286 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: One of my coworkers saw the news on a website before the sites got clogged. After that I couldn't get any information via the web. I was in my basement office, so I couldn't get any radio. However, my brother, who lives in another city, could get web access, and had a radio. So, he e-mailed me updates every few minutes. At one point he wrote that the towers had collapsed. We'd also found out that my father, who works in the Pentagon, was in fact not in his office that day. Here's the exchange of e-mail from all that: Brother: "also just heard one of the world trade towers completely collapsed." Me: ""Collapsed?" What does that mean. Christ I've got to get a radio. Now Mom says maybe he wasn't at Pentagon today. Our neighbor Tracy's father works on the upper floors of the WTC." [note: In fact Tracy's father was just visiting for a meeting for the day. He was on one of the first floows hit. Brother: "Yeah, collapsed, completely." Me: "From the CNN website it looks like both WTC towers are gone." Brother: "I just heard that. can't get in though. heck, i'm even trying freerepublic.com" Brother again: "hey, are you on the phone with lee? i'm trying to figure out if anyone has talked to her in the last 30-45 mins." [note: Lee is my wife] Me: "Yeah. She's been in touch with mom. Turns out our neighbor's dad is/was on the top floor of one of the two wtc bldgs. Office-mate's husband, half the spouses of her mom's club, etc. Just about everyone in princeton who works in nyc either is in the wtc or knows/is related to someone." Brother [now talking about his in-laws]: "No, they're a block from the capitol. where the Voice of America is. the building they work in has a bomb shelter. not sure if they're down there or not." Me: Wow. Didn't even know they were there. Glad they're OK. Not hearing anything about the OEOB or WH on fire. Just Pentagon and WTCs (which seem to have completely collapsed. funny skyline.) Can't get any online radio. even far away stations like ITN (british news). Anyway, I think this very parsed e-mail exchange pretty neatly captures the confusion of that morning. 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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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: September 11 It was the morning of September 11, 2001 a beginning of a new normal day in Gasport. I did my regular routine. Took a shower, dressed, eaten and went to school. It was just a regular day for me nothing unusual. Right? I just came into my second class when it happened. The weird thing was we were just talking about this kind of traities in are Global Studies Class. My teacher Mrs. Capan received a phone call right in the middle of the lecture. Her face was grave and with a worried look, right then and there I knew something was wrong. She hung up the phone and raced to the television and turned it on CNN. And replied that something bad has happened. At first I just saw one of the planes not knowing that this was reality. I didn't know what was going on I just though it was a stunt act or something. I think everyone was thinking the same thing. Almost like slow motion another plane came and exploded into the other twin tower. The only thing I was thinking was it was a repeat of the first plane. But it was not so. I couldn't believe this could happen. Two planes crash into the twin towers. How, Why? Couldn't the people in the planes see the towers? And turn away from them? Then the bell rang and we had to go to be next class. Luckily I had art next and we watched some more. When I walking through the halls it was starting to seep into me now. I realized that people were dieing. People were jumping out of very high building, to get out of the burning building. But knew they were going to die anyway. It made me sick thinking about it. How could a person do this? Then the whole class thought of something. The next place the terrorist could attack is Niagara Falls. We live only an hour or less away and we have a nuclear power plant also very close. So we just sat there waiting to get blown up or something. I really never thought of dieing or anything it was just scary. I don't know I guess I was thinking about my family at that point. But it is a vague memory now. Then I was thinking did I know anyone who was in the two towers. Luckily I didn't, but some weren't so lucky. Even though there were no deaths in my family, I felt like something was taken always from me. Like I really lost a member of a friend of the family. Just when I was thinking of this breaking news went on again the pentagon was hit too in Washington and another airplane was coming. One of my family members was lucky though he just left the building when the plane hit it. I couldn't believe it. How could people's conscious let them kill so many people. It makes me sick, angry and sad at the very same time. NEW YORK!!! MY HOME!!! Be the one place were terrorist decide to attack. Since September 11, I opened my eyes and so many people around me. I never realized the conflicts of people today. How people that are not in America are still fighting for there rights that we all ready have. Some are being bombed every day, but still holding hope. This year I learned religion but?sometimes I don't under stand. Religion. ?Or believes allow you to kill innocent people that are millions of miles away from you and half don't know why you take away there dads, moms, children, brothers or sisters and many others that were so close to. Some people who were killed didn't know how to do their ABC's. Or, there were parents who had young ones at home that they will never see again. This I don't under stand. People are starting to be American again. I think. People have started to put flags up for the people who have died during this tragedy but do they know what it means, to be American. Like we have to say every day before classes. The Pledge to the Flag I pledge Allegiance To the Flag of the United States of America And to the republic For which it stands, One Nation Under God, Indivisible, with Liberty And Justice for all. When kids say this, do they know what this means? Heck no! They just think it's a boring pledge they have to make. And I know I was one of them, but now there is a meaning for the pledge for me now and many other people in my school and many other schools. I remember my mom crying while watching the news because a fire fighter died. And the families were morning over his death and hoping to find his body. I never knew my mom could cry so much. There was another a person who was just working that day and saw the plane coming and called her husband and left a message on the answer machine that she loved him. That really got me. I use to take every thing for grant. My family my friends everything. I never thought that something could be taken away from you. When you here plane now you think. "Are they terrorist? Or are they just a regular plane?" There is much paranoia lately, but what can you do. More security? They think they boosted security people still pass through. Then there is even a more problem that just came up after the terrorist attack. RACISM!!!!! All I hope is that the people who read my opinion and my story that they think about on what I said. Even though some people chose to kill themselves to kill other people, I don't believe in hating people who look like them or are maybe are relatives of them. Terrorist are people and they have family or people around them that don't believe in killing. So why hurt people who don't believe in killing. And that September 11 is remembered to all people even though there is great pain, but is also a new beginning. 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 story568.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 count myself among those fortunate Americans who does not know any of the Sept. 11 victims. I didn't know anyone on the planes, in the towers, at the Pentagon. Yet we are all brothers and sisters as Americans and I still feel an immense anger and grief over what happened to us. I love America and I feel like I knew everyone who died. I've read every story I can get my hands on. The pilots, the firemen and women, the police, the employees, the passengers, their families. In a sense I needed to feel bonded with them to overcome some of my own grief. I remember talking to my father about an hour after terror struck our country. I was crying into the phone, "Dad, I don't know what to do. It's horrible. I feel horrible. Should I go get the kids out of school? This is the worst day of my life. It's the worst day in America." He quietly responded, "Terri, I lived through the days of Pearl Harbor and WWII, and this is the worst day of MY life too." I spent hours in front of the television and reading every newspaper and magazine I could get my hands on. I still do. I still feel anger that my children are scared and that something has been taken from us forever. I feel sorrow for the families. I feel pride in my President and military. Am I different? You bet. We have flown an American flag at our house daily for 10 years and we will always do so. I've always had a bathroom decorated in patriotic symbols of red, white and blue. My patriotism hasn't wavered but grown. I still love my husband and children as much as ever, yet I hug them a little harder and keep them closer. I'll never forget sitting on the couch a year ago watching the morning news on CNN when it changed quickly to the towers and one on fire. I'll never forget screaming, "OH MY GOD, it has to be terrorism," as I watched a second plane hit the towers. And, feeling like I had never felt in my life. Real fear. Thank you for the opportunity to write. I know thousands of storie will be more compelling than mine. I know because I've been reading those stories for a year. 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 story2668.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: September 11, 2001: Twin Towers Tragedy- WTC Catastrophe Spiraling Downward, Upward We Stand United (1) Maniacal terrorists strike at the big apple of America?s eye. Famed majestic landmarks, the Twin Towers crumble, imploding into billions of bits of molten steel, jagged glass, seared human flesh, and flailing broken bones. Escaping spiked and surging fire balls, staff vaulted through windows. A canine-toothed wing of the Pentagon is broken in the aftermath of the devastation: a massive death toll of innocents remains lodged, buried alive, fifty feet under, feeling the cold-bloodied hard rubble, a steely glint of hope, five warm-blooded survivors are unearthed. Every save a divine miracle. Subways evacuate. First-aid crews take to the streets and man the flaming towers. Spiraling Downward, Upward We Stand United. (2) Flattened, the first company of New York City?s finest fire fighters, police, and first-aid crews CRASH and BURN inside the cascading avalanche of steel daggers. The 110-story Twin Towers are brought to their saber knees and then to their foiled ankles. Grieving, a 47-story sister building 7, collapses in distress into ragged ruins. Billowing, nearby brother buildings in the zone remain ablaze. WTC mass exodus: pyre and plumes of smoke hover, flying concrete shards and soot, repugnant jet fuel, raining dust and debris, thousands of frightful fleeing bystanders are entombed. Fatalities, makeshift morgues ferry the sacrificial corpses to New Jersey. The Pile, 1.2 billion tons of scorched scraps are hauled to The Hill of Fresh Kills Landfill. DNA matches: a gruesome, grueling, and grisly task, steam still rising, pickaxes poke for parts. Dogs sniff and succor. Ground Zero: dug-up remains are draped with the U.S.A. flag, saluted, and reburied. Every find a divine miracle. A carnivorous crater, vestiges of an office complex, in the dangerous pit of dignified souls, hard hat archaeologists dig among the ruins:bodies 30 feet below ground: 10 fearless firemen, 3 fearful civilians. High-flying stars and stripes fly low at half staff. Busy bees swarming, scalpeled surgeons, bedpan nurses, and selfless volunteers man the hospitals. Boiling, vigorous New Yorkers, from every mosaic melting hot pot take to the streets and wait for hours to donate their warm vital blood. Spiraling Downward, Upward We Stand United. (3) Slamming, ramming into Grade A U.S. Steel, four American jumbo jets are commandeered: flight crews are maced; by razor blade box cutters, pilots are knifed, passengers use their cell phones: ?I Love You? are their final words. Diabolical, suicide bombers -- American men, women, and children transfigured into four human missiles: Flight 11, Boeing 767, Boston to L.A., 81 Americans, eleven crew members, CRASH and BURN, into the north tower, N.Y.C. Flight 175, Boeing 767, Boston to L.A., 56 Americans, nine crew members, CRASH and BURN, into the south tower, N.Y.C. Flight 77, Boeing 757, Washington to L.A., 58 Americans, six crew members, CRASH and BURN, into the Pentagon, in D.C. Flight 93, Boeing 757, N.J. to San Francisco, 38 Americans, seven crew members, CRASH and BURN, into an empty field, in PA., by unsung heroes:?Let?s Roll!? Federal aviation officials ground flights: planes dip, drive, and nose-dive at the nearest airport. Soaring sky high, safe and sound, squawking seagulls with whimpering wings remain in flight and brave the fight. Zippered up, bridges, tunnels, and highways lock gates. Fiercely, five warships, frigate ships, and aiming bull's-eye, guided missile destroyers man the N.Y. coast: Two aircraft carriers: USS George Washington and USS John F. Kennedy man the N.Y. skies. Operation Noble Eagle: combat air patrol to shoot-em-up and shoot-em-down. In steely determination, it is business, but not business as usual. Spiraling Downward, Upward We Stand United. (4) It is more than a terrorist attack - It is an act of war! It is a national tragedy! The free and democratic world is attacked: White House evacuates. United Nations evacuates. Treasury evacuates. State Department evacuates. Justice Department evacuates. World Bank evacuates. All Federal office buildings evacuate. Israel evacuates all diplomatic missions - 12 months of merciless jihad: soulless suicide bombers maim, mutilate, and murder Jews. All N.Y. State government offices evacuate. New York?s primary elections are postponed. Trading is suspended: The American Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, and New York Stock Exchange. 110 stories, Chicago?s Sears Tower evacuates. Homeless, a frozen zone, 20,000 N.Y.C. residents are displaced. Chartering a Saudi jet, 11 Bostonian bin Ladens evacuate. Slumbering, F.B.I., C.I.A., I.N.S., and N.S.A. agents rouse. It is the first war of the 21st century! No-man's land, hermetically sealed, the President of the U.S.A. is whisked away. Blinding black smoke and clouds raining ash, heroic, Lady Liberty stands tall in the New York Harbor. Spiraling Downward, Upward We Stand United. (5) Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani addresses New York: ?Deaths are more than any of us can bear.? Senator Hillary D. Rodham Clinton addresses New York: ?We will not be cowed by evil, despicable acts of terror.? President George W. Bush addresses the nation: ?These acts shattered steel but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.? ?We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbored them.? "Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done." Nefarious doings, suspect numero uno is "The Evil One," cannibal Saudi militant Osama bin Laden and his vile circus of vicious cavemen. Virulent videos, visible, rallying all Muslims with venom and vitriol: "God Willing, America's end is near...? Upward United We Stand: Operation Infinite Justice: seek and destroy Al Qaeda. Operation Enduring Freedom: target cells, villainous metastasizing cancers. Flight 93 terrorist manhunt: 20th hijacker(?) Ramzi Omar or Binalshibh(?) Americans man their maps and ask: Where the Hell(?) is Afghanistan(?) WW III: Worldwide Coalition Bombers vs. Terror-Bender Troglodytes. Oct 7th: Billion dollar bombs drop. Tora Bora caves are wiped off the map. Biological, nuclear, and radiological weapons. Inhalation. Evacuation. Annihilation. "Our nation, in our fight against terrorism, will uphold the doctrine of either you're with us or against us." "And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air" "America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining." "God Bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her..." Spiraling Downward, Upward We Stand United. (6) Heaven sent, where 70 virgins await each Islamic martyr on a homicidal-suicidal mission, 19 corrosive terrorists pulverize into an Arabian desert sand storm: desolate and deserted; no bad guys; no car chase; no planes; no black boxes, no survivors, no witnesses, no testimonies, no revenge to seek; no justice to exact; no war to win; and no Hollywood movie. Arise. Awake. New world order and Office of Homeland Security: cockpit dead bolts, armed pilots and martial art stewardesses, no curb side check-in and Arab profiling strip searches. An inferno, charred bodies incinerate into ashes, few funerals, many memorial tributes, urns of WTC dirt comfort. Cremated. Sobbing. Closure. Weeping widows, wailing orphans, donations flood the Red Cross. International terrorism: a worldwide menace. Terrorists: a worldwide monstrosity. Arise. Reborn. One true empyrean: a phoenix, names of loved ones are inscribed on the walls of the observation deck, sacred ground, a shrine, the hatched angels hover, protecting the Twin Towers rebuilt. Lighting a blowtorch, ironworkers, engineers, teamsters, laborers, and dock builders take turns... Last steel column of 2WTC, 58 tons, no. 1,001B, is cut down at 8:17 p.m. Heartbroken, resting in peace, archangel-chief architect Minoru Yamasaki said, "A beautiful solution of form and silhouette." WorldWISE: democracy, liberty, freedom, love, prosperity, goodness, security, and peace, ?We Shall Overcome.? Spiraling Downward, Upward We Stand United. (7) A cataclysmic collision course between good and evil; angels aflight and devils afoot. "Thou Shalt Not Murder," the first set of twin tablets of the Ten Commandments crumble into rubble, and are reengraved: Operation Infinite Circle. Singed aftershocks: fear, disbelief, terror, rage, grief, depression, revenge, numbness, and nightmares. Twin Tower totals: 90,000 tourists a day, 50,000 employed; 25,000 rescued; 35,000 in subway evacuated; and two-thirds empty airplanes. 8,700 casualties, each story a miracle: a raging fire ball, 82% of her body burned, Lauren Manning lives. Fatalities from 80 nations, 343 firefighters, 265 on airplanes, 125 at Pentagon, mournfully, 3,000 consumed. Outstretched, GOD?s hand of mercy, love, compassion, and nerves of steel, vanquished the evil incarnate, ?GOD WILLING.? Spiraling Downward, Upward We Stand United. "Allah Be Praised": Deliverance of Videotape of Guilty and Gloating Murderers. A Modern Day MIRACLE. Amen. "GOD is Great": Evil one, Osama bin Laden is Extinguished. America Gets the Last Laugh and the Final Burn. THE END. Operation Stars & Stripes Forever: U.S.A. Flame of Liberty and Justice Burns Eternal. Long Live the U.S.A. Poetry note: each of the seven verses spirals downward and then spirals upward. The Sole Intention of My Poetry is to Add LIGHT to Your Soul Sharon Esther Lampert Poet, Philosopher, Politician, Prophet and Princess (Kadimah, The Tribal Princess of Israel) BIO: "My Life is an OPENBook, to KNOWMe is to READMe" http://www.poetryjewels.com MOREThan You EVERWanted to KNOWAbout Me E-mail: princesskadimah@hotmail.com Special note of gratitude to my darling muse, A. Cohen, and my dear proofreaders: mystical F. Fojas, magical A. Rabinowitz, musical I. Ruderman and maven P. Winters. http://www.poetryjewels.bigstep.com/generic.html?pid=102 ============================================ 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 story2863.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 IT STILL SEEMS LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY, BUT IT WASENT. I ALWAYS REMEMBER, IT WAS A WEEK SINCE SCHOOL WAS IN SESSION FOR ME. I WAS IN THE 8TH GRADE AT THE TIME, AND MY PRINCIPLE CAME ON, AND TOLD TEACHERS NOT TO TURN ON THE ON THE TELIVISON. AT THAT TIME ME AND MY FRIENDS WERE WONDERING WHAT WAS UP. SO TWO HOURS LATER WE WERE AT LUNCH AND THE LUNCH LADY SAID TO ME THE WORLD TRADE CENTER WAS HIT BY TWO PLANES, AND I RAN TO MY CONSLURE. SHE HAD NO CLUE WAT WAS GOING ON, UNTIL FINALLY GOT HOME AND MY FAMILY WAS AROUND THE TELIVISON CRYING. SO AN HOUR LATER I CALLED UP MY FRIEND AND SHE SAID THAT HER FRIENDS FATHER (KENNITH WALDIE)WAS ON FLIGHT 11, THE FIRST PLANE THAT HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. I CRYED. NOT ONLY WAS MY FRIENDS,FRIEND FATHER DIE ON FLIGHT 11, BUT THE CAPTIAN OF FLIGHT 11 LIVING TWO TOWNS AWAY IN DRACUT. I WAS SO SAD, EVERYNIGHT I HAVE CRYED. IN LATE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR I WENT TO THE SITE IT WAS HORRIBLE AND HAD A SMEEL OF WHAT SEEMED TO SMELL LIKE DEAD BODIES AND METAL. THEN ONCE AGAIN I WENT IN AUGUSET, IT CHANGED SO MUCH BUT I CRYED EVEN MORE. AS THE DAYS GO ON I HEAL MORE AND MORE BUT I WILL NEVER RECOVER, AND IM SURE MILLIONS WILL NEVER EITHER BUT I KNOW WE ARE ALL ALIKE. TODAY IM IN THE 9TH GRADE, AND GO TO SCHOOL WITH KENNITH WALDIES SON,DAUGHTER,AND WIFE.SINCE 9/11 ME AND ANY PERSON THAT I KNOW NEVER TAkE ANYTHING FOR GRANITE. I KNOW THIS WORLD WILL BE NEVER THE SAME, AND AS MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN GROW OLDER I WANT THEM TO ALWAYS TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANITE. I WILL ALSO TELL THEM THAT DAD, OR GRANDPA WAS ALIVE DURING THAT HORIFFIC DAY. I PRAY FOR THE WORLD AND EVERYTHING THAT REVOLVES AROUND 9/11. I LOVE THE U.S.A AND AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story8404.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was visiting my husband Jeff. He travels alot for the union. He was working on a project for Intell @ this time. When the attacks started, I was sleeping... I had the T.V. on. I recall having this horrible dream of this plain hitting a building. I woke up scared to death!...Come to find that this was'nt a bad dream at all, the first tower had been hit! I was dumbfounded. I was wondering "How could that piolet have made such a mistake..." then the other tower was hit... I realized that THIS WAS NOT A MISTAKE!!! I started crying... I wanted Jeff here. I was so afraid! I kept watching, completely confused as to who did this & WHY did they do this!? Then the first building started to come down. I remember I started screaming @ the T.V. The other attacks came... Then the other building fell. I just can't put into words what I was feeling... I don' think there are words for the utter "horror & sadness" I was feeling.By this time I was pretty numb & completly histerical. My husband came back early. He told me that the project was "shut down" for the day. We spent most of the day glued to the T.V. After a couple of hours we went out for a bite to eat. There was a road block cutting off the street to our favorite Mexican joint... Jeff told me that the blockaid is because of security around the "S.W. region air traffic center". We just turned around & came in the other way. I will NEVER FORGET!!!!!!!!!!! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story6474.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. 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 had no idea what was going on that morning. It was a normal and fast paced morning for me and my 2 boys. As most moms know getting everything together and everyone out the door can be a job in its self. That morning I did not have the news on, I remember the day was sunny and warm. I was on the way to work with no knowledge of the events that where taking place. I was not informed until a co-worker meet me at the door as I walked in and asked if I had heard what had happened. As I got to my desk I saw that one of my other co-workers had a small TV on. The first tower was in flames and smoke and for a brief moment the camara caught the images of people falling from the building. I stood, not being able to take in all that I had just saw. Them moments later I saw another plane enter the area and the 2nd tower was in flames too. All I could say was "all my god". I could not believe that this could happen to the US. I was angry and hurt, I could not believe that someone could hate us so much. It was a day that changed my life and my families. My husband left work to get the boys, he need to be with them that day. He and other parents were doing the same here in Franklin, WI. I cried that week for the families who lost love ones, but also for America. Today, it is Septmber 11, 2002 and I still cry in disbelief. But as Americans we can and will over come this tragic event and the healing be long in coming but we will still help those who need it. I am proud to say we are wawrm and caring Nation and no one can ever change that. I AM PROUD TO BE AMERICAN! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story4334.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 work in Indianapolis at IBM on the northside. Traffic was heavy that day because of construction so I settled in for the 30 minute trip down a 5 mile stretch of 96th Street. I stopped at a traffic light and heard our local Christian radio station say that a small plane had been flown into the Twin Towers. I thought it was terrible, but I had no idea what it really was and like a lot of people, just thought it was a pilot who had become incapacitated while flying and flew terribly off course. I arrived at work and some IBM'ers had a television on in a conference room. It's hard to see the enormity of such a horrific event on a 19" screen, but we watched with sickening horror as the 2nd plane hit and finally realized that this was more than an accident. We held our collective breath as Tower One collapsed and were sick at our stomachs when we saw Tower Two follow suit. That day, work fell by the wayside as we watched, speechless. There just weren't any words to say that could relieve the depth of anxiety over what we had witnessed, even from so far away. We were anxious to hear the status of employees who work in the area and were relieved to find out that initially, our colleagues were safe. We grieved more when found out later that one of our employees had been on one of the planes and had perished. As it was with everyone I talked to in the days following, all aspects of life revolved around the attacks. Travel plans were delayed or cancelled, some executives opted not to fly for fear of more attacks. (I don't tend to hear that anymore.) I eventually encountered IBM employees who couldn't take calls because they were attending funerals for victims. I think that's when the depth of human tragedy really began to register for me on a personal level. I spent hours watching television and grieving when bodies were recovered, trying to imagine the depth of sorrow their families must feel, even today. I almost feel as though I have no right to grieve as I do because I am so far away; silly, I guess. If I could carry the grief of just one person from New York or Washington or Pennsylvania, I would. 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 story11124.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: hi this is shirley, this is my story, i went to church and prayed for the love ones that lost there family in the 9-11 2001 traigdy, also lite a candle for those, i have a son that is in the army and he was sent over there to fight for our county and i prayed for him, but the ones we had lost they were great they fought for us they stayed there until everything was done, its very sad that we had to lose them, but they are some where they love just as if they were here with us and may god bless everyone. and may god be with each of there families.i'am not much of a story writer i di what i could. love always a frined shirley. 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 story5086.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. 66.119.33.135 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 name is Racquel K. Kelley and I work for Department of Defense in the Pentagon. I was sitting at my desk in 1D520 when all of a sudden there was a loud BOOM!!!!!!! At first I thought damn they have messed up somewhere cause they were doing renovations in the new corridors. I was pinned against my desk with debris, smoke and fire all around me. I called out to my coworkers but no one answered. Something fell from out of the sky and hit me in the back of my head. I then thought ?I GOT TO GO. I CAN?T DIE I JUST HAD BABY!!! I then somehow got free from my desk and dove under my desk. I reached my hand into my cabinet and grabbed my purse. While under my desk, I kicked the back of my desk out and crawled through only to meet with more falling debris, smoke and fire. Two of my coworkers, Janice Jackson and Doug Knickerbocker pulled me out from under the debris. We ran and crawled over bodies, parts of bodies and total destruction until we reached what used to be the E ring and a big hole. There were people on the other side helping us get through. The hole that you saw with the smoke coming out of it on television, that is the hole that we came out of. I was sitting on the grass just staring at the Pentagon still unaware of what had happened. I ended up in the Washington Hospital Center ICU unit with burns on my hands, arms and hair, cuts on my feet and severe smoke inhalation. I was in the hospital for a week and a half; spending four days on a respirator. I was the first Pentagon survivor to go home. It felt strange leaving the hospital and returning home because at the hospital I felt safe, here out in the world I DO NOT!!! I still have nightmares. I do not like loud sudden noises. I watch the planes and helicopters fly overhead hoping they don?t fall on me. Mentally I?m a wreck!!! I cry a lot for friends, coworkers and myself that perished that day. I am still ANGRY, HURT, CONFUSED, and FEARFUL. Racquel K. Kelley | 32 | District of Columbia 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 story10527.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. 2004-04-07 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 198.26.74.99 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: September 11th before lunch had begun about ten of my classmates had been taken away leaving the rest of us confused and left to wonder if there was something wrong in the outside world. Recess was cancled folloed by the grones and complains of everyone about the injustice.LIttle did we know lives were being taken from people as we spoke. later in the day our teacher gave a long speach on how there are horible people in the world and that if our parents werent home when we got there we needed to come straight back to the school. This scared me beyond belief. I wondered what in the world is going on. SO many bad thoughts ran through my head. Upon returning home i was greeted by the imegery of people jumping out of the world trade center. I spent the next three hours locked in the bathroom fighting back tears and vomit that had both arisen at the horrific thought of what those people were thinking to have to jump out of the building. That night i didnt sleep. I kept having nightmares of planes crashing killing everyone i knew and loved. This day was truly the day i relized that the world is full of things worse then my 11 year old mind had ever thought would have to comprehend. 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 story20508.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. 151.188.16.21 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: September 11th is a day that i am positive will be forged into my memory forever. My family and i had just moved to Sterling Virginia 2 months previous because my father had accepted a job at the Pentagon. We were all reeling from the shocks of moving three thousand miles away from everything that we had grown accustomed while living in Washington State. On the morning of September 11th, it was like any other day. We were all rushing around trying to get ready for work and school. My dad rushed out of the house first, his Supervisor from his old job was flying into Dulles later that morning and he wanted to make sure that everything was up to par. I took my time and was almost late to school, but it was history, so i kinda brushed it away. I was sitting in Geometry class when our principal came over the announcements and told us about the plane hitting the first tower. As horrible as this sounds, i really didnt know what was going on, so i just kinda went along with the lesson. A few minutes later the principal chimed in again and told us that another plane had hit another tower. i was really beginning to get scared at that point because i had no idea what was going to happen next. Unfortionatly though, the next thing that i heard was that the pentagon had been hit. That was it for me. i felt as if the room was spinning. I began shaking and tears began streaming down my face. my teacher just kept going on with the lesson, completely oblivious as to what was happening. My school was put into a lock down, and i was in a portable trailer, detached from the entire school. The more i sat there, the more that i began to panick. i began invisioning my father dying and that thought scared me more than anything else. Finally, we were permitted to go to our next class, and i got to see some of the footage of the pentagon and the feeling came back when i saw that the plane had it the same section of where my fathers office was. I got up, walked out of class and just sat in the office, waiting for a phone to open up. FInally at around noon, i got ahold of my mother, who told me that my dads boss was alright and my dad had gotten to the pentagon and found out that he had a meeting that day that he didnt know about. 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 story9537.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. 2003-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.82.9.19 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Sitting on the living room couch watching television...horrified, astonished, and emotionally stressed from being saddened to angered at something that never should of happened. I am now as different as the landscape of New York, forever "tainted" by actions of the misconstrued. No longer "naive" and trusting it is now a level of skepticism that leans towards racism. And who do we have to blame? 1000 different events had led to this atroxity. We the people should have been informed by someone who saw this coming. We know now that our government is just as busy as we are, 'running around' from day to day, too busy to stand back and take a look at the "whole picture". 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 story1352.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. 2002-08-20 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.195.141 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 a scheduled MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) on Sept. 11, and was put into the machine right before 9am. The technicians gave me the bad news that while the headphones they put on my head would block some of the louding knocking sounds an MRI produces, the CD player wasn't working, so I couldn't listen to music while inside. Would I mind listening to the radio? After a few minutes of knocking and unrememorable pop music playing over the headset, the radio suddenly cut to a news broadcast, describing how a "small plane" had hit the World Trade Center. Having worked as a commuter to NYC (in publishing), I thought, "Well, it really was just a matter of time that something like that happened," and didn't think much more of it. Then the music was interrupted again, and the second plane hit was reported. My mind suddenly started thinking, "This is deliberate." I began panicking. The radio reported that the first plane was from Boston -- I had friends flying from Boston to LA that morning. My heartrate went up: in the isolation, I could feel everything, and nothing. I was in a tank, alone, with loud knocks all around, and no one to talk to, to tell me what was =really= going on. The technicians cut in on a microphone and reminded me to stay still: apparently I was moving in agitation. I held completely still while they told me my heartrate was too high: was I perhaps afraid of small places? I told them what I was hearing on the radio. They responded that the radio wasn't playing out in their area; perhaps I was imaging things. That sort of thing, planes hitting the WTC, couldn't possibly be happening. "Sometimes people imagine things while in the isolation of the MRI," they said. I began to doubt what I thought I was hearing. Maybe it was a radio drama. Time went by. Reports kept coming in. I was still in isolation, as they had to extend the MRI tests. Then I heard about the Pentagon. My imagination filled in the images more clearly than I've ever seen before -- very strange. What was next? Boston itself? We were only 60 miles away -- too close if someone had a pocket nuke or another device. No, that wasn't possible. I began to wonder if the techs were right: was I imagining it all? Finally the test ended and I could leave. I told the techs once more about the radio broadcasts, and once more they rejected the idea that it had really happened. The clinic was strangely quiet. Everyone was going about their business as if nothing was happening. No one had heard what I had heard. I felt as if I were still in the MRI chamber: isolated in my knowledge. I was =sure= it had happened, but what if ... ? It was not until I got into my car and turned on the radio, and I could confirm it all. It =was= happening. I hadn't imagine it after all. It was the closest thing to feeling as if I'd truly lost my mind as I've ever felt. But that was nothing compared to what others were going through. I knew so many people in New York. Including some living in Battery Park City -- right in the shadow of the WTC. What about them? They turned out to be safe, and in fact came to live with me for a month and a half before returning home; home beside the rubble and the smell and the fear. My friends flying from Boston on Sept 11? -- one had delayed his flight. The other was on his plane. Danny's gone now -- no body to bury. 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 story1621.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. 2002-08-31 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.128.54.127 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 in science class with my friends and we were all goofing off like we always did while the tv was on for some reason. All of a sudden we saw a plane crash into the first tower. I thought to myself, is this some kind of sick joke? I knew nothing like this could happen to America. I was afraid because i didn't know what was going on and i had no idea what was going to happen next. Usually everybody is late to all their classes but on September 11, 2001 we all ran to our next class to see what was going on. Yes i am a little more cautious in what i do and where i go but i havent changed anything about my life because if we change our normal lifestyle then the terrorists have won. 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 story9236.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. 2003-04-27 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.8 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 had just woke up to my telephone ringing. It was one of my dearest friends who lived in another state. He just recently relocated and sometimes called in the mornings. I was half asleep while talking on the phone so things were already not really registering. Just at the moment I decided to turn on the television the awful image of a plane flying through the World Trade Center had just shown. I was not really sure what was going on. I always watch in the morinigns but this time my stomach was torn up. I was on the phone trying to explain what I had just seen and my friend did not believe me. No one in America believed it either. I will never forget sharing that moment with someone I love and never forget that image. I am so lucky to be able to keep the ones I love but unlucky to have to share the departure of so many fellow americans. As long as I live I will never forget. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story7681.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-16 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 199.174.25.226 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 story is simple...I was sleeping when my family woke me to tell me a plane hit the World Trade Centers. I watched as eveything unfolded in front of my eyes on television and really didn't know what to say or think--all I could do was cry. I remembered being at the top of the WTC in 1989 looking over what seemed like the whole world. Everyday I am reminded of all the people whose lives changed forever that day. I have pictures of the view from atop the WTC that I look at from time to time, and realize how truly grand those buildings were and just how many people worked there and visited everyday. I will never forget that day as long as I may live and I hope everyone will someday understand how deeply significant a day September 11, 2001 is to America's history. 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 story5945.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 can not say that I lost anyone that I know, but I can say that my heart was broken that day. On September 11'th, I was at home by myself doing my schoolwork. I am homeschooled so I was home when it happened. I had a sick feeling that something realy bad was going on. I guess you could call it a perminision of some sort. I had no idea that it was so bad though. My dad came home and practicaly jumped out of his truck and ran into his room. He slammed the door shut too and that is when I knew something was realy wrong. I did't want to realy wory about it so I turned on the television. I turned a few chanels and that is when I saw it. I was so sick to my stoumache. At first I didn't know what was happening. I saw the smoke when I turned to that channel and I was like what on earth is happening. Thats when I heard the words... " America has been attacked and the twin towers have been hit". I started to cry. It scared me so much that I just realy couldn't move. I was parilysed with fear. When my dad came back by and went back to work all we could do was look at each other. He knew I knew but he did not want to talk about it to me in case I didn't know. I get upset about these things realy easily and he didn't want to tell me that we were at war untill it was official. I called everyone I knew and we all wached it together. Then an aquaintance of mine called and wanted me to come over, and that is when my parents told me we were at war. I told her I couldn't and when I hung up the phone I burst into tears and could not stop crying. Allthough I did not know anyone in the towers or on the planes, it broke my heart. Then I got sick again when I saw OBL's people celebrating. I thought to myself, how could some one human do such a thing like this? Today I joined a memorial service in our Hospital and they had a voice over of actual calls from the people trapped in the towers, while they played Sarah McGauclens "Angel". I just burst into tears like everyone else in that building did. I loaded myself up with red white and blue. I even wore three extra rings just so that I could have a red white and blue ring on. I love America and all the people in it. I mourn for those who have been lost and the familys of those people. God bless everyone and may peace someday come with no more wars and tears. In God's eyes, I love you all as brother and sister. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: At 7 a.m. PDT on September 11, 2001, as I was readying myself to go to work, the phone rang. My friend Debbie told me to turn on the t.v. "We're under attack!" My first action was to attempt to reach my daughter, who lives elsewhere in California (I finally talked to her that evening). On the way to work, I listened to the radio in my truck and, once at work, watched events unfold on television and on my computer. Not much work got done; people stood around the t.v. all day. The first call I received in my office that morning came from a local travel agent. She had arranged a trip to Portugal and the Azores for my boss, his wife, and some of their friends. The group was due home that day. The travel agent related that the group was in the air when the attacks on America began and their plane, scheduled to land in Newark, was being rerouted to Canada. Eventually the plane landed in Halifax. Some 6000 or so airline passengers were rerouted to Halifax that day, and the Canadians were so kind to everyone. Almost six months later, the events of September 11 still seem unreal to me. 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 story109.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had a 2 year old son at the time, and a new baby daughter. She had just turned one month old. I was so tired-staying up most of the night with her-that I fell asleep on my stomach at the foot of the bed that night. When I woke up in the morning, I lifted my head and saw the TV, which had been on all night. There was Katie Couric, saying that the 2nd plane had just hit, and I couldn't believe my eyes. I thought, "What in the world is this?!" I felt my stomach drop as the story unfolded before my eyes. They repeatedly showed the first plane crash-people had thought the first one was just an accident. The video showed people watching the first plane hit, then going back to what they were doing, like it was no big deal. It wasn't until the second one hit that people realized that something very terrible was happening. Like every other person in the world, I sat and watched, wanting it to be just a bad dream I'd soon wake up from. Finally realizing that it was not a dream, a wave of hopelessness and terror washed over me. I thought to myself, "This is it. We are all going to die. They are going to get us. This is the end. My babies don't get to grow up!" Shaking with my sobs, I pulled my precious son out of his bed and put him into mine. I just cradled him in my arms, softly sobbing. He didn't wake up-he still sleeps like a rock to this day. I then went into my precious daughter's room to watch her sleep. I continue to cry as I touched her back gently. She continued to sleep peacefully, as well. I felt so lost, so helpless, and so desperately lonely, I called my husband at work. He just asked, "Some planes hit some buildings somewhere?" There was no way for him to understand the magnitude of the unfolding tragedy. I remember sobbing, begging for him to come home. He couldn't, though. All I thought about was him being hurt-we still had no idea if these were isolated incidents or not. I called my mom and my sister-anyone I could think of- just to try and find one person that wasn't scared and that could comfort me. It turned out that everyone was as scared and unsure as I was. I sat there again, crying, watching my children peacefully asleep, blissfully unaware of what was going on. I just feared for their future. Like many others, I did not recover quickly. I remained glued to the couch for several weeks, severely depressed. I literally felt hopeless, paralyzed, and just weak. I couldn't get up. I'm normally a girl that loves to eat, but I couldn't even force myself to take a bite of food or even drink. I was dehydrated and lost about 30 lbs. very quickly. The only thoughts on my mind were thought of fear, death, and tragedy. It's no way for anyone to live. I knew I had to make some big changes in my life, when it started affecting my children. I was in the middle of another sob-fest, thinking everyone was asleep (I always tried to wait until everyone was in bed to start watching the news and crying my eyes out). Out came my then 2 year old son, looking very concerned. I felt ashamed that he caught me, and fearful that he'd be worried. He came to over to the couch, and softly stroked my hair. In his sweet, little voice he whispered, "It's gonna be okay, Mommy." I still burst into tears when I talk about that!!!! It was like I was smacked upside the head, or something. I finally realized that my behavior was impacting my precious children, and that I had to make some changes quickly. One night, while in a chat room online, I was having a good conversation with many of the people there. I finally confessed to everyone that I was severely depressed because of what had happened, and I asked if anyone could help me. That's how desperate I was-I begged complete strangers for any kind of help. That's when a lady instant messaged me, asking if I knew the Lord. Sure, I knew about Him. I knew what Jesus Christ did for mankind, and I always believed in that much. She introduced the Sinners' Prayer to me, where a person asks for Christ's forgiveness, and invites Him into their hearts so that they may have eternal life because of His sacrifice on the cross. We said the prayer together, via a little chat window. I began to cry as I said it aloud-this was me literally crying out to God for help. As I finished the prayer, I literally felt a weight fly from my shoulders-that is the only way I can describe it. It felt like a bird that had been perched on my shoulders had just flown away. I was trembling, scared, and excited all at once. I just crumbled, falling to my knees. I sobbed, "Thank you, thank you," over and over feeling peace fill my mind and body. It was SO incredible!!! That was in November of 2001. I was baptized in February of 2002. I still struggle with things here and there. I still make so many mistakes. I still have my down days, my bummer days. Some major things are different, though. I am at peace, and I no longer live in fear. I also have no need to fear, because I know that life goes on after the life on this earth ends. I know that God loves me, loves us all, and will take care of us. I know that God has a special plan for my life, just as He did for all those that died on September 11th. It gives me comfort knowing they did not die in vain. Their tragic losses brought this country together, and made us stronger than ever! I felt at peace seeing how we as a country reacted to the tragedy. It made me proud to see the lines going out the doors of the military recruiting offices, the American flags, the kindness towards strangers. For once, we were all united, as we always should have been. That was God hard at work, turning what was meant for evil and using it for good. Now, I fear we as a country are getting back to our complacent state again. Too much fighting with one another to see the big picture. It scares me sometimes, but at least now I can pray about it and know that God is bending an ear to me. I don't know how or if I could go on without God's love in my life. I am forever changed. I will no longer fear for my life, my family's life, or anyone else's. He promises us a hope and a future...He's revealed Himself as very trustworthy, so I'm going to believe Him. I've heard people say that this was New York's tragedy, why does everyone else care, etc., etc. I am thousands of miles away from New York, but let me tell you, it hit home. It might as well have been in my front yard. We all suffered right along with New York. I am still affected by it-in good ways and in bad ways. I still have the flashbacks, the deep sadness, and the nightmares, but at the same time I'm a better, more patient and loving parent and wife. I appreciate my family and others in my life. I cherish life more. I am more compassionate. I now live life day to day. I live each day as it will be my last. Funny how a horrible tragedy can straighten a person's priorities. In many ways, the tragedy on September 11th saved my life. So many died, yet I was born into new life. That's something I think about often, and will always think about and be thankful for. Forever. PS-I thank God and pray for our wonderful military and their families everyday. 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