251 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 found out about 9/11/01 while I was in school. I had just gone into my 7th grade Social Studies class and taken my seat, when the kid next to me said,"Guess what?" Now I was very tired so I moaned,"What?" He said,"An airplane just flew into the Pentagon." The kid next to me is known for joking so I said,"Are you serious because that is nothing to joke around about at all." He nodded his head yes and said,"The World Trade Center Towers too." I looked at him in shock and disbelief, with my mouth open wide, and I thought to myself over and over again,"Oh my God." I felt like my heart now had an empty space in it just like the New York City Skyline. When my Social Studies teacher came in the room, his telephone rang. It was his son who lives in New York City, a few blocks away from the Twin Towers. He was o.k, but in shock. When I got home from school that day, I gave my mom a hug and turned on the t.v. to watch the news, and there it was. All over the nation, people were turning to watch our country being slapped in the face. My life has changed a little because of 9/11/01. It has changed in strange way because in August my parent's were thinking about taking my sister and I to New York City to see the Twin Towers before school started up again. They had decided not to go because they had to go to work the next day and would've been to tired, and now a month later the Towers were destroyed so now we will never beable to see them in real life. Also, whenever I see them on t.v. or in the movies, I get an eerie feeling all over me because they are so big and magical. That is how 9/11/01 has effected my life. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story8554.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: As I poured my morning coffee, a voice said on Tv that another plane was expected to hit the towers . My mouth flew open wide as I ran to be glued to the numbing scenes for the rest of the day and on for weeks. Now the guestions one by one untill so many I am reluctant to count have poped in to my head. Such as who that was filming and if he knew why others didn't . Why was war plane or missles not protecting that place with so many people. Would the next plane have chemical componants. Why were buses school or other and taxes not evacuating ? The list goes on and on.! I AM SO DISHEARTED, (and felt so unsafe),that the country that my ancesters have fought to protect.... (including my dad; Willie Daniel Horton, 153 liaision,8 & 9th inf. ETO campain 7 major battles , Buldge ,RIneland and others; air force),Could not intercept at least this oncoming plane with or air forces or missles! And the plane with the brave heros on who gave there life tring to protect as many people as they could were so lucky in my heart as a patriot, because see they didn't have to just watch as our safty was attacted! These are my thoughts and have no baring on any thing or any one . Joyce Horton Broadhead. 5/19/2004 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 story10614.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: Where was I on that brilliant Tuesday morning? At work, in the basement of the Arkansas State Capitol, wishing I had a skylight to enjoy the spotless sky. I was discussing some fine point of computer trivia with my co-worker when another colleague dashed breathlessly into our cubbyhole. "Where's the TV?" she asked. "Someone just told me that somebody flew an airplane into the Twin Towers in New York!" Oh, no, I thought- not them! Maybe it was an accident- some clown trying to 'split the uprights' like you could in Microsoft Flight Simulator... A scramble to locate the TV ensued, and as word spread, our network bogged down from everyone trying to watch streaming video. We had to send an email to everyone to tell them to knock it off, because no one could do anything. That didn't matter, because in a few minutes, no one was doing anything. We'd found the TV and hooked it up, and slowly our back office filled up with silent people watching the horrible events unfolding on the screen. It was very clear that what had hit Tower One was no straying Cessina. We turned it on moments before the second plane hit, and there was a collective gasp from the group gathered around the TV. We stood there and watched the towers fall, and there were few dry eyes in the room. All those people. And at the Pentagon...what was going on? I tore myself away from the TV to call round and find out what everyone else was doing. Tales and rumours were already starting. They were evacuating the TCBY tower (they weren't). They were closing the airports. They were closing the Federal buildings (they did). People were inspecting the bridges for bombs. Opportunistic vultures were jacking up the gas prices. (The State Attorney General later nailed these people.) The Governor's staff wheeled a large-screen TV into the main conference room. Another silent group of people watched the scenes there. A strange silence engulfed the usually vibrant Capitol. My friend called me from her office on the 21st floor of the 40-story TCBY Tower, and told me about the line of inbound airplanes landing at our airport. She counted 25. She told me that she was keeping a careful eye for any 'strays'. I joked with her that we were a poor state, and probably didn't rate a big airplane ramming into our building- but maybe someone with a large kite, or maybe a hang glider. It was the last laugh we shared for a while. Meanwhile, the Lieutenant Governor had seen enough, and sent us all home. (The Gov. was out of state.) We went reluctantly- many of us were flashing email back and forth with friends on the East Coast: "Are you OK?" "Is DC still standing?" "Didn't such-and-so work in the WTC?" I had an online acquaintence who did work there, and the members of our little messageboard were frantic over her. She finally checked in- she'd overslept and missed her usual train out to work. All her colleagues managed to escape unhurt. My colleagues and I stayed later than the rest of the staff, because we had to clean out a conference room for it to be remodeled. But soon, the Governor's staff and our Capitol police politely, but firmly tossed us out, and we wandered home. It was strange to see a crystal clear sky devoid of the usual contrails. We're in 'flyover' country, and on clear days, one can see dozens of contrails and passing aircraft. Not that afternoon. There was a hush that day- even the traffic was subdued. I finally wandered home, contemplating the magnitude of what I'd seen. They were gone- those two cheeky towers which had stuck out like giant thumbs over the Manhattan skyline. I'd only seen them a couple of times- once from mid town Manhattan, and once poking out from a cloud bank as my flight descended into Newark. Even with a year between me and that awful day, the clarity of the whole thing still startles me, as does the depth of my grief for the loss of the Twin Towers and all those people. As a geeky teen, I'd avidly followed their construction. And with the rest of the country, I watched them fall. It left a 16-acre hole in my soul... 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 story7986.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: 11 september 2002. in ab psych, the professor lectured about a patient of his- we'll call her "Jane"- who would scream out obscenities for no reason. or, rather, for some strange reason he just couldn't discern. my coffee (grande vanilla skim latte, thank you very much) grew cold as we laughed at his stupid jokes, too tired to be picky. we learned that you have to understand a patient's worldview in order to understand the person. that medication is evil. class let out early; i walked home. when i stopped at the Rite Aid for shampoo, the store was eerily quiet. i hummed along with the 80s easy listening on the radio. bought a copy of Entertainment Weekly on a whim. the woman at the register gave me a dirty look as i swiped my debit card. the homeless guy on the corner shouted "you so white, you so white you better wear sunscreen or you gonna burn" at me. as if i didn't know, as if i had never gotten a sunburn underneath a white shirt before. E was home when i got there, half-dressed and getting ready for class. a Pop Tart in his right hand. we joked a bit, laughed at his imitation of G, the ab psych prof, and "phenomenologically." the phone rang. i answered; E went to brush his teeth. * "oh my god, oh my god, oh my god." * we listened to the news on the radio. internet news sites were slow to load; the television didn't have any reception. the broadcasters sounded broken and world-weary. scared. this just in, this just in, this just in. imagining the images in our heads. running out into the street when we heard a plane fly overhead; the woman across the street, broom in hand, meeting us on the double yellow line. huddled in the middle of the street. * there are mornings when the air is too heavy to breathe. * E was on the phone with his mother; i couldn't sit still. my fingers fluttered, trembled, and i paced the apartment for over an hour. E and i would cross paths in the living room. his mother was crying. his brother was in boot camp, and she was crying and afraid. E cried, too, and my nails cut into my palms. * at my mother's wedding that saturday, my uncle would tell us about waiting for the ambulances that never came. working at a hospital in the Bronx, put on alert, and then there was nothing. the moment when you realize what that means. there is always a moment. * i try not to cry. * my mother stopped at my house on her way home from work, and i climbed in her car with a bag and my teddy bear. five again, and "i want my mommy." we sat on her old soft couch, wrapped in blankets, and watched CNN. CNBC. NBC. CBS. ABC. a litany of letters, of dust-covered men and women, of words. flipping, though, always flipping, flipping, flipping. my (soon-to-be, then) step-father on the phone, trying to reach his daughters in NYC. busy signals. hot cocoa and hugs, crying, scared. not sure which was worse: knowing or not. * E took his rosary from the wall and prayed; i joked (half-heartedly) that i was a wedding/funeral Catholic who was willing to make exceptions for important causes. * my mother stood in the doorway. * i didn't cry. i didn't cry. i didn't cry. * one by one, people called in. "i'm okay, you're okay, but." roll call. "present, present, absent. Bueller?" * my mother's wedding, and there were empty places at some of the tables. and we tried not to stare. in church, for the first time since my grandmother's funeral, and i watched the crucifix for some sort of sign that things would be okay. my sisters leaned over to ask, "what do we do now? kneel or stand?" and i was tempted to say "just breathe, okay? that's all there is." but we danced at the reception, all the women and girls singing along, full-voice, to "I Will Survive." the men and boys joining in halfway through. drinking. dancing, dancing, dancing until we were dizzy with it. i woke up on sunday tangled in my blankets and unable to breathe. * my nephew was sent home from school for flying a toy airplane into a building made of red and green blocks. * in Israeli Studies, the professor told us we should have been prepared. "in Israel," he boasted, "we're always ready for tragedy. we see a bag on the street, and we don't pick it up. we call the police. Americans are too complacent." but we mourned together, that afternoon sitting on our desktops, and we said "yes, yes we weren't ready for this. yes. but that doesn't make it any less of a tragedy, doesn't make it hurt any less." and the prof nodded, "yes. exactly." * when i wake up to the air crushing my chest, when i curl up on the bed and wrap myself around my pillow. the CD player on loud. i try to remember. i try to forget. today, i cry. tomorrow. 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 story11138.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: SEPT.11 IS A DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET. WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS OF WHAT HAD HAPPEN I FELT AS IF OUR NATION HAD BEEN BLOWN APART. I FELT SADNESS AND HATERED AT THE SAME TIME.SADNESS FOR ALL THAT WERE LOST TO THIS SENSELESS ACT OF TERRORISM AND HATERED FOR THE MAN THAT DID THIS.I COLUD NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING. I WAS NUMB AND FELT SO LOST.I FELT AS IF EVERYTHING THAT OUR FORFATHERS HAD FOUGHT AND DIED FOR WAS BEING TAKING AWAY. THEN I LISTEN TO OUR PRESIDENT SPEAK AND HE TOLD US THAT WE MUST ALL UNITE AND BE AS ONE.THE ONE THING THAT CAN NO ONE CAN TAKE FROM US IS OUR AMERICAN PRIDE. WE ARE ONE AS A NATION AND FREEDOM CAN NOT BE CAN NOT BE TAKE AWAY. AS THE DAYS PASSED THE NEW FOUND SPIRIT IN THIS OUR GREAT NATION BECAME STONGER. AND OUR COUNTRY BEAGN TO REBUILD.I SEEN PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT RACE CREED OR COLOR UNITE AS ONE.THE TOWERS MAYBE NOT HERE ANY MORE BUT THE PRIDE AND LOVE OF THIS GREAT NATION WILL ALWAYS SURVIVE. A YEAR HAS PAST SINCE THIS TRADGERIC EVENT AND THE PAIN IS EASIER BUT I WILL NEVER FOGET 9-11.THE MEMORY WILL BE FOREVER BURNED IN MY MIND. TODAY AS A NATION WE ARE STONGER. TO DAY WE ARE PROUDER THAN EVER TO BE AMERICANS. AND NO ONE WILL EVER TAKE THAT FROM US. IN CLOSING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT ALL THE VICTIMS OF THIS TRADGERIC EVENT WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY PRAYERS. THEY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. GOD BLESS THEM ONE AND ALL.AND FINALLY I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IAM PROUD TO BE AMERICAN AND TO LIVE IN LAND THATS FREE. 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 story4777.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: Dear Friends and Family, I have gotten e-mails from all over the country and the world asking me how we are. By now I have responded and let everyone know that we are all fine, and so far, everyone close to us is fine, too. I thought I would write a brief description of what life is like from this small corner of NYC. It is not intended to be an overview, just a snapshot from our vantage point. Tuesday, September 11th, started out as Primary Day here in NYC. Craig and I were out in the car at 5:45am to check a specific list of polling places in East Harlem to make sure that there were no irregularities as the polls opened in those districts. I dropped Craig off at Campaign HQ at around 8:50. I heard that a plane had struck the WTC and when I got home a few minutes later, I got Leona out of bed and we sat, like the rest of the world and watched an unbelievable horror unfold. Our neighborhood is home to 7 hospitals, including Bellevue, which is the top Trauma Center in Manhattan, NYU, where the Chief Medical Examiners Office is, as well as 5 other medical centers. We also have the police academy near by. The sounds of sirens and military aircraft flying over head were nonstop the first 24 hours. There were literally thousands of people walking north from lower Manhattan, for hours after the attack. There were so many people walking that they had to walk in the streets because there was not enough room on the sidewalks for everyone. Once people knew that they could walk over the bridges to Brooklyn and Queens from Manhattan, they began a very long walk towards home and Manhattan got very quiet, except for the sounds of sirens and jets flying over head. Yesterday the city was eerily quiet. Because we live 4 blocks north of 14th street (no one is allowed to go below 14th street unless they have ID that proves that they live there) there is basically no traffic (by NYC definition) on the streets. There are police, national guard personnel and State Troopers at the barricades at 14th street checking everyone's ID's. Craig and I went for a walk yesterday afternoon. The winds had changed from the West to the North so the acrid smoke from the electrical fires began to fill the air of our neighborhood. There is a small private (gated) park in our neighborhood called Gramercy Park. It is usually locked and only residents that live adjacent to it can go in. For the past two days the park has been left open. We went and sat there for a while. It was peaceful. Children playing, couples walking. Artists sketching. New Yorkers are usually in a hurry and NEVER make eye contact. People are strolling around, greeting each other quietly. The usual pulse of Manhattan is still. The city (north of 14th street) is getting back to the daily routine of business. Schools will open, subways are running, as are the trains. Tunnels and bridges above 14th street are open. The grocery stores were out of bread and milk. I am assuming that deliveries will resume today and shelves will be restocked. On the news today it said that the Mayor has ordered 17,000 body bags. Although no one we know has come up missing so far, there was a report on the radio that 900 employees from The State Attorney's Office are missing. We are sure that we will know a fair number of them. The City moved quickly to protect the Arab/Muslim communities in Brooklyn. There is a visible police presence there for protection. That gives you a sense of what it is like here. I will try to write again in a day or so. We send our love to all. Keep safe. Love, Annie (Helen) ps: feel free to pass this along to others. 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 story11.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Civil Liberties/Discrimination Missing Persons Personal connection to someone at site Politics and politicians Television Coverage NY:3 Sep 11- Sep 21, 2001 Notes Notes about this item. move to email Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just finished the 8;30am mass in my parish of St. Henry Bayonne, when our maintenance man Sal came in to tell us that a plane crashed into the WTC. Thinking it might have been a small plane I remarked that it was a clear sunny day out and wondering how that could have happened. Going over to the rectory, I turned on the TV and saw that it seemed to be much more than what I thought. The pastor then came in from outside and said he just heard an explosion. Turns out this was the second plane hitting the trade center, Bayonne is about a mile or so away. So we all watch the TV... stunned. I went over to church to pray ,and then came back to look at the tv again. . Around the time the south tower collapsed, I remarked how amazed I was that the towers were still standing since they had been hit so severely and with that we watched the south tower collapse. Around 11am there was a call for all the priests in town to go to Bayonne Hospital which was being set up as a triage, to recieve people from the trade center. So grabbing my holy oils myself and 3 other priests headed down to the hospital where we ministered to several people who had been brought in by ambulance. We were there the whole day until 5pm when I and another priest went town to the Military Ocean Terminal where we ministered to about 200 people who were brought in from lower Manhattan by boat. I prayed with and consoled and listened to the stories of so many, until around 11pm, when they turned the lights out so people could sleep. The next morning I woke up feeling like I had been drugged. I noticed the smoke from the fire had drifted over the city. For the next several weeks we could see the smoke from the site rising up into the sky. On Sept 16th my church hosted an interfaith service ,that was packed to the doors ,and even had people standing outside. I also noticed that the masses were very crowded that weekend after 9/11. In the weeks following we had several memorial masses and funeral masses, for those who had died. Now three years later ,as I prepare to participate in a memorial service, Bayonne remembers....2004, I realize the pain and sorrow of that day still remain in my mind and heart. But as a believer I trust in GodS powerful presence whose love can heal, and I continue to pray for all who experienced the events of 9-11. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story10826.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 my husband and I walked around our yard and looked at the progress of our garden before going to work. I was five months pregnant with our daughter Emma Kalisti. Kyle's boss came to pick him up for their annual tradeshow in Denver, so I was taking his car to work. When I got in his car he had a tape in the tape player that I did not care for, so I popped it out of the player and started to scan over the stations. I stopped on one country station and heard them say that the second tower at the World Trade Center had just fallen and a fourth plane in PA had just crashed. I thought it was a spoof, insulted, I changed the radio station. I decieded that I would listen to NPR since they have great news in the morning. I was listening to NPR's coverage of the events unfolding when a car started honking it's horn. It was my step-daughter with her mom's boyfriend on the way to school. I unrolled my window and looked at him and asked him if he had heard the news this morning. He replied that he had. I then asked him if it was real. He said he thought so, and the traffic light then turned green. I got into work that morning and my boss ran to get a T.V. to put into our rental leasing office. We spent the whole day sitting statue like watching the coverage as it splayed across every station. I spent the whole day with my arms over my stomach with the subconsious thought that this little protection would protect her from terrorist actions. She spent the whole day kicking my ribs and turning somersaults. That evening my Kyle and I decided to go out to eat since neither of us were feeling up to cooking. On our way across Fort Collins we noticed large lines at the gas stations. The first gas station we passed we thought it was a bit odd, but by the tenth or eleventh we were sure something was going on. Gas prices were rising as we drove. When we reached the resturaunt people were walking around like zombies. We heard one father trying to explain what had happened to his young daughter. It was heart-wrenching to hear him try to explain that people did not like America, not a specific person, and that she was not in jeopardy. I did not sleep well that night, or for the next couple of months. I had nightmares about being killed before my daughter was born. I had fears about biological weapons like small pox coming here before she was born and having to make the decision to kill her to save myself. A year later with a healthy 7 1/2 month old I am now only afraid of what our country is doing to others. The events of September 11 were not provoked by the victims, but our actions as a country have not always been peaceful. I can only hope that the world that my daughter is raised in can be one of peace and understanding. I can only hope that the leaders of cults and countries can learn to understand that the people that they kill are generally civilians, not soliders. My wish is that she will never sit glued to her television or computer with a new life stirring in her belly as she watches thousands of people perish becuase of ignorance and inhumanity. May there be peace. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11, I was actually asleep when my roommate who is now my sister in law ran out of her bedroom yelling to me that something bad happened in New York. Considering that I was half awake and half asleep I said out loud "What!". All my friends and most of my family here in Washington know that I am originally from New York State. I sat up on the couch as she turned the TV on and we all sat there and watched the horrific scenes on the television. My heart fell to the pit of my stomach because the rest of my family only lives 200 miles away from NYC. I asked her if I could use her cell phone to call my mother. She agreed and I did with no luck. For some reason my connection to my mother never happened. I then told my roommate that I would try to call my mother when I got to work. I do security for a living and as I arrived to work for my shift I was informed by both the Supervisor and Account Manager that we were in high security alert for the company that we did security for. We were also to show concern and compassion for those around us during this time of sorrow and anger. Our reason for being on high security alert were because of bomb threats to the company that we do security for which is known nationwide. Then everyone on my shift received little red hearts with red,white and blue ribbons on them to honor those in New York. I then was able to telephone my mother to make sure she was ok. She said yes she was and I was relieved to hear that. I told her I was ok too and would call her later that week and talk to her some more. As time went on, I remembered hearing about the security personnel that lost their lives in the WTC and thinking I am here doing this job for a reason. My prayers and sympathy goes to all the families all over that lost loved ones no matter what their purpose was for being there that day. Not a day goes by when I dont think about what happened on September 11th. I even travelled back home nine months after the attacks by plane knowing that something could happen. I wasnt scared and I wasnt going to let someone make me scared. I am proud to be an American. God Bless the USA!!!! 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 story9307.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-05-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 12.144.134.2 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 watched on A Computer screen, the image a a plane sticking out of the tower. My heart drop when the second plane hit. When the Towers crumbled to the ground, so did my world. Two days later, my company (an Environmental firm) was on site working with the debris clean up and monitoring. So i witnessed first hand the destruction that was there. I was upset by the site of the rubble, yet at the same time Prouder then ever to be an American and a New Yorker. To see the city that everyone considers to be rude and mean come together in a time of crisis. Even to this day when i see TV footage of the day it brings tears to my eyes...knowing that all those lives were lost. My heart goes out to all the families and friends of people who lost someone on that day. 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 story7605.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. 2002-09-16 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 157.182.180.80 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 11 I was in gym at school and when I heard the sad news, I was sad all and even the next day. but I could get any sleep because I was thinking of how many people died and how many are injured badly. I feel sad because of the towers fell down on the people and 3000 died. Including the policemen and firefighters deid. 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 story3340.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. 166.113.5.5 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: How do you really tell a story that is so unreal,even after one year. I was on my terrace, let me first say my terrace face the world trade center. I'm on the water side to try and get a better picture. I seen the whole nightmare unfold. I thought I was having a bad reaction to my medication. I have health problems. My husband call to me sure I was safe, It was at that point I knew it was so real. My next thought when to my four children. I have a grown son who at time work at century 21 a few blocks away. I have a uncle and cousin who worked in the centers as well. A cousin who is a sister more than a cousin. I loss my uncle and my cousin, that cousin is father and son. So I have been closely hit. I still cannot seem to explain this whole situation to my 13 year old baby. She jumps every time she hears a plane over our building. We have been here for 24 years and know one has ever been afraid til now. What hurts me that most is why should a child my, yours, or who ever, should live in fear. A fear that will creep up on our children and we as parents feel so helpless. I have been a mother for 27 years and until now has never felt so helpness in my life. Thank you for this opportunity. 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 story6498.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.188.6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was on my way to school and when I got in class i heard we were going to the church because at the time i was gonig to private school and on the campes is our church and school college,so we all walked to the church and they let us know what was going on and they asked if we all cuold just pray for what happened and for our country.So we prayed for about 2 hours and prayed for our men and women in the military. Friends and I cried because we have brothers,cousins,aunts,uncles, and friends in the military. I didnt think I was going to take it as hard as I did but to tell you the truth it was a vert hard time for me. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story11036.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2004-09-13 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 206.171.160.106 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just walked into the house and saw the second plane crash into the second tower,Just like other's who were watching I couldn't believe it!.I sat there thinking this was a wake up for the US.I need to tell you where I'm coming from I'm a christian,that's why I think it was a wake up call to America.We have never been attacked and have our citizens killed mass destruckion.How fast the churches filled up people praying on there job sites,students praying in school,pledging alligence to the flag of the United States of America one nation under God,even in Congess they stood united Republicans and Democrats arm and arm singing God Bless America,both parties standing behind the president.Is it like that today? they might be today but what about tomorrow?how many people who filled those churches are still going? and how many congressman our standing by backing up the President today? can we still pledge alligence to the flag? can we have prayer in school? My prayer is that America wakes up that without having a relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and stand against all the immorality and repent of our sins we have a lot more to fear than terroism.This probly won't get printed but I least I gave it my best shot. Thanks Timothy Salsedo 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 story5960.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 name is Arlene Bennett and I am 60 years old. As I reflect back on the remembrace of this historical event of 911, it just seemed like yesterday. It all began when my older daughter, Bonny Carmody called me to tell me the startling news of the first crash around 8:45 AM on September 11, 2001. She wanted to alert us of this tragic event and also expressed her concern about her husband, Captain Doug Carmody who is a US Airways pilot. She was very worried about his safety and where he might be at this time (later, Doug called to tell her and their two children that he was safe, thank God!). After her phone call, I immediately turned on the TV and watched in horror the second attack on the WTC, then the Pentagon and the crash in PA. I called my husband and other family members to alert them and watch TV as well. During the live broadcast and the viewing of these "horristic" attacks, we were all in a state of shock and mourning for days. We often prayed and had outbursts of sobs and tears for all the victims in the WTC, Pentagon, Crash, Firefighters, ER Rescue Teams and others who perished in this terrible event. How very brave and gallent were the rescue workers who strived to save the victims and for the passengers on the plane with the last words ringing out "lets roll" to prevent another fatal attack on the capitol. There was a foreboding of war and it seemed that these were some of the darkest hours spent in America and it was a time of great mourning, suffering, and grief for our Nation. Yet, as true Americans, we knew we would not stand back and let this happen without a fight to defend our country. My family greatly admired our President Bush for his fortitude and admirable leadership during this terrible crisis as well as the other highly outstanding leaders especially, Mayor Giuliani of NY, and also VP Cheney, and Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld. There really aren't enough words to convey our feelings for the loss during this epic tragedy. However, we were very uplifted by the surge of the American spirit and patriotism shown by US citizens as well as people around the world for their kind offerings in tribute and remembrances. Our own local community rose to the occasion. We had flags flying high in the air and symbols of America everywhere worn or shown. We held church services and special ceremonies with many ministers and guest speakers. We volunteered to help where needed by giving blood or praying with a relative or service person. I felt that The National Prayer Service at the National Cathedral held on September 14, 2001 in Washington, DC was a most inspiring and uplifting service and one of the finest ever to be broadcasted to the Nation. Our President Bush, several former presidents, and other dignitaries gathered in recognition of a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for victims, family members; rescue and medical team workers of NY, Washington, and PA (plane crash) that was caused by the terrorist attacks. Several patriotic songs and devotional music were played as well as special remarks by leaders of several different faith groups. The eloquent words of Rev. Billy Graham were especially heartrendering. This service was very consoling for our family and Americans during our time of sorrow and grief. It gave us much needed solace and a spiritual sense of inner peace. Even following the terrorist attacks, we as Americans, remained strong and resilent during the wake of these attacks. We preceeding with the task at hand to reach out to help others and give contributions where needed. I believe, The Presidental Address at the joint session of Congress on September 20, 2001 was one of the most inspiring and memorable addresses in history. President Bush pledged to pursue the terrorists around the world and called on us to be patient in what would be a protracted operation, and called upon other country leaders to cooperate with us. President Bush gave us much needed guidance and inspiration to overcome this dastardly hit on America. I also believe, this event was a wake up call for it awakened the American hearts and spirit that perhaps was hidden away. It seemed to give us renewed strength and courage as a reminder that we must maintain the defense of our country and not to ever take it for granted. And, more importantly, it taught us to be one Nation, under God, a Nation greatly diversified but united. As our forefathers pledged, defended, and died for this Nation based on the principles of our Constitution, we too must always protect and preserve its freedom from tyranny and oppression. 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 story7121.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 just gotten off the 4 train at wall street when the second plane hit. i was hanging at the back of the crowd waiting to go up the steps because i was recovering from a broken kneecap and still couldn't manage steps well. all of a sudden, the whole crowd on the stairs jumped in shock -- and turned to come back down the stairs. no one knew what was going on. some folks stayed on the platform, others changed their minds and went aboveground. i figured that something was happening on the street -- i thought, someone with a gun? a horrible truck accident? -- so i turned to walk up the platform to enter my building from underneath. then a woman came running through the station -- tears streaming down her face -- screaming hysterically that a plane had crashed into the world trade center and that people were jumping from the building. it was one of those frozen moments. i couldn't completely absorb the information. my brain began moving slowly. the only thing i knew to do was to GO HOME. i walked to the underpass to cross to the uptown side of the tracks -- hoping to catch the next train. as i was slowly going down the steps, one at a time, people started running through, screaming -- get out of manhattan! go to brooklyn! by that point, my brain had slowed to a reptilian speed. my thoughts came slowly, like very patient tickertapes across my mind. i thought -- is the uptown train not running? i turned around to head back up the stairs, one by one. slowly. but my knee ached and my brain thought, you need to go home. without any kind of logic, i decided to simply believe that the uptown train would arrive. i turned around again and headed down the stairs. when i made it to the uptown platform, there were a few people waiting. which relieved me. i sat on the bench. it was about 9:15. as i waited, more and more people streamed onto the platform. agitated, upset, panicked. i realized i had to tell someone that i wouldn't be able to run. so i turned to woman next to me, and said, you know, i can't run. then a guy arrived on the platform -- he had a videocamera, and had shot footage of the burning buildings. i was cold all over, and my brain slowed down even more. the kind of slow-motion shock that helps you survive. after some long minutes, the train finally arrived. we all got on. but people were getting off the train, and all my brain could think was this is wrong. the subway conductors had no inkling of what was going on aboveground -- people were getting off the train, heading toward work. all i could think was: this is wrong. i stood up and blocked the doors so they stayed open, made eye contact with the conductor, and shouted as calmly (but as loudly) as i could the only words i could think of. "GET BACK ON THE TRAIN." i said it over and over again. i couldn't think of any other words to say. people looked at me, saw i was serious, not crazy. some turned to get back on the train. one of them was a cocky young blond wall street kid in a nice grey suit. he was irritated, said -- "but i don't work in the trade center." i remember saying, "just go home. find out what's happening. go to work late." another was a young african kid, who'd been on his way to college in staten island. he said, "i should get off the train. i need to get on the c train (which runs underneath the towers) i need to go home to brooklyn." i said, "come with me to brooklyn on the l, and we'll figure out a way to get you home." he did, and i was glad for the company, because i was still worried about needing to run. once we were on the l train, headed out of union square to brooklyn, he relaxed -- he could take the l train to near where he lived. but he was worried about his mom, who worked downtown somewhere. i still think about that, and i hope she made it home that day. when i arrived back in brooklyn at 9:45 -- people were lined along my block -- standing on the sidewalk, in the street -- just staring at the burning towers. the nice chinese woman who runs the laundry couldn't move her hand from in front of her mouth. her daughter's high school was right by the trade center. (she got home safe.) my friend elizabeth was sitting on my stoop, crying, because she knew i had been down there. the building where i worked was diagonal to the trade center. it was impossible to comprehend what was happening, why she was so upset. i had no clue that i had escaped grave danger. i was in a kind of shock. it took weeks and weeks before it sunk in. had i been outside, had my timing been different. my injury saved me, made me protect myself, in a very basic way. i was upstairs, in my third floor apartment, calling my grandpa in ohio -- saying "something terrible has happened in new york. and i'm all right. tell anyone who calls you that i'm all right" -- when my old italian landlord called up the stairs with terror and panic in his voice, saying that that one of the towers had fallen. no one could have imagined that they would fall. it was simply not possible. we huddled that day, a bunch of friends, glued to the tv in victoria's apartment. trying like crazy to get phone lines out to make calls. waiting for the internet service to be restored. silent, staring, panicked, terrified. my birthday was three days later. some friends of mine, just the ones who live close by, went to dinner with me at a sweet little restaurant in the neighborhood. my friend victoria arranged for a fancy birthday cake, which was a total surprise. the whole restaurant sang happy birthday to me. i burst into tears. to be alive, to be with friends in a candlelit restaurant. the whole world as we knew it, forever changed. 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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 HUSBAND AND I WERE SITTING IN OUR LIVING ROOM WATCHING THE TODAY SHOW, WHEN THEY BROKE IN AND TOLD US THAT A PLANE HAD HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, I THINK THE SHOCK OF IT WAS SO UNREALISTIC THAT NOONE HAD PANICKED (THE TV PEOPLE THAT IS AND MY HUSBAND AND I, AND BACK IN MY MIND I WAS LIKE, IT'S OK, MAYBE NOONE IS IN THE BUILDING, I WAS JUST THINKING THESE CRAZY THOUGHTS OF HOPE BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN I COULDNT BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING, ANOTHE PLANE CRASHING IN FRONT OF OUR EYES INTO THE OTHER TOWER, I HAD THIS TERRIBLE SHIVER OF REALITY THAT SOMETHING REALLY TERRIBLE WAS HAPPENING AND IT BEGAN TO SINK IN, WE WERE DEVASTATED THAT THIS EVENT THAT WAS UNFOLDING WAS INFACT VERY REAL AND IT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS BEYOND ANY COMPREHENSION OF THIS WONDERFUL COUNTRY WE LIVE IN. AS WE WERE WATCHING I HAD THIS AWFUL LUMP IN MY THROAT TRYING TO HOLD BACK THE TEARS FROM THE REALITY THAT THERE MAY BE MANY PEOPLE THAT JUST GOT KILLED, MY GOD TO THIS DAY THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE TRULY ON HOW WE FEEL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DIED AND THEIR FAMILIES, WE ARE DEVASTATED AS IF THEY WERE AND WISH WE COULD TAKE AWAY THEIR PAIN. I CAN ONLY LEARN FROM THIS TRAGEDY THAT NO MATTER HOW BAD WE THINK OUR SITUATIONS ARE THAT THEY ARE TRULY PETTY BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER WITH FAITH AND HOPE AND PERSEVERENCE, THESE PEOPLE CANT, ONLY TIME CAN HEAL THEIR PAIN AND SOME MAY NEVER HEAL FROM THAT AWFUL AWFUL DAY. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME, PAMELA PARKS 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 story4972.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I am an employee of General Motors and a Lieutenant and EMT-B for Argentine Township Fire and Rescue in Linden, MI. I was on second shift on 9/11/01 and had gotten up at approximately 8:45 AM that morning and was watching my daughter, Hunter. My wife called and told me to turn the television on. I could not believe my eyes. I knew in my heart at that moment that, if given the opportunity, I was going to New York to help in any way I could. I stopped at our fire hall on my way to work and received permission to go from our Chief, Richard Sargent.At that point, I was quite confident there would be rescues instead of recoveries. I also received permission to take any EMS supplies I thought we might need. A representative from our police department came over to the hall and handed our Chief a request from the Port Authority to all trained EMS personnel to respond to the Meadowlands for staging. We had just recently hired a firefighter named Tom Smith. Toms father was a FDNY firefighter assigned to Squad 288 and Haz Mat 1. His name was Kevin Smith and he perished in the collapse. His body was recovered 1/10/02. Toms brother, Brian Smith, is a FDNY EMT who was injured in the collapse. We spent time at Fort Totten researching the status of Kevin and Brian Smith. After loading splints, cervical collars, oxygen, saline and other EMS supplies, Tom, Julie Lennox and I departed Michigan at 10:00 PM on 9/11/01. We arrived at the Meadowlands at 8:30 AM on 9/12/01. After checking in with staging and having our credentials checked, we were given a police escort down to Ground Zero. I could not believe the destruction, the fighter jets and the smell. There were papers everywhere and fire trucks destroyed everywhere we looked. We checked in at the command post at West and Vesey, along with hundreds of other volunteer and paid on-call firefighters from all around the country. Our first day was spent working the perimeter and helping unload trucks and tasks of that nature. We spent time in the American Express building and about 1:00 PM it threatened to collapse as we were standing on the sidewalk outside of it. Thousands of fire and EMS personnel ran for their lives. It turned out to be a false alarm. On 9/13/01, I approached the District Chief who was running the command post and explained to him the story of firefighter Smith and his missing father and how important it would be to us to receive a meaningful assignment. I knew there was great concern about freelancing. I believe his name was District Chief Pfeiffer. He told us he would do his best. Because I had two inexperienced firefighters with me and Tom had the additional stress of his father being unaccounted for, I knew I had to be careful in terms of what they were allowed to do. At about 2:00 PM on 9/13/01, I went to the temporary morgue. There was body bag after body bag being loaded into refrigerated trucks. I was helping out with this task when a District or Battalion Chief came running into the American Express building screaming for EMTS because they had found some survivors outside the Winter Garden area. I identified myself as an EMT and was asked to follow him into the rubble, along with other EMTs, doctors and paramedics. A bucket brigade of ironworkers, firefighters and others was formed to remove the rubble from this area. A civilian casualty was recovered and the hopes of finding survivors were dashed after two hours of removing the debris by hand. There was still no room to bring in the heavy equipment at this point. I was able to make contact with my firefighters to get them at least involved in the debris removal process and was successful. The firefighters at Haz Mat 1 / Squad 288 were extremely gracious to us even as they mourned their losses. I believe there were eleven of them from that house unaccounted for. They allowed us to stay there and were really supportive of Tom. The response from the public as we walked out and drove under the underpasses on the freeways of New York City is something I will never forget. It brought tears to my eyes to see the outpouring of emotion from the American people. I left Saturday because I had taken this time off from work without pay and needed to get back. On the way back, my wife Heidi and sister-in-law Erica and I stopped in Pennsylvania for lunch. I was extremely distraught and was not able to eat. An elderly gentleman with a European accent noticed the FEMA New York City Search and Rescue shirt I had on and came over to thank me. I said thank you and was overcome with emotion. He bought our lunch. FDNY had also requested that no more fire units respond unless specifically requested. FEMA and many USAR teams from all over the country were now involved in the recovery process. The FBI, FEMA, Secret Service, ATF, and National Guard among others, were all deployed to this disaster. This was a crime scene. I am proud to say I was there and did my small part to help in any way I could. Lieutenant Joseph M. Ludwig, Jr., EMT-B Argentine Township Fire and Rescue 9048 Silver Lake Road Linden, MI 48451 (989) 271-9680 E-mail: lieutenant62002@yahoo.com Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story20630.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: Michael Harrison, Mansfield High School An American loves America!!! This is the place where fear, anger, hatred, sorrow, disbelief, courage, etc... comes from. It is a place no one knows better than yourself. The one place you turn to to make the right and wrong decisions of your life. It is none other than your heart! There is no other part of the body that can express and surpass so many obstacles. It is the part of the body that can destroy you, and at the same time, make you stronger than you've ever been. It tells you the difference between good and evil, right and wrong, love and hatred and by experiencing these courses, they make you who you are. No matter how you may choose to dress, look, feel, speak, listen, even if you have the worst attitude anyone has ever seen,.. an American loves America! The one place where millions of people dedicated their lives to helping those who could not, and to die for the innocent, those are called Americans. People who strive to put an end to all corruption and bring peace to all, those are Americans! We all live in fear and chaos and somehow... together, we make it a place where many can live and be happy because, we love our country. There have been many attempts by others who tried to destroy us and split us apart from one another.. but, they were always and will always be unsuccessful, and they are the ones who continue to make us stronger (even though they haven't realized it yet). The true strength of The United States of America lies in the hearts of all of us! When we combine our strengths, we become so strong, that we become intertwined with one another so that we keep that strength! "That which does not destroy me, only makes me stronger!!", I believe every word of that,.. do you? If you don't, look at a family... see how much closer we are to one another, and at the same time,.... SHARE IT!! Share the love we have for each other and you will make yourself and many others stronger than before. We have been blessed by God, and it is this blessing that puts and spreads the evil in men's hearts. It angers them, but we don't care about their anger, we care about the innocence of others. I address this message to everyone,.. LET THE HATRED IN YOUR HEART GO, AND CHERISH THE MEMORIES IN YOUR HEART FOREVER! I have dedicated my life to helping the lives of others because, I love each and every person living on this very planet (good or evil) a person is a person and, a person has feelings and realizing this, I found out that anyone can change. Even if you doubt that, listen to this verse "Through with God, nothing shall be impossible!" God is good to us and he will always be. We are his children and we must treat each other with love because, we are all brothers and sisters in the eyes of him. I pray everyone will find and harness the love within them, and trust in God as well. Trust me, he will guide your hand and with him, nothing shall hurt you. With love for all, Michael. 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 story6747.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?s been more than a year but I can still see the image of the twin towers collapsing. I was in my Spanish class the day of the attack. I just took a quiz in my Precalculus class that morning and the day was going pretty well. I then went to break and talked to my friends for a while. After the break, I went to my Spanish class. I was one of the first people there so I just sat on my desk. The final bell rang and my teacher, Mrs. Brand, wasn?t there. Five minutes later, she finally got there with this blank look on her face. I could never forget that look. She?s usually the kind of person who?s always happy. This time, however, was different. She went straight to the television and turned it on. The first thing I saw was the sight of the World Trade Center burning. Then below it said, ?Plane crashed in WTC.? That was an unforgettable sight. I thought it was a small plane like a charter jet or something like that. The first thing that went into my mind is that it?s probably just an accident. After watching it for 15 minutes, a second plane hit the other tower. It was just purely unbelievable. Then one of the reporters on T.V. said that America is under attack. It then hit me; I thought it was Iraq attacking us. I didn?t think it was Afghanistan. After watching a few more minutes of the attack, they then said that a plane had crashed in the Pentagon. One of the girls in my class stood up and started crying. She went to my teacher and told her that her father works at the Pentagon and that she?s worried. Mrs. Brand asked her if she wanted to call home and use her cell phone. She did but nobody answered. She wouldn?t stop crying and the sight of it made me sick to my stomach, just thinking that someone?s going through that much pain. She was taken to the hall to calm her down, and a few minutes, she did calm down and she went back to her seat. I saw people walking in the halls fearing that their loved ones might be dead. I don?t really remember how I really reacted to the attack. All I know is that I felt like I dreamed it. It was so unreal. I saw American flags everywhere during the next few days, weeks, even months. I was happy to see such support for our country but at the same time, it saddens me that we waited for something like this to happen before we realize that we live in a great country. It?s been a year now and I?m tired of seeing people show patriotism for ONE day, and then forget about it the next. It?s pathetic and upsetting at the same time. If you?re really happy to be an American, show your love and support for your country year-round, not once a year because you see other people doing it. But this attack made us realize that we?re lucky to be alive. This should never happen again. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story7764.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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