403 20 70359 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I dont thank anyone will forget that day.Icould not belive want was happing all those people that lost there lives for want.Im so sorry for those people who lost there loved ones that day.Just rember we will never foget them. 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: I was sitting in my theater drama class (first hour) and one of the students came in last. He said that one of the Twin towers had been hit. We all just laughed and were, like, yeah sure. My teacher decided to find out if it was the truth and he went to CNN.com and found one of the first pictures of the crash. We all kind of went into shock. The bell rang and i went to my second hour class. lots of people in the halls didn't know yet. In English we had a teacher come in and tell us that another plane had hit. They took our class to another room and let us watch, because they thought it was history in the making and it was. So we watched the tower fall and my Friend Jackie next to me began to cry. She said that she had family in New york. (don't worry they were all fine) She was really upset about it. We watched the first tower fall, and I felt a deep emptyness grow inside me. I knew that when the first one fell that the other one was going to fall also, because i knew that today was not America's day. I heard about the other crashes by random glimpes' of the Tv's in the pod. The teachers in the later hours wouldn't let us watch, they told us that we were supposed to go on with the day as normal as possible. I don't know if i agree with that, but thats what happened. Although my last hour teacher, Mr. Barker, let us watch the latest news. I walked home in sort of a daze and i couldn't really believe what had happened. I saved the news paper or the day the title was 'EVIL' it was so crazy. 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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 on my way to class when i heard people screaming and others crying. I was in front of The JOHNSON CENTER at George Mason University (Fairfax, Va). I didnt realize what had happeend just yet. As soon as i entered i saw pictures and film footage of the twin towers. It was terrible because many of us had friends and relatives in NY. I had just arrived from NY on Sept. 10th. I flew in from la guaredea international... In fact, as soon as i realize that it was a terrorist attack i called my folks and told them that i would not be going to class, i was even prepared to go back to my home in chesapeake, va. I loved the DC area and furthermore i loved the people of NY. It was a sad day for all of us. I cried and i prayed that day... The PENTAGON was, holy **** the pentagon was hit. I just couldnt believe it. I was just there a week or two before the 9/11. I couldnt believe that someone could destroy the towers too. It was a shame. There was some positive things that came out of it. We all stopped, as Americans and as fellow humans, to reach out to our loved ones. Many of us even gave up their lives to become angels of God. I wasnt a religious man before this, but i sure did understand that some people are really angels in disguise. Despite all this, I still believe we can live in peace and prosperity. I hope that it all works out. Godwilling it will... 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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: At the Memorial overlooking the crash site of UAL's Flight #93 I thanked the Memorial Ambassador for her volunteer work. Her reply was a simple "It is the least we can do." After spending the day in the community I realized that the spirit of America lives here. They did so much more. On 9/11 I was a volunteer working in the Emergency Room of Loudoun County Hospital near Leesburg, VA. We heard of the tragedies in NYC and the Pentagon and were told that a UAL aircraft was somewhere over Pennsylvania and was headed our way. As we set up for mass disaster my heart went out to the flight attendants on board that aircraft. I traveled to Shanksville with my daughter Christine. She is a Research Assistant working on the 911 project at George Mason U. (www.911digitalarchive.org) and has visited before and knew many of the individuals we met that day. Her purpose was to further outreach to the community and to preserve the history of Flight #93 and the aftermath on-line. My purpose in visiting was to place flowers at the crash site and to give prayer for the passengers and crew. Most importantly, I wanted to pay my respects to the Flight Attendants who perished. As a retired flight attendant with thirty-five years of service and a widow of a retired UAL pilot expected a sad time. The day started with a Parade led through the small town lined with thousands by the new tanker of the Shanksville Fire Department "United Flight 93." On it were the forty names of those lost in the crash. They were followed by sixty-five other rescue vehicles and volunteers from the surrounding area. A multitude of floats and groups patriotically participated in the parade. Two-hundred and seventy-three people dressed in red, white, and blue finished the parade becoming a "Living Flag." On the sports fieldnear the school (one mile from the crash site) there was a wonderful program of tribute with everything one would normally find at a Fourth celebration but also so much more. The music included "We Shall Rise" and "Flying Home." The Keynote Address was given by Wally Miller, Somerset County Coroner, who spoke of the crash and who promised that the site would forever be hallowed ground. I understand from others that he insisted the charred trees be turned into chips and scattered there. Wally said that the families of the victims would know that they were always welcome and the townspeople would be there to support them. It was an honor to shake his hand. We met the Mayor, Ernest Stull who worked so hard on preserving the site and making it accessible and who takes great pride in his community and the work that they have done. We met also with Judy Baeckel whose husband is the Fire Chief and who put up the first memorial in their front yard and sponsored a float in the parade with forty stars representing the forty who were lost. We spoke with the Captain Jo Shade, police officer and second on the scene who worked with recovery efforts. She is a native American who spoke of the spirituality and sanctity of the land at the crash site. My favorite spot was the Memorial Garden at the Shanksville-Stonycreek School. Markers with famous sayings are placed throughout along with a sculpture featuring the handprints of students, rescue workers and others involved in the events of 9/11. The garden with red, white and blue flowers, memorial benches and paths is a very special place. We then went to the Memorial Site where we met with the Memorial Ambassador. Shortly after the crash a churchmember stood in front of her congregation and asked for volunteers with a carefully thoughtout plan. They stayed there throughout the days following 9/11 and the bitterly cold winter to explain and preserve. There is a special flag at the Memorial with two white bars representing the twin towers, a Pentagon, five stars with fifty points of light for our states, three red bars representing the blood that was spilled. In the center is the Keystone of Pennsylvania. The curator at the museum has catalogued over one-thousand items left at the site including a flight attendant dress placed there. For weeks afterwards people would lay flowers on it. The poem "The Dress" may also be found there. At the site are many tributes. My favorite are the forty angels with names of the passengers and crew. We said our prayers and left flowers and I, of course, cried. It took a while for me to realize why Shanksville in Somerset County is the most important crash site of 9/11. The Twin Towers represented the business, economy and prosperity of the US. The Pentagon represented the might and power of America. Shanksville, Somerset County and its people represent the goodness and kindness and determination of the American people. I expected a sad day but the pride of the people and the American spirit proved it to be a day of hope, history and pride. A beautiful memory was left in my mind. The passengers and crew represent sacrifice and bravery. As the words of "Flying Home" say: ".......Forty souls with destinations, every heart loved here below, Lifting off the earth together, how could they ever know? They would come home on wings of angels, From a field where flowers grow..............Flying home, flying home, Heroes, Friends and Family, living on and on, they have left but have not gone, they will rise with every dawn......." 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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: My wife, son and I were on vacation for ten days, travelling throughout Arizona and Southern Utah, visiting the various canyons and National Parks. We had flown into Phoenix on September 1, 2001 and rented a car to travel to the various points of interest. We returned to Phoenix on September 10 and stayed at a motel, preparing to fly home the next day (September 11). Upon getting up that Tuesday morning, we did not turn on the T.V. but went downstairs to have breakfast at the motel. It was then we saw on the T.V. in the lobby the unfolding tragedy, and learned later that the nation's airports were closed down. Since there was no guarantee of flying home anytime soon, I called the rental car agency and asked for permission to drive the car back to BWI Airport in Baltimore, Maryland (over 2,000 miles). When we arrived at the airport, there were hundreds of cars from all over the country because of other people not able to fly. I will never forget where we were or what we were doing on September 11, 2001! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story3369.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was lying in bed watching "An Affair to Remember" when the cell phone rang and rang. Working in the nursing field, I get plenty tired of answering the phone so I let it ring and ring, thinking if it were important enough, someone would leave a message. When it rang for about the 14th time I figured someone was quite insistnent in wanting to reach me. It was my husband sounding very grim "Have you seen what happened? Turn on the TV". Upon doing so I watched over and over again the WTC towers collapsing. I expected to hear the words "Cut!" as if it were a scene in a movie. Surreal. Total disbelief. Tears came the next day when the enormity of it all began to register. My heart broke for the families with pictures of their loved ones seaching and searching in shock. My prayers are with the suvivors and family members for strength and guidance as our nation honors all who perished on this one year anniv. of the most horrific terrorist attack on our nation has ever experienced. 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 story4953.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 Continental Airlines, Intercontinental Airport. I work in the control center. The morning of the attack I was sitting at my desk, it is just around the corner from the breakroom, where there is a televison. Someone came out of the breakroom and said that an airplane had just hit the WTC. We all jumped up from our desks and went to watch the television reports. At this time we are all thinking that this is a small aircraft, the type used for tourist site seeing. But as we look at the hole in the side of the WTC we are discussing that the damage was too large for a small aircraft. The next thing we see is the second attack occur. We know at that instant that this was no accident. At this point, there is silence quickly followed by mass activity. The annoucement is made shortly after that, all aircraft are being ordered to land at the nearest airport, THE NEAREST, no matter where they are. A couple of hours latter the announcement is made that all of our aircraft are accounted for. The sense of relief was overshadowed by the knowledge that we had lost airline family members. Even though they were not from our immediate family there were family never the less. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: the night before my husband and I had an argument. Usually when we argue we don't talk or show emotion next day. But on that morning as he dropped me off we both kissed each other goodbye. I'm glad he did. I rode the A train to work. When I got off of Broadway Nassua station (about 8:50 am) I saw a lot of paper flying like when there's a parade and I thought how weird, i didn't know there was a parade. and as i looked down Nassau, in the Wall street direction I could see all this paper flying. As I started to walk to work I distinctly remember this one lady that was well dressed cluthting on to her purse, looking up at the sky, with the most terrifying look in her eyes. And I remember thinking I wonder if she's ok, should I ask her. I felt compelled to ask her are you ok, but I didn't. Her her was a mess, her face was a bit dirty. But unfortunately my nature isn't like that so i proceeded to go to work. and then i saw another person, a man who seemed a bit out of breath, again his face was dirty and he also looked a bit scared. As I came to the corner of John street I saw a crowd had gathered and looked up in the WTC location. And there I saw this huge hole with black smoke coming out. Oh my God, I thought what the heck happened. I thought it was an explosion. I asked someone what happened and they said they think it was a jet plane. Somewhat scared I proceeded to walk to work, not knowing if i should or shouldn't. The entire time I kept thinking the same thing. I decided to go to work. When I arrived on 28th floor, the reception people looked at me a bit scared and asked me what happened. I had no idea that the impact had been so loud and that it was felt in our building. Since they didn't have a view of the wtc, they didn't know. So i told them what I was told. I went to my desk which had a view of the other tower. And two coworkers and I went into one of the offices to see from the window if we could see the one that got hit. Then all of a sudden out of nowhere you hear this like roaring sound and this huge blue plane and we screamed oh my God and we saw it hit the second tower right before my eyes. I started crying and all i knew is this was no accident and that we were being attacked. All i knew is I had to get home to my two babies at home. everyone proceeded to evacuate and somehow someway as I was crying i proceeded to cross the brooklyn bridge. Crying and scared I also started looking up at the sky fearing the worst. I walked as fast as I could and God blessed me cause i found my cousin and his girlfriend on the bridge. that familiar voice was a godsend. Amist so many people who would have guessed I would find my cousin in all the chaos. As we walked with the crowd we heard planes, we didn't know it was the military securing our skies. then we heard this thunderous roar. We began to run not looking back. We didn't know it was the tower coming down. I do remember one thing. When we got to brooklyn we found these 2 ladies that had escaped just in time, they came down from the 89th floor of the second tower that was hit. And i remember i said god bless you. And the streets were turning white in brooklyn. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On Tuesday mornings at 9am, we always have a sales meeting. My boss, who was late, usually assembles last minute reports and information for our COO, so I assumed her responsibilities. I asked the COO if he needed anything, he said he had all his papers, but gave me his car keys and asked me to go downstairs to his car and get his cellphone which he'd forgotten to bring in with him. It was about 8:55am, I walked past my car in the parking lot, keeping a watchful eye on someone who had parked next to me and was a little too close when he opened his door. I got to Dick's car, retrieved his phone and was proceeding back to the office when I saw Maureen, our CFO, arriving. I waited for her and when she emerged from the car she was pale, shaking and was on the verge of tears, and the first thing she said to me was "have you heard?". She runs the company with her husband Tom, and my first thought was that something had happened to Tom or their two boys. She then explained to me that a plane had hit the WTC. I was speechless, and torn between thinking it was an unfortunate accident or terrorism. We both made our way to then office in a state of shock - by the time we got to the conference room, the television was on and everyone was aware of what had happened. I work at the front desk and when I got back there, the radio had switched to live news and we heard that two planes had hit. I called my husband, who had taken that week off to build a deck, and he immediately put the tv on. The rest of the day, until we were told we could leave at 2:30, passed in a blur - no work got done, I was speaking with my husband every few minutes, and it just seemed like one thing after another - the WTC, the crash in Pennsylvania, the Pentagon - an overwhelming feeling of what next ? Many times, I was tempted just to pick up my things and go home, all I wanted was to be somewhere safe with the man I love, I kept thinking, maybe they're targeting all places of business, I don't want to die here, I want to be with Michael. I have never felt so many emotions simultaneously - fear, sadness, trepidation, anger, confusion, love - it was very hard maintaining my composure at work. When we were told we could leave at 2:30, the tears came in my car - I probably drove a little over the speed limit, but I just wanted to get home - and when I did, the television was on and I saw for the first time the awful images which up until then I'd only heard on the radio. I still find it incomprehensible that human beings, no matter what they believe is right, or what God they believe in, can be so incredibly evil to other people. That night we just tried to take the day's events in and make some sort of sense of it all, and I was just so grateful to be in my home with my family, unlike so many innocent people gone before their time. 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 story6044.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 just finishing a night shift as the charge nurse at the major nursing home in this NE Oregon city of 17,000 people. I was on the ground level in an alert and oriented patient's room working and giving medications and we saw the first plane crash into the side of the WTC and watched the horrible black smoke rise from it. Neither of us could talk because we were so shocked and horrified. I prayed silently for the people in the building and the plane, and then I finally said that was terrible and I hoped every one got out ok. Then I went upstairs to continue working and someone said that a plane had crashed into the Pentagon. Someone else said "No, it was the WTC." I said "I hate to say this, but maybe it was both." Unfortunately, I was correct. That's the worst thing I've ever been correct about. It's the one time I wish I had been wrong. As I went to my apartment to sleep, Pendleton was all excited about the beginning of the world famous Pendleton Round-Up, and there was lots of traffic as cowboys, entertainers, and rodeo fans entered town. There was a debate on whether the Round-Up shoule be cancelled that year, but it was decided to hold it, because we were going to let the terrorists know that they had not destroyed our sense of independence and that they had a long way to go to win this war, and that we are not easily intimidated and wiiling to give up our freedoms. At the Round-Up, we had a moment of silence for the victims of this horrible attack, several of whom called Oregon home. I prayed at home with my family for those affected and worried about the welfare of my father who was known to travle to the NY area at times. He was okay, so my prayer was answered positively. I offered my nursing services and gave a donation to the Red Cross, but I was not needed at the time, and I have children, so they wanted me to stay with them. I started school to further my education, and wrote an extensive paper on and became educated in biological and chemical weapon attacks but I hope I never have to use this knowledge. 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 story8028.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: bueno yo soy un ni?o de doce a?os (en ese entonces) que en los momentos del lamentable echo estaba enclases de ciencias naturales cuando a todos nos llamaron a la sala de video para mostrarnos la tr?gica noticia yo quede muy afectado desde ese momento y me preguntaba como estarian las familias de mis compatriotas chilenos que en ese entonces trabajaban en el world trade center me gustaria saludar a todas las personas de usa y decirles que a bin laden lo van a capturar cueste lo que cueste y a los familiares de todas las victimas igual me gustaria saludarlas y alos familiares de los bomberos (as) y policias ellos fueron los heroes de esa lamentable y tragica situacion y condeno a toda persona que haya tenido algo que ver en eso. good bye se despide desde chile Ruben rodriguez benavides lautaro 11/03/03 IX region 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 story9149.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. 2003-03-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 200.72.31.131 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 my office at the local community college preparing for the day when I logged on to the dot-com news around 8:50AM. I usually will read the news around 8:00AM, but I was unusually busy that mornining. The server seemed to take forever, as if the Net was congested. Finally, one lone picture and a brief statement appeared indicating that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. I assumed that an accident had occurred. I announced this to my coworkers, two of them from New York. One immediately attemtpted to contact family but all circuits were busy. My wife called from home to ask if I had heard. While we were talking, she said, "oh my God, another plane just hit the second tower. I just saw it." I couldn't believe it. Terrorism didn't register with me. I couldn't understand why two planes had crashed into these towers. Finally I realized this was no accident, something I should have recognized immediately. We all sat in stunned silence, as the whole college seemed to come to a hault. We wached TV monitors all day. When the first tower collapsed I kept repeating: "there is noway that just happened." I was wrong, it had. As slow as I was to come around to reality, I realized that our world had changed, and that we can never think the same way about terrorism again. We must stand strong as Americans and keep the victims of 9/11 in our hearts and minds forever. God Bless America Robert 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 story10656.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2004-06-17 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 128.163.205.48 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 work in Newark, NJ and work on the 8th floor of our building, with a perfect view of the city. That morning was so clear, the sky was just an amazing blue and there was no haze which you can normally see hanging over the city. Everyone who works in this city had a bird?s eye view that day. I came to work at about 7:30 in the morning, and the guy who sits next to me, Eddie, told me a short time later that there was a bad fire in one of the towers, I said "are you kidding me?" and he said "no, go look out the window". Well, needless to say when I walked to the window the first words out of my mouth were "holy s**t, you're not kidding!" For some unknown reason I went to out equipment closet and got out the digital camera and started to take pictures, something I would never normally do. At first we thought it was just a fire, then we heard on the radio that a plane had crashed into the tower, I remember thinking to myself how could a plane crash into the tower on such a clear day? And then we watched the second plane crash into the second tower, and we all knew someone was trying to do it on purpose. Everyone was stacked up against the window watching it happen, it was horrible to see, it had a surreal quality to it as there was no sound through the thick glass window, it was like watching a silent horror movie. We could see everything. Some people here were crying and a few were close to losing it. Eddie?s brother in law worked at Cantor Fitzgerald, and once he realized that people were trapped above were the planes crashed and couldn?t get out, he started to break down, he basically witnessed the death of his brother in law but didn?t realize it at the time. Then the unthinkable happened, the first tower went down, someone here had turned the radio on to hear what was happening, and when the tower went down the DJ went silent and we could here the horrible sound through the radio while we watched it, people were crying and running around, we just could not believe what had just happened, your mind just could not comprehend it. We all realized then that the second tower might come down, and when it did, everyone started to leave the office for home, it was just too much to take. I tried to get on the train at Penn Station Newark, but right before the train arrived they cancelled all train service for fear of something else happening, everyone was stranded. I happened to walk pass a customer service representative from the railroad and asked him how I could get back home on a bus as they were running, and by chance the next bus leaving was heading down to an area close to my home. What should normally take 10 minutes to go from Penn Station Newark to the NJ Turnpike took over 1-1/2 hours due to the traffic jams. People were actually walking along the highway towards Newark coming from the direction of the city, but to this day I don?t know why or where they were coming from. When the bus finally got out to the Turnpike we were probably no more that a mile or so in a straight line from the city, and the cloud of smoke was still unbelievable, some people on the bus had not seen anything from their offices and didn?t really have a grasp on what happened, but when we got onto the Turnpike and they could see, they were saying ?oh my god, oh my god!? The smoke still seemed to cover the whole city. I went home and turned on the TV, and watched everything happen up close and personal all over again. It is without a doubt the most horrible thing I have ever witnessed. But I went to work the next day, what happened didn?t make me fear, it made me ?white hot? angry, and it will never change the way I live, in Freedom. 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 story2081.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: Morning had begun with the clear blue skies over Northern California, and my three school age kids were in motion to follow through their sharing of the upstairs shower,with the sounds of 'hurry up and 'I'm waiting from teens voices of I'm important too,and will soon be late if you don't hurry and get done tone.....'My second oldest was saying 'there has been a terrible accident, the airplane just hit a building in New York City', and her anticipation was heard in her breaths,though I urged her on to get through a normal day no matter what is happening on TV.....a few minutes later- all were engulfed of the second instance of the airplane [no 2] hitting the opposite building in New York City,' where it too was directly hitting the building at such heights- it must be an accident,as now I question myself, two airplanes, in the same day..............................................WE all completed our morning attending the school routes, and I told them if there was an emergency, then I will be at home waiting for anything anyone needed........... [Subsequent Events] The local Junior HIgh School unraveled hatred youth upon youth a few days later, as my youngest came home saying that certain groups were claiming their relatives are responsible for the deaths of those at the WORLD TRADE CENTER. Other kids were upset,that how can these groups of kids be allowed to be at the local school when such hideous crimes of the World Trade Center, is having a unisex of conundrum follies where teen boys are fighting outside,inside,on the parking lots, and on streets, that once was everyone shared in harmony only a few days before. Everyone is so out of the ordinary, but was it true that there are those in our own country that would be related,or elated while so many others suffered? No appeasement wore on at the local Junior High School, and the different groups at the Junior High School emerged like soldiers in the battlefields separate and conquer to battle a battle so new,yet paralleled its life in a newness felt by everyone sharing its own breaths. Those whom wore their turbans, were being given specific attention, while the American youth were not shown any conditions new or absolved by the ignorance lashed out by those that wished harm onto the innocent, that youth can't become entangled at this age-now can they? My teen son said 'Mom,you just don't know.' He refused to talk about it later. Fights and violence of all levels became the norm, and the differences of all nationalities of youth at the school earmarked the future of California growing like new gardens in a field where the sun brings out the best for a garden to grow. The two parallel worlds of Democracy and the World away of the Mideast landed on our own doorsteps for the different education, the different rules each follows, and the different ideals of life and human understanding that are echoing on the minds of the children,and the future of American minds nationwide. Why? The 50 year reigns of previous torment our own fathers brought to a mutual agreement is now burning bright on the American forefront even these 5 years later. Why? Another generation awaits for its own leaders,parents, and the government that says it has the highest technology to protect the innocent, where our own teens ask how can this happen? They deserve answers, yet they too, have donated the highest honor of all, many have donated their 17,18 yr old lives to a battle that is untamed and relentless these 5 years later. While the hatred of America looms forwards, it shows the American families so many questions all these years later. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story20546.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. 64.62.212.98 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 on my way to work when I heard the news. My heart broke into millions of pieces as I arrive to work and saw the tears in people eyes as they watch the event on TV. I stood along side of one of my co-worker and we hug and cried together for the lost of the people on that day. That day has affect my life a lot. I was one of the people who lost her job shortly after that happen. I lost my home because I could no longer keep up the payments without a job, I lost my car. My 4year old son and I was close to being homeless. I have no help and no money.I have found a new job and have a use car to get back and forward to work, but I am $8000.00 in the hole from bills and have no way to get out. I am a single mom who has cried for help and am not being heard. 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 story4416.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. 65.113.251.125 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 only a school student, and I don't know if that matters or not. All I know is that 9/11 has changed my outlook on the world. Before I begin, I want to give my deepest sympathy to those who were lost that day and their families. I also want to thank the heroes, and that could be anyone. I was in school when my computer teacher walked by my classroom and told my reading teacher that the World Trade Center had been bombed. At that point I had no idea what tthe WTC was, but in no time I would find out. All through the day we watched the news. The problems just seemed to get bigger. And when you sit in a classroom and know you can't do anything to help, it sends a terrible feeling through me. Our school had special councelors come in and talk to students who needed it. Thats how it was all week, but everything went back to normal the next. Then we went to NYC to see a Broadway play. While there I got to see the WTC memorial site. I was so nervous every single time i heard a plane, and I was so scared something would happen, but I returned home safely but very saddened by the memorials. Now approaching the 1 year anniversary, my school is having a red, white and blue day, and we are having a tree planting ceremony. This year we were suppost to go to the WTC as a feild trip, but that is obviously impossible. We will still go, but just as tourists. To end this all I have to say is that this attack will live forever in history, just as Pearl Harbor did. I will always remember the day I felt like the world was ending, and when I got to see all those "missing" posters at the WTC site along with the blown out subway. It will live forever inside me. It should live inside everyone forever. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story1855.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 8:00, i woke up late and had my neighbor take me to school. We were listening on the radio something about a plane crashing, we thought it was just a joke. I arrive at school and i come in my classroom and my class is watching the television with their mouths open. I then watched and realize what had happened. While we were watching another plane crashes in to the second tower. Everybody was astounded. What could of happened? An accidental plane crash? That day all we did was watch the horrifying attacks that occured on September 11th. 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 story9223.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. 2003-04-26 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.45.212.75 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Iba cruzando la Quinta Avenida cuando mire hacia el sur para observar las torres gemelas. El dia estaba clarisimo cosa que el humo que ya salia de la primera torre relucia contra el azul del cielo. Pense, como tantos en ese momento, que se habia estrellado una avioneta contra el edificio. Honestamente, y esto quizas tenga que ver con lo mucho que requiere causar una impresion en un neoyorquino, no pense ni en el piloto ni en la perdida de otras vidas. Solo me parecia como otro pequeno capitulo en la historia de una gran ciudad. Cuando llegue a mi oficina tenia un recado de mi esposa que la llamara de inmediato. Esa conversacion, la cual duro apenas unos minutos, hizo que pensara de nuevo en la pluma de humo que habia visto unos minutos antes. Atacaban el pais. Como trabajamos en la sombra del Empire State Building, decidimos evacuar el edificio e irnos para nuestros hogares. Uno no sabia si los terroristas pensaban tambien en derrumbar ese simbolo de la ciudad. Temia montarme en un tren y decidi caminar de la oficina en la calle 34 hasta mi casa en la 218. Me tomo 4 horas llegar a casa. Lo que mas me impresiono de ese viaje por casi todo Manhattan, fue que toda la ciudad parecia estar, por un momento, concentrado en el mismo tema. Por unas horas toda raza, todo genero, toda nacionalidad se unio como neoyorquino. 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 story432.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. 2002-04-17 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 146.96.81.40 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My name is Ann White and I would simply like to say that my prayers are continually with the family of the lost victims and the people who survived. Just to remind those that God is still here and He will never leave us nor forsake us. Let us continue to pray for tragedies all over the world. thanks for letting me share. 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 story4235.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. 216.9.83.42 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: Today, to me was harder than it as when it happen a year ago. When my teacer today in gov't put the TV on and we watched for the whole class period. It was so sad and so moving. I wanted to cry so bad for the families that lot a love one or a friend. Last year, you rarely seen people talk about their loved ones, but today there were so any specials on TV about people talking about losing their husbands, dads, sons, and friends. I can't amage what they must feel like. They have got to be so strong! My heart cries every single time I see footage abouttheplanes going into the Twin Towers. My heart goes out to every 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 story5349.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