339 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: On September 11,2001 I was in rikers island serving time, I was coming back form lunch and every one was on line heading back to their bunks. Then I noticed that every One was looking up at the sky then I noticed the big dark cloud in the sky. I thought it was not I big deal. To me I just thought it was going to rain hard. Every one was pointing at one direction. I could not see what they wore looking at, every one ran inside the sprungs (the bunks) and turned on the TV. We started watching the news that?s; when I found out what was going on. I did not believe it, to me it was a dream a really bad one. I said to myself is this really happening but the dark cloud proved it all. I was mad that I was in there. I felt that every one needed my help but they really needed more than my help they needed god him self to be there. Ever since that happened I took my life more serious. I thought to myself this is not any dream that I?m living. This is reality in the flesh. But I wonder, if it did change people, how? What did it change? I sometimes think about the things that happened in the world. Will it ever change the world? I hope we can unite all together the way it should be some day. And I believe it will, because sometimes I think God tells me. I think that on September 11. 2001 it should be remembered that all things happened for a reason. It?s sad that a lot of people had to die that way. But now remember that they are watching us from the heavens now and they want us to do the best to stay strong. We are the united states of American and united we will always be forever! By: Jason Alexander Guzman 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 story2069.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.10.31.34 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: The attacks of September 11th, 2001 were very shocking. Nobody had any idea that it would occur. As we all sat there and watched the events unfold on our televisions we were all in fear and shock. Some of us knew more than others. Most of us were either at school or work and could not watch the events unfold. I was in Biology class and before I had went to school I saw the first plane hit. At first I thought that it was just an accident. After Biology class a parent came into the classroom and said that they were picking up their daughter because the country was under attack. That?s when I first found out about it. As I rode the bus back to my home school we dropped off the first school. Central High School in Pueblo, Colorado. I had found out that they had a bomb threat. When I heard about the bomb threat I immediately called my grandmother whom I lived with. I was so scared I had no idea what was going on. When I had talked to my grandmother she told me that The Pentagon had been hit also. I immediately told the others on the bus what had happened. I went through the rest of my day. I was in wonder and fear. I had a little bit of every feeling that you could possibly have. Fear, horror, sad, happy, glad, mad, angry, and even hurt. I had all of these confused feelings inside of me that I could not even think straight. Later that afternoon when I arrived at home, I watched the news. What I saw had me literally in tears. As I sat there in front of my television I watched the planes hit the buildings and then watched them crumble to the ground. I could not believe my eyes. Was this real? Was this all just a dream? I kept wondering when I would wake up. Later that evening I had to go and buy some dance shoes for my dance class the next night. I remember listening to the radio. I heard about another plane that had crashed into the ground in Pennsylvania. Know I really knew that this wasn?t all a dream. I knew that it was real. I still didn?t want to believe it. I was so hurt and sad and even horrified. I didn?t know what to do, think, or even say. As I went to bed that night I said a prayer for those who had died. I said a prayer for those who would put their lives on the line to save the remaining lives in the buildings. I have told you my story of the September 11th, 2001 attacks and now I?d like to hear yours. 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 story9024.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-02-03 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.114.243.163 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: We had the Tuesday off b/c of our schools president inaugaration. Everyone had the opportunity to attend it but my roomy and I did not feel led to go. Instead, we slept in. Planning to sleep the day away, we were awakened by a phone call from my roomy's mother. Her mother told her that America was being bombed, so she turned on the TV. i was not very happy with the TV being on b/c i was trying to sleep. Pluss it was turned to the news, which is not what you want to hear while sleeping. when she told me what was happening i did not believe it at first. This was not something that was supposed to happen in real life but only in movies. I believe that it was around 11:00 when we were awakened by terrible news. At first it was just wierd but then it became scary. We became fearfull for our lives and more importantly i began to ponder on my life. What was my purpose, what have I done to benefit the kingdom of God, who was I living for, how much my family means to me and so on. I began to cry. A part of me was afraid that i may never see my family again (they are in San Antonio) and the larger part was afraid of not hearing God say, "Well done, thou good and faithfull servent." Her mom told us to go get gas, so we did. The rest of the day just involved my crying and wondering and calling of family. Another thing that really upset me was that my boyfriend is a marine and he was out at the field when it happened so i could not talk to him. I was scared for his life and i wanted him to tell me what was going to happen but i could not. That was my life on 9-11. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story372.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 and had the T.V. on when they showed the tragic events of 9/11/01. I prayed for the families and rescue personell, all the while thinking how could this happen in our USA. I already had respect for the Firemen and Policemen but their true valor came forth on this tragic day. I pray for their wifes, children and extended family members, they chose a line of work that has many consequences, but this truly showed how much they do. I really feel bad that this type of tragedy can go on in the world and just wish we could somehow get all nations to live in peace. I respect President Bush and the hard decisions he has had to make lately, although it might mean more lifes will be lost we can't let this happen again in AMERICA! GOD BLESS THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US AND PRAY FOR THOSE OF US LEFT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT! 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 story4525.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 that mourning listening to Hoeard Stern when he told us that this wasn't a joke, that a plane had just flown into the world trade center and moments later another one had just hit tower 2. He decided to allow anyone who wanted to leave to leave, but he was staying on the air because that's what the people would have wanted him to do. I quikly turned to other news channals and not one had broad casted the News. Stern was the first. At that point I turned back to his how and though of daughter and my fiancee and quickly called the school to make sure my daughter was safe and my fiacee to see if she was safe. I was sick to my stomac for weeks. That Thursday I drove to Conn, and to see the Black smoke over the harrizon, made it earry and I became sad. and here it is 4 years later and I still get sick when ever I see pictures of that sight. my prayers and thoughts are always with those familys and the victims. Blake Bean East Weeymouth Massachusetts 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 story11242.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: When the attacks of September 11th occured, I had just came into my homeroom class at Oakwood High School. I was a senior. Just as I walked into the door, I saw the second plane hit the towers. I said "My God! What's going on?" Everyone in the class was in shock. A few kids who had relatives in New York were crying. They didn't know if their families were alright or not. School was dismissed early so we could go home to our families. The only thing I did all day was watch the news, and pray that everything would turn out alright. A few months later, I wrote a poem in memory of the 9/11 victims. I read it at my graduation. 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 story1661.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 preschool teacher and was teaching in Morehead City NC at the time of the attacks on our nation. When I arrived at work at 9 am that morning, I thought that it was going to be a normal day at work. Little did I know that within the next few hours, I would hear the stories about what had been done. One of the teachers that I worked very closely with and became friends with, was married to a guy who is in the Marines. She came into my room hysterically crying and telling me bits and pieces of what had happened. I did not realize then how bad and horrifying the tragedy really was. All day I listened to the radio and heard the rumors but it wasn't until I got home that evening that everything sunk in. I had not seen the news or a photograph or any evidence until I got home. As soon as I turned on the televisioin and saw a plane fly into a building on purpose, I became scared and panicked. It is very hard for me to understand why a group of people could Americans so much that they would do this. To study how to fly and then prepare themselves to die is very hard to understand. I have always been afraid to fly even though I do it all of the time, but I have to admit that now it is worse. I can see myself and the plane plummeting to earth and almost put myself into the position of all of those people. The people who boarded a plane that day to travel, do business, take a vacation, and whatever else they were doing, had no idea that it would be their last time. And the people who went into work at the World Trade Centers that day who suffered and died. My heart goes out to all of the people who died, who lost someone that day, who suffered and may still be suffering. I believe that we will come out on top because we are a great nation and we are bound together to get through this. 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 story7357.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 first reaction was disbielf. It was non-comprehendable.Then I got on the internet at work and saw the pictures. I spent the entire morning reading the NY Times and the Washington Post. Getting as much info as I could. My mother is orginally from New York and has many friends who still live in the Manhatten area. I prayed that no one I knew was injured. I left work early that day to be with my family. Weaverville had now had two tradgies within two weeks. I portion of our small town had burned on August 28, we had just settled back into our lives after being evacuated for three days. My family learned a lot from our small town horror, my then almost 11 year old learned what is truely important, family and friends and their health and welfare.Not your CD collection. (We had only 15-20 minutes to pack and load my truck when we were evacuated)My daughter that evening kept asking about the children who's parents were killed, "Mom, where will those kids go?" I remember being angry that these attacks had happened and the next crying for the heros who died trying to save anyone. My prayers and thought are always with those who died and their families who miss them!!!!!! 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 story3041.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 198.189.124.10 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had finished my shower and headed for the den. Passing the television, I grabbed the remote and headed for the kitchen to pour my morning cup of coffee. This ritual had gone on for the last 5 years as I got ready to head to the small business that I had opened. As I sat down with my coffee and morning paper, I turned on the television. On the screen, the twin towers in lower manhatten. Smoke billowing out of one, and confused commentary by Katie Couric. I grew up out on Long Island, and knew the area well. As I looked at the television screen with confusion, my sister called me from Georgia. She asked if I was watching the news and I said yes. At the same time, we both saw the second plane on the horizon and hit the second tower of the World Trade Center. My sister became hysterical. She was screaming "Oh my God, oh my God!" I was watching but completely calm. Everything on that television screen was in slow motion for me. After about five minutes I told my sister that I had to decide what to do with my day. Do I go to the store? How absurd! I did not feel that it was neccessary to open a small custom frame shop when so much was going on, and obviously not finished yet. I felt in my stomach that the United States was under attack. I wanted to gather my grown children from thier lives and make sure they were all safe. I called my husband, a postal worker, and he actually thought that I was telling him a joke. I assured him that I was not. I did go to the store and open, although late. I was stunned when several customers that came in actually got annoyed that I was worried about such things, and not concentrating on thier little needs of getting something framed to make thier house look pretty. As the economy had already made life at my small business more difficult that year, September 11, 2001, and the days that followed changed the way I have thought since. I closed my store this year. It seemed so insignificant. I spend time with my grown children every day. I have decided to pursue full time my desire to sell my own work as a local artist. I have no regrets. I want the souls that were lost at the three locations to know that they did not die in vain. That some of us in this United States took stock of thier lives up to this point and decided that the family and the relationships and love with them was in fact the most important thing on this earth. Not money, not fame, not having the most or the best. When we are no longer on this earth, no matter how you look at faith, you are no longer on this earth. Make the most of the love you have for your spouse and children while you physically have them. When it is over, it is over. 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 story5137.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: LOOK CAREFULLY AND YOU CAN SEE THAT CLOUD OF SMOKE HOVERING OVER ME AS I DIG FOR HOURS, LONG HOURS, FOR DAYS AT A TIME. MY FEET ARE BLISTERED AND MY BURNING EYES BEGIN TO CRY. AN ARM, A LEG, NEVER TO THE SAME A HEAD A TORSO, IT'S ALL THAT REMAINS. EVERY ARTICLE YOU SEE AND PAPER YOU READ THERE'S A PICTURE OF A HERO THAT RESEMBLES ME. BUT I'M NO HERO TO SAY THE LEAST. JUST DOING MY JOB TO PUT PEOPLE AT PEACE. OUR HEARTS HAVE HATE FOR THE AFGHAN MAN. FOR HE HAS TURNED OUR CASTLES INTO HIS LANDS OF SAND. BUT HE WILL NEVER WALK PROUDLY HERE WITH HIS HEAD UP HIGH. BECAUSE OUR LOVE AND UNITY WILL SICKEN HIM AND HE WILL SLOWLY DIE. SO LOOK AT THE SKYLINE AND THE LIGHT OF DUST AND JUST REMEMBER IT IS ALL OF OUR HEROES WHO WATCH OVER US. JPV 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 story869.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. 2002-07-09 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.47.82.78 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 sleeping that morning, when my mom woke me up with frantic words "were under attack!" she turned on my t.v. and there i saw the trade centers exploding. this is the first time i have ever been so glued to the news channel. every free minute i had i spent it watching the news. Depressing.... purly depressing! I'm not sure if i have ever prayed so much in my life! This event brought our country closer in many ways, i never seen such patrisim in my 19 (at the time) years of living. anger, rage, and sadness were among my top feelings towards the "over sea's" i can't belive it has been a year already. I'm not sure what we should do in revenge, or pride, but my feelings are split between war, and peace. It as pure evil that was behind the terrorist! 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 story5513.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 watching the Today Show as I did every morning and getting my children ready for school and myself ready for work when the first plane hit. I heard them say that they didn't know what had happened, but they were going live to the site. Then I watched with millions of others as the second plane came into view and slammed into the second tower. It seemed unreal, as if it were a scene in a movie. I watched the tv all morning to keep up with what was happening in New York and heard about the other two planes crashing (the one in Pennsylvania and the other into the Pentagon). I went to work in a daze and there my coworkers and I watched tv and listened to the radio to get the lastest news. My coworkers had relatives in New York and were frantically trying to contact them and make sure they were alright. I kept thinking that this ordeal could have been avoided if the US government wasn't so smug and didn't believe that no one would dare attack us in our own country. Also, I wondered what would happened to the families of the victims that were of color? No one was talking about the victims that worked the minimum wage jobs or the minority victims. The media only focused on the white victims or the corporate victims. Even in the midst of a national tragedy we were still being excluded except in the number of deaths. There we were equal. I know that most people who write in will say that I am being unamerican by saying what I have, but I know what I felt then and still feel now. That this country has never been fair to people of color and that 9/11 did not change that fact. Also, I strongly believe that unless the US pressures Israel to change its policy towards the Palestinians and gives them the land that they want to build their own nation, 9/11 will happen again and be even more devestating. 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 story5886.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 204.194.41.15 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was on one of the planes that was in the air when the 9-11-01 occured. I was leaving my sisters home in seattle with my other sister who is under treatment for cancer, we were the last plane to come back after being in the air for 45 mins we turned around and went back to seattle,wshington. the airport was like a ghost town we were told to get our luggage and get a taxi and get out of the airport. We took at shuttle bus to the closest motel and then called my other sister to come and get us, we we stranded for wks not knowing when we could come back to our husbands and familys. Due to the airlines not knowing whenwe could get a flight back my sister and I rented a car and drove back to indiana, I live in Ohio. I thank god for watching over me and my sister that we are lucky to be alive and back to our familys. I am very sorry for all the tragedys and this has been a hard day for me. I thank god everday for my safety and return. 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 story5035.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 this day because it started out like any other day...that is at first. I went to school and we changed classes and I remember walking into second period and hearing about it. I didn't understand how serious it was at first, I was just looking forward to a day off of school. I remember realizing how terrible it was when I saw the towers go down on tv over and over again, thats a sight you can't forget and seeing it in person must have been awful. I remember the hope yet sadness in people's eyes as they seached for loved ones and I remember how frightened America became as a whole...yet at the same time, our country hasn't been so close in a long time. Donations poured out, and people stood in mile long lines to give blood...Lives were taken that day and they cannot be replaced, but you can't replace the pride of being an American that has swallowed this country. You took some of us out but you will never over come... God Bless America, and never lose hope. 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 story4114.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 for class and I had the radio turned on. I heard what had happened with the first plane, and I ran into my living room to turn on the news. As I turned on the television, I saw the second plane hit the second tower. I had called my bopyfriend (now my husband) to tell him to hurry and turn on the television. He was in shock just like I was. In my mind, I was thinking that we were all going to have a hard time with what just happened...I knew that we were under attack and it was like living in a bad nightmare. I finished getting for class, and I listened to the President on the way there, and the parking lots were full of students, and as soon I was walked in, the whole class was in total shock. It felt like someone had lost someone. It was very surreal! We had the radio turned on, and we listened as the events took place one right after another. When the towers collapsed, we were more horrified. There was no telling how many would lose their lives. They cancelled classes for the rest of the day, and with having 8,000 people in my college...it took about an hour to get out of the parking lot. One thing beautiful about the day was when all the planes were landing at the airport right next to our school...it was beautiful to see the airplanes up close, but then you realize that everyone on earth was affected in some way. I got home and took a nap...but it was like waking up to reoccuring nightmare. After looking over the events in the next couple of weeks, I realized that my boyfriend and I were meant to be and I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him. We have been married since August 10, 2002. September 11th will remain in our hearts forever. 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 story8986.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 travel frequently on business. I had planned to be in Boston that previous weekend and fly from to Los Angeles for meetings the week of September 11. My schedule changed about a week or so before this tragedy. I can't say I would have been on one of those flights. However, I frequently think about the families that suffered terrible loss and wonder what may have been for my family. I was very angry - at a faceless enemy that attacked us without cause. I also thought how stupid - if these people think such an action would change our thinking (or may be they believe we are weak and afraid) they made a big mistake. Whatever shortcomings or mistakes in our policies exist, there is no way any group has the right to murder people. I am also sickened that these murderers hide behind the Islamic religion. I don't know this religion but I find it impossible that such an act could ever be justified by any legitimate religion. Why are the political and religious leaders in the Middle East not actively repudiating this event and doing everything possible to bring these people to justice. If they want Americans to change their thinking about our Middle East policies then change is required from them as well. I also remember gathering with our neighbors on our street that evening. Every so often a fighter jet would be seen above. My parents told me about December 7, 1941. Where they were and what they were doing. My only prior feeling of being linked to such an event was the assasination of JFK. However, the feeling of uncertainity - what's next and where's it coming from - is something I now understand because I've experienced it throughout the 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 story4888.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, like so many other people were sitting down to a cup of coffee, my youngest son was off to school and I was watching Good Morning America. When the shot came on the TV I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I sat there and cried when I saw those people trying to get out and the more that happened the more frightened I became, you see my oldest son was in Harrisburg, PA signing up for the Marines at the exact time the planes hit the World Trade Center. He stood there watching it on TV and still signed on the dotted line. Both of my son's are wonderful young men, they have been involved in scouting since they were in first grade, and my oldest is an Eagle Scout, My youngest one soon will be. So, I guess I'm a very proud Mother, not only has my son done what only 1% of scouts accomplish by becoming a Eagle scout, he is now becoming a Marine. Even though I am scared for him and the thousands like him in the armed forced. I am proud of the men and women who give of their time in the armed service, police and fire depatrments. Thank you to 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 story1697.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: And then ? Early in the AM at least early for me, while I was spell checking my rant about how much I need noise and hate quiet, a rant that ended with how friggin' peaceful I felt ... I heard an explosion but did not even flinch ... I hear explosions all the time from the projects, figured it was just the usual big firecracker in a garbage can thing Then a client called and said, "I wanted to talk to you about business, but they just crashed an airplane into the World Trade Center." ...?? So I hung up, turned on the news, freaked out and ran up on the roof. ... There from the roof deck of my Lower East Side building I saw the unbelievable -- the twin towers on fire, gaping holes on the tops of each. It took a moment for me to remove myself from all those Armageddon movies. This was real. In a rush that went from my heart to my stomach, I felt the fear of all those trapped in the towers. It wasn't even 9:30 a.m., but I spun around to see a sizable chunk of my neighbors climb up onto their roofs and fire escapes, their jaws hung as low as mine was. I ran downstairs for my camera, feeling like a louse, but I just had to, and grabbed Mike from next door and the baby sitter from 5A. I needed someone else to see this and tell me I was not dreaming. "Holy shit!" Mike screamed. I snapped some pictures, but the camera felt poisoned, so I tossed it on the picnic table and just stared. We all just stared. I tried to comprehend how many floors were smoldering. "It's not so bad. ? They'll get them out," someone said, or was it me? Then it happened -- just as I was thinking, "How much more will this burn before they find a way to put it out?" there was a flash of silver, bits of silver catching the sunlight, just trickling down ? and the first tower, just seemed to implode. It came crashing down into itself, right before our eyes. And there were screams from every window and every roof top, and one of them was mine. And I started to cry This silver deck of cards had just collapsed right in front of us. It was so absurd, it could not even register. "No, no, no, no, no!" I heard myself say. "Oh my God! Oh my God!" came the yells from roof tops stretching to the base of Manhattan. Armin from 2A came upstairs and just stared blankly. Then we turned our sights on the second tower. The fear from all those people trapped in the top of the other tower and the ones trying to make their way down 30, 40, 80 flights of stairs was so tangible, you could feel it floating in the air amid the vast billowy black and gray smoke that came up like a nuclear mushroom cloud. We watched, and our cell phones did not work, and our home phones did not work, and our loved ones were trying to call us. We watched. My neighbor Ray the lawyer came rushing up. He had just escaped from the financial district only a couple blocks away. "I just climbed out of the subway, and a wall of people pushed me back!" he yelled panting and sweaty. Mike snapped pictures with his zoom lens, shaking his head, trying to make jokes that did not work. The baby sitter bounced the baby on his lap and pointed to the black sky saying, "Man, you are going to tell your grandchildren that you saw this!" to the bewildered baby. A frozen chill began to creep up my arms and legs. "You've got goose bumps all over you, man!" Mike said.. I ran downstairs to get coffee for myself and the baby sitter cause I felt dizzy and weak and just as I touched my door the screaming started again, ran back upstairs just as the second tower is crashing down, the unbelievable has happened twice. ? And the screams are everywhere, everywhere, and the smoke is so thick that all of downtown Manhattan is obliterated as it blows endlessly towards Brooklyn. I watched the end of the second tower disappear into a mass of black and silver. And we can all feel the death of thousands They died right in front of us I could not see their faces, but I could see their faces I still see their faces I stroke the part of the sky where they were with my fingers There is no peace There is nothing but smoke We are frozen there on the roof for a thousand moments I have the sensation that everything I have ever known is being rewritten in my head, and there's nothing I can do to stop it. And then the aftermath The panic What will happen now? Is this our Pearl Harbor? Ray's secretary gets through to him, and I ask her to call my brother. Kathleen comes home and we run to the grocery store for supplies. At times like this, they say to buy water. The grocery store is filled to the walls with terrified people buying nonperishables. I load up on anything, I don't even know what I bought. Some sugary juice, cheap cat food, water, something frozen Cheese Canned pineapple of some kind, or maybe it was corn, yes, corn The police are all around when I emerge The off-duty officers called in All of downtown is blocked off. But we are downtown. You can feel the tension Crime yet to be born The city filled with people who will not work today, pacing, what to do now, where to go. "Everyone I see is drunk or high," the laundry lady says. .. There is the sense that nothing makes sense today. There is a strange dead burnt smell that I can taste in the back of my throat The fighter jets buzz by The helicopters climb through the murdered skyline No one will vote in the primaries Kathleen goes to Beth Israel to donate blood Carolyn to Bellevue I can not give blood, but I wonder what, what, what can I do I check the air, and worry about the smoke and my cats And see the tower collapsing, over and over and over again in my head Carol and Tommy are bankers; they work downtown. M.E. finally gets through on the phone. She was about to walk the 84 blocks to my apartment. She missed her flight to Washington. Thank God, I tell her. Thank god "I love you!" I say and ask her to find out if they are ok, Carol and Tommy. I think they work on Wall Street but I'm not sure. Tracey calls. Calls can now get in but not out, I have her call my father to tell him I'm ok. She invites me to take the cats and come to Brooklyn but I opt for staying home with the windows shut and the A/C on to filter the air. I would have to walk to Brooklyn across the bridge and home with the cats seems a better bet for now. I've always been afraid of heights. "Tell my father I'm alive," I beg her. I am alive. This day now sits before me like a pathetic afterthought. There is nothing to do but ponder and watch the tower crumbling, crumbling, crumbling in my head. Later on, after the news has shown me the videos of what is already taped to my eyes forever, I go back up on the roof to monitor the smoke. Is it blowing my way? Do I need to evacuate? It has mellowed, turned more gray. Then all of sudden it is black again. Black and billowy and thick, but lower, not like the towers. It covers the buildings like a thick blanket, then spreads out piercing the gray, this new terrible thing, a floating dark ocean. "Did you see it?" the baby's mother screams rushing up on the roof. "We just heard it on the news! The smaller building, No. 7, just came down!" "I saw it," I say knowing I have not seen anything today since the first tower crumbled before me. The city has become a game of dominoes. I look at the Empire State Building and wonder, who will be next? 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 story6159.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 on 9/11 and lounged in bed. I didn't want to get up. Finally, I turned on the tv, more out of habit than anything. The volume was very low and I paid it no attention. I remember the ABC "Good Morning America" host Diane Sawyer was interviewing somebody and it seemed very dull. I took a quick shower and got dressed. As I was putting on my socks, I looked up and saw the 1st tower with smoke billowing out of it. I thought that they were doing a piece on the last World Trade Center attack, so I continued with my socks. But I started thinking to myself that it didn't look right. During the bombing a decade ago, there was no big hole in the top of the building. So I turned up the volume and gleened from the conversation that a plane had struck the tower. Within seconds I saw something dark flash into view on the right side of the screen. It became all too evident what it was when a fireball exploded out of the left side of the 2nd tower. I couldn't believe my eyes. I called my boss and asked if he had his tv on. He said that he was already on his way to work but was listening to coverage on his radio. When I made it to work, everything was chaos. We left the office (only a 3 person office) and went to the leasing office to watch CNN on the tv there. We saw both towers collapse. The owner called from California to tell us to close down for the day since no one was going to get any work done anyway. I sat in front of the tv the rest of the day with my eyes glued to the screen. That night as I was driving to job #2 down the freeway, I kept looking at the sky because I thought how surreal it was not to see any planes up there. After a couple of weeks of solid news on virtually all channels, I turned on the tv one night and instead of news it was "Third Rock From The Sun," a rerun. I laughed so hard that I cried. It was like all that bitterness and fear had bottled up inside of me and it all came out when I dared to laugh again. What a rollercoaster ride. 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 story9301.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: Your story: I'm a member of the FDNY. I was at the firehouse that morning, I was the ECC (engine co. chauffeur) for Eng.166 on Staten Island. We were doing commitee work when we heard on the radio that a plane hit the WTC. We dropped what we were doing and went into the kitchen to watch the news. We were talking on how to attack the fire and what gear we would need if we were called when all of a sudden you saw the second plane hit. We scrambled out of the kitchen and started to re-check all our tools and gear and putting extra tools on the rig. We were in the middle of doing this when we were turned out for the staging area at the S.I. Ferry. We were barely out of qtrs. when we were re-directed to form up on the Brooklyn side of the Battery Tunnel. We just about got to the Verrazano Bridge when traffic stopped. They had to clear the traffic off the highway so we could get to the bridge. While they were doing this, all the off duty guys that were trying to get to their firehouses in Bklyn, Man, or Qns started to ditch their cars on the shoulder and were jumping up in the hosebeds of our rigs, there were about 8 - 9 other fire companies with us. They finally cleared a lane and we screamed over the bridge. I remember looking to my left and seeing the two towers, heavy black smoke pushing from both of them, and my Lt. just saying to me that this was going to be the worst day this job has ever seen. I told him we'll get the fires out (the FDNY, not just us) but yeah, that it was going to be a real shit day. We got to the tunnel and it was like driving into a blizzard. When we pulled up, a Chief informed us that the first tower had collapsed. We were looking up to see if we could see anything but it was just ash, soot, sheets of paper falling from the sky. So thick, that if you held your hand out it would fill up in a few seconds. They turned us around and told us to form up on the Brooklyn Bridge. We got to the bridge and they started sending us over 1 company at a time. When the company in front of you got to mid-span the next company started out. The reason for this was we were told another plane was inbound and if they hit the bridge they did'nt want a bottleneck of us on it. We were just past mid-span when the second tower collapsed. I look back at it now and that half hour we were stuck in traffic probably saved a few lives. We definately would have been there if we were'nt delayed. We got to the staging area at West and Vesey streets, the Chief told us to dig out the satellite unit (it carries high volume hose) and to start stretching the line up Vesey street to the water. A fireboat was moored there and we had to hook up the line to it so it could start pumping water into the site. All the water mains were broken and fires were burning everywhere. All the buildings, all our rigs, the cars parked in the street, the paper on the ground, it looked like hell. After this was done we tried to find a way into the wreckage, we were hearing Maydays on our radios that there were some of our guys trapped in a stairway, but we had no idea where it was. We stretched lines into the rubble to try and put some of the pockets of fire out so we could start looking for people. We eventually got word they wanted everybody out because 7 WTC was going to collapse. We backed out and waited. I guess around 5:30 it finally came down. After, we just dug. I don't know how long. We got back to the Firehouse around 1:00 AM. We walked in and we had a company from Roselle NJ in qtrs. We thanked them for coming. We took showers, had something to eat, and watched the news. Went back up the next morning and dug all day. It was a rough few months, you were at 1 of 3 places, the firehouse, the WTC, or at a funeral or memorial. It was real rough on the family. My son was only three months old and my daughter just started nursery school, my wife works. It was hectic, but my wife held us all together. I was a wreck. I knew 63 of the guys, my first firehouse (I transferred to S.I. in 99) lost 7 guys, one of them had 10 kids. I don't know how she's doing it, alot stronger than I am. We lost too many good people that day, and I'm proud and humbled to say I knew, worked with, and learned from some of the best people who ever walked the planet. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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