357 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: It was Primary Day in New York, I was home and getting myself and 3 year old son ready to go out. My sister called me from Brodheadsville, PA. and told me that a plane hit the Twin Towers. I put the news on. We assumed it was a horrible accident. While watching the fire, we saw the second plane come in and thought we were watching an instant replay, until the reporters started screaming. At that point we realized our country was under attack. I immediately hung up and tried to reach my husband who is a Police Officer with the Bridge and Tunnel Authority, and is assigned to the Triboro Bridge. It took hours for us to reach each other. When my husband did get home, he told me that they saw the Towers go down from the Triboro Bridge. I asked, if it was like a movie, unreal, and he said "no, it was worse, beacause it was". My husband knew some of the officers who were lost. It was very scary. My little boy saw my crying al the time. We did not go out for days. Four weeks earlier, I had left my job of 10 years in Midtown Manhattan, and was very grateful not to have been there. 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 story7172.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. 2002-09-13 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.90.127.67 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 story about September 11 is not a heroic one, or a devastating one. I was 1,000 miles away from the horrors of that day, sitting in my 7th grade Computer Technology class, listening to what had happened a few short hours before. As I was told I stared in shock at the blank screen in front of me, listening to the kids around me go "Woah", and "Oh, my God." When I got home I watched the T.V. for three hours, and couldn't believe that it had actually happened. I couldn't believe that so many lives were torn apart because of that day. I am still in shock over what happened that morning, but I have moved on, knowing that I lost nothing that day, I only gained. 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 story8975.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. 2003-01-18 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 67.24.181.103 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was around 9:00am I was headed to the Equinox Fitness club @wall st where I work. I went into the Energy wear store to open up. A customer came into the store and we were talking, I asked her was it snowing outside she said no "why" We both looked out the window and we saw dust,papers and folders falling out of the sky. A announcement came across the loud speakers that a plane had just hit one of the towers and if we had anybody that we knew who worked there to check and see if they were alright. I have a aunt who worked for Morgan& stanley so I was worried about her, as I was leaving out of the store the building started to shake and thats when the second plane had hit. We were told to stay in and not to leave but I ran out anyway. There were hundreds of people running down wall st I tried to avoid getting knocked down so I ran back into the building. There were people from everywhere running into the building,as the tower fell the windows were covered with a grey smoke at this time I thought that I was going to dye so I called home and told my family that I loved them and I told My husband to make sure he took good care of my 1 year old son.There were people who worked in the trade center who came to my job wet,crying,no shoes on,and just confused. I just want to say that that was the worst day of my life not knowing if your going to see tomorrow,but so many people did not make it home to there family.I thank God everyday for saving my life and all those who made it out of the building. 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 story1530.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. 2002-08-28 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 141.155.22.64 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at my office listening to the radio when reports were broadcast. It seemed so surreal and unbelievable. Since I work in one of the tallest buildings in Columbus that is also connected to government buildings, my company announced that we could leave at about 11:00. All the government workers were dismissed earlier and I remember how quiet downtown was as I walked out of the building. The main downtown street "High Street" was closed to all traffic and I was unaware of this until I walked out of my building.I'm a bus rider and I couldn't catch my bus home at my normal stop since High Street was closed. Policemen were standing along High Street and they were antsy with hands on their guns. This made everyone afraid to ask what was happening with the buses. So I just walked. I had to walk over a mile to a bus stop on the outer edge of downtown to catch my bus. I waited almost two hours. People waiting for the bus decided to walk tremendous distances just to get home to their loved ones. The bus finally came and it was packed. I sat next to a lady who was hysterical and talking to herself incoherently. As soon as another seat became available, I moved. People chatted on the bus. When I finally arrived home, I turned on the TV and it became real. 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 story2504.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. 155.188.191.4 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 asleep when my husband flew into the room and woke me with a terrified look in his eyes. Come here! As he pulled me to the the living room, with sleep still in my eyes the twin towers. I lowered myself to the couch and asked what was going on and as I did the second plane hit. I sat there with my jaws open trying to understand what I was seeing. My husband, who is a native of New York stood there in disbelief, OH MY GOD, was all I could say as I tried to comprehend this sight I asked him about his family who still lives there. Getting on the phone but not getting through. Busy.Busy. Busy That is when before my very eyes the unthinkable.As I unknowly held my breathe, I saw those lives vanish, I could not breathe. As the concrete dust enveloped the people at ground zero I held my breathe. How can I, so far away, recover from this horrible day? My children sleeping in thier beds, oblivious to the happenings while they slept. This anniversary, I cried all day. Did this day change me ? Yes it did. It doesn't matter where you live or how far away I was from New York or Washington or Pensilvania, a part of me died that day too. And I 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/. Title A name given to the resource story6980.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. 2002-09-13 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.237.134.86 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 awoke to my wife screaming "jimmy!...Jimmy! Wake up!!As i tried to wipe the sleep from my eyes, my wife,sitting on the end of the bed,turned to me and said " A plane just crashed into the world trade center!" as I sat up ...confussed and sure that this had to be an accident.I noticed where the plane had hit the building...right in the center! I didn't say anything to my wife except "oh my GOD!!" but to myself I thought that if this had been an accident why didn't it just clip the building? About the time My mind had regestered that thought I looked at the T.V. and noticed a second plane...heading in the same direction.....NO!...I thought to myself...this can't be happining! JBW 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 story5912.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.68.169.171 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: September 11, 2002 On September 11, 2001 I was in front of the mirror doing my hair and all of the sudden I hear my mom say ? Oh my gosh!? I ran into the loft watched the planes crash into the buildings on T.V.. My heart was beating so fast I was in shock along time I didn?t know what to do. I can?t imagine people walking into work all happy and the next thing you know people?s lives were gone the second the planes crashed. My mom told me that the planes had a lot of people in it and it was hijacked by Alqaeda to crash the planes into the World Trade Centers. She also told me that the American Government thought that Osama Bin Laden was behind all of this. I feel for all the people who were involved in September 11th, 2001. It was so sad that those people?s families are crushed because of what happened on September 11, 2001. Some people survived the crashes and some people didn?t. It was all over the news for weeks people were so shocked. There was nothing else on except for info on the terrorist attacks. The attacks is the reason there is a war going on against the United States and the Terrorism right now. It is very scary especially if you family member is a soldier. I feel very sorry for the people that lost there lives. 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 story2952.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 coming out of a store on Church St., and my cell phone rang, I answered my phone and i was talking to my grandmother. All of a sudden I heard this very loud crash. I thought that it was a car accident. But somebody told me to look up and thats when I saw the first building up in smoke. I just stood there in shock as the building continued to burn. Then a few moments later, I was still looking up when the second plane hit the other building. Thats when all the cell phones went out and i became disconnected from talking to my grandmother. I started when the second building collapsed because all the smoke and debris filled the streets of downtown manhattan. I remember running acroos the Brooklyn Bridge for safety 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 story8879.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. 2002-12-23 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.12.96.206 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: We had library class and someone came to me and said that a plane had hit the first tower. The first thing I thought was that it must have been a accident. A few minutes later, maybe more, as we were teaching... They came in and said another plane had hit tower two. At that time we could not let the students know what was going on but we as adults wre dying to know. So I went to the curricullium office to watch TV. And it was so sur-real!! I saw people jumping out of the buildings and could not grasp that! To this day that sticks in my mind! I went back to the library and called my husband at work. Got his salesman (Matt) and said get on the TV or radio, we are being attacked. He was so surprised.. I think he must have thought I was nuts. By the time I got off the phone another person came into the library and said the Pentagon had been hit and there was another plane missing.( That ended up being the plane that crashed in Penn.) At that time I started feeling WHAT'S NEXT?? School went to lock down,people were calling loved ones that were supposed to be in New York that day. Classes stopped, and even worse as the buildings crumbled,I thought, God Help Us.. We all continued to watch the horror on TV as the people fled amoung the smoke. ( I swear I said out loud at that time that it seemed to be a Hollywood movie.) Sorry If I have rattled on but that was and (hopefully) the most horrific thing I EVER have seen. GOD BLESS THE USA. LOVE TO ALL, Christine A. Gaskill 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 story1440.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 in roll call at 0700, and our shift supervisor told us that the Twin Towers were just hit by possibly an airplane, and not to be surprised if we were busy at work that day. This frightened me, as I am a first term airman in the Airforce. I had only been at Mt. Home (my first assignment)since April of 2001. The first emotion that went through my mind was fear for our nation, the second was the fear of having to leave my son. At the time I was a single mom and my parents live in Indiana. While at work, I tried to tell my mother, without telling her anything, that we might be leaving and that she would have to come and get my son for me. As I was telling her, the second plane went through the tower. I knew then that it wasn't going to be too long. The day seemed to go slow, not knowing my fate. Shortly after lunch time we were called out to perform ops checks on the aerial refuel systems of the fighters. Most of them actually. We were told that we were supposed to be leaving within 48 hrs. All I could see, was my 3 year old son not remembering me when I finally would return after a 6 month deployment. THEN, I thought about the families that their children will never get to see them again because of some coward who hit us under the belt and ran! My adrenaline started pumping. I didn't even notice the fact that we were working a 15 hr shift and no lunch. I wanted to get the person who did this. I didn't leave the states until Novemeber. When I got over there to the middle east, reality of where I was sunk in. I didn't know if we should trust our host nation, if they were going to set us up for failure and then TRY and take advantage of us while being on their soil or not. All I knew is that I was there for our nation and had a job. I would get so excited when the jets would come back without bombs on them, knowing that they had hit somebody/thing. When I heard that they were killing our troops after taking them as POW's, I was outraged. Then to hear that one of our natural born citizens was fighting on their side, enraged me. To know that there were ground troops over there trying to protect our United States and some losing their lives because of it. After that I felt free to write messages on the ammunitions that were being dropped. "Osama, you took me away from my family on Christmas. Now it is time to take you away from yours, forever." This will probably continue on for a long time...I don't know. It is a small price to pay for all the people's lives that those heartless cowards have taken. Soldiers included! God Bless all that have lost loved one's because of this tragedy! A1C Reagles 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 story381.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. 2002-04-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.12.101.173 Annotation Annotations to this item. Afganistan/Mideast Americans overseas Military Osama Bin Laden U.S. retribution 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: FOR SOME REASON THE T.V. WAS ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA AND MY MORNING ROUTINE TO TAKE MT THEN 5YR OLD TO THE BUS STOP AND TO FEED MY THE 7MO OLD BABY WHILE WACTHING 7TH HEAVEN. BUT THAT DAY MY 5YR OLD WAS SICK AND HER DAD CAME TO SEE HER AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT KID STUFF AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD CHARLIE (from good morning america) SAY THAT A PLANE HAD HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, ME THINKING THAT IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, I REALLY DID'NT GET WHEN THE SECOND PLANE HIT UNTIL IT WAS SAID. I THOUGHT THAT THE SECOND PLANE WAS SEEING HOW BAD THE FIRE WAS OF THE BUILDING I JUST DID NOT GET IT I REMEMBER SAYING THAT I HOPE THAT PLANE WAS NOT LOADED AND A LITTLE AFTER I SAID THAT THEY IT WAS. I REMEMBER JUST HAVING SICK FEELING IN MY STOMACH THIS OVERWHELMING SENSE OF SORROW,PAIN,ANGER, I JUST COULD NOT UNDERSTAND IT. I STILL DON'T. HOW COULD ANYBODY US SO MUCH AND THEMSELVES?. NOW EVERY TIME I HERE A PLANE I GET THIS SICK FEELING IN THE BOTTOM OF MY STOMACH. NOW THAT SCHOOL STARTED AGAIN I WONDER IF I EVER GONNA HAVE A DAY LIKE I DID THAT DAY. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story5020.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. 205.188.209.38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at work the morning when all that happened about the bombing I was a little scared at first but I turned It over to someone much higher than me to take care of the problem the man up stairs an he kept me safe 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 story5896.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.12.96.8 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: When I first saw the image, I thought it was a small plane that the pilot lost control of. I thought what a tragedy. Never thought it was intentional until the second plane hit. I did not realize the World Trade Centers were that big. It was hard to believe that a 767 could fly into those buildings and pretty much dissappear. I realized then how many people could be in there. This was building probably had more people in it than a small midwestern town. For the actual collapse. I am still numb a year later. I just cannot believe it. It still all seems like a movie. Then the pentagon was hit which is only 25 miles from my house. What a frightening thought. There are a lot of private security sites around my house and it was getting a little scary. What if? I could not believe that a person could fly a jet into the pentagon which is only a few stories high. If that is the case they would fly into anything. What a scary thought? How many more planes are coming? Would they come today, next week, or the week after. My mom was here from Germany and she had to fly 9 days after the incident. She kept hoping they would cancel her flight. She was scared to death. They did not. She went ahead and flew and made it safely. But you never know when you get on a plane. I feel that everyone thinks that in the back of their head, but hoping it won't happen. Swallow your fear and continue on with life. I am going to fly in March 2003 to Germany and feel a little fear when I think about it. I hope something happens in the meantime for me to feel better about it. I hate the thought that they put that fear in me when I have flown all my life. My daily activities are normal and have no fear, just the flying scares me now. 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 story7715.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 have always considered myself patriotic, my home is full of americana items. I love the flag; however, not as much as I do now. I truly do not take for granted what the American Flag stands for or represents for America. I have never been more proud to be an American than I am now. I am very sad for those families who lost a loved one. I could not even begin to understand the lose they must feel. My prayers are with those families and wish them God's love. He will be with them always. I will never understand how anyone so evil and so much hate could take the lives of so many for what they believe to be for God. I am sure my God would not orchestrate such a thing. He represents love to all of us. I WILL NEVER FORGET. I donated money to the families as well as thru my work, GE. I am very proud of GE for the things they have done. They matched every dollar that was donated. I certainly hope the families will see that money. Especially the ones with small children, for their college. Since most of them no longer have fathers or mother or even orphaned. I wish I could have done more; however, all I can do is pray for them and hope they all know how much they all mean to us. Their loved ones did not die in vain. We as a nation need to continue to stand as one and stay united. United States has never ment so much. I hope my children never have to go thru anything as this in their life time. God bless all the families and all those who lost their lives on 9/11/01. 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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 work that morning. I received a phone call from my oldest son telling me what had happened. I hung up, called my husband. I was very scared and wanted to go home to be with my family. I couldn't leave work. My son called several times saying he couldn't believe what was happening. When I got home I was watching T.V. with my husband and started to cry. I cried off and on for months after the attack. He held me very tight. I found a new appreciation for all the simple things in life. I am so sad for the victims and the family and friends left behind. The workers at Ground Zero are all heros to me. They have my utmost respect.I am affraid that there will be another attack. I hope I'm with my family if it happens. I just wish we could have a kinder, gentler world. 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 story4330.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had left home at around 7:15 a.m.in route to BWI Airport for a flight to Reno, Nevada. We always drive to the airport and park, but this day we decided to get a shuttle. The driver had CD's playing all the way. We arrived at BWI in Baltimore at about 8:30a.m. The airport seemed very quiet, no TV's or radios of any kind on anywhere. I overheard a lady asking the baggage screeners why the TV's were not on. I heard them say, there was a storm last night and it knocked them all out! I never thought anything about it. We went to our waiting area and sat. My husband left to go to the mens room about 5 of 10am. Just then they called for us to board the plane. I got worried about my husband making it back in time. I saw him rushing over and we started toward the gate. Then they said Ladies & Gentlemen, please be seated we are not taking off just yet. Then I heard someone across the aisle say the Pentagon has been hit with a bomb! Someone else had a radio and said the Twin Trade Towers were hit. I immediately said to my husband I was going to the gift shop and purchasing a radio. I did. Thank God because there was no other way we would know anything. I then started trying to call my mother from my cell phone. Nothing. I was able to connect with her two or three times to try and get us out of there. I was more scared than I ever have been in my life! They then kept announcing for us to evacuate the airport! We had no where to go or no way to go. There wasn't a rental car, truck, bus or any transportation to get to go anywhere! They told us to get our luggage, then when we got there they said it was locked down and the air crew had left. We were frantic. By about 2:30PM we were able to get a limosine and get out of there. All the way home the roads were desolate! Once we got home we were glued to the TV for two days. We had to return to Baltimore to get our luggage on Thursday. The first day they opened the airport. We were skeptical so we made sure we had passports, license, ID and our tickets to pick up our luggage. We arrived at the parking lot and it was empty. We walked right into the airport there was NO SECURITY! No one checked any ID and we got our luggage and left! What a horrific experience. We were too close to the Pentagon and wanted to get home. Then I found out that a colleague who was going to the same Convention was on that flight from Reagan A/P and she left a 13 year old son. We were SO LUCKY! 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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 Attack! Tuesday, September 11,2001 seemed to be like any other normal school day. The morning routine was getting up, getting dressed and ready for school then going to school for the days work and schedule. There was a little catch this morning though. That is the morning "it" happened. We all went to second period, which was my global studies period and we received a phone call. Mrs. Capen answered the phone and had a strange look on her face. She hung up the phone and turned on the television and told us that we had some breaking news. When she did get a news station on it all seemed as it was a dream or even a movie! The first thing I saw on the television was one of the two American Twin Towers was in the process of being in gulped in flames. After about 5 minutes later, another plane was flying low to the ground; lower than usual and seemed as if it was going to miss the second Twin Tower. Then at the last minute the plane turned and crashed right into the last standing tower! A few seconds later the first twin tower exploded and the second started on fire. All you could see were the flames gulping up the two twin towers and the people running and screaming for help! I was in so much shock that it just seemed like another movie or anything besides reality. I got to witness this tragedy live on television as others suffered through it. The real reason for me thinking that it was not real is because Mrs. Capen was just teaching us about Afghanistan, the Taliban and terrorism. The whole class thought that it was just a set up, but I hate to say that is was reality. After Global Studies I went to gym. It was a normal gym day for us, because, well, it was gym. By the time I got to English the first twin tower had collapsed to the ground! About five to ten minutes after third period, another "lost" plane crashed into the Pentagon. The plane that crashed into the pentagon was really meant for the white house and did not make it that far. President Bush was not even located in Washington D.C. he was in Florida and watching the news and was very socked by the news. Then after a few minutes after the outlook of the crash in D.C. another one of the "lost" planes crashed into a field in Somerset Pennsylvania. As soon as I sat down in my seat the second tower collapsed. In the matter of seconds what took many years to build and a lot of money was gone! It all looked as if a volcano just erupted and all the smoke was still flooding out of the top of the buildings. The whole block plus more was covered in soot! There were papers all over the streets and pieces of our all American symbol were covering the streets. Have you ever watched an old fashion movie that was all done in black and white? Well, if you have then that is what it looked like but the people were covered in this black and white too! All day in all of our classes we got to watched the news. People were crying, thinking, wondering and even worried. Our school had a lock down. No one could leave the building and no one could come in! Later into that evening and all that month, the friends and family that had loved ones on those planes and in the World Trade Center came to Ground Zero. The site was named Ground Zero because it was the point of no return, and it was where the once highest buildings in America stood it are only a bunch of rubble. So many innocent lives were taken and people were killed that shouldn't have been. Every single hospital was empty and waiting for people to come to the hospital so that they could help them stay alive and the only problem with that is that all of the people were dying and that way the people were not making it into the hospitals. The National Guard and any other emergency personnel had to report to New York City to help with the recovery of the Twin Towers. They sent New York State firemen, volunteers, and doctors to New York City to help the injured and help dig for people through the massive destruction. Battle ships and subs were sent to the east coast to protect the United States from another invasion. They had all the power plants and nuclear plants have extra security and extra security guards around. A few weeks to a month into the investigation, the government researched cell phone bills to see when the last call was, whom it was to, and what the name of the recipient was. They had found that many people that were on board of the hijacked planes had called one of their loved ones and told them that there was going to be a change of plans and they would not be arriving into the airport. Others just called their close friends and family to say good-bye and tell them they loved them and would never forget them. They figured that there were at least six to eight terrorists that were acting on board. Earlier in the year the President started to get bomb threats and threats of all sorts but nothing ever happened. When this threat came they ignored it and did absolutely nothing about it. The President thought that it was another mad American and that it was just a threat and that the whole thing would blow over and it was really nothing to worry about. Well this time the President was wrong. He should have treated it as if it was going to happen and all of the New York City main buildings should have been evacuated. But instead the day kept going as a regular workday and for some it was their last workday. 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 story773.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 driving to work that morning listing to the radio and singing along with a song that reminded me of my grandson. I had just pulled into the parking lot when the news came on. Afraid I would be late I turned off the car and figured I could get the news on my computer as I did every morning. As I entered the building a lady said "did you hear two planes hit a building in New York"? I thought "I don't think so". When I got to my desk I turned on my computer and went right to the MSNBC website. Oh my God! I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Tears just fell down my face. We ran to the other building just in time to see the second tower fall. I could not take my eyes off the tv a friend had brought in. This was the saddest day of my life. I prayed for all the people lost and missing. Weeks went by before I could even smile again. Such saddness I have never felt before. My son had already put a flag in our window by the time I got home that night. Patriotism seemed to be everywhere. We were all one with each other. A country united. 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 story1247.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: Ok well on the date of September 11,2001 i was in school. It was about half way through second period, which is about 9:30AM that people started acting strange and then a teacher came in my classroom and told my teacher "do not turn on the television" so when the teacher left my teacher turned the television on and we saw the World Trate Center with black smoke coming out of the sides. And my peers and I did not know what happened whether a bomb exploded or an Airplane hit it. It was the most terrifing site that i have ever saw in my life. So now that my class and I saw what was going on they told us we had to keep it to our selves because they did not want the younger kids to know about it and also kids parents that might have been working there that day. Well around fifth and sixth period which is about 12:00-1:20PM a lot of students we getting called down to the main office to go home, as many as ten at a time. And then when i got home at 3:30 PM my Aunt was over and her husband is a momunth county sherrif officer and he had to go to the World Trate Center he left around 5:00PM and arrived home about 2 days later. Ok well my name is John Stancati and September 11,2001 made a big impact on 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 story1576.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had a 7am flight that morning which I missed. I was sad or felt I did not want to leave home that morning. I woke up, called the airline to make sure there was availability on a later flight. There was, so I stayed home a little longer. During my drive I just did not feel like leaving town. I travel almost weekly and this particular day, I had NO motivation to leave. I had approached the toll plaza when my husband phoned. He asked if I heard anything about a plane that hit a building. I did not at the time. I turned up the radio and a song was then interrupted. Details were very unclear but I became horrified. I broke into tears. My driving was becoming more and more erratic as I listened to the few details the newscasters had. I phoned my mother. By this time I was shaking and crying hysterically. I was nearly hyperventilating crying to her that I did not want to go to my flight. I was struggling with my fear, I was afraid of being reprimanded if I cancelled my flight. I was about to pull of the road as I was crying uncontrollably and heard the announcement that airports across the nation were cancelling flights. I had chills yet I was relieved. I exited the toll road to compose myself. That is when I heard that the crash could have been an attack. I went to my ex mother-in-laws home as she was close to the exit. I watched television only minutes after arriving, the second plane hit. I was shocked that the client I cancelled the appointment with was upset that I could not make it. She suggested I try to find another way to get there. I pray she did not realize what had happened to have such little compassion. Words cannot describe the sorrow I felt. I mourned for weeks, months, and still today. I broke down emotionally for a period of time. I am very porud of Mayor Rudy G. and President Bush. They made me feel safer. I felt stronger when I heard their voices. I am so sorry for the victems, families, and friends of the people who so senselessly died. I pray for them. I pray for us. I will never feel the same. I was the first person from my very large company. I felt safe travelling. I feel VERY safe with Southwest Airlines, BUT, I am not satisfied with airport security, especially at Chicago, Midway Airport.I hope an effective airport security plan is made and used. I hope Midway will evaluate the personnel they have and make appropriate decisions. Thank you Southwest for making me feel safe! I flew on Sept. 10 and 12, 2002. I will continue to fly. The terrorists will not stop me from living. 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