265 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: it was the hardin simmons president inaugeration. we were to get free chapel credit if we went. when i get there at 10 o'clock, they start praying for the people in new york and their families. i had no idea what we were praying for. i sat through the whole cerimonies and did't think about it again. latter that day i went to get my oil changed. there was a crowd around the samll tv.on the screen there was a reporter with a lot of smoke behind him. then i knew. i was in shock. speechless. about a minute after i saw that my mom called me from snyder. she asked how i was doing. i said i just found out. she talked to me for awhile, and then told me to go get gas. it was $5 a gallon in lubbock and on its way is what she said. latter i had to go to practice. on the golf course i was not able to concentrate. the events keep flashing through my head. my college experience will forever be altered and remebered for this. 9-11 will go down in the history books, but more importantly in will go down in the hearts and the mind of the world as the "attack on 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 story323.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. 2002-03-27 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.216.57.67 Annotation Annotations to this item. Economic effects Religion DOMESTIC 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 dropped off my son, Matthew, at middle school and was heading to work @ 8:30 AM. Because we had been talking, I had turned off the car radio. I work in a garden center, and we were in the process of opening the store at 8:50 AM, when the manager came in to the store and said he had heard on the radio that a plane had hit the WTC in New York. We turned on the TV in the store (usually used for showing demo videos to customers) and were watching NBC's coverage of the "accident", when we saw the second plane hit the second tower. At that time I think we all began to believe that these were deliberate acts of violence. The employees took turns watching the TV coverage, alternating between shock and grief. How could this be happening in our country? Then we heard about the third plane hitting the Pentagon. One of my sisters works in Alexandria, VA, and I knew her husband worked for the Justice Dept., but I didn't know where his office was located. I called my husband, who was in a meeting and had not heard about the attacks. I could barely talk through my fear and my tears. I had a huge knot in my stomach and swallowing was difficult. After hanging up the phone, I immediately tried to call my sister at home, but I couldn't get through. I called my mother in Stephens City, VA, to see if she had heard from my sister, but she hadn't. She promised to call me as soon as she did hear anything. We continued to watch the news coverage, and soon heard the report of a plane crashing in PA. Initial reports were confusing, with some stations claiming the plane had been shot down to prevent it from reaching Washington, DC. At this point I looked for a quiet place to be alone and I began to pray. I prayed for the safety of my sister and her husband, for the people in the buildings hit, and the people on the planes. I prayed for the families across this country who were waiting, like me, to hear from family members or friends. The rest of the day was one of shock as the estimated death toll increased, as the images were replayed, and as I tried to hide my worries about my sister. I couldn't tear myself away from the TV or radio coverage. My sister and her husband were safe, although they had a difficult time getting home to their children. The friends I knew who had relatives in NY or DC also reported good news. But I will never forget the hours of not knowing, nor the fear I felt for days afterwards. The sound of a low-flying plane still makes my heart stop as I search the sky. And my heart continues to ache for the families and friends of the thousands who died that day. I pray that their pain is eased by the knowledge that so many people continue to pray for them. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story5292.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. 12.93.209.146 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: 911 I was hurt because the Twin Towers were a trade mark of America. And the pentagon is an official. I feel bad for the people in Pennsylvania because that was there home land. It was picture day in school and I heard about the Terrorists and I was speech less. I am still hurt by the all of the lost souls and all of the injured. And I also feel bad for all of New Yorks people, and expecialy the families of the lost. 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 story2467.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. 156.63.41.73 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 remember September 11th 2001 like it was yesterday, it was a Tuesday morning, and I had a class at 10:30am. Like any other college student, I liked to sleep as late as I could, then hurry to campus at the last possible moment so that I wouldn?t be late. So I was a little upset when the loud ring from the telephone interrupted my REM cycles. I somehow made it to the phone, still wishing I were back in bed. The man on the phone asked for my roommate, it was his dad. I told him he was asleep, but that I guess I could wake him up, still a little confused as to why my roommate?s dad needed to talk to him at 9 in the morning. The man on the other end seemed distraught; I asked him what was the matter. He asked me if I knew that one of the World Trade Towers had just been bombed. Still, in partially a sleepy mood, this did not register with me. I knocked on my roommate?s door and after waking him up, he impatiently said to come into his room and I told him the news and he took the phone and spoke with his dad. I then turned on the TV; sure enough I was bombarded with news on every channel highlighting this morning?s events. I stayed glued to the TV as I watched what replays they had of the day unfold in front of my eyes. As I was watching, I saw the plane crash into the second tower. It was so scary. I had no idea who was behind this or what would posses someone to do this. For some strange reason, I did not think this was going to turn out to be as big of a deal that it really is. I mean the Towers had been attacked before and there was the Oklahoma City bombing, but I never expected what happened on September 11th to escalate to what it is like today. I headed off to campus to make it to Geography class, as I drove I heard fire trucks continuously in the distance. I tried to call my mom, dad, and grandparents, but my cell phone was not getting any service. Two minutes into Geography, my professor cancelled class because her husband worked in the Pentagon and she could not get in touch with him (turns out he was fine). I was so scared; here I was no less than twenty miles away from the Pentagon, and not able to get in touch with my family. I quickly found the TV?s in the Johnson Center and sat for hours with the rest of the concerned student body as we watched the replays and latest updates on ?The Attack on America?. I was most scared because my dad was traveling that day and he was supposed to be on a business flight out of Boston that morning at 7 am, and I didn?t know where he was, if his plane had to make an emergency stop, or if he was even ok (he was fine, his plane was forced to land somewhere in Florida). I left campus and came back to my apartment where I finally got in touch with my family and I sat and watched the television for seriously the next ten hours. I was educated about this bin Laden guy, possible theories, and strange coincidences (911= 09/11). I remember September 11th 2001 like it was yesterday, and I will always remember that day for as long as I live, for it was the day that changed the way that I, and every other American and nationality live. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story187.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. 2002-03-07 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 129.174.24.123 Annotation Annotations to this item. Premonitions/Coincidence/Fate Students/Teachers Television Coverage DC:2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: we were siting just on any normal day so we thought, as to our surprise. we could not fathum what happened, all we could do at that terible moment in time was look at each other and cry, for all those families lost due to someone else and the ignorance of their decisions on that day. I contuinally pray for all the families that have suffered through this ordeal. I as an American am angry for all of this ignorance that there is so much hate in our society today and not enough peace. I just hope and pray that our children which are our future, can learn from other peoples ignorance and also refelct on it. There's always going to be ignorant people in our society, but, hopefully we as people not just Americans can learn from the stupidy of others. Thank you; Sincerely; Ann Harding Proud to be an AMERICAN: 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 story6408.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. 216.111.202.62 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: What I feel badly about is that I have no connection to anyone that suffered the loss of a friend a wife a husband or anyone. the sorrow i feel is for the familys that are left..so many for so many cultures..so many What i do know is this..any god does not forgive murders any god loves emrasses anyone that condones love no matter what religion what i do know is this...i take strenght in the familys from the gaza srip to the gettos of the bronks to thechildren of ireland to the hindus and shieks to every mother and father of a child to any grandparent to every grandchild....keep your love alive..dont let hate infect what i do know is this we as parents and grandparents are responsible for our childrens behavior My love to all that have lost dave 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 story6909.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. 63.159.126.200 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 was 8:00 A.M and instead of parking my car at the office to get into a car with my then fiance to start our journey into the city, we were just leaving the house. See our intention was be in the city at 9:00 AM so that we could be at city hall as it opened to get our marriage license for our wedding on Sept 29th. Something kept us in bed that morning about 1/2 hour longer than we wanted. Tired? Lazy? Whatever it was, it was the difference. As we pulled near my office to drop off my car, which would have meant another 1/2 hour ride to the PATH and then the 15 minute train ride into the city. I was in the car and I heard the news on the radio. It was impossible to understand the levity of the situation. As I arrived at the office and began to try to understand what had happened and what alternate plans we should make to get into the city, the second plane hit and I knew this was bad. Shock, fear, sadness and anger all overtook my being as horror reigned down on the city. I was suppose to be there. My sister works in Mid-town and now the main focus was making sure she was out of the city OK. It was a day marked by so many emotions. A day and evening spent with close friends. A week shaped by phone calls, news of friends lost and miraculous stories bigger than ours. A month shaped by a wedding that was planned in SOHO and guests scheduled to stay downtown now needing to be rebooked and moved, but how it did not seem important. For us it worked out. We are safe, our wedding went on and every day life moves forward. It's impossible to forget all of those who do not have that opportunity. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story212.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. 2002-03-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 138.89.99.175 Annotation Annotations to this item. Economic effects Premonitions/Coincidence/Fate NY:3 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 moved to Florida about two weeks prior to the attacks to do the College Program with Walt Disney World. I still was a little hesitant about being away from home (which is in Wisconsin) and to awake to the terrorist attacks on the U.S. just made that feeling worse. My roomate and I were sleeping when her boyfriend called to tell us the news. We immediately turned on the TV and just sat there and stared as the second plane had hit the towers. Then it was the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania field. It just didn't seem like it was going to stop and it didn't. We got several phone calls from our bosses and other Disney personnel that Walt Disney World was going to close the parks. We were astounded because this was the second time in history that Disney shut down. We weren't sure what the cause of this was, but there were several rumors about Walt Disney being on the hit list. We were scared. I was scared. I had family in New York that worked right by the towers. I called home to tell them I was okay and to see if they had heard anything from my cousin. Not a word and I just started to imagine the worse. By this time the towers had fell and more and more tears came running down my cheeks. I was numb, but knew that since I worked in one of Disney's resorts I would have to go to work and deal with the thousand of people and their questions. What would I say to them? How do I help them cope and keep them busy so they aren't thinking about the US being under attack? It was a difficult time at work, but we all made it through. We turned to complete strangers to look for comfort and to have our who,what, why questions answered. However, those questions couldn't be answered. I remember going home after work and trying to cope with what happened. You would think it was a dream....a bad dream! 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 story9921.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. 63.149.13.1 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: Goodday, I am a Department of Defense Police Officer on the Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia. I was in the training class for force protection against terrorism. Then one of the office personal rushed in and yelled that a plane just hit the first tower. Then I watched the second plane hit. I went numb in the face, but then a fire was growing inside, just pure hate came over me(I knew what was really going on), then sadness hit me hard for the people that was in pain. I then rushed home to get ready for the long watch. May they rest in peace, A.W.Perkins, Cpl. 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Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.12.96.8 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 was early morning on September 11, 2001 I was in my first period class at Tuskawilla Middle School we turned the tv on to see the morning announcements and all of a sudden we saw on CNN that one of the World Trade Center towers had been hit by an airplane and that it was not confirmed what type of plane hit or what actually happened. The bell ring for the next period and I was in American History we told our teacher what happened and he was struck with awe he didnt know what to do or say. Then we turned the tv on and saw that another plane had struck the other tower. My classmates and I all knew that this was no accident and that someone deliberately flew those planes into those towers. All of us were freaked out and then the power went out in our school, then we were all totally scared. We didnt know what to expect we thought that there was going to be an attack on our school everyone was scared for their lives. Soon after that we learned that the Pentagon was hit which was another shock. Our American History teacher said that his sister was somewhere in Washington, D.C. and so he was very worried. After that class my step dad came and picked me up so I didnt have to be at school any longer, we then watched tv all day and got updated information on fox news. It was so odd watching all this I thought that it was all just a dream and it wasnt real. That I was maybe just dreaming this all up and I should wake up sometime sooner or later. It was something that was so odd and strange that I had a feeling of that everything around was an illusion. From then on I've been very cautious on what I see and do. I havent been on an airplane since September 11th. I dont have a fear of flying or anything. But I know if someone hijacked a plane that I was on I would go after that hijacker with everything I have. As I see it you got nothing to lose in a hijacked plane. Your going to die either way, so why not die being a hero than rather die being a coward. This is my point of view and I'm sure many people would agree with it. Victims and families of the victims of September 11th have not left my thoughts since that day, I have deep sympathy for them and for the people of each country that those terrorists harbour in, because we all know that President Bush will see that they are not living while he is in office. Long live American Freedom! 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 story9228.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. 2003-04-26 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.33.212.243 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 at the office getting ready to start work for the day as a telemarketer when my boss called and told me to turn on the news, "that a plane had just flown into the world trade center. Then while I was putting on the news the report came in about the other WTC plane hitting and the report that thde pentagon had also been hit. The shock and horror began at that time and just increased by the moment throughout the day. As a telemarkter I was an fundraiser for a veteran's group and one of the items that we sold were American flags. We sold out totally that day. 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Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.107.217.130 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: September 11 is my birthday. My mom called me to wish me a happy birthday before I sent to work. I was watching TV while talking to her but didn't really know what was happening until later when I arrived at work. I then realized how lucky I was to still have my mom callling to wish me a happy birthday. She could not have imagined 49 years ago what would be going on in the world today. I'm sure she wishes she could turn back the hands of time. 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 story2383.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. 146.139.240.190 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had the day off from work, so I got up late that day and got in the shower. As I came out of the bathroom, my wife called me from work to tell me a plane had hit the Twin Towers. I had thought it was only a small private plane, so I got a cup of coffee in my NYC skyline mug I purchased when I was in the city last and turned the TV on. I tuned in just in time to see the second plane slam into the tower. All I could do for what seemed like 30 min. was stand there and watch. I grew up in Lincoln Park, NJ, which is a suburb of NYC, and as a child watched all my friend's parents walk past my house to the train station in business suits and sneakers, carrying their dress shoes and breif cases, to catch the train to the city. I moved to michigan in my teens with my family, and met my wife here, but I always thought of NY/NJ as my home. After the shock of what was going on passed some, it dawned on me that many of my friends and relatives work and live in lower Manhattan. I first called my wife back, and pleaded with her to stay in her office all day, then come straight home, thinking that WW3 had just begun, then I called my mom, who lives near me in MI, to see if she has heard from anyone, which she hadn't. I then began to try calling everyone in NY, and my family in florida to see if anyone had heard anything, all the while watching TV. I remember speaking to my mom on the phone while standing outside, around noon or so. The aircraft all around America were supposed to be grounded by that point, and to my horror, I looked up and saw a large jet at a very high altitude flying south from Canada. I panicked!! Finally, while it was still in my sight, it turned back north and proceeded back towards Canada. The rest of that day and the next few where like a blur. The people of Michigan were understandably upset and shocked, but not nearly as much as I was, which left me felling sort of isolated. I work in The hospital in Lansing, and fortunatly for me, a nurse from the Bronx had started on my unit a few months before, so I had someone who understood and could grieve with. About a week after, we both found we had lost no family members, but many friends between us. I had an aunt who was in the subway station when the first tower was hit. She exited safely, and as a jaded New Yorker, shrugged her shoulders and headed towards the battery, where she went back to NJ. Her son-in-law was on the 20th floor of the north tower preparing for a meeting when the attacks came. He also got out safely and walked to his wife's office in mid-town. To this day, I am still drawn to all things about 9-11, and hope that somehow we will capture and punish the people responsible for this. My wife and I were going to visit NY/NJ around the time of the attacks, to show her where I am from and dispell her ideas of what a big city is like, but I haven't been able to go yet. 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 story1305.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, like any normal day and went to my History 101 class at Northern Virginia Community College. After class, I went out to have a smoke with some friends, when someone told me that her friend called her and told her that a plane crashed into one of the WTC buildings. We didn't know if he was pulling her leg or not, so I went about my business, which led me to the Starbucks I usually went to before my next class at 11. I called my mother (who works for a large ISP) to see if it really happened, and she confirmed it. She told me it was extremely busy and she had to go. It turns out that one of the girls who worked at Starbucks had a boyfriend who worked at the Pentagon. We didn't have a television, but people were getting phone calls here and there with updates. I still couldn't believe what had happened. By 10:45 a.m., I had to go to class. Everyone was nervous, and the teacher was still trying to teach the class. We kept hearing sirens outside and wondering what was happening. People were looking at the windows every time a plane passed by. As we walked out of class at 12:15, there was a sign saying that the school was closed as of 12:00. I was due in at work (at the same ISP as my mother), so I tried to call to find out what was going on, and no one answered. So, I called my mother again and she told me everyone went home and for me to go home. I spent the next three days glued to my television and computer, my insides turning inside-out, trying to rationalize what happened. I tried to keep in touch with all of my friends, and it was easiest to stay online to do so. The following Friday, I went into DC to my Archdruid's apartment in Dupont Circle. Some the members of our Order met us there and we held a prayer vigil that evening with candles, in plain view of the Washington Monument. It was at the same time millions of people throughout the world were doing the same thing. 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 story961.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-02 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.100.164.80 Annotation Annotations to this item. Pentagon Internet Students/Teachers Religion DC:2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I took my youngest daughter to her elementary school that morning to an annual event called "Meet You at the Pole". It's a time when those who wish can go to the front of the school and pray and say the pledge to the flag before school starts. The gathering started at 7:30 central time, 8:30 eastern. There were probably about 100 people in attendence, which is a tremendous turn out concidering we are such a small community. Later in the day alot of us parents began to realize that our children, school leaders and ourselves we at the pole when the first plane hit the World Trade center. It was awsome to realize that we were parying for our country and its leaders at that particular time. It makes me very proud. 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 story4539.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just logged onto my computer on AOL in my home office and had decided to go into the AOL chat room, something I hadn't done before. A newsflash pop onto the screen saying the World Trade Building had been hit by an airplane. At first I thought it was something just to catch your attention to click onto a site...but when the people in the chat room began talking about it, I immediately got up and went to my bedroom and turned on the tv where I saw the smoldering tower and thought what a terrible accident. Within another minute or so, I saw the second plane hit the second tower. I knew then it wasn't an accident and New York was under attack. How terrible. I thought about the people who were obviously immediately killed on the planes and in the buildings and those trapped in the upper floors. I thought of the movie of the fire in the highstory building "Towering Inferno" I think that is what it was called. It wasn't long before I do believe I heard speculations about the heat and the durability of the buildings. The news cameras were picking up all the smoke and degree and panic when people started jumping out the windows. I was so sad and shocked as I watched the news. Then it happened. The first tower collapsed. Oh my God!! was all I could say. All those people trapped and shortly after the second tower collapsed. I never thought in all my days living that I would be witness to such a tragedy. Such a lost of life of Americans of all races and professions. The police, fireman and people off the street who ran in the buildings to help other were lost. Innocent people...men, women and children. These people were common people...workers. People who had risen from their beds to go to work to make a living never to see another day or their families. I was worser than the Pearl Harbour attack which was army against army...but to kill people...thousands of innocent people who haven't raised a hand against anyone is so cruel. I realized then what true evil is and true cowardness is. This is my second unhumane tragedy that I have witness in my lifetime. The Oklahoma bombing was the first and now the New York Trade Towers. The earthquake of Mexico City was a natural tragedy and so were the hurricanes that hit the eastern shores of US and the midwest floods which claimed so many lifes. The mudslides of Central America was also nature tragedies but none compare to the terrible and evil acts of man. I guess when you look back through history and you witness the terrible things that have happened...we have to look at ourselves. Was there justification in dropping the first nucleur bomb on Japan to end a war? Thousand of innocent people were killed then. The slaughter of Indians...men, women and children in this country. War is the most evil act of man. There are no lines or limitation to the cruelties of war. The fight is over territorial possessions of land, oil, gems and whoever gets in the way become statistics. We as a human race need to look at ourselves, help each other, create alternatives. No oil... turn water and electricity to power our vehicles. No one in the world should go hungry, this country alone can feed the world. Evil people cause evil things to happen. Leaders who are evil and won't let food into their countries to wipe out a race of people is evil. The United States is overall a great country with a great way of life and we are a creative people that can come up with new solutions to the problems of this world...but we are not immuned to evil. It has touched us. 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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 walk into class like any other day and walks in a kid that is pretty smart and says "an airplane crashed into one of the trade center towers." I didn't belive him because our teacher didn't make a big deal about it either, but then the intercome comes on and tells us it really happened. Our teacher turns on the tv and on news 4 a building in New York was on fire. I thought it was all a dream. We kept watching and then it shows the Pentagon on fire. Later I learned that if my Uncle had gone in to work that day he would have died. Then on the tv it shows a plane in the ground in Pennsylvania. I couldnt believe what was going on, planes are crashing everywhere and I'm just sitting and watching it all happen. Once I got home it was all over the news like it should be but I sat and watched the tv all night long and really understood what happened. I was confused about why someone would really want to do this. Why someone would want to attack 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 story2686.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 watching the T.V. in the break room when I heard and saw what happened. I couldn't believe it. Thousands of innocent people dead and the NY Skyline changed forever! I was stunned all day. I got into my car at the end of the day and sobbed for a good half hour. When I was driving home to my other job (dance teacher for my mom's studio; Ceil Sharon School of Dance)I tried to compose myself so I would be strong for my students. I walked into the studio, and said "ok, we ready to dance?". One of the girls approached me and said "isn't it sad what happened today?". I lost it again. I couldn't believe that this innocent 13 year old was so touched. She wasn't acting selfishly like most teens I know, but rather she was concerned and not interested in dancing at the time. Soon after the other children piped up with their feelings. The class turned into a discussion of 9/11...I will never forget that day. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story5365.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 already in my office wherein my window faces New York City and its beautiful skyline. I saw the smoke, not knowing how severe it really was, the radio was turned up and that is when I found out the plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. It was soon after that I heard the second plane crashed into the second tower and unconfirmed reports of something happening at the Pentagon. I spoke to one of my acquaintances a distance away soon after, waking them from their sleep, telling them of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. It was at that time I was told it was a suicide attack, Bin Laden was responsible and to watch out for Anthrax. Everyone in the office was upset, sierns were going on, they closed the courthouse and sent everyone home. I felt helpless, there was nothing that I could do to help at that time and was emotionally upset for those whose lives were taken away, for those who were walking around looking for loved ones and after seeing the first camera footage of the dust, just the thought that all the ashes were those vaporized from the intense heat and impact of the crash and the implusion of the buildings. Our community set up a drop center for items that were needed there, but I still felt helpless that I could not be there to help with my own hands. Watching the untiring efforts of all the volunteers was beyond anyones thoughts, but just to be able to pull someone out alive. This is not a time for hate, but to remember to stay close to your family and friends because this could happen again. The USofA is not protected by its borders of waters any longer. The courage of everyone in this country, our Canadian neighbors who didn't think twice about helping all the stranded airliners, England who acknowledged this tragedy and stood by us and the other countries who sent their sympathies and offer of assistance. WE ARE 'ONE' NATION UNDER GOD - Our beliefs in freedom will outweigh what we are to encounter in order to protect the freemdom that we know and will honor all who died, unknowingly for our freedom. This brutal act has given all of us the strength to go on, the courage to move forward and to accept that the healing process will take time; even if we don't understand why. May all those who perished watch over all of us and guide us to a better life; for they are in the hands of God. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just dropped off my two girls at school. I went home and as always to put on the T.V and watch the morning news. I thought it was so unreal when it came on T.V I ran in and called my husband out of the room. We were both in shock! I couldn't get my eyes off the T.V. for hours I was there glued to the television, scared and very sadden, angry, so many emotions you have when something like this happens. I remember wanting to go and get my girls out of school but I was afraid I would miss something on the television. I seen when the second plan went into the building. I was so shocked... All I know is when I laid down to go to sleep, I couldn't sleep my mind was with those in New York... I didn't sleep for days... I cried many nights... I never thought something like this could have an effect on the whole world. I feel like apart of me was in that building when it went down. I pray for all the ones that did have apart of them in the building. And may God continue to make them stronger everyday. 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 story8870.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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