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: Hi, my name is chris ranallo. im in the united states navy. On Sept.11 on was scheduled to go out to sea at 9:00am. I was going out for a little over a month. The sea trial was calle com 2 x. It was the last big underway before my 6 month deployment to the arabian sea. Well, that day at 7:00am, I was thinking about the attack on pearl harbor on the flight deck. I looked around at the other ships, and I said to myself. Look what we have today! Nobody can touch us! We have more sophisticated technology. I remember it was a hot sunny morning. Just another typical day. I dreaded going out to sea. It meant attitudes would change, fights would break out. and the worst: home sickness. Well anyway I went to my berthing lounge and as soon as I got in there, the whole lounge was packed! And I realized that cnn was on. So I said g, whats going on here! They cleared the the view of the t.v. and then I saw the worst thing in my life. first I looked at the 2 towers on fire, then I looked at the caption and it read: 2 planes crash into the world trade center. I was in disbelief! I called home. And officals were beleiving this tragedy was a huge act of terroism. We didnt know for sure until The pentagon was hit. Thats when I felt the knot in the pit of my stomach. "Were going to war". I had tears in my eyes. I watched everything until it was time to go to work. We were supposed to go to the carribean, but due to the attacks the cno (commander of naval operations) ordered us to protect the coast of Washington. So I was there for 6 days. I was scheduled to leave for deployment March 17, 2002, but we were called upon to leave Feb.7, 2002, in support of Operation enduring freedom. I can tell u one thing, We are kicking butt against terroists! My command alone captured 3. One taliban and 2 alkeida. > Let it be known Terroists may have broken our security, but they didn't break or even crack our freedom! That's my story. Im glad to share it with all of u. GOD BLESS U ALL AND GOD BLESS AMERICA Love- chris ranallo Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I don't exactly remember the time that the phone rang, but it was my boyfriend calling to ask me if I had watched the news yet, being that I don't watch the news, ever, I thought to myself "this must be serious". I asked what happened, and he told me that a plane had just flew into Tower 1. I was in complete disbelief, and turned on the TV, only to find out that it was true. As I sat up in bed, awake even before my alarm had gone off, I couldn't believe my eyes. I got out of bed to go tell my roommate but her mom had just called her to let her know, so she was already watching it. Then came the plane that crashed into Tower 2, the Pentagon, and then the 3rd that crashed on it's way to DC.... rumors of car bombings... that they were on there way to LA... They... the unnamed and unknown. My fear increased when my boyfriend, who travels constantly, told me that he was on his way back to LA. Thankfully he was only in Oceanside, but none the less, I wanted him to stay there. All we (LA) were getting was that we were on alert and that we could be hit next. He assured me that he would stay for the next few hours. I tried to call work to find out if we were even going to be open that day, but of course making phone call was impossible, as phone lines were busy for the next 2 days. At the time I was an Analyst for a Fixed Income firm in Pasadena, which meant a 30 minute drive from the San Fernando Valley. One I didn't want to make in fear of what was to come. I finally got a hold of someone in the office only to tell me that the firm would be open, and that I would be required to come in. So I did. Because no one really knew the impact of what had happened that morning, the news had not fully hit the radio stations here, so I was left with a very quiet drive into Pasadena. What I was left with were the images that I saw over and over and over and over again. Ones that till this day, I can close my eyes and see. Ones that I will never be able to erase from my mind, as long as I live. I finally arrived at work and was not prepared for the news. Both towers had collapsed. Had I fully understood how those 4 simple words would change my world as I knew it to be... I only know now. The trading desk had every TV turned to the news... sitting at my desk, completely numb trying to process what the hell was going on. Who did this... and why? What gave someone that right to take all those peoples lifes... Then the phone rang, it was my roommate. She reminded me that our friend Mike worked in Tower 1 and that our other friend Dave worked in Tower 2. At that point I lost it. I called my boyfriend and couldn't get a hold of him, left him a message to call me back... I needed him. He called me back to console me and let me know that he was on his way home. After that I couldn't pull it together. An hour after I got to work, they sent us home. I don't know how I drove myself home that day. I don't remember anything. I do remember sitting on the couch watching the same thing over and over again. And crying because of all those people that I watched jump to their death... can you imagine being so terrified that you were going to die, that you jump out of a window that is over 100 stories up? I can't... but they did. I remember listening to the radio on the way home everyday, 98.7. Their parent station was Clear Channel Communication that was based out of NYC. Everyday for weeks they would keep us updated as to the latest developments, and everyday I drove home in tears. I was blessed enough to have all my family here on the west coast, I didn't lose anyone, including my friends. They were lucky enough to survive, but there were thousands that didn't. I cried for those thousands everyday. I didn't need to know them, all I needed to know was that they were mothers and fathers. Brothers and sisters... aunts and uncles, grandparents. I'm 27, and I just made my first trip to NYC this last June. My boyfriend asked me to think of the places that I wanted to visit the most... Ground Zero, I told him, nothing else I felt I needed to see. So, he took me. And I cried again. As I said before, I didn't need to live there, or lose a loved one to feel this loss, or to feel this anger inside. All I need to be is an American. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Personal connection to someone at site Radio Coverage Victims DOMESTIC 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 office was in Tower One... As Information System Audit Project Leader and acting head of the department, I arrived at work as usual around 6:30 a.m., sipped tea as I read and answered my e-mail, reviewed my meeting schedule and prepared other work. Around 8:20 a.m., I called a prespecitve IS Auditor candidate to discuss our company's continued interest in him; around 8:27 a.m. we hung up. Our Financial Management Network (FMN) coordinator came to my office door to ask if I was going to attend the FMN session, I said, "yes". As our video and discussion sessions started at 8:45 a.m., I went to our 29th floor NE conference room around 8:42 a.m. I was handed a sign-in sheet and the FMN coordinator left the room to see if others were going to attend the session. Around 8:44 a.m. I heard what sounded like the whine of an incoming missile (I thought "are we under attack?" and tried to imagine from where a missile could possibly have been launched.)I heard a thunderous BOOM; the building shook violently and the floor (each floor was approximately one acre in size) did a rolling wave; I saw debris falling past the windows. I left the conference room and saw a co-worker standing spread eagle. He said he thought it was an earthquake, I told him something big had hit the building as there was debris falling from higher up and raining past the windows. I asked him if he had heard the incoming sound but apparently he had not. I went to my office to get my purse. I hesitated as to whether I should pick up my briefcase and my walking shoes but as I looked out my door, I our departmental Vice President and her assistant running out. I heard our disaster floor monitor say "everyone out". I headed to the exit door without my bag and shoes. As I exited, someone said he was going to the elevator, I shouted "use the stairs". I entered the stairwell with other co-workers; we started walking down in an orderly and quiet fashion. One guy said it felt just like an earthquake and I said it didn't feel like any earthquake I had ever experienced in Los Angeles from Sylmar to Northridge including the Loma Prieta. We continued to descend from the 29th floor. Around the 25th floor, there were 2 people wetting down a man who was having an asthma attack. We encountered the first of a steady line of fire fighters who looked winded and extremely hot and tired. They were fully outfitted in their fire fighting gear plus carrying extra fire hoses, air tanks, face masks, and cutting equipment. The asthmatic sat down on the right side (my left side) of the stairwell in the oncoming path of the fire fighters. As I recall, one firefighter attempted to assist the asthmatic man down the stairs because the asthmatic had fallen over and was blocking the path up the stairwell. I continued down the stairs. I lost sight of my co-workers who had passed me on the steps; I found myself with people from the 31st floor. I looked at the firefighters and noted their age as being between mid-twenties and mid-thirties with the exception of a few "seasoned" individuals. I wanted to say something to them to encourage them as they seemed out on their feet. I put my hand on the shoulder of one of the firefighters and said, "you guys have got a lot of heart". He smiled and said "thank you". I thought I saw the others straighten up a little and walk with a little more purpose. During the descent, we had no idea about what could have happended. A man behind me said he got a message from his wife on his message pager that said a plane had hit the building. We wondered if it was an accident. Somewhere around floor 20 or 19, the stairwell shook. The man with the message pager got another message from his wife that a second plane had struck Tower II. We then knew it was deliberate and put some pep in our step. I now was with some people from the 51st floor as someone asked what floor they were from. At floor 9, the overhead sprinklers were on all the way to floor 1. Around floor 3, structural damage could be seen; the same at 2. When we emerged from the stairwell at 1, the marble-lined lobby was in shambles. The lobby looked as though a bomb had gone off and the elevator wells imploded. The sprinklers were still on but the smell of jet fuel and the dust and smoke was not as bad there. Port Authority police directed us to the escalator just past the Tourneau watch shop. We ascended the escalator to the lobby of WTC5 and out the door next to Borders book store. More Port Authority police were outside to direct us away from the building. The police officers were saying, "away from the building, away from the building, don't look up, don't look back, keep moving, keep moving, keep moving, don't use your cell phones, keep moving". I walked across the street and up Fulton. Some people told me they waw the second plane circle around and fly into the second tower. About halfway up the block, I saw a large puddle of something red. It had the consistency of catsup but was bright red. I saw a pair of cork-soled platform black wedgies next to the puddle and a white towel partially saoked in the blood. A guy I didn't know came up to me and told me I didn't want to know what had been there. I said I did. He said someone's head had landed there and squashed on impact but it had been taken away. He said they couldn't find the body. I observed people just standing around; some dazed, some in hysterics, some trying to use their cell phones. Others just milling around. I continued down Fulton chatting with the stranger who told me he worked for the Fulton Fish Market. I turned to look at the buildings. They were both ablaze. I would see thick black smoke, flames, debris falling and people jumping. As we neared the South Street Seaport, the stranger met some friends and stopped to chat. All taxis were full, I saw no municipal buses. A red/white/blue Waterway ferry bus came along and I flagged it. The driver asked me where I was going , I said "NJ". He motioned to come aboard. I talked to the other passengers and listened to their stories, except for one rather nervous woman who wanted to go to Weehawken. We zig-zagged our way cross town to the 34th Street pier. At the pier, there was a crowd of people numbering around 1500. We quickly saw there was only one ferry running. I saw a woman walking along and spoke to her. She said it was such a strange day. As the crowd moved forward, after standing in line about 5 minutes, some new comers said the towers had collapsed. From our location, we could only see the black smoke despite the sky being clear. No one wanted to believe the towers were gone. The ferry arrived. I stayed near the open end so I could look out at NYC as we left for NJ. There were only a few puffy clouds in the sky and the vapor trail of a very high flying plane (probably military) and the thick black smoke. Upon docking at Weehawken (NJ), we disembarked and assembled in queues by destination and waited for the shuttle buses to arrive. After waiting 10-15 minutes, another red/white/blue Waterway bus arrived to take us to Hoboken terminal. The ride took about 15 minutes because the driver was letting people off at the regularly scheduled stops. When we arrived at Hoboken terminal, we were let off about 2 blocks away and walked in. The police had completely cordoned off the perimeter and no one really knew how we were to gain access to the station. One police officer had the presence of mind to raise the yellow tape and let us go to the station. Once in the station, I checked the board to see what time the Bayhead train was scheduled to depart (2:12 p.m.) and it was only a little before noon. I went to the ticket window to see which train I could take to Newark. I was told to go to Customer Service which was set-up as an emergency command center. They told me to take the Gladstone train to the Newark Broad Street station. I asked a conductor where to catch that train, he said track 17. I went to track 17, boarded the train and sat down wet and dusty. No tickets were checked. When we arrived at Newark and descended the steps, there was a NJ transit bus waiting to take us to Newark Penn Station. The bus let us off 2 blocks away and we walked in. I walked to the station checked the board to see what track I needed to go to. I went to track 3. There was an Amtrak train waiting to leave but couldn't because it couldn't close its doors. They said they were waiting for the delivery of a cable that would allow them to close the doors and leave. They expected there to be a 10-15 minute wait. I went inside the waiting room to use the pay phone. There were 2 women taking turns using the phone. Finally one finished and told me a call would go through faster if I called collect. I tried to use my phone card but it didn't work, so I used collect. My cousin answered at home and I told her to tell my Mom I was all right, at Newark Penn station, and on my way home and hung up. Upon going back to track 3, the Amtrak train's doors were closed and it left about 5 minutes later. We could see the NJ Transit train waiting to advance to the platform. We boarded, the train left the station. At least 1/2 of the people in our car had been at or near the World Trade Center (WTC) and were wet like me or sooty. We discussed facts about the WTC and our individual experiences that day. One pregnant woman had trekked to the ferry from the WTC on foot carrying a laptop and her purse. She got off at Matawan. I arrived in Red Bank around 3:08 p.m., still damp, wrinkled and a little sooty. I arrived home in Fair Haven around 3:15 p.m. I sat in the same spot almost constantly for two days watching TV following September 11, 2001. I had no bad dreams nor do I have any today. I have seen occurrences of the 1960's; having lived in Boston and LA, I saw the earthquakes, wild fires, civil disobedience, and day-to-day violence coupled with what we see at the movies and on TV and I realize I have been left a little numb. Not that I'm not concerned for those who were injured (physically and mentally) and for those who lost their lives, being there and seeing it up close, there was a disconnect from the reality of it 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 story1001.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 my desk and, close to 9:00 a.m., I heard a loud "boom!". I thought that since my floor was close to the roof of the building, that maybe someone had dropped a big air conditioning unit or something. Then I heard the person in teh corner office yell and curse and we all ran into his office. We saw paper swirling in the sky and the top floors of one of the WTC buildings on fire. We all thought it was a terrorist bomb and imemdiately realized that people were dying. When the news reported a plane had hit the building we were releived because we thought it was just an unfortunate accident. I went back to my desk because I thought the "event" was over. I called my husband at home but he was in the shower. I then went into the conference room on my floor which had a full, clear view of the WTC. I saw the metal bend and people leaving the bulding. I remember thinking how is anyone going to put that fire out? Where are the police? Why aren't people evacuating? There were four of us in that room. In an instant, I saw a shiny plane, it looked silver and was larger than I could take in. As soon as I saw the plane, it struck the WTC. We all screamed and it took me a moment to realize when I heard the screaming that I was screaming too. Some people came in to the room and dragged us out - they said "get away from the windows." I went to my desk, got my purse and called my husband. He asked me many questions and I finally said " I have to hand up -we are under attack." I took the elevator dwon and in the lobby, the building personnel told us to evacuate. I asked where we shoudl go and they said to the street. I said "the street?- that is not an evacuation plan - I saw the plane, I saw the plane" He said he was sorry I had to see it but I should go. On the street, I saw co-workers - everyone in tears and looking at the towers burn. One of the cleaning ladies in my office grabbed my arm really hard and said "do not go to pieces." In retrospect I always wondered if she already experienced terror. I decided that it was not wise to stay ont eh street. The subways and bridges were also not options because I figured they were targets too. In a bit of a daze, I decided towlak to teh 2 train because I only needed to go 1 stop - at the same time I knew I would not get on the train. In the bottom of Chase Manhattan Plaza, I saw people in Chase bank making calls. I started to crumble and asked the guard if I could go in. He said yes - I wnet in and was placed at a desk with a phone and a cup of water. Soemone gave me a hug. I called my mother. I was hysterical but she lives uptown and I do not think she appreciated the gravity of the situation because she as planning on going out to keep a business appointment. We then heard about the Penatagon. OTher people came in crying - one had a son at AMEX, onelady knew people at Cantor Fitzgerald. Then, throguht the atrium we saw debris and peole running. I immediately thought the stock excahange had been hit. We also ran down some stairs throught he cafeteria. Insitinctively men picked up pallets of bottled water and I picked up a tray of cookies. We stopped in a service area ont hat floor thinking we were safe. We then saw people coverd with dust and bleeding. I remembe thinking that there was a fire and we were trapped. That was my true moment of fear. We learned that the people had come from outside - I still did not know any builidngs had collapsed. I saw a maitnenace office and went in there. They let me use a phone and I called some people to tell them I was safe. I was shaking. The maintenance man told me the buildings had collapsed. He had a mask and I took one. We then evacuated further downt he bulding until we ended up in the 5th sub-basement. I felt sagfe. There was mater, toilets, food and masks. People were praying, nervous but no panic. When we weret old to form a line for the elevator up we did. At some point, I told one of te maintenance men that I was nervous because I was pregnant - he said don't worry. At around 11:30 - we were told we can leave and we exited the building. I looked at Broadway and it was pitch black. People were dusty. I walked over the bridge and went home. I remember more but it just too much to write. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just driven through a Starbucks to get a jolt of java before starting my day when my cell phone rang. A freind told me that a plane had just flown into one of the twin towers in NY. I thought, "poor guy, must be a new pilot that veered off course and flew his little plane into the World Trade Center". I hung up and turned on the radio, a second plane had just flown into the south tower. My friend called back, "they think they were passanger jets that had been hijacked and there may be more!" I was stunned. I got to the Walmart I needed to service that morning and made a comment about it. They hadn't heard the news and immediately turned on a radio so we could follow what was going on. "The Pentagon's been hit!" The knot in my throat was so thick it was hard to swallow, I knew that this was a day that I would never forget. I got my work done as quick as possible and went out to my car and called my Mother in Maryland, I just needed to hear her voice! Today is the 1st anniversary of the attacks and my saddness is worst. During the year I have learned their stories, they are not just names to me, they could have been my family, my friends. I pray that God will continue to comfort all those who grieve, heal those who survived and bless this country with a renewed sense of humanity to each other. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was a beautiful sunny day and we were having a fence installed in our yard. A neighbor came out and said that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. I went inside and put the news on just in time to see the second plane hit. I don't remember screaming, but I must have because my husband and the fence man came running. I started watching the news. The reports & images - planes missing; the airways shutting down; the Pentagon on fire. It was like a Tom Clancy novel and I kept waiting for Jack Ryan to come and save the day. But it was real. The phone call to our son's school; do we bring him home, what did he know. The call from the school nurse telling us he was hurt at recess. Everyhing seemed beyond our control that day. The dreaded feeling of "What else can happen?" Yet we survived. Though it was difficult to explain it all the our 1st grader and preschooler. How do you explain something like that. And when our first grader asked if the bad guys were in heaven with Baby Jesus and all the other people who died, it was the innocence of a child that let us know that everything, while maybe never being right again, that everything would be okay. America and her people would survive like they always have. 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 story3694.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 Megan S.Gates, I didn't loose anyone close to me on September 11, but I still left school that day in tears. I live in Johnstown NY, about 3 1/2 hours north of NYC. I am a senior at Schenectady Christian School. When I woke up that morning I just felt that something wasn't going to be right. Of course, I didn't accept what actually happened. I was wearing my purple sweater and my tan skirt, as I sat in 1st period Philosphy class. Our headmaster opened the door and told us that a plane had hit the north tower of the World Trade Center. All of us wondered how could a plane do that, but didn't give that much though to it. Eight minutes later, he came in again, saying that another plane had hit the south tower of the World Trade Center. By that time we knew that something was going on, but didn't know what. We went to our next class, where 20 minutes later we were told about the Pentegon and that another plane was possibly high-jacked. We then knew that this was not going to be a normal day. We turned on TV's and tried to figure out what was going on. Then the two towers collapsed in front of our eyes. I then tried to help students who felt that their family members may not have survived. As it was for one of my friends, her uncle left the north tower for a coffee, seconds before it was hit. Flight 93 then crashed. The media, however, kept giving sketchy information on where the crash was in Pennsylvania. Of course who could blame the media. They were doing their best in the worst of situations. But I knew that my sister was in Philedelphia, and I just wanted to be sure she was safe. Through a miracle, I was able to reach my Father and to ask him about my sisters. He said that two of them had already called to say they were safe, but the third had not yet called. I then started praying that she would be safe. I knew that today, aynthing was possible. My school then had a prayer service, and updated us on what was going on. After the prayer service, our 5th grade teacher got a horrific call. Her brother-in-law had been on flight 93, her sister-in-law is Lisa Beamer. I finally got a hold of my father again, and my sister was fine. But that didn't make me feel any better. That day consists of a lot of running around, trying to find the latest news, helping, praying, listening to the president, etc... My Mom came to pick me up. I ran to give her a hug, and I told her, "Mom, I know the story of Pearl Harbor, and I have seen the movie, but I never thought I would see it in person." The Lord is with us and will help this country in this war. 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 story225.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 guess I must have walked past the tv only a couple of minutes after the "Special Breaking News " broadcast had started. I'm assuming this because I was in a public, crowded place- the gym- and no one had turned down the work out music to make an announcement over the intercom. That moment was short lived. Soon, it became deathly still and quiet as everyone deserted their normal gym session to find the nearest set. I stood in front of the stationary bike looking at the screen, totally confounded. Was that really the world trade center with a plane stuck inside it? My thoughts went immediately to the challenge it would be for firefighters to get adequate water up that high, or ladders to rescue the people inside. Then, I heard the reporter speak the words that HADN'T crossed my mind: "possible terrorist attack." I left the gym then, anxious to get home and plan an alternate route to school as my normal route would've been the PATH to the world trade and I was running short on time. In my eight minute commute home, I missed watching the second plane hit. I was nothing short of confused when I entered the house only to turn on the news and see not one, but the two towers smoking. This was going to be much more complicated than how to contain the fire. This was no accident, no miscalculation. I was watching a deliberate war strategy unfold in front of my eyes. The terror did not really strike me as when the first tower fell. I was immediately overwhelmed with tears as the building collapsed to the ground. And when the second tower fell, my my tears and cries could not be subdued. The only thing that I could actually subdue was my immediate panic. My first instincts were to get my family and drive to Ohio or anywhere west of the tri state. I knew we would be hit next, being in such close proximity to NYC and I did not want to be in the line of fire when it happened. Although, initially, after the towers collapsing, the plane going down in PA, the Pentagon, my thoughts went to all those people affected and all the lives lost right in front of my face, I couldn't help but want to protect my loved ones. The only other person I knew directly that made the daily commute from NJ to the city, or who worked anywhere near the tower was my uncle, who fortunately, had a court date in NJ that morning. When it was all done, everyone I knew was accounted for. How lucky we were!- Because later on that night, having dinner with a friend near our local train station that had direct service to NY, I observed all the families waiting on the platform for their loved ones to disembark from the trains. Unfortunately, almost every train that night was severely under normal occupancy. It was a sorry site to witness. The last estimate was eighty people lost from my small town. Comparitive to the total loss, it was next to nothing. But those lives lost created a big dent in our small community. Life is slowly but surely, making its way back to normalcy or the equivilent in the perspective of things.As for myself, the numbness, disbelief and most of the fear has surpassed. But I would like to share one thing: although many of us wish to have tall tales, or grand exciting stories to pass on to the youth of the next generation, 9-11 is a far cry from what I had in mind. There's is no way to explain or describe. Even this narrative is not enough to express what was felt, heard and witnessed. Let us not make light of the disaster and destruction we were witness despite the "over-exposure" for the sole fact that we are still here. Able to come together and share what we felt, heard or witnessed. In this instance we were lucky enough to be witness, as opposed to the true victims- our fallen heroes. 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 story142.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 I first heard about the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon I was in middle school going from science to history. I had no idea of what was going on at that moment I only knew that a plane had crashed and hit one of the towers. I could tell that my teachers were worried and did not know what to do. It seemed like that was the longest day of my life. My friends and I talked about it and we did not know what to think. When I finally got home I found my family glued to the T.V watching the news and I soon found myself doing the same thing. I was confused because it seemed like something I would see in a movie, but this was real. This has changed my life because now I do not take anything for granted. I am happy and thankful for all the people I have around me that care about me. This is something that cannot be compared to anything else in history and I will remember this for the rest of my life. 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 story20424.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: Wal-Mart had never been so empty or quiet. I had to get some groceries...what if this happened near where we lived? They were broadcasting live radio in Wal-Mart. The few people I did see were crying. Nobody talked. It was really spooky and I was so scared! How can I shop for groceries at a time like this!? I wondered if I would see my children return from school that day. Maybe the same thing would happen all over the country. I was 8 months pregnant. I cried for so many reasons...the lost lives, the survivors' horror stories, the hatred that was building in Americans...etc. I cried because I felt guilty that I was bringing another life into a world that suddenly seemed so violent and bleak... ...and I still cry. 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 story10450.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 day of september 11 i was at school when the attack apears on the class screan the pupils thought it was a movie but little did i know what was happening.Later on around 8:00 evrybody starts going home then my name is called.I was puzzled.Then I see my mom crying and I ask her what had happened and why is it so serious?So she told me a plane crashed into the world trade center. Then I get home at 8:26 and 4 min. later I see a plane on the news heading for the other tower!My heart beated as fast as a running chetah I didnt feel my legs and late...............BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!The plane crashed I cryed till my body ran out of water! I called my aunt in New york because she works at the world trade center.She was fine she wasnt injured or in the attack.But I couldnt belive I just suffered my 1st crisis.God Bless Those who died.Love Nicolas 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 story9007.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On that tradic day one year ago I was at home sleeping. My cousin called me and told me to put on the news. The second plane hit a few seconds later. I couldn't believe my eyes. My cousin was histarical. We are about 25 minutes from Somerset County where the hijacked plane went down. It was a reality check. Life is too short. We Americans feel that we are unstopable because we are the highest leading nation. And that day we were stopped. Thankfully I didn't know anyone that passed on that day. But my heart goes out to all of the families and victims. We will overcome this. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: i was in my 6th grade math class when we were told about the attacks. i was more upset casue this was gonna mess up our recess and i wanted to play wall ball. but when they described how horrible it actually was i worried. we all worried a lot of the kids had parents that work at the pentagon. my frined's mom worked at the day care at the pentagon. she was flipping out. the priest came in and we prayed the rosary a few times. slowly kids were being pulled out of class. my mom came to get me and my friend sammy. cause her mom worked in prince william county so she couldn't come and get her. somy mom was like "i don't care if she isn't my child i am taking her where she feels safe and that's with my daughter at our house." we had a picnic. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On the morning of September 11th, 2001, I was getting ready to head to work. I had the television on, but wasn't in the room to watch it. I was in the next room when I received a call from my mother telling me that the first plane had hit one of the towers. I immediately ran into the other room where the tv was and turned on the sound. Just as I did, they showed the second plane hitting the second tower. I just stared at the television in awe. I was stunned that something like this was happening. I watched it for a litte long and decided to leave for work. On the way to work I had the car radio on and was hearing that The the pentagon had too be hit. I just remember praying that people would be okay. I made it to work a little late. As I entered the pharmacy where I work my boss was setting up the television. We watched the televison from about 10am on. We weren't busy because people were at home with their families. Where they should be. I remember the silence as we watched the drama unfold before our eyes. When we go word that they were searching for the 4th plane. One of my fellow coworkers started to worry. Two of her 3 children is stationed in Norfolk. She wondered whether the plane was going there or not. About 2 hours later is when we heard that officials had found wreckege of the plane in Penn. All those lives lost. We would soon find out that the people aboard the plane were heros..They all are. The day was pretty much spent in awe and being stunned. I don't remember even driving home. I do however remember sitting down in front of my computer and typing out a poem. I do not have a creative bone in my body. But for some reason it felt appropiate. I still don't know what to title it as. I just can not find one that seems to fit it. But I think it would be good to share it with you. -Written on September 11th,2001 in memory of those who lost their lives. God Bless America and never forget. Promise me Not to forget me, Let me be here Let me live even though I am gone Let my light.. now growing dim Become strong..with you and light your world Show me the way..To help me not to be forgotten To show you the joy of my life..my short time on this world With you thinking of me.. I will not have died But I will live on Forever through you. Thank you for allowing me to post this here. This website is a god sent. We need not forget what happened. Again..I am proud to be an American and glad to live here. Love, Elisabeth 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 story8667.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 lived 1 1/2 hours south of Ensenada Mexico in Baja California. We were off the grid, so our only lifeline was a Radio and the Los Angeles station we were able to recept. I was enjoying the beautiful sunshine and Ocean breeze while watering the garden, when my husband came running over to me holding our tiny radio. Honey, listen to this ! I stopped and listened in silence and the news came across that two planes had crashed into the world trade center. Then the pentagon and yet another into a field in PA. I never felt so far away from anything in my life. I felt like I was on the moon. We were so Isolated and alone and we needed to go home. For the next several days we tried many times to get ahold of relatives in the U.S. The phone lines could not get through. We drove to Ensenada to call, several days in a row. We finally packed everything we could fit into our Van and headed for the border of Mexico and Calif. We waited in Line for 20 hours at the border to get across. We drove to my Mothers House in Oxnard, California and have stayed in the area ever since. We are Americans and it is very clear where we belong. We had to start all over and it has been a difficult time, but nothing like those who had to face 9-11-01 head on. God Bless the United States and all of those who suffered and endured. We will never forget... Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On the night of September 10th, I nursed my one year old for the last time. I'll never forget the last day I nursed her. The next morning was like any other. She was playing on the living room floor as I laid on the couch, 10 weeks pregnant, watching Good Morning America. I just turned on the TV before the first plane hit. It was so horrific! I had a sinking feeling in my stomach and called my mother. I told her to turn on the TV and asked her if she thought it was intentional. She was still asleep and I don't think she realized what I had said. It made me feel better to hear her voice but the miles between us seemed greater. I felt the need to be with my parents to make sure they were OK. I called my husband at Chili's. I desparetly wished he was at home with me. I told him to go turn on the bar TV and that I loved him very much. I hung up the phone and just stood in my living room, in horror, watching the North Tower burn. I kept thinking of all the families of the people in that building. When I saw the second plane hit the South Tower, I fell on the floor and started crying. At that instant, I knew for sure we were going to war. I knew there were horrible people in this world!!! My little girl was still playing on the floor and I felt like her freedom was taken away in that moment in time. I couldn't control my emotion. I called my mom and my husband again in tears. I couldn't get my eyes away from the TV. All day, I cried for the people in the buildings, on the planes, at the Pentagon, for all the families affected and for my babies. My freedom was violated. My baby's future was forever changed. I was afraid for my unborn child as well. What a horrific day. I'll never forget it. Now, I know what the flag means. I know how lucky I and my children are for being born in this country. We are all one people...AMERICANS! One year later....I still haven't 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 story5795.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 waiting for the elevator to go down to the lobby for breakfast, and saw a friend from ST. Louis who told me about the plane that hit the World Trade center. I thought that it was an accident, LIke the time that a B-25 hit the Empire state building. When I got downstairs I heard the rest of the story. The trade show was dead, Everyone gathered in the lobby to watch a big screen TV. The next day there was a big linup at the hall to give blood and we closed the show.Most of the guys rented two vans and drove back to Rochester, NY since all flights were cancelled. I drove to Austin TX to visit my Son and go to my grandaughters BAT MITZVAH. I was the only out of town guest.All of the rest of the family had flights cancelled Bob Rosenberg. Rochester, NY 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 story5288.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: Please see http://www.paulabrown.net/WTC/911.htm for eyewitness photos, my personal account, and comments by friends and family. Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001 -- Union City, NJ Many of us who live in the New York City metropolitan area ourselves work, or have friends or loved ones who work in downtown Manhattan, the scene of Tuesday's horrifying attack on the World Trade Center. Undoubtedly, some of us are grieving the loss of someone we knew personally. Collectively, we mourn for the thousands of individuals, honest working people like ourselves, who just a few miles away suffered an unspeakable horror at the hands of an enemy we can barely comprehend. Our hearts are deeply broken at this senseless and overwhelming loss of life. The words and faces of the countless family and friends whose lives have been so suddenly and tragically violated will haunt our thoughts for weeks and months to come. For many years the Manhattan skyline has been the glistening landscape of my own back yard, the awe-inspiring, ever-vibrant Emerald City of the Hudson. In 1977, while living on West Houston Street in Greenwich Village where my small apartment boasted an unobstructed view of the top third of the shiny new World Trade Towers, I witnessed a tiny black speck moving slowly up the northeast corner Tower One that proved to be George Willig, the "human fly" who scaled the full 110 stories to the top, eclipsing the infamous tightrope walk by Phillippe Petit three years earlier. For the past fourteen years, from my high-rise apartment atop New Jersey's Palisades, I have derived great pleasure from the breathtaking power of these man-made wonders, often racing for my camera at the crack of dawn, or at that magical twilight hour when the golden sunset flashes on the tall glass structures like glittering jewelry as the stars begin to dance against a deepening blue sky. Tonight, in the place where the great Towers once stood is a ghostly white corona, a colossal cloud of dust and smoke eerily illuminated by the floodlights guiding the rescue crews for whom tonight, again, there will be no sleep. The following was written by me on September 11, 2001, at 11:45pm. I took photographs of the scene from my balcony, which you may view by clicking here. It was utterly surreal this morning to be standing on my terrace in Union City, NJ, watching the beautiful Twin Towers I'd admired from this vantage point for 14 years, now topped in strangling black clouds of smoke and wisps of vivid flame. I stood numbed in disbelief when suddenly, the long sliver of the south Tower I could just see behind the north began to spew a cascade of filmy gray matter, like a dark waterfall, from its sky-high pinnacle down towards the ground. It was difficult to immediately discern what it was I had just seen through the smokey shroud, but when I next noticed monstrous clouds of thick, rolling white powder rising 50 stories up from the ground around the cluster of downtown buildings, tumbling and rippling wide into a half-mile radius around the site of the Trade Center and spilling deep out into the harbor -- I knew something doubly disastrous had happened. I dashed into my living room to see what the TV news was reporting, and learned that the south Tower had in fact completely collapsed. Reeling from the shock of this, weeping in horror for the thousands of people obviously lost, both in the tower and on the ground, slowly trying to grasp that the endangered north Tower had finally lost its twin, and contemplating what a sad and devastating reminder it will be to see the lone Tower standing where this double monument had stood for nearly 30 years, sentinel to the world's most magnificent skyline -- I was physically shaken when suddenly the remaining north Tower started to drop, like a vertical accordion, straight down in a wobbly but steady descent, in a liquid-like halo of dark dust, literally sinking out of sight from the New York City landscape. The empty space in my familiar view will forever sting as a sad reminder of the innocent lives horribly taken, the heroism of the rescue crews victimized at the scene, and the deep loss felt by the friends and family of those fellow Americans we lost on this tragic 11th day of September, 2001. Peace to all of us. Paula Brown 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 story3135.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 bed and was awakened by the ring of the telephone. I answered reluctantly expecting it to be the hospital asking me to come into work. To my surprise it was my sister with the terrible news. Her words were "we are being attacked, turn on your tv". I scrambled for the remote and could not believe the images that I was seeing. I immediately went and got my 9 month old daughter out of her crib and held her close, as her father and I watched the story unfold. The three of us sat there trying to comperhend exactly what had taken place. Struggling to dial the numbers on the telephone because I could not see through the tears that were streaming down my face and my hands were shaking so badly, I called my parents overseas to see if they knew what was goig on or if they had spoken with any of our family memebers that live in NY. My younger sister answered and you could hear the regular chaos going on in the background and at that point I knew that they had not yet seen the news. I told my mother what was going on and hung up to begin calling all of my family memebers that live in NY to be sure that they were ok. In the end we lost one family memeber in the WTC. He will always be in my prayers and our memories. 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 story3665.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On 9/11/01 i was at school and found out that airplane has hit one of the world trade centers in NY. I had real good firend who has died in attack of 9/11/01 on flight 11. i was not happy i want in tears and cry until i got home. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story7054.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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