383 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 am a Registered Nurse who resides in Arizona and like yourselves, I was horrified the morning of September 11, 2002. As I wept for the Americans who were injured and dreadfully killes, I also wept for the Perpetrators! You may ask yourself "Why is this woman weeping for the enemy?" My reason is clear and very simple...HATE! HATE was the root cause of the September 11th tragedy. HATE is a disease that spread throughout the perpetrators hearts and souls like a cancer. The only cure for this horrible disease called HATE is LOVE, followed by kindness, forgiveness (not forgetfulness), and harmony. How terribly sad it must be to HATE so much that you want to actually kill another human being. In closing, I hope that we all worldwide will never forget what HATE has done to people in the past (violence, rape, racial issues, etc.). September 11th is yet another reason Why we must continue applying the cure to humanity...for this reason to remain humane. GOD BLESS ALL AND BE KIND, LOVING, AND FOREGIVING! 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 story6073.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.12.96.8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: The attacks occured on a Tuesday which is one of my days off from school (University of Baltimore)so I was sleeping in. As I was sleeping my mother came down and woke me and said "I think I sould tell you what has happened this morning". At that time the first plane had already hit one of the towers. I went upstairs to the kitchen to watch the TV and saw smoke pouring out of the tower. I counld not believe my eyes. My first reaction was that this must have been an accident. It seemed as though it was something right out of Hollywood. However, as a pilot of small planes myself, I realized that there is no way that this could be an accident. It was a clear day, and it was not a prescribed air traffic pattern. In other words, no plane would have been anywhere near those towers. It was at that moment that the second plane hit the other tower. I could not believe my eyes. This had to be a nightmare. I was glued to the TV for the remainder of the day and a short while later I heard that another plane had crashed into the Pentagon. I, like the rest of America, had no idea what was going on. I felt a tremendous amount of anger as the day wore on and suspicion turned to Osama Bin Ladan. I wanted revenge. For the remainder of the day I thought of nothing else and founds it hard to do anything else. This was the case for roughly two weeks. It was such a shock to my system. I could not believe that such an attack had occured on our own soil. 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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 like to start with a brief history on my expreience with the World Trade Center. Two years ago, my family and I took a vacation to our Nation's Capital, and New York City. We planned on visiting New York last, because we were going to spend the most time there. We took the train into the city, and that was the very first time I ever saw the Twin Towers. They were incredible, and intimidating. I was so excited, because that was all I really was concerned about visiting in New York. I just wanted to see the Towers. I still have my ticket from the 'The Top of the World'. Two years, one month and 37 days later, at 8:25 ( utah time) my mom came into my room with a look on her face that I had never seen before. "Katie" she said...." I think you should get up, something has happened in New York, a plan just flew into the North Tower of the World Trade....the building is on fire, and people are jumping." I had a TV in my room, but I jumped out of bed and ran down to the kitchen. Moments later, the second plane hit the South Tower. I just stood there, my mom was behind me with her hands covering her mouth and she didn't speak. I watched NBC's coverage.....it was unthinkable. I looked over at my refrigerator, there was a picture of myself and my family on the observation deck of the South Tower. Although I didn't know anyone who lost their life, I too, did loose something incredibly important to me. Those building represented alot of strength and freedom. I never took that trip to the 'Top of the World' for granted, I hold it dear to my heart, I send my strength and love and support to those in need of it. Katie Brown Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story853.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 work that day, my husband a police officer was working at the aviation unit. He called me just after the the first plane hit the wtc, he was telling what happened when I heard some one in the back ground yell OH my God another plane hit the second tower. My husband told me to go turn on the tv. I told my boss what was happening and the radio started broadcasting the news. I work for the District Court and we started to get calls about whether we were still opened. Then we heard the news about the Pentagon and a missing plane. It was very unsettling because we live close to Washington DC. I remember calling my mom to see if she was okay and my nephew who was four at the time answered the phone and told me planes had crashed into the buildings. We were dismissed from work early and I made my way to my mom's house because my husband was still at work. I remember getting to my brother's house where my mom was and my nephew taking a picture out of my mom's wallet of my husband standing next to the police plane and telling me Uncle Pat's plane had crashed in the buildings. It was not until my husband picked me up from my brother's house that my nephew new that Uncle Pat was alright. I feel so fortunate that no one in my family was harmed, and so devestated for those who lost loved ones. 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 story5187.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. 67.201.32.15 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: But, I was asked the previous Friday if I could arrive at work a day early. So off I went to Newark Airport on 9/10 and got on United 93 (which I have flown so many other times as well) and flew oblivious as to what would happen the next day off to San Fran. and then on to Fresno. At 5:50 AM (west coast time) my friend Tim calls me from Boston on my cellphone to tell me a plane has just hit the WTC - he thinks I'm at Newark getting ready to board my San Francisco flight. I explain the bosses request to get there a day early and tell him I'm already on the west coast. While Tim is on the phone (he is in his car) I turn on the news and look on in disbelief at the burning building. I tell him I'll call him back and phone my friend Scott who lives at 21 West Street (which is 2 blocks down from the WTC) with his girlfriend. He has a penthouse that looks directly at the Twin Towers. As the phone rang I look at the TV and see the second plane hit the other tower. What at first was a question in my mind is now obviously all too clear - this is a terrorist attack on our country. Scott is out on his balcony and witnesses the entire event. He runs past the ringing phone and frantically runs down 33 flights of stairs. He is off to look for his girlfriend who was running in the park across the street as she did daily. I watch as the tragedy continues. I call my co-worker (who is still asleep in her hotel room) and tell her of the events that are unfolding - she turns on the TV and cannot believe her eyes. I tell he I will call her back shortly. Tim is now on his way home (he is a reservist and fears the worst)and I call him back on his cellphone. I tell him about the second tower (which he knew about)and suddenly the picture from the Pentagon appears. When I tell him of the attack on the Pentagon he reacts in horror and tells me he has to go. Basically, I sit in disbelief and horror for the next 4 hours. I see the crash site outside of Pittsburgh, Watch over and over the pictures of the Twin Towers crumbling to thier death. The carnage that is occuring across our peaceful country and wonder what animal is responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent people. Like many, I fear the worst. I envision 50,000 people trapped in the Twin Towers, think about the subway staition and shops below that I so frequently visited. I think about retailiation. After 4 hours I can't take anymore. I feel sick, depressed and try not to think about all the people I know who work at the WTC. I reach my co-worker and we head out to lunch. We will go to work for a few hours afterwards it is decided. Fixed on the television at the restuarant, we continue to look at the ongoing events. They have now identified the planes that have crashed and advise that most of the other planes flying around the U.S. are down except for a few (which still had me worried). I reached into my pocket to look at my itinerary. Out came my original ticket on Flight 93 for September 11th. I looked at it, handed it to my co-worker and started to cry. By a stroke of luck, I am still here. That moment will forever be engrained in my memory. When I was able to get home 13 days later (our company had a 10 day travel ban - stay where you are until the dust settles)I found out that only 3 people I knew perished in the attacks. The horror of it all continued in the cleanup. I volunteered to work at the Red Cross respite center at the Marriott. A mere month after the attacks, I stood at Ground Zero and looked on in disbelief. The fires were still burning, the pile of rubble, although smaller was still 5-6 stories tall. Underground fires burned everywhere. The smell of burning flesh stained the air. The carnage continued. I cried. I worked at Ground Zero for 2 weekends. It is impossible to describe, unless you are standing 10 feet from where the front door of the North Tower was, what it looked like. Grey dust and rusted metal everywhere. Decimation. Work stops. They have found another body. The surrounding buildings had the faces ripped off as if by a horrible monster. I seek revenge. Now, a year later, the cleanup is done, the bodies accounted for, the quest to rid the world from terrorism continues. It will be a long hard battle but it must be done to insure our safety and the safety of future generations. May God bless all those who perished in these senseless attacks. 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 story7487.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. 2002-09-15 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.44.35.49 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11th I was at school and it was after lunch so everyone that went home for lunch got to see the news. I didn't know what happened until the teachers started talking about it. I still didn't get what happened, all I knew was that some planes hit buildings. When I got home my mom and dad explained what happened, they had told me that planes hit the World Trade Center and another hit the Pentagon. I didn't even know what the World Trade Center was until that day. All day long we were looking on the internet for picture and we also watched the news. We called almost everyone in our family to find out more and to make sure they were ok. I asked my friends and they asked me about what happened we knew that it wasn't an accident. Later that day we heard that it was a terrorist attack, someone planned this. We only had a clue who it was and the next day we found out that it was him. 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 story6265.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. 209.175.105.14 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: Even though I wasn't there, i was greatly crushed by sept 11th. And many other people were too. I realize that other people were hurt much more than i was. But it was hard for all of us. Watching it from your TV or from the street, it was equally astonishing. Watching as people jumped hundreds of feet to thier death because they didn't want to burn. The people on the planes. The people in the building, fighting to get out to safety. It was definitly the most tragic event i have ever come across in my life. And millions of others can say the same. I just wanted to express my feelings, just let it all out. Thanks for listening. 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 story2136.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was in math class. i had it first hour. I heard our principal come over the intercom. He said that a terrible thing had just happened, and went on to explain it. The next thing I knew, all of the teachers were watching it on their tv's. It was crazy, and I can't imagine being one of the people whose family of loved ones were in that building. I feel for everyone. 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 awoke that morning to the phone ringing. It was my wife, telling me to turn on the TV, that a plane had just hit the World Trade Center. I did not think that much of it. I envisioned a small prop plane. I turned on the TV to get a look, just as I was did, the second plane hit. That was no prop plane, It was a commercial jet. What about the people in those planes, the towers? Soon after that, there was word of a plane hitting the Pentagon. That's when fear came over me. "What's next?" I thought. What do I do? I will remember that day forever. 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 story1111.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. 208.133.46.6 Annotation Annotations to this item. 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: On September 11, 2001 I witnessed history at the Marlboro Middle School in Massachusetts. I had a normal school day. We had to go back to our homerooms from my science class for no reason. When we got back, my teacheer told us what happened. She turned on the television to watch the news and then realized she couldn't show it, so she turned it off. We sat at our desks for the rest of the day. We spent about an hour talking about whether or not we knew any people in New York. On the way home on the bus, some people were sad. Others were joking around, not knowing how serious it was. When I got off the bus, I went to my friends house because my Mom and Dad wee not home from work yet. When I got there, we turned on the television to see what was happening. We saw the news on almost every channel. Since September 11 2001 , my life has changed. Now I am more thankful for firefighters and policemen. I also realized how many people are willing to help other people.Now I am more aware that there are other countries that don't like us. If I see someone tring to do something wrong, now, I try to get someone to stop them. Thats where I was and how I felt 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 story8500.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: I had bought a computer only about a month before, and was in my den going through the day's e-mail when I began to see posts about "this terrible event on TV." So I went into the living room and turned on NBC. Everything had been pre-empted by then for live coverage. Both towers had been hit but were still standing. It took a while for me to get up to speed on what had occurred, but I was watching when the first one fell. My mother and I kept the TV on all that day and all evening, till 11 or 12. We even ate in front of it. We had *never* done that, not even during the four days after JFK's assassination. The next day as soon as we were awake it went on again and stayed on. We must have been glued to that set for at least three days. There wasn't much we could do to help, but we sent a bag of thick clean socks and a couple of cans of beef stew to the rescue workers when a collection truck set up in front of the downtown mall, and I called the ASPCA to ask what was being done for neighborhood animals. All through the first day I kept alternating between the living room and the den, where I was still online. Several of my groups set up roll calls--"Is everybody OK?"--and I responded to all of them. I didn't know anyone who was in the Towers, but I have a girlfriend who did, and I don't think she has been able to go back to NYC since the last funeral she attended. I have always been a strong patriot (during the Vietnam War I was a hawk), and I don't think that has changed. I display an American flag in the front window of my apartment (just a little one, but it's a flag), and I intend to keep it there until radical Islamic terrorism is utterly crushed. Yet I don't blame Muslims as a whole for what happened. I know the terrorists are a minority, a "lunatic fringe." I *do* think we might make greater strides against them if their own people would help us more. Occasionally I'll read about some new wrinkle in Homeland Security and be a bit disturbed, but none of it has really affected me directly, and I doubt it will. I haven't changed my lifestyle because I don't believe that my town is important enough to be targeted, and I don't travel, so the likelihood of my being involved in an attack seems very small. I don't claim to know whether the Bush response was the very best one, but I *do* think that only by bringing prosperity and democracy to the Middle East can we even begin to cut the legs out from under the terrorist movement, and I'm quite sure that the terrorists themselves understand nothing but violence. 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 story20840.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 getting my hair cut by a man who had just flown in from a hair expo in New York City the day before. He told me he wasn't supposed to come home till 9-11, but something kept telling him to go home now. Thank God he did!! he is a single father of 3 year old twins, and had been staying in a hotel just a block from the Twin Towers... I guess his guardian angel was working overtime that day. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story3249.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My father was in the hospital that day and I had been sleeping, when the phone rang. My mom told me to turn on the news and it was right after the first plane hit. I sat in stunned silence, just shaking my head. My husband woke up and together, we both held hands and was just stunned. Then, the second plane hit. It felt like the world was coming to an end. I never experienced such a feeling of helplessness. Then, we heard about the Pentagon and Flight 93 and we just could not believe this was happening to us! I stayed with my family all day and watched the news and prayed for all of the people who died that day and their families. My heart goes out to them, especially today, September 11, 2002, the day which brought it all back. The tears, anger and sorrow for our nation. God Bless America and I WILL NEVER FORGET! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story4608.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: Well my story is sort off interesting because my father acually works in the pentagon and te plane a struck my father office. So when i heard the pane hit the trade center it was shocking to me. It just made me wake upand stop taking life for granted.So at first when i heard it hit the pentagon i was like well my dad could have been anywhere the pentagon isn't exactly small so i kind off put it off. but when i hear that it hit my father side i was worried. luckily he was blessed and wasn't in his office. The plane crash killed two of my dads officers and a secretary.This made me realize life is not a game and had a big impact in 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 story6853.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: Subj: what I saw .... Date: 09/23/2001 12:50:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: Biffpincus To: Plot96 Uncle Al, Here are two emails I sent out with my observations of the events of the last week, one about what I saw on September 11th, and the other about my trip to ground zero about a week later. It has been a bizarre vantage point in history we new yorkers have had, and I thought it was important to write some of my experiences down. Thank you so much for calling me this morning, I really appreciated it. Love, David xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 9/14 Hey all, I've been offline for three days now, and phone service has been basically non-existent for that entire time ... occasionally I can get past a busy signal, but I haven't spoken to my parents for a couple of days now ... I wrote this about 2:00 p.m. on Monday afternoon right after it happened but just as I sent it out, my connection to AOL went down (until just now) and I now realize the mail never went out ... I'm sitting in my apartment looking out the window which used to have a magnificent view of the World Trade Centers ... now all I see is just dark gray smoke overhanging all of lower Manhattan ... everything below 14th Street is a dead zone (I'm on 6th Street), as you all know, its a bizarre and surreal time in New York (but people have been incredible and inspiring) as I am sure it is everywhere else as well ... basically all is well though, and I thought I'd share my little eyewitness account to what you've been reading and watching on the t.v. David xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 9/11/01 Friends, I pretty much saw this horror unfold throughout the morning with my own eyes ... I had just finished voting in the primary election we are having for Mayor, and was walking up 5th Street in the East Village when I saw the first plane screeching across the Manhattan skyline, very low and heading south. Now that was really unusual because planes never head south over Manhattan and never that low (they always head north for LaGuardia Airport) -- so I knew something was wrong and assumed that plane was going to crash somewhere, but a long ten seconds later I heard a far off "boom", but truthfully, I didn't completely associate that boom with that airplane because it wasn't all that loud, and there are plenty of construction type booms everyday here in New York City. I thought perhaps, if anything, the far off "boom" possibly meant that the plane had crashed on Staten Island. But as I headed for the subway on my way to work, on the corner of third avenue and 5th Street, I saw that huge, gaping and stunning hole in the first tower of the WTC. I stood there in disbelief talking with the large crowd which was quickly gathering. After 15 minutes or so, I walked back to my apartment (missing the second plane), turned on the t.v. and sat down at my desk which once had "a perfect view" of the World Trade Centers directly out of my bedroom window - it was then, while looking out the window, that I saw the first tower go down - it was fucking shocking! - I yelled out something in disbelief to my roommate who was in the other room watching it on his t.v. ... to see it in person and on t.v. at the same time was a very strange vantage point on history ... One bizarre note was that while I watching the tower collapse in front of me, the commentators on t.v. were talking about other things for at least a full thirty seconds before they even realized what had happened ...I started screaming at my set, "its gone", as if to get their attention ... After that, I went up to my roof, which has an incredible panoramic view of the entire city, and I stood in shock with a group of twenty or so, holding binoculars, watching in silence as the second tower came down ... it is truly unbelievable to see something of that magnitude implode -- Hollywood has gotten it right over the years, the effect of it seeing it live was just stunning ... the notable aspect of it in my mind was that it went down in "silence" from my vantage point of 2 miles away .... Afterwards, I went to the bank to get some cash and to go shopping for food ... We all thought we might be cut off from the outside world for god knows how long ... the grocery stores were jammed -- I made it home and finally got through on the phone to mom and dad in California ... I have been sitting here for hours now, watching out my window at the gaping hole now filled with a huge column of smoke as thousands are streaming up First Avenue, hopefully heading safely for home .... Emotionally, it was a very powerful and vivid event to witness ... I get shaky and near tears thinking of how many good people were killed today ... the picture of that plane tearing across the sky as it headed for the World Trade Center is now seared in my mind forever ... The streets here in NYC are packed with people, but I have not seen any panic, just grim acceptance ... even dealing with the long lines in the grocery store, people were being exceptional polite with each other which was a nice change of pace ... And I can't tell you what a beautiful day it is here in New York City!!! -- it is just so hard to reconcile the natural brilliance which is surrounding us with the horror which just occurred ... Going through my address book for this email, I realize I know so many folks here in New York who perhaps had friends and/or family in the downtown vicinity this morning. My thoughts, best wishes and love go to you all. David xxxxxxxxx my first view of ground zero ... 9/20 Tonight, after work, my friend Barbara and I, went out for our monthly drink(s) after work thing ... There was too much to discuss, terrorism, war, our friend's recent wedding, office politics and the time and drinks just flew by ... After three glasses of red wine apiece, we decided to head down to Union Square on 14th Street where an impromptu resurrection of the Hippie movement has been in full flower for the last week or so commemorating the recent troubles (The park has been turned into an incredible site, where every night thousands of people have been gathering for music, peace, candles, and remembrance)... but as we were approaching the 14th Street Station, we changed our minds and decided we needed to head further south and take a look at "ground zero" for the first time ... We weren't sure what we would be able to see once there, if the authorities would let us see "it", how close we could get to "it" and how, whatever we saw, would make us feel. We were full of anticipation though, and also nervous about what it would be like ... We definitely had a feeling of excitement about our little world terrorism adventure coming up - so when the subway pulled up to the Fulton Street station, and the doors opened, we were unexpectedly surprised and shocked by what hit us - the stench of human death ... It was shocking and ugly smell and whatever excitement we had immediately dissapeared ... To actually smell dead people was an unfortunate first for me ... it was such an unexpected physical sense that within moments, we were not sure if we could stand the sensation of it longer than a few moments ... so we dashed out of the station and finally found our way, after a series of cordoned off stairwells, to an exit that brought us directly up to Maiden Lane and Broadway. Thank God we got to open air because as soon as we did, that horribly sweet smell basically went away. Again, we had no idea what we would be able see from street level, or how much of the scene would be cut off by the surrounding buildings or the police lines, but incredibly, once we were out on the street, we could basically see it all ... Immediately, on that first corner, we were confronted with what was left of two of the smaller World Trade Center buildings, 5 and 7. Their twisted but still rectangular shapes were still quite recognizable, but their contorted intestines were hanging out of them at bizarre and impossible angles ... In the dark of night, with the stark illumination of the intense work lights, and the smoke still pouring out of the base of all the rubble, it was an extraordinary sight to see ... We eventually moved down one block south, where the remains of the skeletal facade of the South Tower was still standing like a honeycombed gravestone piercing the ground ...In the background, through the dense cloud which occasionally turned surprisingly visible as the wind blew across the site, the illuminated towers of the basically untouched American Express Building stood in contrast to the "science fiction" exterior we were facing ... Another block down Broadway, we were faced with an even taller tower of rubble -- constantly I was awed by what man had built as a crowning achievement to human glory and ingenuity; and what man had then destroyed as a symbol of his hatred and intolerance … There was a large crane rising several stories above the scene which was spraying a strong thrust of water over the smoldering metal and compressed pit of twisted rubble ... Again, it seemed like a huge alien sculpture set down in the middle of post-apocalyptic modern America ... The single most vivid emotional truth that came out of the trip downtown for me was this … It was an absolute MIRACLE that so many other people were spared from certain death … In no way am I being facetious by saying this, but "Allah" was being very kind to America when he/she allowed this horror to happen the way it did … The scene of destruction was so absolute, complete and horrific that it seemed impossible that the entire financial district wasn't destroyed as well ... but when you are right there, I had this incredible sense that tens of thousands of other people had been protected by some power from almost certain destruction. Standing right next to and encircling the complete and utter destruction of the WTC were dozens of modern skyscrapers and smaller scaled buildings dating from the 40's (before and after) which were nestled together; and all of them were without any obvious scratches on them ... their windows were almost all intact, with just a thick coating of dust on the walls and store fronts (on which people had scrawled words and messages of love and hope) ... The damage was all so cleanly contained, that it is hard to comprehend the complete obliteration evident which was laid out before our eyes -- ESPECIALLY when you turned your head to the other side of Broadway and saw white twinkling lights set on a grouping of trees in a small public park swaying in the still summer-like breeze one block away from ground zero ... It was an odd combination of experiences to piece together, but I have to admit, the feeling I left "ground zero" with was a positive one ... The scene itself is frightening but it was also made so human by the obvious care of the rescue workers and the quiet and solemn crowds that were gathered there .... I felt much more strongly than before I came downtown, that the WTC must be eventually rebuilt in some form … Just placing a park or a memorial in its place would be a poor substitute for what I think needs to be which is something that should house important businesses and vibrant people. Perhaps, it will be a much safer world, by the time they build it ... Bin Laden did his best to destroy a symbol and all he got was a building ... My humble little opinion is that America has caused far more good in the world than bad, and that Osama's perversion of his religion, is marred by a fatal flaw of arrogance and superiority that I trust and hope has been fatally misplaced on his part ... Afterwards, we made our way up to Union Square on 14th Street (the beautiful experience of that place definitely needs another email to itself), but the impromptu humaness and energy that was gathered there was a powerful testament to the unity and love that this piece of history has brought to New York City and America ... We're going to need all of it that we can get ... Love, David 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 story1878.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 sleeping the morning of September 11th when i heard the phone ring. I got up to answer it. My friend from the internet, Laurie, called me to tell me to turn on the tv. I was still half asleep and turned it on. I looked at it and asked her, "You woke me up to see bombings across seas?!?" She replied, "No, ya dummy, that is in New York!" That is when I really woke up. I could not believe my eyes and my heart sank right then. I just stared in amazement not believing what was taking place before my eyes. I hung up from Laurie and turned around and called my best friend from the internet in Oregon, Tani. I had totally forgotten that she is 2 hours behind me so it was about 6am there. When she answered the phone, I told her to go turn on her tv that they were bombing New York. I think at that time she thought I had lost my mind. We could not believe what was happening. On the anniversary of September 11th, Tani and I were talking about how I called her and we could not believe what was going on. That will be a memory that will not be forgotten. Chelle Cassy 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 story7269.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 listening to Good Morning America and I heard Diane Sawyer say,"We just heard that something has hit the World Trade Center. It may have been a plane". My thought was how could a pilot get that off track to hit such a visible building or that maybe there was engine failure. When the second plane hit, I knew this was something more than pilot error. Then the Pentagon was hit and the news said there was another plane near Camp David. Living so close to Washington, I became nervous about where this plane would hit. This plane was Flight 93. Thank the Lord the brave men and women on this flight did such a heroic and brave deed. They saved alot people that day. Then I watched in horror as the World Trade Center buildings began to fall. I knew how high these buildings were because I had gone to the top on a visit to New York a few years ago. I couldn't imagine being in one of them as they were falling. Finally, around 11:00 am the news reporters were saying that they thought all the hijacked planes were down. The attack was over, but the enormity of this horrific event was just beginning. As I write this the television is once again broadcasting all day coverage of the one year anniversary. All the memories are back, as if it happened yesterday. In a day our nation changed forever, but the one constant in our lives was the presence of God. Evil doers(President Bush called them)thought they would destroy us, but God saw to it that evil would not prevail. As a Christian, I know God will watch over and protect our country if we believe in Him. My faith in God and belief that Jesus is my Saviour have sustained me through this year. I know that what ever happens in our country from now on, that God is in control and that if I should die I will be with Him in heaven because I have asked Him to forgive me and be my Saviour. All the people who were in those buildings and on those planes are heroes to me. Because of them, we are fighting to keep our wonderful country free. Thank the Lord I live in the USA. Cindy Seagle 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 story5686.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 lying in bed listening to KTAR620AM, when Ned Foster, the news anchor, interrupted the program to report that a plane had flown into the World Trade Center. I will never forget the tone of his voice. It had a mixture of incredulity, surprise, tinged with fear. I turned on the television in my bedroom and tuned into CNN and saw the gaping hole and flames coming out of the North Tower. I watched for a few minutes and then came the second explosion. Immediately, I went into the living room and turned on the television and watched, like the rest of the nation, in horror. My oldest daughter called me and then I called my younger daughter, whose husband was born in New York. Soon thereafter the Pentagon was struck and for the first time I felt total fear. I wanted to get my daughters and granddaughter and bring them to my home so I would know they were all safe. I cancelled my appointments at work and sat mesmerized and fearful watching and waiting for the latest bulletins. Then we heard about the crash in Pennsylvania. Both of my daughters had to go to work, so I later picked up my granddaughter, who was eight years old, and brought her to my home. We hung my American flag on the front of my house. I live near Luke Air Force Base and watched the fighter planes take off all day and heard them all night. Later we gathered as a family and prayed for the victims and for our country and for our leaders. Initially, I was full of irrational rage and vengeance and wanted to annihilate the entire middle east. I felt that rage for days until, at last, with a friend's arms around me I sobbed and sobbed. I want to always remember this attack---it was not a tragedy---it was an vicious, unprovoked, insane attack that brought tragedy to so many people. I want to remember my anger and resolve and commitment to live my life as fully as possible. I have resolved to heal any relationship wounds, live my life more fully, and use the gifts and talents I have been given to serve God and my fellow humans. God Bless the victims and their families. 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 story2388.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 remember sitting in my Chemistry class and having the teacher ask if we had heard what had happened. I did not actually see the planes hit the buildings but we watched the towers fall over and over again as they showed the planes hitting the towers. There was never any announcement over the speaker to let everyone know what was going on. My principal did not want to have this interrupt our school day, which many of us were very upset about. Then finally an announcement came on, all the teachers had to turn off their TVS and no one was allowed to have them on. The power was cut to the TVs in the building about fifteen minutes later. Then the principal and vice principals walked around the rest of the day to make sure that none of the teachers were discussing the events of the day. All the students and most of the teachers were very upset about the way that the principal was handling the situation. We all thought we had a right to know what was going on. The principal said that we would know what was going on as soon as we got out of school, but for the time being we were to worry about class. Every other high school around us was watching the news and talking about why this was happening and who was doing it. We on the other had were told to figure it out ourselves when school was out. When I got home from school that day I immediately turned on the TV. The Twin Towers crashing to the ground was the only thing to be seen on every channel. I sat there for hours just watching it and figuring out all the pieces of the story. I could not believe what was happening and that people could be so evil that they would want to destroy so many people's lives. I remember that day like it was yesterday and wish that my school would have handled things differently. I think it would have meant a lot more to everyone in school that day to have watched it on the television and talked about why it was happening. 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 story11195.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: Ever since I was a child, a road trip to visit family in north Jersey meant driving past the New York City skyline - a skyline of promise, strenghth, and pride. I can remember as the Twin Towers came into view the overwhelming feeling I felt knowing that right on the other side of the river resided a microcosm of life unparalleled to any other. Life resonated at a different pace; the city provided opportunity and employment for hundreds of thousands of people throughout the area, including my hometown. Not having Tuesday classes that semester, I slept in on September 11th, 2001. I was awakened by a frantic phone call from my mother at work, pressing me to turn on the television, because a plane had flown into World Trade Center Tower One. In a panic, we tried calling her fiance?, who worked in the city, as my friends tried to contact their fathers that also worked there. To our dismay, throughout the day, all of the phone lines in and out of the city were out of order. As my family and I watched the news, all of us in different regions of the state and country, we stared in disbelief at the destruction of the most symbolic structures of New York City. Shock permeated the air of our very existence. The void that the towers had once occupied immediately filled with fear, and a feeling of disbelief and disorientation. A black cloud of despair seemed to move in over our country. Then, as tears welled up in my eyes, I watched as two other planes went down, one in a field in Pennsylvania, and the other at the Pentagon. I took the time out to call loved ones in different areas of the country to make sure that they were ok, let them know that I was too, and most of all, (because no one knew what to expect next) to tell them that I loved them. I have never felt so much fear and love all at once. I called anyone I could think of to tell them that they resided forever in a special place in my heart. The following day, I took a trip to Jersey City to gape across the river at the gap in the sky where two becons of prosperity and hope had stood. In their place was a giant billow of smoke, stretching all the way to the Statue of Liberty. I sought closure to confirm my disbelief, and witnessed it that day, in the park. For the first time in my life, I didn't cry for only myself. I cried enough tears to fill an ocean. Following that short pilgrimage, I placed a flag on the antenna of my car, and often looked at it to give me a sense of hope for our country, and the months that would follow. Fortunately for my family and the families of my close friends, our loved ones returned home to us safely on September 11. However, over the following months, I was able to meet some very special people from my hometown who had lost loved ones. Their strength remains unparalleled to any strength that I have ever witnessed in my entire life. The sorrow that I feel for their losses will never be forgotten, but their perserverance and endurance provide proof of the strength of humankind, and that has taught me a valuable lesson of self-worth. Dance like no one is watching, and love as if you have never been hurt before, for you never know what tomorrow may bring. You see, September 11 provided a break in the pride that had once resided in the heart of every American citizen, which was one of the main objectives of the terrorists. However, what was not expected was the strength that has grown throughout our nation. The losses of September 11 will never be forgotten, for they are etched in our minds and hearts for all eternity. Now, in place of the smoke and fear that replaced the towers' existence permanently resides a strong sense of American pride and a strong desire to not compromise our hope, promise, and dreams. 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 story8144.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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