356 20 70359 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I have recently returned to college to finish my Bachelor's degree in Secondary Education/History. I am married and have two children (14 and 10 yrs. old.) I was getting my daughter off to school, watching Good Morning America as I do every morning, when news broke that 'something' hit the WTC tower. I was intently watching when the New York City reporter screamed, "Oh my God!" and then the world watched as the second tower was hit by a second plane. As soon as the initial shock wore off, I was impressed with the fact that I was watching, in real time, history taking place right before my eyes. I kept thinking about generations before me saying, "I remember where I was when Kennedy was shot." Most of history we have learned about in delayed time. But here I was witnessing something that I would most certainly be teaching from a textbook someday. Very soon I realized that I had the opportunity to create a primary document of my own. I grabbed my homework notebook and began jotting down quotes, comments, estimates, times, statistics, etc. In the end I knew this was my "therapy" and a way of coping with what was going on around me. I kept that notebook with me and made constant notes of what was happening throughout the next few days. I compiled these short descriptions into an informal document that I distributed to my family and children for future reference. As historians we seem to be constantly defending the 'need' to study history. We too often hear the question, "Why do I have to study this stuff?!" I now point people to the events of September 11th and ask them, "Do we want students in 20 years, or 50 years, or 100 years from now to simply memorize the date 'September 11, 2001' without knowing the events that led up to the terrorist attack - or the surge of patriotism and unification that happened in America? Do we want them to know what happened to our everyday lives - the shock, fear, and uncertainty? What about our economic recovery, or President Bush's reaction to the threat? We do not know what affect this will have on an entire generation of children that experienced this transformation of American society. Will they be the next greatest generation? We cannot learn about historical events in a vacuum. Events are intricately woven together with causes and effects. Nor can we minimize them to just a date in history. We should learn this from September 11. The Civil War, per se, is not just a period of time from 1861-1865. Just as September 11 was not just a day in 2001. September 11 was a tumultuous day in America. But it was also a day for me that cemented my resolve to help students understand about the reasons they "have to study 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 story586.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: One of our radio stations that we normally have tuned into every work morning before leaving the house for work - KOGO 600 - was announcing some information that was either confusing to me or unclear on their end. The original report from KOGO told about a potential small aircraft flying into one of the towers. All I could think of was what fool got so lost in the skyscrapers of New York. The radio staff from our local station was taking information from their wires and eventually switched to a New York affiliate where I heard the call go out to emergency workers to come into the World Trade Center to help with a rescure. They asked for personnel who had just got off shifts to come back, people who were on their days off to come back to help because of an emergency. There was even a caller to the New York station that was looking through high powered binoculars and saw things that must have been extremely frightening. Then there were screams from this caller and his wife about planes striking the towers. I went blank and stood still and tried to figure out what was happening. Well here I am putting on makeup and preparing for another workday. But with every bit of news information from the radio, it drew me away from mirror, makeup, closet and closer to getting some visuals from T.V. What I saw next when I turned on the television would be different from anything historical I would ever see. The reporting from the T.V. station told the story of one large plane into the first tower, another into the second tower. By the time I heard and saw the second plane into the second tower, the words were falling from my lips - without words - in silent speach - Terrorists. I went numb from that point. Going through the motions, here on the West coast, I completed myself for work, entered my vehicle and drove to work with many others in traffic that morning who appeared to be clutched to their vehicle radios. I didn't know whether I was ready for work or to turn the wheel to turn around and go home and phone my family to be close. I didn't know what to plan for. But I continued to my office. Throughout the day it was the same. Our Company immediately rushed out to purchase televisions for all of our facility lunchrooms. I saw one of our machinists during the day frozen in a glazed stare at one of the televisions viewing the events from the morning -- the towers, the Pentagon and the field in Pennsylvania. The emotions running through my Company that day were of fear, apprehension, grief and a unspoken appeal to our leaders -- where do we go from here? If this is what it felt like during Pearl Harbor, I didn't like it one bit. I didn't like feeling like I (my country) was to blame for something we didn't bring about. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story7828.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 school on September 11, 20001. I was in my second period class and my teacher was absent so we had a diffrent teacher she told us that she herd on the radio that the Wolrd Trade Center was hit by two aircrafts. During Lunch I went to the security desk and they had the radio on and I herd that the World Trade Center was hit by two plains. After that I decided to walk around the ground floor and seen a Televison on but it was a spanish channel and it was on mute I couldn't understand what they were saying then they showed the footage of the smoke from the World Trade Center. I walked to the front door and seen students leaving with there parents because they were worried. After lunch they told us to all go to the office if we lived in a certin area of Queens. So I went to the office and they told us that we had to walk home with all the people that lived close to where I live and we all walked home. I got home and looked out my window and saw smoke by the World Trade Center once stood. About a half hour later my mom came home and hung out till my dad got home. We were worried about how he would get home then we found out when he got home he walked over the 59th Street bridge. We watched televsion and saw tower seven colapse right before our eyes. Two hous later I went to bed and so did my parents. This day is a day that will live in infamy just like Pearl Harbor. 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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Struggle to get home Students/Teachers Television Coverage NY:3 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: **How did you witness history on September 11th? Share your experience. I was in the kitchen straightening up from breakfast with the TV on. I had "Good News America" on and they started talking about a fire in one of the towers at the World Trade Centers. They were not sure what had happened but it was obvious that it was something big so I stopped what I was doing and gave the TV my full attention. While they were discussing what could have happened and showing the smoke and fire on the right side of the TV screen a passenger plane came into view, before anyone knew what was happeneing this plane come around and slammed into the other tower. And it became clear to me and to the people on the news that the United States was under attack. **Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Yes, my life has changed. I never enjoyed flying before but now I can't even imagine getting on a plane. I tried to say my prayers before but I thank god for another day. I try to be more compassionate toward other people. I find myself looking up whenever I hear a plane. **What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think that people should remember that these people were just going about their everyday lives and in an instant hundreds of thousands of lives were changed. I think that it is important to remember heroes, the people who put their lives ar risk to help other people. I think people should remember that no one is guaranteed tomorrow. You should treat people with respect and compassion. **Did you fly an American flag after the events of September 11th? Have your feeling about the American flag changed as a result of September 11th? As soon as I realized that we were being attacked I immediately went to the closet and brought out our American flag (which to this point had only been flown on patriotic holidays). That flag has remained up since that day and I can't bring myself to take it down. I have always been very sentimental about the American flag and all that is stands for but it reminds me how proud that I am to be an American when I see all the other flags. 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 story8855.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 Dental Professional. I was to go into work late, about 9:45 est., September 11, 2001. I always watch the today show. When I got out of my shower, the tv screen showed a building on fire. I then listened to Katie Couric report on a fire at the World Trade Center. Then, nobody was really sure what was going on. They were talking to a reporter on the ground who said she was sure a jet had flown into the building. Just as she said that, Matt Lauer was saying "another plane just crashed into the other tower" I actually witnessed the 2nd plane crashing into the tower. I couldn't believe what I was watching. I thought it was some sort of horrible accident until that 2nd plane hit. Everyone knew then, we were dealing with something so evil, it was not of this world. How can human beings do this unspeakable thing to other human beings? I have a 9 year old daughter, she had many sleepless nights, and questions about how someone could be so evil. These were hard questions, for parents to answer. We got her through it, she made American Flags, she made cards for family, she knows that "good" far outweighs "evil". We love this country now more than we ever have. We value life here, we will always value life. We live in the greatest country on the face of the earth. That is the message I teach her daily. God Bless the victims. We will NEVER forget you. Michelle Sweeney, 39 Westerville, OH 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 story3193.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. 63.157.85.241 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: Just 4 weeks prior to the morning of 9/11 my husband had given the gift of life. He donated 64% of his liver to my father. The morning of September 11, we had arrived at Lawrece Memorial Hospital for a follow up appointment. My husband was very weak and frail at the time. As we walked into the lobby for admitting I noticed several people gathered around a television. I could see it from where we stood waiting our turn in line and although I could not hear it the image was enough. A plane had flown into the world trade center. As my husband finish his paperwork people were speaking ot each other of how there had been a terrible "accident". Immediatly I said to my husband "The World Trade Center has been attacked". Im not sure how I knew, I just did. It didnt seem reasonable that a plane would "accidently" hit this enormous building... I couldnt concieve it as an accident, as an "uhoh". We stepped into the elevator and proceeded to the next waiting room for tests. The staff and other patients were chatting about the event. Just then, as if a confirmation of my gut instince, the theory I had over this being intentional... another plane hit. The feeling in this room is for the most part unexplainable. Jaws dropped, eyes welling with tears, people obviously struggling to catch their breath, the most uncomfortable silence I personaly had ever felt. It was apparent to us all in that room, at this point some 40 patients and staff... in complete shock knowing that we are witnessing an American tragedy and yet are unable to help our fellow Americans... our fellow humans. We watched in horror as another plane was announced to have been flown into the Pentagon, as people in the world trade center began to make the most horific choices to try and either save their lives or end their misery, im not sure. Some of the sequences are now blurry to me... shock seems to do that to a person. Fear sets in and confusion takes control over ones rational thoughts. Personaly I had never been prepped for such a thing... not to witness it, and certainly not what steps to take next. The thought of my children, how they were all in seperate schools at the time, if I should leave and go get them, news reports informed us the national guard would be visible on highways and any other place they deemed nessesary. Were we here in Boston in danger? Would I make it to my children? If I was able to get them, were was I supposed to go? My parents, did they need me? How could I get to all of the people I needed to be with in a relativly short period of time? In that room, the day of September 11, 2001 some 40 plus people shared a terrifying, horrible experience. I dont know that I would remember these people if I saw them again. Im almost certain that fear takes on a different facial expression than what one would carry another day, in another time. I can tell you that we had for at least a fraction of time a bond to one another that I know will always last. Im fortunate enough to say I did not personaly know anyone who was in the buildings at the time, or on the planes or ground. I know we all changed that day. Images are seered into our minds, feelings of helplessness have never run so deep, pride of being an American never before so heavily felt amoung a nation, wishing we could turn back time, change things somehow. I will never know the pain those directly involved suffer. 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 story10707.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: We were sitting in class, learning something totally insignificant it seems now, when one of the other instructors came into our class and told us what happened. We found a T.V. (with not so great reception), and watched in horror and amazement as the World Trade Center building collapsed to the ground. I was deeply saddened watching all those people jumping from those high stories in the building to their deaths to escape their even worse death of burning. I couldn't believe that someone could hate so much to do something so horrifyingly terrible. I cried along with a few of my other classmates, all of us wishing we were there to help. But there was nothing we could do or could have done to stop this madness. I realized at that time, more than at any other, how truly evil this world has become. Some of us went home to be with our families (myself included), thinking the world was going to end. A year later, I still find myself thinking about it. I try not to cry too much as I think about all those people that lost their lives, all those people that lost their loved ones, all those children without their mommy or daddy. It's hard to even imagine how great of a loss that those people feel. Even though I am not even near New York City, Washington D.C., or Pennsylvania, It still hit me hard because it happened to my fellow Americans. I pray to God that it won't happen again. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: i just dropped my daughter off at school and came home. my husband was with my other two children and trying to get ready for work. he had just come out of the shower and i had just turned on the today show. what i saw shocked me and horrified me. i called my husband out of the shower. both of us were completely horrified to see the plane go through the first tower and even more scared when the second plane went through the second tower. immeddiatly i wanted to go get my daughter from school. who knew what would happen next. i couldn't stop the tears from falling for days to come. my heart was breaking for all of those people who died that day., for all the families who had lost a loved one and for all the people who made it out but were lost. i see those images in my mind alot. i cannot forget. i thank god everyday for my family. and i thank god for those families who find the courage to go on with out their loved ones. i pray that god will continue to give courage to all who lost on that unfaitful day of horror!!!!!!!!! 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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: As tomorrow is the 2nd anniversary of 9/11/01, I feel so many feelings inside me. Hope, fear, sorrow,and still in complete awe! How could a nation so strong, so powerful fall so quickly in one day? On 9/11/01...I had been on summer vacation from college so I decided it was a day to sleep in, no work, no nothing for the whole day. Only my plans had been changed for me. Laying in bed dreaming away my phone rang, it was odd that someone who knew I was on break would call me at 9am.. (thats early for me). I picked up the phone and my friend Russ from Pennsylvania was on the other line. "are you watching tv" he said , I responded "no i'm sleeping is this something important or can i go back to bed?" "turn on the tv" he said.."what channel?" "IT DOESN MATTER TURN IT ON" so i casually turned on the tv...just in time to see the second plane crash into the WTC. I was scared and immediately burst into tears. Wondering how something like this could happen. My friend was interning for Congress..I didnt know where he was..could he have been in the pentagon? The plane that crashed in Pennsylvania was only 3 miles from where Russ lived..is he ok? So many thoughts so many prayers! The rest of that day and for days to come I laid in bed, mourned for those who lost their lives and prayed for EVERYONE in the country. I had so many unanswered questions running through my head. And its funny, I remember that day like it was yesterday. Those planes so vivid in my mind, watching those towers seemingly so indestructable crash down into the ground. There are so many days since then that I still have to take a few moments and cry. It hurts me to think of all those families who were hurt that day, of how vulnerable our country was that day. I was lucky, I no one I knew was directly related to 9/11, yet so many other families had been shattered that day. I picked my brother up from school and the authorities there told me since I wasn't his mother I could not legally take him out. I was so frustrated I snapped and told her to call the police! I wanted my whole family together that day, I didnt want to lose sight of a single one of my brothers and sisters afraid of what could happen. At each passing day since then I still pray for those families, and I will NEVER forget that day. Being 22, this is the first major tragedy that I can remember happening, and it will remain with me forever. With all the political battles goin on, I try not to lose sight of the cause of this war, our troops over there defending our right to freedom and democracy. I only wish that those troops come back safe and truely know that America is grateful for their service...without them where would we be? So I tell everyone remember those who have fallen, their families, the courage all those people had, and thank God that every day we can still wake up and carry out our days. I pray that my nieces and nephews and other young children do not have to live in fear, wondering if another attack will take place. God Bless the U.S.A 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 story9565.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I WAS ON THE BUS, LISTENING TO MY WALKMAN AND THE DJ CAME ON AND SAID THAT ONE OF THE TOWERS WERE HIT. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, WHAT A STUPID PILOT! AND I YELLED OUT ON THE BUS WHAT I HAD HEARD. WHEN I GOT TO MY OFFICE, NO ONE KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE WE HAD NO PHONES AND NO COMPUTERS BECAUSE WE HAD JUST MOVED IN. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER I TURNED ON MY WALKMAN AND HEAR THAT THE TOWER COLLAPSED. I WAS SHAKING I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story9009.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. 2003-01-29 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 216.242.148.100 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 usually sleep late. On the morning of September 11th, 2001, the phone rang. It was a friend in New York City calling. I hadn't talked to him in awhile so it was a nice surprise to get his call. I remembered asking "what's going on?" And he replied "Just watching the craziness unfold here...turn on your tv." I did, and then I hung up the phone. I didn't say goodbye or anything, I guess I was shocked at what I was seeing. A few years back, I was flying into Newark, NJ after a trip to London, and the plane flew over the towers on our approach. They were beautiful. But until I turned on the news that morning, I never thought of all the people that worked in them. I had been there, I had been over them. They were crumbling before my eyes. A few days later, I was at the neighborhood market and ran into a lady I had worked with at St.Joe's hospital a few years back. She asked me if "I had heard about Dr. Betru." Turns out a doctor I had known in the ER, Yeneneh Betru, was on the plane that struck the Pentagon. I didn't even finish grocery shopping. 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 story7522.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: September 11th is still fresh in my mind like it was yesterday. My friends and I were on our way to psychology when we saw crowds of people standing around the trucks that work around our school. People were talking about the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon. My friends and I did not know what was going on until we were in psychology. Our professor told us that there were terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon. One girl ran out of the lecture hall crying, and then class was cancelled. We walked to the Johnson Center and saw crowds of people watching TV in the lounge. Many people were crying, and almost everyone was trying to call someone on their cell phones. I started to get scared, and couldn't believe what I was hearing. I decided to skip my math class and go home. On my way home, I listened to the radio, and heard all the news about the collapse of the World Trade Centers, and the fire burning in the Pentagon. My cell phone was not working, so I had no comfort to speak of on the long drive home. A drive that was supposed to be 25 mns ended up lasting 2 hours because of traffic, and many police cars. I finally got through to my mom, who was hysterical and wanted me to come home as soon as possible. Then one of my friends called me to tell me that our math professor was still holding class. This did not seem very important at the time because of the crisis that had just happened. At home, I watched the news all day, waiting to see what else had happened. I felt scared for my safety as well as the safety of my friends and family. I called some of my friends to see if they were okay. That night was a restless night for me. I was afraid for all my friends in the armed forces and began to worry. The aftermath of the attacks was horrible, and I felt hopeless. I went to give blood and donated some food to the people who volunteered in trying to clear up the debris at the Pentagon. Even now, sometimes the event that happened only 6 months ago seems surreal. However, I know that this is an event that will stay imprinted in everyones mind. I just hope that the pain will fade as time goes on, but I know that it will never be forgotten. 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 story189.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. 2002-03-07 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.195.207 Annotation Annotations to this item. Rescue/clean-up workers/volunteers Rumors Struggle to get home Students/Teachers DC:2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My 1 year old daughter and I were getting ready to go on a play date when my husband called from BWI. He asked me if we had seen the news, a plane had flown into one of the world trade towers. He told me he missed his early AM flight and was waiting for the next one. He was watching TV in the airport, and while we were talking he said, "my god, another plane just hit the other tower!" We were talking about how it couldn't be an accident if it happened twice. It was so frightening. My husband missed his flight because he forgot his wallet. If he wasn't so absentminded (bless his heart) he would have been in the air when all this started, and likely had to land somewhere and been stranded when they stopped all air flight. As it was, he drove home and was able to be with us during this awful time. My daughter and I decided to go ahead to our playdate. We had no way to call my friend at that point to tell her we wouldn't come. We were meeting at Longwood Gardens, a beautiful public gardens near our home. I figured might as well be in a place I love with friends than home alone. So we went. I used to work there, so I knew the security guards. As we walked our babies around the gardens, we got updates, heard about the PA flight and the Pentagon. It was horrifying, but I was glad I was not alone. We had friends who had clients who lost staff in the events in NY. We knew people who lived in Manhattan. The events on 9-11 danced around us. Lucky for us, we weren't touched directly. But it was awful, just the same. Marina 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 story6216.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 was my freshmen year in High School. School had just started so I was figuring out how to adjust to the place. I was walking into my 2nd period Social Studies class like it was just a regular day. Everyone was sitting in class feeling the same way I was. The bell rang and the teacher wasn't there. About five minutes later, our teacher came into class and told us that a plane hit the World Trade Center. None of us have ever experienced a tragedy like this before. All of us being 14 and 15 year old kids weren't exactly sure how to deal with this. A lot of people cried. A lot of people were very somber. I myself had no idea what to think. I was glued to either the TV or the radio all day. Then came the crash into the Pentagon. Then came the crash that could have killed many people at our capital, but was foiled thanks to the brave souls aboard United Flight 93. Five years later and I find myself still feeling like it all happened yesterday. 9/11 not only changed us as induviduals, but as a nation. I will always remember, and I hope you will too. 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 story20598.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 got up late and turned on my bedside radio as I always do. Talk radio helps me wake up, especially when it is shock-jock Howard Stern. I listened to a frantic caller tell Howard that he was in Manhattan and the entire downtown area was on fire. At first this piece of information didn't register as consequential. People who call the Howard Stern show are normally not "right in the head." But he kept up his frenetic pace, sounding much more grave than a typical caller. Howard's response was equally grave and serious. It finally came to me that this was no joke, something was truly wrong. Now fully awake I rushed out of bed to the television. The Twin Towers were on fire. Disbelief. Every channel had coverage. Newscasters reported that airplanes flew smack into the New York skyscrapers, clearly on purpose. Fear. Images of the Pentagon, not 10 miles from my house, came on the screen. It too was on fire. Panic. The Twin Towers collapsed, one after the other, clouds of dust blanketing the skyline. Horror. It became increasingly clear: America was under attack. 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 story107.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. 2002-03-01 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 129.174.55.216 Annotation Annotations to this item. Radio Coverage DC:2 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 at work at the East Tennessee Children's Hospital Rehabilitation Center in Knoxville, Tennessee when I heard the news about the World Trade Center. At first a parent of one of our children told us that an airplane had crashed into the World Trade Center. At that time, I realized this was some very bad news, but it wasn't until a few minutes later that I realized just how bad it was. As I watched the television coverage of this in the lobby, I was angry, saddened, frightened, and felt very helpless. I felt sympathy for the families of the people in the World Trade Center, but I couldn't imagine how those people felt. I tried to imagine what it was like to be in the World Trade Center or one of the airplanes, but I couldn't even begin to know what those people must have felt. I am very proud of the terrific Country in which I live, and support my Country all the way. United we stand! Sherlyn McCubbin - Knoxville, Tennessee 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 story2385.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. 208.196.65.68 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My grandmother was over and she ran into my room. She was frantic. She screamed, " Do you know what's going on, get up!" I did not know what was going on so I followed her into the room to watch the terror of the falling towers. The second plane had just hit the second tower. I could not believe this. My first thought was that this was an accident. That stupid pilot was unqualified. Then the buildings began to fall and I realized. How in the hell could there be two unqualified pilots hitting both towers. I was afraid at this point. No one went to work. Los Angeles was in a state of confusion and disbelief. I could did not feel the reality of 9/11. Not even when buildings began to crumble. Time passed, and reality struck, hard. I began to cry thinking of the horror those innocent people must have felt. I felt helpless and unsafe. Seeing real people full of life jumping out the windows in desperation to save themselves from the flames was horrifying. My sister called me and we watched the tragedy together. Her brother-in-law was missing. He worked in the Pentagon. My friend, Mike called me. He was frantic he said that his parents were on a train from Philadelphia to Washington and in the middle of nowhere they had to get off of the train and seek refuge with absolute strangers. Luckily, my sister's brother-in-law was across the street as the plane hit the Pentagon and Mike's family was taken in by a nice couple in a Maryland. I cried and cried for days. Hoping and praying that no one that I knew was hurt or dead. I called everyone I knew and told them I loved them. I told them that I hoped everyone that they knew is safe. 9/11/01. That was the day I learned not to take life for granted and have no fear. Ever. 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 story4339.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: The radio station I listen to in the morning usually tells jokes and so the first mention of the airplane in the Tower went unheeded. When it was repeated, I turned on the television, awaking my husband who said, "Terrorists". I could not fathom it until the second plane hit. I felt so very sorry for those unfortunate victims and their family but when the building(s) collapsed, it was unbelievable. I find it so hard that the time and energy was spent to strike down innocent people for their chosen way of life. I support retaliation to punish those responsible and to prevent others from plotting against the U.S. I am so grateful to be an American. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story3796.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. 206.81.198.130 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 sitting at my desk typing in the regular daily invoices for our Accounting Department when my two co-workers ran behind me shouting, "The WTC had been hit!" I turned up the radio on my desk and the local morning show confirmed the first plane crashing into the WTC. I headed for the conference room at my place of work and everyone was there watching the big screen TV as the second plane hit. Through that whole time, I kept telling myself, "Wake up! Wake up! It's only a dream!" or "This is a movie! Leave the theater!" How much I wished that I could have done either one of those things to make this horrible day leave my memory forever. While watching everything unfold in New York and Washington DC, we received news that one of our co workers' family members was working at the Pentagon and they had no way to find out if they were alive. Sadly, we found out a several days later that they had died as soon as the plane hit the building. After watching the towers collaspe, I ran from the conference room and I called my mother in Indiana. I told her that I loved her and my father very much and if I could, I would leave right now to be with them. I cried along with my mother during our conversation not knowing what would happen next and if I would ever see them again. After seeing all that happened during the morning of September 11, I knew that I would have to do something that would be a benefit to the families and victims. Since I couldn't go to New York to help, I decided that I could do something locally. I went to the American Red Cross and donated blood and then donated a blanket and water to a local trucking firm that was going to deliver goods to the people in New York. This gave me a sense of accomplishment that I knew would someone a world of good in a time of tragedy. To the people of New York, Washington, DC and their families, your strength and courage are an inspiration to us all. We love you and God bless. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story3147.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: Are you alright? Shannon? Shannon what's wrong? It's was 11:22 a.m. when I heard these words, my boyfriend had just woken up and came downstairs. I looked down and noticed I was holding a full teaspoon of sugar in one hand and a now ice cold cup of coffee in the other. I had been standing there like that, preparing my first cup of coffe for the day. I had turned on the T.V.and I heard newscasters and then the screen came into focus,a plane turning straight into the World Trade Tower (the 2nd tower). My boyfriend kept asking me "Whats wrong"? Then he must have started to realize what was being said on the T.V. we stared in pure disbelief.I don't remember what my boyfriend did the rest of the day or when he left me alone in the kitchen or if he did. On September 11,2001 I was 28 and like many others, endured many a heartbreaks,lost loved ones,and have my share of bad childhood stories and have thrown myself numerous Poor Pity me Parties and enjoyed them, but this day I was experiencing feelings unknown to me yet I allowed these feelings instead of shouting them out like in the past, I actually welcomed them. Today 1 year later I am able to say the feelings I went through last year were not only those of Compassion, Fear and Emptiness more importantly they were those of a Human Being. All I know is September 11,2001 changed all our lives forever, we joined together as a nation, took notice and united as a country and although I was born and raised and have always lived in the USA, September 11, 2001 brought a new definition to myself I AM AN AMERICAN, and god forgive me for taking 29 years to understand and grasp the true meaning of what an American truely is and you have my word I will never forget 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 story4486.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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