404 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: Although, I was very fortunate not to have lost anyone close to me as a result of the attacks on 9/11, a part of my heart remains a slow bleed. I know that part of the human experience is to walk through the various levels of grief that life presents to us. Two experiences from which I have not yet healed stand out among all the rest - the very unexpected death of my mother and the attack on our country on September 11, 2001. I was working at the corporate headquarters for the private security company who was responsible for the passenger screening of United 93. Although the private security industry was riddled with infractions, the company was healthy, prosperous, and a fun place to work. I loved the work I did and was planning to retire with the organization. I remember like it was yesterday standing in my cubicle listening to the news of what was unfolding before our American eyes. Heavy traffic jammed the Internet. Two planes had hit the WTC towers, and now a plane had slammed into the Pentagon ... I thought my heart would stop. The phone at my desk rang - it was a co-worker in NYC trying to explain to me that we were under attack. I have never heard these words spoken and as an American, I was not supposed to hear these words. I am a Jersey Girl. My father is a native New Yorker. I have cousins who were born and raised in NYC and still reside in the very apartment in which they were born. I was still reeling from the death of my mother, and at that moment, I needed to call her, but couldnt. This could not be happening. I watched one of my young co-workers trembling while dialing the phone to call her new husband. She was frightened, and I was frightened for her, for me, for my country, and for what I did not know was happening. My employer took an enormous hit, both financially and emotionally. We were bombarded with ugly press, and received external emails condemning us murderers. We worked long hours to accommodate the media calls, the calls to and from the airlines who were our clients, and the FAA. I don't think I slept the first five nights after the attack. I kept my television on around the clock. Staying close to any live coverage in some way provided me a sense of connectedness to everyone else like me who was walking around in an emotional haze. My parents died two years apart, and I needed to hear their voices. My home, a small apartment, a place where I always felt safe, only magnified the fact that I was truly alone in a time when I didnt want to be alone. I have always been a strong woman. In addition to losing my parents, I lost many close friends over the years to cancer, AIDS, car accidents, and suicide. I deal with my grief with dignity. Except for a tear or two in front of a close friend, I do not publicly emote. My friend and co-worker in New York who called me to say we were being attacked lost his brother-in-law in the World Trade Center. I cried for months following the that year. Autumn was heavy with grief, winter became depressing, we then went to war. Less than two years after 9/11, my company was bought and sold, and sold again, never to be what we once were. Although to my disappointment and worry, my position was dissolved. I left having made several close friends who are now a part of my life. These friendships were born out of tragedy and heartache. My nephew, now a Captain in the 101st Airborne, was ordered to Iraq a short time after the US invasion. I prayed for him daily and hoped he would not come home in a coffin. He was wounded and awarded a Purple Heart while in Iraq. My heart raced at any breaking news of downed helicopters and insurgent attacks. My nephew is home now and he is safe. I see the future when I look at him with his beautiful wife and young baby girl. His younger brother is almost on his way to Army boot camp. I secretly pray for God to watch over them and to not let them bear witness to another attack in their lifetime, yet I know better. Our country is different now, and while to some degree we have all gone on with our lives, I know that what I thought could never happen, could easily happen again. A part of me is gravely concerned. It is as if the world has put on boxing gloves and we are all just waiting for the next punch to send us reeling again. 9/11 has changed me in many ways. I require myself to learn all I can about my countrys political climate, especially globally. I walk up to men and women in uniform and while choking back tears, I thank them for their commitment to keeping us all safe and free. I see the American flag as more than just a symbol, and fly a big one proudly over my house. I am more proud of my country than I have ever been. I do not always agree with the decisions of our leaders, but I support them the best I can. It is what Americans like me do. For me, this time of year used to be all about long, hot summer days and nights. Now, it is a time to begin slowly remembering the painful attack we suffered on our own soil … the day we watched thousands of fellow Americans die before our eyes … the day we walked out of the emotional rubble and into an uncertain future. I do not ask for my heart to heal completely … it would be like shutting the door on so many pained fellow Americans. My heartache is what keeps the memory alive. September 8, 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story20327.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On the morning of September 11th 2001 I was walking into my command in Coney Island for roll call in the NYPD. While entering the command I passed a friend who stated to me: " A plane just flew into the World Trade Center!". I said to him; " Oh man, that is terrible!" Little did I know the size or extent of the damage. Upon completion of my roll call, I walked into the command kitchen area and saw on TV that another plane had struck the other tower and I realized it was probably an attack on our country. I ran outside and up to the train station and I could see the smoke billowing over to Brooklyn clearly. I then telephoned my fiancee Elizabeth and told her; " Those fucking bastards flew planes into our World Trade towers!!". She hadn't known this yet and she was just in shock. Over my police radio we got a message to immediately return to our command for further instructions. I ran to the command where we all jumped into a Police Van and got the duties given. We proceeded to downtown Brooklyn and shut down the Borough Hall train station. You could barely see anything downtown and that was in Brooklyn! All around us was paper and debris raing down from the Towers in Manhattan. I picked up some chunks of sheetrock from the ground and put the in my pocket as a souvenir of this catastropy. People were walking over the Brooklyn Bridge to downtown and they looked like ghosts, all covered in this coating of dust from the Towers. It was awful. We were told to put on paper masks due to the discovery of high levels of Asbestos in the air. That day I did a twelve hour tour and then went to the site in Manhattan on my off time to help dig for anyone we could find. I will never. ever forget what I saw when we arrived at the site. Unimaginable mountains of burning, twisted destruction. I took a couple pictures and we jumped on the pile to help in the bucket brigade. I remember handing pieces of huge steel that would burn through your gloves as you held them to the guy next to me. It was so unreal, and the smell I will never forget. After countless trips in my free time to the site I finally realized: We weren't going to find any survivors here. It was impossible. Well, I did what I could and I still to this day am so angry that this act was set upon our country, my city and my brothers and sisters. We lost twenty-three cops and hundreds of firemen not to mention civilians. I hope to never see anything like that again in my life. David D. Beatty Transit District 34 NYPD 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 story6771.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: watched with horror the crashing planes watched with pride the courage of america its now a year later and these are my thoughts "heroes" quiet people facing the unknown rising with courage unfathomed seeing doing without thought striving with unknown strength uncommon events feared by all witness given by results unity designed by strife americans all joined our freedom built by constant struggle price paid in blood and tears from the rubble we rise angry battered but unbeaten we love we fear as only common people do we somtimes forgive but we will never forget i was speaking with a friend[nicole] who is in new york today and her emotion reminded me that much was lost in pain and much will be gained by our belief in the american common people heroes all. she inspired these thoughts 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 story5440.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: As i watched the news with my 11 year old son, a special news report came on saying there was a fire at the World Trade Center,I watched in horror as I saw a plane coming so close to the building, I said to my son, why is that plane so close, then it hit the building and I and my son just stared in disbelief. My eyes started to well up with tears,then I thought of my family in New Jersey and started calling them, I called my husband at work, he is a Deputy with the Sheriffs Dept.in San Diego and cried. I don't beleive anyone will be the same, all the security we once felt is gone, the innocent's of all children in the U.S.A is gone. I find myself praying much more often then I used to, I try to greet everyone with a smile, and love a little harder. 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 story4186.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: Last year on September 11th, i woke up to a phone call from my friend. He told me to watch the news. i had watched it from the time the first tower was hit til i had to go to school at 6:30. Then at school during my zero period my teacher had let us watch what had happend. i couldn't believe that this was actually happening. At first it felt as if it was a movie but then when i got to school i realized it was all true and that this was really happening. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story8227.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-10-02 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.79.81.234 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 retail so I have a different schedule every week, I just happened to be off on Tuesday, September 11,2001. I watch the Today Show every morning so that's when I first heard the news that a plane hit the World Trade Center. At first I thought it was an accident, or some foolish stunt gone wrong. A couple of weeks earlier some guy was skydiving and got cought up in the Statue of Liberty, and I thought it was something like that. Then the second tower was hit, I knew something was terribly wrong. Then the Pentagon, then the plane crash in Pennsylvania. I sat in front of the TV pretty much all day. I did have to go out and run some errands, and everyone I saw was feeling the same as me, total disbelief. Later that day, my Dad called me from Rhode Island to see if I was OK. He is a veteren of Second World War and Korea. I said "Dad, they are comparing this attack to Pearl Harbour, is this as bad as that?" And he said "Oh honey, this is much worse than Pearl Harbour, this was an attack on civilians, that's the difference." Just like people will remember where they were on December 7, 1941, in my lifetime, I will always remember where I was on November 22, 1963 and 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 story5642.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: It was a normal working day. Just after lunch our Group CEO was talking to his broker on the phone when he told us " The World Trade Centre has just been hit by a plane". We thought it was a terrible accident and rushed downstairs to check CNN.Sure enough, there it was, one of the towers of the World Trade Centre - burning. I couldn't believe it when I saw the second plane hit - the extent of the hatred and evil behind these acts was almost tangible. It was as if the whole world was holding its' breath. I watched people jumping from both towers, I watched the firefighters and emergency personnel enter the buildings and I watched as the towers fell. You couldn't cry - it was just surreal - thousands of humans being butchered, and for what. Throughout the next few days I prayed continually that they would pull out just one more person alive but every day the chances of that happening disappeared. I will never forget the events of 9/11 and I thinbk the world needs to remember - especially for all those people who lost their lives simply because they went to work. I made a little private vow - if I am ever in a situation like that I want to emulate those people who were on the flight that crashed in Philadelphia - "Lets Roll"! and put an end to cowering before international terrorism! 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 story8408.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-10-09 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 168.209.98.35 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 commuting to work in Washington and had just passed the Pentagon when I heard on the radio that the first tower had been hit, and then the second. I thought immediately of the Hindenberg disaster as the radio eyewitness kept saying "Oh my god, O,my gog." I was at my desk, working on a daily news fax I produce when I heard that the Pentagon had been hit. My office is two blocks from the White House, so every time we heard a loud noise, a helicopter or figher jet, we wondered if more planes were on the way. My co-workers and I heard that the Shanksville plane might be headed Washington's way and that fighters had been scrambled, so we greeted its crash with a mixture of emotions. My brother had just moved into his new office in the Pentagon. He had been in the Gulf War and Bosnia, so we were pleased he was in a safe posting. In fact, his office was hit and many co-workers killed instantly. Though thrown from his chair by the concussion, he was unhurt (saved by a reinforced cubicle wall) and managed to escape with several of his office mates. I knew none of this as I worked to collect news for my fax newletter (all, it turns out, related to 9/11) and placed calls to my family for word of my brother. I also talked with my boss, who had come down from New York that day for a conference. His brother, it turned out, worked on an upper floor of the World Trade Center,his foot in a cast from a previous injury and thus with limited mobility. For hours we had no word from, or about, either, so we hoped for the best but feared the worst. His brother, too, miraculously survived. 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 story3243.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 very early in California when the events begin to happen. I have a habit, learned from my years in the military, to turn on the news every morning as soon as my alarm goes off. I have the alarm set two minutes before the top of the hour so I can catch the top stories on CNN before hitting the shower. I turned on the TV and there was a commercial on. After the commercial a screen with the words "Breaking News" came on. Both planes had hit already, so the first thing I saw was the gaping hole in the north tower. I started saying "Oh my God!" over and over. My brother and mother came running into the room to see what was happening. It was the most shocking thing I've ever seen. My mind couldn't process what I was seeing. I knew I had to go to work, so I rushed into the shower and watched the news while trying to quickly get ready. I happened to be looking at the screen when the south tower collapsed. I remember the view from CNN. There were two puffs of dust, one on each side of the building and the just a huge cloud of dust. I knew it had collapsed. I ran into my mother's room. I was crying and my hand was over my mouth. I couldn't speak to tell her what had happened. I immediately thought of all the firemen and emergency workers who must have been killed when the building collapsed. I got into my car and drove to work, very nervous. I work downtown surrounded by high buildings. On the drive to work I heard on NPR that the north tower had collapsed. I remember driving over the hill on highway 52 waiting for downtown San Diego to come into view. I knew nothing had happened, but I still half expected to see smoke coming from downtown. I work at the state court downtown. Everyone was very tense. There were rumors of planes headed to the west coast, although I knew almost immediately they were talking about the planes that had already crashed. There is no TV where I work and we couldn't listen to the radio during work because of what we do. There was a rumor that the court was closing, but I walked down the hall and all our judges were on the bench. We got the work 20 minutes later to get out of the courthouse. I was working with a customer, but my boss just told me to get out of there. When I was walking back to my car there were crowds of people streaming out of all the tall buildings downtown. There was a traffic jam to get out of there at 9:30 a.m. I wasn't afraid or panicked, I just had a feeling of dread. I remember thinking that this must be how it felt during World War II, this general feeling of worry and dread. I went home and my brother's girlfriend asked me if I would watch my niece. My niece was two at the time and very sweet. I played with her and took her to the park. I got her down for a nap and I was so emotionally exhausted myself that I also fell asleep. The next day I had a job interview for a huge promotion and it was my little nephew's birthday. I got the promotion. I remember not being able to feel happy about my good fortune. I remember feeling that evening after work as my family gathered to celebrate my promotion and my nephew's eighth birthday that we were so very lucky to be together as a family. It has now been a whole year and I still can't really believe that this tragedy really happened. It's so huge that my mind still can't comprehend it. I think about the victims and pray for their families every day. I walk past a fire house on my way to work every day. When I see a firefighter I always say thank you. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story7702.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: When I first heard of the first plane hitting the World Trade Center my first reaction was I thought they attacked the WTC in Downtown Baltimore at the inner harbor. But then I realized it was the one in NYC. The first thought that came through my mind was how and why could anyone do this to the US. That day we got sent home early from school and as soon as I got there I immediately paged my mom and dad to make sure they were alright and then I turned on the TV. I didn't realize how real it was until I saw both towers os the WTC fall to the ground. Then I heard for the first time about the 2 other planes. The one that hit the pentagon and the one that crashed in PA. All day on the radio and on TV there was nothing but media coverage of what happened and to tell you the truth I'm tired of hearing about it. I'm not saying it like I'm glad it happened but for everybody it was a terrible experience and some people just don't like to hear about it over and over again. in conclusion I want to say God bless to families to the people on the planes and in the WTC during this attack. I hope the president of the US is doing everything he can to prvent this from happening to the US 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 story7780.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 had just walked into my office about 8:47 when someone in the office mentioned that a plane fell. I put on my radio and was listening, when I heard that a plane hit one of the World Trade Centers. I was just shocked but still taught it was an accident. The people in my office were all listening to my radio and we then heard that another airplane hit the other Trade Center. Now I was scared and horrified and taught this cannot be an accident. We must be at war! I was so scared and then when I heard the Trade Centers callapsed. I was so sad, I just couldnnn't believe it. I cried and I did not know what to do. It was just too unbelievable. I called my son and I told him and he was seeing it on the TV. I called my sister and finally got thru and she was also seeing it on TV and in her neighborhood papers were falling from the sky--the burnt papers from the Towers. How horrible and sad. We were sent home from the office, but there were no trains. I walked towards 59 Street Bridge, but someone mentioned there was a train running, so I took that train over the bridge, then walked home. 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 story6184.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 guess the most unnerving fact about that day was the pure ordinariness of it's start. I had taken my little girl to school and had several errands to run before I was to meet friends for lunch that day. As I drove to the first store, I heard the report on the radio of a plane hitting the Twin Towers in New York. No one thought terrorism then, just a bad accident. As I shopped that morning I heard people talking to each other about what had happened and the radio blaring reports from the pharmacy section of the store. I suddenly needed to go home. Something was going on...much bigger than a small plane crash. My answering machine was blinking...My husband.."Honey, turn on CNN", my daughter away at college.."Mom, where are you..is everyone OK"...our former exchange student calling from Sweden.."I need to know if everyone is safe". CNN showed me the horror. In addition to New York, the Pentagon had been hit and there were other planes missing, presumed headed toward Washington. I contemplated taking the kids out of school, but then thought that they were probably safer where they were. My phone rang and it was my friend, Dawn. She told me that my friend Karyn's husband had been on the flight that had hit the Pentagon. Karyn and I had been friends for about 8 years. Our daughters were the same age and good buddies. I went straight to her house. Several of our mutual friends had already started gathering. Karyn was in shock, still hoping that the reports were somehow not true...that maybe somehow it hadn't been the plane Lenny had been on. When the terrible reality began to sink in, she hoped for his survival...not comprehending the resulting fireball from a plane fully loaded with jet fuel. She worried about how would she tell his children...what could she say to her two little girls, just five and eight. There have been many stories of heroism associated with 9/11. I saw a different kind of heroism that day as friends and family gathered around a grieving young widow and supported her through the darkest of days...quietly doing the things that needed doing..making phone calls, bringing food, watching children, being there to listen. I know it was a scene that was played out across America many more times..over 3,000 more times as we began to know the death toll that awful day would bring. The hardest time for me that evening was finally going back to my own family and having to tell my children that Lenny Taylor had been on Flight 77. This was a man who played with his own children and included my 8 year old as one of his own. My teenagers babysit for his kids. It still affects them today. They say 9/11 changed everything. I know it changed me. I hope I never forget the need I felt that night to cling to my family and tell them I love them. I always have a twinge now when my husband flies on business...always aware of how quickly life can change in the blink of an eye. Oh..and I've never been prouder 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 story249.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 11, 2001, I was a student attending a local community college and living with my parents. My first class began at 8 AM Central Time. So, being the good student I was, I was sitting in class at least 10 minutes before 8. Class went through session as it always did with no interruption. After the class ended at quarter after 9 (now at least an hour after the events in New York), I crossed the campus to go to the library so I could log onto the internet there. I checked my Hotmail account and upon logging out, Hotmail redirects you to MSN.com. It was then that I got my first glimpse. On the opening page there was a picture of the WTC with smoke billowing out of it. But, I simply did not react to it. I ignored it because there had to be a catch. As far as I was concerned, it was not real. I immediately searched for another page and that was it. As soon as I logged off, I did one quick glance around the room, just to see if anyone was huddled together talking about anything, but I saw nothing of the sort. I was now convinced that that picture was mearly a scene from a new movie or something. I then attended my next class at 10. Again, class went on as nothing happened. Nobody mentioned anything, so I had no reason to believe anything had happened. That class ended at 11:15 and I got home for lunch at around 11:30. I walked in the door and my father, who should have been at work, was glued to the tv. He turns to me and asks, "Did you hear what happened?" I glanced to the tv and saw the same scene I had seen on the internet earlier that morning. I scoffed, "Yeah. Something about the WTC." My father replied, "Yeah! A plane crashed into one of the WTC towers!" It was then that I realized...this was no movie. My dad wasn't watching E! Entertainment, he was watching Fox News Live. My dad then recounted the whole tragedy from the New York to Washington to Pennsylvania. I didn't eat lunch that day. As 12:30 rolled around, I realized that my next class started at 1. My father made me go, so I stopped off for gas on the way and got to class by 1. Now, everyone knew. My whole class was talking about it and everyone was yelling to the teacher that class needs to be cancelled or at least they should wheel a tv into the classroom so we can watch the news. The teacher refused and he instead taught class as if it was any other day. I retained very little from that lecture. After then, I drove back home and passed up the gas station I had filled up at previously with no complications. Traffic had now come to a complete stop at that intersection from the hoards of cars pulling in trying to fill up their tanks. I squeezed past traffic and eventually found my way out. When I got home, I continued to watch tv till my mother got home. When she arrived, I asked her if we could go give blood after supper. We attempted to do so, but were turned away. There was an over surplus of donors and our blood was simply not necessary. That evening I recieved phone calls from friends away at other colleges and my brother who is in the Air Force and was stationed at Mountain Home AFB. I watched as President Bush gave his speech and I tried to go to bed hoping the day was all just a dream. 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: September 11th has been a personal experience for me in many ways. I first found out about what happened during math class when we went down to a bus evacuation program. Our bus was out of control. The bus driver said "everyone be quiet." He told us that a plane had just hit the World Trade Center in New York, and we were all jumping around while this was going on. No one believed him, so we went back to class. My class asked our teacher if that was really true. She said it was and started to cry. The rest of that say, the attack was what everyone was talking about. No one really knew what had happened until they got home to see the news. There were such frightening images to see. My mom picked me up from school that day, and I went to the dentist. On the way there, my mom told me about what had happened. I was so scared. At the dentist office, I watched the news to see what happened. I couldn't believe what I saw. I couldn't believe what I saw. I could never even imagine that this would ever happen. That night I couldn't fall asleep. My mind was racing about what happened. I was so worried that they would attack us again. My life has changed in so many ways because of September 11th. After September 11th, I couldn't sleep for weeks. I realized about how precious life really is and how quickly it can be gone. I am much more concerned about my surroundings. For example, I would have concerns about flying in a plane next time I go somewhere. That day made me realize how important the military is and how they have to protect our country and sometimes need to take down other countries that may try to hurt us. Even though I am more aware of what is going on in our world today, I can't live in fear. September 11th should be remembered forever. I mean this day has made us much more patriotic and our country has come together so much. We should remember the lives that were lost, those poor innocent victims. We should also remember the brave heroes at ground zero that helped out by rescuing those who were trapped inside the buildings. One nation more united, that's how we can look at 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 story8460.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-10-17 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.60.58.139 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My memory of that day starts with my husband, 10 month old son and I in bed having some family quiet time before the day got started. The phone rang. It was my mother. I will never forget her words to me. "Turn on the TV. They've bombed the World Trade Center and there's something going on at the Pentagon." My adrenalin surged as I turned on the news to see the horrifying footage. Although I knew no one in those places (that I'm aware of) I spent the day glued to the television, not wanting to see, yet somehow needing to. I cried and prayed for days after. My heart especially goes out to the children whose lives were ripped apart by the loss of one or more of their cherished people. I would look at my son and think of their's. What a nightmare. And yet, there is still life, there is still hope, there is still reason to go on. As an American and even more as a Christian, I know that there is still good and that good will overcome evil. I know that there are many who cannot fathom a God who would allow such atrocities, but the atrocities come from the hatred, anger and wrong-doing of mankind. Free will. God does love us and will help us overcome anything that evil might throw our way if we stand with Him. My prayers are with all who have suffered such great loss as a result of this tragedy. And I pray for this nation to do what is right. 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: Let me begin by stating that I believe Breaking News is the most important use of the Television medium. Ever since I was 8 years old, and the Beirut Army Barracks were bombed, I understood the impact that Breaking News could have on people. Television is our common connection with events and each other when it comes to substantial occurances in our world. Given this, I had many times in the past left my VCR recording CNN in the evenings or CNBC in the mornings to make sure that if any major events did occur, I would capture them for future viewing. On the morning of September 11th I was working for Knight Transportation, a medium-sized trucking company in Phoenix, Arizona. As part of my duty in managing three departments, I often was at work before 6AM to begin my long workday. On September 11th I remember sitting at home and watching CNN until about 5:20 AM (8:30 AM Eastern) when I left for work. I did not put a tape in the VCR this day. I arrived at work at about 5:50 and logged onto my computer. The first sight I look at every morning is CNN. I do this primarily because when events occur - they do so at any time. It was common practice for me to repeatedly check CNN throughout the day for breaking news stories. On the morning of September 11th, when I logged on to CNN.com, the banner simply read "BREAKING NEWS: A plane has crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. Details soon." My first thought was "wow - what a horrible accident". I then went into a slight state of shock, and called over one of the few other office workers to read the screen. She read the website and said "it must be on TV - lets go see". We walked back to the drivers lounge (which had a big screen TV) and turned on CNN. As we did, you could see Tower 1 burning. I said what millions of others first said, which was "OH MY GOD". I watched TV until 6:00 AM, when I grabbed my cell phone and called my dad, who is a long-haul truck driver. My dad was in Dallas, Texas that morning. I woke him up when I called. I told him what had happened, and I told him "call Linda (my stepmother) and tell her to tape CNN. Call your dad (my grandfather) and tell him to tape CBS or ABC". My dad asked me if I was going home, and I said "I can't - I have to stay". I walked back into the office, and had a co-worker walk up to me and say "did you hear?" to which I replied "yes - what an odd accident". My co-worker looked at me puzzled and said "no - the 2nd tower is hit too". When I was told this to me, it was the first of three times on September 11th when I made the statement that "there will be rumors all day because of the magnitude of this event". I then went back to the drivers lounge, watched the replay of the 2nd plane hitting the 2nd tower. It was at this moment that I gasped for air, and made the same connection everyone else did: terrorism. I watched TV for another 5 or 10 minutes. I went back to my desk and began to let people know that were coming to work what was happening. The same look of horror and terror from each person - I was struck at how universal the reaction was. At roughly 6:30 Arizona time, I had the first of several friends call me to see if I knew what was going on. Everyone that knows me knows about my news obsession. My father called me a few minutes later and again asked "are you going home?". "I don't know Dad, I can't yet. I'll call you back soon". At about 6:45 Arizona time, a woman a few desks down said that she had just heard on NBC radio that the Pentagon was on fire. This was the second time during the day I told people "its just a rumor - there's going to be rumors today - thats what happens when huge stories occur". About 30 seconds after I said this, my best friend called me and said "the Pentagon is on fire - who would attack the Pentagon". I walked back to the lounge again and looked at pictures of the Pentagon on fire. I went back to my desk, and called my best friend. I told him "turn the TV up - and stay on the phone. You're watching history as it happens - tell me what they are showing". I was on the phone with him when at 7:00 Arizona time the South Tower collapsed. I remember hearing my friend Steve say "its gone - the tower is gone". This was the third (and last) time that day I would make the reference to rumors. I stood up and literally ran back to the lounge again. About 60 seconds after I got back to the lounge, the tape was rolled again showing the collapse. I remember literally slowly moving towards the floor - and was actually sitting on the ground with my right hand over my mouth when the tower had finished collapsing. I sat for about 15 minutes before going back to my desk. When I got back to my desk, I had received an email from my brother in Michigan. It was very short and to the point. "What the f*ck is this? What's happening? Can you believe this?" I wrote him back a message saying "all is ok here. Everything will change. Talk to you soon". After the second tower collapsed, I stood in the lounge one more time. Our Chief Financial Officer (my boss) was in the lounge. As he walked by me, he simply said "its war, Craig. We're at war". He was right, but I didn't realize it at the time. It was at this time that the rumor came across about the car bombing at the State Department, and the rumor that Capitol Hill had been hit. Why would I not believe it this time - I had been proved wrong three times this day already. Our Human Resources Manager was in the room at the time. I walked over to her and said "Marci - this is bad". She nodded her head. I remember very clearly, and with tears welling up in my eyes, looking at her and saying "when do we start sending people home?". She again looked at me, nodded, and said "lets find Tim (our CFO)". My purpose for saying this wasn't because I was afraid for our safety. It was because with everything going on, and the rumors which were now beginning, I had no idea how bad things would get. If a major attack was just beginning on our country, I didn't want people being stuck at work and then fighting traffic home if an emergency were declared. We didn't send people home. Instead, we all sat at work and did nothing but listen to radio and watch TV that day. There was no point in calling anyone - everyone else we did business with had sent their people home. I did not leave until 5:00 eastern time that day. I remember being very angry leaving work, feeling that I had been made to stay at work when this monumental event was being broadcast. I spent that entire evening, and the next three evenings, doing nothing but watching TV. I slept 4 hours between Tuesday morning and Saturday evening. I dont feel my story is extraordinary. I do however feel that every story from September 11th is important. Some do not have the strong emotional impact that others do, yet all of the stories show the many different reactions of this country's citizens. The one last item I remember standing out on September 11th was shortly after the 2nd tower was down. When you looked at those escaping lower Manhattan that day, everyone was the same. What I mean by that is that most were covered with debris and dust from the towers. There were no blacks, whites, hispanics, asians. There were no rich or poor. All that existed where Americans, covered in the same dust, surviving the same event. 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 story9484.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. 2003-09-07 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.74 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: A very strange postscript to what I thought were fully formed memories of 9/11: I spent the day at the CUNY Graduate Center, discharging various responsibilities, sitting with Steve Brier, Frances Horowitz, et al. Just the other day, 10 months later, I saw a good friend Angela Sales and, as is my habit, asked her where she was on 9/11. "I spent the day with you Steve." And it was true. I had completely wiped from my memory that Angela had been stranded at our midtown campus because the CUNY campus at which she worked was adjacent to ground zero. I had invited her to sit in my office on the couch and relax. But 10 months later, in some sort of strange coping mechanism, I find I have totally wiped out big pieces of that day, who was with me, what I did, even how and when I got home. I guess this kind of retrospective erasing is exactly why a project like the 911digitalarchive is so important. Memories of trauma, as opposed to recollections of other less cataclysmic historical events, may be especially vulnerable to "erasure. So, yes, Angela was with 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 story858.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. 2002-07-04 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.37.30.168 Annotation Annotations to this item. NY:3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at work and heard it on the radio. i had a pocket tv and turned it on.. When i saw the towers fall i was floored. my eyes must be mistaken. As this cant be real! But it was.. there is no going back now.. We are united and we will stand.. 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 story2127.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. 2002-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.40 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: I was still asleep when my daughter called from LAX. She was at the South West terminal waiting for a flight to Phoenix. "We just heard a plane went into the WTC. Do you think I should cancel my flight?" I told her it was just a freak accident and go on with business as usual. I immediately turned on my TV. I watched as the station had just started to replay the footage of the second attack on the WTC. I watched in horror as I realized we were under attack. But from where and whom we did not know. I frantically grabbed the phone to call my daughter's cell. "Get out of the airport NOW! Everything is not business as usual. I don't care if everyone else is boarding the plane. Leave now." She was the first to leave the terminal and was on her way home as I continued to watch. Then it happened. The first tower started to implode, then the second, then the Pentagon, and lastly brave passengers forced their plane down towards the earth to certain death. Americans watched in horror. All of America trembled with fear of the unknown. The WTC recovery effort started immediately, volunteers came from every State. Soon the recovery effort became a clean up effort and the death toll continued to climb. It is not any easier one year later to think of that day. We stood strong and our patriotism grew. WE will survive. We are 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 story5131.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. 152.163.189.136 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 asleep when I received a phone call from my sister around 7:15 am. She hurriedly told me that the World Trade Center had been "bombed". She was listening to the events on the radio. I told her I'd turn on the TV and get back to her. I immediately turned on the TV and saw the closeup of the towers. Thinking they had been (or at least one of them) had been bombed, I didn't think much of just seeing one of the towers. Next to the still standing tower was a huge cloud of smoke which I assumed the other tower was hiding behind. I had no idea it had already fallen. After learning that planes had slammed into both the towers, I brought my 2 girls in to watch the unfolding drama. As my wife and 2 girls watched, the second tower started to fall. I remember yelling, "It's falling!!!, It's falling!!!" I remember thinking that maybe just a few floors would collapse at first (while it was collapsing) but as it became clear the whole thing would fall, I became silent...the room was silent with disbelief. I remembered back to when I had gone to the top of the WTC in 1979 and 1983 and then I looked around to make sure I wasn't dreaming. I was about 4 hours late for work as I was transfixed by the TV. When I got back home that day, I sat my girls down in front of the TV to watch the President and took my camcorder out and videotaped them watching the news with me. I visited the site a month later (October 13, 2001) with my sister. The city had a haze over it (I'm not sure if that was the weather or the smoke still smoldering). I couldn't smell anything unusual as other people had reported. The police wouldn't let us within 2 blocks of the site yet we could still see the carnage from the roads leading to the towers. At one corner a blue tarp had been set up to keep people from viewing a certain section. I and a fewe other guys climbed the metal poles holding the tarp and peered over to see what was so interesting about that spot. What I saw was the facades of the towers still standing there. I took a picture as quickly as I could and left as there were others who wanted to see it too. The military would occasionally chase people off. I could still see debris here and there and remember seeing a layer of dust under the overhang of the post office box. I also remember seeing the insides of the stores next to us. Everything was covered in dust inside the stores as if was covered that day. The posters of those still missing was particularly disturbing. The day before (October 12, 2001) my sister and I were at the Pentagon. We were amazed when we drove right into the parking lot next to the disaster without being stopped. We parked very close to the devastation and got out of the car for a closer look. My sister started to film me with the Pentagon in the background. A blue tarp was also put up there but was mostly ineffective as we could still see everything up close. About 1 minute into filming we were approached by 2 military men in red berets with some sort of machine guns. They told me that they had to confiscate my camcorder tape. They pointed to a very small sign that said "no photography" or something to that effect. Ridiculous...they could have posted the sign when entering the parking lot. When I asked when I would get it back, they said "never". At this point I pleaded with them that I would just erase it but they gave me just 2 choices, give them the tape or go to jail. Good thing that was a brand new tape. 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