361 20 70359 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I transeferred to NY to help my company get a new retail store division opened. I had a meeting in Westbury, approximately 10 minutes from downtown NYC. I flew back into LaGuardia on Sunday night from Dallas,Texas after visiting my dying grandfather. My pregnant wife, our two sons, A.J. and Nathan, and I were driving back to NY when we had vehicle trouble in Arkansas. I was able to get my family to stay at my parent's home while I flew back for this very importabt meeting. On 9/11, that morning, during the meeting, my wife calls me on my cell phone and tells me about a plane hitting the WTC. Another fellow co-workers' phone rings and they get the same message. Then the entire room's phones start ringing off the hook. I assured my wife that all would be fine and that I was a safe distance away. That's when she about tells me that the Pentagon was hit next. I started to immediately worry anout my mother who works for the DoD (Dept. of Defense). Needless to say the meeting was cancelled immediately. I remember a coworker (for his privacy, i will call him Gary) Gary, who lived in Battery Park, about a block away from the WTC. His wife called him, told him about the smoke and that the NYPD and NYFD were evacuating people from the apartments. We stood around the video conference room in one of the store downstairs. I watched in horror as the towers came down, but not before I gave Gary a hug and told him that his wife was going to be okay. She later, I found out was picked up by a wife of one of the regional staff members in Central Manhattan. A few days later, my wife drove back to NY, vehicle repaired and children in tow. I will never forget what my oldest son,A.J. told me that day when he discribed the harbor. "Dad, I saw a battleship in the harbor with a bunch of destyoyers everywhere." 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 story9284.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 Andrea Lowery and I was at home when the attacks happened. I was watching the morning show with my son and my niece. I usually had cartoons on so I guess I was meant to see what happened. I remember thinking a plane must have run into the building accidently and then I saw the other plane hit live and I immediately called my husband at work and told him waht had happened, he kept saying,"are you sure?" I wanted him to come home, but knew he couldn't leave work. I just sat with the two babies and cried. I cried for days after it happened. I saw a photo of a firefighter in a magazine and I decided to draw a picture for him and his loved ones. I drew him with angel wings and a halo, it was beautiful. It helped me with my mourning process. I searched for weeks to find out the name of the firefighter and finally I got a hold of his wife. I asked her if they were all okay and she said they were. I sent her the drawing framed and matted and she sent me a picture of their children with my drawing. I just felt that they should have it because it was her husband. It was the best feeling I've ever had to send that to his family and to know they'll always cherish the picture I drew for them. I also wrote some poems to help me, it's much better than crying. I feel fearful today, but I have confidence that our government will protect us. There are many more good people out there than bad and we will prevail. Take care everyone. Sincerely, Andrea Lowery 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 story2842.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 September 11th when I first heard about it I was in the classroom for homeroom with Mr. Gossage he turned on the TV and we saw the replay of the plain crashing into the world trade center. The year had just started and here came an awful time in history. We were writing our essays. My classmates and I really were shocked about what we saw on the TV When I got home I remember my mom sitting on the couch looking like she was going to cry she was watching President Bush talk. She said how was your day today and then we just went and hugged her. We sat down next to her and watched TV That is what I remember September 11th. 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 story2900.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 9/11/2001 I was on my way to my doctors office on Park Avenue in NYC as I often did many times.I commute to NYC by way of the NJ Transit and I always use PATH trains to go to NYC afterwards.The PATH train took me to the WTC as usual and then about a minute after the train got to the WTC the building went under attack.I seen much chaos with many people running out of the concourse.I was actually one of the very first people out of there but the sight was so horrifying it was beyond belief.I was almost totally blinded by the falling mountain of debris and paper from the damaged floors up above.I was so very lucky I did not get hit by something solid falling from above like typewriters or furniture and worst of all innocent people who worked in those upper offices.I got out and started heading to the walkway by the Hudson River and by then I seen the 2nd plane hit the 2nd tower.I was clear of the debris and could clearly see the 2nd attack.I was still too close to the WTC so I started running away from there by way of the Hudson River walkway.When the 2nd plane hit I did notice something that really shook me up.I actually thought the building was going to be knocked over and fall on me.The hit caused a tremendous swaying of that tower and the 1st tower that was hit also started swaying.I was running to safety by then but I did not look back until I got past Canal St. by way of the Hudson River walkway.I kept moving further away and by this time the towers were both collapsing.Fortunately I was far enough away the smoke was no where near me.It was a sight I will never forget 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 story20517.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at home on the morning of September 11, 2001 when a friend telephoned me to ask if I had the television on the news channel. He said that a large, commercial plane had flown into one of New York's Twin Towers just a few minutes prior and that the building was smoking and parts of it were devastated with people trying to evacuate. I turned on the news to find what he said was true, but within that very minute, a second plane crashed into the second tower while I watched. The television commentators voices were unaccustomly filled with emotion as thousands of New Yorkers and others watching television looked in disbelief as the first of the Twin Towers began to crumble. I will never forget what I saw that day. I called my wife at work, and she and all the company staff were also watching what was happening...with all work stopped. Today is September 11, 2002, and a few hours have passed since the terrorist attack that has changed the way all Americans (and others) view the world and our security. Nothing will be the same, especially for the thousands of persons throughout the world who lost loved ones and friends in the most devastating Act of War on American soil. Security has dramatically heightened at all Government facilities, and some of my friends are now afraid to take jobs in downtown D.C. for fear of terrorist reprisals. Many are still leary of using airplanes for travel, but all have been affected by the evil in the hearts of those men and women who will stop at little to draw attention to their own agenda. No one will forget the bravery of the men and women of the NYPD and NYFD who answered the call to save thousands that day. The strength of America was tested that day and not found wanting. If nothing, it has made the nation stronger through a disaster which will be remembered forever in history, along with the brave men and women (alive and dead)who helped others to live. 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 story2603.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 beginning my morning just like any other day. I was busy with my daycare children, getting breakfast finished and doing usual daily chores. I stopped for a minute to call my mother in law to chat with her for a minute. I asked her what she was doing and she said she was watching the news and that a plane had just hit the World Trade Center. My first reaction was Oh My God, what a terrible accident! I immediately hung up the phone and turned on the television. I could not believe what I saw! Smoke and flames were coming up and out of the building and into the sky. Then as I watched, another plane came out of nowhere and it rammed into the second tower. Instantly, there was more smoke and flames. Then it hit me, this was no accident! After that realization came, a sick,emptiness came to my stomach and still to this day has not completely left. And I am not sure it ever will. The entire day on September 11, 2001 I did nothing but continuously watch the news and cry. Before that day, I felt pretty secure that nothing like this could ever happen. Not in America!!! It shattered an innocence in me just like it shattered and destroyed those two buildings. I had prayed that innocence would never be touched. I am now open to the fact that anything could happen, any time, anywhere. I now know that not everyone looks up to Americans just because we are a strong nation. In my lifetime, I will never forget the images of those buildings crumbling to the ground and all of the terrified faces in its wake! So many people lost loved ones in that tragic moment and it weighs heavy on my heart, the grief that I feel for them. Each and every time I see those images I will forever grieve for all Americans. 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 story4955.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My husband and I were painting our home that summer. We were home outside painting from the early morning. Because I work in an office that has constant phone, faxing and paging, I was enjoying working outside without any radio or other sound. Around 11:00, I went inside to take a break and put on Home and Garden Television. There was a message on the screen that said, "Because of Today's Tragic Events Regular Programming Is Preempted." I then turned to the local TV channels to find out what the Tragic Events were. I remember watching shots of billowing clouds of dust and mounds of rubble. I kept watching thinking what is this that I am seeing. I ketp thinking it was some movie or game that I was seeing. Finally, I comprehended that the USA had been attacked and quite probably thousands of people were dead in the collapsed Towers. I called to my husband that he had to come in. That we were under attack. We sat and watched TV, glued to the horror of the Twin Towers. Some time later, I called my work place to find out if we had lost anyone on the planes out of Logan Airport, Boston. I spoke with my best friend and coworker of 24 years. He told me that not only were the Towers gone, but the Pentagon had been attacked. All the time we had been watching TV, the focus was on NYC. I was stunned at the news of the Pentagon. Later, I found out about the plane in Pennsylvania. During the phone conversation with my friend, I was also informed that my company had chosen that day to lay off numerous people. The terminations were started prior to the attacks and the company believed it best to continue. My heart went out to my fellow colleagues. I was home with my family, safe and sound. They were in work, listening to radio reports of the worst disaster that any had lived through, and on top of that they feared they too would be called in and informed that they no longer had a job. Certain days I will always remember. My first day at school,the day President Kennedy was shot, the birth of my son and the day innocent people were attacked as they went about their every day 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 story2695.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just opened my eyes. My television watches me all night, so it was already on the news. The reporters were saying that they had reports that a plane had hit WTC... as I watched the footage and they speculated on what the heck happened, another, right as we watched hit the second tower. I couldn't believe it! I was horrified, I knew that it could not be an accident now. I tried to shake off the shock and went to take a shower and get ready for work. I took a very short shower because I started having a gut feeling that it had only just begun. As I approached my room again... there were reports that the White House was on fire... scared me to all heck. Then shortly after they said a plane had hit the Pentagon and that four other planes, bound for Los Angeles were unaccounted for. Mind you they never recanted the White House fire blunder. I thought the world as we know it was ending. I was terrified to go to work. I live in Lawndale and work in Burbank... one route I go past LAX the alternate rounte is through downtown and there was no way I was going to be 30 miles away from my Mother and Child when I had no idea what was happening and else was going to happen. I was so frightened.... not knowing if America was still going to be free. My Job thought I was crazy for not coming in saying things like "you know they're not coming to get you, right"... I think they are crazy for going to work and not spending time with their families in that time of unsured safety and possible total upheaval of our daily lives as we knew them. Plus they all live minutes away from home. I still take long hard looks at the planes that fly over downtown LA in there final turn to approach LAX. Years before 9/11/01 I had made comment to a friend that one day a depressed pilot is gonna slam into one of those skyscrapers... I've always watched them turn around over the buildings. My friend said I was crazy, no one would ever do that. Now that friend asks me what else do I worry about so that he can keep an eye out. I am so glad that it did not get worse that day, but I will never be the same and I am actually working on never feeling over-secure anywhere. We have to be observant and take care of one another... all the time, not just in crisis. 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 story1238.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. 2002-08-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.233.221.22 Annotation Annotations to this item. Premonitions/Coincidence/Fate Rumors 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: I was on the 106th floor of the WTC on my Birthday 9/10 doing Telephone Pay Tel. disconnect work, they were renovating the bar area of the Resturant, which most people did not know at the time. I had called my loved one at home and said to her "We have to celebrate my Birthday the weekend and i shall make a reservation. I had my tools on me and in my tool pouch i always keep a throw-a-way camera, which i took 2 pic's from my view looking out the window. I had to stop work for the day, i had to return work the next day 9/11. I left for the day. Rode the freight elevator down from 106 non stop to basmt level. Returned my pass, rode up out to church & vessey STS. My garage at the time was located 42nd st cor of 11ave.So i rode up the west side hway to 42nd st. Next day 9/11, i prepared my truck to return back to the WTC 106th floor windows of the world. I left at 8:15am, i just was so tired because i knew it was just an ordeal to go up there again, waitng on that long line on varrick st, showing my license, etc. I was in no hurry. I knew i should leave so i got ready to go, exitied my garage took 11th ave down which now was 8:25am. I then was in a bit of traffic........heading down there i noticed now i was around 23rd st. All of a sudden i saw noise. The rest is history..... Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On the morning of September 11, 2001 i had decided to go to school early, to practice my Violin. I was in the 6th grade and had just begun playing and was ready to learn all that i could about it. There were other kids there adn we were all practicing and goofing off and having fun, when some one came on the intercom and the droning of instraments stopped to listen, "teachers please turn on your TV's..." the drone kicked back up again and covored the rest of the message, it wasnt for us we didnt care. at 9:30 the bell rang and every one started to drift off to there first class. Conviniently my first class was Strings there on the stage so i didnt have to go any where, so i just continued to play untill my friend Tori got there. We made a little plan, she would open the curtains and i would play, it would be like a formal little concert for no one. So laughing the curtains opened as i played "ode to joy" when the curtains got about 3/4 of the way open, i could see that the nearest TV in the cafeteria was turned on. I looked more closley and saw one of the twin towers burning and then it switched to both of them burning, and then i saw a picture of a plane crashing into the second building. I stoped my song and just about dropped my violin. Tori was looking at me like "what the heck is rong?" and i ran down to the edge of the stage and jumped down and sat at a table and looked, i asked my teacher what happend and he said that a plane crashed into them. I asked why and he just looked at me. Then i remembered the intercom message, THIS is why they wanted the TV's on so eveyr one could see. In the next class they wouldnt let us watch the tv becasue they were afraid wed get to scared, in fact we all were, we were only in the 6th grade a bunch of 11-12 year olds, and my friend Alyssa was crying because her aunt worked at the school right next to the buildings, i told her it was ok and she told me that her aunt had a back problem (i think thats what it was) and couldnt run. That hole day, so many students went home, that they ran out of student aides to go and get the kids, alot of them were being called down over intercom or telephone, and every time the phone rang or the intercom beeped Alyssa would close her eyes in hopes it wouldnt be her, if it was her going home it ment her aunt was in trouble. at the time there were 1200 students in my middle school, by the end of the day about 500 were left in class. Neither me nor alyssa went home that day, not early at least. When i got home, my little brother who was sitting at the table with my grandma doing his homework said "oh wow the twin toweres were crashed did you see?" and i was like "duh" and just went to the couch and turned on the tv and watched. I have a HUGE family who is all from the new jersey/new york area, and we all knew that some one we were related to was going to be in the towers so i watched the footage i hadent see before of the towers crumbling to the ground. No more twin towers. I remembered the last time i went up to visit new jersey, and we landed in newark air port and i looked out the window and saw the towers and smiled. On our trip to new york durring my stay up there, we went to the empire state building, i took like 20 pictures of the twin towers. Remembering this i went to school september 12 with all of them and gave about 10 of them away to friends and techers, the others i left in my lunch box pocket. Later i realized, that they were stolen and that made me very angry after all that hate and some one could still steal all i had left of those buildings. When i got home that wednesday i started to get ready to go to my cheerleading practice. The phone rang and my disabled grandfather who was sitting on the couch watching tv picked it up just as i was passing through the living room. I heard the click of the telephone from the kitchen and me and my grandmother went in. "who was it i asked," he was crying. my grandma asked again "frank who was it? whats rong?" he just looked at us and all he could say was, "Pat... hes missing." I was racking my brain, who was pat, pat, how was i related to him, i couldnt remember. i asked my grandma and was told he was my fathers cousin, then i remembered all the storys that i was told about whne him and my dad were little. adn i started to cry, he was missing and later i found out no one we were related to worked at the WTC but that Pat a Navy man, was stationed at the Pentigon. I went to cheerleading and cryed durring break, and tried to laugh durring practice, but it was hard. The week went by and as the 8th grade tv production class made video after video, of pictures from new york, and the pensilvania feild, and about the hero's on the plane that crashed there.. and about hte pentigon. I cryed more that week in school then i ever had in my life, i couldnt watch those video's with out crying, and i had taken it habit to just turn my back on them. I remember one day durring that week i was walking to my bus stop and i heard a plane and knowing that htye werent sopose to be in the air i looked up to see a low flying plane fly over me, i knew nothing of air force jets, so i coulndt tell weather it was sopose to be there or not. I just ran. Was it going to crash and was i going to die? Planes werent sopose to be in the air! why was it? the local newspaper featured my grandpa. He told thme how our hole family had a little system to say what was up about my cousin, Pat and if he was found, his wife stephanie who was pregnate at the time with there 1st child would call Pats mom, who would call some one who would call some one, who would call us. The paper thought this was clever and it was. On the saturday following the attacks i was helping clean up after dinner, when the phone rang, I picked it up thinking it was one of my friends, "hello?" no one answered, "hello? any one there?" Then i heard my aunts voice, "Colleen, is yoru fahter there?" i told her yes and to hold on, I handed the phone to my dad and said, "aunt patty, she sounds sick," and the color faded from my dads face but he smiled and took the phone. i wennt strait to the couch in the other room and sat down. No one had to tell me what happend i knew by the tone of my aunts voice, they found pat, and he wasnt alive. I remember hearing my grandma shrik and start to cry. My cousin was in the Navy controll room, when the plane hit, he was with a few other people and his friend who was standing next to him, was the only one in the room to live, but with 42% of his body burnt. I was confused how he could live by my cousin could not. they were standing next to eachother. Ever scince my family has been very patriotic. At Pats funeral, my grandpa stood up in the middle of the serman and yelled "GOD BLESS AMERICA!" and had the church full of navy captines and relitives of ours burst into laughter, its how Pat would have wanted it, happy. THe fallowing March Pats wife stephanie, had there first child witch she named after the place they met, and her father. Alexzandria Patricia Dunn. She was baptized jsut as Pat would have wanted it too, out at sea, the place he love the most, on a ship he was on duty on at one time. I never actually met Pat, but i remember him as an extra motivation when i play my violin, thats what i was doing when he died, so it must be worth my time. 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 story10661.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. 2004-06-20 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.47.155.10 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Like most mornings, I was driving to work on the morning of September 11, 2001. To be exact, I had just turned off of Waxpool Drive onto Rte 28 South when news of the disaster hit all radio channels. Before I could reach the exit for Dulles International Airport, the sirens began. And they didn't stop. Full of fear and panic, I tried to phone my significant other from my car phone, but the lines were jammed and I couldn't get through. Frustration - I need to talk to him! Seven minutes later my call went through. Could it be true? Had he heard? What was wrong with our phone lines? Did he hear sirens, too? What else did he hear? What? What? What? WHAT WAS HAPPENING? He was closer to the children's school that I was; he would double back to find out if the school and the student's were alright. All we could do was agree to stay in touch. Another 15 minutes and I'd be at work; but I never remember going through any stoplights that day. Don't even remember other cars on the road. With my radio turned to high volume, I only remember listening to newscasters on the radio. Getting ready to make my final left-hand turn, I was at the corner of R50 and Waples Mill Road when news came of the Pentagon. It seemed like seconds later, sitting in my office, the final plane went down in Pennsylvania. There was a dead silence throughout the building. Stunned silence. Shocked silence. Without asking, one incredible employee was already on his way out the door; no one needed to tell him that blood would be needed. He was on his way to donate - immediately. Being part of the Human Resources team, we needed to assess the office situation and address our disaster policy. But in the end, there was no assessment to be made. With 23 years in the field, I've never seen anything likeour response that day. Like most other businesses, nothing seemed to matter. NOTHING seemed important anymore but the focus on our people. Where did our people need to go to feel safe? If they were in the building and could grab the hand of a fellow employee, that was good. If they wanted to get to the one TV set up in the main meeting area and watch up-to-the-minute news in dead silence with co-workers, that was good. If they could get through to their loves ones by phone, that was good. If they wanted to leave, they just did. If they wanted to cry, they just did. Personally, I left as soon as possible wanting to retreat with my two teenagers to the safety of our own home. We stayed glued to the TV all day. We sat. We paced. I don't remember if we ate that day. It wasn't important. I do remember we didn't talk much. At least not on THAT day. We talked later about how much we love each other, and how safe we feel in our home, in our community, in our country. We talked about the sad families; we made pledges to help them because we knew we had to help. I explained extremists and terrorism. I think they used words like "silly, makes no sense, and what a waste." We agreed now was the time to think good thoughts. We agreed to follow the events, but we also agreed that it would be important to limit our exposure to TV and newspaper. Best of all, we agreed to hang our national flag in front of our home RIGHT NOW. We would need to get a smaller US flag for the mailbox. And remember one for Mom's car, and one for the girl's car. There's a tremendous amount of security in the red, white and blue. And the more we began to see, the better we felt. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: PLEASE PASS THIS POEM ON AND SEND IT AROUND THE WORLD!! WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET THE PEOPLE WHO DIED! Remember 9-11 - send this poem around the world LINK TO HEAR SONG "DON'T FORGET MY NAME" http://www.terryneal.denimproject.org PASS THIS EMAIL AND POEM ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW - Our goal is to get this to as many people as possible by September 11th At 9:48 EST on September 11 2002 we would like everyone around the world to stop for a moments silence and then recite this poem, either to themselves or as a group. We want to remember the people who died in these attacks. Don't Forget My Name by Terry Neal Evening drops the curtain on another day As you lie in bed Suffocating memories persist Melancholy invasions Brother, partner, sister, father, Lover, mother Friend Don't forget my name Grief overwhelms Closing your eyes Living in the past during an eternal moment We sat together at graduation This was my first real job You were my first new friend in a new city, a new job Don't forget my name Feelings churn tangled in that pit in your gut Son, co-worker, husband, boss, daughter, wife, pilot Don't forget my name The feelings won't go away After all this time Which in reality only seems long ago Rescuing you was my job And this was just another day on the job Don't forget my name Life is much too real these days A paradoxical mix of joy and pain A tornado of the soul Hurrying strangers bumped on the street A woman who was late for her train Arriving downstairs at that moment Don't forget my name And there you are, standing again at the door to your soul opening and wandering into what you know will tear you apart yet again ripping open the fresh repairs I was sitting on the plane looking forward to this special trip I was sitting on the plane looking forward to getting home Don't forget my name You enter your soul To look again Like a wreck on the side of the road you glance to see if the horror will stretch your limits even more than what you expect to see, what you saw bursting your feelings even further You can't help but look just as you can't stop yourself from going through that door wondering what it was like for those who were there Any of us, all of us, You, Me, I, They, Them, Whoever We keep the promise To not forget their names Time fixed our destiny that day Time numbs our grief But the sorrow remains I was sitting there looking out the window Drinking my coffee, looking at my messages Don't forget my name Words are the ammunition we use in our target practice for grief Learning to open the door Learning to live again While denying that we ever will I arrived late that day standing at the door looking up hearing the sounds overhead I was upstairs at a special meeting, feeling privileged to be invited here Don't forget my name You hear me touching you with whispers in the wind Assuring you though I am cast unto the ages I am still with you I would rather not be a hero But now I understand that hero's Don't choose their fate And now you remain Don't forget my name (c)2003 by Terrance R. L. Neal We are very grateful to Terry Neal for writing the poem and the song also. You can find a copy also at his website http://www.terryneal.com/YouDecide.htm 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 story1701.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: As I was getting ready to start my day, our warehouse manager came into my work area and said a plane had just crashed into the World Trade Center tower. Nobody knew what to think. Then we heard a second plane crashed into the other tower. It was so unreal. Terrorism came to mind very quickly. After the next two planes went down, I was very scared. How many more planes were up there. The one that hit home the most was the crash in Pennsylvania. I live in Texas now, but I grew in Pittsburgh. I was in fear for the people on that plane, but they showed how true Americans they were. They wouldn't let that plane crash into anymore buildings. I hope that this country stays strong and diligent in the fight against terrorism. I pray that God will guide us in this time of sorrow and show us that He will protect us hold us close. 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 story5027.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 awoken by the ringing of the telephone. My first thought was who was calling at 5:45 in the morning, my second was who died. It was my mother in law calling us to turn-on the tv. I woke my husband up and told him to turn to CNN. We watched as they started talking about the horrible accident of a plane flying into the tower. All of a sudden we watched as another jet flew straight into the second tower. We sat in shock, not believing what we had just seen on tv. That stuff is special effects for a movie not something someone would actually consider doing to other people. After the second plane, my first thought was to call my mother who lives in Brooklyn. She wasn't home, and I was getting very nervous. She was supposed to start a new job that day and I had no idea where. We sat and watch the images for a while. It was one of those things that was so horrible, but you couldn't stop watching. As the first tower was collapsing my oldest son woke up. He was only 4 and I didn't want him to see the destruction that had occured, so I made my husband turn the tv off, and started my day. I still hadn't been able to reach my mother. After dropping my son off at preschool, and being assured by the teachers that nothing would be mentioned to the kids I drove home to try my mom yet again. I finally got through and she was home. She had gone out to run errands that morning and vote in the primary before work. Of course by the time she had gotten to where she was going everything had happened and she didn't know. So I had to tell her. The rest of the day flew. I kept the tv off so my kids wouldn't see it. They wouldn't understand, and I couldn't watch it again. I realized later that I was in denial, because after growing up in the city there was sure to be somebody I knew that was now missing. Later that night we got a call from a friend of ours whose brother is an EMT for the city. He couldn't get a hold of his brother and knew he was at the scene somewhere. Luckily the next day he was found to be at one of the triage areas assigne dto help found victims. I was walking around in a dream state. Trying to act normal so my kids wouldn't have know of the tradegy, but grieving for everybody who was gone, and those that were left behind. I didn't cry until that Friday morning when on the car radio a firefighter from CA was talking about hearing all the PAS alarms on the trapped firefighters going off. If you listened closely on the tv you could hear them. They sounded like car alarms but were to frequent and too many to be alarms. Once I heard for myself I knew nobody was going to be found alive that all of those lives were gone, and wasted by somebody who could of cared less about what people are worth. Every day I hug my kids a little tigher than I did before. My husband I try to make sure that we always say a kind word to each othre before bed and before he goes to work, because unfortunately you never know. 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 story6491.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: Like any other day, I woke up at 6:30 a.m. and got ready for my hour commute to work. That particular morning I had some car trouble, my alternator had went out and was making the radio fuzz in and out. I had heard something about the World Trade Center and didn't think twice about it. Once I got into the city, my vehicle eventually died and had to be taken to a repair shop, so I called into work and told them that I would be late. Upon arriving at the repair shop, it seemed as it everyone was in a state of panic, the radios were turned on, the television sets were on. Not knowing what was going on, I asked one of the mechanics what had happened. He then proceeded to tell me that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. I was in a complete state of shock, and couldn't think of anything else to do but break down and cry. After composing myself, I was glued to the television. I couldn't believe that something so tragic could happen to the United States. I kept thinking that it was all a dream, I kept thinking that we are such a strong nation, nothing like this could ever happen to us. After I arrived at work, we were all given candles and joined the rest of the city in a memorial for the remainder of the day. My thoughts and prayers are with all my fellow Americans this week. We will stay 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I remember workign for Dreyfus and watching the Financial News on CNN seeing the news story that an explosion had taken place at the World Trade Center and watching the smoke at a building that I had recently been to the top of. Then there was another explosion that the TV correspondents thought was a bomb. I called my wife who worked on 38th Street two miles from the building and she walked uptown with countless others to her sisters apartment on 83rd Street and camped out for the night with five other friends and my nephew who had seen the whole tragedy from 23Rd Street. He proceeded to go to his office building next to the Trade Center until we convinced him to leave the area since he was coughing too much. 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 story5542.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just gotten into work at the Boeing WIng Responsibility center,in Auburn Washington. When one of the guy's at work said hey someone just flew a 767 into the world trade center. I didn't believe him I thought it was some shock jock playing war of the worlds or something because the guy that told me usually listens to Howard Stern and that type of stuff.A couple minutes later on of the former Marines at work said a second plane had crashed into the other tower then we heard the pentagonthen another crashed in a feild near a road.By this time everything passing for a radio was out and we were trying to hear what happend. because we take pride in our work and if somethings wrong with our planes we want to know about it! When we had figured out what was going on was real we started thinking about all those people we all know how many people each plane carries roughly,and the thought of crashing into buildings full of people we figured had to be something wrong with the plane we had never even considered that some MORON would fly an airliner into a building on purpose.What kind of helium head would do that! It was a bad day at Boeing.And a bad day all over the country. You wouldn't think that something happening on the other side of the country would effect so many people but I believe it has strenghtend the resovle of everyone in this country. If you think we don't think about it guess again I just recently visited an open house at the Everrot plant where one of the main displays there was the new Kevlar & Titanium cabin doors they are truely formidable We at Boeing remember Sept,11th.And no doubt will for the rest of our lives. Thank you for your time Peter F Cardin 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 story4274.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: it was my junior year in high school, i remember leaving P.E. and going on my way to spanish class like i did every other day. This day was different. As i walked through the cafeteria, there were groups of people looking at the televisions. i caught a glimpse of it and thought smoke stacks were on the screen. As i got into spanish class, i realized what had happened. The t.v. was on in my spanish room, and we all sat and watched in silence as the second plane hit, and the walls came tumbling down. i was in total shock and some of us started to cry. This day brought our class together, on the last day of school in 2002, we talked about sept. 11 because this is where we all became aware of what was happening. And on the year anniversary of this horrible event, as i see the footage, and the after effects, the children without a father, or a mother, i start to cry. I hear people say that things like this happen in other countries everyday, and that we over react. But it is different, this is america and we have worked hard to have the freedoms, rights, and security that we deserve. ] even after these events, i still feel safe in our great nation. 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 story5556.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 will never forget Sept. 11, 2001. I was sitting in my living room playing games on the internet when someone in the room came across the chat server and said, "Oh my god, the World Trade Center has been hit!" I thought for sure he was just joking so I turned on my television and it was all over the news and then the news of the twin towers came on and I knew that something was not right. My husband was at work and he called me right away and asked me if I had any classes that I had to go to and I did so I told him that I would carry our cell phone on me so if he heard anything about the terrorists planning to strike against Murray State University he could call me and I would come home right away. Well he never called but he was just as scared as I was. I will never forget the fear I felt that day. I know that all the families that lost loved ones in the buildings were petrified and horified over the loss. The only comfort I can give them is to say, "Now the ones who lost their lives in the September 11th terroristic attacks are in a much better place where they are not in any pain and they are much more happier than they could have ever been here on Earth. Just remember every night to thank God for the time that he allowed you to have with the lost loved member and that time will ease your pain. 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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 started out as a normal day. I woke up feeling, as usual, tired but ready for the day. I had no idea that, along with the rest of the world, I would remember this day forever. My morning classes continued as usual, with no mention of anything that had happened. I learned later that many other studets had been picked up by their parents, and taken home. No one was taken out of any of my classes, so I was oblivious to what was happening in the world around me. Just before lunch, at about 11:45, I had to give a project to one of my teachers. When I walked into the classroom a group of teachers were gathered at a table listening to the radio. I wouldn't have noticed this if they hadn't turned it off just after they saw me enter the room. I still didn't think much of it. When I got in line, n the cafeteria, to buy my lunch, one of my friends said to me, "There's been a threat to the US." Being myself, me reaction was to think she was joking. Of course I didn't laugh, it was a bad joke, but I said, "yeah, sure." But then I noticed that her face was serious. "I'm not joking," she said. That was when i realized that the cafeteria talk was not the normal loud noise. It was loud but, although I couldn't understand what was being said, there was an unusual silence behind it. I could hear people talking about the World Trade Center being bombed. At that time every emotion i have ever felt went through me - even, for a brief moment, a form a hysterical happiness. Finally it subsided to disbelief and worry. Not for my parents, i was pretty sure that they weren't in New York that day, but for all the people who had been. Later the school held an essemble telling us about everything that had happened. At that point i had no idea what to think. I felt that I had to control every thing I felt, because it was the only thing I had to grab onto. In truth I didn't want to be the one grabbing, but the one of the ones who still stood tall after this. When I got home my parents made sure I knew absolutly everything that they knew had happened. They also reassured me that my entire family was safe. The first thing I did when I got home was watch the news. As I watched the planes hit the towers on television a rush of everything that had happened to me that day came back to me. I couldn't get away from the news, no matter how hard I tried. Even just watching the same thing happen over and over again, I was glued to the TV like never before. I wished there was something i could have done to help, and still do. But I also felt something else, an undescribable feeling, at being a part of history. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story182.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-03-07 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.247.251.68 Annotation Annotations to this item. Students/Teachers DOMESTIC