374 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 was at home that day, and my daughter called from work to tell me to get the tv on that a plane had hit one of the world trade towers..MY husband was working right outside the kitchen door digging a hole to open a drain and i ran to tell him what had happened..I no more than got back to the living room when the 2nd plane hit..I again ran to my husband who immediately gave up his digging and came in to watch with me. He said as he came in, we are at war..My nephew had been sent to Sloan Kettering Hospital in Manhattan to put in a computer syste, and i called my sister to see if she had heard from him, and she hadnt and we waited for hours before he could get through to call home. He was stuck where he was working as the tunnels were closed and had to get a hotel room for 3 days before he could get out of there. He said the devastation was unreal, and he could not wait to get home and just hug everybody..We followed the next plane crashing just below us in Somerset County..we like everyone else were glued to the tv for weeks, and still to this day cannot believe we let it happen, that we didnt know anything about it..The strongest nation in the world...it is still 1 year later very hard to believe. We had plans to fly just one month after that, October ll, to Virginia Beach to be with my oldest daughter on her birthday, and we went..We also had tickets to fly to las Vegas one month after that November 11, and we flew..Life does go on, but you surely did not feel safe, and wondered if we would get there..Our security was shaken, and remains the same today. Judy Memo 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 story5180.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. 151.201.212.12 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: This September will be three years of the crashing of the trade center.Many things have happened since that day.All of Americans have pulled together and now we protect our neighbors as well as ourselves.Thinking back to that day i was in complete shock that those people that took over them planes had so little self respect and respect for others.I was so scared that they where going to bomb where was my grandmother was i wasnt going to say goodbye or i loved her.Then i thought of all the people in those planes,buildings and the pentagon and how they would never talk to there family again.I was so sick to my stomach.I belive that god has planed a wonderful journey for those that had died fighting for what they belive in.We all got to remember that we will never forget the ones we lost that we loved so much and that we keep that love alive no matter what the terriost try.As long as one of us live that there will always be a nation of Americans behind him or her fighting for freedom and what we belive in.When we are little we are taught that we are to respect what everyone belives in no matter what nationality that they are. But the terriost have a hard time understanding the good beliefs that we have in America.So whatever they try to do to us makes us stronger and makes us fight harder for what we belive in.Thats what makes us so indastrucktable. 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 story10343.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 off from work that day and i was sleeping in (or so I thought) when my fiance woke me up and told me that something had hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and I almost didn't get up-it seemed so unbelievable and I thought I was still dreaming. But I did wake up in time to see the second plane hit and of course the collapse of the towers. I woke up my sister and told her what had happened and she told me to quit to making up crazy things-I explained to her that she knows me better than that and that I couldn't make up something as horrible as this, nor would I ever propose to do so. A few minutes later my mother called us crying and told us that she had shut down her office-nobody could function anyway. She asked us to go over to her house because she like the rest of the world needed to be with her family. We went to her and decided to go give blood. What else can you do? I wasn't allowed to give blood or plasma beause I had had hepatitis as a teenager so I volunteered to give out sign-up forms and keep the people in order. I couldn't help but want to contribute somehow. All of downtown Dallas was evacuated because, of course, we have a World Trade Center here as well. I couldn't help but think are we next? This town like all the nation was shut down and in mourning. Everyone was affected and it was absolutely the most solemn day in my life. I will never forget it as I'm sure nobody else in this life ever will. 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 story6115.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. 216.148.246.134 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 name is Stephanie, and on that tragic day I was home alone, it was my day off and my children were at school and my husband was at work. When I was watching TV I couldn't beleive what I was seeing. It was the saddest moment of my life. But I also saw some wonderful miricales happen in the following minutes and hours, Americans pulling together to save lives,I saw a plane hit the twin towers, if it would have been minutes later hundreds more would have been in the building, I saw God's awesome hand hold up 2 buildings that should have fallen down on impact.I heard of a plane go down in a rural area of PA, a plane many now know was headed for a more populated area. I saw strangers helping out other strangers. I heard of many, countless hero's. These men and women, the hero's, helped our nation get back on it's feet. I saw more people coming to churches and praying, American Flags flying in almost ever home and on thousands of cars,in windows & office buildings etc. This is the one year anniversary of that cowardly attact, I still see stangers helping strangers, I still see hero's keeping America on it's feet. I see God's awesome power and grace helping us face one more day, one day at a time. Please remember all the fallen hero's in your prayers tonight, remember their families. Remember to pray for the stranger that helped you out today. We will not let the terrorist win, we are American's and so proud of it! May prayer is ... God Bless this wonderful country and the people who live here. Lord help us each day to be more Christ like and show our love to our neighbors. Help us to become one nation, one nation under God! Lord I ask this in Jesus name! Stephanie 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 story5674.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. 152.163.188.6 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: One Day of Terrorism, A Lifetime of Memories On a September 11, 2001, I woke up rather late. I had to rush to get to my first class at 9 am. The class went smoothly as I dosed off in there. Next, was psychology. I?m taking through notes and one of my friends comes in class late and says that a plane has just run into the World Trade Center. I laughed and said, ?shut up, you stupid.? She then proceeded to say, ?I?m serious!? By her facial expression, I could tell that she was serious. I was then in shock. I couldn?t believe it. I wondered why something always happens to the World Trade Center. When I got out of class I then found out that another plane hit the other building to the world trade center. This is when everyone figured out that it was an act of terrorism. By 12 o?clock everyone knew about what had happened. People were walking around campus sad, many crying, because many of them either had family or knew someone that worked there. Too many people died that day. Then the pain struck me. I realized that the debris from the wreck could have hit the people any where near the building. My uncle owns a business a block away from the trade center. I also have an aunt that travels about twice a week to New York. The hotel she stays in is about five blocks from the World Trade Center. And I have an Uncle that works in Washington. After worrying for about two hours I got the phone call that they were all ok. My uncle in NY was walking into his building when it happened, and had time to get away. My aunt was scheduled to go on her trip but postponed it. My uncle in Washington didn?t go to work that day. He was sick. My family was very thankful and blessed that day. It seemed just like a movie. Even though I wasn?t in there, I can only imagine what went on inside the World Trade Center. All I could think of was what those people were thinking: screaming, blood, sleep, screams and memories are all I could think about while a brick is approaching me. What do I do, but I can?t move. Stop holding me but no one is around. Help! Help! Help! Wait a minute why isn?t there anyone around to help me. Am I the only one who is seeing this? What is going on? Oh my gosh! I have to get out of here. I didn?t have much time to go on. Bricks begin to fall from all over and I knew it was time for me to get out. About several hundred people and myself were headed toward the exits but something happened. At the main entrance I witness about thirty people get crushed in a matter of seconds. I trip and fall over debris and stay there because someone or something is on top of me. All I could do was just close my eyes, and wait? 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 story550.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 dad & I were supposed to go to Ft. Monmouth in Eatontown, NJ that day & were running late. We grabbed breakfast & I started up the car. The radio was tuned to an all news station, WCBS 880 AM, in NYC. I was astounded to hear that a plane had hit the North Tower. I figured that it must?ve been a small plane like a Lear Jet or Piper because it was such a clear day & I thought no big commercial airplane would hit such a massive thing like the WTC. We went down Pine Av. & then onto rt. 35, which overlooks Raritan Bay. I then saw the huge pall of smoke & realized no small aircraft could do THAT kind of damage. Near the turnoff for the Garden State Parkway (GSP), there?s a small bayfront park in Old Bridge, NJ, so I turned into it. Normally at 9 am, there?d be 5-10 folks out jogging or walking their dogs. Today there were nearly 100 folks looking out at the Towers. Even at 25 miles distance, this was the biggest pall of smoke I?d ever seen, covering up 1/4 of the northeastern sky. We had to go back onto the highway to go to the fort. As we got onto the GSP, we heard that Tower 2 got hit. It was truly shocking at this point. Next, we heard that we were under a terrorist attack, then a few moments later, we heard the Pentagon got attacked. The bulletins came so fast & heavy, they were overlapping one another almost to the point of unintelligibility. Then we heard the announcer?s anguished cry that Tower 2 went crashing down to the ground. We got over to the fort & it looked like all hell broke loose. The Dept. of Defense police officer at the gate had blocked off the intersection & didn?t let traffic into the fort. Seeing a military license sticker on my dad?s car, he motioned us to come up. He asked us our business there & we asked him where our meeting was & he directed us to the base theater. I asked him what was going on & he said ?Buddy, we?re under attack!? That really scared me. I went to the theater, which, while open, was dark inside. I had to use the restrooms, so I opened the stall door & nearly jumped a foot when I saw what I perceived to be a dead body in the room, but thankfully, it was only a mannequin. I did my business there, turned to leave & then jumped nearly 2 feet when a fully armed MP came in & demanded to know what I was doing there. I stammered out that I was looking for an insurance meeting. He said to go to the base hospital. I asked him what in the world was going on, but he said w/a sad, weary look that my guess was as good as his. When we got to the hospital, 2 ladies were frantically waving traffic out of the parking lot. They said the meeting had moved to the base chapel & directed us there. I asked them if they knew what was going on, but they both had husbands in Tower 1 & they couldn?t get a hold of them & were really worried about them. Being a born again Christian, I said I?d pray for both of them. At this point, I told my dad I wanted to leave, as the Pentagon had just gotten hit & here we were on a military base 40 miles from the WTC, which also got hit. My dad, ever the trouper, said to drive on. We got over to an intersection & almost got T-boned by 5 MP cars & trucks. The MP?s jumped out of the vehicles almost before they had stopped & climbed onto a gate which led out onto rt. 35. My dad then said ?Let?s get outta here!? So we got back onto the GSP & went home. We had to go back by the bayfront park again & now there were hundreds of folks there. I stepped out of the car for a moment & saw the smoke plume rise up precipitously & then rapidly fall. I realized later I was seeing Tower 1 fall from 25 miles away. When I got back on the highway moments later, the radio announced that Tower 1 had indeed fallen. I got home, watched the tragedy on TV for awhile, then went back to the park. Now there were about 1,000 people there. Schools had let out & it seems the whole township of Old Bridge was there. The police & fire depts. set up a staging area there. Folks had their radios on, giving a running commentary on the tragedy. One station broadcasted the sounds of Tower 2 falling & that was chilling. Though lots of folks were chatting & there was lots of traffic around, one noise that was normally there was strangely absent. The park is directly across from JFK Airport & you normally see & hear 5-6 planes in the sky at any one time. Not today, though- the groundstop had silenced the skies. But a few minutes after noon, an F-16 streaked overhead. The crowd shuddered as one as they saw this. It made me feel as if our country was truly at war & under attack. I then walked over to the flagpole & said the Pledge of Allegiance & sang the Star Spangled Banner. I must?ve looked like a nut singing by myself, but I didn?t care. My country had been thrown in to a war not of its own choosing & I wanted folks to know that I was proud to be an American (& still am). The smoke had parted & you could see empty blue sky where the towers once had been. Some teens had come to view the event. One girl had a Big Apple t-shirt w/the Twin Towers prominently displayed on it. I told her to treasure that shirt as the Towers were gone. She said, ?No way!? I handed her a pair of binoculars I had brought & told her to take a look. After doing so for a bit, she said w/tears in her eyes that I was right. At 3 pm, I went to my friend Lorraine?s house nearby. She was having hot dogs & burgers w/her teenage son & so I joined her. Soon my sister Pauline & some other friends from my church (Calvary Chapel, Old Bridge, NJ) who had been dismissed early from work also came. These were single folks w/no family nearby, so they went over Lorraine?s to commiserate & pray together. At 4:30, I went to South Amboy?s bayfront park, but the view there was partially obscured by Staten Island, but the smoke was still flowing as ferociously as it had all day long. I found out my church was going to have an emergency prayer service that night, so I went. I was amazed to see about 500 folks show up. My church has 4,000 members & to see so many on a spur of the moment thing was encouraging. We sang & prayed & then my pastor, Lloyd Pulley, announced that out of the 100 of our members who worked in the WTC, not one of them made it into work that day!! That was amazing! But more amazing still was a story he told. He & his pastoral staff visited the Empire State Building the day before, along w/the guest speaker for the next evening?s service, a minister from Israel, who was going to speak on the evils of Islam & the true price of negotiating peace in Israel w/the Palestinians. They all looked over at the Twin Towers & noted that, while they looked strong & majestic, they were very vulnerable to an A-bomb attack. Little did my pastor know how prophetic his words were going to be. The Towers weren?t felled by a nuclear attack, but something just as fiery & powerful. Also, we had heard that one of our sister churches, 4 Winds Fellowship of Tinton Falls, had lost 10 of its members, including one of their elders, a man named Al Branca, who worked at Cantor Fitzgerald on the 104th floor. It was reported that he led 50 people in prayer to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord & Savior just as Tower 1 had crumbled. After the service I went back to the bayfront park for one last look & to invite anyone I talked to out to the next night?s service. Then, around midnight, I went home, watched more TV, prayed & crawled up to bed for a night of tortured sleep. Next day, I went back to the park in the late afternoon & the smoke was still frightfully heavy. I invited more folks out to my church & at 5:30 pm, I left for church. I was amazed to see more than 1,500 people turn out for the service. We had to seat them in the overflow room, teen center, nursery, hallways, parking lots & even out on the street. They heard a message of hope, the evils of Islam, the truth of what was going on in Israel at the time & about salvation in Jesus Christ. About 200 folks went up & professed new-found faith in Jesus, making Him their Lord & Savior. What a beautiful thing that was! Through the pain & utter sorrow of the event, there was new life beginning. What a joyous occasion this horrible time had become! These people had a real hope now in a time where it had seemed hope was lost. Only a loving, gracious God could do this! I slept a lot more peacefully this night, lost in ferverent prayer. Looking back over the past year, I have grown a lot, not just in my faith, but in personally standing up for righteousness, truth & peace. I?m more active politically & also more active in my church. I?ve had a pretty rough year physically, as has my family, but I believe that after living through 9/11, God had steeled me for the personal obstacles yet to come. Although not losing any family or friends in the attacks, I really know now how precious life is & that all our lives are in Jesus? holy, nail scarred hands. And that, dear reader, is the best place to be. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was working in the computer room of the McAllen Sector Border Patrol Headquarters. I was there as part of a team on an information-gathering visit regarding a computer system that we install and support. We had flown to McAllen the day before from our home office in S. Burlington, Vermont. One of the women that were going off-shift came into the room where I was, saying, "A plane just hit the World Trade Center!? My first thought was that it was an accident, similar to the incident when a US Air Force bomber crashed into the Empire State Building. Although this sounded bad, it did not seem like more than an accident. We went into the Communications Center to watch CNN to find out what had happened. A short time later, we learned that another plane had struck the second tower of the Trade Center. The information that was available at the time was incomplete, and much of it could not be confirmed. I can't remember when terrorism was first mentioned, but we watched and listened to President Bush when he addressed the nation from Florida. A real feeling of dread came over me when the Pentagon was struck a few minutes later. At that point, it seemed as if there was no stopping the progression of terrible news. With the Pentagon as a target, my concern became more real and personal, as my younger brother occasionally works there. I had no way of knowing whether or not he was that that day. Another issue was the fact that my wife was on a short business trip that day, driving to Boston for a retail clothing show. I had no way to contact her, but called the store where she works and was speaking to the clerk when the first tower collapsed. This was more of a shock to me than the actual attacks, as I had seen some TV programs about the building itself, and knew it was engineered to withstand the impact of a large plane. It had done so, but I couldn't understand what had caused it to fall. Peg couldn't stay on the telephone, but I left a message with her to pass to my wife in the event that she called, to say that we were OK in our location, and that I would call her later. I also tried to call my mother in Baltimore to assure her, but was unable to get through. We attempted to continue with our work, as it was somewhat of a distraction, but there were several televisions on in the buildings we were in, and it was hard to miss the coverage. In a little while, the second tower fell, and my feelings of despair deepened. At some point, I realized that there would be retribution from the US, but no one could say where we would strike. I was not successful contacting my mother at her home in Baltimore, but finally reached my brother at his house. He had been sent home from Fort Meade, where his office is. We spoke for a while, and he told me that he would talk to our parents as soon as he could. As the site where we were working is a federal law enforcement agency building, they went to the highest level of alert. Vehicles were pulled up into the portico to block the building, and armed agents were posted at the entrances. At their feet were boxes of live ammunition in clips for their weapons. If we had not already made our entrance earlier in the day, we would have been turned away. As it was, we continued to work to the best of our ability, but I found it difficult to focus on the tasks, as my mind would wander to the thought of "what's next?.....? The word "war" was heard frequently, and I believed it would happen. When we went to our hotel that evening, the big screen TV was turned to either CNN of Fox News, with constant coverage. It was impossible to ignore, and we of course were concerned about getting home on Friday, which was our scheduled departure day. I spoke to my family; my wife and two kids. The concern was evident in their voices, I could tell they were worried. We discussed flying when it would be possible again, and the chance of driving home. It is 2300 mile drive; not one I would like to take. The three of us in Texas had decided that if one chose not to fly, we would drive together. Much thought and discussion went into the possibility or the need of driving. At some point, the constant coverage became too much of a distraction, so I did my best to avoid the TV in the hotel atrium. As it turned out flights became available on Friday, and I could be ticketed to Cleveland, with the hope that Burlington would open. When I got to the airport Friday morning, I spoke to my wife, and found out that Burlington airport was open, so I had hope of making it home. The initial flight from McAllen to Houston was only partially full. Upon landing, I saw a strange sight; dozens of airplanes, parked on the pavement, lined up in rows. George Bush Airport, Terminal C, normally a bustling place, was nearly deserted. Our second leg, from Houston to Cleveland was a little more than half-full and over half of the people on the plane were flight attendants and pilots. They were being moved to be able to fly other flights that had been delayed. In Cleveland, we were lucky enough to get a flight and make it into Burlington on time, with no problems. My family met me at the airport, something they had not done in a couple of years. It was a very emotional reunion; we were able to release some of the pent-up feelings that we had suppressed during the week. It had been rough on my wife and kids, with me away during this difficult time, and they had been worried about me. As we left the airport, there was a group of people holding a candle-light vigil, and there was a group of firefighters at the next intersection holding a vigil as well. These displays added to the emotion of the evening, We went out to dinner and had a nice time catching up with each other. I was glad to be home and they were glad to have me home! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2083.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 in Physiology class talking when a another teacher came in the class and told are teacher to turn on the t.v. that a plane had crash inside the world trade center. We all saw when the second plane hit the south world trade center. All of us could not believed that are nation was being attack by another nation without ever doing anything to them. The bell rang so we had to move to the next class and parents came to pck up there children because they were scare that one of the plane would carsh here. It not easy for me to forget about these because I saw how the planes would crash in different cities. I know that we have to try and forgive those people but I can't because I feel that they attack us for no reason and every time that I see somebody from that religion it remind me of 9/11/01 making me feel angry because of what they did to us. It going to be 5 years snice we were under attack and that pain is still with me. My heart goes out to all the people that lost a loveones on 9/11/01. The one thing that I'm proud of is that the people that where aborad on flight 93 fought against these terrorist till the end that they where not going to give up that easily. I know that if they try to do the samething it won't be easy because now people are willing to fight back. I want the people who lost there loveones to know that I'm with them and keep them in my prayers every night before going to bed. 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 story20348.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. 2006-09-09 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 147.70.90.75 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 Nextel Phone went off and a good freind of mine said turn on the T.V. I was half asleep and aksed him why he said just do it. I turned on the T.V. the second I turned it on I saw the second hit the other tower. I remember my heart just went crazy I went from half asleep I ran downstairs and turned on the big screen yelling to my wife that we were at war. My grandfather used to tell me about Pearl Harbor and the stories were interesting but something seemed cold and distant about it, this was live and on every channel this was real. People were dying I couldn't even hardly speak, I just stood jaw agape and in shock as to the horror of this. I remember thinking of the power of hatred and how someone could do this to us what kind of hatred and lack of love for anything good and sacred a person would have to have to do this. I held my children extra close that day and since out of this horrible tragedy has been a great reminder that life is a gift, and that must be defended. I support our troops and pray for them to godspeed in ridding the world of hatemongers like the ones that did this to us. 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 story9916.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. 2003-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.100.193.169 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was sitting at my computer going over lesson plans, and my wife called me into the living room to watch the news about the first plane hitting the first tower. In disbelief, we sat there and watched the second plane hit the second tower, and later watched both towers crumble to the ground. As an American, I cried like a baby. It was as if something very valuable had been taken away from me ... my identity ... and I was vunerable and scared. And it was a horrible feeling to watch so many people in the two towers perish. And the continuation of the attacks with the Pentagon being hit and people dying and the fourth plane crashing in Pennsylvania with more innocent deaths made me angry. I'm still angry 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 story20743.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. 2006-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 219.131.83.149 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 recently married on September 5,2001 and was leaving New York City for first time to live in Atlanta. It was very tough to leave but on the evening of September 10th we said goobye to my family in Long Island and drove to Manhattan to say goodbye to my husband's daughter. As we left New York we looked at the Skyline and I said I wonder when I will see that again.(not knowing how those words would haunt us forever) We drove all night and stopped in Virgina at 4:00am to rest in a hotel. As the world was experiencing one of the most tragic events of our history my husband and I slept. When we woke up around 11:00am my husband turned on the TV while I was in the shower and screamed "Oh my god, come out here and see this". We sat in horror and disbelief and just cried. We immediately became frantic not knowing about our families especially my brother who is a New York City Policemen. The telephone lines were down and we could not get through anyone. I immediately wanted to turn around and go back to New York. My husband wisely said there is no way that we will be able to get back in to the city. We sat feeling helpless and dumbfounded. It was hours before we could get through to our families but thank god everyone was fine. My brother however, was part of the search and recovery and rescue and will never be the same again. I almost lost a very good friend. She was in the first tower when the first plane hit but was smart enough not listen to being told to get back and stay. Thank god she ran out before the building collasped. I cannot imagine what it must have felt like to have been in New York and experience the horror first hand. I pray everyday for faith, strength and hope for all the victims and their families of the WTC, Pentagon and Flight 93. 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 story6677.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. 63.170.163.157 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: Hello, I am Michelle Wink. I am a full-time Military Technician and I was at work on September 11th, 2001. The day started like any other, my husband and I got up for work, we got out 3 1/2 year old son ready for Daycare. I was at work and one of our helpdesk Technicians was fixing my computer when my phone rang; It was my husband. He asked me if I had seen the news? I said no. "You need to go get to a tv and turn it on, The WTC tower is on fire, they think a plane hit it." I sheepishly walked into my Supervisor's Office and said "Sir, Can we turn your TV on, my husband just called and said that a plane hit the World Trade Center" He looked at me weird but did as i had requested....and we sat there in his office in such dis-belief of what was happening, and i couldn't move from the chair. It seemed like forever but others in the office started crowding around the TV and when the 2nd Plane hit, i screamed and started crying.....OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!!!! i have never been so scared in my entire life....i had to walk out of the room....Then immediately we heard something hit the Pentagon......then it was true, another airplane.....and then Pennsylvania crash which we now know was an attempt on the White House diverted by Brave Heroic people. I was dumbfounded, and shocked to say the least at the tragic events. At the time I was also 3 1/2 months pregnant, I now have a beautiful baby girl along with my 4 year old Son, I thank God every day that I have them and that they are safe. God Bless America. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story958.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. 2002-08-02 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 198.26.119.84 Annotation Annotations to this item. Military 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: It was difficult to write about this event until a friend in Minnesota sent me a holiday card, in which she wondered how she could explain this to her daughter when she could not understand it herself: In Response to Caroline Rose (Draft 3.5) I am not sure how you can explain it, not even to an eleven-year old at the top of her form. We have had months to think about it, ask, ?Where were you?? without the rest of the question, talk it through. I was about to leave my apartment to vote, then to work, five blocks east of the World Trade Center. The man on the radio said to turn on the television. I saw the second point of impact the way you did, and thought, ?I will vote, then find out if the trains are running, to go to work.? After I voted, in the Senior Center, I stopped by the television room there. A man said he had an appointment, at eleven o?clock, at the World Trade Center. A woman said the appointment might still be kept if it was on a lower floor. It was on the seventy-eighth floor. She responded that it might be cancelled. My neighbor exited the subway at Twenty-Third Street and Fifth Avenue. She looked up to see an enormous fire, then went to work. The trains stopped running; it took her more than two hours to walk home. When the bridges and tunnels were closed, there was an enormous rush to gather supplies. In the market, a little boy asked his mother why she was buying so much food, and what could she answer? They were running low. There was a television on at the bank. We stopped mid-transactions to watch the building fall. Over the next weeks, we were numb, we were small-town quiet, we spent a lot of time talking. I was running errands downtown and passed a site about which I had wondered. It was a cemetery, stuck mid-block; 200 years ago, it was in the country. A woman I had never met struck up a conversation. This often happens here. We enjoyed that the cemetery was established by a man named Preserved Fish. I found out more about her than necessary: what she pays for her apartment, that she has kids. This often happens, as well, but as we parted, she offered me a hug, and what could I do? I hugged her back. This was new. One of the candidates for public office had his headquarters on the street where I live. It is a neighborhood commercial street with an all-night diner, cleaners, Swatch shop, kosher Chinese restaurant, that Gray?s Papaya you have seen in many movies at the corner. He stuck an ironing board outside his storefront, plopped on it a small colour television, and placed in front of that rainbow-coloured folding chairs, right in the middle of the sidewalk. For the whole first week, people gathered, talking it through. The posters went up right away, all over the City, memorials to individuals were stuck in street tree pits, candles lined the sidewalks, rememberances from many places were everywhere. They filled Union Square, since its construction, a park where peace marches assembled, and still do. The posters were heart-wrenching, hand-made and copied quickly: one man was last seen wearing a purple polo and black jeans, one woman was the pastry chef at Windows on the World, several had tattoos of a rose or a cross or a dragon, many had children. A lot of detail was crammed onto letter-sized paper until we knew these people, whether we really did or not. They worked at the top, trading bonds, or at the bottom, in the elevator pits, and the names were from every country in the world. They were from every place in the United States; the pastry chef last worked in a restaurant in San Francisco, where my sister now works as the pastry chef. Over time, things stabilized. Everyone returned to work, but not everything returned to normal. That first day back, I came out of the subway and turned to look west down Fulton Street. There was a gap where buildings had been. At night, it was brilliantly-lit, so that the remains and the cranes were without shadow. The smell was incredible, unforgettable when we dared to think about what we were smelling, and it was heavy. The streets downtown got cleaned twice a day, and still do. In these months, we have absorbed it, somehow, until something small shocks us again: I pulled my money from that bank branch five times last month, twice to buy theatre tickets from the booth in Two. I knew that man in graduate school; he was from Australia. I cannot get to New Jersey by train from downtown. There is no FM National Public Radio. Sometimes, it is a bigger shock: A woman I know will not shop in stores where clerks are Arab. The clerk in the newsstand in the apartment house next door might be Arab. He was looking glum, so I struck up a conversation, as often happens here. He lost two friends who worked in the World Trade Center, and another was in the hospital, badly hurt. I felt with him. A man I know does not mind if his telephone is tapped. Racial profiling has resumed. I doubled my donation to the American Civil Liberties Union. How would I explain it to an eleven-year old? These people were jealous of people in the United States. Even living here, they did not understand life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. They did not see that disparate cultures can agree to differ and that people across a vast land can function as one society and survive (even) themselves. A few years ago, in a hostel in Switzerland, I was asked why I like being a citizen of the United States. I liked it, in part, because anywhere in the world, I could say, ?The President of the United States is an idiot,? which he was, and I would not be arrested. What response could there be? I do not recall one. In part, I could not imagine my home being anywhere but the City of New York, the Capital of the World. You can ask an eleven-year old to keep her mind aware and her heart open, and to work so that anyone in the United States can always speak her mind anywhere. We got all the cards, the presents, the phone calls to talk it through. Thank you. Heidi B. Andersson/s 22 December 2001 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 story592.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. 2002-05-13 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 167.153.4.76 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 husband called me from Philadelphia to ask me to watch the news as he had heard a plane had gone into the World Trade Center, he wanted more details. I found the nearest television and there was already another person there and she had just seen the second plane hit the second tower. There were stories coming in fast and furious after that, the Pentagon being hit, a possible car bomb outside the capitol building, etc. My husband called to say that his plane was cancelled and that he was trying to find a rental car to get home. I did not expect to see him for a couple days. Imagine my surprise when he was home before midnight. I am so lucky to be able to say that he came home that day, I know how many thousands more people can't say that. I had a prenatal appointment that day at 3:00pm and I prepared to tape the baby's heartbeat as I had at each appointment before that. I can hear the change in my voice from happy expectation the previous months, to stressed and oh so very sad that month. I will never lose that tape. It is an audible record of my devastation that horrible day. I was so shocked and lost that day, the first time I cried was when our elected officials stood on the steps of the capitol and sang "God Bless America". I still get tears in my eyes when I think of the non-partisan show of support for this great country and the wonderful people that lost their lives, but not their footprints on our souls on September 11, 2001. 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 story4420.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: "Thow Shall Not Kill" are words from the Bible that should be obayed by everyone, but unfortunatly they are not. On September eleventh of two thausand and one, the two World Trade Centers in New York and the Pentagan here in Virginia were attacked by terrorists. Although we lost two wonderful treasures in our history, the Pentagan remaines standing. What can't be replaced are all of the lives we lost from this incident and those who survived will have to live with the paine inside for the rest of their lives. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was eleven o'clock am, and I was sitting in English class. I was just a junior in highschool back then. Well, another teacher came in to our class screaming, "oh my God, we are going to die!". My teacher was confused and the whole class stopped talking. The other teacher explained that two airplanes had hit the two World Trade Centers and that foreign countries were bombing us. I was sitting next to a window and I just looked outside because I thought I could see the smoke but offcourse I couldn't because I was in Virginia. All of the classrooms had television sets and so, the whole school turned on their televisions and watched the news. Our whole class started crying as we saw the buildings collapse. It hurt me a lot because I had just visited New York and I went to the two World Trade Centers not too long before the incident had happened. I was also hurt because I thought of all the help that America gives to these foreign countries and yet, they turn around and kill thousands of inicint lives. I don't really know the purpose of this incident but I do know that God will punish whoever is responsible for this. I understand that security is geting tighter these days, and that is a good thing because we really can't afford any more incidents like this. In conclusion, incidents may occur like this one in other countries and people don't make a big deal about them because it's normal for other countries. Though, for the United States, incidents like this one arn't supposed to happen and that's why it was a big deal in two thausand and one and it will continue to be a big deal in the future. 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 story10236.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. 2003-12-04 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 164.106.70.162 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 brother died of colon cancer September 9th after a 4 year battle. We were coming back from breakfast to get ready for his funeral on September 11th when his friend told us about the 1st plane hitting the World Trade Center. We are from Greenville, SC and just were staying a t a motel so ran to our room (we were in the parking lot) just in time to see the 2nd plane hit. Even though we were still numb from my brother's death, my mom, aunt, his friends and I could still not believe we were watching the news and not our own "War of the Worlds". This was real! Not some "made for TV movie", and it was happening on OUR soil. THIS could NOT be happening to US. We were use to hearing and seeing footage on the news of scenes like these from the Middle East, but from the United States, not since Pearl Harbor, and then, not to this extent. The people who lost their lives and loved ones in these tragic events will forever be remembered. It is a day that we must never allow to be forgotten. It would not only dishonor them, but also dishonor the men and women who serve our country past, present, and future, to protect us and the freedoms, we so often take for granted; the freedoms of which these terrorists are afraid. 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 story10153.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 would frist like to send my deepest thoughts out to everyone that day that was envolved or lost loved ones.my sister Michelle R. Black is a fire fighter in Red Bluff Ca, I know with with my whole heart that she would have done the same thing as all of the fire fighters in New York. My name is Terry L. Cooley we were living in Chester Ca, on that morning my husband Earl and I were asleep when we got a call from my husbands brother in Arkansas it was about 6:00 am our time he told us to turn on the TV that the New York twin tower was hit by a air plane then we seen live the second tower hit we new right then that this was no accident by that time so many things were happing that it seemed to make me instacly sick and I prayed to God that things would some how be ok but that would never happen life as we knew it was to never be the same. history was being made at that time. I thank God each and every day that things in this world would get better. they say that these people that attacted the USA should be caught and punnished to every extent of our laws but I think that, that is not enough. But God will take care of that in dew time. Our lives have changed forever but our countery is stronger than ever before I just wish that we caould have come together as a country before someone attacted us I love my country and eveyone that fights for us everyday.and those that are in the USA that came together as a family on that day in sept Allen Jackson could'nt have said any better in his song. thank you to our Presdient. I think that he is a great man for our Country. this last year has been very hard but the people in this country are very strong and we will servive this just as our grandparents did the other wars and the deperssion thank you America Terry L Coley Oroville Ca 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 story7362.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. 2002-09-14 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 198.81.16.33 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 worked a few blocks away from the WTC at the federal building across from the courthouses. I was in an elevator when the first plane hit, which shook the elevator and shot it down to the lobby of the building from the 36th floor. We then heard about the second plane hitting and evacuated the building-where I walked all the way to 94th street where I lived at the time. I was not aware the towers had collapsed until I got home 3 hrs later. 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 story10477.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. 2004-03-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.58.1.159 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 first heard about what happened on September 11, 2001. I remember coming back from band. When I got to homeroom the tv was on. All the kids told me what happened. At first, I thought all the kids weere just joking, but then after I watched the tv a little bit I finally understood what had happned. I remember talking about it on the bus with my friends. We were all telking about it. "How many people were dying?" "Where had they hit?". We hadn't found out until the end of school day. Everything that was happening was all new to us. Once I got home I did my homework and watched the news for the rest of the day. It was weird because all the other channels had subsripts running about what was happening. I learned about how many people had died or were dying. I remember watching all sorts of peolpe helping other people who were hurt or looking for people who were buried under the debris. I think my life has changed because of September 11, 2001. I still have a little bit of fear of flying. I have changed the way I think about Afghanistan and the people who come from there. I know it is wrong but I think at first I discriminated against Afghans and other people from the Middle East, but I have decided they are not all that bad. I also feel that I am very lucky that no one that I knew died in or because of September 11, 2001 I think that all the people in the World Trade Centers and the World Trade Centers themselves should be remembered. I think that all of the firefighters and policemen who died or who are still living that helped out during 9-11-01 should be rememberd.. Teh people aboard the airplane that crashed in Pennsylvania who over came the hijackers should be remembered. The people in the pentagon and any civilian who helped out at the scenes cleaning up debris and helping the injured should be rememered. 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 story8512.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. 2002-10-18 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.60.58.139 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: After I woke up in the morning, I looked on the TV, and on the news it showed footage of the crash that just happened. I thought it was just a normal fire, nothing that would be devastaing, but I was wrong. As soon as I got to school during first period, we just sat in class and watched the news. As the towers collapsed, no one could believe what was happenening. After that, there was paranoia going around as to where the next plane or planes would crash. The whole day went by very slowly, with no clue as to what would happen next. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story8262.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. 2002-10-02 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.79.81.236