CBS). While on the phone to Ch 4 I heard the Arlington dispatcher indicate the crash was in the Del Ray area, next?Crystal City?next the Navy Annex and finally the area at the Pentagon. I informed the Fox news desk of the crash and the young lady who answered shouted the information all over the newsroom. Traveling North on Rt 1, knowing my urgency and conscious of the city traffic I turned on my headlights, activated the emergency strobe tail lights and began to use the air horn to make my way to towards the crash. As I approached the overpass into the Del Ray area I could see a massive cloud of black smoke behind Crystal City to the North. Rt 1 divides at Rt 395?right to DC, left to Rt110, which runs adjacent to the Pentagon. I sped along 110 until I found a median cross over, made a U-turn and proceeded up the wrong way an exit ramp to the parking area. I covered the 4 plus miles in 5 minuets. I could see the evacuations well under way and hundreds of people milling around the Pentagon lawns. As I rounded the ramp up to the fire I began to think about where to leave my car! I noticed a burgundy van parked on the grass at the ramp merge and pulled along side out of the way. A newswoman was preparing her Fox microphone and her cameraman was setting up his tripod. Now it was time to GO!! What to take!!?? I fumbled with a spare battery for the Sony HandiCam, hung my IDs around my neck, turned off the lights and flashers and popped the trunk. Out of the car I grabbed the Sony, 2 spare Hi8 tapes, the Nikon FM-2 with a 35mm lens, a 60-300mm zoom and 3 rolls of film. Jamming it all in my pockets I took OFF! The first thing I shot was a man in a suit examining parts of the wreckage strewn all over the street approximately 150 yards from the impact area. Next, the sheer spectacle of the Pentagon on fire with the thick black smoke rolling over its face to the South. My mind was racing and I knew I had to prioritize the visual overload of the scene. Stressed over and over by my best friend Tom Yeatman, also a freelance videojournalist, shoot the action first, the scene last?there was action everywhere! Moving along the West face of the building toward the impact area I found medics treating a dozen or so victims. Shooting that I moved further along to a burned man being loaded into an ambulance. With the burning building behind him he pleaded with someone to tell his family that he was all right. Moving again I focused on the impact site?trucks, hoses, volunteers with backboards, clergy, fire and smoke everywhere. I heard a helicopter over my right shoulder, turned and was able to shoot the U S Park Police helicopter landing to fly out the first patients. The scene was surreal with scores of emergency vehicles in the background. The ground crew motioned for someone to come forward and, looking to my right I shot a severely burned man being rushed by on a gurney for a fly out. Distracted from that scene by a crunching thump I turned again to the building in time to shoot the end of the collapse of the upper 3 floors. Just about then I was told by an ATF agent that ?you might want to leave?a second plane is 10 minuets out !!? I moved across the street searching the sky. All that I could think was what an opportunity it would be to get it on film! That mindset usually sets in when I acknowledge that events are completely out of my control. Hearing what I thought to be another explosion I looked across the Potomac for another plume of smoke and to see if the Washington Monument and the Capitol were still there! Later I found out that it was a sonic boom from the F-16s arriving from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia to protect the Capitol! As some order settled in and more and more police arrived we were pushed back to perhaps a quarter of a mile from the impact site. Helicopters began landing behind us and we were again moved to a Citgo gas station about a half mile away where the balance of the coverage has taken place. As always, Tom Yeatman was in touch by cell to advise, direct and assist. He and I have had a remarkable relationship over the past 15 years shooting color prints for ourselves, 35mm Black and white for AP, UPI, The Post and the Times to, now, video. Keeping the local producers apprized of my progress and shopping my tape, Tom was indispensable! Over time we have established credibility with the local stations by bringing in only what we think they can use. WRC ?4 was anxious to see what I and and asked that I take it to their live truck for dubbing and / or feed to the station?it didn?t work. By this time I was well over a mile from my car! I asked the authorities to back track through what now had become a crime scene and was refused. Moving West up the hill to the to the Navy Annex I hopped a 4 foot brick wall into Arlington National Cemetery and walked the mile plus through the gravestones. Scaling a 12 foot fence just inside the yellow police tape I hopped into the car and off to the stations; 4,5 and 9 in numerical order. At 4,an NBC affiliate, the local producer looked the images over and called the staff from MSNBC and Dateline to the dubbing room. They all bought it. Fox?s man on the desk took counter notes to highlight the best segments for his producer. Channel 9 ran it with a voice over before I even got home. Finally, at home after the most remarkable 8 hours I have ever spent, sore, exhausted, hungry and a bit dehydrated I watched it all unfold on the TV. It seems that everyone used almost everything I had, either with a voice over or background for lead stories. As it turns out, so far, my tape is the only one showing the victims, close up shots of the fire and the events unfolding within minuets of the impact. As one of what were probably dozens of photojournalists there, I was fortunate to shoot the tape of a lifetime! I guess I was lucky and in the right place at just the right time. Tom tells me that it wasn?t luck?it was being prepared. I credit Tom for teaching me the logic of a spot news shoot, a long-term relationship with the local stations?and a lot of luck! Bob Pugh BlindSpot News Services 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 story426.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: i was at home. and i was watching tv when i saw the second tower fall 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 story9043.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 don't know where to start really. I was in rural town America where I live and work and raise my family when we were attacked. I stared at my desk for most of the rest of the day until I could go home and see for myself what in the world was going on. Far from the danger but still hit very hard with emotions from knowing that my way of life and the freedoms that I want for my childern were being theatened. I was in total shock for weeks after 9-11 and still hurt today when I think of all the childern who lost their parents, the husbands and wives who lost each other and the fact that they will never be able to replace them. I pray for them daily and hope that they know there are people who care for them and what they are going thru. 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 story3222.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 most vivid memory of Sept. 11 was the noise I heard when the first plane hit The Tower. On Hudson Street in Greenwich Village (just under a mile away), it sounded as if a huge steel pipe had fallen from some scafolding close by, yet far away. I learned of what had happened. On Hudson Street, the trees were in full bloom and so obstructed my view. People speculated that it was a small, private plane that had gone off course. As a flight attendant, my first cynical reaction was that it was terrorism. Some older people were recalling the plane that had hit The Empire State Building so many decades ago. I knew differently. It was a perfect day outside. The second plane hit. I ran home to organize getting my daughters out of school; the older one from a school near Lincoln Center. (I left my 9 year old at her Hudson Street school because I believed there she was oblivious to the events-I found out later her classroom had a picture perfect view of the Trade Centers). My husband was uptown at the dentist, waiting to have oral surgery. He was aware of what was going on. They had the radio on in the office...but he stated to me "I've been waiting an hour... can't I just finish this (dental) appointment first?" I had a new baby- a one month old boy. I recall walking between home on Bank and West Streets to watch CNN and use the telephone (while it still worked- the phones soon went dead) and down to the corner to look at the Trade Centers for the 'live view'. New York stood still... people stood in the streets, mouths agape. Cars stopped in the middle of the road, doors open, news radios blasting. It was like a movie. I recall pushing the baby carriage north up Greenwich Street, away from the view of The Towers. All of a sudden, there was a collective gasp and everyone ran forward towards the collapsing building (a mile away). I looked back, saw The Towers collapsing, and said "Oh". That was it. I kept walking. That night, a beautiful, clear night, we sat with our neighbors in the flowering median of The West side Highway (West Street) and watched the emergency vehicles rush up and down. The next day, I felt we were living in Kosovo... tanks and police and armored cars and trucks full of military rode down our quite streets. Rows and rows of construction workers and electricians and steel workers marched military style down Hudson Street from the last downtown subway stop on 14th Street towards what only the day before had been The Trade Center. They too, were heroes. You had to see them! I guessed most that day were volunteers. Heroes. Strange police officers from far away places in 'Smokey Bear' hats blocked 14th Street and checked your I.D. before allowing you downtown to make sure you were a resident. Our local police and fire houses were draped in black and purple. Our local hospital's outer walls were lined with flyers of the missing and dead. In July, I had a melt down. I guess it took me that long to realize I was not watching a movie on Sept. 11... for it all to sink in. I never 'saw' The Towers until they were gone, (though I now realize I saw them every day from my bedroom window). The Towers were just always there... and now I miss them terribly. 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 story1435.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 in my English class waiting for out teacher because she was late. She was always on time so we all knew something was up. When she arrive she told us a plane had hit the world trade center. All of us were shocked as we turned on CNN and heard reporters speaking of the crash. Minutes after we turned on the television we witnessed the second plane crash. Then a reporter went to the Pentagon to interview someone there. We heard a man speak about whether he though it was a terrorist attack or not and then we heard screaming and a loud noise. The man, still be recorded by the reporter, said that it felt like an earthquake. Everyone still in shock, had their eyes glued to the television set. When class let out the halls were filled with people crying and everyone was sent home. I am very fortunate that I did not lose anyone in the attacks, but some of my friends weren't so lucky. 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 story279.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: Like every morning during the fall in high school, my band had been marching. As I can inside about 8:45 or 9:00, I saw other members of the band gathered around the T.V. in the band hall. No one knew what was going on. There was so much confusion. All I heard was that the White House was being evacuated, and I wondered why. I called my mom at home, but she had just heard and didn't really know what was going on either. Every one was confused. I don't think the full impact of what had happened had hit any of us yet.When I finally understood what was going on, I couldn't believe it. I just sat in shock with my fellow classmates. I was filled with so much sorrow, but for some reason I couldn't cry. The first time I remember crying was on Thursday. I went to a service at my church. It wasn't a formal service, but the youth group sat on the floor of the chapel with my pastor. I really don't remember much of what was sad, but I do remember the immense grief in all of us. What amazes me is the good that can come out of such horrible events. Even if it is only a small thing, the night of September 11, I sat down and wrote and essay, the first of many, that expressed my feelings about accaptance of humanity.I now realize I have talent in writing, and I am so thankful that that was brought to my attention. *I hope that we never forget what happened that day!! We need to remember because history has a way of repeating itself if we don't. I hope some day we can learn to accept each other's differences and treat all humans with the love and respect they deseve as humans. May we always see the humanity in each other!!!* Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story4145.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had started the day a bit anxious due to the scheduled walk off of some of the workers in are office that are affiliated to a different union than I am. That morning the Quebec City office where already being blocked by picketing lines and most of are workers where stuck outside. However since we are located in a non government office space, shared with other public services, I thought that would make picketing almost impossible. I was right, we all got in without any problems that morning. I was reading that morning Emails when, from one of my co-workers cubical, I hear a resounding ?QUOI ????? (in English WHAT ???). Andre run?s out of his office to tell me that something had hit one of the World Trade Center tower. ?A small plane!!!? he says. We both run to the break room and open the TV. Andre has a pilots licence and I am a student pilot so anything that has to do with aircraft is of great interest. I remember thinking, as we first saw the images on the TV, that this impact was no small plane. It had to have been a lot bigger than a Cessna or even a Piper Twin to leave such a gapping hole in such a big office tower. That amount of damage could only be from a commercial aircraft. At this point people are filtering in from other offices to see what was wrong. There are a lot of questions going around the small room. How could a pilot make such a mistake as to collide with such a large building in such good weather? Will they get to the people in those floors on time? How will they get that fire under control? Could this not be a boom? I also remember somebody saying that a collision like that had happen before in N.Y. with the Empire State building in heave fog. Is this the same think? But just then the second plane hit. Silence fell in the room. My co-workers faces went from interrogation and concern for the people inside the first tower to a look of downright fear and disbelieve. I for one was in shock and could not believe what had just happened. I think we just stood there for about a minute or two before someone finally broke the silence. I immediately broke out of the break room to call my wife at work and inform her of what had just happen. Neither she nor the people that work there believed me at first. I don?t blame them. I was not sure I believed it myself. The office was a buzz with speculation as to what had just happened. No way could this be an accident. People are calling family and friends. Get the word out. I get a call from the Lan administrator in Quebec city. He is stuck outside the office behind a picket line. He wants me to take his calls while he is stuck there. I informed him of what I had just seen on the news and tell him to get the word out where he is. As I get back to the TV we here reports that the Pentagon is on fire. By this time some of the people are crying. I will soon join them. This is happening miles away, in an other country, yet I am crying and unable to carry on with my work. I think of my 10 year old in school and 4 year old in daycare. Do I go and get them to make sure they are safe? What should I do? What will I tell the kids? They will be asking questions. I don?t want to alarm them. I finally decided that the best way I could be of any help to anybody was to stay at my post in case of an event in Canada. Our ministry is the equivalent of the FCC in the USA and could be ask to participate in an emergency to identify or locate radio signals. When the towers feel, I again called my wife to let here know what had happened and that I loved her. At this point most of us are sitting in the conference room and listening to CNN, ABC, and our local news. No more speculations, no more theory as to what had happened. It is now clear. This is an attack. By 1h00 pm the staff in our offices in Montreal and Quebec city are told that they can leave because they are located in high rise buildings. The fear is spreading to Canada. Offices in Ottawa and Toronto are shutting down. Buy 4h00 pm most of us had left the office and where on there way home. I pick up my son at school and my daughter at daycare all the while listening to the local FM station. The teacher in my sons class had already explained a bit of what had happened that day. I was relived to see that he actually understood a lot of the situation. One question did how ever shake me up a lot : Dad, are we safe here in Sherbrooke? That was one question which I could not answer any more. I told him that I would do my very best to keep him safe and that events like the ones in NY and Washington where exceptional. This question would come back quite often over the next couple of days. Those who, on September 11, did these monstrous and unthinkable things wanted to hurt the United States of America but they ended up hurting humanity itself. History will judge them, and they will be remembered with the likes of Hitler and other oppressors of freedom and rights. I sincerely hope that they will never find comfort in is. 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 story1487.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 helping custumors and one man told me that there happend a teribble thing, a plane hit the Twin Towers, he also told me that the White House was hit, but thank god he had the wrong information. I realy thought this was the end of the world, at that moment i was pregant for allmost 4 months of my son Collin, when i came home i put on the t.v. and i couldn't believe what i saw! It was so teribble!!, in the beginning i couldn't sleep at night, thinking of those people who lost there lives, and the family of those people! And what would happen to world? Every time i hear the song: "I will overcome" i think of that day. This will stay whit me for the rest of my live! 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 story9367.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 9/11/01, I was scheduled to go in to work @ 10AM. I woke up and turned the t.v. on - CNN news was on - and I was watching the news of the 1st tower after it had been hit. The reporter was rehashing what had just happened minutes before and began saying "Here's an instant replay of the plane crashing into the tower of the World Trade Center. No! Wait a minute! What's going on? Oh my God, 'There's a 2nd plane'"! "Oh my God!" he said again. "There's a 2nd plane! This can't be happening! OH GOD! A second plane just crashed through the other tower of The World Trade Center"! As I watched in total dismay, my heart just sank. I can't explain it. I knew this wasn't a movie. I knew that what had just happened before my eyes was real and I stood there totally numb - in shock. The tears did not come right away. I felt the need to do something - but I couldn't. I just kept watching - pacing the floor. Then other reports came in - "A 3rd plane just crashed into the Pentagon"! The only thing that kept going through my head was "Why was this happening"? Later as I drove to work, it was reported on the radio that Tower II collapsed. I barely remember driving. Just as I got to work I watched on the television there - Tower I collapse. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. The tears came. Later, the 4th plane that went down in Pa. from the heroic efforts of the passengers on board - God bless their loved ones. The trauma to ALL those people, from EVERY Nationality! Their family! Their friends! Their co-workers! Their neighbors - even their acquaintances! This evil act of terror - I feel - is an act to ALL Mankind! Not just Christianity and/or America. These people who did this. All those who are or have been involved, shall see the light of day. "Vengeance is MINE sayeth the Lord"! I pray that God's WILL be done, not our own. I pray that God will forgive us all and heal our land. I pray for Favor in God's sight as we (This Nation) and all those who CHOOSE to abide in this Glorious Country - stand firm once more in our beliefs. And hold strong the words "Under God" and "In God We Trust". These words that are the very foundation of which this Beautiful country was born. These words that give EVERY Nationality the FREEDOM - to Be, to GROW, to PROSPER, to LIVE! If anyone reading this disagrees, you also have the FREEDOM TO LEAVE!!! Let GODS Will be done. On Earth as it is in Heaven! Amen and Amen!! 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 story4698.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. 205.188.209.38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11th I was in the 8th grade. I usually go to homeroom class first which starts at around 9:00 am. I walked in there as usual and sat in my seat like it was an ordinary day. No one knew what was going to happen in just a matter of mintues. Then the bell rang to go to first period. I have English first period, and im usually one of the first students that walk in. When I walked in, there were two other students watching the news along with my English teacher. They were all quite. When I looked at what they were watching, I saw one building that had smoke covering it. I didnt really recognize what the building was because I wasnt too familiar with the Twin Towers. When the late bell rang, and all the students were in their seats, everyone was talking to their friends like usual. My english teacher told everyone to quite down because something bad had just happend in New York. A couple of minutes later, our school's electricy went shut. All the lights, computers, and TVs when off. We were all really scared and confused. The principal soon made an announcement that they were working on the electricty outside and must of cut a cord, but they were soon going to fix it soon. He also said that the electricy had nothing to do with what was going on in New York. The rest of the day, many students when home. Everyone was so sad and wished it had never happend. 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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 teacher always watched tv in the morning,and one morning I walked into his classroom and saw the World Trade Center burning down.I was thinking,"Who could of done such a thing?"I knew it would be a terrible day from that point on.I heard about thousands of people dying in the crash and I knew that this will be a moment in history.There are good points and bad points on this subject.The only good point is that it brought our nation together and closer to God.The bad point is that many people lost friends, family, and co-workers in this tragic event.I'm glad we have captured most of the terrorists , but at the moment,Bin Laden is still on the loose.When we catch him he will get whst he deserves for doing this to such a great nation.This will never leave the minds of survivors.9-11-01 is an event to remember.... 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 story1540.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-29 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 208.191.87.61 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: (Im sorry my english is not good) I am so deeply sorry about that horrible day. My country is far away from New York, but I feel for you. I were listening at the radio, then a woman told us about the exident. About a fly who had crashed into a building. I turned on the tv, end then I saw the pictures. Its terrible!Its much about it in Tv, and I am so proud of America! You standing up for eachother, and help another... I will always love you Amerika, but you are so far away from me.. 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Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-14 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 80.212.55.102 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: Its funny how on days like September 11th we remember the silly things. I can remember what I did that morning before school, and what I ate for breakfast. I can remember what I was wearing and that I was in a fight with one of my friends. I remember going to first period just like any other day. Lucy and I spelled like grease because it we were cooking in foods class. We moved to second period just like any other day and I sat down in my seat. I looked outside the room and noticed that the teachers were running around like crazy in the hallways. I was confused but I just figured they were nuts. Then Mrs. Harlin ran into the room and told my teacher to turn on the tv. We watched as the first tower burned, we saw the flames and the huge amount of smoke coming from the building. My heart skipped a beat and I felt like someone had just punched me in the stomach. All I could think of to do was pray. When I opened my eyes I watched the second plane fly into the second tower. Anger and confusion came over me, I had no idea why anyone could think of doing something so terrible. I don't think I have ever watched the news so much in my life. All night and all the next day I watched, eagerly waiting for news. One year later I sat in school watching the towers fall and tears fell down my face. It is one year later and I am still as confused as I was when it happened. How is it possible to have so much hate in your heart to do something of this magnitude. In the end, after all of the lives that were lost and all of the pain and suffering that we endured I can't help but think about all of the lives that were saved and all of the people who are still living in this world. The months after September 11th were filled with many different emotions. Many people looked to the Lord for help, so I can't help but think that God had this planned so he could bring more people closer to him. Everywhere I looked I saw the American flag, it had new meaning now. God belss America was on every poster and every sign around town, the whole nation was united as one. I just wish that it wouldn't have had to take a tragic event like this to bring all of us together. I look back on the year and the only thing I am sure of is that I am going to live my life to the fullest and not ever take anything for granted, because you never know when it can all be taken away from you. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of all of the victims. May God bless them. 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 story3075.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 8 year old daughter was home sick from school, and I had settled down to work on folding the laundry while I watched the news. Sitting on the couch in the living room I stopped to take a sip of coffee when a breaking news story hit my local channel. The first aircraft had hit the tower. I watched in disbelief and wondered how? At first the newcasters were saying it was a small aircraft. As I sat watching, In total shock I watched the second aircraft hit!, My next door neighbor called me and asked me if I was watching. She was crying. At that moment, it came over the tv. both aircraft were large commercial jets that had just recently taken off. (being an avid fan of aviation, I knew that if they had just taken off, then they were full of jet fuel and that it was a very dangerous situation) chaos was on the airwaves. Radio and tv. Newscasters were experiencing difficulties in maintining their stoic attitude and showed the world that even they are human. I went outside and tried to calm my neighbors, they were very distraught and borderline histerical (they have come to rely on me for several things as I have a military background and I work with our local Neighborhood block watch) I was standing out on the lawn talking to one of my neighbors, when we saw a large jet fly overhead. being on a flight path for two local airports, it was unusual to see a jet the size of the one over us. We both remarked how low it was. We could see the windows and tail markings. From where I stood, I could see that someone was looking down through one of the windows, and that some other windows towards first class were mostly closed. Watching this aircraft fly approximately 1,500 feet over my neighborhood (with a local gradeschool only a block away) shook me up. I watched to see which way it would fly, thinking maybe it was heading to Akron-Fulton or Akron-Canton airport (since by now all flights were ordered to land) The aircraft made a path to a directional marker (used in aircraft navigation) and flew a path that would take it towards Pennsylvania. I told my neighbor that I would be right back and I went in to call Cleveland Hopkins Air Traffic control. My daughter came down and asked why such a big aircraft flew over the house (she is used to several different types of aircraft, but none so big or low over our house) Cleveland told me that I did not see anything. I sent my daughter back upstairs to bed and told her everything would be alright. Returning outside to my neighbor (with phone in hand) I told her not to worry and I would alert, one of the airports in our area. I called two more airports until I got a verification that I had indeed seen an aircraft fly at my location. About that time, my neighbor told me that a jet had crashed in Pennsylvania. she looked at me and asked if that could be the same aircraft. I tried to calm her but terror was in her eyes. I had no time to feel, or show any emotion. I had people relying on me and my abilities. I went back to my television and it mentioned that a flight was lost from radar around the Cleveland area. I continued to watch and monitor my phone. Periodically I would check on my neighbors to assure them that things were going well. I touched bases with the local police dept. and emergency services. My husband called from work and I gave him a briefing. Continuing to watch the news reports I eventually saw the piece where they plotted the route of the aircraft that crashed in Pennsylvania. It was the same aircraft! There were no others large aircraft in our area as I eventually found out from the ATC at Akron Canton airport. I called the FBI and the lady there told me I was nuts! She said that she has so many people calling and saying that they saw that aircraft, she was not going to start believing anyone including me. (this woman needs severe sensitivity training) I called our local flight school and spoke with the FBO operator and he also agreed that I had indeed witnessed flight 93. My neighbors and I still live with the vision of this aircraft over our apartments. I still see the face looking out of the window. and my mind still wonders "Was I the last friendly face that they saw?, Were they trying to let someone know that there was a problem? Was my flag at half mast the last patriotic effort by another human being (not on their aircraft) that they would witness? If I had known what the situation was, would there have been anything that I could have done? Should I have called the airports and forced the issue about the aircraft flying so low over a residential area?. The next day, I called my former Army recruiter in Montana and told him to get me back in the Army. He laughed so hard he fell off of his chair. He told me that I was too old now. So we discussed ways for me to help my Country. The following week my husband, daughter and myself, attended our first Civil Air Patrol meeting. (Civil Air Patrol is the Auxillary of the United States Air Force) We have been volunteering with youth and senior members from our community ever since. Proud in the knowledge that we are ready to help! Ready to assist in the defense of our Country! You don't have to carry a firearm to help the country! The willingness to do whatever you can where ever you are needed is enough. I will never forget 11 September 2001. It has changed my life and that of my family and friends forever. It has brought my Community, Country and the World closer. Unifying all people to work towards peace. Make your anger and pain work for you instead of against you. Participate in a memorial ceremony to mark the anniversary, then go out and find a way to volunteer and give a litte, to honor those who gave all! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2064.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 just finishing up a call when one of my clients came in and told me the first tower had been struck. I told him that that was a cruel joke and not something to joke about. He said he heard it on the radio so, I immediately started trying to find it on the Internet. I found washingtonpost.com was the only site I could get onto and as I entered the site they showed the second plane hit. I turned to my manager a told her I don't want to be here I need to get my sister from school. After the Pentagon was hit the company let us hed for home; there were still planes in flight. Halfway home we had to pass Dulles Airport and the fuel tanks on Route 28 and we hear that they haven't got all the planes down yet there is still one headed for DC. From Reston to Chantilly it normally takes 15 min to get home; however it took almost an hour to maneuver out of Reston. My cell phone had service but it was taking forever to get through to family members that were still trying to get home. Three days later I was going to a friends house to vent my feelings and to just get out of the house because we has two TV?s on two different channels non stop news and I couldn't take it anymore; I turned on my cell as I always do when I leave my house and there are messages waiting. I know that no one had called me for days so I checked the messages, since the phones were so screwy on Wednesday I was getting messages that family members were on their way home from work and they are worried 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 story99.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 just getting up to get my children ready for school, when the phone rings. It is my mother on the east coast calling me to tell me that a plane just hit one of TWC towers. I thought no big dail. There is little damage. Big plains aren't allowed to fly that close. it's a small plane. No one got really hert. My mother yelled at me to turn the TV on. I couldn't beleive what I was seeing. I tought it was a seen from a movie. Averything was in slow motion. Nothing seemed real. I was still sleeping, Only a drem I kept saying to myself as the tearys started to rool down my face. My children came into my room at that point and as they were asking me what I was doing with the TV on in the morring when it was agenest the rulls on a school day-The second plane hit. Isaw it on TV. I saw what was bought to happen, and I couldn't move. I couldn't keep my children from seeing this mass destrotion of life. Then they went down I looked at my children grabed them and held them. I thought that this was the begaing of the end, It still may be. Then the questions started comming. I did my best to answer their questions, and hide my true fear. One year latter and today I drop my children off at school. And my son is a mess, and trys to play sick. I can see the fear in his eyes. He is trying to hold back the tears. My son was only 9 when this happened, now he is 10 and wored that he will die in war. My doughter looks at me and only says "Mommy it's Septerber 11" I tell her "I know. Now it's time to get into class. Have a great day." She was 8, and know is 9. It is a shame that a Child of yesterday has to become an adult of today. God, Bless us All. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story4767.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 daughter called and told me to find a television and turn it on that an airplance crashed into the WTC. By the time I got to a television, the second plane had crashed into the other tower. I was stunned and I shook all over. I was dumb-founded with horror. I left work and picked up my grandson and took him home. When I checked him out of school, he asked what was wrong and I replied: something really bad has happened. He's 10, so I told him the truth, that a plane crashed into the WTC and it is believed that it was terrorist. I told him I just wanted to be with him. When I got him home with his mom and dad I drove home in disbelief. I cried every night for two straight weeks. I still do. It's just so hard and the pain for those lost and those who lost their loved ones is just too overwhelming. God Bless America and all those who have lost loved ones and may he protect our children! 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 story5424.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was working at my store and we have several T.V's thru out or store. I was with my Mananger at the time of the horror show,customers that were coming in stopped what they were doing and was in shocked. I have 2 children and they came home from school asking all sorts of questions and wondering why. It was a very sad day for all, and i wished we could turn back time and this would never happen Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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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: As I look back on the day that Alan Jackson called the day ?the world stopped turning,? I remember vividly the emotions and the actions of the day. It all seemed like a normal autumn day during the first week of school. I awoke tired, wishing for more sleep. I got ready for school and got on the bus. School seemed business as usual, talking with friends before class, and when the bell rang, it was off to health. Health was one of those classes you just wanted to get through, no matter what it takes. I sat in my chair, waiting for the bell to ring. When that joyous tone sounded, I left the trailer, and went back inside the school for a morning break we have in the bell schedule at my school. The twenty-minute break period went along just as if it was any other day. However, in the next five minutes, I found this would not be an ordinary day. As I walked into my Latin class, the first thing I saw was that the TV had been turned on to CNN. That was the first glance I saw of the Towers. Only one had been hit; however I knew that something more was to come, and that the first was not an accident. I remember saying, ?This can?t be an accident. No one accidentally flies into the World Trade Towers.? This was about five minutes before class started. As my friends came walking into class, I could see the shock on their faces. We continued watching until we saw the second airplane hit. My Latin teacher, who had family working in the World Trade Center, was almost in tears. We continued watching the coverage until the Towers collapsed. After seeing the Towers collapse, we did not watch any more. We started to go on with the class, and I remember thinking, how can my teacher, who has family in the Trade Center, teach right now. I know it must have taken all she had, and I saw my teacher in a different light that day. Later in the period, we turned the TV back on for a brief minute, only to hear that the Pentagon had been hit. My Latin teacher?s husband works in the Pentagon, and his office was right in the blast area of the plane. Fortunately, he was in Arizona that day, on a business trip. My Latin teacher had more with which to contend. However, she still forged on with the lesson. Towards the end of the class period, our principal came over the loud speaker and told the whole school what had transpired in the worst couple hours of our country?s recent history. He said that if any students had parents working in the Pentagon, they could come down to the guidance office, and there, and attempt would be made to contact the parents. I have no relatives that work in the Pentagon, but I have and uncle in the State Department and a brother in another Government building. I knew that they would be ok, though, because of the evacuations made during the day. However, I was fearful for another uncle of mine, who works in New York City, just a couple blocks from the Trade Center. I would come to find out later on that he was at a meeting clear across town. Luckily, my family was spared a loss of life. However, in the days to come, I understood that although my family might have been spared loss of life, I was not without tragedy. I came to know that a friend of mine's father had been aboard the plane that struck the Pentagon. I was not the only one. Everyone was connected to each other and took part in carrying the burden. It seemed that everyone knew someone who knew someone that died that day. We were all connected by the very fact we were American. I think that out of the worst day of our country?s history, came the best couple months of our country?s history. There was no bickering; there was no feuding. The nation sounded the call to arms, and every citizen answered it, no matter what the call. The deck was stacked against America. Americans had to rise to the occasion, and we certainly did. 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 story7758.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: 9/12 It's so peaceful at night. You would hardly notice the past day's events. Humid, taste of salt in my mouth, I'm crying again. Biting my lip. Clenching and unclenchingS Tension and the buildupS Tree got in my face, that's okay. Brush it to the side with a stray hand. I should be using this hand for something. Something more important than brushing an errant branch out of my face. You wouldn't have guessed it. Except for the blue flicker in every window. Shadows gouged out of faint pale blue phosphorescence--heads and shoulders. Men, women, childrenS Cut short by the yellow glare of sodium. So heavy and luminous overhead, despite barely being sifted through artfully pruned trees. My gait's dropping. My eyes unclench and take in the flickers. Lines of windows, all glued to the same screen. Glued to the news. There were four terrorist attacks the other day. Even if the news is a rehash. They watch it fervently. Repetitious explosions, Hands locked together two people leap to their deaths. They're not the only ones, It's better than burning alive I guess. The screens all flick in unison. Cable. CNN. Paula Zahn and Wolf Blitzer. Quite the duo. Artfully capped teeth, wrapped in radiation damaged lips... she should lay off the tanning bed, Quipping the latest. It's all about statistics. Numbers. Figures. Casualties. Anything but people. When you die. You're a number. Numbers...can't be people. That's what they all tell me at least I've lost friends arguing this event. That hardly seems significant. Children have lost mothers and fathers. Family's forever changed in an instant... stretched for what must feel like an eternity for them. Looped forever on TV. Real people are gone. They're not numbers. It's not time for statistics. It never will be, and it never should be. The scope of the issue is clear. Lives have been forever changed. A nation has been forever changed. The world has been scarred. A fist rises in anger. Then falls to rest. Nice sofa. There is a cry for retribution. People are angry, scarred, shocked, and amazed. Gasping in horror at the television screens as I walk--they drink red wine. I can only wonder if they realize what a precipice we stand upon. A flash of brilliant light and it could all be over. They wouldn't even have time to reach for Resolve as the wine splatters to their pristine white carpet. It could finish in an afternoon. It's sunny, colors washed out by the brightness. Kids are running through dusty foreign streets. Another brilliant flash of light. Dust. No streets. No children. Dust. I enter my apartment. I shut the door, dropping my bag to the floor. I curl into bed, and rock myself to sleep. 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 story533.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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