459 20 70359 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was watching my Niece's while their parents and my husband attended a funeral of a dear friend. God Bless all the people who parished and all that survived. May God's Peace be with 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/. 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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 hate to say it, but I can't remember anything about September the 10th. What I did, or how I felt; or, what my goals for the day were, or countless other days and weeks before then. I can't recall what I felt like the morning of Sept. 11. or even what I had for breakfast; wether it was a sunny day or not. I think that, in itself, and in hindsite, makes me a bit sad. To think that my days (and other peoples days) have to be that eventful to be remembered... I assume that I hated to get out of bed like many days and stopped at that little store on mountain road on the way to work --like i usually did most mornings for coffee. There wasn't anything unusual about that day and thats pretty much the life in Vermont. People move here from there and everywhere to live in that mundane uneventful security... But that was to end suddenly. That voice. It came over the radio as if it were an interupting message from the gods and everything from that moment on would be incapsulated into the annals of time. Time would stand still in my memory as a vivid and tramatic playback that still seems to be drifting in a series of pictures and stunning events that have revolved in my mind everyday sinse Sept. 11th. There isn't a day that goes by that in some way I don't think about the events of that day or the consequences of that day. I assume that I was driving along merrily in my Volkswagen Bus; up to work at Stowe Vermont at a resort that I worked for--and for once, I actually enjoyed the job. The people that ran the resort came from NYC and we would get along pretty well because it was something that we had in common. I wasn't born there but I spent most of my school years in and around the area and then college in the city --I've always been a new yorker at heart. That voice came over the radio and I can still hear it as clear as you could get it without being considered unstable. It went something like this: "There seems to have been some type of accident in NYC; it seems that some type of plane has hit one of the World Trade Towers." " No real report as to what type of damage or casualties may have occured but we'll keep you posted as to the events going on down in NY." That was it. Nothing terribly allarming. Just something that I found a little sad that perhaps a small plane had vered off its course and must have hit the building. I was only a few moments from work and being the news junkie that I am, was glued to the radio trying scoop up anything new that might develop. I had just pulled into the parking facility and was trying to get that latest piece of news before I lept from the Bus and started my day. I got it! There was a break for the news just as I was ready to leave. "The news out of NYC is that a large airliner has struck the World Trade Center and that the news coming out of New York is bad and that there is abviously something very big going on down in NYC right now." That was something to the effect of what he said and it stuck. I can hear that today. The thought of those words and that broadcast conjers up enough memory to give me the goose flesh. Now my news junkie was peaked and I needed more info. My boss lived there on the grounds and he came out onto his balcony and greeted me like he usually did and gave me some simple instrutions and odd things that needed to be taken care of--funny to think of the way we go to work unlike people in NYC. --they would never dream of such a work invironment. When he finished, I asked him if he was watching the news and he replied, "No why?" I said, "There is something going on in NY." "In the City" he stated. "yea" "They said that a plane hit the World Trade Center or something like that." "Really!?" he said in puzzelment. "I'll turn on CNN." I was really bated by what was going on when he turned into the condo to turn on the TV. I thought that we had the unspoken understanding that he would fill me in on the events as they were unfolding. I was still standing in the middle of the parking lot looking up at the condo when I heard it. It wasn't Dan--my boss. It was the voice of his wife Donna. Which took me a bit by surprise because I haden't noticed her up in the condo that morning. The only thing I heard was her say in a very loud, unrelenting and alarming tone was: "Oh my god!" "Oh my god!" the third time she said it it seemed as one word "ohmygod!" It wasn't at all what I wanted to hear. I was still standing in the middle of that parking lot waiting for Dan to come out with some type of news as to the situation. I think that I may have made some feeble and sheepish attempt at hailing him to the porch "but she just kept saying "Oh my god!" rythmically over and over that simply kept overwhelming me and my attempt from this uninformed position to hail him. I just wanted her to stop saying that, was all i could think. Everytime she said it, my angst would compound geometrically and now I was getting really worried about friends I had in the area. You have to understand: for a New Yorker--such as her, to hear her be that rattled meant that this was no small dealings, something very bad was going on and to a fellow New Yorker I was rattled too. I had to get to a TV! Well, so many things have been said about that day and the general concensous is that most people are really at loss as to dramatic and presice words that will every fully capture the feelings of that type of devestation. When I walked into the lobby and front desk they already had on CNN to my surprise. When I caught the first glimpse of that tower in smoke and on fire I was --stunned, i guess. Void to the point of stupid. "Whoa!" was all that came out of me. The girl working there was a simple country girl from the northeast part of Vermont and she seemed to be at a distance to all the goings on as if it were another rented movie for her. I can't tell anyone that has never lived in NYC (not just visited) lived in the city, for a length of time what those buildings came to mean to each person in the city. The type of security they gave to the mind to always see that symbol of strength there everyday. They built up a tough-comfort like psychological package that became quit reassuring after a while I was there in '93 when the first attack happened and I watched it from the my building there. What I saw that morning was bad and terribly unsetteling. I could see that tower was starting to look a little 'sick' in the way it was leaning and that it would need some work after that fire was out. Living in NYC after '93 one always wondered about what devestation would be heaped if one of those things ever had the misfortune of falling over--and I was thinking about that again Sept. 11th... I was also thinking about my best friend Erika Rier--Where was she? I now that she works down close to there and it was commuting time for her. I went out to do some of my work for the day with the intention that I would go i from time to time and keep myself posted on the events. I wasn't prepaired at all. I went back in and another plane had hit. I said in wonder "Is the fire jumping?" " "Is it spreading!?" "The other tower is on fire" The look on my face must have been rather ammusing for her but she dryly stated " No, another plane hit it" Now was the time that the frantic set in that would last for about a week without much in the way of rest! Now was the time to get to a phone!.. I told people my situation and I had an agreeable full range of calls anywhere. Nothing was going into NYC from Vermont in the way of phone calls for days. I tried to call others in Conn. but they had jammed that up too. I got a frantic call out to A very signifcant person for support that had already tried to contact me. Elzabeth Vidal lived in Ohio and was in imeasurable source of support for me on that day. Nothing was giving in the way of calls so I tried again to go back to work and pull myself away from that wretched seen. I do remember everything now. I was trying to go through the motions of my work and trying not to be visibly scared and upheaved about things down in NYC, when all I wanted to do was go back to the TV. --and so i did. I'll never forget this as long as I live: I walked in and looked at the TV once more and said in some type of confusion, " There's so much smoke I can't even see the buildings." And here it came from the young girl from Vermont: "There gone!" "I just watched them fall down!" she stated. As indifferently as an anamatron. I was stunned! I could never in my wildest dreams think that I would see the day that the towers fell to the earth... The rest of the day would be spent in the usual frantic pace that everyone was gripped into on that day: parked in front of the tv''s with the stunned paralysis of sheep-to-the-slaughter --with intermitent fits of indirect and usless rage. This would be the highlite and futility of weeks to come as well. No I don't remember anything about September the 10th. But everything about Sept. the 11th is sharpe and ever present. I can remember the sun, what was said to one another, what I did, what the air felt like outdoors and the crispness of it while it tried to work in vain. I wish these days would come to me wrapped in joy to be remembered so vividly. But that is a lesson to be learned. From that day on I have had a new outlook on life and what it really means to be alive when all those people lives had been cut so terribly short. I strive now to find good intense things everyday that I can remember as vividly as September the 11th. And that's what I did on Septemeber the 11th. 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 story8430.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just arrived at work at 9 a.m. Our office had been temporarily moved to the 8th floor, and my desk was near the offices services department. I went in to take a fax, and noticed the T.V. was on in there, which was extremely unusual. I asked why it was on, and one of the men told me that something had happened at the World Trade Center in New York. I turned on my radio, and listened as the horror unfolded, not only in New York, but later about a mile away from my office, at the Pentagon. I called my boyfriend, an Anne Arundel County firefighter who'd just gotten off his shift, told him to turn on the TV, and he told me what was going on for over an hour. After the second plane hit the Trade Center, Jim said to me, "I don't think that's the last of it." I told him I thought that whoever had done this probably wouldn't do anything further in NY, they'd hit somewhere else. Sure enough, about 10 minutes later, we heard the news that a plane had gone into the Pentagon. I hung up and ran up to our terrace on the 8th floor, and we could see the Pentagon burning. It was pretty much chaos after that, the town was closing down rapidly, the Metro unusable, and we were told to try to get home as best we could. My older son somehow managed to get through on the phone to me from his office in Austin, Texas, to make sure I was all right. I assured him I was okay, just trying to get home, and finally got a ride with a couple women from work who lived not too far from me in Fairfax County. As we drove south on 395 past the Pentagon, it was so horrible to see the building I'd grown up admiring every Saturday as I went from my home in Alexandria to my piano lessons in Maryland with a big gaping hole in its side, and the heliport that I always hoped to see a chopper landing or taking off, no longer there. And Shirley Highway, that bustling, always busy thoroughfare from Washington to points south, was totally empty except for the few cars like ours that was leaving the city to try and find safety and solace in our homes with our loved ones, glued to the TV watching over and over the events of that horrible, terrible day. Now I know how my parents felt when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the loss of innocence and the feeling of security and freedom as we knew it. But we persevered then, and we have done it now. Our country is perhaps stronger than it was on September 10, 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 story5757.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 that September morning and slipped out of bed where my dear husband and my beautiful 15 month old son still lay sleeping. So began my "usual" morning routine, or so I thought. I turned on the radio and expected to hear the usual programming. Instead, what I heard was the President of the United Stated giving a speech. At first I thought this was just a joke. What is the President doing on the radio this early? I just brushed it off and walked away. I woke my husband up so that he could begin to get ready for work. The President was still on the radio. I know I heard him say the word tragedy and I think I heard him say God Bless America. I was not paying much attention. Then the radio hosts came on and they were not their "usual" upbeat and humourous selves. Instead they were quite somber and talking about some terrible thing that has happened. My husband, oblivious as myself about what was happening, was by now in the shower. It was at this time I thought, "If the President was on and these guys are so glum, there must be something happening." So I decided to turn the TV on. I could not believe my eyes!! The tower was on fire. I ran and told my husband. He could not believe it either. I ran back to the TV and listened to the newscaster. Then the second plane hit. My stomach felt like it had just been kicked. I was floored!! It was an ATTACK!! I ran to my husband and told him what I was seeing on TV. He still could not believe it. I ran back to watch what was happeing on TV. When the first tower fell I gasped. Is this real??? How could it happen??? What about the people??!!! WHAT IS HAPPENING?!?!?! I ran to my husband and told him he had to see what just happened. He was in shock and disbelief and he sat and watched. New York was filled with smoke. It looked like a war zone. Our son woke up in the "usual" happy mood and ran to give us hugs and kisses. We continued to watch this awful thing on TV. Shortly there after the 2nd tower fell. My husband looked at me and asked, "What just happened? What did I just see?" I sadly said, "It's gone......" My husband sat in shock. His face looked grim, sad and angry. I held our son so tight and cried. I thought to myself, "What about all the families who just lost loved ones? They just lost their mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, aunts, uncles etc etc..." I just cried. This was no "usual" day. I wondered, will our days ever be "usual" again?. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just stepped out of the shower when the first plane hit. I woke my Wife who works for a foreign news agency to tell her a plane had crashed into the WTC. When the second plane hit, my Wife threw on clothes and hit the road, and I knew I wouldn't see her for days. I watched the news reports until it was time to wake my son. I put on cartoons for him so he wouldn't be watching whatever might happen next on the tv screen. My Wife called to tell me that they had hit the Pentagon and that there were preliminary reports that Camp David had been hit (which turned out to be the plane that crashed in PA). For the first time, my hair stood up on end as I realized we were under a full fledged attack. I turned on the TV in the bedroom just as the first on the towers fell. I told my son that "some very bad people had attacked the country" and I told him he was safe as I tried to convince myself. The children at school were so upset. The younger ones were talking animatedly about the explosions caused by planes hitting the buildings and the older ones were trying to deal with the enormity of what was happening. The adults were equally as shocked and afraid as we tried to be there for the children. I turned on Howard Stern. The radio station was still playing the live feed from New York. It was comforting that in the midst of the attacks that Howard was still on the air giving reports as to what was happening and it was as close to New York as I could get. I didn't break down until I was almost at work, thinking about all those people who must have died when the towers fell. At that time the estimates were that tens of thousands might be dead and I kept thinking that was like a small city being wiped 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 story1191.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just finished a 12 hour night shift at 8:00am that morning. I worked on the Jersey City Waterfront, and had a fabulous view of the Trade Center from my desk. Normally, I took the Holland tunnel home from work in the morning, passing right by the Trade Center on my way to the Brooklyn Bridge. Fortunately that day, September 11th, there was a divine intervention of fate. My friend John asked if I would take the long way home (through Staten Island), because he didn?t have a ride. I was glad to help, not knowing that may have changed both of our fates. Normally John took the Path train to the WTC stop to change trains, but that day we headed out together. I can still smell the salty sea air of that morning, and how the sun nearly blinding as it peaked out past the two powerful structures. It was I site I had grown very accustom to seeing in the morning after a long shift. We got in the car and stated on our way home. It was a quick ride. I had dropped John at his house and continued on my way home. I was exiting the highway, talking on my friend Kiki when I heard the DJ on Z100 announce that there had been a plane crash into the Trade Center. I told Kiki to put on the news, and to call her mother, a New York City Police Officer, to see if we could get additional information. I knew at that moment that this was not an accident, as memories of the 1993 truck bombing flooded my head. I began to panic. I stated called all of my family members to make sure they were all accounted for, most importantly my sister Kim who was on her way to work at a building right next to the Towers. I had reached her on her cell phone, frantically she described that she had witnessed the first plane hit, and that her husband Brian had quick-wittingly turned the car around to get back home. They made it just in time, as the Brooklyn Bridge had just been shut down to all passenger traffic. I walked in my door, turned on the TV, and woke my other sister Jenene from her sound sleep. I then called my friend Laurie and her fianc? Brian, to inform them of the tragic event that had unfolded during their slumber. They had just recently moved from New York and were now living in Las Vegas. We all sat in shock as we witnessed the second plane hit on live TV news. So I sat, phone in hand in amazement as the towers stood ablaze. Starring, tears poring from my face as they came crumbling down. The hours and days to follow would all seem like one big mesh of sadness, shock and disbelief! The thoughts that ran through my mind were endless, What if I had not driven John home that day? Would I have been at the Trade Center as the first plane hit? Would John have been changing trains as the Towers collapsed? I think in some strange way, we saved each other that day. When a returned to work a few days later, I was greeted with a great big hug. John had had the same thoughts, and we came to the conclusion that someone had been looking out for us that day. The morning came and I headed out the door at the end of my shift. Outside of my building I remember the glare of the sun, shinning brighter then ever before. The Towers no longer there to shade it, I stood, looking at the blank space in the skyline. I was overwhelmed with sadness. Until I realized that the sun was shinning on all the rescue workers who had been using our building as a command center and rest area. It was at that moment that I realized; NO MATTER HOW BAD THINGS ARE?.WE ALWAYS HAVE EATH OTHER! We are a country that stands by our brothers and sisters! When faced with adversity, we always rise to the top. The Trade Center and those who were lost in it that day will remain in OUR HEARTS, OUR PRAYERS and OUR LIVES FOREVER! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story8384.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 name is Stephanie White, I am 24 years old, and I am from Idaho. I've lived in Coeur d'Alene and Lewiston Idaho all of my life. I spent the last 4 years in New York City. I left on October 31st 2001. I had always wanted to see the bright lights of New York City. I never dreamed that one day I would actually get to see them. On September 9th 2001 I was getting ready to go out with some friends to a "Puddle Of Mudd" concert at the Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan. I had no cares in the world that night, as I went out with my friends and had a good time. I would have never thought that with in the next day my entire world would be turned upside down, into a mass confusion of chaos and fear. Now, almost 2 years later, I still am a confused ball of emotions. I have so many different thoughts about it, and yet I don't know what to say exactly. Still, I have bad dreams, and sometimes get into a deep depression, as I think about all of the people that lost someone. I feel like I should have died to. I felt guilty that I was not there, or in the city that morning. I felt lucky that I did not loose anyone I loved. I watched the twin towers burn and fall to the ground from my sixth floor bedroom apartment window. I was shaken awake that morning by my boyfriend, who said "Look the trade center is on fire". I, half awake, looked out my bedroom window, in the direction of the world trade center, only to see one tower completely engulfed in black smoke. My first thought was, that someone had flown way to close to the towers and smashed into it, I never thought for a second that by the end of the day, I would never see those towers again. As I turned on my T.v. to see what was going on, my stomach turned upside down, when I heard that the pentagon was on fire as well. When I walked over to my window and looked out, that's when I seen the second plane smash into the other tower and erupt in a huge fireball. I stood in shock, my hand over my mouth, as I realized I had screamed "NO! OH MY GOD!" I stood in complete shock, as I watched the fire burn. I rushed to the phone desperately trying to call my family to let them know that I was ok, and that I was not in Manhattan, that I was in Queens. (Astoria, Queens New York) The phones were all busy. I got in touch with my family through out the day. My boyfriends cousin Roxi, worked on Wall Street. I worried about where she was, and if she was trapped, or dead. Finally Roxi called and said she was on her way home. That's when I turned back to the T.v. and watched the news. Soon they were showing over and over the same shot of the airplane smashing into the tower. Each time it got more surreal. Once again I went back to my window, as I watched the smoke, I began to see what I thought were pieces of the building and the plane falling off of the towers, which I could not see very well, ...... only to realize it was people jumping and falling to their deaths. I never thought for a second that those towers would ever fall. It never crossed my mind. I was sitting and watching the news, as I hear more and more about what was happening, I started to realize this was an attack. This was no accident. As I stared at the T.v. in shock, I heard a reporter on the T.v. scream "oh my god! Run!" and as I was looking at the T.v., I seen the first tower start to crumble. I ran to my bedroom window and watched as it collapsed, smoke rising into the sky. I was completely stunned, I couldn't think, I couldn't comprend what had just happened. I looked over to my boyfriend and said, "Did that really just happen? Did the tower really fall?" and he replied, "I don't know" I watched the second tower fall to the ground and I watched as the dust settled and tried to remember where they stood, and what they looked like. I was (and still am) a confused mess of emotions. I went from being stunned and shocked, and not sure if I was dreaming, to crying and being sad and angry, to being numb. I couldn't eat and I couldn't sleep. I would have nightmares. I couldn't watch the news without crying. I withdrew from my boyfriend, friends and family. As I watched the news, seeing the destruction and the people covered in dust and the sounds of the sirens and the silence that settled over the city as the dust began to settle, I thought to myself my life would never be the same. I went to try to donate blood, but was turned down, because the hospital was full. The hospital told us to come back in a few days. On the September 16th 2001 I went to Union Square with my best friend, and we each lit a candle and prayed. People had chalk and wrote the names of the missing loved ones on the ground. There was a wall with hundreds of pictures of people who were still missing. There was a shrine with thousands of candles, incents, pictures, paintings and letters, even a box with someone's shoes, who was still missing. All over Times Square they had American flags. The city was silent. I was amazed at how the city came together on that horrible day. I still feel sad and angry and shocked. Whenever I see a picture of the twin towers, I just want to cry, as all the images I had seen that day, replays through my mind. When people talk like it was nothing, or it did not affect their lives, I feel hurt and angry with them. My world changed on September 11th 2001 and so did yours. You may not think that an event that happened in another town, city, state or even country could possible effect you. But mark my words; it will affect you in one-way or another. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. All people are connected in one way or another. We all will suffer when a place that is considered to be a free and liberal is smashed by oppressive forces. As the body count, piles up and the dust settles we are only beginning to realize the scope of the damage inflicted upon us. Besides the obvious: hundred of thousands of lives lost, and hundreds of billions of dollars lost, and two amazing buildings lost and our lives permanently disrupted, this terrorist attack will have an impact on the psyche of the free world unlike anything we have ever seen in our life time. This was not just an attack on some buildings. It was an attack on our way of life. It is an attack on the symbols of our freedom. When a few madmen can shake up a nation to the point where people are scared to live their lives, we know that we are in great danger. We have all felt that the good ol' USA was immune to terrorist acts of this scale. How wrong were we?............... I just hope that something good will come out of the countless lives lost and disrupted, and that we all can learn something from this massive scale catastrophe. The fact that our enemy is invisible, and is hiding in the shadows, waiting to strike, they are patient, suicidal warriors trained in terror and will stop at nothing to inflict fear and sickness into our lives. They want us to be scared and to change the way we live. They want us to cower in the corner, afraid of living life they way we are used to. Guerilla warfare may know no bounds, BUT American revenge knows no limits. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11,I was In a car going to school. I haven't turned on the tv or the the radio so i didn't really knew what happened. I arrived at school and everything was same as usual. After noon parents were calling their kids home and it was getting weird.Well after lunch half of the kids were gone,some teachers came back from lunch crying.The whole day at school we spent the time talking about what had just happened.People were worried that the plane hijackers might attack Chicago, i was upset about that. After school I rushed home and turned on the tv, i turned on the tv.I saw every thing!I felt sorrie for all those people who worked in the WTC.Those People who risked their lives for others should be rememberd forever.That night my parents camehome and was frightened oithey talked and talked and talked.weeks passed by and america was totally changed, there was alot more love and sadness for all those people.at school we had a lot of projects about 9-11.I heard thatpeople were treating arabic people bad just beacuse the hijakers were Afganistan.Everone was always talking about Osama BinhLaden. Nothing was the same again.A year hasa passed and america is still strong and its people are too.we had ceremonies at school it was very unforgetful! 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: I started my day just as I had always. I went to my first hour and then to my second. I went to my third hour, and the TV was on, and my teacher, Mr. Barry, told me that the WTC were hit by air planes. I sat down in my seat and watched in horror. I thought that the world was going to be over as I knew it just then. I was pretty much in shock. Numb, even. We sat and talked about what happened, and watched the TV. I decided that I didn't feel safe in school, so I called my mother and had her pick me up. As I walked through the halls, there was a dead silence. I have never been to my school in the middle of the day while everyone was there and it was so quiet. By then, obviously, evreyone had sadly heard the news. All you heard was either a phone ring, or the echo of the same station on every TV in the school. While I was waiting for my mother, a man picked up his daughter because he was afraid that something would happen due to her ethnicity. My school is extreamly diverse. It was sad to think that a parent had to fear that. When my mom came and picked me up, we went up to our familys resturant and I was shocked to see it so full, and so quiet. Everyone was just sitting there watching. They couldn't even eat, just sit and cry. Then I went to get something for my mom, and I was surprised as to how empty the streets were. I don't even think that I slept that night. I could hear the military jets and planes going over my house. And I think I heard them flying every night for a few months. I was so scared that something was going to happen while I was sleeping. I had nightmares, that were almost so real I could feel the dear of the other people around me in my dream. The one that sticks out the most would be whn I was in an airplane, and the hijackers had moved us all to the back of the plane, and they made all the parents give their kids to them, and they killed them, while their helpless parents watched. And then we were flying towards the ground. And I felt the plane hit and I felt this feeling that I had just died. The dream was to realistic for me. My mom and dad and I decided to help those who lost their lives and of those of the dead by collecting money and sending it in. Then, we put 3 American Flags outside out resturand and at least 10 inside. This whole week we have put "United we will always stand" on our specials board. I just wish I could have helped out more. 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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 11, 2006 It has now been 5 years since the attack. Everyday I think about the people who were killed and the families who have lost their loved ones. I find myself constantly looking around and I get nervous when I see people who like they are from Iraq and other foreign countries. I pray everyday to keep my family safe. A lot of people blame President Busch for what happened, I feel that this would have happened no matter who was President at the time. These people are so full of hate and they teach hate to their children. The children don't know any different they only know what they are told whether it is the truth or not. We are very lucky as Americans to have soldiers fighting for our freedom. God Bless the USA 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 story20687.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2006-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 71.224.25.163 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 on my honeymoon in Branson, MO. I woke up to the radio saying that a bomb had gone off (they thought) and my husband (now ex)yelling at me to wake up and him turning the tv on to see the news and realizing that a plane had hit the towers and that it wasn't a bomb. He then wished me a happy birthday. 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: I was at work like many people on that morning. I received a phone call from my employee and she said that a plane just hit the World Trade Center. I just figured it had to have been a mistake. I phoned my father and heard him say "oh No" as the second plane hit. I can never begin to understand how the people of NYC must feel. I can tell you as an American I feel violated and will never be the same again. My thoughts and prayers go out to all who have lost. The pain they feel has to be unmeasurable. We are UNITED and stronger than ever. Americans will always be FREE. NOBODY can take that away from any of us. EVER!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!! Thank you for everyone that serves our country and keeps us safe. 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 story4666.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 flying from YYZ-SFO when the captain called me into the cockpit. He received a fax stating that 2 planes flew into the WTC. We assumed that the planes were Cessnas since the fax did not state that the planes were airliners. The fax kept printing out information. Next, the next fax stated that a United plane was missing. My heart sunk. A few minutes after leaving the cockpit, I received a call from the captain explaining that a plane had crashed into the Pentagon. We would be landing the plane immediately as the nation was under a state of alert. I informed my crew while the captain announced that although our plane was fine; the company had wanted us to land. He gave no reason, other than that. Upon landing, the captain told everyone that they could turn on their cell phones while we were on the tarmac. People were telling other passengers what had occurred. I will never forget a man in First Class who turned pale. He said, "my son works in the WTC." I first called my mom, my dad, my brother, then my boyfriend. I told them that I was okay and had landed in Omaha, Nebraska. I quick turned off my phone and opened the door, as I was the Purser that day. The agent told the people to leave the plane as quickly as possible. "Leave your luggage and get out!" she said. She explained that there had been a bomb threat to the airport. After the commands, everyone had left the plane; we gathered our things and went to the ramp break room to receive further instructions. Other pilots and F/A's had their eyes glued to the screen crying. It was as if we were watching a movie. I couldn't believe what I had seen. It didn't seem real. It was just TV, right? Black smoke and planes crashing into the Twin Towers. It was horrifying. Did I know anyone on board? My heart sunk. I rushed to the computers, and tried to pull up flights #93 and #175. "Records Secured" appeared on the screen. I typed in friends names as fast as I could. I typed in Welsh, D and once again "Records Secured" appeared. I was sure there were problems with the system. A controller told everyone to get to an ATM machine and get out as much money as possible. "If we are at a time of war, the banks will be closed" he said. As we walked into the concourse, mayhem ensued. People were running in every direction. The lines at the car rental counters stretched outside. Flight Attendants were quitting on the spot. I overheard one group of Flight Attendants rent a minivan. They planned to drive home, first to Denver to drop half off then the others would proceed to Seattle. Despite this, my crew stayed together. Believe it or not, we wondered "how will the people fly home once this is all over?" We were the minimum crew, after all. As we walked outside, hotel vans were picking up anyone, just to get them out of the airport. Vans were overflowing with people. We stood outside for an hour until we hailed a cab to take us to the hotel, which was 45 minutes away. After check-in, we were glued to our TV. No names were listed at this point. I received calls left and right on my cell phone. My first call was from my friend in El Salvador. He said he was trying like crazy to call for hours, but the phone lines were down. A few hours later I got a hold of my friend in Washington D.C. The crew met for dinner, but didn't feel like drinking or partying. I didn't sleep that night. I had to keep the lights on that night and for many months afterward. A pilot friend called me to give me the names of the crews. I felt better that I did not know any listed. Unfortunately, they were incorrect. A few days later, I received a call at 5 AM. The captain wanted us to be downstairs in 30 minutes. We were finally cleared to leave!! Our plane did not take off until 9 hours later. So much red tape, so many procedures, documents, etc. It was then that I overheard a phone call. My flying partner recited the names of the crew. Debbie! My friend Debbie! The tall blonde who always wears her hat?! I ran to a payphone and called her sister, who is my neighbor. She sounded very tired and explained that she had tried to contact me. "Tell me it isn't true!" I said. It was. Debbie Welsh was the purser on Flight# 93. I yelled "NO!!!!!!!!" I really didn't want to get onto an airplane at that point. I was personally affected now. I was numb. My legs were numb. I had such a headache. I had no choice. We had to fly. There were no other flight attendants that could take my place. When we finally touched down at the SFO airport, a passenger told me to look out the window. As we pulled into the gate, there were HUNDREDS of mechanics and ramp workers waving American flags, holding signs, and clapping. The signs read "God Bless America," and "Welcome Home." As I opened the forward boarding door, there were people in business suits with roses, flags and bottles of water. They hugged us and welcomed us home. As we stepped into the terminal there were HUNDREDS more agents and airline workers with American flags and signs. They were clapping and crying. It seems that our plane was the first flight to successfully land in SFO after September 11th. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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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 a Quality Assurance Specialist at Letterkenny Army Depot, a small Army maintenance facility in south-central Pennsylvania. On the morning of 9/11, I was sitting at my desk when I overheard someone saying that a plane had crashed into one of the World Trade Center towers. I immediately thought that it was some sort of terrible accident. My thoughts were of a private, single-engine aircraft bouncing off the building and falling to the street below. A few minutes later I had to go to another office and the route took me by one of the employee break areas. A TV in the break area was tuned to CNN and a number of employees were in the break area watching the events as they unfolded. I stopped to investigate just what had happened and while we were watching, a plane hit the second tower. We stood there and watched as both towers eventually collapsed. I can still remember the feeling as the newscaster became silent when the first tower fell. I really don't think he knew what was happening at first. I eventually returned to my desk to find a message from my wife on my voice mail. She was, of course, concerned for my welfare since I work at a Govenment installation. The events of that day are still fresh in my mind as if they happened a week ago instead of a year. 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: It was a normal day not just like any other for me. I rode the train to work after getting my family ready for the day which included my son and husband- my husband off to work and my son who was 4 at the time off to pre-school. Anyway it was not long after I had come into my buidling on the 9th floor and I was getting settled for the day, my husband called and told me of what he thought was a bomb or something that went off in the world trade center. As he was telling me, my co-worker was receiving the news from her husband. We just stopped and looked at each other and immediatly my co-worker turned on his radio to hear what was happening. I didn;t know how bad it was at the time, but news quickly spread around the building as we listened to the radio to hear of another explosion and what it was in all actuallity, a plane crashing into the one Tower. Then shortly after that the other building was hit. We could not believe it , that it was actually happening. It seemed more like a action movie then real life. Then we found out the Pentagon also got hit, so we sat here stunned. Next our President of our company told us that we could go home if we wanted to and everyone evacuated our building and I started for home. I remember looking up at one of Chicago's tall buildings thinkind wow what if that happend her what would I do. The next thing that I did was rush home to call my mom who lives in upstate NY to see what she thought of all this that happend so fast. At first I had a hard time getting her on the line as the phones were all jammed up with people calling loved ones. But finally I contacted her and we talked for a hour both looking at the tv together one in one state and one in antoher. I always talked to my mom when something big happend or something that was a tradjedy in one form or antoher. No matter wher or what I would talk to her and we would see it through together. Anyway to me remebering that horrible day helps to bring some closure for me but it also lets me remember all the people who had to die that day one year ago and pray for all those families that lost their loved ones too. 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 story3039.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. 4.37.101.25 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 been laid off from my job the week before, so I was at home setting up interviews for jobs. I was watching Good Morning America when they came on with a Special Report. A plane had crashed into one of the World Trade Center buildings. What a horrible accident this was, I thought, watchng black smoke billow out like a coal furnace. When the news crew backed up for a wider angle, I remember having as what can only be described as an extreme electrical shock run through my whole body, as a second plane flew into the other tower. I could not move or speak. It almost did not seem real. Then I knew at that moment our lives would be forever changed and scared. I knew from deep in my gut that terrorist had finally struck in America. For the first time in my life, I did not feel safe. As a lot of us did, anger also took hold and I wanted someone to pay. Then I just cried for hours upon hours and watched news coverage for days on end. Finally, I looked at my then 4 year old daughter, who then asked why I was crying? She could not understand much of what was happening then. It will be something she reads about in class some day. Still not feel the weight of matters that took place and how it changed the world. Alot like when I read about JFK, terrible it happened, but not totally getting the sorrow of the moment it happened. For I read about it in history and till 9-11, could not understand why my history teacher got a little misty eyed when telling his tale of November 22, 1963, much like I am now. We must never forget what happened and how we felt as a person, a people, a nation and as a world on September 11, 2001. God Bless America and Our Troops. We love you all. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story11708.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: We were at school. It was P.E. and we were all sitting on the bleachers and then all of a sudden it was like chaos. The school went into a code red (I think). Then we all went into the lockerooms. I was wondering what the heck was going on. They turned the lights out and didn't want anyone talking. So we sat there and waited. Everyone was getting really anxious. Then finally, one of the P.E. teachers told us what was going on: Two planes had crashed into both of the world trade center towers, and another into the pentagon. Everyone couldn't believe what they were hearing. I wasn't even thinking just sitting there. Not thinking just listening to everyone. One girl said "My parents were on a plane this morning". Everyone began to suspect the worse of it all. The day went on and in History we watched the news and it was so weird watching the thing playing over and over on TV. In the rest of my classes people started going home, because I guess there parents were afraid. We were watching the news still. Everyone had all these theories of what was happening. Everyone was talking about it. I wasn't even thinking of it all, just doing my work. My math teacher went home, and I don't know why. When I got home, my mom had come home early from work and was watching the TV. She says to me "Can you believe it". and I said "no". So we watched more news. Some time it sunk in to me I guess, and I couldn't believe it. September 11th became the main discussion in all of the classes mostly history, and sometimes we'd talk all hour about it. So time has passed. Life for the most part is back to normal. September 11th although it happened over 2 years ago, this nation will never forget it. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story9239.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 laying in bed feeding my 1 month old son and and all of a sudden I heard a yell from my husband downstairs, a kind of yell I'll never forget. "Turn on the t.v." he shouted. The first image I saw was the first tower burning. At that time I didn't know what had just happened, then my husband and daughter joined me in our bed and we watched and heard a what caused the fire. I thought what a horrible accident, what made a plane do this? Then the second plane came through the air right before our eyes and crashed into the second tower. I gasped and thought what is going on? Then we all sat together glued to the t.v and trying to hush our then 14 month old daughter who kept saying "a-plane uh- oh" Throughout that morning we stayed glued to the t.v. learning of all the days tragedy's and Fearing that some kind of war was happening and what could possibly happen next? I have never been to New York and being born and raised in Oregon I've hardly even been out of my state. on that tragic day We didn't even feel safe in our little rural town. Now a year later I can't say that I really understand why some terrorists feel that what they did was the right thing to do. I don't know that I truly have faith in the changes in our national security that have been made either. I do know that I keep my children and family closer to me. I pray everyday for all the people who have had to go on without there loved ones. I pray for the men and women who died. I truly am greatful to be an american and live in the United States. How sad it would be to live in a country where seeing your flag didn't bring you a smile and some sense of peace. 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 story6022.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. 152.163.188.6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Being hundreds of miles away from the terror didn't keep it from permeating into the small towns of the south. I was, and still currently, a student at Stephen F. Austin State University. On September 11, 2001, I was in my apartment getting ready for class. I had Good morning America on, which I usually do, and was listening to it from my bathroom. A few key phrases caught my attention..."a airplane has hit the world trade center." My attention turned from the daily task of getting ready to my television. There it was, right in front of my eyes. I watched the rest of the day, watching in disbelief. I remember watching the footage of the towers collapsing over and over, and every time feeling the chills run up and down my arms. I know for the first time in my life I hurt deeply inside for those lost, and their families. Its hard to know exactly the pain of those involved, but 911 hurt most everyone in a unique way. That pain is different to us all. My deepest sympathies go to the families. 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 story6432.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. 144.96.123.96 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 my drive into work, I was noticing what a beautiful morning it was and how lucky we were to have such good weather in September. I was half listening to the radio as I parked the car and I heard a late breaking report about some plane hitting a Tower in the Trade Center. I hurried into the office and went to a break area with a TV to see if there was more information. I looked in disbelief at the destruction and immediately began praying for all those people in the building. I stood rooted to the spot, unable to really believe that someone could accidentally hit a huge building. The second plane came onto the screen as the broadcasters continued their emotional reports and in seconds the second tower was a blazing inferno. I dropped to the floor in horror. I couldn't believe what I saw and I immediately knew...this was NO ACCIDENT. The only thing I wanted to do right then was get in touch with my children to verify their safety. We spent a great deal of the rest of the day discussing who would do this and why amid the tears of anger, hurt, unbelievable pain for the families and the country that would never be the same. And we continued to pray. 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 story2978.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. 192.11.223.116