447 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: On September 11th I drove to work (I was working as a counselor in a homeless shelter) in Alexandria, VA around 8:30am with a CD on in the car so I did not hear any local news. When I got to work to check email and voice mail, I became confused. My boyfriend emailed me that (Howard) Stern was talking about a plane hitting the WTC and my sister (in MI) was hysterical on my voice mail saying we were being attacked and she was watching it unfold on the TODAY Show. She is very emotional (like I) and overreacts and I had to see my clients so I figured I'd get back to it later. I am from New York though and the weirder the messages that came in on online news sites and all the more I wanted to know what was going on. I went next door to the large client TV and as I saw the WTC towers on fire it switched to the Pentagon. A client walked in and said "Oh is that what I heard" ANother client said she needed to meet with me NOW. When I asked her to wait since I wanted to find out what was going on. She said to me "But that has been on all morning and I am moving out" It was really hard for me to stay nonjudgemental in counselor fashion that day. My first client was from NY so we did do some processing of the event or what we knew so far. THe whole day was surreal. I figured that I lived closer to the Pentagon than I worked so I stayed and tried to work and in between trying watched it all unfold on TV. My family in NY finally got through to me. But it took days to locate all family and friends that lived or worked in NYC. Everyone I knew was fine, but there were many close calls. I felt blessed but hurt with the rest of the nation. I couldn't volunteer to use my counseling skills since I have not finished my counselor licensure. SHortly after though, I was offered a job with the Community Resilience Project, A FEMA funded 9-11 crisis counseling program. I am nervous about the upcoming anniversary. I still get upset, am hypervigilant, nervous when flying, and felt that sick feeling I felt on 9-11 when something triggers me such as the weather. That's my story and I have told it a zillion times on the way to healing.... 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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 half asleep, rubbing my eyes and yawning, in front of the TV. I was waiting for my wife to finish showering when I saw the planes slam into the WTC. Then the Penatgon was struck. I have 3 small children ages, 3, 2, and 1. And I remember this overwhelming feeling of dread and grief. And of sorrow because of the people who were dying. And because I didn't want my children to fight a war. 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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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was sitting in my class when the phone rang, my teacher picked it up and his face turned pale. We had been taking notes off the power point. He turned off the powerpoint and turned the t.v. on to the news and we saw the second plane hit. It was horrible, next thing I know kids are being called out of class to go home and my classes are nearly empty. I called my mom and she said to stay in school that I was safer there than any other place. So I remained at school and left at the normal time. When I got home, I turned the t.v. on and watched the news all night and for many days after. I feel touched that people that had no idea what was goign on risked there lives to run into the towers and help people out. 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 story9203.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 woke up on September 11th, got dressed in my athletic because our soccer team was working out in the weight room that morning at 9 a.m. It was a Tuesday so our maid was cleaning our house, and everything was quite hectic even before the terror attacks started. I came downstairs and found my mom and my maid watching the news and the burning World Trade Center, and I remember asking "Is this a big deal?" I just thought it was some bizarre freak accident and I did not think much of it. I rode to school listening to the news with my mom, and right when I was getting out of the car, a news bulletin reported that the Pentagon was on fire. I walked into the locker room to complete getting ready for our workout, and as I sat down with some of my teammates, we all shared what we knew, but it was mostly confusion and none of us really knew what was happening. While we were in the weight room, a school administrator came over the PA system and told all teachers to turn off all the TV's and the only thing they could play was the radio. I showered and went on to second period, then to World History where my teacher Mrs. Franzen updated us, and told us that both World Trade Center towers had fallen, the Pentagon was struck by a plane, and a plane had gone down outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniya. When she told us that all planes had been grounded over the U.S., I remembered that my Dad was in California, and was supposed to fly back on September 11th. (He ended up driving back to Texas with his boss instead of flying). In lunch and in Journalism class, our teacher let us watch TV even though she was not supposed to. Later in the day during IPC, we were in the computer lab and our teacher gave us the day off and let us look on the internet about what was going on around the country. I came home that day and all day and night watched the news, and called family to make sure everyone was o.k. My friend Ricky's cousin, who is a stockbroker in NYC had a close call, he was supposed to have a meeting in the World Trade Center but was sick, so he couldnt go. That night I remember watching the news for a long time. So that was my September 11 story, a day we will 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/. Title A name given to the resource story2641.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. 206.77.47.2 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 would have woken up about 7:20, and gotten to school about 8:30. Someone came up to me as I wondered the school halls before class and told me that the Whitehouse had been bombed. I thought for sure they were mistaken, and obviously they were. Still though, I hadn't heard the news. I noticed the students crowded around the TV the moment I stepped into my first period class. It was 9:00. I was in shock. I didn't really know what to feel at first, it almost didn't seem real. Needless to say we didn't get much work done in that class. However, the administration made the decision to not allow the students to watch the news for the rest of the day. Some of the more obedient teachers followed those instructions, and some of the smarter teachers ignored them. It was a very interesting day all around, one I'm sure I'll 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/. Title A name given to the resource story3007.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: At first, I didn't really understand what was going on. I was at work when everything occured and we don't have a radio or television access in my office. Everyone where I work was wandering around, asking everyone else if they knew what was going on. On the way home from work, I listened to the radio, trying to see what was going on, and what had actually happened. But I really didn't get the full picture until I atually saw it on TV when I got home. I sat there, glued to the screen, with my mouth hanging open, unbelieveing. Later that day, a friend and I went to town to get some gas because we heard gas prices were going to be shooting way up. The gas stations, the stores, everything everywhere was pakced with people who were preparing for a full-on war. I remember one time in particular, standing in the Wal-Mart parking lot and gazing around at the sky. There was something different in the air that day, something that you could almost see. The sky looked blank somehow, and full of life at the same time. Was it the spirits of those who had died in the plane crashes and on the ground? Was it God watching over us, and the fact that we could really feel it that day? The sky itself was too quiet with all the flights grounded. People were riding around with "NUKE 'EM ALL" written in shoe polish on the windows of their vehicles and red, white, and blue was everywhere, in every form you could think of. And everyone, everywhere was talking about it. It touched us all. 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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 MY DESK WORKING, AS I AM AN INSURANCE AGENT, WHEN THE PHONE RANG LIKE IT ALWAYS DOES. I PICKED IT UP AND ON THE OTHER END WAS MY DAUGHTER AND SHE WAS VERY UPSET. MY ALISHA IS A SOILDER IN THE US NAVY. SHE WAS STATIONED AT JACKSONVILLE HOSPITAL AND WORKS IN ELECTRONICS. SHE HAS BEEN IN THE NAVY FOR 6 YEARS NOW, AND HAS NEVER CALLED ME FOR HER WORK AT THE BASE. SHE STARTED TO TELL ME ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE. EVERY ONE BUT MILITARY PERSONEL WAS REMOVED FROM THE BASE, INCLUDING ALL CIVILIAN POLICE OFFICERS. SHE WAS AFRAID AND READY TO DO WHAT EVER SHE HAD TO DO, TO PROTECT HER COUNTRY AND HER FAMILY. HER HOSPITAL WAS THE ON CALL HOSPITAL AND WOULD BE THE FIRST TO GO IN IF NEEDED.SHE WAS OUTRAGED AT WHAT WAS GOING ON. HER COMMANDER WAS AT THE PENTEGON THAT MORNING AND THEY HAD NOT HEARD FROM HIM. SHE ASKED ME A QUESTION THAT I DIDNT KNOW HOW TO ANSWER, SHE SAID MOM I WILL DO ANYTHING I HAVE TO DO , TO STAND BY MY COUNTRY AND MY COMMANDER AND CHIEF, BUT I AM AFRAID , IS THIS WRONG ? WHAT DO YOU TELL YOUR CHILD AT TIME LIKE THAT. SHE WAS ASSIGNED SECURITY PATROL ON THE BASE AND HAD TO CARRY A GUN, WITH ASHOOT TO KILL ORDER IF SOMEONE DIDNT STOP OR LEAVE AS TOLD. WE HAVE LIVED LIFES IN A STATE OF FREEDOM SO LONG THAT WE DONT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING ELSE. I PRAY EVERY DAY THAT THIS WILL BE OVER SOMEDAY BUT WE ALL HAVE TO KEEP THIS IN OUR MINDS SO THAT WE CAN PREVENT MORE TO COME. GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO GET THEIR LIVES FOR IT. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I remember going to school not knowing wat happened because i didnt turn on the radio that day. And when i got to my school all my friends asked me did you hear what happened, and i was no what happened. And my friends were saying that a plane hit the World Trade Center in NY. I couldnt believe it. I remember my first period teacher talking about a terrorist attack. But i still couldnt believe it or realize the full effects of what just happened. In my photo class which is 2nd period we watched it the whole period. And then i saw the 2nd plane hit. I was so shocked. I finally realized this is scary. I couldn't believe that terrorist could have the capability to attack the United States of America. I fianlly relized how vunerable everyone was. That anyone could get hurt and anytime. It was a very tragic time then. Even before this I didnt really know wat the World Trade Centers were until this happened. I didnt really know anyone who died in that attack and I thank God for that, But i cant imagine the pain these people are going through. What was really amazing was the unity of our country. thats wat I remember very well. On T.V how the fire fighters helped save so many people and the police officers to. I think when i look back on this. It will effect me forever. 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: My World Stood Still There are moments scattered throughout history that define a generation. Moments that fundamentally change our society as a whole, and more significantly, each of us as individuals. Pearl Harbor. Kennedy's assasination. "One small step" on the moon. The Challenger explosion. And now, September 11th. I find it hard to recall specific memories of that day. Instead I have a collection of vivid images; a mental collage leading up to two months when, for me, the world truly stood still. ....watching live as the second plane was swallowed by the second tower in a burst of flame....the clouds of ash billowing as the towers collapsed....the gaping hole in the pentagon....the wreckage of a plane in a lonely Pennsylvania field. It all took on such a surrealistic quality - these weren't the events of real life, but of Hollywood movies. Reality simply couldn't have any bearing on what Dan Rather and the other media voices of our generation were showing us on television. After all, how does one wrap their mind around 3,000 lives being lost in one fell swoop? If we add up every person we've ever known, its probably not half of that. 3,000? How does one fathom the knowledge of that many lives extinguished in an instant: the suddenly parentless children, the husbands and wives widowed, the childless parents? How does one count the tears? Everywhere you went, any direction you looked, you found fear, uncertainty, confusion. Strangers gathered in stores, gas stations, on the street. Not only to talk, but to feel the comfort of human companionship. Phones lines were overwhelmed. We called our friends, our families. Even those nowhere near New York - simply to make sure they were safe. I watched a nation go through the grieving process that first day and night. The shock, the pain, the tears, the anger. Noone I knew died in the tragedy, or was directly affected. But like everyone else I grieved as well. That evening, like everyone else, I ran to the gas pumps. Waiting in line that stretched for blocks. I stood beside my car, my wife at my side, our children in our arms, and listened on the radio as the president addressed a nation buried in fear. Every radio in every car was turned up, and his voice seemed to pour from the heavens. For the first time in my life, the world truly stood still. An elderly couple in the car next to us held tightly to each other. Behind us, a yound black couple stood together, hand in hand. A group of teenagers, a medley of piercings and hair colors, stood silent as well. People from all walks of life, converged upon a random place, united, silently clinging to one another as the world seemingly came apart around us. Age, race, and social status had finally become obsolete, albeit briefly. In a world based on 'hustle and bustle', something had finally happened drastic enough that even the very hands of time were forced to stop and take notice. September 12th arrived, and just as it had each morning since the dawn of time, the sun came up. 'The day after' had begun. People started to realize that the world was not ending, and that life must go on. Our president, shedding his cloak of controversy, became the leader he had to be,and told us to go about our lives as usual, that life must continue. And I, like most others, listened. I went to work. Driving through a major city, I witnessed something that, for the second time in as many days, caused my world to briefly stand still. Driving through this, and average midwestern city, I saw, each time I glanced up as I passed under an overpass, American flags. Waved by children, their parents, their grandparents. Friends and strangers at the same time, as we all had become. I stuck my arm out the window, two fingers pointed toward the sky in that universal gesture of greeting, unity , and peace. I listened as a radio announcer reported that in New York, there was NO crime. No looting. I heard as people called in, simply to send messages of love, unity, and patriotism to those around them. People I passed on the street no longer tried to avoid eye contact. They said hello, as did I. I shook hands with strangers. An old woman hugged me. We, as a people, were overwhelmed not only with patriotism, but with the love and caring that only comes from shared fear and loss. Halfway through my morning, I realized this wasnt a day for work. On the way home, the reality of events finally touched home for me. A nation lost its innocence on September 11th. America as a country was no longer invincible; but vulnerable. Never had an enemy dared to cross into our sacred borders - the thought that they could was a blow to the sense of safety and well being of every one of us. No longer were wars a thing we saw on television from half a planet away. They had come into our very front yard. Exposed to the most heinous evil most of us have ever witnessed, we, a nation seemingly predicated on violence and mistrust, responded by coming together. We as a people reached out, and for once in our history, we responded. I learned several things from 9-11. I learned that a hero isn't a visible politician, athlete, or actor. A hero is someone who gives their life for strangers. I learned that while our world seems most of the time to be a cold and lonely place, it truly isn't. Our world has a heart, and it beats deeply in us all. The true tragedy is that is takes something as devastating as this to bring it out......... 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 story9347.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 11, 2001, I was sound asleep. I was tired from working the night before and college classes. The phone rang about 9 am. It was my niece, who lives nearby. She told me about the planes crashing into the World Trade Center. I couldn't believe it. I turned the television on and that is where I sat for days. I kept calling my sister and husband (whom were both at work), trying to keep them updated on the situation. All I could do was cry. I felt completely helpless and awful. They had cancelled classes that day and the next, which was a relief and I didn't have to work till the weekend. I remember sitting there thinking to myself, how awful, who did this? Why did they do this? and What does it mean? Well I came to realize it meant war. Then I suddenly became more aware that my other sister (from Texas) was in the army and I knew what it meant for her. I tried calling her most of the day but it just kept saying "All circuits are busy now, please try again later". Finally about 630 pm that night she called me, crying, as was I. She knew as well what it meant for her. She left this past March for Landstuhl Germany. She is a nurse in the army and is taking care of our wounded soldiers. Unfortunately she won't be home till March 2004. MY brithday is September 14th, needless to say that birthday in 2001 was one I will never forget. Even though I am not near NYC or didn't know anyone that lost their lives, I am now medicated from the fear of what happened and my life has changed completely..............Rebecca 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 story9884.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: My little sister and I were in our apartment that morning,about three months after we moved from the U.S.A, doing nothing in particular. Then my mom (who was in my grandma's apartment a few streets away) franticly called us saying something about airplane and buildings. We turned on the T.V but we didn't really understand what was happening until my mom came home, crying, shaking and eating a million bars of chocolate. I quickly called my best friend who was in Washington. It took forever to get through. She doesn't have a T.V and didn't even know what was happening before I told her. She didn't believe me. It was absolutely horrible watching the mothers, fathers, children, wives and husbands crying on live T.V for their missing loved ones. I will NEVER forget the sight of the people jumping out of the buildings. It was horrible. I had never seen something so DISGUSTING AND REPULSIVE as the Afganistans celebrating and cheering at the loss of so many Americans. It's been a little more than a year since the terrorist's attack, and every time I think about that day my heart breaks from all the people who lost family and friends from the attacks. 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 story8176.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. 2002-09-28 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 80.32.233.184 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: That morning was just like every other morning going to work and starting your day as usual. I always have my radio on when all of a sudden they said a plane has just crashed into one of the world trade center buildings. i jumped up and ran to the back of the building because you can see the entire skyline of New York city. To my disbelief their was the building on fire with smoke filing up thru the air. As my co-workers looked in disbelief we saw the other plane fly right into the other tower as it exploded we screamed with horror saying "oh my god it this really happening, our mangers and dept heads were telling everyone to sit down and calm down. How can you tell someone to sit down after seeing something like that, this was not a movie we were watching, this was our country, our town being destroyed right before our eyes. As we still watched and listened to the radio for updates, we starred in horror as the 1st tower crumpled to the ground, shocked, angry, sad & horrified we just looked at each other and cryed. so many people just going about there day, some not even knowing what was happening. I'm 36 yrs old and never thought i'd see something so horrible in my lifetime, those people jumping trying to get away from the flames or people trapped above where the planes hit it's unimaginable. I have lost many friends as many other people around the world have. GOD BLESS ALL WHO DIED, ALL WHO TRYED TO HELP WE ARE AMERICANS AND WE WILL LIVE ON. LIBERTY & JUSTICE FOR ALL. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story3178.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 11, 2001 I remember sitting in calculus class in the classroom C-2 when the principal, Mr. Kemeza, came on the intercom and announced that terrorists had attacked America. Throughout the rest of the day at school I remember thinking and feeling very many things. The first was great sorrow for those who had been hurt or killed in the attacks that had happened. As the day went on I heard more information and a few rumors. I began to wonder whether the terrorists were still attacking places and if Boston would be a target. I became nervous because if the terrorists picked a site in Massachusetts it probably would have been Boston where I attend school or Plymouth, where my family and a nuclear power plant reside. Not far from out school is a large gas tank which, I remember my chemistry teacher telling our class the year before, if it was struck and exploded would probably wipe out BC High. I remember feeling nervous about impeding attacks wondering where my dad was because he works in Boston and where the rest of my family was. One other feeling that I remember from that day was anger. Anger that someone would do this to America to innocent people in the world trade center, the pentagon, the people on the planes and their families. Amidst the fear and sadness I took time to think about the people who had done this and how the US should find them and punish them. I will always remember where I was on September 11 and how I felt that day. 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 story2130.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. 24.48.198.227 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 home listening to the radio getting ready for work, when it was interrupted with the news flash.. the first thing i thought of - was my 23 year old cousin, Matthew Carmen Sellitto who worked on the 105th floor for Cantor Fitzgerald. He has just received a promotion. He is my first cousin and my brother because i am an only child. he is my fathers godson and his brothers kid. My legs could not move fast enough to the kitchen where i could turn on the closest t.v. i then saw tower 1 on fire, i started to scream to my mother upstairs - mom, mom,,, the t.v. Matthew - i couldn't make full sentences... we watched together ..i called there to try and reach him at work... but the lines were busy. my father was at work... we called him as we did that - he was in a meeting - i sat and watched with the hopes he was in the other tower - as i thought that - the other plane slammed into tower 2. after that i felt as if my whole heart dropped out of me - i started to get enraged with anger and fear - saying where are they coming from why - those people? how??? my name is Danya Sellitto I am 26 years old and the rest of the day we spent at my uncle Matt & aunt lori's house in Harding, NJ. Where my uncle stated that at 8:57 am Matthew called home and said they were going to try and make it out, but if they couldn't he loved everyone , very much. you could hear the fear in his voice - part of his conversation was caught on the answering machine. I can not express enough to all those families - that the hurt can not be described. i miss my Matthew so much - he was the coolest, smartest and funniest young man you would love to meet. He really was handsome, our family is so tight - outsiders call the sellitto family -the brady bunch gang. We are always there for one another - we will be there again at my Uncle's house in Harding on the Anniversary - every cousin, aunt , uncle, grandparent - everyone is taking the day off to be there with them just like that fatal day. 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 story1028.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-15 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.12.105.32 Annotation Annotations to this item. Personal connection to someone at site Victims 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: The terrorist attacks occured on a Tuesday which was one of the days of the week where I was able to sleep in. My roommates and I were all sleeping when suddenly my neighbor came running into the room saying "turn on the news, shits getting fucked up!!" I apologize about the bad language. I completely ignored him because what he said sounded so untrue and made up. My neighbor then turned on the TV. I was still half asleep, but I managed to hear something about a plane being flown into the world trade center. Once I heard that, I jumped out of my bed and began watching the news. I had no clue on what was going on. My neighbor told me that two planes were flown into each of the world trade center twin towers and another into the Pentagon. The news then explained it was a terrorist attack. I couldn't believe my ears. As we continued to watch the news with live shots of the world trade center, I watched the two towers crumble to pieces. As I watched that happen, a feeling of sadness and anger came over me. I knew there were still people in the towers as they fell and kept wondering why anyone would ever do this to us or to anyone else. Why would people do this to one another? The whole situation sickened me. However, I do know that justice will be served. It's only a matter of time before that happens. 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 story198.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. 2002-03-08 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 129.174.184.85 Annotation Annotations to this item. U.S. retribution WTC, attack DOMESTIC Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just gotten to work and was told that a plane hit the first Tower and that America was under attack. I thought my co-workers were joking. Who could imagine The United States bing under attack in this day and age?? Shortly after that I turned on the television in my office and watched as the second Tower was attacked and The Pentagon. I was in complete shock. I have no family that was directly affected, but several friends that lost family members and close friends. I felt so lost and saddened that this atrocity happened. I can only offer my moral and emotional support to all of those who lost family and/or friends. I, however, am still spiritually saddened and hurt that this attack did happen. America will recover and remember those lost with affection and awe at the heroism involved in saving as many as possible. WE WILL NEVER FORGET, AND BETTER YET BECOME A STRONGER NATION BECAUSE OF IT. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2550.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. 66.89.166.34 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 walking down 14th Street in Manhattan when the first plane hit. I didn't see it. I was getting my hair cut in an apartment when the second one hit. I didn't see it either. The woman cutting my hair got a phone call about 10 minutes after 9am. She kept saying, "You're kidding. No f***ing way." She turned on the television and we watched for the first time the footage of what was happening a little to the west and a little to the south of where we were. We watched the towers fall. We watched the Pentagon footage. We heard about the crash in Pennsylvania. I couldn't think or feel. I was shell shocked. We went to the roof of her building and watched the smoke slowly start to envelop the city. She took pictures of it to document history. I kept turning and staring at the Empire State building wondering if it was next, or what would be. We had heard there were four more planes still in the sky. I walked home to my apartment which is four blocks from the Empire State building, seven blocks from Grand Central Station, about eight blocks from the UN, and on top of the Queens Midtown Tunnel and I was afraid. People walked by me who were covered in World Trade Center debris and I wanted to reach out and touch them, just to see if this was all really happening. I tried to call anyone I could think of who might possibly be near what was now Ground Zero. I tried to call my family to let them know I was okay, physically. I had one of the only working cell phones and I could still only make one call out of one hundred dialed. Friends were emailing and calling from across the country, they were afraid. I spent two hours sitting by myself watching the coverage on television just crying. I sat outside my building smoking stale cigarettes, talking to neighbors. We still thought there were four planes in the sky. I couldn't even think about it. I was resigned that I might be involved in the scariest thing I could ever imagine. No, I couldn't imagine it. It is unfathomable to me that a victory can be achieved by a staggering civilian death toll. Then nothing else happened. We had to close our windows because the smoke was starting to blow uptown. The next day, 9/12, the streets in Manhattan were deserted. I walked in the middle of Avenues because it was a novelty but it only made me sadder. That night there was a bomb scare in the Empire State Building. They started to evacuate my neighborhood, but they never got to my building. I didn't wait. I packed an overnight bag and walked fifty blocks uptown to my friends apartment which was not near any terrorists targets that I could identify. Her parents came and got us and took us to New Jersey. It felt so removed. It was so nice. But I still felt like someone had jumbled up my insides and didn't put everything back where it belonged. I felt off, not myself, not like anything I had ever felt before. On 9/12 I had to go back to work. I ran an educational center for children and I had to go and be strong for them. It wasn't easy. It's still not. Yesterday was the one year anniversary. I went to a morning prayer/moment of silence in Washington Square Park. I posted a message on the Union Square Town Hall board they had. I never cried, but it was so sad. And I was fortunate to have not known anyone who was killed. I'm still confused, about what happened and how I feelas a person and as a Jew, and what to do to feel better. Most of the time, I really just don't want to think about it. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story6240.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 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: This is not my story.....this is something I wanted to express on this anniversary Let us not forget that day we stood as one Regardless of the perils that we faced Let us not forget the way ours colors flew In spite of the terrors that took place The colors on our flag are there to let us know That it means something to be in America It was with that thought that heroes were found They already were, but now it's been shown We came together and showed the world The meaning of humanity and brotherhood In due time we can only hope They'll understand how our flag still stood 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 story9913.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. 2003-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 192.55.52.4 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: When i first heard about what happened it was the end of my drill team's morning rehersal, about 9:30 in the morning at circle (a tradition we do every day after practice where we make announcements and give each other compliments) our director, mrs loomis told us she had very important news. she told us that a plane had crashed in to one of the towers of the world trade center. at first we were all really surprised and at first and none of us really knew what to say, then as we were getting dressed for school in the locker room we had the radio on listening to the news and the updates, all day we kept hearing more reports about what happened and we were really worried about whether there was goign to be any more attacks, since we live in the capital of texas some people were afraid they'd try to blow up the capital down town. all in all it was a very surprising day, and not in a good way. 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 story3713.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. 206.77.47.2 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 5 months pregnant, thinking of nothing more than of seeing my son. My life had been so sheltered living in a town so small. Important things in history had happened before but nothing had ever affected me like what had happened on that cool day in September. I woke up just like any other day and I got ready for work. My mom needed the car so she dropped me off. As I did every morning I was hearing the radio, not expecting to hear anything different today. When I got off the car everything was normal, but that changed when I walked in the office. I was the first one there, so I did what I usually did. I turned on the lights, checked the fax, you know normal office things. I sat down at my desk and turned on my radio. And that's when I heard the words that would change my life forever. "A plane has crashed into the World Trade Center." "Yeah right", were the only words I could say. How could the radio people joke about something like that? But they sounded so serious and scared, terrified even. But how could that be true? How could a plane crash into the WTC? So I went and turned on the tv, and then I saw it with my own two eyes, as the second plane hit the second tower. And as I sat alone and watched that I cried. I cried for the people on the planes. I cried for the people in the buildings. And later when the towers collapsed I cried for the people who died and I cried for the people who had lost somebody. I cried for my unborn son and I cried for me. I cried for New York City and the U.S.A. But most of all I cried because the little happy world that I thought existed came tumbling down. My world, the place where there was a place for everybody was destroyed on that fateful day. I couldn't understand how someone can have so much hate and anger at something and hurt all these innocent people. But I understand now, because the hate and anger that those people felt toward us is the same way I feel towards them now. But I know that hate is not the answer, being united is. But it saddens me to know that something like this had to happen to make us put aside our petty differences and unite as a nation. We should have been united from the start. But regardless now we are united and together we shall overcome this tragedy and once again be triumphant. 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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