432 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: In the morning of Friday September 7th 2001, I was in "Palisade Hospital" NJ wich is located next to Hudson River dividing the state of NY and NJ,that morning my twin boys was born, Saturday and Sunday we was still recovering in the hospital, on Monday September 10th I went home with one of the twin, the other one was still in the hospital at least for one more day(the doctor told me that), but the next day when I badly woke up my neighbor called and asked me if I was looking the news in the TV, immediatly I called the hospital to see if I could go to feed my baby,they told me that the Road was closed and the only people allowed to pass was those victims coming from NY by the ferry and doctors with their ID, I was crazy thinking something went to happen in the hospital and everything I could imaging was I went to lose my twins the same as was happen in NY, finally for me, the nightmare ended next day when the road was open and I had both babies in my hands, but for some people that was when their nightmare just started, even the years pass and only the victims remember this, I'll never forget when my twins was born and Mom NY lost her twins.In the memory of the victims, God bless you and your family. 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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: well I was at work at a GoodYear tire center in a subburb of Philly, our boss came out into the shop and told us that a plane had hit the world trade center, we went into the lounge and watched the tv ( we were expecting a small cesna personal plane to have maybe struck the building and bounced off of it.. we were not prepared for what we saw!! we saw the second plane hit, and i started to cry..... we got sent home early ... my cousin worked at tower1, we could not find him or contact him ( he was not there when it hapened, he was trapped in midtown).... I still remember the scary slience in the skys for days after..... I was at the WTC back when i was about 12-13 (i'm 30 now) I remember the incredible size of the buildings... i remember the beautiful lobby, and carpet.. we waited in line to ride the elevators to the observation deck.. i remember my ears poping, and feeling the speed of the decent in my stomach when we were going back down.. I also remember the cold air and high wind of the observation deck!! it was scary, you couldn't get near the edge, there was a large fence then about 20-30 feet, then the edge of the building. but you didn't need to be on the edge, it was the modt amazing feeling, like being on top of the world for a 12 year old!! I will forever miss those buildings, and mourn for the brave people that lost their lives on that Tuesday.... Adam Brady 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 story11421.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. 2005-05-25 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 69.142.98.101 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 husband called me from his cell phone at work after the first plane hit. He listens to Howard Stern on the way to work, and I asked him to make sure it was not a joke. He was still on the phone and told me 'Another plane just hit the second tower'. A number of people crowded around my desk as my voice became nervous and I remember saying 'no no no it can't be true'. My supervisor said that he knew someone who worked on the 100TH floor of the towers. I unthinkingly replied 'maybe not anymore'. Sadly, it turned out my words were true. I then sent an email to my 3 sisters that said "say your prayers... for all of us". They replied. 1. This is so incredible I almost want to turn OFF my radio. 2. WELL I'M NOT GOING WITH OUT A FIGHT !!! SIGN ME UP I'LL KICK BUTT !!!! 3. SCARY SHIT I still have the original emails. I watched the tv at work and had to go with my mother for an MRI at New Britain General Hospital for an MRI. I was able to let my husband know I was going for the appointment, but could not reach him on the cell phone for the rest of the day. Laurie 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 story1079.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: The day the world stood still I was on the phone with a friend from school that I had just got back in touch with after 15 years. The sad part is back in school we had when to the world trade center and the empire state building and the statue of liberty and we talked about that after we saw that.We were both devistated.We could not believe what we were seeing because we saw the plane when it hit the second tower and it was crazy.I feel so lost for the families that lost love ones and friends and all that day.I feel for our country because we all lost children brothers and sisters that day and it is so sad .For me and my family it will always be remembered as the day the world stood still hugging. 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 story7154.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was sitting in my 2nd hr history class when I first heard something terible had happened in New York. We turned on the tv to CNN and listened as the commentators tried to make sense of what had happened. At first, no one really knew what had happened, we had only rumers of hijackings, terrorists, or maybe a bomb in the world trade ccenter. As the pieces started to fall together, wwwe cold only sit, stunned, for our worst predictions could never come close to the real thing. I will never forget the unbelievability of watching people jump out of the 100th story and watching on live television as the towers collapsed, taking thousands of people down with them. When it became apparent that the terrorists were using America's own planes as weapons against us, I became worried for my own family. I knew my mom was at home, but I had know idea where my dad was. In his job, he travels every weeek, and often I don't know if he's taking a day trip somewhere. I was quickly reassured after I called my mom and she told me he was in Detroit, not any where on the east coast. However, the realization that other families might not have the same reassurance hit me hard. As the day continued and more facts came to light, my strongest thought was that my memory of this day would never fade, and I could not imagine the consequences f September 11th yet to come. 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 story2422.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 heard about the attack at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001 at the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment. I was settling in to meditate at the Chapel at the Center in San Jose, CA that early morning when Reverand Dave Sunday made the announcement to those few of us that attended that morning's prayer session. And so, I was stricken with a sense of grief, yet, disbelief of the report that a plane had hit one of the towers at the World Trade Center (before hearing that another attacked the other tower). I had recently returned from a trip to see my mother who lives in the Bronx the previous month, and had taken photographs of the Twin Towers while there. Someone brought a television to work to watch what was occuring, and I was in such a sense of shock and concern at work. This was the City of which I was born. I found out later from a friend back in the Bronx, that someone I had grown up with was one of the Firefighters that was among the missing that week. And had vaguely remembered the fellow. Another friend whom I remembered well (Phil McCardle) was also one of the only fire-fighters that made it back alive from the hellish nightmare that occured the day that the Towers collapsed. I don't know how or to what capacity he was involved in rescue efforts at the scene, but I just knew that if anyone would or could survive such an ordeal it would be Phil McCardle. There was a feeling of saddness, and yet a sense of pride of the heroes of September 11, 2001. For these were the people of a free nation, and it was some of the values I had grew up with in a Great City of our nation. I will never forget this event that occured for it has made such an impact on me. I pay tribute just as many Americans do on this anniversary of the aftermath of 911. 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 story5977.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was sitting at work that morning listening to the raido as I always do when the announcement came that a plane had struck the World Trade Center. My first thought was that it was a small aircraft, perhaps that of someone in flight school learning how to fly. That thought was quickly discarded as details came from the radio and customers coming into work. I just sat there at work all morning listening to the story as it unfolded, hearing different things from different people as they came in. The hardest part was that we had no t.v. so I wasn't able to witness what was going on. I had only my imagination to wonder as to what was really going on in NYC and Washington. I vividly recall people coming in and and the first thing they would ask holding back mixed emotions was, "Have you heard what's happening?". I was able to answer yes, but I could not feel what they were feeling because I could not see what it was everyone was upset about. Finally my mother called and said that the first tower had collapsed and I then realized how terrible it was. I then had a vividly clear mental image of why everyone was so upset. This was not a small incident, this was not something that would be over in a day or so. The events that I was hearing would be turn out to be something that would change our lives forever. Finally about noon the newspaper delivery guy showed up with a special edidtion. For the first time since 9:47 that morning when I heard the news I was able to look at what the bastards had done to our country. I just picked up the paper looking at the front page and I went back to my office and sat there...tears rolling down my face. How could anyone commit such an act with such malice. All those innocent lives, lost. I felt, and still feel the deepest remorse for those on the flights that hit the towers. I can't even begin to imagine how they felt knowing what was happening and yet being so helpless to stop it. To see the NYC skyline out the window I don't even want to think what they must have went through in those last moments. I can only hope that God watched them all and took them into his arms as he cast the hijackers into Hell to burn. On this day, the anniversary, after a year to reflect, the scars are still deep for us all. May God help us heal with time, but...may we never forget!! 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: Timothy Upton Global 1 Project The Act Of The Terrorists on September 11th On September 11, 2001, I was at school in third period gym class. Everybody was talking about an airplane hitting the World Trade Center. I though the kids were joking. Up until then, I was going through the day like the airplane hitting the towers was a joke. Until I went to my Global class and saw a replay of a airplane going in to the World Trade Center. The people in towers in New York City were scared because the buildings were burning and they had no way out. They were jumping out the windows. Even some people jumped from the top of the building trying to get out of there. I feel bad for the people who were killed or injured in this terrorist attack. Some of the best firemen died helping people get out. On the plane there were even little childen that got killed when their plane was hijacked. I think what the terrorists did was wrong. It killed thousands of innocent people and we lost the World Trade Center. This act of terrorism is very bad because it changed the lives of many families, damaged our economy and destroyed a national landmark. People were very scared. Every one called their family members to say, "I love you! Are you okay?" Many people sat and waited for some one to call. They never got a call. Now America will have to be more protective. People will have to be searched at airports and at the borders. The weird thing is that we were studying Terrorism in Global Studies class when this happened the next day. Well, I hope terrorism ends soon because there is no reason for this to be going on. We did not do any thing to these terrorist people. If they do act again, we will just bomb their entire place and destroy them to preserve our freedom forever. I think that the terrorists will act again because they hate us. I hope not, because we will lose more innocent lives. The thing I don't get is why would you kill yourself to kill some one else? If I was told to do that I would say no because I think it was wrong to Family members will be gone hurt another nation's people when we did not do anything to them. Now when you go to the airport, will be searched thoroughly. They will search your bags, and whatever you have with you. I will never forget September 11th. I will not look at planes in the same way again. They will remind of bombs and deaths. 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 story760.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. 2002-06-07 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 168.169.8.132 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 with all other significant dates in american history,September 11th,2001 will be added to the list of dates in which people ask,"where were you when?".I was on duty at Fire Station 13 that morning. The daily routine was in full swing. We prepared and ate breakfast, and were starting our annual "spring cleaning". Everyone was working on a particular project, when everyone started yelling to get in the livingroom. On CNN we were witnessing live 1 WTC burn after an explosion of some type. As with late breaking news, reliable information is usually hard to come by. Seconds after walking into the room, a large commercial aircraft appeared on the right of the screen and impacted the 2 WTC. Everyone was stunned. At first we all thought it was video footage from the plane hitting the first tower, when in fact it was the second plane of the attack. A short while later we witnessed the collapse of both towers. After 2 WTC collapsed we all knew that we had lost brother firefighters in the collapse,both from those still inside the towers attempting rescue and fire suppression, as well as all those in staging areas on the ground. One of my crewmates, who happens to play the bagpipes in the honor guard,had his pipes there at the station, and went out into the apparatus room and played Amazing Grace for our fallen brothers. The rest of the shift was a blur of daily routine and phone calls from our families. I have a daughter who was four at the time. When I called my ex-wife to talk to my daughter,Danica, she wanted to know if I was safe now. I told her that I was,but she didn't understand where NYC is in relation to Ft.Wayne,Indiana. That evening the news reports kept flashing 1-800 numbers for family assistance and for volunteers to call in to provide assistance. I copied dwon all of them, and the next morning when I was relieved of duty, I went home to start calling the numbers. I felt that I had to do something. I was new to the fire service in 1995, and was at the fire station the day of the Oklahoma City bombing. I had such a feeling of helplessness that day. I was supposed to have to knowledge and expertise to handle that sort of thing, but I didn't and it hurt. On September 11, I knew that it was my turn. Suprisingly, my younger brother who has no aspirations of emergency service, told me he was going to go with me and volunteer with the Red Cross doing whatever they'd let him do. My family nd my girlfriend at first didn't understand why we were going. The entire country was still reeling and holding its breath hoping that the worst was over, yet fearing that it wasn't. Reports were coming in of search and rescue parties becoming lost or trapped in the rubble, of bodies and body parts in the streets, and of intensly burning fires that were out of control and unreachable. While the entire country came together to do whatever it could, we believed this was what we could contribute. On the 13th of September,my 26th birthday, we left for NYC. Twelve hours later we arrived and made our way to the Jakob Javitz convention center. My brother found a Red Cross station set up there and we said our goodbyes to each other. I had spoken to an FDNY battalion chief and he told me where to report for a ride to the disaster site. As for the work those days, I don't believe that I'll ever really recover from what I saw,heard,smelled and felt. But as with all other great tragedies of this magnitude and previous generations and thier hurdles, I can try to push it to the back of my mind. Most days are pretty good. Others are really tough to deal with. I don't think my family really understands how this still affects me. And on those hard days I get mad at myself for feeling this way,because I didn't lose a family member or brother firefighter that I worked beside everyday. I know that losing that would be so much harder than what I am going through and then I'm furious that I am this weak. My brother and I worked for three days on adrenaline and pure emotion.On the fourth day,so many volunteers were pouring into the city,we knew we were needed no longer. A guy that my brother had been working with,named Glenn, told us that we were in no condition to drive home. He and his girlfriend, Julie, and her room mate, Holly, NYC natives let us shower,eat and sleep at thier small NYC apartment. Ironically,the apartment house sits two blocks north of FDNY Rescue 1's quarters. On our way there,we passed Rescue 1's quarters and the entire front sidewalk was covered with pictures,flowers and candles as well as people standing vigil outside. After a good hot shower,good food and a lot of support from our new-found friends, we headed for home. A few days later, I returned to work at the firehouse,and all of my co-workers that had supported me from home in doing what we did, were distant and cold towards me. They were all talking about how bad it must be to have to work there and what it must smell like there.Yet, no one asked what my firsthand knowledge of it was. The silent treatment continued for a few days,when I finally put in for a transfer to a different shift and station assignment. Eight months later, I lost my job as a firefighter. Several charges were brought against me by the chief of the department, including disobeying a direct order not to travel to NYC to assist in rescue efforts. He claims that I also violated a federal order from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, not to travel to NYC. Despite proving in a hearing that both orders were dispatched the day my brother and I were returning home from NYC, I lost my position as a proffesional firefighter. All in all, I will recover from this in every aspect of the situation, personally and professionally as the rest of the country has recovered and found itself. 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 story863.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: September 11th I had to bring my sister-in-law to a doctor's appointment by 9am. I woke up late. I gave my husband and baby daughter a kiss goodbye and headed out the door. It wasn't until I was in my car that I heard the news on the radio: an airplane had hit the world trade center. I was astonished and confused. A plane? how could that happen? On the way to my brother's house, I had heard the second tower had been hit. My next reaction was fear. Both my brother and sister work in Manhatten. My brother worked in part of the world trade complex. Once I reached his house I was told his shift had just been switched to overnights and he was ok, just stuck in the city. I then called my mother to make sure my sister had been heard from as well. It was a scary moment, and something I will remember always... much in the same way my parents remember Pres. Kennedy being shot. I grew up fairly close to Manhatten, first in the bronx and then not 2 hours out of the city. I have made many trips to my favorite island and could never imagine the skyline without the towers. I spent the better part of today, the one year anniversary, crying for all those who have died and the families who suffer from the loss. It makes me hug and kiss my family a little harder today, as I feel blessed to have them. God Bless America Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story4975.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 regular work day when I co-worker came in and said that she heard on her way to work that a plane had just hit the Twin Towers. She then came back by to say that another plane had hit the other tower. With this bit of news, I went into the patient activity room where the television was on. I stood there in disbelief and awe of the destruction that occurred and hoped that no one that I knew was on these planes which had left from Logan Airport. The rest of the day was filled with trips to the television room to hear the latest updates,which included the strike on the Pentagon and the heroes of the flight which crashed in Pennsylvania. To this day I still cannot believe the destruction that this caused and the way everyone's life was changed on that fateful day. I made a trip to New York in June after they had completed the recovery efforts, and was amazed at how much destruction had occurred. The memorial around the site is so amazing that words cannot express it. Today my heart still feels sorrow for all those who were intimately effected by this horrific tragedy. I now have a true appreciation of what it is to be an American and how much we need to treasure each freedom that we possess. 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/. 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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: This tradgedy has instilled fear in me, fear for our current freedom and fear for the freedom of future generations too come. I often ask myself what is this world coming too?. My husband and I are deeply sadden from this terror attack, even thought we were not blood related too any of the victims we still feel that in away they were family, we as americans need too start seeing eachother as one big family, when something like this happens our entire world is effected some way or another. My husband and I and our children often visit New York, too us it is our second home. Tracey Hilliard Ohio 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 story3317.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 at home with my five year old son, who happened to be sick. We were lying in my bed watching Good Morning America, we actually watched the second plane hit the tower. My son's first words after this happened were "does this mean that Daddy will have to go". You see, my husband is in the National Guard, and Cody knew that something bad had happened and that Daddy might have to go to protect us. I immediatley called my husband who was at work to tell him what had happened, and to also let our son talk to his dad. We kept in constant contact throughout the whole day. We have had to go through alot this past year, wondering when my husband would get called up to active duty and preparing our son for this. Fortunately, he has not had to go yet, other then to the local airport. We are still very aware that the longer this goes on, the better chance he will have of getting deployed. It will be a hardship on us, but we all realize (even our son) that this Country is what we believe in and we will do whatever it takes to help protect her. I hope that everyone takes the time to support the military and also their families - or just 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 story3702.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 am an addiction medicine specialist who lives and works in New York City. The morning of the attacks, I had just gotten a coffee with my partner Gregory at the Starbuck's Coffee shop on the upper east side. We crossed 3rd avenue and I boarded a bus go further uptown. He patted me on the back and said good-bye. I got to work at about 9AM. I remember trying to use my cell phone a bit after 9AM and all I could get was "all circuits are busy now, could you place you call later." Frustrated, I went out into the outdoor courtyard of my office and the building maintanance man said one of the World Trade Towers was hit by a plane. I went back to the office and turned on my radio. I began hearing sirens. I cried as I listened to the radio. I got a call from Gregory who told me what was happening on TV. I heard on the radio that the second tower was struck.' I decided to stay far uptown for an hour and then closed the office and began the walk back from 91st street to my house in the 60's. I could see billows of smoke far downtown as I walked south on Lexington ave. My cell phone still would not work. People were in shock. Busses were filled to the brim with people. The further south I walked, I finally saw people walking north that had come from the World Trade Center Site. Bits and pieces of the story slowly unfolded. When I got home, I was so happy to see Gregory. We have several friends who lived near the trade center. We housed them and Ruben (a pug dog) who lived with Julie, one of our women friends. To my shock, I first saw the sight of the buidings on TV for the first time. I cried more. Life will never be the same. I am more patriotic, more cautious and I feel more connection with other people since then. Now at the 1st anniversary of this horrible day, I remember the strength of Americans coming together to help at that dire time of need in our history and in my life. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2124.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 left home to bring my daughter to school that morning and on the way could not understand why I could not get the music on the radio. And in my worst nightmare could not comprehend the horor that was about to unfold. I brought my daughter to school not knowing if I should leave her there, but under the well kept care of her teacher I went home to tell my husband, who was sick that day, to turn on the television in horor of the events that were unfolding. We both sat there in disbelief of the horrific sights that we were experiencing that warm September morning. It was as so many have discribed a sureal event that I was not sure how would effect my life at the time. As all Americans can attest, until it hits home it is not something that you can truly feel. But as we all have seen it is not in the personal effect that we have felt but in the national effect that we feel such great sorrow. And being on the East coast I too have people that I knew, as so many here knew, that were there that horrific day. I personally knew, 3 people that have touched my life and although they were not people that I was in contact daily they were people that have a place in my memory and heart as I realize that they have sacraficed the greatest thing of all their life. Michael Canty, his family were friends from church and I can remember him running around church causing a lot of commotion on Sunday. James Patrick, was a brother of a classmate all through elementary to high school. Although I did not know him directly I knew his brother and family and every one knew "The Patrick's", one block down and over, on Parkwood Boulevard. The last person that I knew was a bit more personable, I worked with him for almost 3 years and he dated my sister. That was Arial Jacobs, he was a man that I did not really see too much in, although my sister did. He was someone that I really did not think would be some one to look up to and little did I know that he went and became the Executive Vice President of a company in the WORLD TRADE CENTER!!! Who would have know that little Ari Jacobs would be such an influential person for people to follow as an example. All of these men leave family and love ones behind and I pray for them and hope that through the years that they will come to know how much their loved ones touched others and that they will not be forgotten!!! I have never contacted their families or told then how sorry I am for their loss but through Gods eyes I am sure that they know how special their sons,husbands and brothers were. And today, September 11th 2002, I went and got the paper after I had the greatest privalige of seeing my grand parents this cool and somber Septmeber morning. What a somber "morning" it is, I look at the "Times Union", Albany, NY's paper, and the special insert that they have on the "victim's" of Sepember 11th. I can recall where I was and what I did and felt that terrible day 1 year ago. This is a day that we should never forget and after all of the talk, that time will tell what history will account of this day in September, I know that no matter what, I will always tell my daughter what happened and hope that she will pass this mournful day of rememberance on to her children too. This is not something that we will forget and I know that for the rest of my life as short as it may be on this earth that I will never forget, GOD WILLING, my life will be long enough to tell others what happened that warm September morning! 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 story5489.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I'm a member of the FDNY. I was at the firehouse that morning, I was the ECC (engine co. chauffeur) for Eng.166 on Staten Island. We were doing commitee work when we heard on the radio that a plane hit the WTC. We dropped what we were doing and went into the kitchen to watch the news. We were talking on how to attack the fire and what gear we would need if we were called when all of a sudden you saw the second plane hit. We scrambled out of the kitchen and started to re-check all our tools and gear and putting extra tools on the rig. We were in the middle of doing this when we were turned out for the staging area at the S.I. Ferry. We were barely out of qtrs. when we were re-directed to form up on the Brooklyn side of the Battery Tunnel. We just about got to the Verrazano Bridge when traffic stopped. They had to clear the traffic off the highway so we could get to the bridge. While they were doing this, all the off duty guys that were trying to get to their firehouses in Bklyn, Man, or Qns started to ditch their cars on the shoulder and were jumping up in the hosebeds of our rigs, there were about 8 - 9 other fire companies with us. They finally cleared a lane and we screamed over the bridge. I remember looking to my left and seeing the two towers, heavy black smoke pushing from both of them, and my Lt. just saying to me that this was going to be the worst day this job has ever seen. I told him we'll get the fires out (the FDNY, not just us) but yeah, that it was going to be a real shit day. We got to the tunnel and it was like driving into a blizzard. When we pulled up, a Chief informed us that the first tower had collapsed. We were looking up to see if we could see anything but it was just ash, soot, sheets of paper falling from the sky. So thick, that if you held your hand out it would fill up in a few seconds. They turned us around and told us to form up on the Brooklyn Bridge. We got to the bridge and they started sending us over 1 company at a time. When the company in front of you got to mid-span the next company started out. The reason for this was we were told another plane was inbound and if they hit the bridge they did'nt want a bottleneck of us on it. We were just past mid-span when the second tower collapsed. I look back at it now and that half hour we were stuck in traffic probably saved a few lives. We definately would have been there if we were'nt delayed. We got to the staging area at West and Vesey streets, the Chief told us to dig out the satellite unit (it carries high volume hose) and to start stretching the line up Vesey street to the water. A fireboat was moored there and we had to hook up the line to it so it could start pumping water into the site. All the water mains were broken and fires were burning everywhere. All the buildings, all our rigs, the cars parked in the street, the paper on the ground, it looked like hell. After this was done we tried to find a way into the wreckage, we were hearing Maydays on our radios that there were some of our guys trapped in a stairway, but we had no idea where it was. We stretched lines into the rubble to try and put some of the pockets of fire out so we could start looking for people. We eventually got word they wanted everybody out because 7 WTC was going to collapse. We backed out and waited. I guess around 5:30 it finally came down. After, we just dug. I don't know how long. We got back to the Firehouse around 1:00 AM. We walked in and we had a company from Roselle NJ in qtrs. We thanked them for coming. We took showers, had something to eat, and watched the news. Went back up the next morning and dug all day. It was a rough few months, you were at 1 of 3 places, the firehouse, the WTC, or at a funeral or memorial. It was real rough on the family. My son was only three months old and my daughter just started nursery school, my wife works. It was hectic, but my wife held us all together. I was a wreck. I knew 63 of the guys, my first firehouse (I transferred to S.I. in 99) lost 7 guys, one of them had 10 kids. I don't know how she's doing it, alot stronger than I am. We lost too many good people that day, and I'm proud and humbled to say I knew, worked with, and learned from some of the best people who ever walked the planet. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Firefighters Rescue/clean-up workers/volunteer Ground zero- at or about NY:3 FEATURE Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had gone riding with a friend of mine in another town nearby called Bolton. We had just finished our lesson when the owner of the stables came running up to me asking if I was from New York. I told her that I was actually from Chicago. She then went on to tell me that someone had blown up the Pentagon. To be honest, I thought she had misunderstood, since the Pentagon isnt in New York. My friend and I went back to her house and turned on the news immediatly....I could hardly believe it. I had been so homesick prior to the 11th that I was really depressed, and and that point I was desperate to go home. I had never felt so helpless. I was in a state of panic, because at that time there was no way of knowing how many planes were still in the air and my sister worked in the Sears tower. All I could think was that they might go for that building as well. Luckily, my family was okay. All I can say is that I wish that there had been more that we Americans in other countries could have done. I gave what money I could, but I wasnt allowed to give blood because of the fear of BSE. Goddess bless this country and may all of us regardless of ethnic or religious background come closer and be thankfull we are American. 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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: Watching television on a weekday morning is something out of the norm for me because I'm usually working or on the computer at that particular time of the day. But for some unknown reason, I turned the TV on that fateful morning of 9/11 and I just STOOD in front of it. When I saw a plane fly into a building, I became confused and began to wonder if I had made a mistake and turned on one of the Movie Stations instead of the Local Station, like the number on our cable box was displaying. Then I HEARD about what had just happened to the First Tower at the World Trade Center. Like so many others, I could not believe my eyes when I saw that plane crash into that staturesque building right in the middle of downtown New York City! The image was so SURREAL, yet I remember thinking, "I can't believe that I picked THIS day to watch morning TV and actually WITNESS this plane crashing into the WTC Building. AND it's BEFORE I hear it from ANYONE else OR see it LATER in the evening news"! I thought to myself, "If this is a joke, TV has REALLY gone TOO FAR with this "Reality" TV crap and this is SICK!!!" But when it FINALLY "sunk in" that this was NO JOKE, I'll NEVER forget that gripping feeling of POWERLESS. Well, as shocked as I was then, it was still NOTHING compared to how I felt just a few minutes later, when I watched the "live" news coverage of the NEXT airplane flying into the SECOND World Tade Center Building. As this was happening, I surmised that the pilots on the plane HAD to have been DRUGGED or something, in order to fly through an entire building like that with PEOPLE on the plane! Immediately, I KNEW that those people on THAT plane HAD to have DISINTEGRATED INSTANTLY!!! The weirdest thing about it was, at that time it hadn't even DAWNED on me yet, that there was probably people in the building AS WELL! It wasn't until I saw the Live News coverage showing the footage of all the chaos of Emergency Vehicles and Crews desperately trying to get INTO the building to put the fires OUT, that it finally "HIT" me there was MORE PEOPLE up there besides the ones on the PLANE! I just kept shaking my head "NO!" and saying, "Oh, my God!" and "God, PLEASE HELP them!" and "Help all those PEOPLE!" Like so many others, I NEVER could have imagined what was going to happen to the second WTC building in the next horrendous moments to come. My stomache was already so NAUSEOUS and I stood there UNABLE to MOVE! I was so sick, yet I was frozen to the point that I couldn't even sit down! My knees were so weak, but still I couldn't sit down. I so tired of standing for over 2 HOURS now, AND STILL, I couldn't sit down! I felt like I was going to PUKE! AND STILL I COULD NOT SIT DOWN!!! I cried.....I prayed.....I shook my head "NO!" in disbelief.....and no matter what.....I just could not sit down. I can't write this "story" without feeling like I'm going to "throw-up". I can't write this "story" without sheading many of tears. I can't write this "story" without shaking my head back and forth in disbelief, while saying "NO!". I can't write this "story" without praying for all those people.....the ones who died.....the ones who didn't.....the ones who DID IT! I can't write this "story" without feeling SADNESS for my Country. I can't write this "story" without feeling HAPPINESS and PRIDE whenever I see our Nation's Flag. The "Hole" that was left at "Ground Zero" is as big as the "hole" that is left in my soul, and that sick feeling of Powerlessness that remains there still. I've never been to New York...OR Pennsylvania...OR Washington D.C., but THIS I do know. I have a "calling" in my soul to THIS VERY DAY. I know I must someday GO to these places and...let that sick feeling in my soul go away...let my head shake back and forth and say, "NO!".....let my tears uncontrollably fall...let all my prayers for those who died, those who didn't, and those who "did it"; RISE UP TO THE HEAVENS along with those beautiful Lightbeams at "Ground Zero"...and finally...let my heart feel HAPPINESS and PRIDE every time I see my Nation's Flag. Let Freedom Ring LOUD AND CLEAR.....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/. 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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 11, 2001, I was at work just like any other work day. Everything was just a typical day until I heard on the radio the news that the World Trade Center in New York had been struck by a plane. At first, I sat in disbelief, then listened even more intently as a second plane hit. I called my girlfriend at her job to talk about it, then called my dad who lives in Florida to talk about it and just to hear his voice. I searched for news web sites on my computer and quickly went to ABC News. I immediately thought of my 2 cousins who work in New York City - one as a broker and living near the World Trade Center, the other as a public relations representative. I called my aunt and uncle to see if they had any news on my cousins, but since the phone lines were not working in New York, especially cell phone lines, they had no news. Then the plane crashed into the Pentagon and more sadness filled my heart. America was being targeted and we had no idea who was behind this evil. More time passed and a then the news of a plane crash in Pennsylvania. I thought of all of the people who lost their lives, their families, their friends, the men and women who gave their lives in rescue efforts. It was surely a day that would forever stay in my mind. I heard later that day that my cousins were ok in New York, but they were at a big loss since they had lost many of their friends and business associates. I was filled with sadness that day, and disbelief, and anger. Many of those feelings linger, but I can say that the American spirit lifted the hearts of people around the world. We need to keep that spriti alive in all of us and bring everyone who was involved in this horrible tragedy against the United States to justice. We need to continue to value life and our freedoms as much as we always should have - not just for the moment. We are proud to live in American and should be proud to have a President that truly cares about all of us and is a genuine person. God Bless America! Always remember all of those that were affected 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 story2372.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: They were standing up and some of them were crying! That is what it looked like in the reservation center where I work. Hi, my name is Debra A Jeffries and I am a manager at the Budget/Ryder-TRS Car & Truck Rental nation wide reservation center. We reserve cars and moving trucks all over the USA. As we all know, the planes were grounded that day and several days afterwards. America needed to get home to thier loved ones. Our lines were so jamed, we could hardly keep up! People were crying to us, saying that we HAD to get them home. That we were thier only chance. As an Air Force Vet, I knew that this was the begining of war on our turf as we never knew it. It seems that my training took over, as I began to cover the reservation floor helping with as many calls as I could. Staying calm, reasuring my Agents, sometimes with only a "look". They knew what I meant. Men and Women were telling us that the towers were comming down and to please get us home. With so much of America trying to get home, our fleet was shrinking...and fast! We quickly turned to our truck fleet. Yes thats right...we were sending people home in 15 passenger vans, saying to them all who are going West, North, South any direction, get in and we will drop you off as close as we can. They were traveling in Cargo vans, 15', 24' empty moving trucks with only prayer and the hope of getting home as fast as they could. In the days that followed, new policy after new policy came down from our top brass, after all we never had to do anything as vast and heart wrinching as this before. When it was all done we all here at Budget felt that we had made a difference and helped to get Americans home. We will never forget any of the Americans and our world-wide friends that did not make it home that day, but we take PRIDE in the fact that they will always have a safe "HOME" in our hearts. 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 story4630.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. 63.237.41.25