275 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 work in a large chain grocery/retail store. On the morning of September 11th an employee of mine told me that something was very wrong. My employee is Indian. He told me that a customer to whom he was serving breakfast to had told him of a severe plane accident: it has crashed into the Twin Towers of New York. In my hurry to get my parts of the store ready for business I tried to re-assure my fellow associate. "You know how people like to interpret the news. . . it's one customer, I am sure everything is alright. Don't worry." That's the bit of management advice I gave to him. The next 15 minutes were those of horror and astonishment. Within 5 minutes he informed me that his family member had called and something was very much wrong. Business seemed the same as usual; nothing out of the ordinary. So out of respect for my associate I proceeded to our Employee lunchroom where a television is set up. To my horror and disbelief; there - live was the destruction of lives, buildings, memories, futures. I was riveted. Felt like I was watching a movie; this could not be realistic. Everyone in the room watched in disbelief. No one could believe what we were seeing first-hand, brought to us live - through airwaves. I watched for 15 minutes and realized that I needed to prepare for my day in a way I had been brought up to believe would never happen here: in America. As I walked back to my department I had no words to tell my fellow associates. I could only do their jobs for them and allow them to see for themselves what was unfolding - live - as all of us prepared for a day we would never forget. I believe all any of us wanted was to run home, find our loved ones, draw them close and feel safe. Every single associate at our store was extremely upset; but felt we could help others by providing material things that they felt they might need. Alot of us also provided emotional support to our customers. We all bonded much more closer that day and have since then. We all were scared and yet in disbelief. Some of us still are. Some went about their jobs with a new zeal for life, love and the absolute persuit of homeland. Those feelings are still strong in our personal and professional lives today. We all have learned a lesson. Take nothing for granted, appreciate what you have on all levels of life, and compassion heals. Peace is not a dream; it is a right of every human being. We all need to do our part. 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 story4874.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. 64.12.96.8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I left my home town of 5,000 people and arrived on Sunday, Sept. 9th. Monday I attended the Conference 30 blocks from Ground Zero. Just the usual goings on that day and had made arrangements to attend the Yankees vs. the Soxs on tues. The conference started tues. as it had on monday, but at approximately 845am, we had received word from the Mayor's Office and since we were all Physicians, Bus's were mobilized to take us, 250 Doctors to help out. The first bus took many to various Manhatan City Hospitals, the next bus went to Chelsea Pier Warehouse to set up a Triage center. I was on the last bus with 6 other Surgeons, and headed to Ground Zero, as we arrived there was panic since there was a call for a "gas leak" and we lost the rest of our help. My friend and I "Dan" wre the fist Doctors to arrive and we helped victims to safety and set up shop at Manhatan City College Gym. I have since been called a "hero" and have spoken at many engagements, I will never forget that moment in my life. I am proud to be an 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 story3566.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.69.151.180 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 listening to a cd, stuck in traffic, when I saw some cars turning around. "Odd" I thought. I decided to tune into the radio thinking that I would hear some information regarding traffic. I heard that the first tower was hit, little speculation that it might have been an accident, then the second tower was hit. I arrived at GMU, sat in my car to hear as much news as I could before class. As, I walked to class, I tried to register all that I heard. But the impact of what happened didn't register until I saw the images on the tv screen later that day. I sat and watched the events unfold. I made sure all my family members, friends, friends' parents were ok. All I really wanted to do that entire week was to be engulfed by the tv news. 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 story4309.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. 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: All I can say it damaged my life and I am afraid I will never recover. Seeing so many people lose their lives has cut so deeply into my heart. I felt my world was comming to an end and if it wasn't for my best friend Louie Gomez it might have. We were 5 blocks away when tower one collapsed. Louie had his motorcycle parked at the south street seaport. We somehow made our way there and escaped death. 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 story20641.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2006-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.195.158.193 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 18, and in my first year of college. I woke up that morning to get ready for class and flipped on the television. I must have tuned in right before the first plane struck, as Jerry Springer was replaced with a smoking building about ten minutes or so into the show. At first, the reporters seemed vauge and confused. They speculated about a plane that went "off track". I sat there wondering how in the hell a plane could go so "off track" it ended up inside the World Trade Center. Moments later, the second plane struck. And then, the Pentagon. I watched as the buildings smoked. The reporters voices seemed more urgent, more panicked. Sirens punctuated the pauses in the reporters commentary. When the first tower came down, I began to weep uncontrollably. All I could think of was how many people were still in that smoke-filled building trying to get out. The original estimates of the dead were mind boggeling. A bomb threat got called into my school, so classes were canceled. Leave it to some bored college student to take advantage of such a chaotic day. It seemed like everyone was out driving, most likely to pick up their kids or to return home to their families. The roadways were packed...I looked into the car next to me and an older couple was silently sobbing behind their thinly tinted windows. To the other side of me, a young man was crying into his hands. I think I realized that day my adult life was going to be changed forever by this one day in history. And now, four years later, I remember the emotions of that day and still have faith in our President's efforts to combat terrorism. 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 story11750.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: Following is the email I sent to my family and friends around the world on September 30th, which expalins how I faced the 9/11. To all my loving family & friends, I know you have already heard and seen what has happened on September 11th in NY. I thank you each and every one of you for your concern and loving thoughts of us since that unforgettable, unthinkable tragedy. I was very unfortunate to witness it, but lucky to be still alive and able to write this letter to you. After all I thought I owe you let you know my story with details. Thank you very much again to all of you. I'll send all of you this email at once and try to send each one a separate email as and when time allows. Usually I take 8 AM ferry from Staten Island to Manhattan which reach there by 8.30AM. Most of the time I walk to office from ferry terminal during summer. If I walk from the ferry terminal in Manhattan to my office (48th floor 1 WTC, north tower) it takes about 10-15 minutes. If I take subway it takes only 5-7 minutes. So I always reach office between 8.45 to 9.00 am. It was September 11th=911 (we dial 911 when there is an emergency) Tuesday. As usual I reached Manhattan by 8.30. First I thought to take subway to reach office earlier that day since I didn't go to work on previous day. I had a second thought and walked to office since it was a sunny day. I reached the ground floor lobby by 8.46AM. I was waiting for an elevator to go to 48th floor. All of sudden I heard a big sound which came from opposite corner of where I was waiting. My first thought it was an elevator crash. Within seconds came a huge force of smoke & dust with a severe heat. It came with a such a force. I came to know later that one of my coworkers who also was waiting for elevator thrown few yards away by that force. I was running towards a Citibank (in the lobby of WTC) passing some counters in the lobby. I remember kneeling by the counters while running. That must have helped me from throwing away by that force. I waited in the citibank for few minutes with few others. I was trying to call from Dhammika from there which was no success since telephone lines were jammed. Still I had no clue exactly what had happened. I thought it was a bomb. I was covered with dust and ashes. Some body's coffee was all over my cloths. Later I realized that my hair and ear got burned with that heat came down. That was 1st attack on 1 WTC. Then I came out of 1 WTC. I saw glasses were broken on ground floor. Those were few inches thick. I can't believe how it happened since the attack was on above 80th floor. I saw a guy lying on the ground who had burned all over. He was waiting for an ambulance. He must have been on the opposite side of where I was standing. Because there was no time for anyone to come down from upper floors. I was lucky I was waiting for the elevator on the other end. I was lucky I walked to office that day. Other wise I would have come earlier. I was luckiy I didn't get an elevator sooner. Who knows? I could have stucked in an elevelor If I was on one. I walked about few yards (on west side highway) towards the ferry. Mean time I saw 1 WTC top floor are on fire. People were just watching. Then I heard a huge noise of an airplane. It was like right above on my head. I didn't have time to lift my head to see it. That was the 2nd plane attack on 2 WTC. People realized then that this is not an accident and it is an attack. Most of them started to run. Still I remember some were looking at the burning buildings. However I didn't wait. I was trying to call Dhammika from every pay phone near by. I tried with several cell phones form strangers. But I couldn't. Finally I came to ferry terminal and was able to call dhammika. It was around 9.15AM. Dhammika has gone to drop Sachi to school. I left a message at our answering machine. WTC can be seen various parts of NY. Dhammika has seen WTC burning from Sachi's school. Some people have seen the 2nd attack from there too. She knows that I am at office by then. However she had managed to come home. She has forgotten to take baby from car. She had tried to call my office. Obviously she couldn't. Then she tried to call a friend (Tanya) who works in down town and had a cell phone. But she couldn't get her either. Still she hasn't checked the messages. Finally she noticed and played the messages. 1st 2 were from friends calling and asking Dhammika to contact me. They were afraid to give all the details. The 3rd was my message. So she was relived. Later I called again and was able to talk to her. I was going to take 10 AM ferry to Staten Island and Dhammika was going to pick me up from ferry. While I was waiting to ferry 2 WTC collapsed. Everyone was in a shock. Some were crying. I don't think anyone ever thought that WTC would collapse like that. It was a chaos in the ferry. All were taking out life jackets and ready for some disaster. I was like numbed. I saw some were crying and shaking with fear. Once ferry moved few yards on the river I saw the 1 WTC collapsing. It was such a sad scene. I don't have proper words to explain my feelings. I was thinking about the people who I am working with. I have been working in that building for last 5 years. Then whole down town area started to cover with smoke and dust. I saw people vanished in the thick smoke who were on the land. At the same time ferry also covered with smoke and dust. It started to clear once ferry rode away from Manhattan. Finally I came to Staten Island. There were no buses running from ferry terminal in SI. No cars were allowed come to terminal either. However Dhammika had come to the terminal been waiting for me. I had taken a wrong exit and didn't see her. I think I was in a shock and didn't know that I took a wrong exit. I thought Dhammika couldn't come and walked all the way (about 1-2 miles) to home. Dhammika was really worried thinking that I may have gone back to see the burning building since she didn't see me came by that ferry. Finally when she came home I was waiting outside. Then only she calmed down. Since then we were getting phone calls from so many people. It rang nonstop for few days. Most of them had to try for a long time to get the connection. I was really touched by everyone's concern. It's a nice feeling to know that other people really care about you. I thank again each and every one of you for your concern. Now I have recovered from the shock. But the sad feeling won't go away easily. Our office started in a temporary location in New Jersey. I never knew that it would be such a happy moment see my coworkers on the first day when we met each other at office. All were hugging each other. Luckily no one from my bank were missing or dead. Some were injured. But nothing major. Sadly a lot of people were missing at the other bank, (Fuji) with our bank merged. Still I take ferry everyday to go to work. Everyday I see down town Manhattan from Ferry. It used to be a beautiful scene from ferry. Specially in the night. Now without the two giants buildings it seems so empty. I still can't beleive how can a human being be so crual and hate another human being and create such a tradegy. I hope and pray who ever leads or participates in such acts to realize that no one would ever win any thing by hate or war. It became a long letter. Let's all of us pray for peace and never ever to come accross such a disater. There are about 7000 lives lost without any reason. I could have easily been among them. Take care. With love. Vipula/aiya/malli/putha 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 story1150.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 206.100.103.66 Annotation Annotations to this item. Economic effects Premonitions/Coincidence/Fate Struggle to get home Victims WTC, attack NY:1 Sep 22-Sep 30, 2001 Feature Notes Notes about this item. Move to emails 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 was an over-the-road truck driver at the time, and I was 2 months pregnant with our first son. We were in an underground cave, waiting to be loaded and to head out west for my birthday. Since we were not allowed to turn on the radio we had to depend on the cb for everything. All of a sudden a man's voice crackles over the cb, "hey guys, you have to hear this"....and then he broadcasts the local radio station over the cb, another man's voice full of shock and disbelief "there has been a horrible accident, a plane just flew into the first world trade center" and as he continues his story, he cries out, "my God, another plane has just slammed into the side of the other trade center!" My husband and I were both filled with disbelief and shock. What was going on? About 30 minutes later we left the cave and headed for the nearest truck stop, scanning through the different radio stations trying to figure out what was going on. Walking into the truck stop it had an earie feeling to it, nobody was talking, everyone was gathered around all the available tv's and the truck stop had the local radio station broadcasting over their speakers. I know my husband and I were so thankful that we were safe, we had just gotten out of New York on September the 10th and had driven through Pennsylvania earlier that morning. We later ran into another truck driver that was shocked, he had just delivered new furniture to the WTC the day before. American flags started showing up anywhere and everywhere a truck driver could attach one. Im so thankful that I and my family are ok, though Im still scared to fly. And I think of September 11th every time I hear an airplane. 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 story5635.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I remember the day as if it was yesterday. A coworker claimed that there had been an accident at the WTC and a plane had hit the building. I didn't believe him. Little did I suspect the chaos and terror that would surface in the next few hours and next few days. My only thoughts were in making sure that my family ws safe and letting them know that I was. On my way home, I could see the cloud where the buildings had been and could here sirens from all over. As I approached my apartmen (then located in Newark, NJ), every single street corner had police officers stationed on them. Most of the emergency equipment from NJ passed through Newark that day. In the days following the terror attacks, it seemed as though people were a little more sympathetic to each other. I hope that this is one thing we can take away from this tragedy. I also hope that we all learn to be grateful for what we have for as long as we are here. God bless the victims and their families and GOD BLESS AMERICA! They will not beat us! 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 story4122.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. 205.142.149.20 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: Hello, My name is Tina. When the attacks on 9-11 occurred, I was asleep until my husband came home and woke me up to tell me what was happening. My husband is in the military and we live a military arsenal base. It is a very secured area. I was horrified when I saw the accounts on the news. I just couldn't believe what my eyes were telling me. Then the panic started to hit. I was so afraid that the arsenal would be hit next. There are a lot of military "stuff" out here. Things that could hurt a lot of people. My family had started to call us to see if we were alright. My Mother and Step-Father decided to come from Oklahoma to get us. We have a baby who was just 6 months old at the time and my family was petrified. So we packed some things in a haste and left the arsenal. Leaving the arsenal was a feat in itself. Every car and every person was searched. They put us on total "lock down". Well, we finally met my family at a site in between our two homes. I stayed with my family for 2 weeks. My husband stayed home because being military, he had to be on base in order to defend it if necessary. I pray every day that nothing like that ever happens to our country again. One thing for sure that stands out now is that our country has truely become "ONE UNITED 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/. Title A name given to the resource story8164.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. 2002-09-27 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.12.96.8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Last year on 9/11, it was my birthday and the second day on a new job. I now live in Florida but I was born in New York and worked down town Manhattan until I moved here. I just cannot imagine not seeing those towers any longer. I used to walk from John & William St every day up to the Trade Center to get the train although I could take the train from my building. I did it even in snow. I loved those buildings and even today a year later try to picture the area without those buildings. The news media just do not do justice compared to seeing it in person. I had friends that worked there but they were safe. I cried most of the night because this happen on my birthday and all those people that lost their lives on that day. (my day) Today was a lot better than last year although I did have a crying spell in the morning while listening to people on the radio. I just want to take this time to say to all those families. I know how you feel. I and just about everyone have lost love ones some time or another. Just leave it Gods hands and ask him to take you through each day without that void. Let him be that void. 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 story4314.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. 129.174.27.149 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 11th , I arrived at school at school late . I can remmber going in to my math class . My friend Anna didnt seem her herslef so I asked her what was wrong. She began to tell me about the planes crashing into the Twin towers . I didnt really understand what was going on , but through out the day I learned more . When I got home from school that day. I turned on the T.V and saw what was really happeing , I still didnt believe something like this had happend . It seemed so unreal . Later that night It began to hit me . I realized how big this was , and how many people died . it was sad to think about the people that lost theris family and friends since september 11th my life has change alot . I realized how much my friends and family ment to me .I now vaule things i never use to .It also made me spend more time with my family beacause some day you could just wake up and not have them any more I try not to fight with them any more . because like i said they are not always going to be around .People should learn from this tragedy and spend the time you have left with the people you care about most. I think that everything should be remmber . Everything was very sad but it was a proud day day to. Just that fact that this happend is horrible . It was a proud day for us beacuase almost everybody came together that and wworked through this hanf and hand .On this day ,people seemed to become closer and more caring for others.People started to donate food, money, Etc to the familys that lost friends and family . People come together and started fund raisers for the people that lost family or friends that day .Overall,September 11th made 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 story8489.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 11th, 2001 I was sick so I stayed home from school. I remember listening to the radio and hearing something about a plane crashing into a building. I didn't think it was very significant for me at the time, so I turned the radio off and took a nap. Later on when I turned on the T.V. I saw saw the story and I thought it was really messed up and at first I didn't even believe it. As it sunk in I thought to myself that a lot of people would have their lives changed. 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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 any day, school had been going to the point where days blend together, nothing really seperating one day from the next. The monotony drones on, most of the time the date isn't even remembered until the first test requires it. It was my brother's 12th birthday, so I was already conscious of the day. After second hour, my friends and I went out to the hall to laugh and make small innuendos and laugh somemore, completely unaware of what was happening. I remember those last moments before the world changed. It was the last moment of innocence, the last time I ever thought it was going to be okay because this is America, bad shit doesn't happen here. Planes are hijacked from India, hostages get held in Iran, but in America the only terrosists I had ever had to fear up to that point wher homegrown disgruntled army boys. Too young to recall the World Trade Center bombing, I just remembered how we went into Iraq when I was in kindergarten, and "beat the bad man in the desert". We walked in to the room, expecting to engage in routine notetaking. Instead, we were greeted by the TV in the corner showing the World Trade Center on fire. My instantanous thought was that it had to be a movie. Within the same thought I knew it wasn't. some one told me two planes hit the Trade Center and one hit the pentagon and another hit the white house and there's one hijacked one flying around. Every bit of air was sucked out, and I felt overwhelmingly numb. One kid laughed and said "Too bad for all the stockbrokers!" Next to me my friend said, "This isn't funny! Do you know how many people work there? Lots of people are dying!" By now everyone was back from break, and with that comment the room fell silent. We sat in our seats or stood where we were and watched the TV. Facts were confirmed, others discounted. We saw the first tower fall and a shudder of disbelieve went through the room. I couldn't breathe anymore. It just crumbled. The second one too. We watched CBS because or teacher said Jennings would tell us if suspicions were confirmed or not. The next hour the halls were silent somber. Some kids were afraid they might hit Okemos, which everyone else laughed at. At that point, we all "knew" it was Bin Laden, but we didn't know. We thought there might be a war, that there would be a draft. That was the scariest, in a way. I was a sophomore but I knew senoirs and they were 18, old enough. If it lasted long enough, we would be old enough. We waited all day to know if anything else was going to happen. We didn't do anything in any of my classes except Statistics. We just talked and watched the same footage, the people jumping and the falling sending the same sick feeling through me each time. I never became numb to that. That night we went to Bill Knapp's for my brother's birthday and it was on in the corner. Everyone referred to it as "that thing" no one said 9-11 yet. We sang and ate cake but it was all somberly I felt bad for the kid. He's now like one of those. Everyone was talking about Pearl Harbor, but this was worse. Every one was talking about firemen and cops. Everyone was talking about war and Bush and Iraq and Bin Laden. But by the end of the I had heard one joke about it. What did Bush say when he called Gore today? How about a recount. 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 story2390.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. 198.109.168.234 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: then: On september 11th when everyone thought that the world was going to end I was in third grade at school .Then when I came home I seen it on the news.I really didn't understand what was happening until my parents told me what was going on. now: 5 years later I am now thirteen years old I realize that many lives were takin for no reason at all.htere are people today that are still trying to bomb the United States. 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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 came out to my morning break a little after ten in the morning, I heard some people saying that the Pentagon had been bombed. I immediately went up and asked them about the claim that they were making. I could not believe that the Pentagon had been hit. In my mind something as fantastic as that could never have happened in my life time. The people that I talked too, though, was convinced that the Pentagon had been attacked. I wondered how the class I had been in when the attack had happened, did not hear about it, yet another class had. When I went back in to my next class both the teacher and students, in the class, were very solemn. I do not remember exactly but I am sure that many people were scared for there parents and other loved ones who worked in the Pentagon(this is because I live very near Washington DC). Later that day when I went over to my friend's house I found out about the Twin Towers falling. All I could do for at least thirty minutes is stare at the TV. After that, though, I got bored watching the same things over and over, and wanted to go do something else. Since the Pentagon was hit I was also afraid the building where my dad worked in DC would be hit. I was relieved when my dad came home safely. After the initial shock on September 11 I was not as emotional anymore, although every time I see images from it I get a little emotional. I have realized that America is not as safe anymore. I have also seen that it is more possible that I could be killed in some type of an attack than ever before. I feel more of a pride now though because I have lived through a terrible event in our country's history that I can convey to future generations. I have also had to deal with more security at airports. I also can not get a real good view of the fireworks in Washington DC on the Fourth of July because the lawn is restricted to only military personel. Although for the most part my life has not really changed because I did not know anyone killed in the attacks and daily life has gone on much as before. December 7, 1941 is very much like September 11. on both of these days America was caught off guard and thus suffured a lot. There were many causalties on both days and America entered conflicts as a result of both days. In both cases there was also intelligence that was not conveyed, thus cost this country a lot. The killing of the archduke of Austria that started World War I is also similar. This is because on both it and September 11 the acts were done by terriosts. Also in both cases the attacks were made because of wrongs the terriosts thought had been committed. In both cases the attacks were secretly planned and planned out really well. Also in both instances the terriosts were trying to accomplish their goals by making the attacks. 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 story10816.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 the day started as any other day in my life.I was born april 1966 so i never realy experienced war or terror of this magnitude! I live in New Jersey now but 4 years ago nyc was my home town entire life. I remember the phone ringing and it was my husband.......Telling me to turn on the tv! i had just returned from dropping my 2 young 5/7 year old boys off at school!A plane has hit the wtc! get the#$@#&^* outta here!!So i turned the television on i was in shock everyone thought it was an accident. He told me he was watching it. He is a local 28 sheet metal worker;who worked in the wtc for monthes in the sub levels had he been there he would not be here today and that was only MAYBE 4-6 MONTHES BEFORE. HE WORKED THERE FOR MONTHES!!! That day I thought he was working in a building right there maybe a block away! Then another phone call and me watching news saw plane hit 2ND TOWER OH GOD!!! THEN MAYBE 20 MINUTES LATER NO MORE PHONE CALLS STILL THINK HE'S THERE AND THE FIRST TOWER COLLAPSES I'M HORRIFIED PANICKING TRY TO GET TO NYC TO FIND HIM TO FIND HE WAS IN BROOKLYN ON A ROOF TOP WATCHING THE SECOND PLANE TURN INTO TOWER # 2 WAS THERE 9/11/02 VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH WE NEVER SHOULD FORGET THE HORRY THESE BASTARDS PUT US THROUGH DON'T GIVE THEM THAT SATISFACTION UNITED WE STAND AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FDNY,NYPD,PAPD,EMS, AND NYC RESIDENTS AS WELL AS TRI STATE AREA AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY FOR HELPING US! yOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED AND TO THE US ARMED FORCES GREAT JOB GUYS GOOD CAUSE!!! 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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 that morning. I turned on the T.V while my 2 year old son and is dad were still sleeping. I will never forget seeing the news caster crying. Then I channel flipped and still more horrfic pictures. I called into work at the Navy base and they were telling people not to come in. I took my son out of bed, and awoke his dad. His dad and I were is tears. We just held our little boy crying, and knowing so many children were no longer going to have their Mommies, or Daddies loving arms around them again physically to love and potect them or to guide them throughout their lives ever again. We began to pray, and still to this day before anyone goes to bed or leaves to work or the sitters house for care, we pray for eachothers safety and protection. And we still pray for all the children for strength, courage, peace, and love. Our lives if you really look at them are short. Make every single day count with you family. We all belong to God, and when he comes to take us back home. Know in your heart you made every day count for you or that person. In this life, so many people regret and say, "I should have, could have, or would have spent more time with them". There never is enouph time. Make everyday count. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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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: We got a call from one of our friends to turn on the T.V. As we did this we saw one of the buildings on fire and then we saw the second plane hit. I watched in horror as we saw this unfold. I thought I was looking at an action film but it was actually happening. As soon as we saw this we went over to my moms house. It is the worst I had ever witnessed in my life. We watched the telvision all day long. I knew that after this everyones life was going to be different. Everthing that everyone knew was going to be changed forever. I was so angry and I couldn't cry because I was in shock and disbelief but when I came to terms with what had happened I cried. I cried for everyone that had lost somebody in the attacks. Even though I didn't know any one who died it still hurt to know that many people died for no good reason. Many innocent people died for nothing. I hope that now everyone will take time to share their time with their loved ones. 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 story1340.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 whitnessed history on September 11th when I was in the Marlboro Middle School in Marlboro, Massachusetts. I had not heard a word about wht had happened until last period when I came back from band practice. It was about 2:20p.m. when I walked into the homeroom and was geting ready to leave, but something seemed strange. Students and teachers were whispering to each other while watching the television. The T.V. was on CNN new channel, and the broadcasters were talking about the hijacking of four airplanes. They were saying that an airplane hit the World Trade Centers. At that time , I didn't even know what the World Trade Centers were, or where they were located. I thought this might of been an accident that happened in another country. But at that moment, I heard the broadcasters say that an airplane had crashed into the Pentagon and in a field in Pennsylvania. I then realized that it wasn't an accident, and it happened in America. A guidance counselor walked in and told my homeroom teacher to turn the television off. When I got home I turned the telivision on to the news on CBS and realized what had happened. I was shocked when I heard and saw in detail what had happened. My life has changed because of September 11th, 2001, in many ways. Some negative things that I have learned is that a terrorist group called the Taliban led by Osama BinLadin caused this tragedy. It makes me angry when I think about how much time those terrorists spent thinking of a way to cause mass destruction. Some people have been scared to fly on airplanes since September 11th, 2001, because of terrorists. But this did not really bother me. I believe that many aspects of September 11th should be remembered. One main aspect is that thousands of innocent people lost their lives, and many firefighters lost their lives trying to save those people right before the buildings collapsed. Another thing that should be remembered is the amazing amount of patriotism that citizens in America had. Almost every house on my street had an American Flag, banner, or signs all over their house or property. Stores were out of any size of American Flags. Other people felt that they had to do something, so they gave blood to the American Red Cross. All of the hospitals in New York were swarmed with people wanting to donate blood. Others donated money to the American Red Cross. All of these things that had happened on September 11th, 2001 should be remembered. 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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 bowling on our league for the morning when we heard the news reports and everyone stopped to listen to the news for almost the next half hour. When we were in between bowling our turns the other screens were running the news so we were able to watch for the next 3 hours as information came thru the news. 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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