279 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: Mid August I quit my job (very stressful) and was in and out of the house job hunting.The first two weeks of Sept. I was suppose to hear back from Companies I applied at. On Sept 11th I was waitting for my phone to ring about a new job. Every morning I watch CNN news from 7:00 am till 9:00 am. When this tragic story broke through, first, I called my family who were all working and knew nothing about what was going on. Then I said a prayer all by myself for THE WHOLE WORLD! I cried on and off the whole day. I felt so incrediably helpless to all that needed help so far away from me. On Sept 10th all that mattered to me was finding a new job, but on the 11th that thought never entered my head. All I thought about was how could this happen? How could ANYONE be so EVIL? Who could do such a thing? I live close to Wisconsin where an airport is located and in the mid afternoon on the 11th 2 jet fighters flew over my house and broke the sound barrier on their way to Chicago. I thought life for us was OVER.I HAD NEVER HEARD SUCH A SOUND LIKE THAT. I am 50 years old and had never heard or felt so threaten. All I wanted was for my family to return home safe and we all stay together. I NEVER LEFT THE TELEVISION FOR 1 WEEK! I cried for all the people and their losses. I CRIED BUCKETS FULL. I was unemployed and broke but I went and bought an American Flag and holder and put it up on the 12th. I believe I always knew I was an American BUT NOW being an AMERICAN ment so much more to me. NOW I am an AMERICAN MORE THAN A WIFE, MORE THAN A MOTHER, MORE THAN A WOMEN, MORE THAN A FRIEND. Now I am an American FIRST, followed by all those other titles. Now 1 yr. later my husband is unemployed,my son is unemployed and so am I still.My 401K is gone,my stocks are cashed in (60%loss)and Tuesday I went out and bought a new AMERICAN FLAG reguardless of my money situation. I WILL NEVER FOGET THIS PAST YEAR AND I WILL NEVER FORGET AGAIN HOW PROUD I AM TO BE AN AMERICAN!!!! Terri from Round Lake Beach 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: Dear LoveOnes, I was in a group of people crying for the people who died in the trade center. I felt sorry about the people's family members who lost there love on that very day the world trade center broke down. I still have good memories and I will wish that everyone that died that day, have cherish their life with other wonderful people! Till this day on, I will honor the people who died on September 11, 2001 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 story8480.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. 2002-10-17 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 206.193.53.125 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at a sales managers meeting when the attacks occurred and said a prayer as I did today at 8:46 AM. I thought about how that day would affect my family and a year later it has. Our youngest son finished college and joined the Navy. He is now in the SEAL Training Program (BUDS). He said he wanted to make a difference. Our oldest son gave up a IT Consulting Business and is now training to be a police officer. He also wanted to make a difference. I know the world will be a better place because of these two young men. 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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, I was at work listening to the Howard Stern show when the announcement was made about one of the Trade center towers being hit by an aircraft. At first I thought it was an accident, but when the second tower was hit, i knew right then and there was it was an attack. I moved down to Orlando from Queens, New York on May of last year, and in the first week of May, one week before I moved, I passed through the World Trade Center and I never thought anything would ever happen to this place again after the 1993 attempt. I grew up with the Towers and I am deeply dissapointed that they are gone. All I can say is that our freedom will never crumble and I salute all of our heroes from 9/11. 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 story6070.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. 208.21.36.130 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Like everyone in the world we were shocked at what happened. The part that really got to me was that after we made it home to New Jersey, my son called me and said, dad, you need to come to our house and see your 3 yr. old grandson He has not been sleeping well because unfortunately he saw the plane hit the tower on TV. He wanted to know where his grandfather was, since we had been gone on vacation. I had given him a ride in a Cessna airplane, just a while before, so anytime he saw plane after that he tought of me. Well when I went to see as soon as I possibly could, he gave me the biggest hug, you have ever seen. Believe me it brought tears to my eyes to think that a 3 year old would be affected that much. As it turned out , he slept real good that night after being reassured that I was OK. Im hoping that this the last nightmare he will ever witness again. God Bless America. Joe Arsenault(psteelman@aol.com) 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 story5670.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. 205.188.209.38 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: I was at my home on Marco Island having a light breakfast with my wife Nancy watching "Imus in the Morning" when the first plane hit the WTC. We thought it to be a small plane. The Imus show is one of the ways we keep in contact to find out what is happening in NY. Both my wife and I are originally from NY. She from Queens and me from Brooklyn. We also have a home in Breezy Point Queens NY where we spend the summers. When we saw the second plane hit the second tower we knew something was terribly wrong. For a few minutes we were in shock and really did not understand what was happening. After about 5 minute3 I started to try and contact my sons Michael and Ryan by telephone. They are both NYC Firefighters. I was unable to reach them. I was finally able to get through to my Mother who lives in Breezy Point. When she answered the phone she was on the portable phone standing in the middle street looking straight down the street at the WTC engulfed in a huge cloud of smoke. She told me it was a beautiful clear day and you could almost see forever. She said my Brother Dan, a retired disabled NYC Firefighter (Line of Duty Injury), had just left heading for the WTC. She said she was OK and I hung up. I then tried to reach out for my sons again. No luck. I called Jim Corcoran,good friend and Retired NYPD Detective. He was seating on his front deck overlooking Jamacia Bay in Breezy Point looking directly at the WTC. Jim was in early recovery from a heart attack. He said all of the off duty and retired cops and firemen in Breezy Point had left and were heading to the WTC. I asked him to keep me informed about what was happening and if he heard anything about my sons to call me. I then started to call retired NYPD and NYFD guys I knew around Marco Island knowing that they would all want to do something. ( I am a retired NYC Detective} I suggested that for know we could start a Blood drive because I knew they would need blood. Different guys were designated to do different tasks to setup the blood drive. (We were informed latter in the day that lines to give blood had started to form by 10 AM throughout Collier County and no one was able to handle any more donors.I also found out later that they really didn,t need blood in NY because they were very few injured and most were dead) At about 1030 AM I was able to get through to my son Ryan's Firehouse L166/Eng318 and was informad that Ryan was with the Ladder. They left quarters just before the first tower came down. The fireman I spoke to told me he was with a group of off duty firemen who went to the firehouse to get their equiptment and were ordered to stand by a cover a large area of south Brooklyn until Fire Departments from Long Island and NJ came to replace them. Around noon I got a phone call for my son Ryan. he was with his company at the Towers. He was safe but it was bad. His cellphone was working off and on. I asked if he knew anything about his brother Mike. He said no. But was looking out for him. Around 1pm I spoke with my Daughter in law Tina. The kids were all home from school and safe. She said Mike was home when the first plane hit the towers. He left soon after with another firefighter headind to the towers. She did not know where he was but just knew he was safe. We hung up and promised to keep in touch if we heard anything from Mike. Mike had just graduated from the Fire Academy on Firday and was due in for his first day of work as a Firefighter on Sept 11 at 6pm at a firehouse Brooklyn. Mike had been a NYCPD Police Officer for 6 1/2 years before he entered the Fire Academy. Awhile later I recieved a phone call from Mike. He said he was with a Capt. and 4 other firefighters in an office in one of the building next to where the towers were. They were taking a breather after spend hours in the pile searching. His small group had found no one alive. Just pieces of bodies. He said the air in the pile was terrible but he was ok. He said that when he left home after the first tower got hit he went to thee nearest Firehouse in Rockaway. Being a brand new firefighter and never having work a day in a firehouse he had all his fire equiptment with him. When he got to the firehouse he was one of only a few who had their equiptment. All the other off duty firefighter's equiptment was at their assigned firehouses. Mike was immediately ordered with three other firefighters to take a private car to a park closer into Mahattan to get bus into the WTC. When they arrived at the park they were immediately put on a bus and left for the WTC.The bus was filled with firefighters and they were the first bus heading in. Communications were terrible and no one new what to expect. On the bus there also was a priest. He stood up and they all prayered together and he gave them absolution ( Catholic like confession, forgiveness for there sins.) Just as they were approaching downtown the saw the second tower come down. He abruptly said he had to go.I quickly told him Ryan was there somewhere and I was praying for them. I found out later that when he was talking to me they had just got a communication that building #7 was coming down. They weren't sure where they were but had a hand drawn map of the WTC area. They realized that they were very close to Bldg #7. The Capt ordered then all out of the building they were in, to head north and meet by the Woolworth Building. They headed out across the pile. He ended up with one other firefighter leaning against a building catching there breath when another firefighter ran by saying that was building #7. They took off. They were about a block away they stopped a an ambulance looking for a solution to clean out there eyes. They were having a hard time seeing. By coincidence the Ambulance was from the Breezy Point Volunteer Dept. One of only two Volunteer Fire Departments in NYC. As they were there Bldg#7 started to come down. (55 stories) Debris start to strike the ambulance and they took off running. The wind from the building coming down pushed them along as they were running. He said they did not stop running until they got to the Brooklyn Bridge. Later that evening Nancy and I when to a quickly organized community wide Pray Service at a Marco Island Church. THe crowd at the church was overflowing outside to the parking lot. Many of th people on Marco knew that I had two sons that were NYC Firefighters.They all said a special pray for my son and prayer for evaryone else effected by terrorist act. I also remember someone in church saying that one of the stewardess on one the flights had a condo on Marco. That night we had a very hard time getting to sleep. 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 story10608.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: Sept. 11 When I herd about the WTC I was downstairs getting ready for school as usual when my dad turned on the news. I could not believe what I saw. I saw smoke coming from the north tower. My dad thought that a bomb was planted in the tower and exploded. Then when I arrived at school I heard about a plane went into the north and south towers. I could not believe it. I felt angry and sad at the same time. I will not let terrorists take over my life. I will never ever forget that day. 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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 went in to work that morning as always in my building in Tysons Corner, VA. My routine had always been log into the computer, check the news, then get to work. I clicked on msnbc.com and saw the picture of the WTC with a big explosion against it like some sort of movie still. "Breaking news. World Trade Center hit by plane." No story, just the picture. I gave the news to those in my office, and no one believed me, until they went to their computers as well. Of course by this time, it was hard to log into the internet and pages weren't loading. I called my housemate and asked her to turn on the news. So on speakerphone, she gave the news as it happened, and the horror in her voice when she said a plane went into the other building. Shock. Realization that this could no longer be some bizarre accident caused by a confused pilot. Then we got the news that the Pentagon had been hit. We ran to the back window and saw the smoke curling into the sky. Confusion. Fear. What's next? Tysons is a big place for defense contract firms. Are we targets? Are the schools targets? Go home, get your kids. Traffic was intense. Well, it's always bad in Tysons but it seemed especially bad that day. One eye on the road, one eye on the sky, all the way home. No planes. I live 10 minutes from the airport. There's ALWAYS planes. No planes. I got home and found out that one of those planes had taken off from Dulles. I had been at Dulles that morning before going in to work. Scary to think how close I was to messengers of death and evil. The rest of the day was spent glued to the news and the phone. Calling family in New York, making sure they're okay. Getting calls from old friends around the country to make sure I hadn't been on any of those flights or been at the Pentagon. I was torn between letting my children see the news with us and trying to protect them from it. I chose protecting them, but now a year later, they're confused by all the hubbub about 9/11. Except for my daughter. She watched the reports last night. And now she's afraid. So I'm glad I protected them then. I wish I could do so still. And I still occasionally keep one eye on the sky. 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 story6305.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 it being warm and perfectly clear out that morning. I had started out groaning about the rest of the week before me. I ended up smiling because i had my whole life ahead of me. I went to my first period Chemistry class, nothing different, and on to second period Today?s food class. We must have been secluded, because we had no idea what was happening outside of our little classroom at Northmont High School in Clayton, Ohio. No idea what was having the greatest impact, no only on mine and everyone?s life around me, but on every human life in the entire world. That?s a huge impact, but consider the impact that caused it. On to third period History to hear about the newest addition to the history of the rest of our life. Just towards the end of the class we had heard about the tremendous ?accident.? Soon we?d find out that it wasn?t an accident at all, but an intentional terror. Throughout class i was in?awe. I got to 4th period English just in time to see he second tower get hit. I?ve never seen the halls clear as fast as they had that day. Everything was awkward after that. Some people were crying around me, I had seen my teacher hug his wife. There were people just staring, they must have felt the way i did. We weren?t directly effected, but effected just the same as any one else that day. I didn?t know whether to cry for all of the people lost, the tragedy, to pray for the people still living with it, for hope, to smile because I'm still here, of gratitude. What was I supposed to do? Nothing like that had ever happened to any of us, we were still only kids! Well I didn?t have long to ponder what was in front of me, staring Americans hard in the face. I was called to the office to go home. i wondered a bit and went. I got outside to my mom and she told me that if we were going to die, then we were going to die together. By this time people in Dayton were packing up and going away because of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. It was rumored to be the 3rd most likely place to get strike, New York, D.C. then us! I don?t know if it was true even to this day, but if i had to believe that two planes had taken out the Twin Towers and another had hit the Pentagon, then I'd believe anything by now. So there I was at home with my mom, my little brothers and my step-dad. I looked at it as getting a day off, everything I was seeing on T.V. was like a movie to me. I had seen so many films with almost the same type of thing over and over. Watching the commotion, I fell asleep, not understanding the severity of the ordeal. I woke up from my nap and the only thing you could watch on T.V. were these two great towers crumbling to the ground and our nation?s capital burning to dust. The death toll climbing kept climbing past any ones estimations. I came to school the next day and everything seemed alive with chattering about the past day?s events and dead with grieving at the same time. So many people had stayed home to mourn the loss of their loved ones. The rest of us were still a bit shocked. I came back to first period Chemistry. It felt different. Like what if I weren?t sitting here, but i had been sitting in one of those offices. The girl next to me felt the same. We talked and she told me that her mom had been sent to New York on the first bus out since all of the airports were closed. I felt for her. I hadn?t lost anyone to the terrorist attacks, but she had to deal with it for over a month; she was just glad it wasn?t forever. I can?t blame her, think of how many people can?t say that. 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 story2038.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: September 11th, 2001 was my first day ever as a substitute school teacher. I had signed up to teach for the Richardson Independent School District in Richardson, Texas and was assigned to the Christa McAuliffe Alternative School. This is the school where students who have become disciplinary problems are sent for a predetermined amount of time for corrective action. I wanted to be early and so I left my home in time to check into the office and introduce myself to the office staff. As a result, I had switched off NPR just moments before the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center and was not aware of anything until one of the other teachers came in and told me the second plane has just crashed into the New York landmark. I turned on the radio to hear of the explosion in Washington. At the time the location was unknown and the target was undetermined. The nation was in a state of panic. As televisions were turned on throughout the school, I witnessed the collapse of the two towers of World Trade Center. Stunned, I sat down at my desk with the radio still on and wrote out a long hand statement. Here is the transcription of those thoughts. Today, August 19, 2002, will be the first time I will have read them since I put pen to paper. These are the raw, unedited thoughts of that day on one common American. September 11, 2001 It is an incredible day today as I sit here watching & listening to the reports of the attacks on the World Trade Center in Manhattan & various building in Washington, D.C. I am substitute teaching at the RISD alternative school, the Christa McAuliffe Learning Center. This school is the last stop before jail for many of it?s students. It is very hard not to burst into tears right now. Both towers of TWC were hit by large aircraft that had been hijacked. Subsequently both towers collapsed entirely. There have been no estimates of the loss of life. But also a large aircraft was flown straight into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. All Federal buildings are being evacuated, all airports are being closed, all aircraft have been ordered to land at the nearest airport and the hijacked aircraft used in the attacks were all three commercial airliners with passengers & crew on board. The destruction is unbelievable. Both the World Trade Center towers were 110 stories tall and the loss of life will be in the thousands. A report of a third 50 story building in Manhattan in close proximity to TWC collapsing can only mean further injuries and fatalities. In addition, there are panic reports that other facilities in D.C. are being attacked but no confirmations. The student?s reactions here is odd at best. Some are overreacting as trouble teens might react; lots of boasts of ?Let?s go to war? and ?It?s the Palestinians? and other statements of bravery braggadocio. But they have no idea... no idea. The school is within a block of the local mosque & Richardson has a very large Muslim population. Concern that someone may be stupid and retaliate have been voiced but the school resource officer says the Police are on the highest alert for trouble. This is my generation?s version of Pearl Harbor. Hundreds if not thousands of lives are lost untold amounts of injuries will result. My God, what has happened today The President should be on the air after his return from Florida. No one knows what the reaction of the U.S. will be or against whom... no one knows. The footage of the collapse of both towers of TWC is nothing short of horrendous. Having been there (at TWC) , the size and magnitude of the disaster is overwhelming. The buildings are so close together and it is close to Wall Street and the ferries to the Statue of Liberty. It is just incredible, unbelievable and horrifying. I cannot imagine what the City of New York will like after this. The usually stoic New Yorkers can never be the same. TWTC was such a part of the NYC skyline that it is hard to think of city without them. Amazing, just amazing... Rumors are flying about closing the borders permanently (both Mexican & Canadian borders are closed today), going to war with the Middle East, stopping immigration. Unconfirmed reports say that several 4-star generals have been killed at the Pentagon and that other planes are still unaccounted for at airports. Several international flights have been diverted to Canada. What will happen? Is this related to the raids in Richardson? Will the 4th Amendment stay intact? What will our ?national policy? be? Just this morning, Don Imus was talking about our lack of policy and what should or could be done? No telling what will happen... and we are watching ?I Love Lucy? in class. The Galleria and all public/Federal buildings in downtown Dallas are closed. People are hunkering down wondering what is next... no one know... Later that day Reports now at about 2:30 p.m. say as many as 10,000 may have died in TWTC alone, not counting all the onlookers who were watching as the buildings collapsed. In addition, countless numbers of emergency workers & police officers were already on the scene of the 1st tower when the second plane impacted. It took less than an hour for the first tower to collapse and then 28 minutes later, the second tower groaned & came down top first. Seeing this on television gives a person almost a surreal sense that this cannot be real, Only in movies do we see entire building collapse with such catastrophic results. But unfortunately, this is real. But just hours later, it already feels distant. It happened this morning. Lives are going on, clean up starts but what happens next? Where does it go from here? How does a broken world get fixed? As one reporter said, ?Not since the Revolutionary War, have Americans been attacked on their own soil.? It is so hard to believe. It almost seems like a movie or a dream... These were my thoughts that day. Thanks for the forum and the archive. I hope someday that generations to come will have an opportunity to know what a turning point in United States history 9/11/01 was for America. My only question is... which way did we turn; for better or worse? Patrick E. Nance 757 James Drive Richardson, Tx 75080 972-644-9074 emswife@attbi.com DOB: 5/26/53 Age: 49 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 story1159.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Tell us your story: I remember waking up to a phone call from my mother..."jared" she said "a plane has crashed into the world trade center"......i thought it was a sick joke...i turned on the news just in time to see the second plane hit....oh my god was all i thought.........we're being atacked!!! i began to worry about my friend chris who works in the city at a restaraunt...praying he was no where near the trade centers........my anger was ablaze at this point......how could anyone want to hurt innocent people for their own gain???? it's pointless......at work i found out that a few of my co-workers had lost family and friends during the terroris attacks....at around 10:00pm that night we all filed out of the building and gave a moment of silence for those brave men and women who risked and lost their lives for those who were trapped within......they are real american heroes....... it's now been a year since then and i haven't forgotten......my anger at those terrorists still very hot....my saddness for those who lost their lives still fresh........god bless the usa!!!! 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just arrived at my parents home after taking my 7-yr old son to school. My parents were sitting at the kitchen table in a trance. I asked what was wrong and all they could say was that we were under attack. I stood there for a minute as I heard the news of the first plane hitting the trade center tower, and bolted over to the school. I went to the front office and told them what was happening and that we should get the center open immediately to keep track of it (I am the school's PTO president for 3 yrs, so they know me well enough to know when I am serious about something.) We closed off part of the school library, when the cable/television is, and listened and watched in horror and we found out the Pentagon had been hit. By then several teachers had assembled as word spread and we made the decision to leave the kids in school, as a sense of normalcy for little children was best, and that we would keep it quiet so that they wouldn't hear us talk until we knew more. I remember watching with a group of teachers and the principal, and saying, "Oh, my God, get those people out of there. The buildings going to fall." I remember seeing the second plane fly into the building, watching in horror and disbelief. And I remember the buildings coming down, the screaming in the room and the instant panic and fear we all felt - a total helplessness that we wanted to do something and couldn't. Then we found out one of the teachers had a husband who was supposed to be on a flight to California from Boston, and she couldn't reach him. We all got together and prayed, and one of the other teachers filled in for her while she stayed with us and we all kept trying on our cell phones until we could reach him. Thankfully, he was safe. Unfortunately, one of the parents who works at the school for "Parents Making a Difference" lost four family members who worked at the towers. I personally knew two people on Flight 11 - one a sister of a friend from the country club I have gone dancing at for the last 15 years; one a girl who grew up helping her daddy in his law office while he would handle some real estate closings for me. I also have relatives and friends who are both firemen and policemen, so the toll was enormous. All I could do was hug my son (which the school was good enough to let me do at lunch). I bought flags for school teachers, and I personally made the red/white/blue ribbon pins for every student, teacher, staff, custodian and kitchen worker in the school (a total of 942 pins), then gave them out free to everyone. I spent the next week hanging out with him and my parents. I have always been a "toucher" by nature, but now I make it a point to always tell the people in my life - my family and friends - how much I love them and appreciate having them in my life. We don't know what tomorrow will bring, so let those we love know and never have to be left wondering. I think Alan Jackson's "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning" sums up my feelings best. I cry yet every time I hear it, as it sums up every emotion I feel. I only hope the people responsible find out when they go to visit their "God" that he doesn't want murderers there, and they burn forever for their acts. That would be the best justice. 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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 Sept. 11, 01 I was on my way to the Hudson County Courthouse in Jersey City, NJ to appear before Judge M. Gallipolli for a trial call. I remember sitting on Routes 1&9 in traffic being annoyed at the backup and prosepect of being late for court. As I sat, I looked up and noticed that one of the Word Trade Center Towers was on fire. I then became more annoyed as I believed the traffic was due to rubbernecking at the distant blaze. At approximately 8:50am I called the Court to advise them that I would be a little late for trial. After getting off the phone, I looked up and noticed a plane flying near the Tower that was smoking. I thought to myself, "Wow, that's odd that traffic control would allow a commercial plane to fly so near a burning building." As I watched in disbelief, I saw the plane approach the Tower, circle behind it, disappear, and moments later witnessed an incredible ball of fire. Then I thought, "Wow, an explosion! I hope the plane didn't get caught in the blast." It did not occur to me as I witnessed the plane deliberately fly into the Tower that the plane was the cause of the explosion. My mind simply could not process such an unthinkable horrific act. After arriving at the courthouse I stood with other attorneys looking out a window at the blazing Twin Towers as people jumped in desperation from the blaze, praying that my aunt who rode the PATH trains to the World Trade Center every day was not on a train when the Towers were struck. I then watched in horror and dismay as the first Tower collapsed and then was informed that the Pentagon was struck by a plane. At that time, nothing seemed more important to me than the safety of my family, friends and loved ones. Life and my place in it took on a new meaning - an easier stride. May all those who lost a loved one be comforted in the bossom of our Creator who is the ultimate Comforter and all Merciful. Peace & Blessings to All Sonji A. Moore, Esq. Lanham, Maryland 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 story3110.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 may only be 15, and live in Canada, but Spetember 11th hit me very hard. I unfortunatly remeber it like it was yesterday. I woke up at 7:45am to get ready to go to school, it was a very sunny day and i guess i was kinda looking forward to going to school that day, after sitting in class being bored, one of the janitors walked in, and asked to speak with my teacher, after a few moments he returned and told the class he had to tell us something very important. Me being the kinda of person that I wam i figured that he was saying we had a PA day or something. Soon enough the time came to go for lunch, and just before we left, our teacher said, "Today around 9:30am, the World Trade Centers in New York, were hit by planes, also the Pentagon in Washington." I was kinda really shocked at how someone could do this, but i wasent really sure what they were. as soon as i got home for lunch, i turned on the tv and went to an american station i got, as soon as i turned on the tv i saw horror.. buildings collapsing people injured or dead, adn i told my brother to turn around cause it was to much for him to take and understand. when i ogt home from school that i day i followed the story all day and night until they stopped showing it, it hit me hard because i couldnt imagine how people could this, its absoulutly discusting how they could take the lives of other and not care. i cried almost everytime i saw it, and even al ther years following it i cried im so sorry for everyone who lost a relative, my deepest sympathies go to you and your familys God Bless 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 story10784.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2004-09-05 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 67.71.18.203 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just begun my day as a City of Milwaukee Parking Enforcement Officer. I was in the process of issuing my first citation, when a man shouted, "How can you give us a ticket when they just attacked the World Trade Center again". I immediately turned on my radio and tuned in. Hearing the news, I couldn't believe my ears. I then called everyone I knew in Milwaukee, Chicago and New York. My New York friends who worked in the Trade Center were ok. Just arriving to work 115 floors below, in the mall basement, they immediately left the area and headed towards China Town. Everyone else was okay too. Throughout the day, I had to depend upon my own radio for information. My employer, the City of Milwaukee, Parking Enforcement unit, didn't give us any information, no cautions, advisories or warnings. It was to be business as usual in parking enforcement. Working in Downtown Milwaukee offered numerous targets and a bit of caution might have been helpful. Getting sent to the Firstar Bank Building, our tallest office building, at 42 stories was immediately surrounded. The tunnel under a part of the building was sealed. Guess who got to go ticket and tow all of the suspicious autos surrounding the tower? Yes, it was I. Not the police or fire dept, but just a regular guy, an unarmed, unprotected parking Officer. Well, all went well and uneventfully, I am still here, and proud to be an American serving in Government. The rest of my day was full of both grief, awe, and hate. My first stop during every visit to New York was a trip to the top of The World Trade Center. It was a view that could never be duplicated anywhere else. I will miss that view, the ride to the top of 2 WTC and more importantly, those who perished. It was and still is like loosing a dear, dear friend and family member. I hope in time that the buildings will be replaced exactly as they once proudly stood. Both as a sign of strength, defiance and as a living Memorial to all those who perished 11, September, 2001. That would be a true fitting memorial. Let those who perished and were never recovered, guide and protect the New World Trade Center and their employees. For through rebuilding and recovery, their names, lives and memories will live on. Everyone died a little bit on 11, September, 2001. Now we need to move on and rebuild and remember! Edward J. Fleury Milwaukee, Wi. The United States of America! 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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 sept 11 2001, I was woke up, by my husband to the terrible news of a plane crashing into the first tower! We watched the whole terrible terrible episode unfold. My husband was diagnosed on aug 10 of aml luekemia. We were right in the middle of trying to get him into remission and get him ready for a bone marrow transplant. On this particular day my husband was at the point in his treatment when we went to his oncologist to check his counts and on this day he needed platelets because of the chemo he had only a count of 6. For people who dont understand what I am saying, a normal platelet count is over 150. Platlets keep you from bleeding to death so very necessary! We showed up to the hospital to get his I.V. of platelets and we were told by the hospital that all the blood and platelets were all being shipped to new york because of the tragedy. It was the sadest day for new york and very scary for my husband and I. It ended up that the doctor made the hospital get him some platelets from the red cross. This sounds really funny but, on this day, I didnt feel so alone with our problem, because there was so many people suffering as we were! Danette Roan 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 story6973.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: hello everyone, my name is donnie holmes. i am a arff firefighter in birmingham alabama with a government contracted company located at the the birmingham international airport. on september 11th 2001, i as many other firefighters and just made it to the fire station to make it another go round on shift. little did i know that everything that i thought was normal would suddenly be shaken off course. i had just cheched my crash truck off for the day that i was assigned to and sat down at the kitchen table for a bite to eat. as i was changing stations on the kitchen tv i stopped at a local channel to marvel at the news bulletin showing what fdny was b shifters were having to battle as they came on shift. to my surprise i heard the news reporter state that an aircraft hit the towers. in a minute of shock i left the kitchen and got on our station p.a. system and yelled the news to my fellow crewmen of the crash. as everyone of my partners poured into the dayroom we all stood in amazement as the pictures kept getting replayed over and over. the hardest part of watching the events unfold for us as many other firefighter watching was the feeling of helplessness as the towers crumbled down. due to our fire department being part of a government employed aircraft refurbishing company, we were placed on a state of heightened alert and all of our taxi ramps where blocked off and all shifts were called in. my heart goes out to everyone that lost a loved one in this horrendous attack on our country. may god bless everyone in our country and those abroad that are fighting to continue our priveledged freedom. donnie r. holmes firefighter/emt pemco fire crash rescue 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 story1024.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. 2002-08-15 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 129.174.27.149 Annotation Annotations to this item. Firefighters DOMESTIC Notes Notes about this item. From: Donnie Holmes <fireguy456@yahoo.com> Date: Tue Jul 9, 2002 10:19 pm Subject: Re: [Fire_EMS_Instructors] Digital Archive - EMS Responds and Remembers 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 this same day last year I was working in the Office of the Provost, The University of Texas at Arlington. Needless to say, this event was quite a shock. I have friends, both on and off campus, that relocated here from New York who did their best just to function that day. Perhaps being so far away from New York, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon was the reason I did not react more emotionally than I did. Don't misunderstand me, I was upset, in fact, I was downright angry over the loss of physical life; upset over the loss of way of life; and upset over the loss of beautiful buildings. Angry because someone had the audacity to commit such brutal acts of murder. America has always taken in those that came to our country, irregardless of race, creed, religion. We opened our arms to those who willingly and freely came to us. There is a saying in Texas to those who litter our roadsides - "Don't Mess with Texas." Well, right now to those who planned, initiated, carried through, and celebrated the terrorists' actions on September 11, 2001, Perhaps we should say: "Don't Mess with America. We are united. We are proud. We are resolved to do whatever we have to do. Make no mistake, we will do it." Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2867.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My name is Scott. At the time of September 11th, I was a Deck Seaman aboard the USS Benfold(DDG-65), fresh off our secopnd visit to Hawai'i and was three days away from the end of our six month deployment. I awoke early(as all sailors at sea do)to get some chow so I could relieve the helmsman watch on the bridge. Exactly one half-hour after revielle, the plan of the day is relayed over the 1MC(PA) system. What was intresting this time was the XO(Executive Officer, Second in Command) coming on saying that they are getting confirmation on an event. The XO doesn't give briefs on the 1MC, especially in the morning. I don't remember his words exactly, but I do remember him telling us it was the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon and that another plane was down in Pennsylvania, my home state. Needless to say, we were all dismayed. My first thought was "They finished the job", thinking of the terrorists that tried and failed the first time in '95. My thoughts drifted to retaliation, since this target killed thousands, which is an act of war. Most of us wanted to go home, but after hearing the news with our ship full of missles we didn't shoot, a great deal of us wanted to turn back. And we knew only one guy could have done it. Soon after that, they receieved a video from the Constellation(the carrier we were attached to) of feed from CNN that showed what happened. We just couldn't believe it. Later on, I had to take some reports to the Captain that day and he asked me how I was doing. I said,"Sir, I am just sad that someone attacked our country, Sir". He said with determination "We will avenge". We sadly didn't turn back. We went home on September 15th as planned to a foggy San Diego. It felt odd. All we got was a plastic "lei" around our ship, which signifies the end of our deployment, our "Welcome Back Home" greeting. Except this time, no one was there on the pier to greet us with happiness. Later on, I felt such warmth. I got to go out into San Diego and what did I see? I saw so many homes, so many storefronts filled with American flags. Back in the Gulf, during those long hot days, I wondered what would make Americans proud again. I knew. A war that we could morally stand behind. I am sorry that is what it took, but I haven't felt more patriotic since that time. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story9434.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-08-24 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 192.156.5.35 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: The date 9-11-2001 I woke up at the usual time which is six o,clock in themorning. INstead of going staight to the shower like I normaly do in the morning to wake my self up, something told me to go down stairs. That's when I saw my mom watching the television with a look I never seen her use before. It was a combination of shock and fury on her face. At first I did not reallise what was on the TV. Until I saw one of the Trade centers full of smoke. During this they were not sure if it was a flying accident or terrorism. Looking at the pricture I felt sorry for all the pore souls htat were in the building as well as the souls that were on the plane. Yet with all what I was seeing I was not showing it on my face or my attitude, which really shocked my mother. She felt that I should be Hysterical about what I was seeing just like the way she was acting. Eventually I went to school in my history class with all my fellow students as soon as we entered the class we started watching what I was already wathcing at home. In school people either looked shocked and worried, or calm and cool like the same way I looked at home. Then I saw it in history class dthe second plane crahing straight into the other trade tower, and at that moment I knew that it was a terrorist act. I still looked the same like as though nothing has happened, yet I knew that more information would come. Idiots I said to myself they did all this and they could not even knock one building down with one of our own planes. I was very impressed with the structure of the Twin Towers how they were able to take a direct hit from a plane and still stand. Not knowing that soon the first Twin Tower would soon fall. I thought that this shows more of the Americans strength than it's weekness. Soon I saw the first Tower fell it was like a building was being swallowed up by a giant fire cloud, like hell itself rose from the ground to swallow the hard work of America. I heard many gasps from all my fellow students, many of which were the young ladies in the room. I could not blaim them for the way they felt. Even with all that Hd happen I never saw one person in the entire school cry from what they saw. Yet I believe that anger ahd more control over all of us than sorrow did. I was thinking a little bit after that if they took two planes they may have taken more. Almost as soon as I heard this I heard the report about the Pentagon being hit with a plane. That is what had happen to 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 story8269.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. 2002-10-02 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.79.72.175