303 20 70359 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was 8 years old in the fourth garde. I was at my father house when i frist heard about it. I felt so hurt that all those people lost there lifes.I felt so afraid thinking that something like that could happen today are tomorrow.Thinking of all those people that tried to heip but just could not help.Today is 9/11/06 the 5th anniversity an i'm so sad of what happen. BY:JASMINE JOY PORTER 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 story20534.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 will never forget 9-11. I woke up that day to celebrate my daughters birthday. It was her second. I woke up went downstairs and turned the television on. The first thing i seen was the first tower burning. I ran upstairs to tell my mom, but she already had it on. What we thought to have been an accident; turned out to be a disaster. I was pregnant with my second child so it really upset me to see this. As we were watching the second plane hit that's when we knew this was going to be war!! I was waiting for my husband to come for the party and when he did he had no idea what had happaned. I took him to the t.v. to see, he was in shock. He was the one who mentioned that he bet washington D.C. was going to be hit. I wanted to spend as much time with my daughter being as though it was her birthday. We took her to the park and by the time we came home my mom told us of another plane hitting the pentagon and one crashing in pa. Which most have flown right above our heads. I was so scared after that day things will never be the same for my daughter. Because of the tragedies I went into labor a month early. My second daughter was born 9.27.01. I pray for our soldiers who will began to fight this day of 3.19.03. I pray for those who have lost love ones on the infamous day. I pray for those who will lose love ones in this upcoming war. And most of all I pray for this great nation. God Bless Everyone!! 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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: Two Towers Vanish When the World Trade Centers were hit, I was on a bus evauation drill. The bus driver was the one who informed us that the towers had been hit. The news of this spread like a plauge. At first no one believed it, especially me. The teachers let the students watch it on T.V. Then everyone found out that, not only was one tower hit, but the second tower too. Before I knew that the second plane hit, I thought it was a accident. I could not believe that the towers were hit, and no one could comprehend what theit eyes had seen. The rest of the day was solemn and quiet. We still had to go to class and learn, though no one could consentrate on anything but talking to one another about what had happened. My life has not really changed at all, except for a few minor changes. I understand the U.S. and its histor better. For example, I was never that much into history, but ever since 9/11/02 I've been more interested in the past. Also, I looked back on wars, and documents, and other diffenent things of that sort. I looked back on them because now that I have experienced war and terrorist acts, I now will know what it was like to live during those past times of battle and how damaging it is. The only other thing that has changed is that I feel more united with other citizens. The reason I feel more united is because everyone has remebered that we, the people of the united states are one and should act in unity. They remember that, that is what the U.S.A. is all about. September 11th should be remembered as the day that the U.S. became more united than seperated. 9/11/02 should also be considered the day of a blessing in disguise. This is because everyone understood that all the people in the U.S. are one. We are not separated people, and now everyone can see that we should never stop working together as the United States of America! CJ S. 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 story8453.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My life and the lives of many others have been affected by the attacks on 9/11. That fateful day one year ago the Taliban terrorists hijacked four planes and crashed them into three different locations, two into the world trade centers one into the side of the pentagon, and one in Summerset County. After the first plane crashed in the trade center panic spread quickly and a great uncertainty of weather it was a mistake or intentional was left in the balance. Fifteen minutes later when the second plane crashed America was certain that we were under attack. Later we found out about the other crashes and this just worsened our condition. These attacks really brought up that America is more vulnerable than people think and that we are just as innocent as any other country. My family was not greatly affected by this though we had some connections with people that were lost with the towers. As a family we stayed together as much as possible while our country was under attack but we also persevered the following months and went on with our daily lives as normal as possible. These attacks were not expected so it hit my family as well as our friends and neighbors pretty hard. While my peers and I were at school and we heard the announcement of the attack on the towers we did not even come close to comprehending what was going down. We imagined a little bit of an explosion or something smaller like that. When we returned home to our parents and loved ones we felt better but the images of destruction displayed by the television filled us with feelings of disgust, anger, and sadness. This was a true day of reckoning for America. I was lucky that no one close to me was hurt but I do feel for the families that have lost their loved ones. I do not think that America will ever forget about 9/11 but its not like any of us want to remember. Perhaps this day where so many were lost will be remembered as a national holiday or maybe like Pearl Harbor it will just be thought of as the day America was attacked. 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 story6550.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 changed my life totally. Over a period of 24 years previous to 9/11, I confronted the problem of terrorism in American universities directly. For four years, at UCLA, I succeeded a professor whose house had been bombed by terrorists. I was caught in the middle of the Lebanese civil war in the late 1970s and 1980s right on the UCLA campus. Later, I also had to confront a variety of other potentially violent situations including the Iranian revolution, and other conflicts. I received death threats from anonymous sources, and always faced the specter of an attack on me, my wife, our home, and while I was in class. Again in 1994, a supporter of the blind shaikh, "spiritual" leader of the first trade tower boming in 1993, and of Usama bin Laden disrupted my class at another California university. I was not a Muslim, but I taught a class about Islam. The "student" not only disrupted the class, but issued my wife and I a death threat during office hours. I silenced the "student" in the class, but he continued to harrass my students, most of whom were non-Muslim Americans. For 6 months, the duration of the class, I lived in anticipation of an attack on myself and my wife. I continued to teach the class and confront the young man, who was eventually removed from the class, but only after a long time. Strange to say, before 9/11 I could never speak openly about these experiences. Some people even thought I was to blame for attacks and threats made against me by people with whom I had little previous contact. Constantly, I recall one young man - formerly a member of a Lebanese armed militia, who attended my classes for all four years at UCLA. After He was very quiet, intellectual, and mild. Shortly after I left UCLA in 1982, the police arrested him with two or three others. He had a bomb ready to explode at a Middle eastern consulate in LA. His numerous visits to my office hours, and his mere presence have always remained as a specter in my mind. Numerous others also come to mind from time to time, especially the young Afghan supporter of Usama bin Laden who uttered a death threat to me in 1994. Finding anyone who could understand the terrorism issue before 9/11 was a real challenge. Still today, there are people, including newscasters, who say that there was no terrorism in the U. S. before 9/11. Not only does this idea deny the destructive attack on Oklahoma City, but it demonstrates to me that people still have very little interest in understanding the prelude to 9/11. It exists in a vacuum - one massive trauma, and that's the end of it. Two things happened to me on 9/11. Emotionally, I was paralyzed by the events I saw unfold on the screen. Also, though, my own experiences in confronting terrorists came rushing back. About that time, I had a nightmare in which the enemy had captured me. They decided to execute me, and I had one night to prepare myself. I did not care whether I lived or died, though I had a picture of my wife form which I drew some solace. The idea of death brought a sense of sweet happiness. My response on 9/11 was similar. I did not understand why all the stores closed or people felt that the terrorists targeted them personally. If death would come to me, it is no different than what I had already faced at times over a twenty year period. I vowed on that day to fight terrorism in the schools, in the U. S., and through writing. I have written a book about the issues, and about my experiences. I grieved intensely for the victims of 9/11 over a very long period. I felt especially terrible about the lost infants who had died with their mothers that day. I have found much more compassion and understanding for my own history among Americans since 9/11. People have realized that in order to confront terrorists, one must face them, not hide. Likewise, it is not possible to promote a society that favors and promotes the growth of terrorist cells in the midst of one's own society. The small Muslim group that sent the young "student to disrupt my class in 1994, and threaten me with death, played host to Bin Laden's number 2 man in 1995, just one year after the event in my class. Number 2 - Ayman al-Zawahiri - raised money in U. S. dollars on that trip to support terrorism and ultimately the trade tower attacks of 9/11. Yet, after the threats against me in 1994, I was blamed for the violence of the Bin Laden supporter who disrupted my class. I had done nothing to provoke the attack, and one official of the university blamed me. Fortunately, he was not in a position to review my case, or make official pronouncements. He was the same sort of professor as the professor in New Mexico who proclaimed loudly that anyone who could ram a jet plane into the Pentagon had his vote. Such wrong-headedness still prevails in America in my view. The people who supported the young Afghan who threatened me are still around, and have respectable jobs. The young Afghan himself, as far as I know, is still walking around. Indeed, the former Lebanese terrorist arrested with a bomb in 1982, has now left prison, and has pursued a career here in the United States. Multiculturalism is good as long as it supports a greater civic consciousness and responsibility to society in America. If multiculturalism acts as a cover for terrorism, as it has here in the United States, then 9/11 has only heightened our consciousness without making genuine changes. To this day, the images of my own past, and of 9/11, haunt me. Greater security in police, surveillance, and baggage inspection is not enough to defeat terrorism in our midst. September 11 has only made my own experiences seem more real to me, and sadly, the path of the future unless Americans change their thinking. My memories of 9/11 represent for me a return to the constant feeling in my mind that I am under threat, that I will die soon, and that it does not matter, to me at least. In order to defeat terrorism in the end, that is the way Americans must think. 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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Arabs in U.S. Osama Bin Laden Students/Teachers Religion Terrorism DOMESTIC Feature 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 home he was sleeping and I was on a conference call with my job. Our names are John & Kayleen Lyman of Santa Claria, California. September 11, the day before my birthday. The morning in So. California was so beautiful. It was a day that went from beauty to pure sadness and you could knowlonger appreciate the day outside. I was on this call with 15 other co workers, our manager had said, "Have any of you seen the news?" The call was at 6:45am and most of us just had our coffee in our hands and in our home offices. Our Manager then started to say what was going on and by then we all had our TV's on and were in complete disbelief on what we were seeing. I was in such shock and so confused that I could not beleive what I was seeing and almost could not believe that it was real.. My husband was sleeping I remember running into our bedroom raising my voice, babe! get up! get up NOW! You are not going to beleive what is happening to our nation! We immediately put a tape in the VCR and started recording from that moment until the tape stopped. It was a day to truly reflect on how special life is and how we should view life as a gift and be more thankful we are here. I was on the phone most of the day calling family and friends just to make sure everyone was ok, I was truly fortunate that I did not have family or friends in the areas effected, That afternoon my husband and I went to church and thanked our father for our lives and prayed for the nation. We took a moment and just started reading scriptures from the bible to one another and stayed for a good hour just reading. Thank you for allowing us this opportunity to write this down. Gob Bless us all and this nation that is so precious to all TRUE Americans. God Bless and Thank you John & Kayleen Lyman 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 story5377.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 working at the time of the attack, at super Kmart and I heard it through several customers, I was on my break and when I first heard it, and I sat for awhile and had to get my thoughts together. All my thoughts and prayers were for the family being I had just lost my husband of eighteen wonderful years in July. I really felt for those poor people, even thou my situation was different in a way the same, I lost my husband due to a drunk driver, it life was robbed, and all these people are dealing with this to. I just want to say I will never forget this and I will continue on with all my hopes and prayers for the family 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 story4325.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 getting ready to go to the docotor and then to spend time with a friend working on some political stuff. Watching Bryan Gumble cook while standing in my living room sipping coffee. There was a Breaking News flash and the unimaginable unfolded before my eyes. Both towers of the World Tade Center assaulted by jet aircraft, blowing through the secod tower as though it were paper. I gathered myself, washed my breakfast dishes, dressed, packed a few items in my bag (photographs of mny children and grandchildren), emailed my children my love, and headed off to my friend's house and then to touch my New York daughter and fetch my grandson from his school. It was important to stop in an open church and pray. Thank you for this exhibit. 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 story807.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 just finished my last trip for the month the night before and had met my Mothers airplane at the gate. She was coming in from Las Vegas and was scheduled to fly a Boston turn the next morning out of Newark. She rode the employee bus to the parking lot with me and I remember us both commenting on how beautiful the City looked all lit up and how the Twin Towers looked liked "Guardian" figures over the City! I dropped her off at the hotel, gave her a kiss and a hug, told her I loved her and would see her tomorrow afternoon. She turned to me and told me she loved me and "be careful" which is something she always says but it seemed to have a more urgent tone in the way she said it. I woke up the next morning to a man on the radio screaming that a plane had just hit the World Trade Center. The first thought that came to mind was a small stunt plane hit, so I ran downstairs, turned on the T.V. and stood there NOT believing what I was seeing! I immediately ran back upstairs, woke my roommate, we came back downstairs and just stood there rubbing our eyes to make sure we were really seeing this. We were watching a local New York news channel and they were interviewing people as to what they had witnessed and I remember them interviewing a guy who had said he saw a Continental 757 hit Tower One. Then one of the reporters said that they were getting reports that the Continental plane was the fatal plane and it was enroute from Boston. I literally lost my breath and was gasping for air! I had JUST LOST MY MOM! A million thoughts were racing through my head and all of a sudden we saw a huge fireball errupt on the Tower Two; I turned to my roommate and said "Oh my God! They've bombed the Tower!" Then the news station started showing the replays of the plane flying down at a steep angle, banking, and then striking the corner of the building. We just stood there listening to the reports and then my phone rang. I got through to voicemail and it was my Mom calling from Boston telling me she was alright and wanted to know how I was and where I was? I tried calling her back and kept getting a busy signal, couldn't even get through to her voicemail. Then we started to hear reports that there was a fire at the Pentagon; those reports turned to confirmed reports that a plane had hit the building and my roommate and I both looked at each other and said "Bin Laden!" We couldn't believe the Pentagon had been hit.... THE PENTAGON! Now were were hearing that in fact American Airlines had in fact lost two airplanes and United had lost one airplane and still had another that was not accounted for. Then the news of a crash outside Pittsburgh, PA and I turned to my roommate and told him I hope I'm dreaming and this all a huge nightmare! All of a sudden we see the South Tower start to fall on its side and the huge cloud of smoke falls over lower Manhatten; I started crying and my roommate turns and says that when the smoke clears the Tower will still be there. I told him that there wasn't going to be a Tower left standing. I decided to get in my car and drive to see what I could of the City. At the time we were living by the Outerbridge Crossing which led to Staten Island and when I would drive to the airport for a trip I would judge the day by the visibility of the Towers; if I could see them it was a good day to fly, if not, then I was going to be spending alot of time in the ballpark. As I drove up the on ramp I looked back over my shoulder towards the City and saw the one remaining Tower still standing with all the smoke surrounding it. It made me sick to my stomach and I almost had to pull over because I thought I was going to throw up. As I drove back I heard over the radio that the North Tower had fallen and I started to cry. Anger overcame my emotions and then an emptiness fell in the pit of my stomach, a feeling of helplessness, not knowing what to do? As my roommate and I sat watching the news there was an eerie calm over us; we lived right in the landing pattern for EWR and for the next few days the only planes we heard were the military jets flying manuvers up and down the Hudson. We fell asleep on our pullout couch that night with the windows open and the T.V on in case somethinge else happened. I awoke the next morning hoping this was all a bad dream when in reality it did in fact happen. Words can't describe my thoughts. Being a transplant New Yorker by job occupation I remember the first time I saw New York City. I was 20 years old, just completed flight attendant training, and was having to go to New Jersey against my will. I cried when I stood by a window at EWR airport and realized that I was here! so close to N.Y! How many 20 year olds get the opportunity to be a flight attendant and get to be so close to the City that never sleeps? After being in the N.Y. area for a year I went back home to Houston to fly but immediately realized it was a huge mistake; I missed being up on the East Coast. I came back as soon as possible and felt at home! When the Towers fell and in the days, weeks, and months that followed, I felt cheated and I felt as if a huge hole had been put in my heart. The City had a huge hole in the skyline, the hearts of N.Y. were gone and as I now tell people I didn't realize how in love I was with those two buildings until I woke up one day and they were gone! I now think of my fallen crew members on a daily basis. They are MY heros! They were the FIRST ones who lost their lives in the line of duty and they're with me every day. We may not have flown for the same carriers but we all shared a love for the skies and I like to think of them as my guardian angels. We will never know what bravery occured that day on those aiplanes. All I know is that the crews on United Airlines flights #175 and #93 and American Airlines flights #11 and #77, their passengers, the numerous professionals in N.Y. (FDNY, NYPD, PAPD, EMS) and the countless civilians who perished that day be remembered for who they were and what they loved doing. 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 story2040.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: The morning of September 11, 2001, I was working. At the time, I was cleaning houses for a living and I was working away when my cell phone rang. It was my neighbor and good friend asking me if I was watching TV. I asked her what channel and she replied, "Any of them!". I turned on the TV to see the horror unfolding before my eyes. I watched as smoke boiled from the World Trade Center. Seconds later, I watched unbelievingly as a second plane crashed into the 2nd tower. I recall thinking that this surreal feeling must be the same as my mother had spoken of feeling when she watched JFK riding down the street in Dallas and saw him fall over as he was assassinated. My first thought was to gather my children. My friend who had called me had my 11 month old. My 3 year old and my 14 year old were at preschool and school at the same place. I called the school to see if my children were alright. They had heard the news and were listening to the news on the TV and the children were all upset but the plans were for them to remain at school. Then I called my husband. I remember being perturbed that he didn't seem as upset as I was. As I think back, I realize he was trying to remain calm so I wouldn't freak out. I called my mother and my sister and then my friends and on and on all day. I barely finished cleaning that house that day! That night I came home and my family sat watching the TV all night in shock. I cried and prayed and was numb because of the horror that our country was going through. In all things, Christ brings good out of evil and through this we all came together. All races, all religions, all political parties, all kinds... we came together, we prayed, we cried, we mourned and we rose together with pride for our heroes and for our country. The attacks only made us more proud to be Americans than we were before. The terrorists helped us to become one when we all were standing apart. Thank you, God, for giving us reasons, in times of insanity, to be thankful to you for showing Yourself in our lives in all situations. 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 story5560.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 grew up in New Jersey and have lived in Colorado for the past 6 years. When I lived in Jersey and would travel the NJ Turnpike, I couldn't help but stare at the twin towers. No matter how many times I saw them they never ceased to awe me. After moving to Colorado, I'd get home to visit a few times a year. Landing at Newark Airport, the first thing I'd look for would be the WTC and I'd know I was home. On the morning of September 11, 2001, I'd gotten up with my almost 9 month old son and as was our normal daily routine we settled in front of the local news to have his bottle. The broadcast was of the first tower to be hit, and the anchorpersons were still speculating as to what happened, that some pilot has miscalculated and that it was an accident. They then went to a NY station that was broadcasting from a helicopter. The news person was talking about what was going on, when from out of nowhere came the second plane. I stared in astonishment at the screen, and could hear the shock and disbelief in the reporter's voice. I yelled downstairs to my husband to turn on the news, the twin towers had been struck by planes. We began calling family in NY and NJ, and stared in horror at the TV as the towers fell. All that day and for about the two or three weeks after I was dumbstruck, and wept daily for the people killed for no good reason than that they were Americans. I still find it hard to believe it ever happened, but am reminded every time I fly into Newark, and those familiar towers are no longer there to greet me. Patricia Kaplan Littleton, CO (formerly Clifton, NJ) 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 story4379.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: After many libations and a nightcap of some smokeable herbs, I found myself catatonic in my married buddy?s one bedroom Manhattanite shoebox dwelling. It was late. He was eyeing me. His look was subtle but it made his point. ?I love you bro but you got to go? were his unspoken words. I don?t blame him. He understood all too well the confusion that engulfed both visitors and natives alike, a confusion that left everyone exhausted both physically and mentally. But I moved slow as I was drunk and very tired. I had spent the day walking through midtown Manhattan, trying to summarize the overall feelings, grasping for a sense of the city?s general state of mind. Impossible. My thoughts and feelings were sporadic at best and there was so much more to think about during this visit to Gotham, a city I knew well. I felt confusion, maybe the same as the 10-year-old French boy that tugged at his mothers dress, pointing to the Squares giant video walls that prominently displayed the Stars & Stripes amid the barrage of Madison Avenues bigger-than-life visions. To me, the language barrier was irrelevant; the child?s inquisitive face exposed a soul both young and old despite his youth. I also felt anger, a natural, instinctual feeling, one instilled in us since the beginning of time. Angry because I didn?t know who or what to blame, or how to rationalize the all too real, tangible evils that exist in our world. It seemed to seep out into the city like a subtle, slow gas leak. It left me wondering what the catalyst would be that will undoubtedly ignite our world into the true apocalyptic flames that?s been predicted since time began. Anger, fear, hatred, confusion, what emotions are left to surface here if any? I saw a lot today. I grew up here and saw old familiar scapes. I saw the New York I remember, with mass people everywhere and the loud, persistent background sounds that sometimes drown out your own thoughts but eventually going unnoticed. I felt a New York that didn?t seem terrorized by the prospects of a brighter future, unsure maybe, but one that will never forget the day our nation suspended itself in disbelief, September 11, 2001. American flags were being hawked on every street corner along with everything and anything else imaginable. A great sea of red, white & blue littered Times Square while most of the foreign visitors just gawked at the buildings that surrounded them, the lights hypnotizing them, not knowing just what to feel. They were not Americans yet I didn?t feel any bias toward them let alone any concern with their nonexistent American patriotism; they were here because it?s all free, free to see and absorb. As I said, I?m not new to the Big Apple, having spent much of my teenage years exploring the many culturally vast sections which makes New York the cornerstones of the world, the gateway to the promised land. I even gave the first professional job of my young adult life to an office in the Trade Center Tower One, once known for it?s majestic heights and engineering beauty, now a tomb for the many who are buried beneath the rubble. Despite the tragedy, this was still New York. I knew the drill. I walked and just kept walking, a born and bred New Yorker who knows not to make eye contact with too many people. I knew the rules, hip to all the midtown scams, the fake Rolex?s, the supposed French designer clothes actually made in Bangladesh sweat shops. Nonchalantly, I dodged taxis and schools of tourists as I continued through the streets. I knew the ebb & flow of how crosswalks were orchestrated and how to swim with the currents of the masses, never missing a step. Despite the emptiness of the downtown skyline, the air still had that New York electricity that never ceases to energize me and I felt no threats. An electricity mixed with a hint of the metallic smoke still seeping from our Nations wound. New York energy, there is nothing that can substitute it. I was walking the streets where the blood literally spills and reality is as concrete as the magnificent facades that enveloped me. I passed makeshift vigils on many street corners, people would stop to light candles or leave flowers. Firemen gathered in front of their stations as if they were protecting their turf from invaders, all in full gear. Their ?missing? were proudly displayed in pictures which hung from the stations brick face. Policemen alertly walked their beats while tourists approached them to ask for directions, disrupting their thoughts that would otherwise be focused on their fallen brethren. As I waited on a corner to safely jaywalk, I became affixed on the newsprint that clung to the street pole. It was moving, it was defining, it was engrossing. This was an image worthy of freezing in time. I snapped a few shots with an archaic digital camera I brought with and continued to document my stroll. Due to memory constraints (the camera?s, not mine) as well as a west coast brain in this New York minute, I walked back to my hotel to rest and unload the images I managed to capture. My sanctuary was modest, I had an upgraded room complete with a picture of Warhols? Golden Marilyn and the floor had a constant wet spot on the left side of the bed which greeted my feet every night as I made ready for sleep. I imported the images into my laptop and when the photos downloaded, it was then that I had the time to really look at and feel them. It was that exact moment I knew for certain I was in the most electric, confused, strongest city in all the world. And then there I was, extremely inebriated and high on my married buddy?s chair. It was getting late, but not New York late; a city that doesn?t sleep has no need for time. But I knew I had to leave, and I did. After goodnights to my friends, I sauntered the streets with an accepted drunken sway. I wore my urban dapper attire; certainly I must have an important place to go. I was drunk, I was tired, I had no place to go. Realizing I was very far from my hotel, I managed to hail a cab. As I shut the door, I sat and surveyed my environment in the confines of a dirty backseat. A dark skinned, mid-eastern driver was at the helm, not more than 30 years of age. He was quick on the gas and quicker on the brake. I told him the address to the hotel then kept quiet from exhaustion. The silence was broken when he turned on the radio. What I heard was very foreign to me, a mid-eastern song that my monolingual ears did not comprehend. It was strange and in light of the recent events, not what I wanted to hear. I asked him for a quite ride, the exact verbiage that?s outlined in the ?passengers rights? placard that sits eye level on the plexiglass barrier I found myself aimlessly staring at. Reluctantly he shut it off and it was then I felt an immediate tension between us. Remind you, I had many cocktails and I?m also a native New Yorker. A good thing as I?ll explain. I?m not shy as most who know me would agree and I felt uninhibited enough to try and engage in conversation with this caramel skinned man. Our ages were close and I thought I?d try and talk with him, as a person, a person alive in this very moment in time. Since we both spent about the same time on this earth, surely we must have some common ground. My segue was a less than smooth, very slurred ?Hey, what?s up man, how?s it going?. One in which he reciprocated. I felt compelled and probably more curious to try and keep him talking, he was truly foreign to me. I asked him how he felt about what happened and that?s when I realized that I was truly in New York, the melting pot where many cultures refuse to melt. This man began explaining why these people would do such a terrible act and it boiled down to his peoples religious beliefs, the religion of Islam. Not the Islam religion that most Muslims practice, but one amended by minds filled with hate. He was not mean or arrogant nor did he try soliciting this religion to me yet he was succinct and to the point as he explained his theology to me. He conveyed to me why his religion, a religion I?m completely ignorant of, conflicts with the freethinking philosophy of the Western world. My ignorance fueled my curiosity and I continued to ask him many more questions. Questions that would otherwise be considered politically incorrect, but ones in which he felt no discomfort in answering, and he did. I learned from this foreigner. Like the unsettling, sobering fact that many people in the world vehemently disagree with and despise the Western world, the free world, and all its freedoms and philosophies. I learned that there are people so dedicated to their beliefs that they would gladly and proudly die for them in war, a Jihad. Martyrdom is the highest form of sacrifice for their religious beliefs; fanatics take it to the suicidal level which he quickly agreed was not acceptable. It was possible he was patronizing me and as a cab driver in my America, he had better. The Jihad, as he explained, is a war in which a Muslim follower will kill for the good of his God, whatever that person conceives this good to be. A Muslim belief passed down through all generations and is taught from birth. I?m a spiritual man, an educated man and follow no one true religion but I hung onto every word this man said and truly began to understand how a Muslim views his life as inconsequential in this world. This left me thinking that this very thought process couldn?t possibly be policed, thoughts are free and can easily be kept to oneself. A thought process that calls for a Jihad, a belief, a war based on misunderstandings, divided religions and governments. I continued to ask him questions, unpointed and with sincerity. Questions I needed answered to help me understand the harsh reality and the magnitude of hate which caused this historical event to transpire on 9/11/01. With all his explanation I still couldn?t find it and I knew I couldn?t sway his thinking, nor did I try. He clearly understood his ideologies, I did not. What was clear to me were the worlds religious barriers, barriers that are much stronger and tensile than any physical element and more embedded than one between skin colors or social classes. He extended me the same courtesy of letting our views be our own and we just openly talked, two men, sharing our two different views on this life. He educated me and helped me try and understand what was in his head and I did the same for him. The end result was that we were two persons who have completely different mindsets from one another, ones which will most likely never change. He explained that his life, or more importantly, his afterlife is predestined and nothing that happens to him in this world is relevant. Nothing. A very sobering thought as I realized that we as a race, a human race, are so complex, segregated and stubborn in our own ways that the inevitable end will come. It is now that the chaos theory makes perfect sense. My ride was over. As I counted the money to pay him, I thanked him for talking to me as candidly as he did. We shook hands. As he pulled away, I stood in midtown and looked around. I was still drunk. A drunken realist who believes that we as a race are ultimately doomed by our differences, but this was New York where time is irrelevant and I was sure I?d see tomorrow. I looked at my watch only because it was there, and then made my way to my room. It?s just a matter of time I thought, contradicting the timelessness in which New York exists. A matter of time I may never see in my life and I can?t give too much concern for the overall outcome. That will be left to fate. ?Ultimately? can be a long, long way off or it can mean we are just now witnessing the start of the end. It all depends on what you believe, who you talk to, or exactly what you care to ask them. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On the evening of Sept.13. 01 my wife and I were watching the TV news when the newscaster said " we have all the volunteers we need and all of the supplies so please dont send any more -------except for those special resperators, those of you who use them know who you are, call this number, and a number was flashed across the screen. As a retired Asbestos worker, I knew they were talking about High efficiency particulate air "HEPA" resperators, I called the number that was on the TV and the person I talked to said they did indeed need the HEPAs. I then called a friend in Springfield Mo. and asked if he would get some resperators for me. I left the next morning and picked them up. I then started calling on my cell phone to other people in the business My next stops were, Indianoplis In., Dayton Oh., Charleston W. Va. and Pittsburg Pa. When I left Pittsburg, my truck was full, so there was no need to make other calls. I got to Roseland N.J. I stopped at the police station and slept for a couple of hours. When I awoke, the policeman on duty escorted me toward the Lincoln Tunnel. On yhe New York side I went to the staging area. When the people there asked what I had I answered "HEPA" resperators. they immediately escorted me towards the towers. All of the films will show that before Sept. 16 the workers were wearing paper maskes, after that date, they were wearing the HEPAs. on my return home later that nite I was listening to N.P.R. radio when Margot Addler was interviewing a worker comming out of Ground Zero. "What did you do today" ""I pulled out three bodies but they were micro""What do you mean, micro"" You know, pieces, we have been doing it with masks, but today someone brought resperators" That made my trip home a little better. When I got home I learned I had been nominated for the Presidential Medal Of Freedom, by a journalist from Branson Mo. by the name of John Simpers 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 story7290.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 at a Chervon in Cross Lanes WV and was filling my tank, it was 8:48 I think. This man in a panic ran over to me and told me one of the World Trade Centers had been hit by a plane. I knew it was attack because of the work that I do. Any pilot would have ditched the plane or tired to land it and certainly would not have hit the on object in its way head on. I tried to explain to the gentleman that we were under attack and to go home to his loved ones. He was I suppose upset and unable to understand and he didn't know me. I preceeded to work to my Government building as I do every other day, this day was a day I am sure they needed us. We were released from work at approx. 13:00. I went home to my local town Hurrican, WV and headed to the largest pub or traven around and calmed people to down all day the best of my ablity. Public service is its on reward.............. We have much to lose in America and freedom is never free. God bless you every one. 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 story4054.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 Sept. 11, 2001, I was at the Sterling Grade School library where I work as a media specialist. When my co-worker got a phone call from her husband telling her to turn on the library's TV, we watched in shock and horror at what was happening. Since the library is one of the few places in the school that has cable television, teachers stopped in throughout the day -- I was there when many people on our staff learned of the day's tragic events. At this time I was five months pregnant with my first child. All I could think about was, "How can this be happening? What kind of world am I bringing this child into?" Since that day, we have heard many stories of babies born since that day who will never know their fathers. That is a pain I cannot imagine. Older generations remember where they were when Kennedy was assassinated. I can remember being in a 5th grade classroom when the Challenger exploded, the teacher bringing in a radio and all of us huddled around it, listening in shocked disbelief. A new generation of Americans will always, always remember where they were and what they were doing on 9/11/01. This event has made me so proud to be an American. Like the might phoenix, we will rise again from the ashes. 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 story6162.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 for a Transit Company which transports the disabled, handicapped and the elderly to and from appointments Etc. On September 11, 2001 I was in my vehcile waiting for another ride and talking to my girlfriend when the first plane hit. Of course being from Minnesota I had no way of knowing what the weather conditions were in New York so I figured someone really messed up a flight plan. When the second plane hit I knew instinctively something was really wrong. Not until the Petagon was hit did it sink in that we might be at war and all thoughts went to how to protect my loved ones and where is this going to lead. I am a Viet Nam Vet and I was ready to do anything again for this Country. I became very solemn and quiet around 11am and I remember my last two passengers that day as if it were yesterday. They were man and wife and both physically and mentally challenged. The wife was sobbing and asking her husband what was going to happen to them. She was very scared. Her husband did his best to console her and I'll never forget those two people and the feeling we all had about what was going to happen to us and this Beautiful Country we live in. I clocked out at about 1pm and, like the rest of the country, I went home and was horrified at what I saw on the TV. There were no tears yet, but they came later. I have three children and my girlfiend has two children and on Friday night we lit candles for all of them and let them burn through the night. We held each other and cried and cried and cried. As I sit and write this I know those candles were not only for our Children, but for all the Children and Mothers and Fathers lost in the raids of 9/11. For all the families who lost loved ones on 9/11 I want say you have my deepest sympathy. To all the those whos helped in the aftemath I want to say THANK YOU!!! 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 story7587.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was in my office working when I received a call from my wife, Sharron. She asked if I knew what was happening to our country. I did not. She was crying and told me that a plane had flown into the World Trade Center and one had also hit the Pentagon. Then I heard voices outside of my office and after telling my wife that I would call her back, I went across the hall where a TV was turned on to CNN. Several co-workers were watching in dismay. As we all stood, not speaking, watching the burning North Tower, we saw the 2nd plane hit the South Tower. It was one of the most frightening things I have ever seen. We were all in shock and couldn't believe what we were seeing. Then it happened, the North Tower began to collapse. All we could think about were the people still inside of the Tower. Moments later, the South Tower fell. About 10:30, we were told to go home, but there was such a traffic jam since many of the bridges had been closed. I waited until noon to leave after hearing the 14th street Bridge was open to South bound traffic. As I crossed the bridge, my vehicle was the only one on the bridge. People were walking on the other side of the bridge, heading back into DC. Then I saw the flames and smoke rising from the Pentagon. I guess it really hit home with me at that point. I just could not understand how anyone or anything could have done this, especially to the Pentagon. The vision of the collapsing towers kept playing over and over in my mind, then the 2nd plane hitting the South Tower. As I approached the George Washington Parkway exit, I saw a lone man, standing next to the guard rail of the 14th Bridge. He was waving a large American Flag. I hooked my horn and waved to him. I didn't realize at the time that the American flag would shortly become an everyday scene on cars, trucks, buildings, office doors, and almost everywhere! And, almost one year later, the flags still fly, and my guess is they will continue to do so. United We Stand, America. September 11, 2001 is a day that Americans will never forget. Mad, yes. Afraid, yes. Deeply saddened and sickened by this terrorist act, of course. May God Bless America and ease the pain of those who lost their loved ones on 911. Dr. David L. Schertz National Agronomist USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Washington, DC 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: I am an advertising executive for cable televsion in Lexington, Kentucky. I was entering our offices that September morning and I looked up to take a quick peek at the tv in the main lobby, as I did every morning. I noticed that the scene was of the World Trade Center building on fire. I asked the receptionist what was happening and all she knew at that moment was that a plane had struck the tower. I thought how horrible. Was it a miscue from the pilot? How could a mistake this terrible happen? I proceeded to my cubicle and turned on the tv that we had in our areas. Getting down to daily business, but keeping an ear out for any news on the plane crash, my day and life completely changed in the next moment. In that instant, when the next tower was hit, I realized that America and it's people had changed forever. I stayed close to a tv set, either at work or home, for hours and days on end. I didn't want to see the carnage, but couldn't bear not to see it either. And I am so glad I watched. For what I saw was not just pain and suffering, but hope, patriotism, brotherhood, kindness and love. Today is the first anniversary of that terrible day and I still become upset when I see photos or hear people speak. But I know that I am handing over a strong, caring and wonderful country to my grandchildren. I also know that I will be okay and so will America. We all hurt and eventually we all heal because we're all Americans. 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 story5623.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'm from a small town in western North Carolina. In late August 2001 I moved my oldest son to an apartment on Staten Island. He had always wanted to live and go to school in New York. Leaving him there was devastating. On the morning of 9/11 I came home from taking my younger children to school. I was horrified when I turned on the TV and saw the events unfolding. When the second plane hit the WTC, I paniced. My son was supposed to be in the city that morning. All I could think of was the possibility that I would loose my son. I didn't think of all the others trapped in that building. I was selfish. A lot of sons, daughters, mothers and fathers were in that building, some by chance and some by a call to duty. Late in the day my son finally called to let us know that he was OK and to ask me to come and get him. I was elated that he wanted to come home. I got to NYC around 11:00pm. Needless to say that it was impossible to get into the city or even over to Staten Island so I spent the night in Jersey. On the morning of Sept. 12th I found out why NYC would survive and recover. It took me over 6 hours to get across the Goenthals bridge. I finally took the first exit off the expressway. I thought I could easily find Ryan's appartment. I was wrong. I got turned around and couldn't find his street. While stopped at a light, I saw a man crossing the street. Please remember I'm from a small southern town. This was the biggest, meanest looking black man I had ever seen. But I was determined to find my son, so I called to this man and asked for directions. He told me how to find my sons appartment and even gave me a tip on a shortcut. I was determined to reward his kindness. I offered to pay him, and when he refused money I offered to give him a ride. I will always remember his reply. He told me: "No thank you, I only have a few blocks to go. You go get your son and be careful." I took the time to look around and really see the people of New York. Everywhere people were coping with the tragedy. People crying but still carrying on their everyday lives. I have always been proud of my son, but at that moment in history, I was proudest of the fact that for even a short time he was a citizen of the greatest city on earth. Terrorist can tear down buildings but no one can beat down the spirit of Americans and NYC proved it beyond words during this terrible tragedy. I wish I could tell everyone in New York how grateful I am. You took care of my son while he was there and all of you made sure that he came home safe. God Bless. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story10328.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 at home sick that day,and that was a blessing because my dad was at the pantagon, my mom was fone to a meeting with my 2 sisters and my brother. the phone rang that moring and it was my dad (he is a comander in the navy)he saked if my mon was there? i said no. then he told me that there was a fire so we had to leave the building so i said ok and hung up. went back to bed an sometime later the phone raing again it was my grandma. She asked if dad was all right an i said yes why there was only a small fire on the other side of the building. she said no turn on the t.v. so i did. an there stood the WTCs gong up in flames and in the back ground was the today show's katie c. i sat there with my hand over my mouth praying to God. then i yurned to good morning america and on the screen was the pentagon. it was going up in smoke. all i could think no, no way. my dad called again and asked if om was home yet i said no. and asked can you see anything? he said no and he had to go. i turened back on the t.v. but this time on mute because my hed was pounding and my hole body aked. my dad called a third time and asked again if mom was home. by then it was about 10:00 am. i turened off the tv and fell asleep. about 2 hours later my mom came in terrofided because she did not know if my dad was all right. i told her he was, hut still neaded yo here his voise for that re-assurence.he did not make it home probely ntial about 10:00 pm that nigh. he could not get home because most everyone rides the metroon and the metro was shut down. it was not untial the next day we herd his story... he was gng to the bank on rhe other side of the building(where the plaine hit) but he forgot his check he was he was going to cash so he had to fo back to his office. if he had not fone back to his office he would not be with us today. it was about 2 or 3 days later we herd that Pat Dunn died in 9/11. he had a wonderful wife that he was married to about a year and a baby 3 months along. a mounth we found out that we lost our 4 2nd cousins on the plaine that his the pentagon also. there was a mom a dad and 2 kids one was 3 and one was 8 years ild they were goning to Aulstria Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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