273 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: My husband and I had our first child, Kayla on September 7, 2001. The 11th of September was just two days after I returned home from the hospital with her. My husband Eric is in the National Guard, Military Police. Never in a million years did we expect something to happen. However at about 9:30 on the 11th I called him at work and asked him if he would have to leave. At 1:00 that afternoon while I was on the way to the doctor with my mother and our daughter for her 1 week check up, he called to say goodbye and that he didn't know when he would be home. He was gone for 3 weeks. He came home for 1 month and left again for 4 weeks. I will never forget the horror I felt that morning. A new mother, and my husband in a place that nobody knew if it was safe or not. Not only that, I grew up on Long Island and had friends that worked in NYC. One of my friends lost his father, an old music student of mine lost her father and my father lost patients from his Chiropractic business. God does work in mysterious ways though. You see, my daughter was 2 weeks early. Had she been on time, my husband would have been gone and my mother would not have been able to come up to Buffalo because she lived on Long Island and she would have been stuck there. Praise God for that and for the wonderful President that we have running our country now and getting us through these times!! 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 story4204.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 most have said it all started out as a normal day, I woke up late, jumped in the shower, threw on some clothes and went to school. I was sitting in Mr. Corcoran?s second period English class when one of the janitors walked in and told Mr. Corcoran that the World Trade Center had just been hit. He turned on the television and we all watched in amazement, even though I really didn?t understand what was going on and how bad it was. Amanda, my best friend and I walked together and there watched it on TV too. We kind of just ignored it though, because we didn?t know the seriousness of it. All that I cared about was getting out of school early, even though we didn?t. I got home that afternoon and went to the basement where my mom stared blankly at the television, I just acted like nothing was wrong. She explained the seriousness of it to me so now I understand. I guess that is was just like a movie to me, and I think that that is how it has always been. I do not want to sound like I?m ungrateful for all of the people who helped us out because I am very grateful, and I do mourn with those who lost loved ones and friends. I guess that that day my mind just couldn't comprehend what damage it did to our nation. 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: How did you witness history on September 11th? Share your experience. I was born and raised 45 minutes North of Manhattan, in a town in West Chester County. But I spent many years in Manhattan, enjoying all the culture, shopping, food, people, and events. I have family that works in Manhattan, they commute everyday, and on 9/11 I was in my car in Virginia Beach, Virginia with the radio blaring listening to 101.3, and the radio broadcaster said, 'Oh, my god. A plane flew into the Twin Towers.' And I thought how the heck could that happen. And I got a chill, and the guy on the radio kept repeating himself. Then he said, 'Oh, my god. Another one flew into the other tower.' I was confused. Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell os how. Yes, Well, I realized how in a moment a human breath can be taken away. I realized how important it is to tell your children and the people that are most important in life how much you care and how much you love them, and how much they mean to you. I would never want to take my last breath not knowing those dearest to my heart didn't know that. To me that may have been truly the saddest thing to me. I do believe in life everlasting, but to leave here not knowing those that meant the most to you, not knowing is the saddest thing of all. What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think that people should remember we are vulnerable, we are human and we are definitely strong, and we will survive. Did you fly an American flag after the events of September 11th? Have your feelings about the American flag changed as a result of September 11th? Yeah. It didn't change, it just magnified my beliefs, and my strength for this country and these people. 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 story8812.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 day began as any other normal day. I was ready to begin my job as a teacher at Yazoo City High School. I assumed the day would be like any other day. Both myself and my students would receive a lesson that will never be forgotten. First period came and went. Second period Advanced Placement Biology students and I went to the science lab to complete an experiment. The teacher next door to us said you have to turn on the television and see what has just happened in New York City. In a small town in Mississippi, I watched, along with my five students, as the World Trade Center buildings fell to the ground. I immediately thought of the people who did not make it out of those buildings and the individuals aboard the planes who became innocent pawns in a so called "spiritual"war. As we watched in disbelief ,the news came about the plane crashing into the Pentagon and the plane crashing into the we heard of the plane crash in I prayed that they were ChristiansI remember needing to simply find a seat in order to sit down because my legs grew weak at the site on the television screen. I could only think of the families who would be changed forever. September 11, 2001 would be the first day of the rest of their life. I felt the need to call my mother and make sure everything was okay. I called students parents to let them know they were okay. Then we simply watched the news unfold throughout the day. Students were glued to the television screen. I could not help but remember being a college student and seeing the space shuttle explode as I was leaving the dorm headed to an afternoon class. Once again I sit and wonder what is the world coming to. 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 story25.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 could tell by the sound of her voice that something was wrong. My mom left me two messages (from New York) while I was in the shower. It was my cousin who reached me first and asked if I was watching TV. Hearing the concern in her voice I know it had to do with my brother and the Trade Center. I will never forget my hysteria and fear I had when I saw what happened. I was there in 93, I knew what he was going through. Calls flooded my home, my dad came to my house to be with me. We ran out for cigarettes, a moment in church, and then we were back watching the rest of the chaos unfold. The first tower came down and my dad screemed. I couldn't watch and I couldn't remember which one was 2 WTC. Then the second tower came down. I knew he couldn't have had enough time from 69th floor. We both screamed, cried, panicked. I threw the phone across the room, punched 2 holes in my wall, curled up in a ball on the floor and cried hyserically. I called my other family members home. We were preparing for the worst and 3 hours later, we found out he had made it out in time. Enought time to run up to Bleekcer Street before the first tower fell. We spoke at 6pm and I cried my eyes out afterwards because it was what he didn't say that made me knew he witnessed so much. Roy and I stayed up till 2:30 watching it over and over again from bed, probably still in shock. In the days following, I found out I lost a former co-worker and high school aquaintance. I almost lost my brother. I've changed some in ways I cannot explain. I used to love to fly and did often. I won't now. I don't want to anymore. 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 story1253.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: At the time I Lived in Orlando Florida. It was a week before 09/11 and I was debating weather to go see my brother in NJ. He was very ill and had a leg amputated. I was never afraid to fly and I don't think that was the case. I had a feeling something terrible was going to happen. I knew I had to go see my brother but I did not know how I was going to do it. I was very scared and I mentioned it to my husband Frank who assured me nothing was going to happen to me. On Sunday September 9th., late that night I purchased my plane ticket through Spirit Ailines to leave Monday morning. I always sit on the side of the plane where you can see the city, It is a beautiful sight coming in. I remember searching for my camera and not finding it in my bag as I flew past the World Trade Center. I could not believe the beauty of it all. A tear rolled down my face. You see I had not flown into New york in Years we always drove so I had not seen the City from the air in years. The Next morning September 11 awoke by my husband around 7:05am ( he was on night shift Working in Orlando). Got out of bed and proceeded to get ready to go see my brother in NJ I was staying with my sister in Brooklyn. My sister josie could not move fast enough that moring she was very slow. We were suppose to be in NJ around 9:30 that morning to pick up my grandaughter Kia at the path train in Union Square leaving from the World Trade Center. It was aroung 8:30 and Josie still was not ready. I put the Television and watched it for a little while when the news came on to annouce a plane had hit the world trade center. I mentioned to Josie that we could not take the path train from the WTC since there was fire and a plane had hit one of the towers we would need to go to 34th st. when a second plane struck the 2nd tower. At that moment I knew it was a terroist attack on the USA. I called my husband who was already in bed and I woke him to inform him of the tragedy he was in disbliefe. I must have called everyone I knew in orlando. I panicked. I knew I was not going home anytime soon. I tried car rentals, Amtrack and Grey Hound everything was booked. I could not get out of the city I had loved so much all these years. For the next hour or so we stood on a foot bidge off of Liuquer Ave in Broolyn watching the Twin Towers burn and fall to the ground. I cried like I had lost a perosnal friend. I grew up in the Alfred Smith Projects and saw the WTC go up and I saw them come down. I did get to see my brother the following day we took the train on 34th. St. His bedroom window faced the WTC and he watched all. I could not get out ot the city until Saturday September 15th. Spirit Airlines had a flight leaving that morning. I had never seen Laguardia Airport so empty. I have to say I have never been so ashame of myself in my life. There was a family of what looked to be of the middle east and it scared me to death. I had window seat 9 on the right side of the plane and all I could think of was "dear lord please do not let me sit next to them" and sure enough the husband and his son were seated in the two seats next to mine. I asked the flight attendent if I could switch seats and he said it would be ok, there was plenty of empty seats. The husband ask me if there was a problem and I lied and told him no I am afraid to sit in the front of the plane. As soon as I was able to I switched seats. After I had to ask god for forgivness. I was never so ashamed of my self. My life has changed since that terrible day in September. I appriciate my family now more then ever. I have moved to NY so I can be closer to my Family. Alot has happened to my and my family since Septembe 11th. In October husbands grandfather passed away then the following monday his brother also passed away. My brother passed away the following January of an infection. I still morn the saddeness that has affected this whole nation. May God bless us all. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story7850.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: 24th Sunday (Year C) September 16, 2001 In Remembrance of September 11, 2001 Homily by Fr. Brian Cavanaugh, TOR © September 15, 2001 Readings: Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14 Luke 15: 11-32 This sure has been some week! Where does one begin? Thomas Paine wrote in The American Crisis, no.1 (December 23, 1776), These are the times that try mens souls. Well, this past week has been trying times for all Americans. Today, there are no hyphenated Americans--not Irish-Americans, not Italian-Americans, not African-Americans, or others…There are just Americans who have been assaulted by the horrors and hatred unleashed by forces of evil. Even on the news there was a weeping Frenchwoman who said, Today, we are all Americans. Know well! These were not acts by Arabs, or Muslims, or any true followers of the Koran. They were acts by fanatics filled with so much hatred that their hearts were blackened to evil. In many ways they are just like the KKK or skinheads whom are not righteous Christians, but forces of hate. The root of the word terror, or terrorism, comes from the Indo-European base tre (shake or tremble) and means to shake with fear. It does well to understand that the aim of terror is to break your spirit, to cause you fear, to fall into despair and darkness. However, we have a God, the Rock of Ages, who is the God of mercy, the God of hope and the God of light. So let us walk in the light, steadfast in faith! This past week my feelings have been like a yo-yo--shock, horror, sorrow, sadness, fear, anger, helplessness, compassion, frustration, concern--as Im sure yours were too. There was an intensity of emotions colliding with the depth of our feelings, overwhelmed by the magnitude of these tragic events. However we cannot act simply on our feelings. In recent days there has been one word that is often used in speeches, prayers and sermons, and that word is--RESOLVE! For those who know me, that means a trip to the dictionary to make sure I understand the terms used. In the Random House Dictionary the definition of resolve is as follows: . . . to come to a definite or earnest decision about; to determine…to progress from dissonance to consonance.…to make up ones mind, dedicate oneself to, decide,…fixed intention, commitment, purpose…steadfast purpose, firmness of intent. There is no doubt about it, emotions are running high. There is a desire to hit back--to hurt someone, something--but we must have greater resolve, in our faith and as a citizen. By far, this has been the most difficult sermon I have had to prepare. So much needs to be said, but where are the proper words? What can be said at a moment like this in history? What words adequately can convey the horror and shock we feel at this catastrophic evil? These are difficult times with no quick and easy answers, just--Why?…Why?…Why? One feels so unbelievably inadequate in times like this, and then there are these readings on repentance and the Prodigal Son parable (Lk. 15:11-32). Where to begin? Across the nation, church services were overflowing during the week. And churches are packed this weekend as people try to make sense of this tragedy, come to grips with the terror brought into their homes. People of all faiths are joining together to lift up their hearts, their spirits and their voices. Many prodigal sons and daughters have turned to God during this time. In an instant, priorities were changed and values converted. Time will tell if these outpourings of faith are a resolve to turn around their lives, or transitory seeking of comfort and solace. September 11, 2001--a day that will be remembered always. For out of the very worst man was capable of, the very best has been brought forth--through the heroic efforts by firefighters, police and rescue personnel; through the thousands of caring and compassionate volunteers who stepped forward in this time of crisis. Max Lucado wrote, We are not as self-centered as we were. We are not as self-reliant as we were. Yes, hearts are pierced, heads are bowed, knees are bent, but united we stand! A glimmer of hope continues to shine through the clouds of darkness and terror. We read from Psalm 27: The Lord is my light and my salvation--whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life--of whom shall I be afraid?…When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, when my enemies and my foes attack me, they will stumble and fall. Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then will I be confident.…Hear my voice when I call, O Lord; be merciful to me and answer me. My heart says of you, Seek his face! Your face, Lord, I will seek.… Teach me your way, O Lord; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.…I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. And, we see in New York harbor, Lady Libertys torch brightly beaconing hope amid these darkest hours of terror. If we hold to the Lord as our light and our salvation there is no darkness so dark that can dim even the tiniest flicker of faith, hope and freedom. Again, we read in St. Pauls Letter to the Ephesians (5:8-9) …now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light, for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth. Rev. Billy Graham, speaking last Friday at the National Cathedrals prayer service, reminded us that we need to be moved more by compassion for one another rather than contempt of our enemies. Evil cannot be faced with rampant, unbridled hatred; for then we become that which we most deplore--our hearts too can be turned to a similar blackness of hatred. In the days ahead, we should not be interested in revenge, but be interested more in mobilizing people to channel their energies to serve a greater good. It is important that each of us examines our heart in response to God saying to Moses: They have turned aside from the way I pointed out to them…(Ex. 32:7-11, 13-14). The Gospel Imperative is Now! Now is the time…Today not tomorrow. This is the day each of us must be prepared, to repent of our ways and return to the ways of the Lord. So what can we do? How do we respond? How do we focus, or channel, our pent-up feelings and emotions to do something? I propose, that each one of us resolves in a greater way seeking to walk in the light of the Lord, and not crawl in the pits of despair; that each one of us resolves to be a man or woman of compassion, and not of contempt; that each one of us pray with great expectancy, and with firm resolve that this day, and every day, that we become instruments of Christs peace. Please join me in praying The Peace Prayer, attributed to the teachings of St. Francis of Assisi: Today, Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light, and Where there is sadness, joy. O, Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and It is in dying that we are born to eternal life. In closing, we pray: National Prayer (adapted from www.mamarocks.com) Lord, we come to You on bended knee, heads bowed and our hearts filled to overflowing with so much grief for the many people who have died, for those injured and for the families waiting for word of the missing, any word. We ask you Lord, to give courage and strength to those who so bravely go to their aid. And though their hearts will be heavy and filled with sorrow we ask Lord that You give them the endurance needed to help them through this difficult task. Please give us the strength Lord, to get through each difficult and devastating day that faces each of us and our country. Protect and guide our Military that are now being called to duty. We ask Lord, that You guide the leaders of our great country in their hour of decision. The burden that has been placed on their shoulders during this crisis is overwhelming. We ask that with Your infinite wisdom You guide them gently to the right decisions. And lastly Lord, we ask that You allow us all to come together as a Nation, to stand tall and united, so that we might help each other in our hour of need. Amen. 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 story21282.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 in the Air Force since Jan 2001. I was in Tech School at Sheppard AFB in Wichta Falls TX, learning how to be a crew chief of the F-16 Fighting Falcon. I had graduated tech school in July 2001 and was waiting for orders. Mean-while I was persuing my education at MSU. When I arrived at MSU at 0800hrs I noticed that the flag was Flying high above the school. I went to class and started my tests. A series of five. After the first two tests we had a break. So I went outside for some fresh air. When I did I had notice that the flag was now at half-staff. I knew immidiatley something was wrong, so I wen't to my car and turned on the radio. It was all aver the news... every station... That one of the twin towers have been hit by an aircraft. Moments latter they were describing as they were watching, the second tower had been attacked. I was at a loss. We had to finish the tests, and needless to say it was hard to concentrate after that. When they testing was finished, I h! ad recieved a call telling me to report back to duty asap. On the way back I stoped to chek on my family, and let them know that it might be a while befor I got back home again. When i had got back to base, we were on Threat-Con Delta. When I finnaly got back on base after the inspection of my vehicle I was amazed at the silence. Every day while i was there thier were jets flying and studen't walking everywhere. But when I got there, All jets were grounded and no one could be found.Everyone was in there dorms as a required security measure. Even the birds had stoped chirping. All the roads on base was baracaded, and all I could think about was revenge. Since that day I have had the opertunity to serve my country in the war on terrorism. When I arrived at my permanent duty station, my unit was one of the first units deployed to Afganistan to Defend our Great Nation. My feelings of Sept 11, 2001 run deep, and will fight til the end to keep this Great Nation of ours safe for our generations to come. God Bless Americe! 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 story5941.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was a beautiful September day. I left for work at 8:25 am like always. This departure time would force me to be fashionably late but this was nothing new either. My mornings were always routine and I certainly wouldn?t want to throw someone else off in his or her day by my being on time. Shortly after starting my computer and opening my email program, I received a ?Breaking News? email. The email stated that a small plane had hit the World Trade Center. My first thoughts were, ?What an idiot, he must have flown too close.? I then felt guilty as I realized that the pilot might have suffered a heart attack or something. I opened MSNBC?s web site and saw an early picture of what was happening there. What a large whole for a small plane. I shrugged and made a mental note to follow the story when I got home. I then quickly settled into my work. A short while later, a co-worker entered the room and asked if anyone saw that two planes had hit the WTC. I corrected him by saying I had read the article and it was only one plane. He said, ?No, there has been another one. They think they are hijacked commercial jets.? My stomach sank, my jaw dropped and I felt myself go numb. As the realization of terrorism washed over me, I frantically tried to get into MSNBC?s web page and couldn?t. My God, this was it. It was really happening. I called my husband and he was watching on a TV someone had wheeled into his lab. He kept asking me if I was ok, as it was obvious I was in distress. After we hung up my baby sister called in tears. She told me the Pentagon had been hit. I started to panic. Our country was under attack! Suddenly, I felt completely vulnerable in a four-story building. I remember turning without thought to look out the window. ?Could there be a plane coming to destroy my office building?? I thought. Next, she told me that people were jumping to their death. She screamed as the first building crumbled. In shock, I looked around. My co-workers were working like there was nothing going on. I wanted to run. I needed to find my girls and make sure they were ok. However, no one else was leaving. My manager returned to his morning meeting and life was going on, as usual. How strange was that? Were they all oblivious? I walked to the ladies room as I began to hyperventilate. At the window, I gazed up at the sky and said a prayer for all of those in the midst of this chaos. My mind swirled as I tried to make sense of something that would never make any sense to me. How could anyone do such a thing? As I cried there alone in that window, I knew our lives were changed forever. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story9877.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 September 11,2001 I was in my 6th grade art class, I do not remember what exactly I was doing but I remember that the principal made an announcment on the speaker and imformed the school about the attack. It was about 11 or so when the whole school was aware of what had happened. When I got home, my sister had told me that my father was working in the Pentagon at the time of the attack. I was extremly worried but then we later found out that he was in the basement on the other side of the building. I was relieved and I wasn't concerned about my mother because I knew she does not work any where near the Pentagon. September 11 is a day that no one will never be able to 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 story20848.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 was only in the 4th grade at the times of the attacks. I remember it was during lunch time. A lot of the parents were walking in and out of the cafeteria and picking up kids. So i finally got up and asked why? And a teacher told me there had been an attck on the world trade center. I didn't even know what it was. I got home and my mom was really upset... When my step dad got home we went to go and get some food. And trying to get off base wasn't really that hard.. But when we tried to get back on it was crazy.. Every single gate but two were closed... He explained everything to me and after that I felt so disgusted with the fact that someone hated America sooo much to do something so bad like this... I mean these were innocent people... They never did anything so terrible to deserve a death like that... And now because of that soldiers are going over to Iraq and fightring for there lives.. But I am proud to say that my brother will be going over there in November.. 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 story11760.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 got up to go to work and walked about of my building at just about 9 AM. As I walked down the street, I heard two men talking. One said, "I can understand one plane, but two?" I had no idea what they were talking about. I stopped in at the local deli to pick up something, and a slightly disheveled man listening to the radio on his walkman looked at me and said, "I can't believe it." He said, "Two planes just crashed into the World Trade Center." Disbelieving, I ran into work (across the street) and asked a friend if she had heard anything about a plane crash. She said yes. I ran home and turned on the tv and there it was. After about 30 minutes, I went back to work. Everyone was in shock. I spent the morning emailing and calling friends to see if they were ok, and dashing home from time to time to watch TV. Our internet connection and phone lines were spotty. The buildings came down, and then about an hour later we all went home. I spent the rest of the day watching the news and calling/emailing people, trying to see who was ok. If you looked down my street (1st Ave), you could see the smoke, which was about 6 miles south. That night, and for the next week or so, it smelled like burning plastic outside. 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 story46.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had to see my attorneys on Broadway in NYC that morning,only a short distance away from the world Trade center.I would have been in the city at about 8:00 am. I decided on the last moment to cancel and see my orthopedic surgeon instead. As I waited to be picked up my neice yelled out,"Aunty G look at the tv, a plane just crashed into the World Trade Center. I was stunned, I ran to the tv and saw the building ablaze, heard the reporting and asked how could this be? what is that airplane doing flying in the no fly zone? My question was to be answered immediately. As we looked at the tv, another plane zoomed right into the WTC. I did not know that it was a terrorist attack, but I was certain that that was no normal accident and I told my family this. I said " God this is World War 111. I was in shock.I had family and relatives on flights and working in the vicinity of the WTC, I was scared stiff.My own children was to have flown on that day and I deciced to leave their flight on the original date. I was grateful that I had decided to cancel my appointment in the city. My heart goes out to the thousands of innocent victims, their families, children who lost parents, parents who lost children, lost businesses, investments and livelihoods.To the many brave servicemen and women, volunteers and all those who selflessly gave of themselves, their time and resources, I say thank you and god bless. to the then Mayor Mr.Guiliani, Govenor Pataki, Senators Schumer and Clinton for being there for those who were so tremendously affected by this chilling event. To our special heroes, a very special thank you. to the various , reporting staffs thank you. New Yorkers and others we MUST STAY STRONG!We MUST STAY FOCUS! We MUST STAY FREE!We MUST CONQUER!!! 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 story3623.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 in drivers ed when I heard the bad news about the World Trade Center Towers falling. I was pretty devastated at the fact that two monumental towers had collapsed. So I got to class and I waited for some more information on the terroist attack. When suddenly more news came that the Pentagon had been hit by a highjacked plane also. So after everything I went home and watch eveything on tv. 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 story2373.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. 208.31.154.100 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11, 2000, it was a normal day in school until I had to go to woods class, the teacher had the T.V turned on. All I saw was two big buildings and a airplane flying towards them. Right away I ask my teacher what those tall buildings were. He told me what had happened. I was in shock. I didnt know what to say. My whole school was talking about it. When I got home I turned on my T.V and found out a lot more than I had heard in school. When I started getting into it, the first thing that came to my mind was war. I didnt know that people had died and that they hijacked the planes. I can remember visiting my dad in North Carolina, and as we drove there on the highway, we always had the perfect view of the World Trade centers. The next day I found out that the flight number of the plane that crashed into the centers was the same plane that I took to California eight weeks before this tragedy occured. After September 11, 2000, people had writing on their cars saying "we'll miss u," to express their patriotism. Since September 11, things have changed a lot. People are very scared to fly planes. There is twice as much security now, than there was before September 11. The patriotism is very high now too. People have lost their lives, and a war has begun. My life has changed a little bit because I know people whose family members dies that day. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story8560.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-10-22 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.60.58.139 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Sitting in front of the television at work, this was a day everyone in the world would never forget. My heart sank to the ground. Feeling so useless, with a feeling of wanting to be in New York to help with this tradgedy. There are no words that could not describe the feeling I had. Watching the planes plunge into the towers, and watching people actually falling from the top floors to the bottom. This was a scene of undiscribable horror. How can anyone do such a thing. They took so many lives of innocent people. 9/11 will always be a day to remember. A year later we stand tall, and very proud of our country. To those who lost their love ones on that day, and to those who risked their lives to save humanity I dedicate a special prayer to them. I think we are all considered heros in one way or another. We all stand tall in unity, and we lend a helping hand to our fellow man. May God Bless The USA. 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 story6259.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.188.6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My family and I were living in Israel for two years while my husband participated in a fellowship there. On September 11th, I was 8 1/2 months pregnant with my third child. I had gone to pick up my other 2 children from school (Israel is 7 hours ahead of the east coast of the US) as normal. We were in the car driving another child and our friend, her father home when my cell phone rang. My friend picked the phone and told me with total disbelief in his voice that it was my cousin from Tel Aviv calling to tell us that a plane had flown into the World Trade Center. We rushed home, I put the kids in front of a video because I didn't want them to see the news, and I went into the bedroom to watch CNN. All I kept thinking was "Now I understand how all our family and friends in America feel every time there is a terrorist attack in Israel." I was in a total panic about friends and family who worked near ground zero, and of course we could not reach anyone because all the international phone lines were jammed with callers. I thought for sure I would go into labor early (thankfully I didn't). Nothing felt safe anymore. It felt like the world was coming to an end. 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 story4163.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 morning of Septemeber 11 my dad woke me up to watch the news and i was shocked by what happend and i saw live the hit of the second Plane. We both (me and my father) thought that is was some kinda of movie or something like a joke in the news but we realised after a while it was true and we felt deeply wiht the one that lost there lifes. The sad part on it was that the next day i found out that one of my friends at college got attacked and got into a fight because he is from Afghanistan, and even worser is that an old man told me to leave this country since i am one of them. Which made me sad because like him i am breathing the same Air, like him I am seing the same stars and like him i am living on the same mother earth like him. So i saw that he will not change his mind about me and i told him that he was right and walked away but i knew at least that i was the one who will win becasue i was smarter and walked away. 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 story6992.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 I was getting ready for work, I was listening to the morning news. I was horrified when I saw the first tower on fire. But then as I watched, the second plane hit and then the horrific destruction of both towers. I cried all the way to work and most of the day, as did most of the people I worked with. I am still so sad for the lives that were ruined that day. In a flash, our world rocked and it was changed forever. God bless America, and please guide the leaders of this wonderful country as they make the choices that must be made to keep this country safe and free. 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Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.38 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 would be hard for any American to forget where they were that day or what they were doing when they heard the news that two planes had just crashed into the World Trade Center. I remember it clearly because I had just lined 16 little children up to go to lunch. We were walking down the hall in our neat line trying to remember the rules after being in school only a week. Another teacher stopped me and asked me if I heard the news. "What news?" I politely asked as 16 first graders waited for their teacher to continue on down the hall. "The World Trade Center just exploded." She said through teary, confused eyes. "What happened???" I asked with some alarm, "How did it explode?" She dabbed a tissue at her eyes and replied "I really don't know right now, but I'm going to go find out. I have family there." I thought of my cousin that lived in New York, and tried not to show any fear as I lead the class down the hall. By the time I got to the lunchroom, I had silent tears leaking down my face because I knew that what I had heard was only the tip of the iceberg. When I went back to my room, I was glad that the television set that had so recently been wired worked. I gathered all the facts as quickly as I could while another teacher came in and stood beside me. We just stared blankly and I thought about my daughter who had turned 5 months old on this date. When I learned that another attack had taken place on the Pentagon, I rushed to call my Mom. You see, my Aunt and Uncle both work in D.C., and my other cousin goes to school there (these are the parents to my cousin that lives in New York). When I spoke to my Mom, it was hard to keep the worry out of my voice when I asked what in the world was happening. I asked if it was a mistake, was everyone in our family okay? She said she had just gotten off the phone with my Uncle and they were fine, but now my Aunt was stuck in D.C. traffic and she called my cousin and told her not to leave the apartment in New York. I had one more call to make. My husband at Langley Air Force Base. He was fine, but they were on a threat status now and I really couldn't talk to him long. By that time I realized I hadn't eaten anything, and it was time to go pick up the children (what I really wanted to do was to go home and pick up my own child from daycare and hold on to her as tight as I could). How could I compose myself after this and go on teaching for the rest of the day? What was I going to say to the class? Should I say anything? As an adult, I had a hundred questions. How was I going to answer theirs? I decided to tell them what had happened as soon as we got back to class. It was so hard to look at all of their little faces and explain what terrorism is, but I knew that I was doing the right thing by being as staight forward with the news as I could on their level. It is never easy being a teacher, but on that day I felt like somehow the innocence was ripped from my classroom, and I knew that nothing I could say or do would ever make it right again. However, I was sure going to try. The next day, as the children marched into my classroom, America the Beautiful could be heard coming from my room. 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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