390 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: A brief Update. I made an entry 1 year 'after' now it`s 5 years later. I`m off today so I have Time to watch things and Reflect , I`m glad it worked out that way. Now to update my previous entry. I am still on 'Alert' . I suppose that won`t change. It keeps me aware of the Troops on the Front Lines. The Oregon Air National Guard still protects the Great North West. I feel good everytime I see them fly. It appears Little Mikey's toy tank did the Job. He put it on the porch of his home & pointed the gun to the Sky. To Protect His Home. He was 6 then. Now He`s 11.. So there You Go, from Oregon City -Oregon , End of The Oregon Trail. Peace to You All , Mike 9/11/2006 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 story20717.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2006-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.20.64.201 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 9-11 I was at school. Everything was normal, but then the kids started talking agout a plane and a building in New York. I thought maybe a small plane just hit a small building.When I went home for lunch and I turned on the TV, I saw it. The plane hitting the World Trade Center. Then another hit the south tower.Maybe twenty minutes later the north tower collapsed and that's about when I went back to school. Then in Mrs. Cano's math classall we did was talk about this. Then someone told me that the south tower had collapsed. I was in shock knowing that maybe thousands had died. After school I was at home watching it all. They thought the death toll was between 4 to 5 thousand. I didn't believe it. Then, a few days later they found out who was behind this terrorist attack. It was Osama Bin Laden. After I found this out I couldn't sleep. It was the worst thing I've seen in all 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 story6272.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: I was in high school when this happened and I did not know that it happened for three hours. I was in a parenting class, as a senior. When I heard this story I was so upset that I left school. I heard the United States Coast Guard was moving to the Homeland Defense Department. Until then I had no idea what I would do with my life. Due to the attacks on our country I joined the United States Coast Guard, active duty. I graduated basic training on August 09, 2002. I'm now stationed in Houston Texas at the Marine Safety Office. Today is September 14, 2002 and I want to tell all of those who lost family that I'm sorry. I tried to give blood and I was turned away because I was to young. My sister and I tried for weeks and we could not. I'm so sorry to all of those children who lost their parents. I wish I could have helped find everyone and if I were there I would have killed myself to help all of you. 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 story7399.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. 152.121.100.100 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 coordinate a Meals for Me. program in central Maine. At 8:46 I was headed for my job. The announcer on the radio station I listen to mentioned a plane had hit the World Trade center, but I went to work as usual. Our office is a converted bomb shelter, and was supposed to house the governer and his staff in the event of a bomb attack back in the 1960's. We are isolated when we are in there, and we have no radio or TV. At 10:45PM when the volunteer drivers showed up to deliver our meals to the shut-ins, they related the events to us. It so happens the man who runs the Emergency Management agency (Also located in our building) showed up also to man the radio's. He told us planes were misssing and the whole story unfoled tyo me in a matter of minutes. I knew the elderly folks we were about to see would be understandably upset and confused. I instructed my drivers to tell them it was scarry, but we were safe up here in Maine, and that we would see them the next day, as usual. As I drove my rural delivery route, the absence of air traffic was un-nerving and noticable. I wept and wept for months and months. I cannot imagine how people in close proximity to the City can cope. I feel as if a chunk of my soul has been destroyed. I hope that all affected realize how much the rest of the nation cares for them. 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 story4050.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. 216.220.243.193 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was getting ready for my 7am math class. As always i turned on chanell 11 news as i do every morning. i was watching the news and then it got imturupted to tell us about the first plane crash into the first tower. I remeber sitting there thinking "what kind of idiot flys into a building. That is such a big mistake." i that point I still thought it was just a bad mistake. As i was brushing out my hair i saw the second plane come into the picture and slam into the 2nd world trade tower. I instently thought terrorist. I dont know why but I did. I ran to wake up my dad and tell hime "The US is getting attacked by terrorist." I didnt really know what to do so i went to school. My teacher had no idea what had happned and was iritated that the class was so giddy. We told him what happened but he didnt get just how huge it was. After class got in my car where i heard about the pentigon and Flight 93. I worked as a Travel Agent for AAA and as soon as I got there it was a mess. Many people where stuck in places away from loved ones and everyone wanted to go home. We stayed open 24 hours those first few days to try to do all we could. I will never forget that day or time when i saw history change. 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 story6695.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. 64.164.71.130 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was in the car on the way to work, it was 7:45 a.m central time. And I was listening to the wake up crew on Rock 103. All of a sudden, the radio went silent then they announced that a commercial air plane had flown into the first world trade center. I thought it was a joke. They didn't have any other information...i drove on to work and we flipped on the t.v. to watch the second one hit. It was the most horrible experience of my life. A day that most of us will never forget. We have to remember that the enemey will always be there, and we must never let those bastards deter us from living the happy and safe lives we all deserve. 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 story2447.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. 12.10.81.130 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: it was 911 and my mom and i where at the doctors(i wasnt in school cuz i was sic). when we got there i noticest it on the news. i should my mom and she fliped.we were watching it all day at the doctors,we missed our apointment.but i was so scard i thought the world was gonna end.i was in 6th grade and now im in 7th.but any was as i was saying.i tuelly thought the world wass going 2 end right there and i was pritty scared.and i will addmit i was holding on 2 my mommy for dear life. i may be the only 7th grader tha will admit that when thta happened i needed my mom. but i dont care cuz shea the 1 that means most 2 me and im just glad that she wass ther fort me 2 be with in what i like 2 call world war 3. and im happy the world didnt end but if it did im glad i wass with my mommy and she wass holding me in her arms thats how i want the world 2 end. 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 story8977.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-01-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.72.196.72 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 4 days left for my wedding that is on september 15, 2001 my brother live in new york 11 blocked a way from the towers he made it to flint on september on 5th a guy he know die of caner he had a funer to go to i have a couise who is in air force he was on lock down he was readly to get those people who did this now watching the show last night about the fireman film i wish their was away of doing it better to save all the people who die for their country at work in flint MI we didn't have people hair to cut we all just sit and wait to here more i couldn't work i was in tears i was in aguer what was going to happen now Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story6164.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: My dad was aboard a plane headed for Boston. I was 6 months pregnant and enjoying my first day of being laid off from work. While attempting to sleep in for the first time in months I got a call at 7 from my best friend Jennifer. This was not uncommon for Jen because she had a 7 month old daughter at the time. Jen was especially frantic that morning. She said hurry hurry turn on your tv. I said what channel and why? She said any channel just hurry. While thumping to the television she was raving and ranting about two planes colliding. My half asleep ora immediatlet arose to alert. Why? I needed answers. tears came so quickly and then panic. where was my dad? I called my mom and she said that he was okay. it was so strange. 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 story4939.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. 216.145.50.200 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was getting ready to take my son to the doctor when we heard that the World Trade Centers had been bombed. My son turned one the same day all this happened. I ran into my mother in laws house to grab my sons shot record and looked on the tv to see both buildings on fire. I thouhgt to myself of how everyone must feel. Families loosing loved ones. My son's birthday never the less was full of sadness. I only hope that my son will look on this day as a memorial and remember that it is special to him and 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/. Title A name given to the resource story4520.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. 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: I was 15, just starting highschool. I woke up that morning thinking, "augh, another day at school". But boy was I wrong. I was in English class at the time when the principal came on the intercome, explaining the events that had just happened a few minutes ago. I was shocked. The girl I was talking to just a second ago started to cry because her father was schedualed to be on fight 11 that morning to LA. I tried to comfort her as best I could but there was nothing I could do. She later found out that her father had missed his flight. We were greatly relieved. They cancelled the rest of our classes for the day to watch the news. I started watching a few minutes before the second plane hit. I saw it all live. I felt my eyes starting to swell. I knew my uncle worked there but I had a feeling he was safe. Rumors were flying that it was some sort of terrorist attack and that the Prudential building here in Boston was hit by a plane too and was on fire. I had close friends with parents who worked there and they were very upset. One girl fainted. I didn't know what was happening. I went back to the TVs after that with one of my good friends. We watched the towers collapse live. We were afraid something might happen to the school. We weren't allowed to leave, so all we could do was wait. After school was finally over, I mother picked me up. "You know what happened today?" she asked. "Yes, do you know if Uncle Allen is ok?" "He's fine, but the Coffeys are missing". We had known the Coffeys for a long time. My father went to college with them. I didn't know them real well, but we were friends. I figured that maybe they were in a hospital and were safe, but later on in the week, we found out they didn't make it. That was the first time I saw my father cry. I cried too. At about 5pm that night, on 9-11, I got a call from a Lieutenant from my Civil Air Patrol Squadron. He told me that we were called to spend the night at Logan airport to make sure no planes took off. This whole thing was chaos. Everyone in my squadron was taking shifts for sleeping. I was with my good friend Chris and a couple other guys. The place had news crews and military personal everywhere. I didnt get much sleep that night, maybe only 1 hour. I thought mostly about my missing friends, the people who lost their lives, why this happened and why wasn't I one of the people who died today. They turned all the TVs to President Bush addressing the nation. My eyes started to swell again, but I managed to keep back the tears. I was so confused about this whole thing, I had no idea what had happened. I couldn't believe it. 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 story1917.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. 2002-09-08 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.147.226.96 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: After returning from a 8 day vacation on 9/9/02 at Disney World ( I mention this due to the park shut down due to they felt it was a target that day),on 9/11/02, I was sitting at my desk at work when someone ran by going over to a tv in antoher persons office saying there had been a plane crash. When they turned on the TV I heard it went into the World Trade Center, so I jumped up to see. We were all standing there in shock wondering what could have gone wrong with our air traffic system when we saw on TV, LIVE, the second plane hit the other tower! We knew then we were under attack. We wondered how many planes could be in the sky ready to attack...then as we kept watching numb, awe struck, we saw smoke from the Pentagon and then the plane went down in Pa. We all could not move in disbelief. Our company, SCT, (corporate ofc based in Malvern Pa. not far from the downed plane), we are in Columbia SC, shut down operations and allowed us to go home to be with our famlies asap. The rest of the day we were glued to our tv's flipping channels trying to make sense of it all and gather all the information we could. Today on the one year anniversary we gathered at our half staff flag and had a moment of silence followed by a word of prayer, at 846am. 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 story2993.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. 149.24.28.3 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 Aunt is a vp of a large fund company and she lost 52 colleagues and friends. I personally have heard thousands of stories from different people, such as a friend was working on the 53rd floor in the elevator shaft of tower two, he was very lucky to get out. My family didn't lose anyone, but being a new yorker and surrounded by the horror of this it hits me so close to home. I am a student at Adelphi University and man that day will never ever be forgotten. September 11, 2001 I wrote this poem on that night. I live off of Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont. All you saw were cars at a dead stop going into the city, and all you heard was sirens from fire trucks coming to help out from as far as the Hamptons. Never in my life will I see this again. My condolences to everyone who has lost someone in the attack. It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about that day. Here is my tribute 9-11. The name of this is "When Darkness Falls" "When Darkness Falls" When I was getting out of the car I thought it was a joke I just grabbed my bunder and reached for my coat. When I got to the dorms I turned on the T.V. My breath was taken away from all the falling debris. My heart just dropped right to the floor As the World Trade Center did too it was no more. So many faces were just covered in dust They all looked the same coming out of the rush. Fires burned smoke didn't clear Nobody knew if the end was near. Police and fire departments rushing to the scene When they arrived they saw destruction you wouldn't believe. Eight a.m. in the morning sun shinning bright Who knew within ten minutes day would turn into night. Darkness fell all over downtown You didn't see any smiles all you saw were frowns. The shrills of screaming everyone felt Screams of distress yelling for help. Trying to breath gasping for fresh air Crawling on the ground to find someone who cared. People walking home over the Queensborough bridge Mothers waiting for daddy to come home and hug his kids. Many returned but to many didn't Many found out that they wouldn't be home for dinner. Cell phones didn't work relatives were distressed Nobody knew how long it would take to clean up this mess. The damage took out buildings on surrounding blocks We lost thousands including firefighters and cops. All that is left are pictures in frames Plaques are engraved with all of their names. The stories you hear to the pics our kids kids will see 9-11 will be etched forever into history. It doesn't seem real but it is reality September 10th was the last day of normality. New life will arise two times as tall That's how you overcome whenever darkness may fall. 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 story11148.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 came home, and got ready for school like usual. When my mom came home after dropping off my sister to school, she told me that planes crashed into the twin towers. So we turned on the news and watched it. At first I was just thinkingit was bad, bu ti didnt think about how bad it was. I thought of it as a normal highjacking. When i got to school we watched the news more and talked about it. That is when i realized how horrible this highjacking was. 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 story8282.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-10-02 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.79.73.94 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: September,11th started out as a very ordinary day for our family. My husband and I had just sent our kids out the door to school and I stepped in the shower to get ready for work. The phone rang and it was my niece asking if we had heard what had happened in New York. I called up to my husband and told him to turn on the TV, wrapped myself in a towel, then went up to see what was going on. I spent the next three hours wrapped in that towel unable to move away from the television. When the first tower collapsed I remember covering my mouth with my hand and looking at my husband to see if what I thought I just saw really happened. I will never forget the look of horror in my husbands eyes or the tears running down his face. He is a fireman and knew the tragety of what had just occured before I could even comprehend what I had seen. The last thing I remember distinctly from that day was hanging our flag on the front of the house.It stayed there for the next six months. In the days and weeks that followed I felt like I was walking around numb and surrounded by a fog that wouldn't lift. I couldn't stop watching TV hoping that they would find an area where people were just waiting for the rescuers to help them out. My husband knew what was going on at ground zero as it was now called. He heard from some of the fireman on our department that had delivered a new firetruck to help replace what had been lost. They worked at ground zero while they were there and came home devestated by what they saw. On October 25th my husband and I drove to New York to attend some of the funerals of firemen that had died on September 11th. We went to six funerals in two days. Most of the caskets were empty with only a framed picture on top. At some, there was no casket, just a table with mementos and pictures. We met the wives and children, mothers and fathers, friends and relatives and brother firefighters that filled the funeral homes to overflowing. On Staten Island we stopped at a corner bar between funerals and the people in the bar bought us our dinner and took turns sitting with us, they told us their stories and who they knew that had died that day, they all knew someone. Along with the sadness that prevailed for those two days that we were in New York I will never forget the generosity of the people we met. We were thanked over and over again for being there, by the families, by the other firemen, by bus drivers, taxi drivers, policemen and by perfect strangers on the street. Anyone that saw my husband's dress uniform and noticed that he was from out of town took it upon themselves to let us know how much they appreciated our being there. In a way it helped us to feel as though we had done something to honor the men and women that died by being there to show our support to their families and their city. What beautiful strength in the face of tragety the people of New York have. I will never forget them. They helped to heal me and I can only hope that I may have helped them too. 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 story1713.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: September 11th, 2001, is a very memorable day in the history of the United States. Terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York, killing thousands of innocent people. On that day, I was in school as usual. I recall being in math class and was having a trial bus safety evacuation. We were all in the buses, and our driver was trying to make us quiet down in order to discuss safety issues with us. He then proceeded to tell us that two planes had hit a building in New York. We were all a little confused and curious to find out more details. We returned to class, and a few moments later, the principal came for a brief meeting with our team teachers in the hallway. He informed them about the horrible incident that had just taken place in New York. When our teacher returned to the classroom, she was very upset. We could all tell something was seriously wrong. We briefly discussed what had happened with her. She couldn't really tell us a lot because she didn't really know that much either. Also, the principal thought it was best if the students discussed the situation with their parents, rather than in school with their teachers and peers. My mother picked me up that day after school. I asked her what had happened and she explained to me that two planes had hit the World Trade Center in New York and another plane hit a section of the Pentagon in Washington D.C. When my father came home from work, I also discussed what had happened with him too. That night, I watched the news to get as much information as possible. They kept showing the planes flying through the Twin Towers over and over again. I was very sad and shocked at these awful incidents. The thought of so many innocent people dying and trapped inside those buildings upset me the most. The next day in school was extremely different from the others. Everyone was affected by the previous days events in some way. This was the topic of almost all of our conversations in class. We still couldn't believe this actually happened. It wasn't just a dream, it was reality. The fact that both planes left from Logan Airport in Boston, where I currently live, frightened me because I have flown out of that same airport several times. I always thought it was extremely difficult to get weapons on a plane. I always thought that flying was safe. Soon after, it was discovered that some of the terrorists aboard the two planes were criminals wanted by the FBI; I couldn't believe it! How did they get through security if they were on the list of people wanted by the FBI? As more and more evidence was revealed, I became more and more amazed by this crime. The number one question that's been in my mind from the day of the attacks is why would someone ever want to do something like this? Why would you perform such a terrorist act and kill many innocent people including, firefighters, police officers, rescue workers, and all of the people inside the building? Not only American citizens were killed during this act of terrorism, but also people from all over the world. After the attacks of September 11th, I have learned to be more thankful for my family and friends. People who lost their lives - firefighters, people in the planes that crashed, along with the people inside the Twin Towers should be remembered on September 11th. I realized how precious life is and how quickly it can change. Because of the events that occurred on September 11th, we are now a stronger nation. Patriotism is being publicly displayed with American flags waving outside of homes and on cars. People have come closer together and become friendlier as well. As you can see, September 11th, 2001, is a very tragic event in history that will never be forgotten. 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 story8459.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 where I was on Sptember 11th, 2001. We were in Psychology class, fourth period, and Mr. Williams had just finished up his lesson. Mr. Rotundi came in the room to speak to Mr. Williams. He whispered something in his ear, and then left. We paid little attention to this, as we were just glad that another lesson was over. After Mr Rotundi had left, however, Mr. Williams addressed the entire class, saying that two airplanes hit the two towers of the World Trade Center. At first, we thought that maybe it was just a joke; a mind game that Mr. Williams was playing with us. There was a lot of denial. As the day progressed, however, we learned more about the attacks and that there had been more attacks than only the World Trade Cneter bombings. The fact that a plane came down in Pennsylvanis scared us, as the school is probably less than fifteen miles from the New York-Pennsylvania border. I remember how everybody forgot their personal problems and was focused on their television sets for the rest of the day, and even afterwards. Most of us didn?t even do our homework that night. Although it was a terrible and unforgivable act of violence, it did something that no leader could ever do on his own. It brought a nation together. Congress even agreed with the President, for once. It was ironic. The worst tragedies seem to be the only things that bring everyone closer together. 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: It was 7:47am cdt when the first plane hit the North World Trade Tower. At that time, I was on my way to work, unaware that anything out of the ordinary was happening. The moment I walked in the door at work, I was told the horrible news: a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. Within a couple of minutes, someone had turned on the television and we were all watching in horror and disbelief, when another plane crashed into the second Trade Tower. When we saw the news about a third airplane hitting the Pentagon and then a fourth going down in Pennsylvania, my boss allowed us to leave, so we could spend the rest of the day with our families. None of us knew if it would be our last day on earth, as well, so we wanted to spend what precious time we thought we had with our families. When my husband and I arrived home with our children early that afternoon, we put them down for a nap so they wouldn't have to see the devastation and destruction on tv. My husband kept speculating that President Bush would probably land at Offutt Air Base, only a couple of miles away from our house. Only a couple of minutes after he landed, we heard on the television that President Bush did indeed land at Offutt Air Base. It was kind of neat to know that he was that close to our house, yet really scary to think that he may be the next target of the terrorist attack! I thank God every day that we weren't harmed in any way, and I pray for all the victims and families of the horrible acts inflicted on our great 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/. Title A name given to the resource story4450.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 work for a radio station in New York City, overnights. On September 11, I had finished my shift and left NY an hour before the first plane hit; I was considering staying late but could not because my husband was in Arlington VA on business, and I had to make sure I got our kids to school. I got them to school, and my mother called me just as I was lying down to go to bed, telling me to turn on the TV. I watched in horror, and then I saw the news about the Pentagon and thought of my husband. As he watched the plumes of smoke rise into the sky from the Pentagon from his vantage point in Arlington, he tried to call me and could not--his cell phone wouldn't work. He used a companion's phone and got through just as he heard a rumor about "a plane hitting the World Trade Center." By the time he and I got to speak, the first tower had fallen. He and I were disconnected, and he decided to drive home immediately. He got home just before nightfall. I decided to round up my children after speaking with my husband on the phone, to get them out of school early--not knowing what was happening nor what was to come, I wanted them with me. The most heartbreaking moment was at the middle school when I saw two children crying inconsolably because their parents had dropped them off at school and then headed off to their jobs--at the World Trade Center. Their cries still haunt me. One of my daughter's classmates at the grade school lost his father that morning. In the weeks after the attack, I noticed that many homes went up for sale--presumably because of a death in the family, or being directly affected by the tragedy. On that day I lost friends, neighbors and former classmates from high school. I could not get in to work the evening of September 11. All passage to NY from NJ was suspended. I was called in the next day during a moment when the George Washington Bridge was opened, but the call wasn't necessary--as soon as I knew I could make it in, I did; I hadn't slept, and felt compelled to get to work to help out any way that I could. I didn't sleep at all for nearly 3 days. We all ran on autopilot at work, it seems. Once in Manhattan on September 12, it was nearly a ghost town--the streets were nearly empty. The only thing that accompanied me most of my way downtown was the shriek of sirens and the stench of burning plastic, which became more choking as I got closer to Ground Zero. I spent hours listening to callers call in to the station and relay tales of their loss, their fear, and the heroism of their fellow man. Men weeping openly, answering machine recordings left by people trapped in the World Trade Center. Our station has both employee and visitor alike sleeping under it's roof that day--a show host took in three stray women from Montreal who could not find their way home, with the borders closed. They slept in the office that night. During my shift, I broadcast a simulcast of our sister station, a news station; all regular programming and commercials were suspended for a week. I work for a talk station; instead of the normal happy banter, we sat shiva with America that week. We all grieved together. The show hosts showed such grace under pressure, such ability to calm people, to lead. I have come to love and respect the people that I work with. On September 11, they, too, became my heroes. Since then, I continue to feel a sense of loss, to miss the Towers: every night I drive on the double helix leading to the Lincoln Tunnel. Even now I look to my left on my way in, looking for the World Trade Center, remembering how beautiful it looked at night. There's a hole there, that I long to see filled. The Empire State Building, once again the tallest building in the NY skyline, stands silent guard over Ground Zero; a symbol of America dressed in it's lights, a beacon of hope. Whenever I see it, I know in my heart that whatever it was that the terrorists were hoping to accomplish, they failed to do: We're still here. We're still strong. We're still free. We're still American. 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 story900.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 weekend before 911 my parents were in NYC staying at the mariott world trade. They were supposed to stay for a week and would have been there on 911 my college classes were starting back up that week and they watch my daughter for me while i was at school. they decided to come back early to watch my daughter for me. on 911 i was at school i had an early morn class and was in the cafe after class was over this girl runs in and yells "A Plane just hit the world trade center" we turned on the Tv and watched i ran to my car and got home as fast as i could. when i turned my car on that was when the second tower was hit i was beginning to get really nervous and anxoius to get home. i just wanted to get home to my daughter who at the time was not even one. if we were under attack i wanted to be with her. Then the Pentagon was hit while i'm still driving. all aircraft was already grounded. but i still saw them in the sky and really began to panic. all unmarked trailer trucks scared me i almost got into lots of accidents trying to get away from them thinking there are bombs in the back. I get home and get my step dad who was sleeping he did not know what was going on. i woke up my daughter from her nap and just held her and cried while watching all this terror unfold. I called my mom because she was in Boston with my grandfather and asked her if hse was ok i told her what happened because they didn't even know they never heard it I told her 2 of the planes faome from Logan and to get out of the city as fast as possible. I"m very grateful in not lossing anyone that day and am more grateful that my step brother has not been shipped out during our War on Terrorism. Today I went to a memorial at our local fire station while my daughter who will be 3 9/17 was at school. We are grateful in our town that noone has been lost. but our hearts and prayers go out to all those who suffered in this tragidy. On 9/13 there is a memorial for a local women who is form the next town frm me who was on one of the flights from Logan airport in Boston. some of her remains were just found and sent home. After 2 years parts of her remains were finally found it was only bone fragments but at least it's something to give the family a tiny bit of Closure. I'm thinking of going to pay my respects I don't know the family but i feel it's part of my duty as an American to pay my respects. God Bless us all. and May God bring these terrorist to Justice 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 story9888.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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