260 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 was asleep when the news was blaring that planes had been used as bmombs to destroy the world trade centers in New York and the pentagon in Washington and I was totally unaware of what was going on in the world until my three year old had come into my bedroom and said "Mommy the planes crashed New York and there is a big fire on T.V". At first I just said "Thats nice hunny just watch your cartoons until mommy gets dressed and comes out to the living room"I did not think much of it at first, but I just got up out of bed and got dressed and began cooking breakfeast for us, then as I was standing there in the kitchen I had heard it for the first time and the news had reported that indeed Two planes had crashed into the trade centers in New york and one into the pentagon and I was horrifed at the news I had heard. And as I watched as many americans did I was scared to death of what would happen next so as I sat there with my three year old on my lap holding him close and trying to explain to him why someone would to this to us. I had never felt my heart sank that way before. It will always be a day that we as america should and would NEVER FORGET. To all who lost a loved one that day may they live in all our hearts forever and may we never forget what they gave for us to be hear today. To the heros who risked thier life I am eternally gratefull and honored to be called an AMERICAN and to the men who did this you better know we will never fall as a country or a socitey no matter what you try to do to this wonderful place we call home. Kristina Healy Carson City, Nevada U.S.A 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 story5949.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was a normal day, so to speak. I had completed all my morning classes that I reluctantly attended, written down homework that I hoped didn't block up my evening, then stopped at my locker before going to lunch. At this point, lunch was the highlight of my day. The whole day seem normal and okay, until recess. There was a rumor going around about a plane crashing into one of the World Trade Centers. My friends and I heard it from a few people, making the whole story more believable. People were scared and frightened, huddled in groups and talking in hushed whispers during recess. Many were crying and scared, going to teachers for help. Some people didn't even believe it, as if the rumor was changed and extended so much that the whole point was erased and written in a more dramatic way, and stretched the truth until nothing more could be added. I can remember asking to myself and others, "Why?" Later, I had realized that I wasn't the only one who was doubtful, concerned and mostly confused. During recess, we guessed the answers to questions we didn't know. The biggest question was "Why?" I had no idea. Who would want to hurt the lives of innocent Americans? I couldn't come up with any answers. No one could. It wasn't until science class that we began to get answers. The teachers couldn't explain everything, all they could say was that it was serious. That day, we were to have had a science test, but because of the day's events, it was postponed. Eventually, we found out all the important details in a grade-wide announcement by Dr. Tait, our principal. She explained some vague details, but, like the teachers, she had no answers to our many questions. When I got home, I received more information while watching the news. At last, the information finally sunk into my head. It was horrible. That night, some of our events were changed. My brother had been invited to his friend's birthday party at a Somerset Patriot's game. His birthday was on September 11. As soon as I had come home, the party had been cancelled because all baseball games were stopped, and his dad was stuck in New York. Luckily, no one was hurt. It made me think about how this day will survive in our minds, how it will force us to remember the horrible scenes. It even affects my birthday, which is in the beginning of September. But most important, I feel so happy that know one I know had been hurt. I mourn for all the people who were lost in the terrible tragedy. I've realized this is going to change my life. It already has. Even to this day, I still remember what happened on September 11. All the things that used to be important to me are now not as important. There are a lot of people worse off than I am. Now I will be prepared for anything. 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 story179.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 live in the west coast, and the 9/11 attack did not effect me all that much. After the attack though, I saw a change in the nation. I saw that the weak became strong, the strong became heros, and some heros would be remembered 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 story8226.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 a school teacher I was at work on the day of the tragic event. My students and I were outside for a Physical Education class when upon returning to the building I was informed. I was first informed by a fellow teacher. Then, as I sat down in the staff room to eat my lunch, many other teachers were already there, gathered around a TV watching the terror unfold on a nationwide news station. They and I watched solomely as the news broadcast replayed the events over and over. Once returning to my class, several students were discussing the issue because some of their parents worked in the City of Boston. Those students were being retrieved at the school by the other parent (for fear that the child would be upset, not knowing if the parent who worked in Boston was safe and okay). This sparked a reaction from other students, to my suprise, to want to unify themselves as Americans. They wanted to come together to show their unity through song and gymnastics. A song was chosen to fit the project "We Fall Down but We get Up" (by Donnie McKurkin), as a well coregraphed and rehersed gymnastic project was developed. The girls and boys worked together, with some guidance from myself to put this musical production together using pyramid building skills and gymnastic skills which was visually moving. They have since done this 4 minute presentation for others who have invited them. I think their presentation would be a great asset to the archive of this historical event in America's history. Children love watching it but also adults. 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 story6760.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 husband who was working third shift at the time, called me at work after he got home & was watching the news to say that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. He knew my boss had a TV, but it was not hooked up to the cable, I made my boss aware of what happened & we got the cable hooked up so that we could see what was happening. By then they were showing the second plane hitting, then the towers falling. A few fellow employees came over and watched in awe as we all could not believe what was happening. I thank the President and the Senators, and the House on how well they all handled the situations the days thereafter, as they all came together as one. Which we Americans need to continue to do. I pray for all the families and friends who lost loved ones. You will always be in my prayers that God's strength and glory will see you thru this. 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 story3705.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: At 8:45 am on September 11, I was having breakfast with two friends at a restaurant at Grand Central in midtown New York, several miles form the World Trade Center. Just as we had finsihed paying the bill, at about 9:00 am, we heard an announcement over a PA system advising us that "due to an incident at the World Trade Center, this building is now CLOSED. Proceed to the nearest exit immediately." This seemed like such a strange announcement, that no one reacted right away. About 5 seconds later came a second announcement, "We repeat, proceed to the nearest exit IMMEDIATELY." With that, everyone quickly got up and left. We headed to the north exit on to 45th Street, where we started hearing stories that the WTC had been bombed. We walked over to Madison Ave, where we could see downtown to the WTC and see it in flames. At that moment, the second plane had just hit. Throngs of us just sat watching the towers and a TV monitor in the window of a nearby bank. After about an hour or so, people walking uptown from the WTC area started appearing in midtown, their faces and clothes covered in dust and debris. It was almost like a scene out of Night of the Living Dead. The rest of the day was spent giving blood, watching the horrible events unfold across the country and trying to figure out how to get home to Westchester County, since the roads and trains had been shut down. We also shuddered every time we heard one of the F-16's fly overhead, not knowing if it was the next attack. The following morning, September 12, I took my normal train into Grand Central. The Terminal was almost empty, except for the numerous soldiers with their automatic rifles. As I walked out onto the street, I was struck by the absolute silence. Normally, there would be thousands of people scurrying about getting their newspapers and coffee and heading up to their offices. Not that day. As I walked out of the station, there were exactly two people on the street, me and a woman heading to work. We looked at each other, gave each other one of those "what's gong on here?" kind of looks and started to walk up Madison. As I looked back at her, she was crying. It was a surreal scene. A similar mood prevailed for a couple of days. By Friday afternoon (9/14), we first started to feel a sense that some of the normal noise of the City was beginning to return. Overall, it was what the attack did to the noise and energy level of the city that I'll remember most 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 story2499.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at work listening to my music on the radio, when the announcement came across the radio about the world trade center. It was so terrible to me, my mouth hung open, and I was in total disbelief. I shouted to my manager to come out of her office to hear what I just heard. We both stood there in a trance not knowing what to say or do, My manager then went to Walmart to purchase a T.V. set so we can actually see what was going on with the world. We just could not believe what we were seeing. It was a very sad day that day. Tears streaming down our faces, It was just sadding. 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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 first inkling that something was wrong was when we returned from breakfast to hear a voicemail from my sister-in-law asking us not to go downtown that day. She heard one of the towers was on fire. I immediately turned on the tv and heard about the first plane. As I was watching in horror, the second plane hit. As realization dawned, so did the horror of what I was seeing. It made me physically sick. I was in a hotel in mid-town with my two small children as my husband was attending a conference a few blocks away. But we weren't tourists. We both grew up in NY, went to Stuyvesant, worked in the city and had both passed through the trade center on our commutes before we moved to the west coast 2 months prior. This was an attack on a city that was near and dear to our hearts. Not knowing what to do, I waited until my husband came back. Being the boy scout that he is, he sent me out to get food and supplies. I walked out on Lexington and looked up at the surreal sight of smoke billowing out of the towers. What hit me was how normal everything was, with the exception of the towers in the background. It looked like business as usual. Did they not know what was happening? I saw a few people on cell phones look up at the scene and cover their mouths, but otherwise, everything else looked pretty normal. Still sick to my stomach and not thinking clearly, I returned to our hotel room with a box of granola bars. We decided that it would be better to walk up the 20 blocks to my sister-in-law's apartment than to stay in the hotel. We packed what we could, waited for my sister-in-law to join us, and soon joined the mass exodus of people walking uptown. It was a very quiet journey, given how crowded the streets were. Every now and then we saw people covered in soot and some with bandages and casts. Once uptown and settled, my husband and I split up to hunt for groceries. My husband went to 2nd avenue while I went to 3rd. He made the right choice. It took me almost 3 hours to buy an armload of groceries. There were no carts or baskets left and the line snaked through the entire supermarket. People on line with me were just the most supportive. One man with a blackberry sent emails for those who could not reach loved ones by phone. Many people helped to carry my groceries and held my place in line when I needed to go back to the apartment to feed my baby who was still nursing. The cashier let me go when I was short of cash since credit cards could not be validated. That day, I saw New Yorkers as they really are. Needless to say, we were not able to fly back as scheduled the following day. In fact, we could not leave New York until that Saturday. In those intervening days, we felt helpless, like the rest of the nation, and weary from the tension of all the bomb threats, sirens, and jets flying overheard. My three-year-old saw more than I wanted him to see or understand. He asks why all the color fell from the buildings and would more planes crash into skyscrapers. The other day, he saw smoke in a field and asked if a building fell down. I'm upset about the loss of childhood innocence. I'm upset about the lost colleagues, neighbors, and childhood friends. But I think what is the most upsetting is the lack of conscience in those who thought that an act such as this can be lauded or justified in any way. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: We were going through the regular schedule of events that day in AP Calc. We had put all the problems in last night's homework set and were getting ready to go over them. Then, a student from the neighboring classroom came rushing in, saying, "turn on the TV, a plane just hit the World Trade Center." A student from my class quickly went over to the TV and switched it on. For the next hour the class as a whole sat in disbelief of what our eyes were seeing. I remember initially being shocked at the news, but don't think I really grasped what was going on till hours later. Students with tears in their eyes were passing my classroom in the hall, but I did not yet feel so emotional that I felt I was going to cry. The rest of the day all my other periods were also spent glued to the TV, hoping to catch breaking news the second it happened, but still I felt that yes, it was a terrible tragedy, but also like it wasn't something that affected me. I almost felt guilty as other kids broke into tears, while I just sat there. It was later on that night that my emotions came over me. It still wasn't because I felt that the event was a personal attack on me, but because of the effect it was having on people that it did touch personally. Later that night, the news focused more on the families that had members who were still missing. It broke my heart to see children holding pictures of parents that dropped them off at school, but never returned to pick them up. Of recently married men, who feared the loss of their new brides. Of mothers waiting to her of their child's survival. But all these people could do was wait. Wait to hear the good news or bad. Wait to shed tears of joy or those of sorrow. Wait to learn if evil had stripped them of their happiness. It took this, the sight of people in sorrow and anguish, to make the events of September Eleventh seem real. Without human emotion, events, even as great as the attacks were, don't take on their full effect. Someone could have done the same thing to those buildings when they were empty and stimulated much less of a response. The most powerful way to attack someone is through harming their loved ones. The destruction of material things is nothing compared to the destruction of 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: September 11th didn't seem real at first. My alarm clock was set on the radio so the first thing I heard was "ladies and gentelmen, this is a terrible, terrible day." This seemed humorous to me, since I was not ready to wake up and go through the normal routine to get to jr. high school. I acutally laughed. I was so drowsy that I thought the news report was that a two person plane had crashed into a hill. I had woken up to a terrible, terrible day. I pressed the snooze bar on my clock. Ten minutes later I was downstairs trying to find my backpack in the living room. My older brother was sitting on the coffee table staring at a smoking building on the T.V. screen. My father was buttoning his shirt and staring at the T.V. too. He said "the world trade tower was hit by a plane." It was such a simple statment. My first thoughts were: where is the tower? how could a plane have had such bad aim? how did it hit? As the news played and replayed the images of a plane flying straight into a tower I realized it was a commercial plane. Like the ones at the airport. At that moment I thought " At least it is too early for anyone to be at work! It was only seven a.m. after all. But wait... my mind froze. There was a time change from here to New York. It must be about three hours. That would make it about ten in New York. Ten was way past the start of the work day. Suddenly it hit me, there were people in the tower! Someone might have died this very second! And another! And another! Every muscle in my body seiezed up, like the time I touched a electric fence at horse camp a few weeks before. Oh, this wasn't funny at all anymore. The news man on the radio had been serious. I had laughed that moment while someone in the tower might have died. I had to keep moving though. I was running late. As I ran back up to my room, I grabbed the telephone. It was early, but I knew my friend would be up. She answered the phone. "Have you heard what happened? Oh, it's Meghan." "uhhhh... Meghan? What are you talking about?" "Just turn on the t.v., any news channel." "okay..." "bye, see you later." I had to tell someone. She was coming to pick me up later anyway since we carpooled together. When she knocked at my door, she said "I saw what happened! can you believe it? there where people in there!" She had come to the same conclusion as me. Shock. Though that school day, rumors flew as other kids heard bits of news. Thousands of people worked in the tower. Another one had been hit! Was not an accident? A plane hit the Pentogon! The towers collasped! Another plane crashed in Pennslyvaina! All the teachers had watched the news on a television in the librey. Every computer was focused on CNN News website. Though out the day, I felt helpless. I couldn't tell what was true and what was a rumor. When my social studies teacher told us in 6th period that yes, the towers had collasped I wasn't sure what that meant. I thought that a few floors had collasped. Not true. None of the rumors or facts regersered until I saw the T.V. again after school. I really wanted to see what had really happened to make the teachers's eyes look red and puffy. Why was my older brother's school canceled? What had caused one girl's mom to come home early from work and give her a ride home from the bus stop? She was worryed about leaving her daughter at home alone until nine, she said. When you are so far away from the tragety, the t.v. answers all your questions all too well. Evern though we weren't allowed to, my friend who carpooled with me and I ran downstairs as so as we got to my house. Oh yes, this was real. A picture is worth a thousand words. Business men and women coated in dusty suits running down a street as a cloud of the world trade center chased them. Some had blood gushing down their white faces. A cloud of smoke covering Manhatten. Fire fighters blocking people from running toward the towers to save loved ones. Footage of bodies falling from windows. The thuds as they hit the concrete. It was as the whole world came crashing down with the toweres. The world had become a Hollywood set. But it was real. Thousands had died. My mom came down and turned off the t.v. and my friend left. Slowly a year passed. September 11th never ended though. It was relieved today. I got over the shock. Life went back to normal at school. But things like flags on cars, Proud to be an american signs, and being pulled out of line in the airport and having my bag sifted though remind me. It seems like an invasinon of privacy to be swatted down and asked to remove my Roxy sandels at PDX. It is strange to see the whole school wearing red white and blue on the first anniversary, today. I can't help thinking that someday this will seem like Pearl Harbor to children in 20 years. Just another holiday. No real meaning to those who where born after it. Whether 9-11 is made a holiday or not, people will still remember where they where when they heard or experenced the day that changed American's perception of the world we live in. How lucky we are to live in this country! I will always remember that and September 11th. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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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 at about 8:00 a.m. central time and immediately (as on most mornings) jumped out of my rig to use either the tire or the restroom. The situation wasn't too urgent so I opted for the latter and headed to the building and through the driver's door. I was hauling foam roofing insulation to K.C. and it needed to be there that day before 4:00, so I called the customer sometime after I finished my business. A woman answered the phone and quickly put me on hold. After a few minutes she came back and told me I should go find a T.V. "I've got a foreman in Manhatten on the other line", she said,"He says a jumbo jet just crashed into one of the twin towers". I said I'd call back later and ran to the fuel desk. "REMOTE!" I shouted. I wasn't really concerned with the dirty look I got. "NOW, NOW!" I demanded, "The World Trade Center's just been hit by a plane!" I slapped a ten on the counter (people tend to walk off with remotes) and ran for the driver's lounge with half a dozen drivers right on my heels. We got there just in time to watch the south tower pummeled by a huge plane. One driver started to weep. He lived just miles from the WTC, he told us. They just kept replaying and replaying the north tower's collapse. And just when I started thinking, "Jesus, don't these journalists have any shame? I don't want to see this again!" I realized with dawning horror that I was watching the south tower collapse. I was priveleged to glimpse the national reaction to these events from a truckers perspective. I saw racism everywhere. And I saw it confronted by bravery at almost every turn. I was there when a man from southern Alabama put his body between a Muslim woman and a racist driver. I did so myself when forced to see the mistreatment of a man wearing a turban in Knoxville. I didn't get home to my wife until three weeks later. Fargo never looked so good. And althought I miss the road, and the pride of driving a red, white, and blue Mack truck, it would be the last three weeks I spent parted from her. Life is too precious to spend away from those we love. 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 story258.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. 2002-03-16 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.116.46.204 Annotation Annotations to this item. Civil Liberties/Discrimination Patriotism Television Coverage DOMESTIC Feature 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: Born on September 23rd 1965, I was looking forward to my 36th b-day,&,other than having lost both my grandfathers, one on September 17th of 1995 & the other in March 2000,I wasn't prepared to see another tragedy,this one being of a more National spectrum. I had turned on the TV,in California,at 5:30A.M.,&,as usuall,watched CNN. The news being reported at that point wasn't really big,but,at that time,I didn't know the news would be ASTRONAMICALLY HUGE in comparison to "gas Prices falling","Wall Street has an off day". The anchors at CNN had just returned from a commercial break, & BAM,I hear one of them saying 'Breaking News Out Of New York Involving The World Trade Center!!!"....well, I had figured that Mayor Guliani was about to make a speech.But, when this anchor continued by saying "The WTC has beeen impacted by a plane!!!" I lost it!!. In My head I'm thinking "What The....",cause it was so unbelievable. As I watched the news story, the phone rang off the hook,as people I knew were calling to ask if I was watching the story on TV.I told them I was & to call me later if they wanted to talk about it. 2 hours into the story, right after the second building was hit by a plane. I got so emotionally out of wack, that my relatives were the first people I called. Most of them were either listening to it on their radios,on the way to work, or watching CNN like I was. Now, I am into Karaoke as a hobby,& ,when the WTC,the second building, was hit, I called my close friend ,and karaoke buddy, to see if he was going to Karaoke in the next few days. He4 said He would be there &,like me, be doing patriotic tunes,each one in memory of those who had parrished,& those who were being deployed to,as President Bush says "Hunt Down & Punish" those responsable for this horrific crime against Americans. By the end of the day,I felt mixed up inside. It was like a bunch of emotions had just been stitched together to create one MAJOR reaction. Since Then,I have been doing nothing but living my life to the fullest,in such a way that shows those brainless jerkoffs that YOU CAN KNOCK DOWN A BUILDING IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT YOU CAN'T KILL THOSE WHOM BELIEVE IN THIS COUNTRY!!!!!! 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 story9485.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. 2003-09-07 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.68.174.117 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: We all watch the news in the morning before we go out to gym. We were watching live television when the plane hit the north tower. All of the students payed no attention to this and we thought it was something from a long time ago, something that had been taped, and something, that would never happen to us. As the day went on the teachers acted atrangly and then my class and I realized that at the bottom of the t.v. screen it said live. It felt very tragic to me when I found out that it was an attack on america, because america is such a strong, free, and united country, I mean who would want to hurt us? I feel that if we can stand strong for many more years to come, after this we can overcome anything! 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 story4022.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 that morning and turned on the TV and i saw something that didnt make sense, a plane had hit the first tower of the world trade center. I stood there and i watched when the other plane hit the other tower, i screamed for my husband who was getting ready to go to work to come and see what was on tv, he watched with me and left to go to work, i would not see him till the next day, for he is in the military and they were put on lock-down after they declared it was a terrorist attack. That day i didnt stop crying it hurt so bad. Two days later my husband came home and told me that his unit is getting ready to deploy to Afganistan, he left one month from the anniversity of Sept 11th. We have been seprated before due to overseas assignments, but this was different. Terrorists didnt just take thousands of lives but they actually took part of our freedoms. One of the freedoms they took from us is not to be afraid, but we are now more afraid then ever. I know i did not lose anyone at Sept 11 th but i and everyone in america had lost the chance to relax and not worry as much. My husband came home safe after 6 months in Afganistan but was deployed again this yr 2003 and hopefully will be home soon and safe, The terrorists took away a member of my family to fight a war for our freedoms, but i am proud and so is my husband in the fact that he is fighting for our freedoms and our country and for those who lost their lives sept 11th, god bless them and thier families and please everyone who reads this support our militray or if you see a service member thank them, they are the reason why we are safe now and 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 story10279.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 happened when I was in school I was just in the fourth grade in Mrs.Hines class when she put on the radio for us that was when I heard a news reporter saying that the World Trade Center has been crashed into by planes.But I didn't know anything about the world trade center back then know that i know what the world trade center was I was kind of hurt for some of the kids who lost a mother or father and i really felt connected to those kids. 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 story20446.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. 68.186.239.238 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 parked my car near my job and since I had arrived a few moments early, I sat pondering what we would do to celebrate my sons 3rd birthday. He was born 9/11/98. I heard over the radio station that a plane had hit one of the towers. At first I thought it was a sick joke because that particular station was so comical. I immediately turned to a news station and the same thing was repeated. I still was not thinking terrorist attack but an accidental crash. When the second plane hit I began to pray as tears filled my eyes. I prayed for God to have mercy on all of those innocent lives. Yet I still did not know the magnitude of devastation and turmoil to come. No one could concentrate on work. Almost everyone knew of someone who worked in the World Trade Center and we all cried and prayed together. Once returning home I felt empty inside and helpless. Needless to say, there was no birthday cake, no balloons or party. How could we when so many people were missing, found dead, lost, or greaving for their loved ones. I just held my son in my arms and my other three children and told them how much I loved them. I had one family member who made it out of tower one and I thank God continuously, yet I will still greave for all who had their lives snatched away from them. My prayers go out to all the widows, children without their parent, parents without their child, to the families of the EMS, NYFD, NYPD and everyone who gave in some way or another. I dedicate this to the memory of Mrs. Fairben's (of P.S. 127Q - CSD 30) son, an EMS worker who lost his life trying to save others on 9/11 (my oldest sons 4th grade teacher). RIP 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 story6479.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was asleep in my bed when my dad came into the room, telling me a plane just crashed into the World Trade Center. Now at the time, I wasn't really thinking anything of it, just that it might have been a little cesna that lost control and crashed. The last thing that went through my mind was an airliner, so I went back to bed. Then my dad came back in the room a few minutes later saying another plane just crashed into the Pentagon. At that point, I just jumped out of bed, and ran in to see the TV, because right when he said that I knew our country was under attack. So I continued to watch the TV when I saw the other plane hit the towers, and I was just i shock. My jaw just dropped, and I didn't know what to say or do. My sister who is flight attendent for United called up crying in hysterics because she flies all the East coast routes especially out of New York and Boston. That easily could have been her on the flight. But luckily at that point she hadn't flown in a while. I remember that I continued to watch the television and the next thing I saw was the first tower beginning to fall. I screamed for my to come in the room, but all we could do was watch with tears in ours eyes. For me, that was the worst thing to this point in my life I had ever seen and experienced. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: The evening of September 10th, I was instructing a class at a local college. Many of the students became highly disgruntled and verbally disruptive, which culminated in my quitting that night. I was so angry and outraged, that I was afraid something terrible was going to happen if I stayed. As I drove home, I dreaded having to inform the dean, who had been very supportive in the past and who had commended me earlier on not giving up. Early the next morning of September 11th, I called her around 8:30 AM EDT (although I'm not too sure on the time). After I recounted the drama and trauma of that fateful evening in tears, it was close to 9:00 AM when our conversation ended. Feeling exhausted and a little depressed, I went into the livingroom to watch a little TV. The volume was low, and there was a scene on one of the local channels, like one from an old Godzilla movie, but more ...surreal. I remember thinking, "when did this channel start showing old movies this time of the morning?" Well, I wasn't in the mood for destructive shows, so I turned the channel to find the same scene on another local channel. I couldn't pick up the remote control fast enough. I remember thinking how odd it was for 2 channels to show the same scene, unless it was live and local. My mouth fell open when I changed the channel to find yet another local TV station with a similar scene. By this time, I'm almost sure it was about 9:10 AM EDT or so. My heart began to sink and I got that awful sick feeling in my gut. My first thought was that this scene was from downtown Orlando. Thoughts of my family possibly being involved sent a wake-up call. I turned the volume up very loud with the remote control in one hand, the telephone in the other. The anchor person was talking in mono syllables. As I stared at this scene more closely, I realized with a distant pan shot of the cameras, that this was New York!! And it was no movie, but was actually happening right in front of my eyes! I dropped both the remote and the phone, with my hands up to my face and screamed! Immediately I began strainging my ears to hear some assurance that this was some Hollywood stunt gone amuck or something. But what I did hear was that a plane had gone through one of the twin towers in New York. By the time I got to the couch, the second plane was striking the other twin tower. The anchorperson kept talking about how unreal this all seemed and about the structure of the building. I kept yelling to the TV, "What about the people!", as I watched the plane explode and what seemed like debris falling from the building. I understood that at that time of morning, lots of people had probably just arrived to work. My imagination went wild! I imagined people being blown out of windows, crushed by heavy building material, people burned in the explosion, body parts! The tears were streaming down my face. By 9:30 AM, I had earnestly prayed, and cried, for all those people, for their families and loved ones. My little life drama was miniature in comparison to the traumatic scale of what was happening to those people that day of September 11th, 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 story7376.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On the morning of Sept 11, 2001 I was a Midshipman 1st Class (Senior) at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. I had just finished a robotics lab in the Rickover Labs and was proceeding through the 'tunnel' to Luce Hall for my next class. My path brought me past a midshipman lounge which was packed with 30 or 40 mids, instead of the normally present 5 or 10. I asked another midshipman what was happening, and he stated the facts as he knew them, both World Trade Centers had been hit by airplanes. I took a second to digest this, and my first thought was, "This has to be terrorism." I went to my second hour class in Luce Hall, a leadership course ironically entitled "Code of the Warrior" in which we discussed the codes that various warrior classes lived by- a timely subject. In my Luce classroom I found several classmates trying to get onto a computer and rig a television so that we could get much needed information. Our instructor, a civilian, invited us to the instructor lounge to witness the events. It was there, in a room with several midshipmen, a few naval officers, and a civilian instructor I witnessed the first tower collapse. There wasnt a word spoken in the room...I felt in the pit of my stomache a combination of extreme sorrow for those inside and intense anger at those responsible. Shortly, I left the lounge for my deck of the dormatory, Bancroft Hall. On my walk from Luce to 8-1, I felt amazingly alone and aware of my surroundings. It was a remarkably beautiful day on the East Coast (as many have noted). Midshipmen, normally a jovial group, walked purposefully to their decks without speaking. I arrived on deck an immediately reported to the Company Mate of the Deck, a plebe (freshman), who was taking a muster of the company. The company held a formation to account for everyone, and we remained in formation following the muster awaiting further instruction from the upper echelons. We rolled a TV into the passageway so that we could feed our need for information. Our Battalion Chaplain visited the deck and offered counsel, however I dont think anyone required it just yet. We began to have midshipmen account for relatives they knew in areas of the attacks, several family members lived and worked in the areas, one classmates father was an Admiral who worked in the Pentagon. Following an announcement from the Commandant, we dismissed from formation and I went to my room and tried to call home. I got in touch with my mom, and tried not to show any emotion, so as to not upset her. How do you convince someone that where you are isnt a target or is safe after today? As I sat my window, I noticed again the solitude even in this large place. Shortly, a cruiser could be seen in the Chesapeake Bay, presumealby providing air defence for the approaches to the DC Area. USCG craft were patroling the waters of the Severn River along the Academy and the atheletic field lights were lit, and burned throughout the night for months to come. Marines emplaced bunkers at all the gates, machine gun nests were also present. Meals were eaten in shifts to prevent massing the Brigade in one spot. Liberty was canceled for the week. The events of Sept 11, 2001 reminded me that evil exists in the world, and was a day I'll never forget. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story11461.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. 2005-06-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.165.59.67 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: Like most, I was in total shock. All the emotions (shock, anger, fear, uncertainty, disgust, feelings of revenge) were there, were real, and came and went at will, it seemed. That gave way to a feeling that, although terrible, this act could not give way to blind retribution. It has. We needed to begin asking questions. Who did this? The most important question: Why? This question has yet to be fully answered. At some point, we stopped asking after our people collectively decided that "they" attacked us because they were jealous of our lifestyle and because "they" did not have the same respect for human life as we do. I can only offer Manifest Destiny, the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, Columbus, Wounded Knee, Sand Creek, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Central America, and the economic sanctions against Iraq as the obvious rebuttal regarding respect for other cultures. That said, we need to continue to scrutinize ourselves and ask ourselves the question: "What positive change do I want to see, and what am I willing to do to make it a reality?" Our individual visions can become a reality. 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 story3590.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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