272 20 70359 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was sitting in my math class doing work whenever a teacher came into our room and told us to turn on the news which my math teacher did and we saw what was happening. I saw that the Twin Towers were hit and i was shocked that something like that could happen to us. I sat there shocked and bewildered and I was very shocked that someone could even do that to us. I wondered why and i still do because we never did anything to those people so why did they come on our turf and hurt our people and our buildings that mean so much to us. I later on went home and watched some more news and was more shocked than i was earlier. i guess i will never understand why they did this to us mabye they did it just to open our eyes to what was really happening 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/. Title A name given to the resource story10589.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: En la ma?ana del 11/9 mi esposa y yo estabamos en un curso, y fue alli cuando nos enteramos v?a celular que dos aviones habian chocado contra las torres gemelas, nos impresiono tanto que no lo podiamos creer, de hecho fuimos a un restaurante almorzar y cuando vimos la imagenes de las dos torres caerse mi esposa y yo no terminamos de almorzar ya que nos costerno demasiado, hago esta referencia porque en el a?o 2000 mi esposa mi hija y yo llegamos a NY el 11/9 por el aeropuerto de Newark de hecho tenemos videos arriba de las torres y de verdad casi que lloramos viendo ese video, no podemos creer que existan personas que atente contra vidas inocentes, cada vez que veo algo de las torres gemelas o World Trade Center nos duele muchisimo, quiero decirle esto porque la ciudad de NY es la m?s bella que haya visitado por eso es que le dicen las puertas del mundo. Saludos Juan Carlos 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 story7739.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 been interviewing on Sept 10 all day with a seattle biotech firm. I was looking for forward to a nice flight home . . At 6:00 am local time , I boarded the plane . I remember watching cnn before getting on the plane( boring stuff), there was nothing about the attacks then. My biggest concern at the time was having nice seat near the alise and not smelling other people body oder for 5 hours. I was still suffering from jet lag and my bioclock was out of wack. So I was running out autopilot. The plane was crowded and I was feeling put upon by individuals with too much carryon luggage and crying babies. As single person, I know , I am self center in my view of the world. The captain can on the loud speaker, and the announed the first attack on he world trade. I sitting there like everyone else on the plane dumbfounded.I was just thinking about myself and getting home . The reality of the people that had just lost their lives was not on my mind.To me at that time their deaths were not as importnt having a nice trip home. Then came word of the second attack and the of pentagon attack. The captain announed that the flight was cancel and we will be evacting the plane. Confused and anger , I had to think fast and clearing. After the plane was evacted, I was in strange airplane in a town and knew no one. Terminate was a madhouse people going everywhere. Then another announament, for everyone leave the gate area and return the main terminal. I was thinking now what to do next. I notice other individuals had family and friend to help and guide them.They were the lucking one. I was stranger and in strange land. I was able to find my luggage and I proceed to the united terminal. There I was informed that the airport would be closing soon and there was no hotel room available near airport.Now the airport was beening evacted an the authorities were not letting in cabs. I was able to contact the the hotel in downtown seattle were I have been standing . They had watching the news also and agree to hold my room. Great first piece of luck for me in this odessey(great great). The airport authority agree to allow cabs into the airport parking. As I made my way to the parking area carrying luggages and surrounded by scare individuals like myself.People were states that we were at war. People were hugging their love one. They were overcome with joy . A large limousine pull into the parking area. I took one look at it , and informed the driver that I could not afford this into seattle. The driver then informed me that it would only be thrity dollar. Wow great . He pick up two another passagers . These individuals were from germany. I could not comprehend what was going though their minds at this time. The driver allow me to use the phone ,I did not have my cell phone with me.I tried several to call family and friends back east . I wanted to tell my family that I was ok, I was off the plane. All lines back east were blocked(overloaded). My family knew my travel plans. I knew they would scare. I made my way back to the hotel my room had not been rent out and they were most helpful in this time of need. When I got to my room I tried several again to call family. My parnets are news junkie,We watch the news all the time. I knew that they were going out of their mind with worry. I knew that there was internet cafe up the street from the hotel. Email I thought, I ran up this street to the cafe. The individuals at the cafe were still unaware of what happen . I set up hotmail account and email my family that was ok, was back at the hotel. I also told them not to worry. A guy sat down near and he started surfing the net and drinking his coffee. I asked him if he knew what just happen . He look at me and staed no. I showed him the cnn. He almost fell to his knee with disbelief. I returned back to my hotel room (THE ALEXIS). I was inundated with the news and of the date events. I saw the palastines dancing in the street with joy. At that point the reality was setting. Three thousand just lost their lives for being on a plane and people were dancing in the street about it. Countless families were just ripped apart for nothing and these palastines were dancing, god damm it. They were dancing . The anger that I had never felt before was very real to me. The Anger almost a being of itself was very real. I made contact with the company that I was interviewing with in seattle. They were great also. They said that they would pick up tap and make arrangement to get me home.I know that I could not just sit in a hotel watching the news. This was not healthy. I went up to pike street market. I passed a news stand , I noticed the arabic newspaper. I wanted to tear the newspaper off the shelf,and tear it into pieces. That anger wanted to manafest itself in a very real way. I didn't do it ,the anger was a beast ready to show it self to the world. After getting something to eat and a cold beer, I was able to call home. Everyone was glad hear from me. They knew my flight number and knew that I did not make off the ground. I spend the next six in seattle and took a couple day to the mt and victoria ca. 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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Airline Personnel Arabs in U.S. Internet Economic effects Struggle to get home Television Coverage 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: It was lunchtime in our area... I walked back from my lunchbreak past the TV in the canteen, my eyes flickered over the TV and carried on towards the door, some kind of daft sci-fi/disaster type film.... I looked again and couldn't believe what I was seeing, I saw the second plane hit then live on whatever American news cover we were seeing courtesy of the BBC or ITV.... I remember going back to my desk (after another cigarette and a hug from my man of the time who luckily was in the same building as me) and no-one upstairs knew what was going on, I told them to go down and look, the phones didn't ring that afternoon, apart from people trying to access news sites on the 'net and not able to (I work in an ISP).... it was too horrible to digest.... driving home after picking up my baby from her childminders, I remember listening to some crappy UK sports radio show who just talked about what was happening and what it might mean for us all, the fear of terror alerts the world over, I remember being so very sad, so very scared and so very not wanting my daughter to ever have to experience that type of day ever, ever..... I did what everyone else did for the next few days, watched Sky, CNN, BBC etc and wept for the souls lost, and for the state of the world. Let us not ever forget xxx 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 story10749.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: Like most people, I drove into work enjoying the same beautiful weather New Yorkers were experiencing. A day like any other. Someone in our building heard the initial report on the radio. Due to a snow storm where several people were stranded in the building, the television was still in the cafeteria. We turned it on and watched in disbelief. For the entire day we went in and out of the cafeteria to watch. Some remained there most of the day. I called some friends and amazingly some had not heard and thanked me. That night we continued to watch throughout the evening and in the weeks to come. The first thing I did when I got home was to turn on the news for something new, someone found alive or dead, a reason for this horror. We finally decided to fly to New York and put some of this to rest and see for ourselves. We were not prepared even though we thought we were. It was December, a few weeks before Christmas and the contrasts were everywhere. I am glad we made that trip. It settled some things for me, but I'll never forget and sincerely hope our county never forgets the taking of all those innocent lives. Peg Faircloth 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 story2815.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 must start by saying that I knew no one personally that was killed. However, I was born and lived the first 40 years of my life in New York City. I am still grieving for the dead and it is 2 years later. There has not been a day that has gone by since those awful events that I do not think about it. Here in New York there are always reminders; we still fly our flags, paste memorial stickers on our cars, wear t-shirts that honor FDNY and PDNY heroes. The planes of Kennedy airport and LaGuardia still scream over our heads, low and loud, reminding us of how fast they could turn into instruments of terror and death. At work on that day a visitor to our center said "Did you hear? A plane crached into the World Trade Center". A coleague of mine jumped up and shouted "What are you saying - my sistter works there!" In a flury of near-hysterical tears, she left work (her sister made it out and survived). I called home, surprised that the phone lines weren't jammed. By that point the second plane had hit and the pentagon as well. We were given false reports that the Stae Department had been hit and that there were 4 unaccounted for planed still in the air headed, presumably, for other targets. I thought to myself "this is war; our way of life is over". I now think that democracy is an idea only - and a powerful one here in America. We stand on this idea - political leaders, the military and citizens alike. We could have lost it so easily that day except for our common and profoundly held commitment to it. I continue to be grateful that I am 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 story10155.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My husband is in the military and we were stationed in Wurzburg, Germany. My daugther and I have just gotten home and turn on the television to watch Kathy Cortic when the frist plane hit and than the second one, I was never so afraid in my life I couldn't believe what I was seeing, I fall to my knees and cried and I called my husband to let him know what I just saw in tv, he was watching also, My daugther and In just stared at the tv and cried, this is the day I wil never ever forget, but it has made stronger and has made me more proud to be an American and show the world that I love this country and I will protect it and always br 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 story3355.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: The Tuesday that no one will forget The 11th was the first day of school for me and my friends. That morning my mom woke me up for schhol like she did every day the year previous, but that day she urgently woke me up and told me to turn on the T.V. so I did. What i saw then was ,for me, the scariest sight in the world. When I got to school that day my friend told me that he was there the Tuesday the week before the attack and i was horrified. 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 story817.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. 2002-06-23 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.59.29.5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I wrote these thoughts shortly after September 11, 2001 and have not read them since they were written. Now I know why. The pain has not gone away. The sorrow comes back in waves. The tears flow freely. I am hurting real badly now. But I will NEVER FORGET and that is still a part of me now as it was then when I wrote the following recollection. "I will never forget the day of 9-11-01. What are the unforgettable pieces of that day for me? I will never forget how perfectly beautiful the day started out. I will never forget the parking spot I took in Harrison. I will never forget the walk to the Path train. I will never forget the reason I missed four trains. I will never forget the faces of my fellow passengers. I will never forget the young man in the blue dress shirt talking to the young lady in red and the things they talked of. I will never forget the five words to Steve that came from someone over the train Public Address system as our train sat at Exchange Place waiting to go into the World Trade Center. I will never forget the communication I had with the woman on the other end of the emergency Path phone at the track level. I will never forget the vision I had of my building One WTC burning as I rode up the escalator at Exchange Place. I will never forget the absolute terror I felt when I got to the plate glass window at the top level and looked up just at the moment Two WTC was hit and the biggest fireball I had ever seen exploded up into the sky higher than the top of the building. I will never forget the darkest fear I felt thinking of my daughter Lauren working at the World Financial Center right next to the WTC. I will never forget going to the street and staring at the sight of the burning towers. I will never forget the feeling of utter helplessness I was experiencing. I will never forget walking quickly to get to my daughter Samantha and her husband Mike working in the Exchange Place area. I will never forget the joyous relief that washed over me as I heard Sams voice calling out Mikes name at the bank of elevators just as I was walking up to them and hundreds of people were exiting the building. I will never forget how absolutely wonderful it felt to hug them both. I will never forget standing in the street and watching as each tower gave off such horrendous billows of darkly ominous smoke. I will never forget thinking of my co-workers at Cantor Fitzgerald and eSpeed and praying as I watched my floor burning. I will never forget the sight of one of my co-workers walking towards me with two cell phones to his ears trying to locate his father who worked near the WTC. I will never forget how my joy at seeing him and thinking others must have gotten out also evaporated when he told me he was late getting into the office. I will never forget my happiness at hearing my daughter Melissa and my son Ed who also work at Exchange Place were safe. I will never forget the sight of so many people in the streets just standing and staring at the burning buildings. I will never forget the walk away from the waterfront and the long lines at every pay phone in sight. I will never forget my trip out of the Grove Street Path station back to Harrison as the packed train got out past Journal Square and I stood at a door watching both towers continue to give off such heavy black smoke. I will never forget picking up slight background sounds of some passengers with early reports of another plane crash possibility. I will never forget the drive home listening to the reports of horror on the radio. I will never forget hearing the first report of one of the towers collapsing and the sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach as I pulled into the driveway. I will never forget walking through the front door and calling out my wife Carols name. I will never forget our holding each other and not saying a word. I will never forget the calls coming in to check on our families well being. I will never forget the sheer relief in learning all of our kids and my brother John also working at Exchange Place were all safe. I will never forget going to church to pray. I will never forget my happiness at hearing my boss had called while I was gone. I will never forget my gladness at hearing her voice and my sadness when she told me she had not been able to get in touch with many of our co-workers. I will never forget how good it felt when she asked me to help her make survivor calls and how horrible it felt as I called into the night and only reached one co-worker. I will never forget the first image I have of one of the earliest people holding up a photo on a TV screen of a missing loved one and it was one of my co-workers. I will never forget or be able to accurately describe the feelings I had when each of our kids made it to the house and I was able to hug them again. I will never forget the childish innocence of my granddaughter Emma?s question when she sadly asked Pop Pop why did the bad men knock down your building that I visited in July. Finally I will never forget the overwhelming grief that came over me as 9-11-01 ended and the realization struck me that so had much of what we knew as normal lives." 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 story10913.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: September 11, 2001 will be forever embedded in my memory as one of the most frightening days of my life. I am the receptionist for an over-the-counter pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Owings Mills, Baltimore, Maryland. I was sitting at my desk when a co-worker came by and told me that an airplane flew into one of the World Trade Center Towers in New York. A few minutes later, another co-worker told me that a second plane had flown into the second tower. At first, we thought it was an accident, but when we heard about the second plane, we knew something else was wrong. We all scrambled to the conference rooms, turned on the televison, and to our utter amazement, there they were, blazing in flame and smoke. We were all too numb to speak, we just glared at the television in disbelief. There was talk about the Pentagon, and the plane crash in Pennsylvania. I had to leave the room, it was all too hard to take in. Upon my return, I was told that one of the buildings had collapsed. Is stood there in disbelief, and then, the second tower collapsed. It was more than I could handle. I began weeping, uncontrolably. I left the room and went to my desk. I put my head in my hands and I began to pray, asking God to be with all those people in and around the building. The President of our company decided to close for the day so we could all be with our families. I remember the ride home, vividly. I live about an hour out of Washington, D.C., and the beltway signs were flashing that all roads to Washington, D.C. were closed until further notice. I knew that all air traffic had been cancelled, and Baltimore-Washington International Airport was only thirty minutes away. I remember how eerie it was not seeing any planes in the sky. My next concern, as I traveled the highway, was having to drive trough the Fort McHenry Tunnel. (Not knowing how far the terrorists would take the events.) It still affects me to this day, each and every morning as I travel the same route, I ask God to protect us as we travel to and from work. My children were already home from school, and when I arrived, I didn't even get out of the car. I just blew the horn and told them to lock the house up and come with me. I went to my friends house, called my husband at work, and had him meet us there. I wanted to be where I felt safe and protected, and I knew my friends home was the safest place to be. The events of 9-11-2001 may have taken America by surprise, but God knew exactly what was going to happen. This is a wake-up call people! God doesn't make things like this happen, but He allows it to happen in order for us to seek His face and know just how powerful and mighty He is. God is our only true freedom. His grace is sufficient for each and every one of us, we must learn to trust Him in all of our day to day activities. Give Him the glory and honor He deserves, and see what a difference He will make in your life. Because of His Grace, I remain... Theresa H. Willinger 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 story2751.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. 65.199.185.46 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: While the country was mourning and full of sorrow, my children and I were at the hospital. My first grandson was born on September 11,2001. Sevien Christopher Martin,7lbs.9oz.201/2inches long.8:09p.m. He is a joy! Now that we are at the anniversary its like the first time seeing most of the stories because we were so into Sevien being born. The eleventh will be remembered to us as a happy yet sad kind of 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 story3470.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. 169.139.185.1 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: I was at school. When I came home, my mother told me something about the attack. I was shocked. I sat down and I couldn't believe it. In the evening I saw the pictures on tv. Suddenly there was a big hole in the heart of New York. It was terrible. Next day at school there was silence. We thought of the death and healthy people. I hope, that attacks like this will never be happen. 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 story10756.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2004-08-16 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 212.185.81.74 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: A Sunny September Morning I lay here on my couch, trying to fall asleep the same way I do every night. Well not every night, just since July because the TV in my bedroom has been broken since then. Every night has been the same since then. I would fall asleep watching television, and Brian would wake me up before he went to work. I would go into my bedroom and fall back asleep, and later wake up for work. I don?t know why I didn?t get a new television, I have the money, I guess I am just a little too lazy sometimes. Every night it was the same routine. It kind of worked out well. I worked late-nights and Brian worked nine to five so we weren?t in each other?s way. By the end of the summer I kind of thought that Brian was getting mad, or at least annoyed that he woke me up every morning. I actually liked it, because of our different hours we hardly saw each other. Brian was my big brother and by waking me up, I guess he felt like he was looking out for me. At times I think Brian was madder that I fell asleep with the TV on. Heaven forbid the electricity bill was more than last month. One night about seven months ago, I fell asleep on the couch watching television. I remember this night so well, because it wasn?t unlike tonight at all. Brian woke me up before he went to work. He shook me and said, ?Neal, how are you going to wake up for work.? I said, ?Don?t worry I will go inside?. I got up went inside and fell back to sleep. The next thing I remember is my cell phone ringing, I didn?t answer it, and I thought that if it were important they would call my house phone. Looking back I realized that this was totally against my normal routine. Normally when I got home from work at night I shut my ringer off because I would get calls from telemarketers all morning. Any one that needed me knew to call my cellular phone A few minutes later my cell phone rang again; I still didn?t answer it. I was waiting for my house phone to ring before I thought anything of it. Sure enough my house phone rang next. It was my mother, and she was hysterical. She told me to turn on the news. When I put the news on, I saw that a plane had flown into the building that Brian worked in. Mom was telling me to call Brian and find out what was going on. Within the next few minutes, a plane had hit the other tower of the pair. The next thought in my head was my brother Eric, he was supposed to be flying to Tampa that morning for business. I asked mom about Eric. She said that she couldn?t get in touch with him. Apparently the phone lines were all tied up because of what had happened. Mom couldn?t get a call through to Eric because he lives in New Jersey. When I finally I got Eric on the phone, he was just as bad as mom. His flight had been cancelled and he was home alone. Eric is the oldest of us, but he really doesn?t handle bad situations well. I knew I had to get to Eric because he was alone. Mom was not alone, so she was ok. I was watching the news and when the first of the two towers collapsed, I ran out of the house. Traffic to New Jersey was horrible, I later found out that the Outerbridge Crossing was closed. Actually all of the bridges to Jersey were closed. While I was sitting in traffic, Eric called me. He told me that the tower had collapsed. Knowing that Tower Two collapsed and Brian was in Tower One I told him not to worry; Brian was in the other tower. Between his tears he was able to explain that now both towers had collapsed. In disbelief I told him not to worry everything would be ok. Sure enough Eric was right, both towers had fallen, but it had been almost two hours and I felt that Brian had enough time to get out. At this point, I just didn?t want to be alone. Now my sister-in-law was home, so Eric wasn?t alone. I went to the only place I could get to, Mom?s house. When I got there, mom was alone and crying. All I could was hold her and try to comfort her. We were keeping hope alive, but part of us knew that there was no way Brian had escaped. It had been about four hours now and still no word from Brian. Out of nowhere, my cell phone beeped with a voice message. I knew it was Brian, he was calling to tell us that he was ok. When I heard his voice I felt such a sigh of relief, but it came too soon. This was the first call that my cell phone received that morning. In all of the confusion and with the phone lines being tied up, I had just got the message. It was Brain calling at 8:51 am. He called to tell us what had happened. He said, ? A plane had hit the trade center and I am in it, everything is on fire. If I don?t make it out of here, tell everyone that I love them?, and then he said his last choked up goodbye. After almost seven months, a memorial service, and a funeral, we still don?t want to admit that Brian is no longer with us. On that sunny September morning something stopped me from answering the phone. I don?t know what it was, but now the last words that Brian had for us will be with us forever. Now even seven months later I still fall asleep on the couch with the television on, hoping that this was all a dream; waiting for Brian to shake my arm and tell me to go inside, because I don?t want to be late for work. In loving Memory of Brian Nunez 3/31/72-09/11/01 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 story10323.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: As soon as the first plane struck the World Trade Center, we turned the television on at the office in the bosses office. I and each of my co-workers watched and waited to see what would happen. There were so many reports of other planes being hijacked that, living in our military community, we feared that we would be attacked. The unbelievable happened.... both towers hit, the Pentagon hit and another plane that crashes in PA and saves countless lives, only for the passengers to lose their own. After it is was believed that the terror of the moment was over, we all cried and prayed for those that lost their lives at the hands of the terrorists. The mood was solemn and we decided that it would be best to close the office down at lunch and we would all go to lunch together. We needed to be together, united. That evening many of us went home to our families and our churches for comfort. It was so unbelievable that anyone could do such a thing. On Friday my co-workers and I attended a memorial/prayer service at the church around the corner from the office. We needed to be close to God and seek comfort from him and provide comfort to others in this tragedy. It has now been a year but the memories of that day will never be forgotten. Now we face new terrors even while we continue to look for the people responsible for the tragedies of 9-11-01. Every day I wear a pin representing patriotism or one of several I have collected of the Twin Towers which I wear on the 11th of every month. I proudly hang the official poster of the firefighters raising the flag at Ground Zero in my office. I will never forget, my family will never forget, our country will never forget. God Bless America !!!!! Debbie Raoust Harbin 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 story7518.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: The summer of 2001 was very memorable to me. When it began, we lived in Dahlgren, Virginia. Dahlgren was a little Navy base on the shores of the Potomac River, home to 300 personell and their families. On June 15, my summer began. The eighth graders from Dahlgren School, all 14 of us (seriously), graduated. My best friend Aaron and I would spend our days riding around base, playing Mario on the original Nintendo, and go swimming in the creek with our friends. Somedays, we would sneak off base to grab a milkshake at Marathons. But around July, things started getting odd in Dahlgren. Security was beefed up for no apparent reason. You needed to have your ID everywhere you went. This was frustrating because I never was able to keep track of my ID card. My dad, however, welcomed the security. He felt it was at least something to do after the COLE disaster 9 months earlier. Being a Plankowner of the ill-fated destroyer, and friend to five of the victims (two killed) that day, he felt that not enough had been done following it. I remember one day, maybe July 15, 2001. Dad had been invited to his friends housewarming party in King George. Since my mom wasn't home, he decided to bring me too. He told me to get my ID but I told him I couldn't find it. Dad got upset, and I yelled out "Why do I have to carry my ID around! It's not like we're going to have a terrorist attack this summer or anything!" I will remember those words till the day I die. In August, Aaron and I went to summer camp with the Boy Scouts. While there, a few of us started talking about Pearl Harbor and what it would be like if another one happened. During the night, I had a nightmare that my family was driving around in Washington D.C. A plane veered out of nowhere and slammed into the Washington Monument, before the remnants crashed into the Capitol. People were screaming and bleeding. I woke up to find our tent in the middle of the night, everybody else sleeping soundly. On August 17, I turned 14. Two weeks later, we moved to Virginia Beach. I started high school at Princess Anne High School on September 4, 2001. On September 11, 2001, I walked to school, and forgot my lunch. I was called down to the office out of English class at 8:34 a.m., and came back with my lunch at 8:39 a.m. At 8:54 a.m., the bell rang. 5 minutes earlier, American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center. My next class was Earth Science. Ten minutes into Earth Science, my oceanography teacher this year (2003-2004), Mr. Weis, walked in to tell my science teacher what happened. He whispered very softly. "A plane has hit the World Trade Center." I thought it was all a hoax. Mr. Weis has been known to pull practical jokes. Mr. Rose turned on the television, and there it was! "Manhattan's on fire!" I thought, seeing the towers on fire. The class looked on in horror as the scene unfolded before us via CNN. Reports came in before they were confirmed. "Helicopter crashes into Pentigon", "Several other planes reported hijacked", the list went on. Then, at 9:30, the south tower collapsed. The class screamed as the flaming chimney turned into a column of smoke. Our principal, Mrs. Griffin, came on the intercom to comfort the students. I forget her exact words. A high school came on the screen, and there were reports that a bomb was inside. Then the bell rang. During history class, we were studying religions. Using a world map, we had to point out where the major religions were concentrated. In fury I marked out Afghanistan and Iran. School was let out at 2:12 that day. I ran home to find my parents watching the television. Dad and I went to his high school friend's house that night. She was watching CNN also. Reports were coming in about missile strikes in Kabul, Afghanistan. A year later, I attended a special flag raising ceremony in honor of those who were killed that terrible day. Every night I pray that another September 11 will never happen again. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story10506.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was just another day as a Junior at Alvin High School. I was walking with my best friend Shandi to my Geometry class, her class just just down the hall. I walked in hoping to have a few extra minutes to study for the quiz that Mrs. Hawkins said we were going to have that day. The bell rang and everyone took their seats. Almost instantly another toacher came in and asked to speak to my teacher in the hall. About ten minutes later she came back in and turned on the tv. The reception was rally bad and you couldnt really hear anything. After a few minutes of trying to make it work she gave up. Then a few teachers from the neighboring classrooms gathered in the hall and began to talk. None of the students knew what was going on and the teachers sometimes talked for a few minutes before class started so no one really thought anything of it. I remember thinking that it was weird that class was almost over and we hadnt done anything. My teacher never said anything to us about what had happend ad neither did the others. When I got into the hall Shandi came out and said that her mom had called her cell phone and it rang in the middle of class. Knowing that her mother would never call her at school unless something was wrong, she asked me to go to the bathroom with her so she could call her back. When she came out of the stall she told me that her mother was watching the news and that planes had hit the world trade centers. Frightened and shocked we hurried to our next class. By the time we got there the story had made it's way around. The teacher of my next class told us what all had happend. After everyone had had the chance to get to their classes the princepal came over the loud speaker and said what had happend. We still had two class periods to go to after the class we had just arrived in, but the princepal ordered us to stay in our third period class until further notice. We were not aloud to leave. We stayed in 3rd period for the rest of the day. Teachers and parents were frightened because Houston is so big and we are so close to the city, everyone thought Houston could be a target. They wouldnt even let us go outside. Parents began to arrive to take their kids home. I called my mom at work and she said that she was going to call the school and tell them that I had permission to drive home but I asked her not to. I didn't want to sit at home by mayself watching the nation under attack. At the moment I felt safer among my peers and teachers. The next few days teachers left their tv's on, listening for updates. They still did not like us going outside. I can't even begin to imagine what those poor people when through on this tragic day in history. My thoughts and prayers will forever be with the families of the victoms 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 story11601.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was about 11:00pm here in Australia and I was in bed just laying there when my grandfather came in and said there had been an accident on a one of the trade centres. As i was walking out of my bedroom i seen the second plane hit the other tower..I was 10 at the time and wasn't really sure what was going on until my grandfather explained what a terrorist attack was and wat was going on. I sat there while my grandparents went next door and got my mum up out of bed and she came in. We sat there and you could see the first trade centre starting to wobble and then we knew that it would collapse. We then seen fire fighters hugging each other. After a while we seen the first tower collapse and we all stated crying. I cant really remember much more but i do remember the second tower collapsing. We finally turned the tv off at about 3 in the morning. I then had the next day off because i only got a couple of hours sleep but i was up at about 7:30am watching it. When my brother woke up at about 6 he turned the tv on to watch 'cheeze tv' ( a cartoon show) but it obviously wasn't on because of what happend. I will never foget that day as long as I 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 story10668.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 performing my duties as a Security Officer at very busy business complex, My FedEx driver stopped and ask me if i had heard the news about a plane crashing into one of the WTC building. At first i thought he was playing a joke on me like he did sometimes. I went to my office and the local station had cut it and was telling the whole story. I can remember quite few years back when on the radio they told about the invasion from Mars. But still it is very hard to believe it happened but we will over come it. 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 story8534.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: We were in Speech class doing our vocabulary words for our next chapter when a teacher from down the hall rushed in and told us about the first attack. We were all saddened of course, thinking it was a freak accident. When the teacher came back and told us the 2nd tower was hit and that it was terrorism we were shocked even more. Our speech teacher told us to have a class discussion about the suspects and causes while she had "something to do." Some made jokes not knowing the seriousness of the situation, remember we haven't seen the video yet. One said Bill Clinton did it. There were many rumors flying around. I had heard that the Sears Tower in Chicago was leveled. It seemed to us that whoever did this was going after all of the big cities. Then when we heard of the crash in Pennsylvania we started to fear for our lives. We live 100 miles north of New Orleans.. what if New Orleans was a target?? Then in second period the principal came on the speakerphone and said that coverage of the attacks could be found on their tv's in the room. Well I had Chemistry 2nd period and we didnt have a tv in the lab. We went into a nearby classroom. We saw the attacks and it was deathly quiet in the room. I was sitting near the foriegn exchange students and they were really hit hard. Just think.. they were so exited to come to America and this happens while they are here. I fealt really sorry for one really nice, sweet girl from Uzbekistan. She was riding her bus to school and someone took out their anger on her. One more thing, my speech teacher that had "something to take care of." has a brother that worked in the Pentagon. The plane hit where his office was located. Luckily he was running late that day and wasn't in his office. 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 story673.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: OH GOD WHAT A HORRIBLE DAY, I WAS ALREADY SO VERY UPSET BECAUSE I WAS PACKING AND HAVING TO LEAVE MY HOME THAT I WORKED SO HARD TO GET, AND MY PHONE RANG AND IT WAS MY MOM, SHE BROKE THE NEWS AS GENTLY AS SHE COULD, BUT OH MY HEART FELT AS IF IT HAD BEEN RIPPED FROM MY BODY, ALL THOSE INNOCENT VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES, IT MADE ME REALIZE THAT WHAT I WAS GOING THROUGH WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO THIS TRAGEDY. ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS THE CHILDREN THAT WOULD BE LOSING THEIR PARENTS, THE ADULTS THAT WOULD BE LOSING SOMEONE THEY LOVED. I WAS ANGRY AT THE MONSTERS THAT COULD DO SUCH AN EVIL WICKED THING. MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL THE PEOPLE, IF ONLY THAT COULD TAKE AWAY THE PAIN, BUT IT DOESNT. PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALL IN MY PRAYERS. GOD BLESS AMERICA! LISA DONALD 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 story3322.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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