317 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: This is a poem I wrote on the afternoon of 911, when I biked out onto the Trump pier in Riverside Park and looked downriver and noticed the skyline empty of the towers. Even I had looked at the TV images all morning, standing there on the pier was the first time it really hit me that something very precious and part of me had been yanked from my life. Standing there, my eyes sort of filled with tears and I biked back home on 103rd and West End and wrote the following... (I've put slashes in to indicate the end of lines in case the format breaks up in transmission). Jerry Mazza. 911 I look to the sky and they're gone, the Twin/ Trade Towers, as if two teeth were yanked/ with pliers of fire from the mouth/ of brassy New York, no novocaine/ or laughing gas to ease the pain,/ just the arms of happenstance to hold you/ from banging your head against the pavement,/ hearing the screams of thousands in the wind/ falling like angels from steel and glass,/ buried like mibcrobes in the tartar,/ leaving the scent of burning souls/ one hundred blocks away, this Tuesday,/ 9/11, no Friday the 13th/ to match the terror of this nightmare,/ silent crowds along the pier,/ runners and walkers, cyclers, bladers,/ America's children grown up fast,/ an aching, a bleeding from the gap/ where ashes and smoke cover the gone,/ while summer lingers in the trees/ and life goes on in Riverside Park,/ across the river assassins posing/ as neighbors, cheering from a rooftop,/ rendered null, void and Godforsaken/ in the thousand names of the nameless beyond./ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Poetry 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: It was approximately 10.45pm in Melbourne. I was sitting watching the late news and just about to switch the television off when a some breaking news came through. All it said was that a plane had flown into the World trade Centre in New York. All I thought at that time was what a terrible mistake the pilot had made and never in my wildest dreams did I ever believe it would be on purpose. The news switched over to USA today to watch it live. I couldn't believe what i was seeing really. But then out of the corner of the screen i watched in disbelief as another plane flew into the other tower. I will NEVER forget that night. I laid in my bed watching in shock. I called my sister and mother and told them to turn on the news. I sat on the phone with my sister watching and not understanding what was happening. All I could think of was the people stuck above the impact points were doomed. i sat and watched live as people felt they had no other choice but to jump. What kind of choice was that? Then more news, planes into Pentagon, plane crashed in Pensylvania. What was happening, what was going to happen? All I could think about was the people on the flights, what were their thoughts? As I sat and watched people jump to their deaths I cried, as I heard about the plane in Washington i cried, as i heard about the flight that crashed in Pensylvania, I cried. I knew from that point on life as I and we knew it was over. We would no longer live in a peaceful world, there would have to be pay back for what has happened. I have never cried as much as I did that night, for the dead, injured, friends, family and the whole world. I sat up all night and watched the news, the world was now in shock. I went to work the next day as did the rest of Melbourne. All car head lights were on out of respect, people sat in their cars and cried openly. Flags were at half mast, no one smiled, we all just cried and shook our heads. Melbourne could not believe what had happened. How to do you try and comprehend what has happened? I don't think you can. Now, September 14, 3 years on, my heart still breaks everytime I see the vision. I will never forget 9/11 and I hope no one else does. All I can hope is that the younger generation of Australia and the world learn from the mistakes made by our leaders, before and after September 11. I hope they can do a better job that what has been done. I hope this NEVER HAPPENS 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 story11050.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: How did you witnessed history on September 11th? Share your experience? I witnessed it on T.V. My sister-in-law called me and told me to turn the T.V on. I saw the towers on fire.I didn't believe it at first. When the second airplane hit the towers my first reactionwas to get my children. Then I cried all day because we are native New Yorkers. Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so , tell us how? My life has changed because I look at life and people differently. What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? All the lives and people that were lost. I loved how America came together. For the first time in our history there was no racism because everyone that was in New York city that day was all the same color. Did you fly an American Flag after the event of September 11th? Have your feelings about the American flag changed as a result of September 11th? I was proud to be an American. I had flags on both cars. 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 story8836.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 AM A CNA AT A LOCAL NURSING HOME,I WORK IN THE ALZHEIMERS UNIT. I'LL NEVER FORGET IT WHEN OUR CHARGE RN CAME OUT OF THE DINING HALL AND SAID HE HAS JUST WATCHED A PLANE CRASH INTO THE SIDE OF ONE OF THE TWIN TOWERS. WITHIN MINUTES-ALL OUR STAFF WERE IN THE DINING HALL WATCHING IN TERROR AS THE LOCAL NEWS CHANEL REPORTED WITH LIVE COVERAGE OF THE EVENT. WE WATCHED IN TOTAL DISBELIEF-UNATTACHED FROM OURSELVES AS IF WE WERE IN A DAZE. TEARS ROLLED DOWN MANY OF OUR FACES,AS WE REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING. MOMENTS OF PANIC BEGAN TO WAVE THROUGH THE STAFF AS OUR ATTENTIONS QUICKLY TURNED TO CONCERNS FOR FAMILY MEMBERS. WONDERING WHAT THE NEXT TARGET WOULD BE,ETC. WE KEPT THE NEWS ON TV AND THE RADIO SO ALL OF US COULD HEAR THE UPDATES. THIS TRAGIC EVENT WAS THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION FOR WEEKS TO COME. JUST ABOUT EVERYONE I KNOW WAS SOMEHOW AFFECTED OR KNEW SOMEONE THAT WAS AFFECTED BT THIS TRADEGY. IT LEFT A LOT OF US QUESTIONING OUR SAFTEY,FEELING INSECURE,AND AFRAID FOR THE FUTURES OF OUR CHILDREN. PERSONALLY, I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I WAS TERRIBLY AFRAID. MORE SO THAN I HAVE EVER BEEN IN MY ADULT LIFE. ( HEARING NEW YORK REFERRED TO AS A TARGET ZONE) FEELINGS OF INSECURITY, BETRAYAL, FEAR,UNCERTAINTY. THOSE FEELINGS ,HOWEVER, DID NOT LAST TOO LONG. WITH NEW REPORTS SHOWING ALL THE RELIEF EFFORTS,LOCALLY AND NATIONWIDE,EVEN WORLDWIDE IT SOON GAVE ME A FEELING OF CONTENTMENT IN SOMEHOW KNOWING WE AS A NATION WERE GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT...WE WERE PULLING TOGETHER TO HELP EACH OTHER...AND IN THIS ,FINDING ENORMOUS STRENGTH. THROUGH OUT ALL THIS, IF I'VE LEARNED NOTHING MORE IS THIS:IN ORDER TO APPRECIATE OUR STRENGTHS-WE NEED BE REMINDED OF OUR WEAKNESSES, OUR HUMANESS,AT TIMES BY A POWER IN WHICH WE NOT ALWAYS UNDERSTAND OR APPRECIATE. I'VE FOUND A NEW SENSE OF PATRIOTISM,AND LIKE MANY OTHERS, SHARE AN UNEXPLAINBLE SENSE OF PRIDE. NOT ONLY TO BE A NEW YORKER, BUT AN AMERICAN. WE REALLY DO HAVE AN AWFUL LOT TO THANKFUL FOR...... 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 story6663.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?ve been to the pinnacle. I?ve looked down a thousand feet, a straight plunge of certain death. I used to live there, not in the dead zone but in the city itself, in a small apartment with too many people. It wasn?t quite a dead zone then, nor was the city a united one. Indeed, back then the nation was petty and its motives transient. When was that? I was a child, I had poor recollection of the times except for brief moments of clarity that etch themselves into your mind. I was five, I believe, and still suffering the aftereffects two years previous of the loss of one of my five senses, not quite compensating yet with increase in the rest of them. I?ve got other senses now, but that?s a different story for some other discussion. We lived in Queens, the four of us. At least that?s what my fogged memory leads me to believe, the four of us. My grandmother, who was and continued to be a city councilwoman in that borough until her retirement a couple years ago, owned the apartment and graciously let us stay there in spite of the fact that there was not really any place for two young children and their mother to stay. We were there for a year, with the vague intention of curing my hearing loss via alternative medicine, which involved sticking large needles into hundreds of points in my body, day after day. I should have cried but I don?t think I did. What does this have to do with the subject at hand? I don?t know. It?s background. I lived in New York City and I visited the World Trade Center. These are my thoughts as I try to remember what it felt like. My father visited us several times while we lived there. My parents were still ?together,? just not living together because of various reasons. I didn?t really think too hard about that, since I?ve never really thought too hard about anything if I can help it. One time, he took us to see the towers. If you?ve never been there before, imagine the physical manifestation of the word ?looming.? That?s what it was like standing before them and looking up. I didn?t know anything about them other than that they seemed to be immense and timeless, some construct that was quite old and would stand for long after I was dead. I knew back then I?d be dead eventually. We went and stood in line in front of one of those industrial-size elevators they have for tourists to ride to the top in. It took awhile, but not terribly long, to get in, and I felt fairly safe being surrounded by all the large people around us. I didn?t notice the change in the floor number, only that I was being pulled towards the floor with a surprising force. It took around a minute to get to the end of the ride. The doors slid open and we suddenly found ourselves looking out. The windows were everywhere, exposing the skyline from a hundred stories up. I inched to the edge and looked down. People like the dots of an I, cars puttering along no larger than ants, and overall a sense of being far too high overwhelmed me. ?What if I should fall?? That?s what I thought. What if the tower crumbles? Will the foundation hold? Will I die looking down on the world today? I guess I didn?t. I entertained nightmares for a few months after that, of standing in the top floor of a great skyscraper and having it fall down, with me inside. But then, what does this have to do with the subject at hand? I don?t know. When I think about what?s gone by, contemplating the image of a 747, which under some strange happenstance I might have been a passenger in, colliding violently, imbedding itself in a building I?ve stood in at a level where I?d be certainly dead from the fall, or from the smoke, I just think back. I remember the skyline, I remember the view. I remember the way it was because I?ve been there. I won?t dwell any more on the moment of impact, for millions of people the words have been said with enough depth of meaning and quavering of voice to eclipse whatever I might type. So I?ll remember the past and hope for the future. 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 story257.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 Worked a graveyard shift and was very tired. I had driven home thinking what a perfect day it was. How blue the sky was and the weather was just wonderful. It was strange I had no idea that New York was in trouble. The morning made me think of an odd saying and it still huants me in hindsight. "It's a buetifull day to die" I have heard someplace that Indian warriors would say this going into battle. That perfect morning driveing home I thought of that. Possible because my father had just passed away. I'm not sure. I got to the house where I lived with my mother since my fathers death. I had just crawled into bed. The phone rang it was my girlfriend calling from galveston long distance! All she could say was any channel turn on the T.V. any channel. I had never heard her sound like this. I turned on the T.V. My mother and I watched stunned. My mother remembered pearl harbour and said that for many nights they did not sleep after that news and that I would not sleep after this. She was correct. I did'nt sleep for a longtime, I would wake turn on the imagies see that yeah it was real and try to sleep agian. My mind just did not want to except what I had seen. Right after;I did not put a flag on my car or flag in the yard. I was in a store and saw a small silver medallion I've never seen any since like it, but I bought it. To this day and hopefully many more I wear it,not for you, not for me, for those who went to help and have helped since, for the ones left behind but mostly for those who had no chance for another perfect blue sunny day. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story9416.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: Preparing for work on the morning of September 11, 2001, I received a call from my husband asking if I had the news on. I did not have the TV on at the time but did so when he told me that the World Trade Center in NYC was on fire as a result of a plane crashing into it. I was in disbelief even as I turned the news on to witness this horrific event with my own eyes. By the time I arrived at the sitters to drop my children off, the second building had been hit, the Pentagon had been hit and the 1st tower had collapsed. I arrived at work a short time later and my co-workers and I were numb with fear and uncertainty. We new these events were no coincidence. All planes were grounded, but there was a flight missing. We soon found out that it went down in Pennsylvania. How could someone do something so horrible and were we in danger, far away as we were in the west? What unspeakable tragedy I watched as I lunched with my husband. We wondered then, and wonder still what intense hatred lived in the hearts on men and why. The subsequent events, recovery and personal accounts only solidified our own faith in God and the belief that our country is blessed. 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 story951.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 am a substitute teacher and that perticuliar day I was in for the high school gym teacher and happen to be outside with the girls practicing soccer. The technology teacher came out the back door and motioned me over to the side and began to tell me that a plane had hit the first tower and to alert the high school girls class that I had, in a calm way, what was going on. I did so and within minutes he came out again and explained the horrific events that were taking place, the only thing I could say to him was: "oh God, are we at war". I have three children and my then seven year old asked the next day if New York was "still there", I told him not to worry that it was and always WILL BE. To all those who suffered: my thoughts and Prayers go out to you and yours! The strength you demonstrate is outstanding, GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!! 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 story4750.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 8:00am class at York College of Pennsylvania on Sept. 11th 2001 when the planes hit the towers. When I first heard a plane hit the towers, I thought it was a smaller single engine plane, I didnt even think of a passenger plane. Then another plane hit the south tower, and I realized what was going on. It seemed never ending, planes where going down, it hit closer to home when the plane crashed in PA, a couple hours from where I go to school. All day I think everyone at the campus was in shock of what had just taken place. I could not call anyone to see if they were okay, it was a real problem. Honestly it had been a long time since I had cried, but I just could help feeling sorry for the families of the victimes, I couldn't help but cry. It was a mixture of many emotions, anger, sadness, alone, which I'm sure all Americans felt. It was truly a sad day in history, but if anything good could have come it was the support of cities and communities who came together to help heal. I pray to God nothing like this ever happens again in my life or the lives of my unborn children. 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 story809.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: Loss of a special Friend On September 11, 2001 my husband (Mike) lost his brother ,Jeff , on American Airlines Flight 11. I lost a special friend. Jeff was a kind , brillant man. He had several college degrees but the one that meant the most was from Wheaton College (Ministry). He was president of one company (E-Logic) and Vice-President of another (Cahners). His main goal in life was to be worthy of the Grace of God. Jeff taught Bible study and counciled young people. He took away my fears when I had cancer surgery. This man(Age 43) was a wonderful husband, father, son , brother, and friend. It was a privilage to be in the same room as him. What a loss! God Bless! Barb Mladenik 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 story7857.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 am currently a Vice President for an Information Technology consulting firm in NYC. I was formerly a NYC Paramedic. On 9/11, after the second plane hit the South Tower, local radio stations were announcing, "...off duty fire, police, paramedics and nurses should respond downtown." As a Paramedic, I had been involved in the disaster drills at the WTC. I knew the protocols and procedures. I wanted to help. I needed to help. My wife called. She asked me if I was going downtown. I said I wasn't sure. But, we both knew the real answer. I left my office and headed for the subways. At Grand Central Station, the trains were held and stopped. Unknown to us at that time, the South Tower had collapsed. I told an NYPD officer that I was an off-duty Paramedic and had to get downtown. He brought me over to a Sergeant, who had an off-duty fireman with him. Officers from the NYPD Transit division drove us downtown. As we went past Union Square, we saw people walking slowly, almost in a daze. As we proceeded further down Broadway, people were more anxious, and running North. The officers turned right on Vesey Street and left us off at Vesey St. near Church Street. The fireman and I got out and we saw police and fireman at a North Tower entrance, waving to us to join them. The fireman and I started to run over, but then we started to be pelted by rocks and debris. The North Tower was starting to collapse. The fireman with me (I never did get his name), grabbed me by the collar, pulled me and yelled, "RUN!? I'm no athlete (not by any stretch...) but we ran back to Broadway. We started to run north on Broadway (near Fulton St.). We heard this roar and there was this dark gray cloud covering Broadway. It looked like a pyroclastic cloud from a volcano. I ducked in front of an ambulance that had been parked on Broadway. The cloud swallowed everything in its path. Everything went dark. It was hard to see and breathe. I heard glass breaking and car alarms going off. Afterwards, there was silence. Just like the morning after a snowstorm. Everything was monochromatic.... gray. People, cars, buildings, everything. I teamed up with other EMS staff and we headed back to "Ground Zero". The dust was thick around my feet and swirled in the air. The only color was occasional patches of red and pink. We started to treat people. The injuries ran the full range from "boo-boos" to severe head injuries. We passed the minor injuries to other people to be transported to local hospitals. We triaged the serious and critical injuries. I pronounced 16 people dead. I saw a foot sticking out of debris; I ran over and started to remove the debris, hoping for someone still alive. It was just a foot still in its shoe. It had been torn just above the ankle. I carried it with me, looking for someone to give it to... The air had the smell of burning flesh. Trust me, once you smell it, you never forget it. People around me commented, "what is THAT smell?" Two people vomited when I told them. We had heard that between 80-100 people had jumped to their death prior to the towers collapsing. Absolutely amazing... We were moved back up Broadway near Canal Street. There we treated more "walking wounded". Cell phones were out of service and some pay phones had long lines waiting to use them. I walked into a women's clothing store and asked to use the phone. The owner was very gracious and said I could. I called my office, told them I was fine and asked for them to call my wife and tell her I was OK. The remainder of the day, we were moved from one area to another, but there was no one left to treat. We had been moved to West Broadway, near Canal Street. Ambulances were lined up, as were Police and Fire. Sirens were in the air and the crowd parted to let a police car and a blue Jaguar enter. The Jaguar parked and out stepped a tall dark haired physician in a white lab coat. He walked over to our group, which consisted of EMT's and Fire officials. The doctor said he was a trauma surgeon and need to go down "there" to amputate a woman's leg that was trapped. He looked at me dressed as I was in a tie and dress slacks. He asked if I was a doctor. I said no, a Paramedic. He said, "Good, come with me". An ambulance drove us down as far as they could. We had to walk the last 3 blocks and firemen escorted us to the women. She was trapped by the Customs House on Vesey Street, which was now covered by the North Tower. 7 WTC was behind us and the front of the building had been ripped open and was on fire. The woman was trapped under an overhang of debris. The firemen looked nervous. They kept saying, "Make it fast guys, it's not safe here". No kidding. The debris was piled 40 or 50 feet high and ran from West St to Broadway. You heard the creaking of the steel and concrete debris. The woman was in her late 40's. She was covered with dust and dirt. Her left leg below the knee was buried under debris. I think she was Hispanic. She wasn't conscious, but would occasionally scream, cry and then pass out. I took vitals and started the IV. The doctor prepared for the amputation. The doctor injected a sedative into the IV line and started to amputate her leg. I heard a couple of "Oh Shits!" from the firemen behind us. Between the creaking of the debris and the heat from the 7 WTC fire, it was surreal, yet I was scared. Real scared. After the leg was amputated we bandaged the stump. The firemen carried her back to the ambulance and one fireman helped the doctor. I never knew her name, nor did I find out what became of her. I then got a lift to my final destination...Stuyvesant High School. It had become a command post. There was law enforcement officers from every city/state and federal agency...armed to the teeth. Rumors were running rampant. The White House had been hit, the Supreme Court was hit, and Air Force One was shot down in mid-air. No one knew for sure. We were all concerned, down right scared at times, but I saw a raw determination from these people (men and women), a brewing anger that was ready to explode. There was a poor School Safety Officer sitting at the reception desk at the school and a number of NYPD asked if juice drinks and food could be brought from the cafeteria to feed the people there. The School Safety Officer said he didn't have the key. Two big (real big) NYPD Emergency Service Police Officers, said, "don't worry about it". They came back 10 minutes later with loaves of bread, bologna, cans of juice and a large bolt cutter... By 4pm, the "cavalry" had arrived from across the tri-state area, yet again; there was no one to treat. I walked up West Broadway to Canal Street and I saw a van with NYPD officers in it. They were kind enough to give me a lift to 8th avenue and 14th street. I took the subway to Penn Station and grabbed the first train home. I was so covered in dust, dirt and blood, no one on the packed train wanted to sit near me. I walked into my house and my kids hugged me, my wife hugged me and then started to hit me on my chest. She cried. I cried. It took 3 showers before I felt clean again. Like the rest of the world, I then watched on TV what had occurred. On the one year anniversary , I still think about it. I see it when I close my eyes. I taste it in my mouth. I'll never forget that day. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2200.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Hello My name is ERIC. I was driving to work that morning and listening to the radio when I had heard a second plane had just hit the other tower. I was just seconds away from a view on the Nortern State parkway where the Ny skyline is visable if you are traveling west just before the LIE exit. I could not see the towers just smoke and reaized this was no small plane, The towers were burning and people were dieing and I was watching even at this big distance.As i drove to my work destination I was very concerned not Knowing what this was all about. Once arriving at my business and seeing the TV I was just stunned .When the first tower started to go down My first thought was for all the helpless firemen that stood at the buildings bottom to help I knew they would die.ive been to the top and Ive stood before them great buildings. I stood before them and thought im in danger if this ever started to come down,I would not be able to run that fast the buildings were huge. God bless them brave men to try and help that day they were only thinking of others and a way to help! God bless them they are what I would hope our God would see in all of us. Eric Sappelsa 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 story6926.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I remember waking up and doing the usual, getting ready for school like any other day. I got to school and my first class was band. I went into the drum room and the lights were out and the percussionists were watching the television, and I figured it wasn't anything important so I took my drum and started practicing. The Drumline told me to stop, and I kept wondering why, when finally they explained to me that the Twin Towers were just hit by a plane. At first I was pretty apathetic about the whole thing thinking it was no big deal, it happens. Finally when I realized the reality of the situation I felt terrible about the way I acted. It wasn't until I heard the announcements that I realized it was serious. That day at school we didn't have so much assignments because we kept talking about what had happened. When I got home my parents made it more clear to me and we were in prayer for those who were in the September 11th tragedy. Our church reflected upon it and prayed over lives that were lost. I learned through this, to not worship the fire fighters and people involved in this, but to honor them and to worship God only! 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 story7580.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: It began as an absolutely normal Tuesday morning at Barker Central School, located in western New York on September 11, 2002. The sky was blue and all of the students were still forcing their eyes open from waking up so early in the morning. Coincidentally, the topic for the day, in second period Global Studies, was the Taliban government. While in the middle of class at about 9:00 a.m. the neighboring teacher interrupted the class to talk to our teacher, Mrs. Capen, for what we thought would be a brief moment. My friends and I started talking amongst ourselves, thinking she would be a minute or two. Then Mrs. Capen turned on the television, located in our classroom, to a news channel. Still talking to my friends, I thought this was just part of the lesson. Then it hit me, but every so slowly. A plane had crashed into one of the World Trade Center buildings in New York City. I knew what was going on, but I just didn't believe it was happening, because it was so unexpected. The scene shown on the television was exactly like a Hollywood movie, only it wasn't. By now all of the students including the teachers were astonished and frozen, unable to speak. Every word coming from the reporter's mouth was so seriously taken, because no one had ever experienced anything near this degree. By 9:03 a.m. a second plane had crashed into the other still unschathed trade building. It was an absolute disaster. The bell rang and the students filled the hallways leaving their classes with little knowledge of the current events as well as confusion and worry, which followed them to their next period. Gym was next on my agenda and we were playing football. All other classes had their televisions on and canceled all plans for the day. After playing some football, we all came back in and changed into our school clothes. We watched another five minutes of the news and discovered that the Pentagon had been hit by another plane at approximately 9:30 a.m. On my way to the next class, I was thinking about what was going to be hit next. In Art, Mr. Stephens had the television on just like all the other teachers, and he was updating us on recent news as best as he could. I can still remember the constant pouring of dust out the top of the trade buildings. By now my classmates were telling me all sorts of facts about what happened, because they didn't miss a whole half hour of the news as I did while in gym class. Around 10:29 a.m. the end of the period was creeping up and all of a sudden the last World Trade Center building gave way! It came down so slowly, ripping through the air and bringing every last steel beam down with it. The cloud of dust was absolutely enormous. It was like a bomb had been dropped right on the two towers. The news showed people all bloodied-up and coughing as if they were dying. I went home that day not knowing if either of my parents had heard the news yet. My mother wasn't home yet and my father was on the lawnmower. I ran to my dad to ask him if he had heard about or watched any of the news. He said he didn't. He couldn't believe it either. My mom came home in about a half an hour and ran into the house and turned on the news; she was painstankenly aware of the tragedy that had occured that morning. We all watched the news that night and went to bed glad that we were all safe and sound, but with thoughts of people who's mothers and fathers had not come home that night. 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 story736.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. 2002-06-06 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 129.44.149.199 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: i was at home when i saw the disturbing images on a news chanel. I know this might sound like a cliche but it reallie seemed like a movie to me becuase it was so unbelievable. it's not everyday terrorists attack your country. I felt depressed at first becuase while im having breakfast in my safe home people were dying and i didnt even lose a person close to me. feeling i can't do a thing at the moment to help those people made me feel... fusturated. If i was feeling the way i did even though new york city was all across the country then how were the people of new york efected? It's unbeliveble that they can recover from the pain the terrorist caused them. I believe that though the terrorists wounded us pretty bad we came stronger as a nation.we will hit them back stronger. 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 story8310.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I remember well the day. It started out with a beautiful sunrise on this crisp near-autumn day. I am a nurse and was working the night shiftt from 7 pm 9/10 to 7 am 9/11. I was in my patients room doing a last minute check before giving report to the oncoming shift. My patient had her television on and was watching a special news broadcast. What I witnessed on the television screen reminded my of a Hollywood horror movie, which at the time I thought it was. Good Morning America is always showing and giving us the cutting edge in news and events. I thought this was a clip from an upcoming movie. I was stunned and shocked to learn that this was really happening!!!! After working 12 hours I was ready to go home and sleep to prepare for the coming shift that night. Sleep eluded me as I watched the two towers one by one crumble and fall. And then boom!!!!!!! Another tragedy hits as the Pentagon is hit and torn apart. Soon there were scenes from a quiet and beautiful Pensylvania countryside where yet another plane had crashed. I was later to learn of the bravery and sacrifice of the Americans on board that flight, in deterring it from killing 100's maybe thousands more. So many owe their very lives to the bravery and quick thinking Americans who sacrificed thieir lives that tragic day in Pensylvania. PLEASE, let us never forget the lives lost that day, just one year ago that brought America to her knees in prayer for the victims and their families. The day that united our hearts and strengthened our resolve to NEVER NEVER NEVER give in to the horrors of terrorism, but instead stay united in our firm conviction that we would not tolerate these acts to go unpunished, thus shattering the great American dream of freedom and justice for all within her borders. May God continue to 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 story5569.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 woke up turned on the coffee and got the paper...turned my TV on to, "Good Morning America", to my utter dismay I saw the second plane crash into the tower...received a call from my dear friend Jeanne in Knoxville, TN. and yelled over to my Best Friend Dottie and my neighbor...come here....we cried, and cried and cried some more....we prayed...and prayer helped alot....today I still pray for my Brothers and Sisters that were lost though I did not know them personally....they are still my Country Men, Women and Children....I still pray for their families...and my Country....May God always Bless America.....Carol Ann McQuaid 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 story2847.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 the morning of 9-11-2001, I woke up and went through my usual routine and came downstairs for breakfast. As I came down, my parents were watching the news and they were just in awe of what was happening. However, I was completely clueless, so they filled me in. Not believing them, I went to watch the news and couldn't believe my eyes. What I was witnessing was not real, it couldn't have been! I continued on with my day and went to school. When I arrived in my english class, all the students were questioning about the attacks so my teacher decided to discuss the event for the whole period. Unfortunately, none of my other classes paid much attention to the trauma and the day went on as if nothing had ever happened, as if history hadn't changed. However, deep down inside, I knew life would never be the same after this event. Around 2:30 PM, I arrived home to discover that parents were still watching the news. I asked them if there were any other updates about the tragedy, and they responded by saying that nothing new had happened but the fact that so many lives were changed and so many lives were lost. I don't think that I've ever witnessed history in my entire 15 years until the September 11 attacks. I'm extremely lucky that I didn't have to go through all the pain that that event had caused but I know that I will be changed by this historic event in our country's history. 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 story8300.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 am a nurse and I was at work when my husband who is a police officer had called to tell me that a plane had hit the first tower. We, of course, felt immediate concern for those involved and remembered thinking what could have gone wrong for a plane of that size to be flying that low and hit the tower. Then it wasn't very long before he called again and said another tower was hit. I remember thinking, this is no accident. Then as the rest of the events unfolded that day, it was so overwhelming. I remember thinking that I just wanted to do something to help and to show that America was bigger than this. It was unbelievable to see how americans united and rallied to the cause. It seemed that every home, business, and vehicle had some type of patriotic symbol. Some were flags, wreaths, ribbons, bumper stickers and some were a very obvious mixture of all of these. It was evident that even those who couldn't be at the sites of the towers, Washington or Pennsylvania , wanted to do something to offer support. I also remember trying to explain these events to my 7 year old son, and trying to re-assure him. I also remember feeling a renewed love for my country and for the men and women who have given themselves in life and death for our freedom. I saw a fire of patriotism burn in the hearts of a youth that had never experienced true casualties of war, my generation. Generation X was called to wake-up, stand-up and love our country. Now one year later, I pray that our generation never forgets what that fire feels like. And through it all, I know God is in control and that He loves us. He was the one steadfast thing through everything. The only source of comfort in this time was my faith in Jesus Christ and the knowledge that he loves and cares for me. 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 story6347.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Well I didn't have classes on tuesday, so I was sleeping in and I woke up for a little while to watch ER. I fell back asleep while watching it, and when I woke back up, I saw the second plane hit the tower, and I wondered what "movie" I was watching. THen I found out it wasn't a movie, and I just sat up in bed for the next 2 hours with my mouth hanging open. It was unreal! I then got a call from my mom. About 5 minutes after the second plane hit, my Grandmother who had cancer, passed away peacefully in her sleep. I was jealous of her for awhile, because she never knew of the horror, and I wish I never knew of it either. Yet the amount of pride I have now for my country is totally unbelievable. Proud to be an american has a whole new meaning now. Now, a year later, I have started clinicals for nursing school. We have to be trained for a terriost attack as well as a bioterism attack, which is really sad, that the world has come to this. But in another way I'm so glad to have my life and my family. When I babysat my neighbors two boys, I asked them what they wanted to be when they grew up. both of them answered a fireman so they could be brave like those who were in New York. God bless America, and let us thrive and continue to grow stronger each day. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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