300 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: We were up early that morning preparing to head for the airport. A non-stop flight from San Francisco to Kennedy International, continuing to Hartford, CT, on American Airlines. Me, my wife and young son (20 months), were headed to Connecticut for (unbeknownst to me at the time) a surprise 40th birthday party in my honor. My brother called us from Connecticut at about 6am (our time) and told us to turn on the TV. The first plane had already hit the WTC, and we watched in disbelief. At that time, the media led us to believe that it was a private plane that may have been pulling a stunt gone wrong, or had made a serious mistake. I remarked to my wife Lorraine, that we'd probably see the damaged building on approach to JFK. Very shortly after that, we watched on TV, LIVE, the second plane hit the other tower, and I said, "We're not flying today!" End of story basically. We watched the events unfold the rest of the day, and she spilt the beans as to what was supposed to happen that weekend. Very sad, and very tragic. We'll never forget it, and we'll certainly make sure our son remembers 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/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: A View from 23rd Street September 14-15, 2001 We are very grateful for all the calls and e-mails we have received from family and friends around the country, and from as far away as Jerusalem and Yerevan, inquiring about our safety and emotional well-being in the aftermath of the attack on the World Trade Center. We have tried to respond individually, usually with short bursts of detail, to convey that we are safe and, to date, have accounted for all relatives and friends who work and live in or near the attack site. While we still anticipate getting tragic news about people we did not know were at Ground Zero on Tuesday morning, we are grateful for now that our personal circle appears to be unbroken. It is now late Friday. President Bush has visited the disaster area, and it was good to see him here. Writing this message will give me a way to collect my thoughts in a more reflective fashion than I've been able to do since Tuesday and, if you don't mind, share them with you as a way of relating what we were doing physically and how we have been coping emotionally with the surrealistic city we now find ourselves living in. It may also give me the opportunity to arrive at some understanding of events that seem incomprehensible. I hope you will not find this tedious or worse, presumptuous. Tuesday began without a hint of the madness to come. It was bright and sunny. We went through our usual morning routines as we prepared to walk Sarah to school and then go to work. Barbara and I stopped off to vote at 23rd Street east of First Avenue in the New York primary, then split up to head to work ? I headed toward East 42nd Street and she headed toward the courthouse near City Hall. Barbara noticed smoke coming from downtown and said there was a fire, which we assumed was nearby, as it was very thick and seemed so close, and fire engines were responding from our nearby fire station. Barbara took the subway and was coming out of the City Hall station ? about 10 blocks north of the WTC ? when the south tower collapsed. She had to duck into a building to get away from the smoke and dust. Debris from the building flew as far as City Hall. The courts were closed shortly afterward, and the Daily News had her go to nearby Beekman Downtown Hospital to report on the emergency care being given to victims. She had a very long and emotional day, coping with accounts of falling bodies and debris, of choking under clouds of pitch black smoke, and screams that will reverberate forever to those that heard them. Like most other people, I was watching the unfolding events on television in my office and was slow to comprehend what was happening. Later in the morning I went to Sarah's school, which was being shut down for the day. We talked about what had happened, in rudimentary terms, and although I don't think she appreciates the complexity and enormity of what happened, she said, "I know why they picked the World Trade Center. Because they are famous buildings." Although Barbara called us almost hourly throughout the day, Sarah kept asking me if Mom was safe, and I could honestly say she was. When Barbara came home at about 8:30, Sarah leaped up and said she was going to make dinner for her. She then toasted an English muffin and scrambled some eggs in a bowl for us to cook while Barbara, who was coated in dust, showered. After eating, she and Sarah fell asleep on couches in the living room, and as unsettling as the day had been, it was calming and reassuring for me to see them like that. I was glued to the television all night, in the way we all had been in November 1963 when President Kennedy was killed. This event has made us an American village again, and for the first time in my memory, all of the United States is sympathetic to New York, appreciating both that this was an attack on America in which New York and the Pentagon were symbolic targets, and that the international primacy of New York as a financial and communications center made it an obvious target that spared virtually all other US civilian centers as the object of the terrorists' madness. In the last couple of days, I have seen police cars from Virginia, firemen from Ohio, delivery trucks from Indiana, and so much more from around the country. There is also an appreciation for Washington and our national government that is somewhat unusual in this era in which citizens tend to disdain the capital, and the press unendingly dissects personal scandals at the expense of intelligent policy analysis, and politicians make a point of rhetorically distancing themselves from the very national institutions they hope and claim to lead. By the end of the first evening, after a full day working the phones (when they worked at all), we had finally heard from our various friends and relatives and school families who work and live in the WTC area. One had an especially harrowing story. Our friend Diana Merenda, who went to school with Barbara, worked at the WTC and called her husband to say the buildings were under attack and she was trying to get out and to head to his midtown office. They exchanged intensely personal words, and she was not heard from again for more than four hours. Nearly incapacitated by smoke, she ended up on a ferry to New Jersey, having gotten there in a near tidal wave of escapees who linked arms and tried to divine their way to the river, which they could not see for the pitch black smoke that blinded them to such a degree that they could not see their own hands. She was treated for smoke inhalation, and her husband went home to Manhasset, got their car and made a long and circuitous journey (from Long Island to Westchester and Rockland Counties, across the Hudson north of the city and back down along the Palisades, all in massive traffic) to get and bring her back at 2:30 in the morning. On Wednesday, Sarah and I stayed home for a while, took a walk, stopped in to reflect and say a prayer at the nearby St. George Episcopal Church, got some pizza and went to her friend Siri McClean's for some play time. The McCleans live in Waterside apartments on the 37th floor, facing south/southwest/west. The Twin Towers were the center of their dining/living room view. And it was gone. For all the television I had watched, the calamity did not register on me as dramatically as it did when I looked out and, in a real dimension, without the filter of TV, saw what was there Tuesday morning but not there Tuesday afternoon. This was not a dream or a Hollywood disaster movie in which Bruce Willis or Sylvester Stallone was going to save the day. One can only imagine what those who live or work there every day, or who are literally on the rescue teams, must think. And one cannot comprehend how those who witnessed other mass destructions that were unexpected and unprecedented - Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima obviously come to mind - could ever recover. The view from our own window is out on the East River, which is usually rich with boat traffic and taxiing seaplanes. In the distance we have a clear view of airplanes taking off and landing at LaGuardia Airport. In the last few days, of course, the only river vessels have been police and fire emergency craft, and with the exception of Air Force jets and police helicopters, the skies have been clear of aircraft. Apart from that, though, you would never know from looking out our window that something was wrong. All the buildings that are supposed to be there are right where they belong. However, there has been an exceptional quietude because the FDR Drive, which usually hums with automobiles, has been closed to all but official vehicles. For the first time since we have lived here, I can actually hear the ticking of our living room clock when the window is open. Earlier in the day, in the morning before Barbara went to work, I rode my bike uptown, because access on my normal route - south along the East River, around Battery Park, up the West Side past the World Trade Center and World Financial Center - was not only blocked but forever changed. The streets were strangely empty of autos. Pedestrians and bicyclists were nodding to each other, saying hello, waving to and saluting each other, and there seemed to me to be far more than the usual number of people walking with arms around each other, but it was all without smiles. There were only grim and sorrowful expressions. Barbara spent the day at one of the coordinating centers for family and friends searching for word of their missing loved ones. Hundreds of people were holding fliers with pictures and phone numbers, filling out missing persons forms, crying, shaking, desperately anxious to talk about the lost in the hope of good news. She spent an arduous day conveying their stories to the newsroom. By the time Barbara got home, she was drained, which those of you who know her well know is a rare occurrence. There are many levels of accumulating emotional despair in this crisis - for those who are missing loved ones, those who are searching the rubble, those who are relaying the poignant stories, those who are investigating the crime, those who are leading the city and nation - and they are all real and deeply disturbing. Even when you turn off the television and get outside, nowhere near the World Trade Center, you cannot escape the now common sense of New York. On street after street, there are posters of the missing plastered on bus stop shelters. Today I walked by one of the places where the families of the missing have gathered ? the archway entrance to Bellevue Hospital on First Avenue and 27th Street. I did not want to linger or add my maudlin sentiments to their grief. I almost felt too lucky to be allowed in their company. But as a New Yorker, I just wanted to pat the shoulder of someone who lost family ? simply, anonymously ? and read as many of the posters as I could, because people who love put them up, and they deserve to be seen. Although there is no reason to identify or single out the missing by their ethnicity, I automatically freeze every time I see an Armenian name, perhaps because it brings the reality of the crime a little closer to me, or because I am more likely to know the family since ours is a relatively small and tight-knit community. So here is a name ? Peter Mardikian ? who called his wife from Windows on the World on the 106th floor and has not been heard from again, and whose sister was clutching his picture, telling his story. School resumed on Thursday, and Sarah and her friends were glad to see each other. Less than half the class was there, however. Quite a number of families either kept their children home or have left for country houses or to be with relatives outside the city. Our own focus has been to try to maintain as close to a normal routine as possible, even as we adapt to the circumstances. For example, several of our friends who live near the attack site have been evacuated from their homes, and the realization of that fact has made more of an impression on Sarah than what little she has seen on TV of those awful video images of planes crashing into the Twin Towers. One schoolmate has spent the afternoons at our house until her mom, a single mother, can pick her up and take her to the hotel that her company is putting her up in until she can get back home. I have talked to my sister Renee about the possibility that we'd have to leave New York and come for the mother of all sleepovers at her house upstate - if living conditions here deteriorated to a danger point or we came under renewed attack. We are carefully monitoring the environmental conditions, for example. For part of Wednesday and much of yesterday, we smelled smoke from the attack site. Yesterday, as far north as my office on 42nd Street, there was a sooty, gritty texture to the air as the winds blew northward from Ground Zero. There have been conflicting reports of asbestos levels in the air. Mayor Giuliani has said there is no danger, but doctors on the scene have asked for a large volume of asbestos masks and have told individuals that the asbestos levels are high. The World Trade Center, after all, was built in the mid-sixties, and the internal pipes ? thousands of miles worth ? were coated with fire retardants, including asbestos. The head of security for the New York Federal Reserve Bank, who lives in our building, said that the Bank was moving its operation to East Rutherford, New Jersey, because, although their building had not been structurally impaired, the ventilation system had been so compromised by the dust, debris and chemical pollutants that they could not ask their employees to work in that environment until they were certain it was cleared and safe - and that could take a long time. Yet while we've talked about a contingency plan for departure, my overwhelming urge and need is to stay in New York, to maintain as close to a normal life as possible, to accommodate the changes that have been forced by this dastardly deed without compromising our values by allowing terrorists to uproot our lives. These sound like grand philosophical words, but there are practical aspects to them. Sarah, for example, at 8 and a half, has in the last two months become confident enough in herself to go on sleepovers ? upstate to my sister's, across the street to the McCleans', and elsewhere. Her piano playing has hit another noteworthy stride ? she is playing Beatles songs with great enthusiasm and skill - and her teacher is coming over tomorrow for the usual Saturday lesson. Fourth grade has just started, and she has an excellent teacher to whom she has responded very nicely. We would hate to uproot her and risk a setback to her confidence because of what may be an unfounded and ephemeral fear of harm at the hand of terrorists, and we would hate to teach her the lesson that a brazen act of terror and cowardice would drive us from our home. But we cannot be blind to the fact that terrorists in fact perpetrated a very real and deadly attack and could do it again, in a time and place that could put us among the casualties. So, we try like everyone else to balance the scales and act as wisely as we can. For now, the risk seems contained, and our pride in New York too great, to do anything but stay and be ourselves as best we can. There is something about New York today that is akin to what must have been the character of London in the Blitz. It is more than a sense of our being under siege, of having to climb out of and rebuild after the rubble. Even in our contempt for the people who did this, New Yorkers are being casually kind and tolerant and graceful toward one another and the many who have come here to help. They and the rest of our fellow citizens are involuntarily sharing in an endeavor far bigger and more important than any of us individually. (In more banal settings that seem ludicrous by comparison, athletes talk about how they and their teammates "banded together" to show "great courage" and "overcome diversity" in order to . . . win a few more baseball games than the other guys, who were praying to the same God for the same good fortune. Seems sort of silly, doesn't it?) Why do I want to stay? It is more than the fact that I am a New Yorker, that I was born here, that this is my home and my hometown, and that I do not want to cower to a miserable malevolent force. It is more than a garish hometown nationalism - New York has always been the place to be, that people want to come to, now as ever. It is probably more than simple human nature and instinct, too, since I am spending a lot of time thinking about and analyzing it. There is much in this week that reminds me of The Bridge of San Luis Rey ? the Thornton Wilder novel examining the lives of five people who died when a Peruvian footbridge collapsed. The search for meaning and a rationale for why those lives were on that bridge at the fateful moment leads to the inevitable if unsatisfying conclusion that there is no sense to it at all; it was just random. If there is a redeeming coda to the tale, it is to love and be loved while you are here, for that is what makes sense and endures. My dear dear friend Bob Wurwarg went into work late on Tuesday, and at the time he would normally be coming out of the World Trade Center subway station, he was on a commuter train from Rockville Center to Penn Station, so he missed the plane crashes. An acquaintance was delayed from his normal schedule because he voted on the way to work. A friend stopped for a bagel and coffee on the ground floor and ran out when the first plane hit. The head of Cantor Fitzgerald, the bond-trading firm that lost 700 of his 1,000 employees, was late because he decided to take his 5-year-old son to his first day of "big boy" school at Horace Mann. It was not wisdom or virtue that kept these people alive and took so many others. Some people who were lingering outside for a cigarette break also lived, while firemen and cops and EMS medics who rushed to helped the victims perished in the collapse. Barbara Olson, wife of the Solicitor General, delayed her departure to Los Angeles for a day so she could celebrate her husband's birthday, and she ended up on the flight that crashed into the Pentagon. If there is any sense to this, it resides in a providence I cannot interpret. I suppose a Bridge of San Luis Rey analysis can only be retrospective. It is a way to process what has happened, but not a guide by which to live or plan future behavior. In the last day or so I have also been mindful of the parable of the appointment at Samara, in which the merchant's servant is threatened by a woman who turns out to be Death at the marketplace in Baghdad. The servant desperately flees to Samara where Death would not think to look for him. When the merchant goes to the market himself and asks Death why she threatened his servant, Death says she was not threatening but was herself startled to see the servant in Baghdad because she had an appointment with him in Samara that very evening. There may be an awful holy grace to events like this week, and to life on this earth, or there may be nothing more than coincidence, a random collection of atoms or the plain old luck of the draw. Whatever you believe, in the end, you have to do what feels right and safe. To me, it feels right and safe to be home. May that feeling flourish. With the warm regards and love of my family to yours, Bob Tembeckjian P.S. It is now Saturday morning. I did something both incredibly mundane and important ? I took our laundry to the local laundromat and told the proprietor I'd be back late this afternoon to pick it up. I will. And it will be ready. Barbara, Sarah and I are going out for a walk, and to buy some extra large size clothing that Sarah's school is collecting for the relief workers. Tomorrow we will join friends in worship. While answers may not be revealed to us, there are some words about the Bible by Sir Walter Scott that may help. Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries. Happiest they of human race To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way, And better had they ne'er been born Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. 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 story487.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 on my way to work. I work at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. I was listening to K-love, christian music station. I had just dropped of my kids at school. One at elementary, and one at middle school. They had announced that the "New York Trade Center" had been hit by a plane. They did not know why at the time. They said on the radio that it may have just been an accident, but that the skys were clear, so they were not sure how that would have happened. I was scared, so I called home. I talked to my 17 year old and told him what I had heard. I asked him if he was watching the news. At that point he turned it on. He said, "Mom it was not an accident, we are being attacked." A few minutes later, another plane had crashed. The radio announcers changed their tune. Now they said that we were probably being hit by terrorist. My son was right. I called home again and talked to my husband. But then went ahead and went to work. The thoughts that were going on through my mind, was that they were talking about this at school. I was hoping not. I was worried that my 7 year old would be scared. I hoped that the adults were not making too much fuss in front of the kids. On the other hand, I knew that the kids in Middle School were probably filled with excitement, and were not too scared. I got to work, but there was not much work being done that day. Every one was watching TV. Were were listening and waiting, and hoping for the end. Another plane went down at the pentegon. I grew more concerned. St. Jude is international, so I started really getting uncomfortable. I thought, "They are gonna get places that have people from all over the world". I wanted to go home. I waited a while. Still watched TV and listened. A plane went down in Pennsylvania. I thought, "My gosh, that is enough, and I am going home." I was so scared that something would happen in Memphis and I would not be able to make it home. All I could think about were my kids. I had to make it home. I thought about all the kids who had parents that morning that went to work and were not coming home that night. It astonished me that all through the day, and after, that the kids were not mentioned much. It was so sad. That is all I could think about. All those kids that were not going to have a parent that night. I didn't sleep good for several days. I still wonder about the kids. How are they, and who is taking care of them? No one says. I don't get that part. Another thing that I really thought about that day was, the fact that I work at St. Jude. We take care of people and work with people from all over the world. This makes it a real special place to be. We all get along so well. We grow to love each other, and care for one another. It's a feeling I can't describe to be among people here of so many different nationalities. I don't even speak the language of some of them, but a smile means the same to everyone. And that is good, because I smile alot. I don't know how any one would want to hurt people the way the terrorist did that day. We should all love each other. God made every color, size and shape. And this day, more than other day, should remind us all of that. robin.grant@stjude.org 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 story3175.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. 192.55.208.10 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My husband and I were on holiday in Caleo Salvaki in Crete in Greece. We had just found out that we were expected our first baby in the following April. We had both got colds on about the 5th day of our holiday - we slept in the afternoon and then went into the lobby to go out for some dinner. On getting there, there were a crowd of people around the television - this was about 17:00 their time. We asked what had happened and were told about the WTC and the Pentagon. I just collapsed in my husband's arms thinking about the poor people on the planes. It didn't really hit me about the buildings falling at this stage - I dont think it had happened by then. We just sat there in shock, and then I got pains in my stomach. I went to the toilet to check that all was okay and then my husband took my hands and then talked to my stomach that the baby had to live for the sake of all of us. That however bad things got that it must survive. We went out for evening meal that evening and the place was so calm - people just wandering around dazed and clinging to their families. There was no loud laughing or shouting. We were glued to the televisions for the remainder of our holiday and read every piece of newspaper that we could. We are now the proud parents of a little girl called Kimberley and have since had another girl called Courtney. We shall tell her all about it when she is old enough to understand and will always remember where we were when this awful tradgedy happened. God Bless all those who were lost and also those left behind. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11, 2001, I was in my office. I just came back from my morning break when I found a message from my husband on my desk. Someone else had just told us a plane had crashed into the first World Trade Center tower. I called him I told him I had heard the news already. Then he told me a second plane had crashed into the other tower. He is an army augmentee at MacDill AFB, Central Command. His next news was that he had to report to duty at the base immediately and didn't know when he would be able to come home. We had been married only a short while and were expecting our first child together in three weeks. This past year was stressfull. My husband was deployed a few times and often came home upset but couldn't discuss events. We had a beautiful baby boy on October 1, 2001. My husband was able to come home for four days when the baby was born. I cried alot of tears this past year because I missed my husband and wanted him home. But I do realize I am lucky and so is our son. My son's father is able to come home. My husband is also a police officer. My heart and my prayers go out to every one who lost a loved one that day. But special prayers go out to the mothers and babies born after September 11 that don't have a husband and father to come home. 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: I came home 9/11/01 and I realized that my dad had been home from work. Shortly after we got off the bus and in our home my dad had told me that the Twin Towers in New York had been hit by terrorists and how it was all over the news. I ran crying into my room. Shortly after my mom got home I cried with her. Just seeing those images over and over was terrible. I hated watching them fall and seeing the people jump out of windows and people running away from the smoke. A year after 09/11/01 in 2002 my grandmother died on 9/11. It all started out when my dad was at work and he got a call. He went to see my uncle at his house. When he got there he knocked on the door and the door slowly opened. He hollered for my uncle but no one had come to the door. He went to my grandmothers house about 5 mintues from my uncles house. When he got there he saw my aunt's car there and my uncle's truck. When he went inside he saw my granmother sitting there dead and my aunt and uncle were crying. Soon after he started to cry. He and my mother had both taken off work a little after 12:00 noon. When my brother and I came home that night we had realized my mother and father had been home which isn't usual. We knew something had been wrong. When we got to my house we went in and saw my mom and dad crying their eyes out. When we asked them what was wrong they had said that Grammy had died. I ran crying to my room. My other Gram had made soup for us but of course no one was hungry for anything. That night we all cried ourselves to sleep. The next day we did not go to school. Soon after we had to go to her house and clean it out so that it could be sold to someone. The first time we went we cried alot. The next time we went we had discovered a note that she had wrote to us the day before she died, like she knew she was going to die. We cleaned out her house and my older brother bought it. He is married with one son. I can never walk in that house the same way since she died. We will always remember her. So if you had lost somebody not only when the Twin Towers fell but if they just died on 9/11 any year don't forget about them but remember them. Each year that she had died I remember her more and more. Her name was Pauline Hill. We love you Grammy Hill. We will always remember you. 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 story11039.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. 2004-09-13 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.128.208.48 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 rolled out of bed that morning following my usual routine. I was a sophomore in high school. It was, just like in New York, a beautiful September morning. It was bright, warm and the sky was a light blue with a few stray clouds. I went to my second hour English class, which started at 8:15 am. About twenty minutes into class, the principal interrupted class over the P.A. system. He told us that an airplane had crashed into the World Trade Center. My class and I were overcome with shock and awe. No one said a word. My teacher turned on the tv in our classroom and those horrific images of destruction and caos enveloped the screen. The rest of the school day was very somber and quiet. The hallways lacked the yelling and general talking. My math teacher tried to teach us math, but to no avail. It was difficult to focus. My dad was suppose to fly to Boston early that morning for business. Fortunately, he never got on that flight because every plane was brought out of the sky. Until the day I leave this world, I will never forget where I was or what I was doing that day the this great country came under attack. It is one of those few memories that most people will remember vividly. To this day as a senior, I get nervous every time Mr. Kesman addresses the school over the P.A. system, hoping that there isn't the news of another September 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 story11406.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. 2005-05-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.79.201.225 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 playing games on the internet when my son came running into my house, all excited and out of breath, asking me if I knew what had just happened in New York City ? He changed my tv channel, we could not believe our eyes or ears. The only thing I could do was sit down and pray to our Father in heaven, then the tears came quietly down my cheeks,my heart felt very heavy and then the towers started falling. I have never felt so helpless. The need to touch my family, make sure that they were all okay growing ever stronger till I felt I would burst. I will never forget 9-11-01. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story4792.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.188.6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was working as a reporter for a traffic information company (the people that do traffic on the radio stations) and of course had the radio and television on all day. What I remember most about that day is how it didn't at all seem real. Growing up watching disasters unfold on television and the movies, I geuss I had become conditioned to seeing hossible acts of violence and passing them of as entertainment. It was literally as if my eyes were not letting my brain and heart truly understand what they were seeing. With the practiced cool of radio reporting, I covered the early rush hour that evolved as downtown businesses called it a day at a round 11 in the morning. How far has radio news coverage fallen when they look to traffic reporters to cover major events, then simply switch over to live television feeds over the FM waves because they downsized their news departments ten years ago. As a journalist, this was perhaps the biggest story of my lifetime. And the fact that I was only involved on the very edges of reporting on it, I felt even more distanced. Perhaps this is selfish thinking, but it is how I felt at the time. In any event, I even travelled to the site of the disaster in downtown Manhattan a few months later with a friend, just to bear witness really, to see if I could finally comprehend the magnitude of what had happened. Again, it seemed unreal, like I was trying to peek onto a giant movie set or something. We walked around the barricades, craned our necks to see the huge pit of twisted rubble, read the messages written in the dust caked on nearby buildings, hung out on benches and in small parks, watching New Yorkers try to go about their daily lives as the worst disaster of their history became a tourist attraction. We ate sandwiches at a deli that was still trying to clear all the dust from the cracks and crevices in its window front. We went home the same day, feeling actually worse for having driven four hours to gawk. But it still didn't seem real. In the year since, the reality of the whole thing has slowly creeped in, but has manifested itself in the way I relate to friends and family mostly. Life is fragile, fleeting, and extinguished in an instant for the most obtuse and obscure reasons. This is what Sept. 11 has taught 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 story3099.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.222.137.194 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 on maternity leave after just having my 3rd child,a little over a month before Sept.11.As I sat folding her baby clothes I cried as I watched her sleeping peacefully,scared about what would happen to our world next,and about the many children who no longer had parents to watch them as they lie sleeping.Every time a plane flew over my house I shuttered thinking could this be the next thing???I called my husband at work,I remember screaming the details to him on his cell phone,he said,in a quivering voice"I know,we have been hearing all the details here at work"I cried to him,"please come home"I never really appreciated those words as much as I did that day....I was so lucky that I was able to say that to him.Now,a year later,my baby is now one,I look at her and think of how lucky I am to have her and my whole family because there are so many people who are no longer able to hold their loved ones,our hero's of 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 story5115.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: My story isn't as unigue as others. I was home. I came out of my bedroom and when I went to the kitchen my brother reported that the Twin Towers had been hit by a plane. I looked at him with that "yea, right" look and then turned to the tv where they were replaying the actual event. I had to sit down. We kept tabs on the events all day long. My niece kept trying to get word to her husband who is in the Marine Corps. He had been in the field with manuevers and all they told them was that the US had been hit. For the next week we didn't know when or if he was going overseas. He got back this last June. 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 story3760.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11, 2001, part of our world was destroyed. To me this means that it was the begining of an event that shouldn't even of happened in the fiirst place. It also means that it is the begining of war. I truly grieve for those who lost their lives fighting for our country. Since this event happened, I really think that it will haunt our lives forever. September 11 is always going to be a date that we will not forget. It has changed all of our lives in the way we think, know, and feel. 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 story2278.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. 156.63.41.73 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My husband was in Calif. on business and I had just gotten our youngest son off to school. It was my day off so I poured a cup of coffee and climbed back into bed to watch the Today show. I was so relaxed and then the world came crashing in! At first it was reported as an accident and I remember thinking "that's terrible". I called my husband to tell him what had happened since I knew he wouldn't hear about it for a couple more hours. We were talking when the other tower was hit.. I saw it AS IT HAPPENED!!! It shook me up so badly I just started crying. Next the news showed the Pentagon had been hit. And then the worst happened, the towers began to fall. My God, the devastation!! I will NEVER forget the feeling, like someone had grabbed my heart in their hand and began to squeeze. It is a day I will remember for the rest of my life and every time I think about it I cry all over again. It has changed all of our lives more than I would have ever thought possible. I will never, ever, take the blessing of life and love for granted again. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story4152.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 home with my family to lunch.By tv i saw the 2nd airplane crash into the tower.I was shock.All day i keep tv "on air",to see all about the tragedy.My boss left tv on air to us could see.I felt and still feel rage against pirates.Today when i remember September 11 ,almost cry.I feel regret.So much pain...I LOVE AMERICA.I LOVE NEW YORK.GOD BLESS AMERICA. Some day i have to visit NeW York My name is M?rio Marques,i?m 27.I live in Tondela. 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 story9945.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. 2003-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 193.126.183.24 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 working in the accounting department -- doing dailies when a co-worker ran down the hall and shouted that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. My co-workers and I ran to the Lounge where both Televisions were on and people were gathering around. I said a quick prayer and was headed back to a quiet corner when someone screamed oh-my-God, another plane hit the other tower. Pandomonium broke out. As we were at an Airport property, many people in the room were getting ready to head back to New York and other parts north. Delta Airlines called the reservations and asked if they could have 100 rooms as all flights were cancelled and they had to put people up. Our reservations manager at the time, Mike Williams, agreed right away. There were others in Mgmt positions who wanted to benefit from this tragedy but we all stood behind Mike in trying to help. Needless to say, our lo by was swamped with people who were checking out and heard the news and decided to extend their stay and bus loads coming from the airport with distressed passengers. My supervisor asked me to work the front desk. Although, emotionally, I was a wreck and didn't know what was truly happening, I assumed the role of Front Desk Agent where I consoled and tried to brighten everyones day as I got them into their rooms where they could face thier grief and confusion either in solitude or join the multitudes in the lounge area. Yes, I was a scared but I also have tremendous Faith in God and know that He was still in charge. Hard as that is to believe, I know that "All things work together for the good..." So to this day, I have faith and remember and pray for those that didn't make it or for loved ones left behind. God Bless America and all that dwell here! Thank God for the resurrection of faith - a good thing that came from that tragedy. 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 story7912.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. 2002-09-18 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.81.47.71 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: Dear Allen, I hope Susan left her office in the sky to come home and gather around the new family hearth...the television. Robin as you know from talking to him has canceled his trip to Amsterdam. I have heard of fear of flying but this takes it to an all time level. Robin wouldn't want to take the chance to fly or be separated from us just in case it gets worse here and there was any possibility it could directly affect us. It is so hard to grasp that it is real it seems like a made for TV movie that would show the mother and child getting on the plane that gets high jacked, then flash to the politicians in Washington, then to someone working at the World Trade Center, then to some stupid news commentator saying can we pin down exactly where the President is so we can broadcast it and tell our enemies! Here in Florida Disney World and I think all the attractions are shut down. Ann's daughter works by the port and they are taking all of the tankers out to sea because they don't want our ports damaged and we have all of our gas and oil stored there in huge tanks. They have evacuated all government buildings and all tall buildings. Our public schools are open but some private schools closed. My sister Dawn called and she had been teaching a class and they left the televisions on after the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center and they watched the second plane crash into the other tower live. The newscasters on Fox and CNN didn't seem to have the feeling that some newscasters have that conveys the somber tone. Where is Walter Cronkite when we need him. The first tear that I shed was when President Bush came on TV and spoke about it and asked us to pray for them, this conveyed the depth of the tragedy and brought it home. I have heard that over 200 fire fighter and emergency personal were in the towers when it went down. I can't imagine the courage it would take to enter a damaged burning building not sure if there were bombs set to go off or if the building would collapse like it did. We are getting bomb threats in Florida that I'm sure are people jumping on the band wagon to make a few phone calls and hear about it on TV. I don't know what is happening to all the people in the airports that had their flights canceled who are finishing a business trip or were between planes. The people with good credit cards have no problem but there are lots of people who don't have the extra money. I would love to go and help some stranded family and take them in except I have a stranded husband in Delray I took my car in to have it fixed and its not ready so I have to pick him up at work. I also have to go to the retirement home and visit my brother Terry, I'm sure he is as upset as the rest of us but he doesn't have people to call to share with during this tragedy. Everyone is going home to put up their flags I may have to go and buy one and put up. This unfortunately is a date that we will remember and Desiree's children will have to read about in their history books. I hope that it is a very short chapter with a glorious ending and the stars and stripes proudly waving. Love, Pam 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: I was at home because it was my off day from my job. I work in forensic mental health and was talking to a friend/co-worker ,on the phone, who was at work. We work on residential buildings that have televisions and my friend/co-worker told me to turn on my television set because something was going on. My friends name is Judy and Judy couldn't see the television from where she was talking to me on the phone. I turned on the television set and saw the live taping of the first plane that had hit the first tower. Then the live coverage switched to the Pentagon and I realized at that time that this was a terrorist attack upon the country. I called Judy back at work and told her that it was bad, REAL BAD, and that the Pentagon had been hit and breached by an airplane. She said that she was going back to watch the television on the building to keep track herself and I hung-up from talking with her. Then the coverage was back at the World Trade Center and I saw the second plane hit the second tower. I was already upset and I began crying then. I called a Christian friend of mine and we began praying for the country and the victims of this terrible, horrendous act. I cried and prayed all day because I knew that this country; that was founded by a majority of men who were believers; was now in the beginning of a terrible time in its' history. I hope and pray that this supposed democracy that we live in, in this country, will wake up and reclaim what the God of Abraham,Isaac, and Jacob gave to our founding forefathers and reclaim this nation as a God-Fearing, Christ believing nation. The majority of the people in this country say that they are Christian or Jewish and they all believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I thought that in a democracy that the majority rules. We have lost track of that over the years and I believe that these terrorist attacks that have been so heinous are a wake-up call to the factual majority of people in this country. I hope that the people will wake-up. May God have mercy on us all and grant my, and other believers prayers. Time to wake-up America! Quit letting greed, lust,and moral decline run our country. It is time for The Truth of love,integrity,hope and faith to take its' place in our government and our country! For God is working for good towards those who love Him, those who are called according to HIS PURPOSE!-Romans 8:28.....WAKE-UP! WAKE-UP! GIVE THIS NATION BACK TO GOD! 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 story7757.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. 2002-09-17 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 206.148.101.246 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: As a teacher, I had just taken my 3rd grade students to gym. My principal came to my classroom and told me that two pilots had crashed into the World Trade Centers. It took me a few seconds to process, but my new husband (we had just gotten married in July) had left for a business trip that morning to NYC. His plane was due to arrive in NYC at about 8:30 am. Sick with worry and the unknown, I went to the nearest phone and checked my cell phone voice mail. Thankfully, there was a message from my husband telling me he was okay and that he would call me later. Not realizing the full spectrum of what was truly happening (like many people, I thought maybe they were small Cessna-like planes), I went to our school Media Center where there is a TV. What I saw will never ever be forgotten. The sight of the towers burning and the faces of the people in the streets is something that I don't think any American will ever forget. It was horrible being in my classroom, without radio or a TV, not knowing what was going on. Shortly thereafter, more grief for our country set in as the Towers collapsed. Even though I had gotten the message from my husband, I was still terribly worried since I knew he was in NY but I didn't know exactly where and how long it would be before he got home. One of the worst parts of the day was trying to initially hide worry and fear from my students. I had to pretend that nothing happened in order not to scare them. In the early part of the afternoon, I had everyone sit on the rug in our room and I told them in simple terms what happened. They had so many questions that I wanted to answer for them, but didn't know the answers myself. We must have sat together for an hour talking about what happened. I realized later that day that no matter how old they are, whenever anyone asks them if they remember what they were doing when they learned of September 11th, they will remember their 3rd grade teacher telling them about it. That is one memory I wish I didn't have to be a part of. Fortunately, my husband made it out of NYC safely and ended up driving back home that night. Since he was in the car the whole day, I knew he didn't know the magnitude of what had happened. We sat together, watched TV and cried and thanked God that we had each other, while others weren't so fortunate. 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 story1532.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. 2002-08-28 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.52.105.189 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: While watching the Today Show,an announcement was made that a plane had hit the World Trade Center.Seconds later a man was on the phone to the host, stating that a large plane had hit.I raced to the phone to call my daughter-in-law to ask if my son Steve,was at work.She said no, that he was just outside talking.I told her "Thank God,he was home because a plane had just gone in to the WTC".She yelled out the door and told him and his two friends what I had just told her.You see,my son Steve is a NYC firefighter and I had remembered what he had said in 1993 when they blew up the underground of the WTC and he had been home and was not part of that rescue. Minutes later my daughter-in-law was in my home crying that Steve and his firefighter friends had jumped in the pickup and was headed into the city.I tried to console her even though I knew this was going to be a bad one.The television now showed the second plane going into the south tower.I fell to my knees to pray for the safe return of my son and all those in that horrible situation.It wasnt until seven hours later that we knew Steve was ok.He was originally sent to the command center and then at the last minute was sent elswhere.Because of that last minute decision his life was saved.His firehouse lost eleven members.May there never be another unholy event as was on that September day in 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 story4246.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 working in a truck stop at 6 am the morning of september 11 2001 helping customers as I normally would until a truckdriver came in and told us to turn on the news and that something had happened so we turned on the tv and there it was the unforgetable sight of the first tower in a smokey cloud and news people gasping in disbeliefe. I watched and continued on knowing that I couldn't stop and let it get to me then but when I saw the 2nd tower hit by a plane I started to cry. The feeling of shock and emptyness was overwelming. Everyone in the place was shaken up over it and glued to the tv for hours and for the days after people wuld talk about it. I came home that day and got a hold of a friend that was in the Marine Corp. and went to see him I needed to feel safe and that nothing would hurt me but to my surprize I couldn't get on base due to the tragady. I called to talk once I got back home and then called my mom and dad hoping that they could help me deal with what had happened. I decided that I was needed and went to my local blood bank and donated I waited in line for 8 hours just to get in the door and another 3 just to get a chair but that was all I could do I wanted to do more I wanted to go to NY and help in anyother way I could. Weeks later I was in formed that 2 guys that I went to collage here with had graduated and moved to NY and became firefighters and they both didn't make it out alive. Our community was stricken with greife with that news. We all did what we could and wanted to do more but from here in California it was hard so we pulled together and gave the gift of life and that went on for weeks to come. Today September 11 2002 was a day of pain and anger as it was a year agoI cryed off and on all day while working and again the only thing that people could talk about was last year not what had changed during the year. Thanks for letting me ramble Janice 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 story5518.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 198.81.16.167