268 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 remember waking up and doing the usual, getting ready for school like any other day. I got to school and my first class was band. I went into the drum room and the lights were out and the percussionists were watching the television, and I figured it wasn't anything important so I took my drum and started practicing. The Drumline told me to stop, and I kept wondering why, when finally they explained to me that the Twin Towers were just hit by a plane. At first I was pretty apathetic about the whole thing thinking it was no big deal, it happens. Finally when I realized the reality of the situation I felt terrible about the way I acted. It wasn't until I heard the announcements that I realized it was serious. That day at school we didn't have so much assignments because we kept talking about what had happened. When I got home my parents made it more clear to me and we were in prayer for those who were in the September 11th tragedy. Our church reflected upon it and prayed over lives that were lost. I learned through this, to not worship the fire fighters and people involved in this, but to honor them and to worship God only! 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 story7580.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-16 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.68.170.151 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 began as an absolutely normal Tuesday morning at Barker Central School, located in western New York on September 11, 2002. The sky was blue and all of the students were still forcing their eyes open from waking up so early in the morning. Coincidentally, the topic for the day, in second period Global Studies, was the Taliban government. While in the middle of class at about 9:00 a.m. the neighboring teacher interrupted the class to talk to our teacher, Mrs. Capen, for what we thought would be a brief moment. My friends and I started talking amongst ourselves, thinking she would be a minute or two. Then Mrs. Capen turned on the television, located in our classroom, to a news channel. Still talking to my friends, I thought this was just part of the lesson. Then it hit me, but every so slowly. A plane had crashed into one of the World Trade Center buildings in New York City. I knew what was going on, but I just didn't believe it was happening, because it was so unexpected. The scene shown on the television was exactly like a Hollywood movie, only it wasn't. By now all of the students including the teachers were astonished and frozen, unable to speak. Every word coming from the reporter's mouth was so seriously taken, because no one had ever experienced anything near this degree. By 9:03 a.m. a second plane had crashed into the other still unschathed trade building. It was an absolute disaster. The bell rang and the students filled the hallways leaving their classes with little knowledge of the current events as well as confusion and worry, which followed them to their next period. Gym was next on my agenda and we were playing football. All other classes had their televisions on and canceled all plans for the day. After playing some football, we all came back in and changed into our school clothes. We watched another five minutes of the news and discovered that the Pentagon had been hit by another plane at approximately 9:30 a.m. On my way to the next class, I was thinking about what was going to be hit next. In Art, Mr. Stephens had the television on just like all the other teachers, and he was updating us on recent news as best as he could. I can still remember the constant pouring of dust out the top of the trade buildings. By now my classmates were telling me all sorts of facts about what happened, because they didn't miss a whole half hour of the news as I did while in gym class. Around 10:29 a.m. the end of the period was creeping up and all of a sudden the last World Trade Center building gave way! It came down so slowly, ripping through the air and bringing every last steel beam down with it. The cloud of dust was absolutely enormous. It was like a bomb had been dropped right on the two towers. The news showed people all bloodied-up and coughing as if they were dying. I went home that day not knowing if either of my parents had heard the news yet. My mother wasn't home yet and my father was on the lawnmower. I ran to my dad to ask him if he had heard about or watched any of the news. He said he didn't. He couldn't believe it either. My mom came home in about a half an hour and ran into the house and turned on the news; she was painstankenly aware of the tragedy that had occured that morning. We all watched the news that night and went to bed glad that we were all safe and sound, but with thoughts of people who's mothers and fathers had not come home that night. 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 story736.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: i was at home when i saw the disturbing images on a news chanel. I know this might sound like a cliche but it reallie seemed like a movie to me becuase it was so unbelievable. it's not everyday terrorists attack your country. I felt depressed at first becuase while im having breakfast in my safe home people were dying and i didnt even lose a person close to me. feeling i can't do a thing at the moment to help those people made me feel... fusturated. If i was feeling the way i did even though new york city was all across the country then how were the people of new york efected? It's unbeliveble that they can recover from the pain the terrorist caused them. I believe that though the terrorists wounded us pretty bad we came stronger as a nation.we will hit them back stronger. 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 story8310.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 remember well the day. It started out with a beautiful sunrise on this crisp near-autumn day. I am a nurse and was working the night shiftt from 7 pm 9/10 to 7 am 9/11. I was in my patients room doing a last minute check before giving report to the oncoming shift. My patient had her television on and was watching a special news broadcast. What I witnessed on the television screen reminded my of a Hollywood horror movie, which at the time I thought it was. Good Morning America is always showing and giving us the cutting edge in news and events. I thought this was a clip from an upcoming movie. I was stunned and shocked to learn that this was really happening!!!! After working 12 hours I was ready to go home and sleep to prepare for the coming shift that night. Sleep eluded me as I watched the two towers one by one crumble and fall. And then boom!!!!!!! Another tragedy hits as the Pentagon is hit and torn apart. Soon there were scenes from a quiet and beautiful Pensylvania countryside where yet another plane had crashed. I was later to learn of the bravery and sacrifice of the Americans on board that flight, in deterring it from killing 100's maybe thousands more. So many owe their very lives to the bravery and quick thinking Americans who sacrificed thieir lives that tragic day in Pensylvania. PLEASE, let us never forget the lives lost that day, just one year ago that brought America to her knees in prayer for the victims and their families. The day that united our hearts and strengthened our resolve to NEVER NEVER NEVER give in to the horrors of terrorism, but instead stay united in our firm conviction that we would not tolerate these acts to go unpunished, thus shattering the great American dream of freedom and justice for all within her borders. May God continue to 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 story5569.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 turned on the coffee and got the paper...turned my TV on to, "Good Morning America", to my utter dismay I saw the second plane crash into the tower...received a call from my dear friend Jeanne in Knoxville, TN. and yelled over to my Best Friend Dottie and my neighbor...come here....we cried, and cried and cried some more....we prayed...and prayer helped alot....today I still pray for my Brothers and Sisters that were lost though I did not know them personally....they are still my Country Men, Women and Children....I still pray for their families...and my Country....May God always Bless America.....Carol Ann McQuaid 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 story2847.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 9-11-2001, I woke up and went through my usual routine and came downstairs for breakfast. As I came down, my parents were watching the news and they were just in awe of what was happening. However, I was completely clueless, so they filled me in. Not believing them, I went to watch the news and couldn't believe my eyes. What I was witnessing was not real, it couldn't have been! I continued on with my day and went to school. When I arrived in my english class, all the students were questioning about the attacks so my teacher decided to discuss the event for the whole period. Unfortunately, none of my other classes paid much attention to the trauma and the day went on as if nothing had ever happened, as if history hadn't changed. However, deep down inside, I knew life would never be the same after this event. Around 2:30 PM, I arrived home to discover that parents were still watching the news. I asked them if there were any other updates about the tragedy, and they responded by saying that nothing new had happened but the fact that so many lives were changed and so many lives were lost. I don't think that I've ever witnessed history in my entire 15 years until the September 11 attacks. I'm extremely lucky that I didn't have to go through all the pain that that event had caused but I know that I will be changed by this historic event in our country's history. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I am a nurse and I was at work when my husband who is a police officer had called to tell me that a plane had hit the first tower. We, of course, felt immediate concern for those involved and remembered thinking what could have gone wrong for a plane of that size to be flying that low and hit the tower. Then it wasn't very long before he called again and said another tower was hit. I remember thinking, this is no accident. Then as the rest of the events unfolded that day, it was so overwhelming. I remember thinking that I just wanted to do something to help and to show that America was bigger than this. It was unbelievable to see how americans united and rallied to the cause. It seemed that every home, business, and vehicle had some type of patriotic symbol. Some were flags, wreaths, ribbons, bumper stickers and some were a very obvious mixture of all of these. It was evident that even those who couldn't be at the sites of the towers, Washington or Pennsylvania , wanted to do something to offer support. I also remember trying to explain these events to my 7 year old son, and trying to re-assure him. I also remember feeling a renewed love for my country and for the men and women who have given themselves in life and death for our freedom. I saw a fire of patriotism burn in the hearts of a youth that had never experienced true casualties of war, my generation. Generation X was called to wake-up, stand-up and love our country. Now one year later, I pray that our generation never forgets what that fire feels like. And through it all, I know God is in control and that He loves us. He was the one steadfast thing through everything. The only source of comfort in this time was my faith in Jesus Christ and the knowledge that he loves and cares for me. 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 story6347.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: Well I didn't have classes on tuesday, so I was sleeping in and I woke up for a little while to watch ER. I fell back asleep while watching it, and when I woke back up, I saw the second plane hit the tower, and I wondered what "movie" I was watching. THen I found out it wasn't a movie, and I just sat up in bed for the next 2 hours with my mouth hanging open. It was unreal! I then got a call from my mom. About 5 minutes after the second plane hit, my Grandmother who had cancer, passed away peacefully in her sleep. I was jealous of her for awhile, because she never knew of the horror, and I wish I never knew of it either. Yet the amount of pride I have now for my country is totally unbelievable. Proud to be an american has a whole new meaning now. Now, a year later, I have started clinicals for nursing school. We have to be trained for a terriost attack as well as a bioterism attack, which is really sad, that the world has come to this. But in another way I'm so glad to have my life and my family. When I babysat my neighbors two boys, I asked them what they wanted to be when they grew up. both of them answered a fireman so they could be brave like those who were in New York. God bless America, and let us thrive and continue to grow stronger each 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/. 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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: Thu Nguyen History 103 Extra Credit May 7, 2002 911 From My Point of View On the morning of September 11, 2001, I woke up at around 9:45am from my TV set's alarm. The channel was on CNN and it seemed to me like there was smoke coming from a very tall building. I wasn't quite sure which building or where this building was situated and I wasn't even sure if the footage was from a movie or real life? I sat there upon my bed and watched for 5 minutes or so until I heard a reporter say that one of the World Trade Center Towers was on fire. At the time, I did not know what caused the fire. Because I had class that morning I had to get ready and prepare for class. As I was walking to my first class, a man hollored to me "Hey, did you catch the news this morning?" I asked "Ummmm...Do you mean, The World Trade Center?" He then said "Yes....We've been attacked!". When I heard him say that I was surprised, and I was feeling concerned for the people inside the building. In my mind, I was asking myself "Who could have done this to us?". I then asked the man, "Do you know who is attacking us?" He then says, "I don't know? It could be anyone but I have a feeling that it may be someone who's been a threat to us for a long time." The man I was speaking to then told me he had a friend who works there and he's not sure if they are okay or not. I then told him, "I hope that everyone will be okay and that help will arrive soon". Finally before I went into class, I wished the man good luck and hoped that everything would be okay. Upon entering class, I realized something different about it. My class seemed empty with only half of the students showing up. While a few people walked out during the lecture, I decided to stay and listen to the whole lecture. Nobody was in the mood to learn that day including myself but as we all know, 'the show must go on'. After class was out I went to the commons at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. In there, everyone was gathered around watching, patiently and intently at CNN News. No person was speaking and everybody watched with interest and concern. It was the first time I've ever seen the whole school gathered around the television like that. Normally, there would only be a handful of people there during the week, but on September 11, it was a whole new atmosphere as throngs of people gathered around to witness the event. After leaving J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, I immediately had another class at 1:45pm at a different campus, VCU. Before I walked into class, I saw a note on the door saying "Class will be cancelled today. We will continue class on Thursday". Soon after that, I went back to my car and started driving home. As I was listening to the radio, almost every station was focused on the situation and constantly reporting facility closings including airports, amusement parks, shopping malls, schools, and any place where you can find masses of people especially tourist attractions like Disneyland, the Sears Towers and Seattle's Space Needle. At this point, I realized the situation had become more serious than I thought. I never thought that the incident that occurred hundreds of miles away would affect my local town or other parts of the nation like this? At home, the mood was the same as at school in that my family was glued to the television set. My family couldn't believe it was really happening. For eight hours we were watching intently as we saw the collapse of both towers, the scattering of civilians, the firefighters and policeman helping and directing traffic, the interviews with witnesses, and finally the constant updates from the news reporters. I was sitting there in disbelief not knowing what to do. I had an exam to study for, but was in no mood to do anything at all. I was concerned about the turnout of events, for example, the number of fatalities and whether or not we will be safe in our homes. Watching the news made me think hard about my life. I thought to myself: "If we are in a war, will I be chosen to fight?" I saw what was happening on television and when I saw those two aircrafts hit the Twin Towers, I knew this was not an accident. Also when I heard that another aircraft hit the Pentagon and yet, another one crashing in Pennsylvania, I was even more convinced that this was not an accident but a heinous act of vandalists. I was so worried about what was going to happen next. The suspense and drama kept me on my feet and kept me up all night. When the local news appeared, I got to see the reaction from people living in my area. I was so touched by the amount of support and care taken by the people living near me. I saw local residents (of different nationalities, religions, and ages) heading to the churches, holding candles, praying, and spending their time to support our beloved country. It was the first time I've ever seen my community get together like this. I was so proud to be living in such a caring and loving place. People were helping and supporting each other through their kind acts, their consoling words, and their time. A few days after 911, I was even more inspired when musicians and actors came together to help support the victims. On MTV, I got to see artists including Bono, Destiny's Child, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Jermaine Dupris, and many others trying to make a difference by recording a song together called "What's Going On? In Hollywood, I saw actors giving donations and expressing their remorse for the situation. The same love and support that I saw in my local town had been spread across the whole nation. It was an incredible event and it was great to see people putting their differences aside and coming together as a whole unit. September 11 is probably one of the most terrible tragedies I've ever witnessed in the United States. I never thought that a war could ever occur in the United States. It took me a while to adjust to it because I'm so used to seeing wars fought on other battlegrounds overseas. Now, I know that anything is possible. As a result of 911, I now realize the strength and power of our nation. Our nation is filled with so many great ideas from people of all ages, races, and religions. It's a place where people can express thoughts freely and create opportunities. Best of all, the United States is a nation that cares for people during tragedies and times of need. After 911, I can now truly say that I'm very happy to be waving the American flag and being apart of the United States. There's no other place like it in the world, and I'm very honored to call it my home. 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 story520.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: First of all I have to say that I am still in shock and have a sense of disbelief that the attacks on September 11, 2001 happened. I spent time during my college days at Rutgers in New Brunswick, NJ in the shadow of the Twin Towers. I rode the escalator in the hotel dwarfed by them. I've cried while standing in the square at night, looking up until I couldn't see anything, imagining buildings so immense that at the tops, they must touch a piece of heaven...The idea that they fell is so incredible. The idea that so many lives were lost is unimaginable. I work for our local community college and our division was having its monthly staff meeting. Someone mentioned that a plane had crashed into one of the World Trade Center Towers; we were dumbfounded, thinking like many others across the nation and the world I am sure, that a pilot had suffered a heart attack, that there was no way someone could "accidentally" fly into such an imposing structure. Never in our wildest dreams could we have imagined what had actually happened. By the time the meeting was finished, the second plane had struck; I tried to get online and had a difficult time. Two co-workers turned on radios, each to a different station, to try and get a sense of what was happening, since we really didn't know the truth. I called my boyfriend and they had a small television tuned in: two planes at the Towers, one at the Pentagon, and one in Pennsylvania. And all on purpose. The college went on alert, as did our county; some offices closed and some classes were cancelled as people wanted to be with their families, watching the tragedy play out on television. We prayed as volunteer EMT workers from our area headed up the New Jersey Turnpike, wondering what horrors they would find, feeling a sense of fear coupled with pride as we went with them in spirit. I finally got into a news website with streaming content, and as I heard the information, I sat in my office and cried. Cried for the senseless loss of life, cried for the hijackers--death in the name of their god, cried for the friends I couldn't reach by phone or email who worked near the Towers, cried for the country. I went home and watched one of the major news channels and cried. I stayed up most of the night, watching and crying. Helpless. I still feel helpless, even though I have heard so many stories of God's intervention that day; one of my dearest friends who works a few blocks from the Towers did not go to work that day because she wasn't feeling well. Her train would have been passing under the first Tower at the time the plane hit it. I know through my Christian belief that God is in everything, and I know that those who lost their lives did not go in vain; we have all heard about the priest who died giving last rites, the firefighters who went up to save others knowing they wouldn't come out, the people who stayed with those who could not leave. But what have we learned? We learned that the United States, the so-called super power of the western world, is not the impenetrable fortress many felt that it was. We learned that in our "darkest hour", we have friends of all colors, faiths, and beliefs--friends who we (the collective country of America) considered foes. We learned what a portion of the world, too long snubbed and ignored, truly thought/thinks of us. We learned that the United States is a troubled land, as our Arab and Muslim neighbors--the people we greet when we pull into our driveways, the parents of the children who carpool with us, the folks we speak to each day by name at our local diner or gas station or nail salon--were being beaten and threatened. As we look back one year, I still shed tears. 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 story2865.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: During the morning of 9/11 my husband and I were sleeping in our bedroom in our apartment.----The telephone rang at about 6:30 a.m. and it was my mother saying to turn on the television right away. The remote was by my side and I turned on the television to see the first hit WTC in smoke. Then Tom Brokaw anounced there were other plans missing out of radar and I saw the next building hit. This was horrifying. The whole thing was horrifying.----------I have been to the Towers very often in my life and worked on Wall Street and know the area very well.(I grew up on Long Island)------------------Looking at the updates on the local news everyone in Northern California where my husband and I were living was to "shelter in place"----------a brother of my high school freind, Lenore Bonomo, was a Fireman did not make it out alive.-----------I knew of some people in the Financial Industry who also "passed on".-----------------------A church was on the corner of the block we lresided on at the time and everyone "poured" in to the church including me. Services were given every morning and every evening.-----------9/11 was the saddest day----------One plane after another all over the place.--------My husbands friend from work is in the reserves and was called in to scuba dive in the San francisco harbor to look for suspicous activity.--------------The Golden Gate Bridge was closed immediately on "that" day.---------------------------------------God Bless America!--We Will Always Remember Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story11055.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 go to a boarding school and I never really watch t.v during the day I?m usually out with my friends but on September 11th I had an argument with one of my friends and was in a strop so I went to the kitchen in my block and turned on t.v....... as I was flicking through the channels I turned cnn on watched as images were displayed...... it took me about 10 minutes to actually register in my head what had happened I saw pictures of planes crashing and buildings crumbling to the ground and dust every where and the image that even today the sticks in my mind is that of all the dead bodies lying on the ground...... I couldn't understand what could make anybody want to do such a thing....... to kill so many innocent people..... I called my parents and my dad kind of explained to me what had happened and why it happened..... then all of a sudden a man called Bin Laden was the most wanted man in the world because he was responsible for these attacks...... I went to school the next day and was surprised at the reaction that I got from my friends...... I live in a Muslim country and many of my close friends are Muslim and one when I told her how I was feeling to all that had happened she said `do you know how many Muslims get killed everyday by American troops? those people on those planes got what they deserved' then they started telling me how all the Americans torture them and what they did the families..... I just got up and walked away and all I could say was `but was it bad enough to kill all those innocent people??..... I apologized to my friend who I was annoyed with and we both realized that are argument was pathetic compared to ones that were going on in the world........ 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 was at home and was up quite early as I had to make a call to the Hospital later on that day to see what time I was suppose to be at the Hospital the next day as I was having a Mastestomy of my left breast and so I was so scared and so upset that this was happening to me..I had just turned the TV off around 5:30 in the morning as they were talking about the same thing that they had talked about the night before...and so I got on the computur and was chatting with a friend of mine from England and she had asked me what I thought about the WTC and I told her that I had not seem them yet in New york and She said "Have you got your Teli(Televison) on and I told her that I just turned it off about 15 minutes ago and she said GO and turn it back on " and so I did and that is when I seen the replay of the first plane and saw first Hand the second plane going right through and I yelled at my Husband and Told Him....Richard get up....MY GOD you aren't going to believe what is happening in the United States!!!..so he got up and we watched the TV the rest of the day and most of the night as I had to be at the hospital by 9:30 the next morning...and I when I seen what had happened with the WTC..MY problems were small compared to what had just happened......and all day long I kept asking"""HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"?????HOW?? My heart goes out to ALL who lost thier Lives that day....either by choice of otheres or choice they themselves took in order to prevent another tradigy like they had heard so they all chose to die to save thousands of others that day and my heart and prayers go out to everyone.....all around the World..they really do...May GOD always Watch over America and her people....GOD BLESS AMERICA and may there always be A GOD ......that we will always be able to use the NAME OF GOD in ALL that we do and say...Mrs.Karen Lower...age 55...Wife,Mother,Grandmother and Step- Great Grand Mother...and my husband Richard Lower age 65 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 story4617.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 waking up to attend school on September 11th to my mom telling me that "a plane hit the trade towers" I will never forget the fear and urgency in her voice. I turned on CNN just in time to see the 2nd plane hit and then I knew it was no accident. I remember driving to school and seeing several planes that were directed to land in Chicago. Never have I seen so many planes flying to the same destination at the same time ln my life. Even though I was not in New York during that time and not seeing the actual events, that is an image that still haunts me. There is a difference between seeing events on televison, and seeing them face to face..in some small way, that was my image of September 11th and my realization that it was real. When I reached my university, there were alot of parking spots open, I assumed that several students did not show up due to the events that occured that morning, I then turned around and went back home. That night, I went with a friend of mine to donate blood at a local organization. I remember sitting there with several people (the line of donors was amazing) and everyone in silence to hear the President address the nation. For many nights after that, I can recall being woken up in the middle of the night to hear loud fighter jets above my home, probably due to the increased defense. I will never forget that day, four years later I can still recall the events more clearly than I could a day that occured a week ago. I never had a complete grasp on what September 11th really was about until I started a job in a large office building a few weeks ago. To imagine all of the souls that occupied that building is something I could not phathom until I worked in that type of environment. I remember crying when I saw the individuals pleading on television to find there loved ones and attending memorial services and candlelight vigils. September 11th is an event that I will 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 story11783.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. 2005-08-30 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.29.78.158 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 late for work when a news flash came on the screen a plane crashed in the World Trade Center building. I thoght to myself this must be an accident bot as I watched and saw the second plane hit I knew it was no accident. And I felt a sorrow come over me. I couldnt belive it was true.I thought of the people on the planes and in the buldings and felt pain and prayed for their families.Still not knowing what was about to happen,saw tower one come down,and said god why?Then a few minutes later tower two came down,and I wept thinking of the people who had died praying for their families praying that people would make it out of there. But I knew many didnt.People who where mothers fathers sisters and brothers husbands,wives,grandmothers,grandfathers,and friends,sons,and doughters,did not deserve to be taken away.But for a moment I felt a peace come over me and I knew they where in gods hands,and the cowerds where at gods mercy and they whould get what thy deserve.I didnt go to work that I just wanted to be with my family because I knew then they could be taken away in a moment.But I still had my family and many people where robbed of their loved ones by sick evil cowerds.So to the families of the victoms I prayed for god to lift your hearts,and I still pray for you so please put your faith in god and the a Lord Jesus Christ,and we will all be home with theim one day,and for those who were not victoms hold your loved ones near because they can be taken from you at any time. Please love your neighbor like your own ,like all the Heros who died saving their neighbors who did not put them selves before their felow neighbors and died with great honor trying to save another..Lord I pray for those who have lost their loved ones for the families of the Heros who died selflessly saving others ,in your name I pray Amen.For all those who lost their lives, they maybe gone for now but they will never be forgotten.They will live on through history, and an eternity in the Kingdom of Heaven. 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 story5867.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 moved into my apartment after being homeless for three months with my husband and son. The morning of the 11th was the first day I could sleep late. My husband woke me up when the news of the first fire came across the television. I refused to wake. I kept saying ya a fire in a skyscraper so what. He said no wake up. He came into my room and turned on the television. Just as I woke and focused on the television. The second plan came in and hit tower two. I watched in horror as a building which I had visited many times as a kid with my grandparents, my parents and school burn. As much as I stared in horror I still believed everything would be okay. I cried for almost a week straight. I still cry when the image comes across the news. I paused every once in a while with a tear falling down my cheek crying for those who were lost and the scars left in our country. It took me four days to contact all my friends and family. Everytime I couldn't reach one I panicked. My little brother was the last to be found. Still unble to contact him my friend drove to his house with her 2 kids and knocked on his door. My family and friends were safe. I scanned the list everytime a new one came out to find out if someone I knew from school or home had perished. No one close to me perished. Only one name I knew was on the list: Paul John Gill -- He was several years ahead of me at MArtin Luther HS but he was a name I KNEW. He was one of NY Fireman that perished. To all those who lost a loved one GOD Bless you and yours. 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 story2354.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 dislocated my knee on September 10, 2001. I will never forget that day, because I was unable to walk the next day and watched the whole unbelieveable tragedy play out on the television. I never felt so helpless and yet so fortunate, I have never felt so angry and yet so full of love for my fellow man. I never realized how many wonderful people there are in the world, and I have never been so saddened that there are some very awful people too. Now that a year has gone by I feel no pain in my knee, but I feel deep pain in my heart, because others are hurting. I believe as Edmund Burke that "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing," and as long as one of us are chained - none of us are free. 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 story3479.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 have lived in Dover, DE for almost twenty-nine years in the same house. Military actions are not a surprise here. So, when my husband called and asked if I was watching the news, I thought he was going to tell me that something happened over seas. I turned off of the Disney channel to CBS at the same time my husband told me about the first plane. I sat there in ahh of what I was looking at. I started to cry and pray for the people in the building and the plane. The only thing that made me look away from the tv was my 11 month old son which I was feeding at the time. I was putting a spoon of food in his mouth as the second plane hit. I started crying harder and praying more. The only thing my son knew was he was hungry and mommy is crying. I finshed feeding my son and picked him up. I started to rock and pray for everyone in or near the buildings. I prayed and held my little son as the buildings came down. I started feeling guilty for being able to sit on my couch holding my son and talking to my husband. My husband asked if he should go pick up our 2 1/2 year old daughter from school, I said yes. All I wanted was for us to be together. She was going to a school beside the Air Force base. Of course, everything in Dover is close to the base. My husband and I have talked to our daughter about what happened and she knows alot of good people died in NY, Washington,DC and PA. We have prayed for everyone who lost their life, the families here coping with the lose, and our country everyday. We also pray for the people who hate us so much that they want to destroy us. I am a military brat and stand proud knowing my father served in wartime and peacetime so I can raise my children in the land of the free. I thank GOD for all the people who serve our country in so many ways here and overseas. We are all heros because we have not let this act stop us. We have drawn the will power of those who died to pick ourselves up and go forward with our lives. I forgive those people who hate me and my family because we live in the USA. GOD will deal with them and I don't have to waste my energy on them. The best actions for me to take is to have a happy marriage, raise my children happy, healthy, respectful of our freedoms and thankful/proud for the people who fought for us to be free. May GOD be with everyone. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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This is the unedited text: When my husband called and asked if I was watching the news, I thought he was going to tell me that something happened over seas. I turned off of the Disney channel to CBS at the same time my husband told me about the first plane. I sat there in ahh of what I was looking at. I started to cry and pray for the people in the building and the plane. The only thing that made me look away from the tv was my 11 month old son which I was feeding at the time. I was putting a spoon of food in his mouth as the second plane hit. I started crying harder and praying more. The only thing my son knew was he was hungry and mommy is crying. I finshed feeding my son and picked him up. I started to rock and pray for everyone in or near the buildings. I prayed and held my little son as the buildings came down. I started feeling guilty for being able to sit on my couch holding my son and talking to my husband. My husband asked if he should go pick up our 2 1/2 year old daughter from school, I said yes, I wanted all of us together. She was going to school beside the Air Force base. Of course, everything in Dover is close to the base. My husband and I have talked to our daughter about what happened and she knows alot of good people died in NY, Washington,DC and PA. We have prayed for everyone who lost their life, the families here coping with the lose, and our country everyday. We also pray for the people who hate us so much that they want to destroy us. I am a military brat and stand proud knowing my father served in wartime and peacetime so I can raise my children in the land of the free. I thank GOD for all the people who serve our country in so many ways here and overseas. We are all heros because we have not let this act stop us. We have drawn the will power of those who died to pick ourselves up and go forward with our lives. I forgive those people who hate me because I live in the USA. GOD will deal with them and I don't have to waste my energy on them. The best action for me to do is to have a happy marriage and raise my children happy, healthy and respectful of our freedom. May GOD be with everyone. 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: From: Frances (Original Message) Sent: 9/11/2001 10:07PM EST September 11, 2001 will be forever marked in our hearts as a day of tragedy and loss. This morning is especially hard for my family and I, as my mother has sent word via email that my cousin is counted among the missing. I had always felt that emotionally my family was prepared for anything. My father retired after serving the Army 22 years in 1995. My younger sister joined the Air force in 2000. During our childhood my father was a great source of pride for us. He was strong, proud, and admired by many. He raised us in Germany and during the Gulf War we actually weren't as scared as most, because we knew the "daddy" could handle anything. In Germany during that time we saw tremendous acts of terrorism. Car bombs, assassination reports on the news, and even several bomb threats at our DODDs schools. We were well prepared emmotionally and I don't believe that we ever really were scared. We knew that our soldiers would protect us. I am 26 years old now, married and all grown up. Yesterday I was terrified! Today I am full of sorrow, worry, and anger. All my life living amongst soldiers and on bases I had been prepared by my mother and father and taught that we were to be strong in the face of danger, tragedy, and war. My parents made us understand that anything could happen to my father because he was a soldier. We were prepared for my father injuries during the Gulf War. When my sister joined the Air force last year, we were all so proud of her. Yesterday when I first heard of what was happening at the WTC, I was shocked and immediately called her, she told be that she was being called in for briefing and we said our "I love you's" and hung up. I was not scared. She is trained. It's her job. I was prepared. But this morning when I heard that my cousin was missing I wasn't prepared. My cousin is a civilian. My mother and father never prepared us for the loss of a civilian family member and we are beside ourselves with grief. Her name is/was Adianes Cortes, she may be also listed under Adianes Cortes-Oyola (she just got married 6 months ago) she's 24 years old. She worked in the South Tower of the World Trade Center 78th floor - Fugi Bank Corp. Her husband made it out he worked in the 60th floor, the airplane crashed unto the 78 through 80th floors. We have not heard any word on her whereabouts. My family asks that we pray for Adianes and all those who are missing or dead. My sister emailed a prayer that is most comforting. "Almighty God we ask that you fill this solemn moment with the majesty of your presence. Our hearts are saddened by the loss of these who have given their lives to sustain the gift of freedom. We ask that you comfort their families and friends and help fill their emptiness with hope. We also pray for those gathered here today and those with us in spirit. Make us creative in using your resources and brave in the face of our enemies. Give us the wisdom our situation calls for and the compassion that inspires an end of oppression. May we be confident that the heroes we honor today have not died in vain. Amen." May God bless us all to ease our nation's pain, Frances M Siple ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Frances (Original Message) Sent: 9/11/2001 10:07PM EST I had a good day today. I was very proud of my family, country and of the ceremonies that we attended on base (Fort Gordon). The soldiers looked so handsome, so proud and so very comforting to me. Today is the anniversery of the loss of my cousin Aidenes and although she and I never met, I feel a great sense of loss. I am terribly saddened that she left this world without knowing that she had cousins in Ga.(albiet through marriage) I just pray that my auntie and husband heal. That Aidenes' husband can be whole again someday. Bless you all, Frances in Georgia 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 story5494.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. 68.47.79.209 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: You?re probably think now, that my story does not belong here, but maybe it will interest you, that there where people here in Switzerland, who could not believe what happened either. My name is Franziska Glur and on September 11th, 2001 I was in my office of a Swiss Private-Bank dealing some funds, as I always do. It was already in the middle of the afternoon (time-difference), when a colleague of mine across the table said to all of us: there is a fire in the World Trade Centre. I was thinking by myself, please not again remembering the fire back in the early 1990?s. You have to know, that I?ve been to New York several times and have always visited the Twin Towers and taken lots of pictures. Anyway, we turned the TV to CNN and could see that this fire seemed to be different to the last one. And just right then, we saw the explosion in the second building. ?Oh, my God? was all I could say and then in the most noisiest office in our building there was total silence! We could not believe what we had just witnessed! Suddenly CNN came up with the news, that it was a plane that had hit the second building and they showed us the pictures over and over again. ?Is that World War 3 starting?? Questions like this where crossing my mind. Rumours where within minutes in the whole building and our office became a media room for everybody. Some of us in tears, others in shock, but most of all in disbelieve! I called my sister, who was in Florida on vacation with my parents. It was hard to get her on the phone, ?cause the line was always busy. She could not believe it either and turned on the TV in her Hotel room. I told her, that I would call again later. I talked to her another four or five times that day. And as the third plane hit the Pentagon, we all knew that this was very serious! Nobody was really working anymore, ?cause some of us had friends working in the World Trade Centre or knew brokers, which they spoke to almost everyday. Then the towers collapsed! And again silence in our office. I guess we all fought back tears. We all thought, that at least ten thousand must have been killed! On my way home that evening there was this unbelievable silence in the crowded train. Nobody really talked! I myself spent the rest of the day in front of the TV and tried to understand what had happened on that September 11th, 2001. It?s almost a year know! Life goes on, even though we thought it couldn?t. In just two weeks I will fly to New York, to attend one of the services on 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/. Title A name given to the resource story1421.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. 2002-08-23 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 160.219.10.250