395 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: First I would like to offer my sincere condolences to the families who lost their loved ones. My story is not special but my heart was there in New York and Washington DC and Pennsylvania and my heart fell when I heard of the cowardice attack. I was transfering to my last bus on the way to work, 6:30 am. The bus driver say's, " You won't believe what just happened." He told me that an Airplane had flown into one of the World Trade Center Towers. At first everyone thought there had been an accident. No one had radios or anyway to check out the news. The bus driver only new from his dispatch station. I finally arrived at work to see my co-workers huddled around a little tiny TV in one 9 X 9 cubicle. I heard the the second tower was hit and the Pentagon as well. I and everyone else were in tears, we couldn't stop crying and holding hands and nothing could tear us away from that awful sight. We prayed for New York and Washington, and then we prayed for America. I was so proud of my country and sisters and brothers for how instantly we came together and helped out. We're family and we didn't have to think twice about helping in anyway we could. Proud to be an 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 story6594.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. 206.103.52.170 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I am a junior and a history major at Vanderbilt University and was getting ready to go to my 9:35 history class when I heard about the incident at the World Trade Center. I was going through my usual morning routine when I heard a friend of mine, down the hall, talking very loudly to someone on her telephone while listening to her TV with the volume turned up very loudly. So, I turned on my television and I saw what had happened. At first I was just so overwhelmed by the burning towers that the whole situation did not register with me quite yet. I spent some time watching events unfold but then had to go to class. Once I got there, all anyone could talk about was what had happened. Some people had had earlier classes or had not checked the news before hurrying to class and thus had no idea that this act of terrorism had even happened. The professor said some things, and then started to lecture. As the day progressed, things began to hit me, and everyone else, harder. Some people cried, others had blank looks on their faces and some, although I do not know how, went about as if nothing had occurred. Many of my classmates said it was when they saw the towers collapse that all of their emotions were let loose. The situation was especially poignant for me since my family is from New York and my parents grew up near the city. The first day was one of astonishment and disbelief. I do not remember crying on Septemeber 11, but I know I did on the morning of September 12 when I found out that a family member of mine, although distant, had probably been killed in one of the towers. I do not know how I will look back on this event in the years to come. All I know is that I will never forget 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 story438.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. 2002-04-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 129.59.53.27 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 working at a well-known family owned restaraunt "The Burger Hop". I was a breakfast cook and manager of the kithcen. A man who I had been training for a couple of weeks, who joked all the time, came into work a little earlier that morning. He told me that an airplane crashed into one of the towers. Of course I did't believe him being the joker he was. He tried so hard for me to believe him. The more he tried, the less I believed. I don't remember what prompted me to go home, but I went home and my husband had an appointment that morning. He was glued to the TV, shock on his face. I told him what the man at work said and how cruel of a joke that was. He just pointed to the TV mouth wide opened. I turned around and saw the horror unfold before my eyes. Dropped my keys and started to cry. It was about 9:00 A.M. And they were showing the 2nd plane crash. I couldn't stop crying. I went back to work and we listened to the radio all afternoon. Then came home and watch msnbc for 3 days straight. I don't believed I've ever prayed that hard in my life. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story5399.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Even now when I look back it's so hard to put my feelings into words. When I first heard the news on the radio, I thought oh a small plane hit a building, we changed the channel. When I walked into my office, i found out differently. We had quite a few employees working at and around the Pentagon and also other facilities on the east coast and were quite concerned for them and their whereabouts. I can only say that we must all have been in shock that day and it seemed like we were watching a horrible disaster movie and that it couldn't possibly be realbut it was, unbelievably to real. Even today it is hard to belived that a person or group could do such a horrible thing. My heart goes out ot all the families affected by this tragedy.. 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 story1022.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-14 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 216.203.233.34 Annotation Annotations to this item. DOMESTIC Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at work doing some light cleaning when a co-worker came in and said a plane had just hit the World Trade Center in New York. I instantly thought of it as an accident. I turned on the radio and moments later, the announcer was screaming that another plane just hit the other tower. They were immediately talking of terrorism, but I was trying to figure out the odds of two plane accidents at the World Trade Center in one day. It wasn't long before I accepted the fact that it was an act of terrorism. My co-worker had gone into a massage appointment with a client. I sat by the radio and took notes the whole hour. I was in shock, but took notes as the plane crashed into the Pentagon and as the plane crashed in Pennsylvania. I wanted to go home and be with my family. I wanted my husband, my children, my parents and brothers and sisters. I wanted us all to just huddle and hold each other. No daily things seemed important anymore. Everything I ever worried about or spent time pouring over seemed very, very small. The full impact still has not completely hit me. I felt then and still feel a giant, empty hole inside of me. I feel extreme anger that these terrorists took away my freedom as I once knew it. I felt the pain of taking my "very cool" seventeen year old son to a church service and comforting him as he cried uncontrollably the whole time. He said to me "Mom, my whole life I have lived inside a bubble of safety and today that bubble has burst." It was all in a matter of minutes... we lost our lives as we knew it. GOD BLESS AMERICA and GOD BLESS EVERYONE WHO FEELS THE PAIN. 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 story4569.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: No, I'm not one of the thousands who lost love ones or even knew of any of those who were lost, hurt, or mained. I am, though, one of those who watched horror struck while the events happened on TV. A friend called (lets call her "J") and told me to turn the station while at the same time I was rattleing off about some talk show. She kept trying to interrupt me. I finally got it! Something was wrong. I could hear panick in her voice. I turned the station and watched the second plane hit the tower and then the pentagon was hit. "J" become frantic. Her husband work's involves the president of the USA and he frequents the Pentagon. All day she waited. It wasn't until 6:00 p.m. that she finally knew he was alive and well. At the same time another friend (lets call her "C") was very anxious as well. Her husband has ties to the Pentagon also. She didn't hear from her husband until around 3:00 p.m. Another friend (lets call her "D") had just transfered to the Pentagon. She had just arrived back from Korea after being separated from her family for a year. I had thought she was station in the same area of the pentagon that the plane hit. I called her that morning, praying for everything I was worth. She answered the phone. I just cryed. She was ok. Her two beautiful children still had a mother. She work midshift. Another friend (Lets calll her "CA") lost 6 friends from the incident at the Pentagon. My daughter's godmother's sister just quit her job at the twin towers two weeks prior but she lost so many friends. After an incident such as this it brings us back to the value of humanity. Money, fame, and all that we held so much value for became so minute. There is no price or higher value then human life. Renee Salnave 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 story4395.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 home from college because I was taking a semester off to dance with a company. I was the only one at home and sleeping when the phone kept on ringing. I wasn't going to get up and answer it but after it rang for the third time I got up and went to see who it was. It was my dad telling me that he heard on the radio that a plane flew into one of the World Trade Center towers...he didn't think it was serious, maybe just a biplane. I was going to just go back to sleep thinking it was no big deal, but I decided to check it out anyway. When I turned on the TV there was a picture of both of the towers smoking heavily and news reporters trying to relay information to viewers. I got on the phone with my dad and told him that it wasn't just one plane, but two planes had crashed into both towers. Also, I told him that they were regular commercial flights. He couldn't believe it...he was on a train to work and said to keep him informed. I watched some more when it was reported that another plane had crashed into the Pentagon and by then, they had declared it a terrorist attack. I was so petrified and shocked that I could do nothing but sit there and watch, but I did put a videotape in and start recording as I knew this was history in the making. I called my mom at work to tell her what was going on and she was in shock, also. When the towers eventually collapsed I called both my parents who were relaying information to their workplaces through me, as they didn't have a TV nearby. It was really a situation where we could say nothing to describe the moment, and even the TV reporters I was watching did not know what to say. I sat in front of that TV ALL DAY LONG - from the time I turned it on until the time my parents got home around 5 pm. Even for days after our TV station was tuned to nothing but the news. It took me so long to get over watching all of that on TV and trying to soak it in, that I can't possibly imagine what was going on for those family members of the victims who were watching and learning exactly as I was. I had just come home from New York City, exactly one month before that to the date, from spending the whole summer there. My apartment looked right out onto the World Trade Center and every single night from my window when I looked out I would see all of the lights and the Twin Towers sticking out above everything else. 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 story953.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. 2002-07-31 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.172.133.233 Annotation Annotations to this item. Telephones and Cell Phones Television Coverage DOMESTIC Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I am a public high school teacher of tenth grade English 2 students in the small town of New Caney, Texas. On 9-11, our Advanced English 2 class had just begun at 9:00 a.m. and had heard about the first plane going into the first tower. We have Channel One programming in our classrooms, so we were watching the events as they unfolded. My students and I were watching when the second plane crashed into the second tower. I felt a sense of panic and fear sweep over me as I realized it was no accident. Then we heard of the plane crashing into the Pentagon, and finally the last plane crashing in Pennsylvania. I just remember thinking, "When will this end? When will all of this just stop?" It seemed there was no end in sight. Obviously, we were all fixated on the images and could not have class at all. I just felt such an immense fear at that point. I wanted to run out of the building, but I knew I could not panic for my students' sake. When the first tower began to crumble however, I felt my knees begin to get weak, and I had to sit against a wall. Tears streamed down my face as I realized the enormity of what I had just witnessed. Little did I know the other tower was about to do the same. I knew I had just seen thousands of people meet their final fate and had watched their very souls be taken from this earth. I felt as if I had intruded, although unintentionally, on their very last personal moment of life. When the other tower collapsed, I wept openly, calling out to God, "Why?" and "Please just make all of this stop." I began to pray for all of the victims and their dear families in front of my students, not fearing any future reprimand from admimistration because I had no other choice but to call on my God and Savior, my sustainer of life. And then, it did all seem to stop for the time being. I believe it took my students a few minutes to realize what they had just seen was very real and not just a scene from a movie. Then they became intensely curious about the number of people who had been in the buildings. We speculated a little, and then I felt compelled to tell them that their lives were going to change from this moment forward. I told them I didn't know how or when, but life would not be the same anymore. They had witnessed an historic event that they would remember for a lifetime. In that moment, we became part of each other's lives forever. I knew that for the rest of their lives whenever they looked back on this fateful day, they would remember where they were and what they were doing and who they were with, as would I. We were bonded in that moment. We saw, we were afraid, and we wept together in that moment. When Christmas came, I wrote each of them a letter encouraging them to hug someone and let the people they love know how much they were loved and appreciated because we all have been reminded that we are not promised tomorrow. You may never get another chance to say the things you really need to let others know. Thank you for giving Americans the chance to remember this day in a unique way. I do hope they decide to call this "Patriot Day" for all those patriots who died that day, as well as for all those who helped total strangers to safety. They are truly patriots. It makes me proud to be an American. May God bless us all and may 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 story5515.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11th, my sister-in-law, Laura Marie Ragonese-Snik who worked for AON Consultants in the South Tower was lost in the collapse of the WTC. There are no words for my story ... It is like those of 3,000 other families whose loved ones did not return home on September 11th ... It is the sound of silence ... of tears ... your worst nightmare. There is no way to comprehend hatred so deep that it drives people to destroy the most precious of God's creations ... Innocent Human Beings. Our family is broken now but because of our love for Laura, we have done our best to pick up the pieces, and move forward in a way that would make her proud of us. She was an extraordinary person who will live in our hearts forever. Hold onto this thought for the sake of every person lost that day: "What the catipillar calls the end of the world ... The Master calls a Butterfly." May Peace on Earth Prevail. Sincerely, Maria Ragonese Sister-in-law to Laura Marie Ragonese-Snik 101st Floor - South 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 story8362.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was a morning like many others. It was 8:30am, and i could tell, it was starting out to be a beautiful day. I put on the coffee, grabbed the paper from the day before, and sat down in front of the tv to start my day. gotta have my news. I wasn't prepared for what I was about to see. I have direct tv, and my abc, cbs, nbc and fox, come out of New York. No sooner Had I turned on my TV, there was a news break. Plane hits WTC....I couldn't believe what i was seeing. How could a pilot be so stupid, I asked myself. Like he didn't see them comming! I watched in disbelief, fire comming from what seemd to be about 10 story's. Those poor people. They didn't even know what hit them. All I kept thinking was, that stupid ass pilot. What was he, drunk or something. How do you just slam into a building? i hope they sue the hell out of that airline. Then the unthinkable happened. Another plane, hit the other tower! As i watched the clip, i new this was no accident. My heart felt like it was going to pop right out of my chest. For the first time in my life, i felt scared. How could somethig like this happen. This is the United States of America! Who could be so stupid? I watched in horror as the events unfolded. Seeing people jump to their death. GOD help us! All of those people in those building! I knew there was no way for all of them to get out. Now, my heart was in my throat. I couldn't swallow or nothing. I went into shock... By this time, they were telling us about the people in the planes. How they must of felt, seeing those buildings headed their way. Suddenly, my eyes started to swell, and the tears started flowing. Uncontrolably, i sat and cried. Something I hadn't done since I lost my dad to cancer in 1991. Now, anger was setting in. Kill all of the bastards. Whipe them right off the map. Cowards. Face us like men. I couldn't believe how I was feeling. I have always been a loving person. I didn't know what hate was. Saddly, I do now. Please lord, forgive me. 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 story6031.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On 9/11, where was I on the day when time seemed to stand still and the face of the nation was changed forever? I had just dropped off my two oldest children at school and had returned home. Upon getting out of their car seats and entering our home, my two youngest children and I proceeded to spend a little quality time playing with a variety of toys. After a while, I excused myself to the dining table to catch a bite of breakfast and a cup of coffee. On went the television, in order for me to catch up on a little of the latest news. Nothing could've prepared me for what I witnessed next. There in front of me was the pictures of the two planes crashing into the World Trade Center. As the news unfolded, I began to learn of the other two plane crashes as well. I experienced a multitude of emotions at that moment, from utter shock, to anger, to sorrow and ultimately forgiveness. I ran to the children I had home with me and held them tight, glad to have them with me during this time, and all the while offering a prayer of healing for the victims and those they left behind, as well as a prayer of forgiveness for those who caused such a catastrophic event. From this moment, until now, and into the future, this day will remain a time for me to reflect up all those whose lives have been changed dramatically by these course of events. My heart goes out to all of you. God bless you 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/. Title A name given to the resource story6201.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. 68.69.10.39 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I am a dental hygienist, and I was in the middle of my first appointment of the day. Debbie, our assistant entered my operatory and told us that the first Twin Tower had been hit by an airplane. I remember that she asked us : ?Do you think it?s an accident?? I felt with a horrible certainty that it hadn?t been an accident, and told her so. Deb made two more trips into my room, each one with a new tale of a plane crash. The two towers and the Pentagon had been hit. A plane was missing. No one knew where the President was. The staff and patients all crowded into our conference room to watch our tiny TV. The reception was bad, and it seemed to add to the unreality of the images that were being televised. I wanted to cry, and couldn?t. I knew I should be frightened, horrified and grief-stricken, but I couldn?t feel a thing, just a numbness. All I wanted was answers, and of course at that time there weren?t any. There was just image after image of death and horror. No one cried; no one spoke. I think we all were realizing that our world had suddenly changed, and that nothing would ever be the same again. 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 story1560.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-30 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.12.96.135 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 remember my Mother calling my house and waking my husband. She told him that an airplane hit one of the WTC towers. We both went back to sleep thinking it was a small passenger plane. When I woke up, I went downstairs. My husband should have left for work at that time but he was sitting in front of the television and watching the news. I asked him what was going on. He told me what had happened. My husband said, "I was told not to go to work for security reasons and the city I grew up in has been attacked". We live in Arizona but my husband was born and grew up in Queens, New York. I can't say the name of the company he worked for at that time, here in Arizona, due to privacy and security. The thing I remember the most was watching television and seeing the people jumping and falling from the burning buildings of the WTC Towers. Then I remember watching the people on the street who saw the people falling from the buildings, and watching the mortified looks on their faces. My husband and his mother both worked in the WTC buildings when they lived in New York. The absolute worst part of it was getting the call from my husband's sister, telling us that someone my husband knew was in one of the towers when it collapsed. He was a police officer and was in one of the WTC Towers when it collapsed. He did not survive. I remember being glued to the television for about 3 months after the attacks and then I had to stop watching for awhile. I went to work on the day of the attacks and it was so strange not hearing planes fly over the place where I worked. It was scary because it was so quiet. I didn't really get any work done that day. It seemed the whole world was sitting in front of the television that day no matter where they were. I have heard that anyone who was killed in the attacks on 9/11/01 have their cause of death filled in as homicide on their death certificate. We need to remember that ALL of these people were murdered. I watched the attacks on television last night (9-11-02). I sobbed all over again and the pain has not lessened at all. God Bless America and all the families that were left behind. 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 story6968.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. 64.24.211.153 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 will never forget that day. It felt like we were all characters in a very bad horror film. It was also the day I realized that we are just like all other countries in the world...vulnerable to attack. I've seen the news countless times showing people in other countries running for their lives with rubble falling from the sky, but this was the first time our own country looked like a war-torn country and I will forever be changed. 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 story7225.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. 152.163.188.6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I grew up in New York City, the daughter of a NYPD officer. I remember perfectly well where I was and what I was doing in the city the day of the first attack in 1993. I was 9 years old and the fear I felt about where my Dad was consumed me. But eventually my dad was injured in the line of duty and he retired to a small farm-town in Vermont. So on the morning of September 11th, 2001 I was a senior, sitting in my first period Advanced Placement American Goverment Class. When the class was interrupted by another teacher entering to tell the students that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center, I was overcome again with fear. When the events of the day unfolded even more, it became clear just how much my life would change because of this attack. Cell phones weren't working and therefore I couldn't call my family to see if my pregnant cousin and her husband had made it out of their offices in both towers. And I watched in horror as I watched the towers fall, knowing that I had just seen the police officers, port authority officers and firefighters running into those very same buildings. I didn't know how many of my friends from back home had just lost their father's from the precint. How many little daddy's girls like myself were watching their father be taken from them. When I got home later that afternoon, I met my Dad on the front porch and gave him the biggest embrace to this day. I cried and thanked God that my Father wasn't there that day. If he hadn't been hurt just a short while before, he would have been at Ground Zero that day. Sometimes, what seems like a setback or punishment is really a blessing in disguise. My heart is with each and every child who lost their parent that day in the line of duty. Your mom and dad are HEROES and you should be so very proud to call yourself their child. THANK YOU for your family's sacrifice. We can NEVER repay you. 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 story20319.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. 2006-09-08 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 170.141.109.33 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I'm a native New Yorker who works for Saks 5th Avenue in Naples Florida. I was in Birmingham, AL. helping open a new store. I was in the hotel with fellow associates and watching CNN as the 2nd plane hit. I will never forget that for the rest of my life. My parents who also live in Naples Florida and my father who has been a crane operator (belonging to Local 14) his whole life heard about the tragic events and my mother and himself packed the car in a couple of hours and drove to New York and my Dad was at Ground Zero within a few days of 9/11 operating the largest crane in the United States to clean up the mess. I am so proud of him even though he feels he wasn't doing anything out of the ordinary. He dosen't realize how much he did do. He and my mother dropped there everyday lives to help others. My family means so much to me and the lives that were lost will never, ever 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 story4820.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.188.6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11,2001 i was in school.when i heard about it i mean i didnt really care,but when i got home turned on the tv and saw what happen,then i heard millons of ppl died so i heard the music they were playing on the raido,but then i just started to cry because i didnt know that lotz of people died.well the next 2 weeks of school we all went outside to a field we blew up ballons for the thingy we were doing it had names of ppl on it that died on 9-11 we let them go the all went in da sky we all had flags,we were singing the song i`m proud to be an american it was a blast,but also it was real sad.:( thats all i can say right now im sorry.:( 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 story1762.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. 2002-09-05 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.188.6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I awoke with the ringing of the phone. It was my daughter-in-law telling me to turn on the television. She is an airline attendant for American Airlines. As we watched in horror together, we both reliezed that could have been her flight. At first it seemed as though it was an accident, then when the second plane hit, we both reliezed it was a hijacking. I stood in amazement, shaking, and thanking God that Cynthia was not on any of the planes. All I could do was cry and pray for those that were killed for no reason. From that day foward, no matter how bad we think our day is, we need to remember those and thier families.We as Americans have learned to pull together in a time of crisis, and know that we must become a stronger nation from this. We also need to know that all those lost on that day are now with the Lord. All that is left behind is saddness for the us still on earth. To all those who lost someone to that tragic day, remember, no one can take away the love or memories that you hold in your heart. My prayers go out to all of you each night since that day one year ago. We as Americans will previl. 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 story5172.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 67.116.230.113 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was sitting there at my computer when my friend yelled to me, "Did you hear about the plane that crashed into the World Trade Center?" I said no, got up and looked on his laptop. He had CNN's webpage with the picture of tower 1 and the smoke pouring from it. My first question was "Was it a terrorist?" Then the phones started ringing. All the websites were down. We turned on news radio and listened as the Pentagon was hit and the second tower also being hit. I remeber the anger and sadness as I listened to the reporters describing the towers as they fell. I called home to NJ where all my friends and family live. Most of the phone lines were down. I was able to get in touch with my mother-in-law and father-in-law and my one friend. We were highly upset because we didn't know where two of our friends who worked in the city were. As the day progressed I learned everyone I knew that was in the city was ok. I remember everything about that day: what I wore, what I ate, what I did after work. I watched Peter Jennings on ABC for hours and hours, feeling helpless because my wife and I were 640 miles away from home. I saved all the e-mails I received, and all the papers I could get. I will never forget September 11, 2001. I pray our future children and grandchildren will never, ever have to go through something like this. 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 story1144.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.114.16.130 Annotation Annotations to this item. DOMESTIC Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I make an hour long commute to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays and was in my car, listening to a CD, singing along at the top of my lungs, hurrying to make it over to school on time. When I pulled into the parking lot, I noticed that there weren't a lot of cars there, which was strange. As I walked into the science building, I saw a television set that was tuned into the news. That's where I first learned about the attacks on the WTC. I can remember sitting through my first class, feeling numb. While there was no lesson that day, our teacher let us stay to talk about the events and to watch the news. I remember that everything felt like it was a dream, a sick, horrible dream that I couldn't shake. People around me were crying, worrying over loved ones that lived in New York. I just felt numb. Being in the midwest, I felt like I was safe, like my family was safe. I still feared for friends that lived in New York and the Washington D.C. area, but I never felt like I wasn't safe. I remember that I felt guilty that I was feeling secure when there were others that didn't have that luxury. Other people just like me were gone forever and no one could give a good reason why. A year later, I still cry when I hear stories of those that lost their lives, of the children that were born without their fathers, of the women that lost their husbands and fiancees, of the parents that lost children. I think of the firemen that rode in RAGBRAI (a biking event across Iowa) that will never come back because they went in to save one more life. The pictures and stories will forever touch my soul. 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 story1723.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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