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 REMIMBER I GOT MY CHILDREN OFF TO SCHOOL ON TIME FOR A CHANGE AND WITH NO HASEL OR PROBLEMS WITH THEM AT ALL. I REMIMBER THINKING TO MY SELF "THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY" EVENTHOUGH I WAS HAVING SERIOUS BACK PROBLEMS ( WHICH ONLY OCCUR WHEN SOMETHING MAJOR IS OR HAS JUST HAPPENED) I TURNED ON MY TELEVISION LAYED ON MY FLOOR TOO HELP MY BACK AND FELL BACK TO SLEEP JUST TO BE WOKE UP BY MY FIANCE SHOCKED AND IN FEAR. I LOOKED AT THE TV AND IN DISBELIFE AND TROUMENDOUS SHOCK COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING. I STARTED CRING IN FEAR AND SYMPATHY FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. THEN I REMIMBERED MY CHILDREN. HOW I ALLOWED THEM TO WALK THEMSELVES TO SCHOOL TODAY WITHOUT ME. I REMIMBER THINKING WAHT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS HERE OR HAS ANYTHING ALRESDY HAPPENED HERE? I IMMEDIATLY CALLED THE SCHOOL AND WAS TOLD CORY AND ASHLEY WERE IN SCHOOL AND THAT IT WOULD BE BEST FOR THEM TO STAY IN SCHOOL. I CONTEMPLATED ON THAT FOR A MOMENT THEN SOMEWHAT AGREED. THAT WAS WHEN I REMIMBERED MY OLDER SISTER.... TODAY IS HER BIRTHDAY AND HER HUSBAND WAS TO BE A PASSENGER ON FLIGHT 93. I CALLED HER RIGHT THEN IF A FRANTIC SCARE. WHEN SHE ANSWERED SHE SOUNDED FINE SO I WAS NATURALLY SCARED TO ASK HER IF SHE HAD HEARD WHAT HAPPENED AND TO MY AMAZEMENT SHE SAID YES AND ASSURED ME THAT CRAIG (HER HUSBAND) CHOSE TO DRIVE HOME RATHER THEN FLY AND HEADED FOR HOME THE NIGHT BEFOR. SHE TOLD ME "CRAIG CAN'T WAIT FOR THE PLANE, HE WANTED TO GET HOME TO ME NOW" I'M EXPECTING HIM ANYTIME NOW. WITH THAT IN MIND I WAS GIVEN A LITTLE RELIFE BUT NOT ENOUGH TO STOP THE PAIN OR HURT OR ANGRE THAT I WAS AND AM FEELING FROM ALL OF THIS. SO WHEN THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY CAME AROUND I FELT WORRIED FOR MY SISTER AGAIN THINKING HOW MUCH SHE MUST DISLIKE HER BIRTHDAY NOW BECAUSE OF THE TERORIST ATTACKS AND THE THOUGHT OF "IF HER HUSBAND HAD NOT DECIDED TO DRIVE HE WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT HOME FOR HER BIRTHDAY". SO I GAVE HER A CALL AND LEARNED THAT ON HER BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR SHE HAD THE SAME THOUGHTS I HAD PKLUS THE HURT IN HER HEART AND FAMIY FOR THE LOSE OF HER FATHER IN LAW ON THIS ANNIVERSARY OF 9-11 MY HEART GOES OUT TO HER AND ALL THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS THAT HAVE LOST SOMEONE ON THIS DATE OF 9-11 SINCERLY NAD WITH THE MOST SYMPATHY MY GOD BLESS YOUR SOULS GINA ROACH 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 story6949.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 sitting in the lobby of a busy office building. I was giving a co-worker a break, when the phone rang. It was my mother, she said" The trade center and other important buildings are under attack." I was shocked about the events and all I thought was the world is going to end and I am going to be at work. I am an Emergency Services Officer, so I was extermly concerned with all the events and also worried about my wife and twins at home. I called my wife and told her to turn on the TV. She was shocked and was left speechless. I told her that I love her and the twins and if she heard anything to contact me at work. The whole next weeks flew by. I cried when I thought of all that were killed and even more so about FDNY. My wife and I along with my Fire Department toured FDNY a few years back. FDNY personal treated us great. I also work in the Fire service so I was a wreck about all of those brave men and women who lost their lives doing what they loved. That is one thing about Firefighters they love there job. I my self am a second greneration Firefighter. I am the first EMT in my family. So all in all I Feel for all of those whom lost their loved ones and I pray that this great contry will never endoure a horriable encounter as this one.GOD bless us all. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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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: GETTING READY FOR WORK ,GLANCING AT THE TV FROM TIME TO TIME.NEWSFLASH THEN A PICTURE OF THE FIRST PLANE HITTING THE FIRST TOWER.I COULDNT MOVE MY EYES FROM THE TV SCREEN,THINKING THIS COULDNT OF HAPPENED IN THE UNITED STATES THERE HAS BEEN A MISTAKE.AFTER THE SECOND TOWER FELL AT 10 28 AM I BECAME NUMB. THE REST OF THE DAY WAS A BLUR FILLED WITH HEART WRETCHING SADDNESS,THE SAME FEELING YOU HAVE WHEN A LOVED ONE IS TAKEN FROM YOU.ALOT WAS TAKEN FROM US AS A NATION THAT DAY.TODAY I GRIEVE ,I WILL ALWAYS GRIEVE I WILL NEVER FORGET.GOD BLESS AMERICA! 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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, I left at 7:00 AM on Amtrack Penn Station on a train which was to arrive in Baltimroe 9:21, to attend a biotechnology convention. I mormally like to travel by air, but my travel agent convinced me to take the train on this day. At 9:05 AM, after a pleasant ride, I picked up my cell phone and called my office. I told Victoria, my assistant to call our travel agent and thank him for suggesting the train. The ride had been pleasant. During our conversation, Victoria apologized and asked me to hold on since she had to take an emergency call. She got back to me a few minutes later and said the emergency call was my daughter, Karyn. Karyn was sitting at her desk on the 46th floor of the McGraw Hill building when she looked out and saw a plane hit into one of the twin towers. Said to Victoria, "I spoke to my Mom last night, and I know she is travleing today, I think to Baltimore. But tell me is she on a plane or a train - I didn't pay attention to her. Victoria said, she is on a train and I have her holding on her cell phone now. What's up Karyn? While Victoria and Karyn were speaking Karyn missed seeing the second plane hit the second tower. However, Karyn had seen enough and has had enough nightmares with the sight she had seen. While I was checking into my hotel in Baltimore, there was a big commotion in the lobby, and I found out that the Pentagon had just been hit. So I had the news of hits on both ends. It was unreal, the twin towers and the Pentagon in one day. One of my colleagues who left Penn Station at 7:30 was forced off Amtrack in Phildadelphia, and he had to stay over at a hotel in Philadelphia. Amtrack closed down. There were bomb threats at the convention center and when the expo hall was open we were all either saying prayers or gathered by televsions to see the news. When I finally was able to return to New York and I saw from the train the NY skyline from the Jersey side, it was an awesome sight to see what appaered to be a large pillow of smoke around this wound where the twin towers once stood tall. Seeing it with my own eyes was not anything at all like what I had seen on TV. When I got out at Penn Station, the air quality was very poor. I cried for New York. It was so sad. It was the end of innocence for everyone in the country. 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 Sept. 11th I was in my 6th grade class learning about the state of Tennessee, when all of a sundden my principal came on over the intercom. She was said that all the teachers had to go to a confrence. They left us all there to watch the movie Charlettes Web. As i looked around they class kids slowly departed from the class. I then found out that their parents were taking them out of school. it was not just 3 or 4 kids but as many as 20 to 30 kids just from the 6th grade class. Later my mom did the same and took me out of class. At first i thought it was a good thing, until we turned on the TV and saw what happened. At first i didnt understand but later i found out that we have been attacked. My first impulsive reaction was to ask if dad was ok who works in the pentagon. Luckaly he was out of town in FL. This day was very scary to me and i learned alot about our country too. 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 story20489.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 first period,english 3,and i had done my assignments and my teacher who was also my journalism teacher let me to work on my pages for the school newspaper in the journalism room and i then decided to call my best friend. she picked up the phone immediatley and i asked her what she was up to and she said im watching the news ill call you back and i said no, talk to me and she said,dude the united states is under attack or something and i didnt know exactly what she meant by that she said turn on a tv and hung up the phone, i then went into the dark-room where there was a tv and turned it on where i saw the north and south tower of the world trade center on fire. at first ididnt know what was going on,like it didnt click i just thought that the buildings were on fire and the fire department would put it out. i knew that the damage was bad because they replayed the second plane spear throught the south tower and i just froze in shock. i thought to myself mMY GOD WHAT IS GOING ON and then out of nowhere i heard peter jennings voice say this just in another plane has just crashed into the pentagon. by then i left the room and headed back to the classroom where i told my teacher what was going on he listened to me very carfully as if he was trying to comprehend what was coming out of my mouth. a couple of minutes later an announcement came over the intercom by our assistant princapal guadalupe soza, he notified everyone about the attacks and by second period all of hte tvs in the classroom were set at abc. and everyone quitely sat in their chairs stairing up at the screens with disbelief. more then likley alot of people just like myself did not understand what was really happening they just starred up with this question in their mind,what is going on. everyperiod that day was basically the same a second period everyone watching the news,and sitting there shocked.after school i went home and bought a pack of four video tapes to record the news about september 11th and later on that night i went to the convinence store to buy a special edition of the monitor, a local newspaper in the rio grande valley. i stayed up the whole night watching and recording the news and just thinking to myself what kind of people could have so much hate in their hearts to do something like this and take the lives of so many innocent people who were doing their everyday thing whether it be working on an airplane or in an office at the pentagon or world trade center or the passengers of the four airplanes that were hijacked.ever since september 11th i fell like i have become a totally different person,for watching for the past year and a half all of the footage that i have recorded from the tv ,scenes of people jumping out of the buildings and the planes crashing into the towers.i just feel my chest collapse everytime i see the images of the second plane hitting the towers from different angles and thinking about all of the people that died that instant who were burned or pushed out of their office into the sky by the planes. then i think of all families of the people who worked in the buildings,what were they feeling knowing that someone they loved was probably dead in the building,and then of course all of the brave men and women who went into the buildings and didnt come out for the simple fact that they wanted to save lives and it makes me feel like shit because there was abosolutley nothing i could do i wish i could catch the people that were jumping out of the buildings rather than being burn alive. i listen to the songs with the voices of reporters and people on the street that saw the whole thing unfold and i hear president bushes voice sound in my head with the address of the nation telling people all over the world what had just happened. ive had so many dreams about september 11th and about being at ground zero and i watched the whole thing over and over and till this day i still watch the videos and just try to imagine myself there. sometimes when im high i like to watch the videos because i feel like i was there and i feel the pain of that day,i think i should stop[ writing now but god bless the victims and theire families and god bless the men and women who died on that day doing their job or trying to rescue the innocent people who where trapped insid e the towers....i will never forget the way i felt that day or the way i feel right now after just writing about it which i had never done before.....dont take your freedom for granted.....fabian Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Last year on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I witnessed the unfortunate tragedy in many unique ways. On the exact day of the brutal bombing, I was enjoying a beautiful fall day until my mom told me the breathtaking news. She told me two planes had crashed deliberately into the Twin Towers in New York City. As I witnessed the awful pictures on the news, I stared speechless, feeling very scared and extremely angry toward the evilness of the incident. I was speechless, for I couldn't believe the entire innocent lives that were viciously taken as the Twin Towers fell quickly into the soil of New York. Surely, I felt helpless and cried some for the thousands of smart and wonderful people from all over the world who perished under the terrorists' evil acts. Sadly, I thought about the 3,000 families that lost their loved ones because of this tragedy. I couldn't even imagine how these unfortunate families must feel. After I thought deeply for a while, I was still unable to believe that the majestic Twin Towers were no longer there. It's a sense of loneliness knowing that one of America's greatest structures ever built just suddenly disappeared. I cringed thinking how someone could be so incredibly heartless that he would purposely take 3,000 lives. These are the unfortunate experiences I witnessed on the tragic day of September 11, 2001. Always, I will remember all the innocent lives taken by this evil act. Of course, my life has changed drastically because of 9/11. Although this tragedy is unfortunate, it has taught me many valuable lessons. After the deadly attack, I learned to never take anything for granted and to live my precious life to the fullest. You never do know what evil is waiting to strike in the future. Also, September 11 had made me prouder to be an American and respect out great country even more. In addition, I have grown more cautious and look out for my well being more often. This is how the tragedy of 9/11/01 has changed my life forever. In the future, the people of America should remember many important lessons about September 11, 2001. Most importantly, we should definitely remember and honor all the brave firefighters, police officers, and volunteers who died trying to save innocent lives. To me these heroes showed a tremendous amount of courage and bravery. They are one of the many reasons that make me proud to be an American. In addition, we have to remember the thousands of people that perished form the Twin Tower collapse. Of course, we also must remember how our outstanding country came together to mourn the deaths and unite as a society in becoming a stronger nation. We must always remember these essential things about September 11, 2001 and keep them in our hearts 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 story8477.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 the morning of 9-11, my husband, Cornell Roberts, and I were scheduled for a 10:00 a.m. business meeting at the World Trade Center. We had planned to travel from Virginia to New York CITY on the previous afternoon and had scheduled to stay in a NYC hotel. Since neither of us had ever visted inside the WTC, we made plans to enjoy a light breakfast on the top floor of the WTC at about 8:30 a.m. We told no one of of our plans- not family nor friends. ( not an usual thing for us, as we often traveled without telling anyone) THE ONLY REASON WE ARE HERE TODAY IS DUE TO A TWIST OF FATE! I became violently ill due to something I ate on Monday morning, so we canceled our plans for September 11th. Had we carried out our plans we surely would have been killed. I shutter to think about how our family and friends would have anguished over our being missing and the not knowing where we could possibly be. (Cornell says he thinks he casually mentioned to a friend some weeks earlier that we had planned to visit NYC but wasn't sure.) We will never again, make travel plans without letting someone know of our whereabouts. We are grateful to God almighty, that we are here to tell our story but, first and foremost, to express our deepest sympathies to all those families touched by the tragedy. September 11th has profoundly touched anyone around the globe with a heart and a sense of humanity. In the end there is only LOVE. Perhaps someday humankind will learn and apply the proper balance of LOVE, PEACE, POWER and JUSTICE. May they triumph over hate, discord, dominence and injustice. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: As I reflect back that day I can't help but think of the big question "What if?" I was to leave for NYC that day. I was setting out on my first travel assignment as an ER Nurse. I was going to do a mini New York vacation before heading to Maine for my assignment. I am plagued with thoughts of what would have happened if I would have left a day sooner or if things happened a day later. Where would I have been? What would I have done if I would have been there... in NYC? Since then I have visited all sites... WTC, Shanksville, and the Pentagon. The WTC in Decmeber of 2001 was a smoldering mess of debris that sent a stench through the streets that if I close my eyes I can still smell. When the world starts to complain and such about America's actions since then, and I find myself questioning things I close my eyes and take myself back to September 11 and my walk in NYC on December 17th. I get chills and then remember that for those people lost we MUST go to the ends of the Earth to stop anything else from ever happening again. I have dedicated myself to working with the Disaster prepardness in my hospital and the plans we would have in place if.... We drill and plan for a day that I hope never comes. But that is my way of dealing and praying that we will be ready to handle whatever the world may throw at us here in Fort Worth, Texas. Always Remembering- Jennifer Nelson RN Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11th, 2001, I was on a layover in Burbank, CA. I am a flight attendant, and to awake to such a horrific story was overwhelming. Although five years have passed, I find that as we remember this infamous day today, September 11, 2006, that those feelings still feel "fresh", especially when recalling the horrible events of that morning. At the time this tragedy occurred, I was our chair for AFA, The Association of Flight Attendants, at Alaska Airlines for our Critical Incident Response Program (CIRP). In this role, I spent month's of follow-up with our flight attendants~~tending to their emotional needs with referrals, CIRP debriefing's and diffusings, and in some cases, crying with my peers. Our peer CIRP team reached out to our fellow crewmembers at United (same union) and American. As crew, we share feelings and fears with our peers that are sometimes difficult to explain to "civilians". To this day, I can only begin to imagine what those crews went through when they realized they were being used as "human weapons" in an aluminum tube! The devastation, the loss, and the thousands of Americans that lost loved ones can never be replaced; however, my hope would be that American would continue to show their resolve and honor those lost on 9/11 with carrying on in the courageous manner each and every man, woman, and child did that fateful morning. As I continue to put on my uniform and step on that plane, trip after trip, there is a brief moment of reflection on my part, of all four crews from 9/11. With the continued security threats made to our country, we have revamped our security protocal in the aviation airplane as we now know an enemy that we had never "met" before. With this in mind, I am honored to serve in a workforce that produced "heroes" in their own way, on the morning of September 11th, 2001. My thoughts and prayers continue to go out to every family member, friend and coworker of someone lost that day. WE WILL NEVER FORGET and will be FOREVER GRATEFUL! Respectfully, Melody Respeto Alaska Airlines Flight Attendant 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 story20787.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 wrote this on Sept 12 and sent it to a group of online friends. Reading it again now, my eyes fill with tears like it was all yesterday. My heart breaks for those so profoundly impacted by the events of September 11, 2001. ________________________________________ I just need to share this with everyone. I am having so much trouble handling all of this. Just when I think I have it together, I see or hear a story so personal, so painful, that it is all I can do keep from breaking down again. I was a Marine. I am a strong man fully capable of controlling my emotions. But this devastation is so pervasive, so incidious, so horrid that I feel like my heart cannot possibly contain it all. Yesterday, in an instant, someone's entire world was destroyed. A young man, perhaps, already missing his wife or partner, wishing the flight that took them away would hurry home. Instead, in a moment of horror, he watched his most significant other vanish in a ball of flame and debris and hate. In a flash, more than a plane disappeared. Gone was the promise to "see you soon." Gone were a million secrets shared between them... the private joke about the loud waiter... the song they danced to last weekend at that corner bar... the color they planned to paint the kitchen. Across town, a Mom sat stunned. Below her, her children played, oblivious to the thief that had slipped in and stolen their happiness. They are too young to understand, you see. But in the years to come, they will fully come to appreciate the horror of this day. The damage to their lives will be done not in a flash, but in the sadness of days to come. "Your Dad would have been so proud of you," Mom will say at every important event. And the tears will flow again, a wound as raw and jagged as the moment it was inflicted. These are just some of the thoughts that are tearing me to pieces right now. I feel so much pain, like the very fabric of our souls have begun to unravel. I know we will recover. I know we will find peace again, and happiness. Right now, though, those things seem like some impossible dream. Thanks for letting me ramble - John 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 story1147.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 sitting at my desk at work. I live in Indiana and we are an hour later on the clock than NYC. A co-worker from up front came back to my area and announced "the world trade center has just been bombed". I didn't think much about it at that time. Then various people started to buzz and I paid more and more attention. I finally called my mother who is retired and asked her, "is something going on out there in the world? Turn on your TV and call me back". I turned on my own radio just in time to hear Peter Jennings being testy with someone around him. Then he announced that one of the towers had fallen. He had to stop talking for a moment, obviously awed by the unbeliveable sight. I said to those around me, "Peter Jennings just announced that building fell." Then I heard the announcement that all planes were to land wherever they were. This must be really serious, I said to a co-worker. Shortly afterwards, someone came by and told us they had live coverage on a big screen TV one floor above. A co-worker and I went up to look. When I saw the pictures of the towers crashing it really hit me. "There were people in there, someone's mother, someone's husband or wife, somebody's child, a lot of them, were in that building. Throughout the day as I saw again the tumbling giants, I felt sorrier somehow for the hypothetical images that must have come true a thousand times that day: the retired mom, who sat down to watch the news with a cup of coffee and saw the tower fall-a place where her very proud son or daughter worked. The image of a pre-schooler waiting impatiently for his mom to pick him up at five o'clock..and mom was in the tower. 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 story7173.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-13 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 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: On Seaptember 11, 2001 I was in Whitman Middle school in 3rd period in science. At about 10:00 all the teachers went in the hallway and like 30 seconds later Mr. Davis the principal came on the loud speaker and anounnced that the Trade Towers and the Pentagon just got hit. Then my taecher cut on the TV and let us see what was going on. Almost immediatley some of the kids started crying cause some of their parents worked at the Pentagon and some of their parents was in New York. I started to fell lucky and scared at the same time. My mom didn't work near the Pentagon or in New York but my mothers cusin did. So I called and made sure she was alright. Fortunely she was already evacuated before the planes hit. I was so scared but then I was relieved when my mom came and picked me up and took me home. 9/11/01 will be a day I will always remember. 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 story8121.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 9/11 narrative is already on this site. I'm a native New Yorker who has lived in the DC area for some time now. In September 2001 I spent time in New York as well as spending several harrowing hours on the bus with others like me, trying to get home while the Pentagon (which is not far from me) was burning and lives were being lost. I also spent time in NYCity 2 weeks after 9/11 -- and that terrible sad time is also burned into my soul. What is it like 5 years later? I still pass the Pentagon every day. I look at the totally restored building and think of those lives that are never to be restored, or those burned hands and faces and limbs that will never be restored, and that trust in life that is never to be restored, and I realize that MANY children who were born on or near that fateful day are now old enough to understand in a limited way, what we are commemorating today. IDO NOT want them or their Children's children to ever forget this -- just as I DO NOT want them or their childrens children to ever forget Women's Fight for Equality, or the Holocaust, or the Afro American struggle for Equality, or the Struggle for LGBT Rights, or September 11, 2001. What will we be struggling for in the future? Will we be working VERY hard for Peace, realizing that it begins in each one of our hearts and souls??? Will it be realizing that if we deliberately shortchange someone, or steal from them, or slander them, or bump them in the street or push them on the subway, or make fun of the way they look or talk or dress -- that we are dividing ourselves from one another -- setting the stage for anger, hatred, and revenge??? How much easier it would be to move over to one side, smile, ACCEPT each others' differences, get away from irritating people instead of confronting them (never fight a bear in its own cave!) and, as my mother used to say "Smile at that stranger -- be nice to that stranger (unless of course they are about to do something Very Bad to you! Then RUN!) for you NEVER know what that other person may be suffering!" So every day I pass the Pentagon, and in my minds eye I still remember the utter devastation where there is now a restored facade. I think of those people who were standing at their fax machines or sipping their morning cuppa at their desk -- who were suddenly confronted by melted hands (burned by the jet fuel) broken bones, and/or a mad dash down a dark hallway reeking with jet fuel fumes, and possibly a dash to a certain death. I think of those people in the planes who may or may not have known that their plane was about to disintegrate, that they were about to die in a nanosecond. Those innocents in the World Trade Center, suddenly being confronted with the worst possible hell on earth coming through their windows, visiting death and destruction in the twinkling of an eye. The Towers may be gone, but those memories will resonate there, forever. I think of the wives, husbands, loved ones, kids, kitties, pups, all waiting for their loved one to come home from another work-day at the World Trade Center -- and the terrible shock of discovering that their loved one is gone....... That peaceful field in Pennsylvania, becoming the deadly resting place for yet another plane filled with innocent victims, killed by terrible evil...... September 11 - that terrible day of destruction -- will never again be just an Ordinary Day. This day is a shrine -- and should be a vow for us to promise starting NOW -- to work together perpetually, for peace and healing as we all did in those terrible dark days and weeks after that day that pure evil was visited upon us. I live not far from the Pentagon. On the night of September 10, 2006, I saw the Pentagons illumination ceremony from my windows -- 184 beams of light to commemorate each life lost in the attack on the Pentagon. The beautiful beams of light spread upwards in a huge fan shape and in the middle of all these beams of light the full rising moon itself lent a tribute it was blood-orange red, and was so precisely poised in the middle of those beams of light that for one second, I thought it was part of the illumination itself. No it was Mother Nature herself lending her own tribute to this rite of sorrow and commemoration. Ten years from now, where will we 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/. Title A name given to the resource story20514.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Like any normal day, I was at school and had heard nothing of the September 11th attacks until I had made my way home. Normally, I would go straight past the front room and into the dining room to use the computer, but for no particular reason I decided to turn the telly on in the front room. What I saw was a shock and I did not understand it. An aeroplane flying into the side of the World Trade building? It looked as though it was straight out of an action movie. Slowly I realised it was real as the commentary told of the entire horrific and tragic truth. 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 story11153.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'm sure for everyone Sept. 11th started out as any other Tuesday morning. I had just arrived at work when I heard about the first plane hitting the tower. I remember thinking that it was just a small plane and thinking that it really wasn't a big deal. Looking back I realize how selfish of a thought that was. At the time though no one realized what horrible day this would turn out to be and being from a small town in Indiana I especially didn't realize how closely I would be affected by all of this. As the morning got more horrific I could only think that I needed to know that my little girl and husband were alright. I think everyone probably thought the same thing even though logically I knew they weren't in harms way. My little girl was with her babysitter who is also a close friend so I knew she was fine, but my husband drives a semi and was about two hours from home. I remember fealing so relived that he was back only to find out that he was leaving in only a couple of hours to go to New York. My husband also drives chartered buses and he had been asked to drive FEMA to the disaster site. All I could think about was the fact that he was going to be so close to the danger. He kept telling me that he would be fine and that he would be back soon and I could only think that so many people in those buildings told their loved ones that they would be home soon and so many never returned home. My husband did come back ten days later. He and all the FEMA workers came home to a heros welcome. I've never felt prouder of him. I know that he saw some horrible things while he was there, some I'm sure I still hasn't told me about and may never will, but I'm sure that if asked to go again he would in a heartbeat. Like so many others I didn't personally know anyone that lost their life that day, but I feel like have a connection with so many. Three days ago was the one year anniversary and just like last year my husband was in his semi, my little girl was about to go to the sitters, and I was about to go to work only on this Sept. 11th I made sure I hung the flag out before I left. 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 story7425.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. 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: On September the 11 of 2001 I was at school in my third period class When a young lady approach my civcs teacher in said a plane has just crash into the twin towers. My teacher imeadtily call his wife. About five mintues later a report about the Pentagon . I stop in the first thing that camed to my head was my stepfather. I was nervous wondering about if he was injured or even if he was still alive. Would my mother eyes be fill up with tears or what not. As I waited intill i approached my neighborhood to see if my father was home .I found his face fulled with joyed and not sorrow. But I fell that they took a whole lot of innocent lives. They took mothers from there family and also fathers. I felt so afraid because I didnt know if I would live to see the age 15.But thank God that he but his angel around me. I pray for the ones who lost a love one. In I hope that we all can move on even threw the hard times. 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 story4675.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 heard about the attack as i was driving across the Tappan Zee Bridge in bumper to bumper traffic, on my way to work. In the distance, i saw the pillars of black,thick smoke coming from the buildings. I had on the radio my favorite pop station, who broke into the song that was playing to start reporting what was going on. Only no one really knew what the story was..they had phone calls from people in the second tower who were watching the first tower aflame...I will always remember thinking later on if any of those people who took the time to chat on the radio made it out in time when the second tower was hit... I got to work, and immediately put on the TV..i work in a nursing home as a therapist, but cancelled all my patients..I had my father and my boyfriend working that day in the city, and i knew that my cousin Debbie worked in the towers..I tried desperately to get through to all of them, with no luck...I remember talking to my mom, who had heard from my Dad, and yelling at her to tell him to get out as quick as possible. As soon as i heard about potential bridge closings, I decided to leave work and get my child from school..I was afraid to be without her, and didn't know what would happen next. I remember driving in an almost trancelike state to her school, thinking about where we would go to be safe..and then suddenly realizing that no where was safe, and if we were to be attacked, home was where i wanted to be. I got to the school with the other frantic parents to pick my child up..she was oblivious to what was happening, as any seven year old should be. I filled my car with gas, and went home, immediately turning on the tv to CNN, which would be my only channel over the next few days. I hudled with her on the couch, until i realized that the reports were un-nerving to her, and sent her to her room to play. I was sure the people that I was concerned about were dead.. After spending a number of hours in this uncertain, fearful state, I did find out that all the people I was worried about were okay. My boyfriend had gotten out of the city in the afternoon, my father was one of the " walking people", who treked through the city's highways to get home, and that my cousin was late taking her bus to the city that day and saw the first hit as the bus was ready to go through the tunnel..that night, I drove to my botfriends house with my daughter, packing some things in case it would be difficult to return..I had no idea what awaited our country in the future. I found out later on that a friend of mine was among the missing and eventually his body was found with that of my friends brother... It was a day that i will never forget..and will make sure that my child never forgets either... 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 story1826.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: The first plane hit WTC just as I arrived for work. I remember the air was thick with anxiety and shock. Since I work for a major investment bank headquartered in lower Manhattan, our disaster recovery plan required us to take over functions from that region as backup. While I think our staff kept things going in a admirable fashion, it was extremely hard to focus on the tasks at hand knowing some of our coworkers were there in the thick of pure pandomonium. Our manager was visiting HQ in NYC and in fact was staying the Millenium Hotel next to the WTC, but fortunately was blocks away at the time of impact. In the end, we lost two in the towers. When the towers fell, the world changed in more ways than we could count for our nation. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story20777.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 vacationing in New York City from Houston, Texas with my husband, son and nephew. I had a reservation to have brunch on July 8, 2001 in the "Windows On The World" for Sunday Brunch. It was a pouring down rainy day, but I told my family I wanted to go there anyway. We arrived there at 11 a.m. and were seated at a nice corner table. It was very foggy and we could not see a thing. Suddenly the fog lifted, the rain stopped and we had a spectacular view and was able to see all the beauty of New York that we so remembered, as my husband and I were born and raised in West 101st Street, just one block west of Central Park. We all had a wonderful brunch and the wait staff were fantastic. There was a band there with a lead black singer and he asked us what did we want to hear him sing, and we all shouted "New York, New York" He sang it directly to us and our hearts were just filled with joy. As we were leaving the restaurant, the singer called to us. "Please come back and visit us soon" Little did we know that exactly one year later we did go back but the view was one that broke us up and the sadness is still with us. We keep thinking about all those nice people that served us there and all the others in the buildings that perished, including our Fire and Police Department men that lost their lives in that terrible tragedy. 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