254 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: Well September 10, 2001 I was talking with my Godfather and my cousin about all the War movies that were coming out and my Godfather explained that when there are alot of War movies they are trying to prepare you for War. My cousin and I looked at each other like Sure, thats why they do it. My Godfather looked at me and said "Mija, i am telling you." All day went by and I kept thinking about what my Godfather told me, trying not to take it seroius at all. Well the next morning September 11, 2001 the phone was ringing like always to wake my younger cousin, Ashley up for school but this call was different. Ashley was walking through the house yelling "Daddy, Mommy says to turn on the t.v., Daddy wake up Mommy wants to talk to you." Well I got up to help Ashley get ready for school and turned on the t.v. to see what was so important and that is when the second plane was going into the 2nd tower. I could not believe my eyes. I tried to wake up again and again only to realize I was not dreaming. What I saw was true. I went running into my Godfathers room yelling at him "Nino, wake up!" "A plane flew into a building!" He flew out of his bed to see the replays over and over. The news wouldn't let us forget because over and over the whole day you see the horrifying tragedy which caused so many deaths to innocent people. To lose there lives doing what so many of us do every day, go to work to support our familys. All morning I couldn't move from my seat on the couch frozen to the t.v. to find out what our President was going to do. My Godfather kept telling me "I told you!" "Our country is going to declare War on those Bastards." I was so sad for all those poor people whose familys were left behind to wonder if they got out alive. Ashley asked, " Why did this happen?" I could not understand why this was happening and to try to explain this to a 7 yr old was even harder. I answered "That not all people are nice or think before about how things are after you do something." "Not all people care about themselves or others, that is why it is important that you do." Up until today every Holiday was scary. The news telling you "Beware." Or hearing from a neighbor or co-worker did you hear about the warnings to stay home? Don't leave home! I used to despise History in Highschool but now I truly understand why we learn about the past. So that WE can not make mistakes that have been made way back when, so OUR children and childrens children DO NOT have another 9/11 or WWI, WWII. WE WILL STAND UNITED FOREVER. Michelle Madeline Michaelis 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 story7147.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-13 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.179.213.202 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: Five years... It looks to me like yesterday... i was in my job (i'm a policeman)in a supermarket, 12h50 more or less, when a friend told to me to go to the bar and watch the tv, because an airplane crashed in the WTC. When i arrive and look to the tv, i see the second plane crash in the second tower, and i asked to my friend: "ey that was a second plane?". And so it was, after that we realize the dimension of the tragedy. We look like zombies, with the eyes sticked in the screen. When the towers crumbled down, i was almoust in shock. About 15h00 i finished my duty and went home. In that day i cried at home, for the men and women who died in that day, and few times in my live i cried. I still wonder: if i was one of that person in the higher levels, i jumpped off the building or not. The world changed and so have i. 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 story20467.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. 2006-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 62.48.219.235 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My cousin Ted died during September 11. He was in the Marriot Hotel. What was really werid was that the altopsey said he died from a appendics attack but it happened as soon as 9/11 so they don't know if he was stressed and the illenss came because of the attcack 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 story9724.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. 2003-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 207.235.179.11 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 September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: When I went to school I had no idea that anything had happened, in my first lesson I heard people saying something about attacks but I wasn't sure what they were talking about, they turned on the TV in the room to see the news on it and that is when I saw the images of the planes crashing into the towers and later that night I saw the images of the towers falling. 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 story10214.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. 2003-11-26 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 211.29.194.66 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was a freshman in high school having a normal day I went to first hour, U.S. Government Excel, and then I went to second hour, Keyboarding 1. We were just doing a normal assignment and having a normal class and the bell rang and so I left and headed toward my third hour class, Physical Science Excel. On my way one of my classmates was like "they bombed us, we'll get them back." And this kid was one of those people that you just kinda ignore not knowing what they are really talking about so I just nodded my head and smiled. Then I walk it third hour and some people are like oh my god I can't believe this happened and me and some other people were trying to figure out what was going on. So we asked one of my classmates and they were like well the World Trade Centers were hit and I was like World Trade Centers? I didn't know what the World Trade Centers were or where they were at, at first I didn't even know what they were...I was so confused. Well the bell rang for class to start so everyone sat down and my teacher was like well I'm sure you all heard what happened. And some of us were like no so she explained. I was still kinda of confused but she turned on the news and we started watching it. I think I watched the news in all of my classes except in spanish class where some kid decided we should watch it on the spanish channel so you really couldn't tell what was going on. And finally our prinicipal came over the intercom and explained what happened and announced that all after school activities were cancelled. So the rest of the day I went home and watched the news and whenever I wasn't busy I watched the news and I recall how for like the whole next week that was like the only thing on the regular channels. I didn't really understand what was going on at first but I definately understand now and I know I will never forget that day because it's like I know it will the back of my hand. And I remember from then on everyone had red, white, and blue and flags. My parents went to the store to buy a flag and at like every place they were sold out it was the coolest things to see our nation come together. I will never forget September 11, 2001!~! 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 story7807.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. 2002-09-17 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 198.81.17.31 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 HOME ALONE WATCHING THE MORNING NEWS WHEN PETER JENNINGS ANNOUNCED A PLANE HAD HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. I CALLED MY SON,TODD,A MEMPHIS FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC. I WAS THINKING OF THE FIREMEN RESPONDING AND HOW WOULD THEY FIGHT THAT FIRE AND RESCUE THE PEOPLE? I KNEW TODD WOULD WANT TO SEE IT. I CALLED MY OTHER SON, ROB THAT WORKS AT DISNEY WORLD, HE WASN'T HOME. I CALLED MY DAUGHTER, MARTI,SHE WORKS AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL. I TRIED TO CALL MY HUSBAND, FRANK, I KNEW HE WOULDN'T ANSWER HIS CELL PHONE ON A CONSTRUCTION JOB, BUT I HAD TO TRY. I CALLED MY MOTHER AND BROTHER AND TOLD THEM ALL TO TURN ON THE TV. MY SON, ROB CALLED AND THEY HAD CLOSED DISNEY WORLD,THEY FEARED IT COULD BE A TARGET. I WATCHED AS THE OTHER PLANE HIT AN KNEW THAT IT WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT AND WE WERE BEING ATTACKED. I CRIED FOR THE FIREMEN, POLICEMEN, RESCUE PEOPLE AND ALL THE VICTIMS. I SPENT THE DAY TALKING TO MY FAMILY AS THE HORROR UNFOLDED. MY HEART BROKE AS I WATCHED THE HORROR BUT I COULDN'T TURN AWAY. IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS THAT PAST WE RAISE FUNDS FOR THE NEW YORK FIREFIGHTERS AND WATCHED MY SON GRADUATE FROM FIRE TRAINING SCHOOL IN SEPTEMER. BOTH MY SONS WERE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS GROWING UP IN RURAL ARKANSAS. MY HUSBAND WAS A VOLUNTEER FOR OVER 37 YEARS. I PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES OF ALL THE VICTIMS ON THAT DAY 091101. THEY WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. 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 story3504.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. 206.66.229.30 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: Before leaving the house to go to the Mediation Center, I glanced a scene on television of an airplane flying into a building. My first thought was: It's a scene from an upcoming movie but when it was announced that the scene was happening in New York live, I was astonished. The whole city was in astonishment. It was unreal to even consider anything of such cruelty happening in the world. When I went to Bible Study that night we read about the fall of the Twin Towers. It's scriptual but very sad. In a lot of things that's happening in the world today are signs of the approach of the world ending. My heart really go out to the families and love ones of the people who were directly affected by the happenings of September 11, 2001. My son is a Fire Paramedic here in Greenville, North Carolina and I shutter to think if the incident had happened here. I pray that God grant strength, grace, and mercy to everyone involved. KEEP THE FAITH AND GOD BLESS!!!! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story6356.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. 66.152.5.217 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 sitting in my seventh grade classroomwhen the princiable came on the intercom. He had said that some terrorists had hijacked some planes and flew them into buildings such as the World Trade Center and the pentagon. Everyone in the class was confused about what had happend. I thought a few guys had flown them into buildings, but I was wrong. There were hostages, inocent people, on the plane with them when it had crashed. I was mad and sad when they had crashed into the first building, the second building, and then the Pentagon. I am angry for what happend. Yes my life han changed scince September 11. Now I am a little more fearful scince the planes had crashed. Now I have one more fear. My new fear is I am afraid of some people. I am being a little cautious to solve this fear. I think the act of bravery should be rembered from 9/11. Firemen put there life on the line to save people. Also, the people who stopped the plane from crashing into a building should be rembered. They should be rembered because they had saved hundereds of lifes by stopping the hijackers to hit a building. That is why they should be rembered. 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 story8552.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-10-22 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.60.58.139 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 working and heard the horrible news from my best friend who also worked with me. My co-workers and I were all devistated to hear of the tragity that was happening. all I could think of was my Little boy who was with his sitter and that I needed to get to him as soon as possible. He was safe but, I just needed to be close to him. For some reason it was more comforting to be able to hold him. I also could not stop thinking about the child I was carrying at the time, who is now a little over four months old. I just kept thinking, how is this going to effect thier future? Hopeing to be able to give them a good life and to help them be good, responsable people all parents want thier children to be. Also wondering if they would ever understand the true meaning of what really happened that day and why,when I don't even really understand it myself. I will always remember the horrer all of those people went through. GOD BLESS THOSE WHO SUFFERED AND THIER FAMILIES! My family sure is thinking of them always and forever. 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 story3381.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. 64.21.104.57 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 Sept.11,2001 I was at home having just got my son off to school. I happened to turn on the tv just as the second plane was about to hit the second tower at the world trade center. I could not believe my eyes at what I was witnessing on tv. All I could think about was all those lives that was lost on that fateful day. I really wanted to go get my children from school and bring them home so I could be with them. I wanted to protect them from all that was happening that day. I felt so sad for all the children that had just lost their parents in the attacks especially the real young ones that will never know their parents. THey have to rely on their parents surviving family members to tell them about their parents. You never really realize how precious your children are to you until a tragedy happens like this. My son and daughter were afraid to leave me for awhile after this happened and I wasn't sure that I wanted to leave them either. It has taken a long time for my children to feel safe again and myself. I will never forget those lives lost on that fateful day one year ago or the ones that died trying to save lives of countless others. We will never forget and their families will be in our hearts forever. 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 story4341.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.188.6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just dropped off my daughter at 9am for her second day of pre-school. I had the T.V. on and heard about a plane crashing into the World Trade Center. I thought to myself "what a horrible accident". I thought the plane had malfunctioned or something had happened to the pilot, I couldn't figure it out. Not too long after the first plane, it was announced that a second plane had hit the other tower. I realized this couldn't be an accident, but wasn't letting myself think the worst. After it was announced that a third plane hit the Pentagon, I lost it. I woke up my husband, who works second shift, and started babbling about what was going on. I don't think I even made sense, so he got up to see what was going on. His silence spoke volumes, the look on his face, he finally said "we are being attacked". My first reaction was to go get my daughter from school, if something is going to happen, I want her with us. I just couldn't believe people could be so evil, still can't. My heart goes out to those who lost a loved one that day. I thank God everyone I love is safe, but I hurt for those who can't say that. 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 story5721.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. 12.247.98.116 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It all started, when I was at school at the time the two airplanes crashed into the Twin Towers. At the time I didn't know what the teachers were talking about to each other. When my Best friend came back from gifted and told my friends and I that terriosts hijacked two airplanes with passengers on the plane and crashed them into the Twin Towers. I was scared, confused and upset. I did not want to believe it was true, but it was true. Then a little while after I found out about this horrible news my mom picked my sister and I up from school. I started crying when I saw my mom. My mom said that she is also going to pick my brother up from Revis High School, too. When we came home after picking my brother up from school I put the news on. I can't watch this I told myself and I went to my room thinking about all the scared people trapped in the two buildings and how terrifored their familys felt. I also am very sorry for the firefighters and police officers who died to risk their lives for the people trapped in the buildings. I will always keep these people in my heart as long as I live. 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 story6288.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. 209.175.105.14 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 born on September 12, so was lookin forward to having a good birthday. I was told that a plane flew into the Trades Center and I thought that it was just a little plane. Well I guess wrong didn't I. I had the worste birthday that anyone could ever have. Everything was closed cause of what happened and nobody wanted to go out, cause they thought it would happened right here in the middle of the Country. I was a Vol. firefighter at the time the world stood still, so i even felt like it did happened right here in Cheyenne WY. I just want to say a special Thank You to all that was lost and for all that helped get America back on her feet. *God Bless You 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 story11344.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. 2005-03-18 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 69.146.156.227 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 that morning I had arrived at work at about 8:00 a.m. and everything was fine until about 11:00 a.m. whenever parents started coming in early to pick up their kids earlier than usual. I asked one of the parents what all of the commotion was about and she told me that someone had blown up te world trade center. So after she told us my boss went to her house and got her t.v. and brought it back to work with her so that we could all watch it and see what was going on.So we all watched everyone crying and we watched the firefighters trying to find everyone that was trapped inside if that building that had gotten buried by all of the trash and rubble from the blast.As I was watching all of this on t.v.,i felt so sorry for all of the people who had to go through all of that and for all of their families that did'nt know if their relatives would live or die. As of this moment I am truely glad that I can live to tell this story in the future. 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 story7690.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 first remember hearing about the plane crash from a parent I was speaking to on the phone. She said that some plane had hit some building. I didn't think much of it as plane accidents occur all the time. It wasn't until 1 or 2 calls later that a parent mentioned that it was the World Trade Center that had been hit and the second one had just been hit by a plane. I ran out to our lobby and stood watching the TV with many of my collegues - our mouths hung open in horror. We could not believe what we were seeing. As the realization that more planes could possibly be on their way to other buildings I began to get very scared. Living in a major city, and especially the birthplace of democracy I had no trouble in imagining that we might be a target, too. My next thought was of my family. I first called my husband to see if he had heard. He had and he also confirmed my fear - that his father works in the heart of New York City. I then called my parents to see if they were aware. They were watching and were waiting to hear from my brothers. One lives in Baltimore, also a major city, another works for the government near Washington D.C. and the other lives in Connecticut. I figured my brother in Connecticut was safe but I was very worried about the other two. As I spoke to my best friends, and my husband, our thoughts turned our many friends who work in and around the World Trade centers. Many phone calls and emails were sent flying back and forth trying to find confirmation that all were well. I spent the next hour or so frantically trying to reach any of my in-laws and my two brothers. During this time I also had to continue my duty as a nurse and take care of the sick children I am in charge of. I was torn between my duty and my fear. I also waited to hear if our hospital would go on alert to receive any injured children from New York or if they were going to ask for volunteers to go up to New York to help with the relief effort. It wasn't until late that night I finally heard from all of my relatives. Fortunately, neither of my brothers were in an area that was hit and my father-in-law was in another part of the city when the planes hit. Within several days I had heard back from all my friends and knew that they were safe. Only by God's grace were a number of them who were supposed to be in the World Trade Center that morning were on business trips, in meetings elsewhere, or decided to skip their regular breakfast there. In the months after the attacks as the stories of those who died were put into the public, I couldn't help but think "that could have been me; that could have been anyone that I know". It hit hard that all of those people had friends, family, loved ones and were going about their normal lives, never knowing that their lives would end that day. But what stood out the most were the stories of faith. Of how people found God in their hour of need or how God sustained them in the face of certain death. The calm with which they called or sent messages to loved ones telling them that they would not make it but that they loved them blow me away. Or how they sacrificed their lives so that others could escape or find safety. The heros and those that died will always be remembered. And those, like me, who did not lose anyone but were ready to go and do what was needed, who wore pins and colors and hung flags everwhere and showed patriotic pride are all survivors and heros, too. We did what we could, with what we had, to give support to those who were on the front lines. History will look back on September 11, 2001 and remember not only the death of those in the World Trade Center and Pentago but the rebirth of American patriotism and love of country. May God continue to uphold, support and protect the United States of America. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2968.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 Keri and i was at home asleep when my mother called and screamed in the phone "turn on the T.v news". She said "the twin towers has been hit!!!" To be honest i had never heard of the twin towers so i was like what?? After watching the news and actually watching the second plane hit i was numb with fear and sadness. Questioning Why us? I just don't understand war and terroism. We were glued to our t.v and internet for the whole day literally. All we could talk about was the twin towers. I felt so helpless and was scared they might do something in all the states. 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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 preparing for my first class of the day when one of the other staff members came running into the teacher's room saying that an airplane accident had occurred at the world trade center. She turned on the television, and we watched in horror as we saw the first airplane hit one of the buildings. Immediately I told the others in the teachers' room that it wasn't an accident and walked upstairs to teach. I felt as if someone had punched me in the stomach. My thoughts jumbled through my head as I struggled to teach. The students quickly saw my distress but I couldn't bring myself to tell them. I vaguely told them that my mind was on lots of things. Approximately 15 minutes later, the principal began to announce the names of students over the loudspeaker and told them to go to the office with their bookbags because they were going home. I, as well as other support teachers, went downstairs and began taking names from parents in the cafeteria because they no longer fit in the office and brought students down. The rest of the time was spent going up and down to get the students. Some parents worked in the WTC or near that area. They were covered in soot and visibly shaken. The younger students couldn't understand what was going on and a few wanted to remain in school. I called my mom who takes care of my 2 young sons and spoke to her. However, I was unable to reach my mother-in-law who used to frequent Century 21 located near the WTC and panic set in. People began calling on their cell phones and were unable to communicate because the system was deluged with phone calls. It wasn't until after 6 p.m. that I was able to breathe easier--my relatives were safe and sound. In school, I went back to my room and talked to one of the other teachers. From that side of the building we had always been able to see the WTC, so we saw the huge black clouds of smoke. Suddenly, my husband, who had been volunteering at the school until he found a job, came in and told us that the building had collapsed. (Once he found a job, he continued to volunteer on his day off.) We looked up in total dismay to see just the cloud of smoke billowing. My cousin was going to work near the WTC collapsed. He related his harrowing experiences and my skin developed goose bumps as I began to cry. Apparently, an older man told him, "Don't go that way....return the way you came." The old man told him "move you need to keep moving. As they both began to move, the old man was now where my cousin was standing. The debris fell on him, and killed him. My cousin described him as his guardian angel because this man, not only told him to move but had said to him "God Bless you my son, you've got to move!" My cousin ended up walking to the Bronx covered in soot and blood. He said that he was so upset that by the time he got to one of the bridges that crosses over from Manhattan to the Bronx he had bought a bottle of liquor. A policeman saw him and didn't say anything because he realized where my cousin had come from. For a long time after September 11th, I spent sleepless nights and cried. At school, I had to remain composed and maintain normalcy for my students. At home, however, watching the coverage became too difficult. Gradually, the sadness has lessened and the fears diminished but it hasn't completely disappeared. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I remember walking out of Chemistry at about 10 am and my friend Amanda telling me that the Pentagon got bombed. I didn't really believe her and did not know how serious the situation was. Then I walked to my Spanish class and we all sat in horror as we saw what was happening. I was so shocked and scared. The first thing that came to mind was "I hope the people who did this don't claim to be Muslim" because I am Muslim. I remember when the Oklahoma City bombing happened everyone blamed Muslims and so many hate crimes happened towards Muslims when in fact a White Christian from Michigan was the one behind the bombing. I didn't want to see how bad things would get if the attacks were by a person claiming to be Muslim, and i say claiming because anyone who would do something like this is in no way a Muslim. As I watched the TV they showed someone jumping out of the window. I had to try really hard not to cry. it was all so devistating and depressing. For the next 2 class hours all we did was watch the news in complete silence. The hallways were very quiet. I remember hearing a group of senior boys asking eachother who there was 18 because they were all worried about being drafted. I remember I had to stay after school for an hour for some activity. When i came home there were 5 messages on the answering machine. All of them were from my parents. They were really worried and kept calling to see where i was and to call them immediately. I called my dad first and he was so serious and quiet. He asked what took me so long to get home and if i was okay. I told him i was fine and was shocked to hear what he said next. He told me that i shouldn't leave the house unless i absolutely had to. I didn't completely understand why- I hadn't done anything wrong, but he told me how right now there was a lot of animosity towards muslims. At work people had been giving him dirty looks when he walked by and then they would start whispering about him. My dad was extremely worried about my older sister Anika who wears hijab (covers her hair with a scarf) and was currently at Michigan State University. THe hijab was just screaming "Hi, I'm a Muslim" and that wasn't something you wanted to be screaming at that time. I kept calling Anika on her cell phone to tell her that dad wanted her to keep a low profile and to come home as soon as possible. I couldn't believe all this was happening. At home all i did was watch the news. I became very angry when the US starting bombing Afghanistan. To me it seemed that the US was just looking for someone to blame and punish to comfort the American people. The people of Afghanistan had done nothing. Only a little organization in Afghnistan was believed to have done something. I couldn't understand how after so many innocent live had been taken in the US, the US could just go and take some more from Afghanistan. That night my family got a phone call from a family friend telling us that the house of a muslim family we know got shot at. I couldn't believe this. I had grown up with a daughter from this family and was so terrified for her. It turned out that some people drove by our Mosque and shot at it. Missing the mosque, the bullet hit my friends house which is right by the mosque. my friends dad was laying on his bed and the bullet flew right over his face. September 11 filled me mainly with with three emotions: hate, anger, greif. I hated the people who caused all this, i was angry that i could feel scared to go to school in a country that i was born and raised in and i was greiving for all the people who died and their family. 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 story2456.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: That day started as any other day would have except the telephone rang and it was my best friend Debbie Chandler. I home school my grandson Joshua and everyone knows not to call until after 3:00 P.M. So when the phone rang i knew something wasn't right. When I answered the phone Debbie cried out for me to start praying for the people and our country, she said that we had been attacked and that we had to get before God and we didn't have time to waste that peoples life's depended upon it. I turned the television on, and what I saw made me cry. I called my grandson into the living room and ask him to pray with me. We prayed for peoples life's and for the families that were losing there love one's and then we prayed for our President. I cried and prayed the rest of the day, and am still crying for those who lost family. I know how it feels to lose someone suddenly and through the hands of someone else. This Sept.11,2002 I watched a special on television showing all the babies born to those who had died that day. It was another night of crying, but there was a difference this time, I watched God's rewards for He said the fruit of the womb was His reward. The theif slipped by and stole from us, but thank God for His rewards and giving us new life. Sept.11,2001 happening brought about something I thought I would never see. Members of our government stood on government steps and sang "GOD BLESS AMERICA". I thank God for President Bush and for having a God believing President and one who knew how to pray and to turn to God for divine wisdom. I pray that he will continue to do so. A CHILD OF GOD ALMIGHT SARA HARDY TRANTHAM 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 story7291.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 woke up on Tuesday, September 11th at about 6:30 am when my mom opened my bedroom door. I remember being a bit upset with her because I still had 30 minutes of sleep left until I had to get up and get ready for work. She said I should get up and watch the news before I got ready for work. I couldn't believe what I saw on the television. The towers in New York were on fire. I asked my mom what happened and she told me that some people had flown planes into the towers. We heard that a plane hit the Pentagon. We watched the first tower fall. I cried. I cried when my mom left for work. I just wanted to melt into the couch and not leave the house. I didn't want to go to work. And then the second tower fell. And United 93 went down in Pennsylvania. I was in complete shock. How does something like this happen in my country? This is the kind of thing I expected to see happen in the middle east, making the evening news. This didn't happen in my country. I really didn't want to go to work. I don't think I came out of shock until the phone rang again. I worked at the Disneyland Resort at the time. It was my area lead calling to tell me that I didn't have to come in to work because the park would not be opening that day. I knew that if Disneyland wasn't opening, it was a big thing. Not long after the phone call, I realized how quiet it was. No airplanes flying overhead towards Long Beach Airport. I sat glued to the television all day and I cried. I still get choked up just thinking about it. 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