465 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: My 13 year old son was home sick from school and I was scheduled to work second shift that day. I am currently a detective with the Raleigh Police Department. My son, not feeling well, was on the couch watching television. When the news broke he called me into the family room from the kitchen. At first I thought as many Americans did that maybe this was a terrible accident. However, when the second plane hit the towers I knew we were under attack. Being a police officer and having a military past I guess sometimes I always see the worst in things. I called my wife at work and told her to turn on the television and then we spoke on the phone as we continued to watch the television. When the first tower fell - I knew that hundreds of firefighters and police officers would be lost as well as the employees of those structures. I remember having the horrible feeling that I was helpless. I remember telling my son that OUR PRESIDENT would not stand for this and we were NOW at war. My son and I were glued to the television as all of the events of that horrible morning unfolded. My family had just recently taken a trip to DC and had driven by the Pentagon. My son talked about how we as Americans had been violated. Ever since that date he has spoken of his desire to fly jets for the military. He made me proud to be an American. I went to work that afternoon and because I am no longer a patrolman out on the street I was not required to answer 911 calls. The other detectives on my squad and I stayed in the squad room and watch news reports unfold on the television. The day seemed to last forever. 09-11-2001 - 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 story3450.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 home on maternity leave. I sat in front of the TV with a little baby and wondered what kind of horrible world have I brought a child into. I remember watching people in the windows of the burning buildings. They were waving things to get the attention of rescuers. As I watched them small pieces of the building began to crumble away. The camera pulled back and within seconds the first tower came down. All I could think of was those people I was just watching only seconds before. I looked at my new baby and cried thinging, we are going to war! 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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 fell asleep with the T.V. on late night on Sept.10. I awoke to the picture of a Tower at the World Trade Center in an inferno as a plane crashed into its top. I felt deep sadness for the horror of the incident and prayed for those in the tower and on the plane. Another mishap in the skies which would cost many innocent lives. Suddenly another plane appeared and crashed into the other tower. I screamed at the sight of this horror and terror swept through me as my adrenaline rose and my body felt a rush of heat. The news said terrorists and the malayse continued with reports of the Pentagon being hit and of another plane hijacked. Here on American soil? Someone actually had the means to attack New York City, Washington D.C. and another target sat in wait. Tears of deep sadness overwhelmed me. These were tears for the victims, tears for their families, and the greatest tears were for all of America. 2001 and we are not protected. How can this be? As the day unfolded, the horror grew and grew and there was nothing left to do but shiver with fear and weep for everyone and everything now ripped away from us. Still I was proud to be an American. I witnessed courage and bravery from every aspect of America. But what of this fanatic hatred? That these terrorists would hate so deeply that they would choose to kill innocent people and themselves was a thought more terrifying than the act. This evil seed of hatred was felt by us all. For any human to claim that they are creating such holocaust in the name of any God is a lie. These people do not represent any religion and they cannot disguise their evil through the veil of religion. 9/11/01 will always be one of the most horrible days of my life. With my sense of security gone, I awoke each day after afraid of what the day would bring. At the same time I believe that my mind went through a positive evolution. Now I think about how precious each day really is. I appreciate my life in freedom and liberty to chose what I want to do for a career, to embrace a religious practice that paralells my beliefs. I have gained a better understanding of these terrorists as well...you see people who only know oppression will fall into the mind control games of evil-doers. They will be pawns thrown away will no power or value. The terrorist mindset is immersed in tragedy, its foundation is hatred, and its future is destined for catastrophic failure. We, as people of this beautiful earth will only be rid of these monsters when we learn to love and respect all people. We can accomplish world peace and love with a beginning in each of our own communities. 9/11/01 is the catalyst for us to open our hearts and our minds to those around us who we can touch with brotherhood. 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 story6494.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was a day like any other work day for me. I was on my way to my job in downtown Indianapolis driving on I65 South. The day was beautiful, sunny and mild. I was listening to Bob and Tom on Q95 as usual. At about 7:45AM Indiana time, Bob interrupted the usual hilarious antics of their show with a report that an airplane had hit one of the WTC towers in NY. I thought at first it was a joke cause the Bob and Tom show is hardly ever serious. Then he mentioned that it was thought to be a small private plane that hit the building. I then thought it was an accident. Then fifteen minutes later as I was getting off the Interstate to proceed downtown to my office building, it was reported another plane had hit the other tower. Right then, I thought to myself "it is a terrorist attack, two planes hitting the WTC is just too much for coincidence". I went on to my office. I turned on our office television to watch the coverage then I tried to contact my boss who was to fly to Washington D.C. that morning for a leadership conference. I wanted to tell her all the planes had been grounded so she wouldn't be able to fly out this morning. I got ahold of her and she indicated she would stay put at home. Then I watched the coverage on TV for quite awhile. The towers getting hit, the towers falling, the Pentagon getting hit, the airplane that was reported to have gone down in Pennsylvania. At around 1:00 I left to go back home as my office building was located next to the AUL Building in downtown Indy. I was concerned that a plane might be flown into our city's biggest buildings. My family and I spent the rest of the day and the next days to come in unbelievable shock watching the next events unfold. Although we didn't know anyone personally who died or was hurt in these attacks, we prayed for those who suffered and died (and those who suffered the loss of loved ones). 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 story783.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 make scrapbooks of holidays, everyday events in our lives, etc. This is the text that I wrote to include in my scrapbook to make note of September 11th, 2001. Text was originally written on March 11th, 2002. The morning of the attack, Tom, my husband, was working in Reading, PA, doing an audit at Godiva (a subsidiary of Campbell?s). As per the norm when he travels, I fell asleep with the TV on. I was home, still sleeping as I was not working yet, & having the most bizarre dream about Tom & me hiding in a FEDEX truck to avoid bombs. I woke up, listening to the Today show & hearing Katie Couric talking about an apparent terrorist attack, thinking that she was speaking about somewhere in the Middle East (I was still trying to recover from my dream), but I was curious, so I put my glasses on & looked to see what was going on. Then my jaw dropped as I saw smoke plumes coming from the Twin Towers & heard what happened?two jets hit each tower, & no sooner did I begin to absorb that did the next plane hit the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Seemingly, just as soon as I caught my breath (around 9:45 am), Tom called. Never had I been so happy that he worked for a boring, stable food company! He called to see if I knew what was going on (he knows my propensity for sleeping late), & the stream of expletives that came out of my mouth gave him his answer. I wound up on the phone all day, touching base with friends & family to assure them of both of our safety as well as checking to make sure everyone was accounted for. It was a day of reaching out & touching someone all the way around (even if no fences were mended), & I spent the next couple days sucked into watching the news coverage & trying to figure out how I could help. Not by simply writing out a check ? plenty of people were doing that in droves ? but what I could actually participate in. While listening to the radio, I heard that a WYSP in Philadelphia & their sister companies were coordinating a collection drive for Friday, September 14th. So, I went to the grocery store & took advantage of sales of non-perishables, such as NutriGrain Bars, & liquid soap & toiletries & all sorts of other items requested. I also cleaned out my closet & took out unused bandage supplies that I had tucked away. The donation drive was amazing. There were hundreds of people who came to drop off checks & supplies. People who came down to donate just didn?t want to leave! There were moving vans that were being loaded with supplies & driven directly up the NJ Turnpike into New York City (since no cars could get into the city) & the people who brought things to donate wound up overtaking the volunteers & filling trucks! I was there for an hour & five trucks were filled & heading up for the rescuers. I had a really hard time being alone that week. Every noise outside would make me jump, & there were sirens constantly (unusual with living in Marlton, NJ). On Wednesday night, I was chatting online around midnight with my friend Brian, who was a bit freaked out himself. He had just moved to NJ five months before. We were both alone & extremely jumpy, so I invited him to come down. We wound up drinking large amounts of alcohol & having a sleepover in our living room, & it was completely comforting. Tom came home on Friday, bearing a one-pound box of Godiva, pronouncing that he knew that I had a hard week on my own. I decided to concentrate on a different side of the tragedy than many folks did in their scrapbooks. There will be photographs & reproductions of news stories about September 11th for years to come. We live in a different world now, with heightened personal security in public places & a nation?s innocence lost. A documentary that started out about firefighters was shown on television last night where two filmmakers were inadvertently filming the events of the day as part of the original plan for the film. Some people thought such a film was distasteful. It was hard to watch, but I felt that it was necessary to watch. I *wanted* to feel the stab in my heart every time they showed the plane pierce the building, & I *wanted* to cringe at the ?thud? noise of people who chose that it would be better to jump from the towers than burn to death....because it reminds me of the horrific choices that some people in this world made, & why we, as a nation, need to be engaged in the war in which our soldiers are currently fighting. The documentary was done far more tastefully than I was expecting. ~Kim, age 32 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 story1357.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 in my office when a friend phoned and told me that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. Like most everyone else, I thought it was some small plane, but was shocked when I turned on my TV to see the gaping hole on the north tower. I phoned one of my co-workers to alert her and ask her if she wanted to come see the events. Since I'm somewhat of a joker, she didn't believe me and told me that it wasn't funny. I finally convinced her and she came to my office to watch. Shortly thereafter we watched in awe as the second plane hit. My kids both live out of town, but I was able to be in touch with them via instant messaging over the computer. They were, of course, anxious to see if I was okay. I live in Long Island, which is a suburb of New York City, and I travel to and from work via a commuter train. All such trains were stopped, so I was unable to use them to get home at first. I went then to a nearby hospital with the idea of donating blood. When I arrived, there was already a five hour wait! New Yorkers were quickly taking positive steps in the face of theis tragedy. The trains began to run later in the day,so I was able to get home. I don't think I will ever forget the sound of sirens blaring as fire, police ans emergency heroes rushed to the site. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: SEPTEMBER 11TH 2001 A DAY I REMEMBER AND CAN NOT FORGET, I WAS IN NEW YORK CITY ON VACATION WITH MY PARENTS AND WE WERE DUE TO CATCH A RETURN FLIGHT TO LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT IN GREAT BRITAIN WHERE WE LIVE. TRIPS TO NEW YORK CITY WERE LIKE A PILGRIMAGE FOR US, WE HAD TRIED CALIFORNIA BUT WE ALLWAYS CAME BACK TO NEW YORK, WE LOVED IT, IT WAS VIBRANT AND ALIVE AND THE BEST PLACE ON EARTH. EVERY TRIP WE TOOK WE ALLWAYS VISITED THE TRADE CENTRE AND SAT IN THE PLAZA AROUND THE FOUNTAIN. AS FOR THE ROOFTOP, I LOST TRACK HOW MANY TIMES WE HAD BEEN UP THERE, I HATE ELEVATORS AND I HATE HEIGHTS BUT I WAS ALLWAYS DRAWN TO THE ROOFTOP I WOULD PERSEVERE AND MAKE THE TRIP UP THERE JUST TO STAND IN AWE AT THE SPLEANDOUR THAT STOOD AND UNFOLDED BELOW AND BEFORE ME, WHAT A MARVELOUS SIGHT, NOTHING COULD TOUCH IT FOR ME. THIS TRIP WE HAD SAT AROUND THE FOUNTAIN AND TRAILED OUR FINGERS THOUGH THE COOL FLOWING WATER IN THE FOUNTAIN WHILST BEING BASKED IN GLORIOUS SUNLIGHT IN THE EARLY MORNING, IT WAS PEACEFUL, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, IT WAS A DAY OR TWO BEFORE THAT FATEFUL DAY, I CAN NOT REMEMBER WHETHER IT WAS ONE OR TWO DAYS BEFORE BECAUSE WHAT WAS TO COME WOULD MAKE TIME SEEM INSIGNIFICANT. I LOVED THE TRADE CENTRE AND ALL IT SYMBOLISED, IT WAS WHERE THE WORLD CAME TOGETHER AND UNITED AS ONE, I REMEMBER ON MY LAST TRIP TO THE TOWERS THAT AN ORIENTAL GENTLEMAN APPROACHED ME WITH A CAMERA, HE COULD NOT SPEAK MUCH ENGLISH BUT I KNEW HE WANTED PHOTOS TAKEN, EVERYONE WHO SAW THE TRADE CENTRE DID. I TOOK A FEW SHOTS WITH THE FOUNTAIN AND SOME OF HIM WITH THE BUILDINGS IN THE BACKGROUND, I DO HOPE HE IS WELL AND THAT HE IS TREASURING THOSE PHOTOS AS I TREASURE MINE. ALSO ON THIS DAY WE PURCHASED DONUTS AND COKE FROM A SHOP AT THE EDGE OF THE PLAZA AND SAT THERE CONSUMING THESE AND JUST SOAKING UP THE ATMOSPHERE, I WAS IN HEAVEN BUT HELL WAS COMING ALONG PRETTY CLOSE BEHIND. ON SEPTEMBER THE 10TH WE PACKED OUR BAGS READY FOR OUR TRIP HOME, AND ON SEPTEMBER THE 11TH WE HAD TO RISE FROM OUR HOTEL BEDS EXTRA EARLY AS WE HAD BBOUGHT SO MANY MATERIAL GOODS THAT WE HAD TO BUY MORE CASES TO GET THEM HOME. MY MOTHER AND I SET OUT ONTO BROADWAY IN SEARCH OF A SHOP SELLING CASES JUST AFTER EIGHT IN THE MORNING IT WAS A GLORIOUS MORNING AND AS WE CROSSED ONE BLOCK I TURNED TO MY MOTHER AND SAID "ISN'T THIS WONDERFUL IT'S A GLORIOUS MORNING THE CITY IS WAKING UP AND COMING ALIVE AND WE ARE GOING TO BUY A SUITCASE SO THAT WE CAN GO HOME AND SEE OUR TWO WONDERFUL LITTLE DOGGIES, LIFE COULDN'T BE BETTER THAN IT IS NOW. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT TRIP, I JUST FEEL SO ALIVE." THE SHOP WE NEEDED TO VISIT WAS NOT YET OPEN FOR BUSINESS SO WE WENT IN THE DRUG STORES, MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WE HAD FORGOTTEN TO BUY, NIK NAKS AND PRESENTS AND THE LIKE. SHORTLY AFTER WE WERE ON A TRAFFIC ISLAND AND THERE WAS THIS ROARING NOISE, WE LOOKED UP AND SAW A LARGE PLANE AND WE LAUGHED AND JOKED SAYING WE WOULDN'T LIKE TO BE ON THAT PLANE, DIDN'T THE IDIOT KNOW THERE WERE LOT'S OF TALL BUILDINGS IN LOWER MANHATTAN. WE JOKINGLY SAID HE MUST BE A TRAINEE, AND HE WOULD SOON CHANGE COURSE WHEN HE SAW THE BUILDINGS DOWN THERE. NOW WHEN LOOKING BACK, THIS BRINGS ME FEELINGS OF SUCH GUILT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE ON THE PLANE, IF WE COULD SEE THEM THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY COULD SEE US AND THEY JUST COULD NOT REACH OUT THAT SMALL DISTANCE TO GET THE HELP THEY SO DESPERATELY NEEDED. MY MOTHER ASKED ME THE TIME AND I SAID IT WAS AROUND ABOUT A QUARTER TO NINE ACORDING TO THE CLOCK ON THE BANK, WE DECIDED TO GO AND STAND OUTSIDE THE SHOP AND HAVE A CIGARRETTE WHILST WAITING, WE HEARD THIS ALMIGHTY BANG WHICH MADE US JUMP BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS LOUD NOISES IN NEW YORK AND WE BRUSHED IT ASIDE SAYING JOKINGLY THAT THE PILOT HAD PROBABLY FOUND THE BUILDINGS, WE DIDN'T EVEN FOR A MOMENT THINK THAT ANYTHING LIKE THAT COULD HAPPEN IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD. ON OUR RETURN TO THE HOTEL WE FINISHED PACKING AND CALLED FOR THE BELL HOP TO COLLECT OUR BAGS, WHEN HE CAME HE SAID THAT THEY WERE ON SHUT DOWN BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANT AND HE SAID WE WOULD NOT GET OUT OF THE CITY LET ALONE THE COUNTRY, WE DID NOT UNDERSTAND AND HE TOLD US TO STAY PUT AND SWITCH THE NEWS CHANNELS ON, I JUST SO DISBELIEVED HIM WHEN HE SAID THE CITY WAS UNDER ATTACK. WHEN WE VIEWED THE NEWS PICTURES I JUST COULD NOT COMPREHEND WHAT I WAS SEEING, IT JUST COULD NOT BE TRUE, BUT AS THE DAY WENT ON MY FEELINGS TURNED TO EVEN DEEPER AND DEEPER DESPAIR. MY SISTER NIECE AND BROTHER IN LAW WERE BACK AT HOME DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET NEWS AND WE WERE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POND TRYING TO CONTACT THEM IT TOOK SO MANY HOURS TO GET THROUGH AND THERE WERE MANY TEARS AND MUCH ANGUISH EXCHANGED WHEN CONTACT WAS FINALLY MADE. IN THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED WE WERE MOSTLY CONFINED TO THE HOTEL DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET A FLIGHT HOME, I SLEPT LITTLE IN THE FIVE EXTRA DAYS THAT FOLLOWED THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND WHAT COULD POSSIBLY FOLLOW, WHAT ABOUT THE HOTEL, HOW SAFE WAS IT, WE WERE ON THE 22ND FLOOR,WHO COULD PROTECT US AND HOW WOULD WE GET OUT IF WE HAD TOO. WHAT ABOUT THE AIR THAT WE ARE BREATHING, ALL THIS DUST, SOME OF THE DUST HAD TO BE THE REMAINS OF PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN LOST IN THE TRAGEDY. FOR A CHANGE I WAS CALM WHEN BOARDING THE FLIGHT HOME, THIS IS NOT LIKE ME, BUT WHEN IT CAME TO TAKE OFF I WAS HYSTERICAL, I DID NOT KNOW HOW I COULD FACE A SEVEN HOUR FLIGHT, I FELT SO TRAPPED. WHEN I GOT HOME I SAW A DOCTOR AND HAD SOME TIME OFF WORK BUT EVENTUALLY I COULD STAND IT NO MORE AND RETURNED TO WORK, WHAT HAPPENED HAD CHANGED EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING, INCLUDING MY LIFE, I DECLINED COUNSELLING AND STOPPED TAKING THE MEDICATION GIVEN TO ME, CONVINCED THAT I DID NOT NEED ANY HELP AND THAT I WOULD SOON GET OVER IT; I HAD NEVER BEEN THROUGH ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE AND HEY IT CAN NOT BE THAT TOUGH, I WILL DEAL WITH IT IN MY OWN TIME, I WILL BE BETTER IN A FEW WEEKS, BUT WEEKS TURNED TO MONTHS AND MONTHS WENT BY, THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY CAME AND WENT AND I WAS RELIVING IT EVERY DAY, MY WHOLE LIFE WAS REVOLVING AROUND SEPTEMBER THE 11TH, EVERY OCCURENCE AND EVERY CONVERSATION, EVEN AT WORK. I COULD NOT HOLD MY TEMPER OR MY TEARS, I COULD NOT SLEEP AND HAD AN UNNATURAL FEAR OF DARK OR CONFINED SPACES AND OF LOUD NOISES I JUST SIMPLY DID NOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING BUT I COULD NOT SEE IT, I HAD NOT CHANGED, I WAS RIGHT AND EVERYONE ELSE WAS WRONG AND I WAS COPING JUST FINE, EVENTUALLY I WENT TO THE DOCTOR, I AM ON A LIST FOR COUNSELLING AND I AM ON MEDICATION, THE MEDICATION HAS HELPED TO SEE HOW BADLY AFFECTED I WAS AND THE COUNSELLING WILL HELP ME TO RECOVER, THIS WEBSITE HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY AND HAS HELPED ME TO SEE I AM NOT ALONE, IT ANYONE READS THIS AND CAN IDENTIFY THIS AND THEY ARE NOT GETTING HELP THEN I STRONGLY URGE THEM DO SO, THERE IS NO SHAME IN NEEDING HELP AND THE PAIN WILL NOT EASE UNTIL YOU GET IT, LISTEN TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN THERE, LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME FOR ME, I HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF SOMETHING DEAR TO ME BUT I AM STARTING OUT ON A LEARNING PROCESS, LEARNING TO COPE, IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG ROAD AND A ROUGH JOURNEY BUT IT IS ONE THAT I WANT TO MAKE, I CAN NOT HAVE MY NEW YORK BACK THE WAY THAT I WOULD LIKE IT AND I CAN CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED OR BRING THOSE PEOPLE BACK BUT I CAN TAKE MY LIFE BACK AND START TO LIVE IT AGAIN, LIVE IT LIKE I OWN IT, LIKE I OWNED IT BEFORE SEPTEMBER 11TH 2001. MAY GOD BLESS THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO PERISH AND MAY HE HELP US TO COMBAT EVIL WITH GOODNESS. 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 story8635.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 heading to work from the 42nd Street subway station at The Main Library in NYC. I waited for the bus for awhile and than decided to walk down 5th Ave to 34th Street even though I would be a little late for work at 9am. It was a beautiful day - might as well walk, even though it would make me a little late. I was on the west side of the street and noted that there wasn't a cloud in the sky except for a huge billowing cloud of dark smoke from lower Manhattan. I reasoned that the only building high enough to cause that kind of smoke would be the World Trade Center and hope that wasn't the case - a fire in that building would be a tragedy. I crossed over to the east side of the street and the buildings came into view, it was an incredible sight. I started to notice groups of people stopped on the sidewalk, talking on their phones and murmurs of a something out of the ordinary. As I started to cross 37th street, a huge fireball exploded from the south tower and the man next to me cried out "jesus, oh lord, jesus" - I was very confused. How could the fire in the one building cause an explosion in the 2nd building (I was north of the buildings so didn't see the 2nd plane hit from the south)? I began to hear people talking about terrorism and dismissed that as paranoid rambling. I did ask someone with a phone what had happened and they said a plane had flown into the WTC. I reasoned that a pilot had a heart attack or it was all just a freak accident. I got to work and immediately tried to find a radio or TV - the people in my office were unconcerned and oblivious. I didn't know what to do - part of me wanted to leave the building and head toward the disaster (we were fire watchers in my small home town in Wisconsin - barns burning at night were especially exciting) but decided to stay put as my boss wasn't in yet. I headed for the roof of our building but the engineers wouldn't let me out there - security had closed the roof as we are directly under the Empire State Building. I went back to my office, tried for news on the web but found nothing, so decided to call my sister in Wisconsin - she watches Katie Couric and probably knew what was happening. She told me that 2 planes had flown into the Twin Towers and they said it was terrorism. I vehemently denied that that was possible, she assured me that it was - what else could be the cause of 2 planes flying into the buildings. My head was reeling and I had this unreal feeling. I went to CUNY TV to find a television but they wouldn't let me in - everyone looked like they couldn't decide if they should just ignore this thing or panic. As I walked down the hall, Ray Ring told me the another plane had crashed into the Pentagon - finally I had to admit that that it was terrorism. Whole new world - what kind of crazy bastards would do such a thing? I went outside and now there were crowds of people standing watching the buildings burn - car horns were blaring from everywhere but the number of cars on the streets were becoming less and less. I heard that the bridges and tunnels were closed, no one could get off or on the island and all air traffic had been ordered grounded. Someone told me that people were jumping out of the buildings and I felt sick - that is when the horror of the situation actually hit me. I didn't stay to watch the towers burn or fall - I went back to my office and called my sister-in-law and sister in Wisconsin so they knew I was alive and ok. I was scared but decided to not panic, to make sure everyone in the office was ok and to wait for my boss to arrive. One of the staff's husband and son were on a flight back to the US from India that day. Their flight was grounded in Canada and they did not arrive back in the US for another 5 days. They finally got some televisions wired, the images were amazing,and we were told to stay in at the Graduate Center. People were worried that the Empire State building would be hit next. I didn't know what was going to happen next, thought maybe it would be really bad and decided to go to the bank and draw out a large sum of money. Masses of people were walking up Fifth Avenue from lower Manhattan, heading uptown or to the 59th street bridge to Queens. I saw a number of young men covered in white dust - I asked them if they were ok and they said they had escaped and it was an incredible sight to have witnessed. I also bought alot of candy for everyone back at work. I am not a big candy eater but I guess it felt like a comforting gesture. I wasn't sure what to do or where to go. Around 1:30, I realized that we had not heard from David Levine, a member of our office who lives below Canal Street on Wooster Street. Steve, my boss said he thought that David's son was in day care at the WTC. I called David and was able to reach him, he said that everyone was safe but he had to force his way into the building before it collapsed because he thought Griffin and his mates were still in there. They had immediately been evacuated but he had no way of knowing that. I decided to stay at work until the bridges were openned but didn't want to be alone so I emailed a friend who lives at 84th Street on the east side of Manhattan - just across the east river from my home in Long Island City. I wrote an email to my friends and family with a description of the day's events, the staff made their way home to Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx. I left work around 4pm, there were no cars on the street and it was incredibly quiet. The smoke was blowing south west so it was surreal. I stood at the main library for a while and watched people - I remember in particular a very old man walking very slowly up Fifth Avenue aided by a younger man. I can't really describe the sense of the place. I heard a plane fly over and everyone looked up with fear. I made it to my friends house, we watched the television coverage. The next morning I made it home to my cat and watched more television. I was thankful that the coverage was sincere - everyone was so honest. It wasn't about selling anything. I stopped watching TV after several days because the tone changed and it didn't seem real or honest anymore. 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 story49.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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: That morning, I had sent my children off to school on a beautiful Sept. day. I was preparing for a job interview with FOX 43 in York PA. When I arrived at the news station, I saw on their TV in the lobby one of the towers was on fire. My first question to the receptionist was "Did Osama Bin Ladin try to blow it up again?" She replied with "No, a plane had just struck the buidling." My first thought that this was a tragic accident, as I sat watching, the second plane struck. Then, I knew - we were under some kind of attack. During my interview, we were interupted once to be informed that the Pentagon was also struck. At that point, the gentleman interviewing me stated he would like to reschedule my interview. Of course, I had no objections, I was worried about my children. I left the building, immediately called my husband who was working in Baltimore and he assured me everything was O.K. there. I asked him if he thought I should pick up our sons. He wasn't sure, he didn't want them to be scared of the current events, but didn't want them without us, either. During my drive home, I kept thinking of my oldest son, whose school sits within 10 miles of Peach Bottom Nucelar Power Plant in PA. I contacted my Dad who is a retired U.S.A.F. colonel and he felt that terrorist would want to do immediate collateral damage, not a delayed reaction such as hitting a nucelar plant. Still unsure of the right thing to do with my sons, when I arrived home, I turned on the TV as I was changing my cloths. I then heard about the plane going down in PA. That was too close to home, I couldn't drive the 12 miles to pick up my oldest son fast enough, then I went and picked up my youngest son from our local elementary school. In a child's eyes, my youngest son was concerned for what was happening, but he also was upset because I had picked him up as he was standing in the lunch line - He was hungry and wanted to go to McDonald's. Needless to say, we went home, I fixed them lunch and we talked about the events taking place. For the next several days, as a family, we were horrified as to what had taken place. Since that fateful day we have prayed for the victims and their families and for the changes that have taken place everyday since then. During a recent trip to Washington DC, we were able to few the flag that was found at the World Trade Center. All of us, stood in silence and remembered 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 story789.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: The day that AMERICA stood still will always be imbraced in my heart,mind,& soul. On that fateful day I was hanging out with a friend of mine before going to work. We were listening to a radio station~93.9 WKYS~ when they interupted the song they were playing to announce that a plane had just hit one of the Twin Towers. At the time I just that the plane crash was an accident. Then they annouced that another plane had struck the 2nd Tower. I realized then that the UNITED STATES was being attacked. It really hit close to home when it was announced that a plane was hijacked after just leaving Dulles Airport and that it hit the PENTAGON. The last plane to be announced was the one that crashed in Pennsylvania after the members on board decided to take on the hijackers. AMERICA and its people will never be the same again. May GOD bless all the familys and friends that were involved in this tragic affair and also everyone else who was touched by this. ~GOD BLESS AMERICA~ ~BRIANNE DEANA ARD~ AGE 22 at time of 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 story4684.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 my bed, tossing and turning, when my dad opened the door to my room and called out, Hey, babe, wake up. Usually he just says Holly time to get up, but this time was different, you could hear in his voice it was different. I woke up and he told me to come downstairs and hurry up. So I went down, and he ran down the steps (which he never does) saying something about the WTC just got hit with a plane. I wasent sure if it was a dream or not, sure enough there it was on the news. Later that day I went outside and it smelled different, and I saw smoke up above in a distance, I knew right there it was a horrible attack. I still cry myself to sleep some nights thinking of the what if's, what if we lived there and I lost my parents. Its a horrible thing to do but Im human. Also the attackers were threatening Philadelphia, where my mom works, Im not sure if they will do anything about it, but I dont know. Im just so scared all the time, what if they hit Philadelphia, or New Jersey, what next, the Statue of Liberty? Im not sure how I felt at the time, I know I started to cry, and I called my mom she has a friend that lives down the street from the WTC. Finally she got in touch with her, she was fine, but she had known someone in the Center who passed away. I am so saddend by everything that has happend, its a lot for anyone of any age to handle. Its so sad how in order for us to love our country and put flags everywhere thousands of people need to die first. My heart goes out to everyone who lost someone. And to all the firefighters and police that risked there lives for everyone, its amazing how much people care about strangers. We need more of them in the world. I will end this now, Never forget 9-11 keep it in your hearts 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 story7786.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 chatting on an internet chat room that morning when someone said to turn on the TV, a plane had hit the World Trade Center. Immediately I did and watched in horror as the events unfolded. My first thought was that it was an accident, the plane had been having some sort of trouble and ended up crashing into the building. While I was still trying to make sense of everything I saw the second plane approaching the other tower. A sick feeling came over me as I realized that this was no accident, someone was attacking us using our own aircraft as weapons. I woke my husband up and called my parents to inform them of what was going on. Shortly after that the Pentagon was hit, and then Flight 93 went down in a field in Pennsylvania. We all got together as a family that day to comfort and support eachother as we watched the TV for more news. My husband, who is in the Navy, went in to work to see if there was something he could do. I was 8 months pregnant with my 3rd child, it was a very fearful time for me as I worried for my children, my husband, my family, and myself. Thankfully, a year later, we are all fine and together, but we will forever be changed by the events of that day. God Bless the heroes who died that day, the families, and the survivors. 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 story6228.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. 64.12.96.8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was strange. I was just working on a Kmart ad. I remember someone saying the World Trade Center just got hit by a plane. My first reaction was to think about the people in the building. What a horrible thing! It was hard to believe and at that time none of us knew that it was a terrorist attack. Then the second plane hit. I remember that I had a pit in my stomach thinking about what was happening to all of the people in the building and how anyone could cause such a tragedy. I worked in a hi-rise at the time and never in a million years would something like this ever cross my mind when going into work. We all listened to the radio. Some people were on the internet getting information. I remember that it was hard to think about work at all. The GM building closed down in Detroit. Everyone in the office called relatives and friends, as if they needed someone to confirm that this was happening. It took a long time to sink in. It's a year later. When I was visiting New York a couple of years ago I went to the top of the World Trade Center. I had a drink with a friend. I remember how unbelievable the view was from up there. I thought about how cool it was that I got to experience being at the top of New York City!! What a shame that there are people that will never be able to have that same experience. Part of us is missing now. The world will never be quite the same. Thanks for putting this site up. Someday people will read these experiences and be able to understand what September 11 was like for the people who listened a watched and experienced the tragedy. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2967.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 in Latin class. My teacher came in and said that the World Trade Center had been hit by planes. I thought about it all day, and my mom and I talked about it when she picked me up from school. She was very upset. We watched the news that night and we found out that it was deliberate. What I remember best is the Latin class when we first heard about the incident, and that there were many wild speculations before that. Ever since September 11th we have watched the news every night, and I have become more aware of the situation in the Middle East, and the state of world affairs. No one in my family was lost in 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 story2117.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at my school, Cora Kelly Magnet School.We were in the middle of Language Arts Class with Mrs.reeves. she told me to turn on the Tv And listen to the news. All I could do was cry. One of my best friends got a phone call one minute after from her mom saying that her dad had died in the crash. i felt like my heart was going drop. It felt like i was going to die. 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 story11444.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2005-06-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 206.158.3.10 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 arrived at work about 8:45AM, the phone was ringing. It was my mom, turn on the TV she says, a plane just went into the Twin Towers. I mmediately turned on the set and there it was the second plane crashing int te second building. As I sat there and watched in HORROR the people running for their lives, building finally collasped and I froze. Thinking of all the people that were trapped as the building just sunk. It was as if you had thrown a pebble in the water and it sank to the bottom. The phones at work started ringing, everyone that called was hysterical. Are you watching TV, the ultimate question, and OH my GOD I need to call NY and find out where my friends are or my family members, if they went to work today. Were they on time. Oh my God they may have been in that building. It left you utterly empty inside, as you sat there and watched. The whole day you could not function, thinking of all the innocent people that died unnecessarily. I yet get a knot in the pit of my stomach just remembering. I did no have anyone that perished on that sad day, but my heart goes out to all of those that lost someone. May the lord ever bless and keep each and every one of them. Continue to hold them up, keep them up in their spirtuality, and not let them give up on life. Hope is always there when you trust and believe in the lord, that he'll keep you strong and that everything will be alright. With much LUV. I'm signing off now. MY BLESSINGS AND HEARTFELT SYMPATHY TO ALL WHO READS THIS. MAY GOD EVER KEEP YOU. LICIA SCOTT 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 story4398.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 crossing the Manhattan Bridge heading to work in midtown. I was becoming frustrated because there were subway delays and I was thinking that I could have made a different connection in Brooklyn that would get me to work on time. At 9:06 a.m., the motorman or conductor announced that a plane hit the WTC. I was standing near the door facing this sight and saw both towers on fire. The South tower had smoke pouring out near the top and the North tower had fire and smoke pouring out above its mid section. I immediately thought of the loss of lives and felt such sadness and pain. I said out loud to another passenger standing with me at the window, "Oh my God, I hope its not terrorists or terrorism [my memory escapes me]." He replied that "it looks like a plane crashed into the building." As we very slowly continued to cross the bridge, the gash on the side of the North tower became visible. For the remainder of the trip I as did others sat numb with shock. I transferred to a bus continuing my trip and told some passengers that the WTC had been hit. The buildings could be seen from midtown, it looked devastating. By the time I reached my building, I was hysterically crying. Though I didn't personally know anyone at the time working in the buildings, I knew there was a great loss of lives. 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 story6262.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 Notes Notes about this item. This is the unedited story: On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was crossing the Manhattan Bridge heading to work in midtown. I was becoming frustrated because there were subway delays and I thinking that I could have made a different connection in Brooklyn that would get me to work on time. At 9:06 a.m., the motorman or conductor announced that a plane had hit the WTC. I was standing near the door facing this sight and saw both towers on fire. The south tower had smoke pouring out near the top and the north tower had fire and smoke pouring out above its mid section. I immediately thought of the loss of lives and felt such sadness and pain. I said out loud to another passenger standing with me at the window, "Oh my God, I hope its not terrorists or terrorism (my memory escapes me)." He replied that "it looks like a plane crashed into the building." As we very slowly continued to cross the bridge, the gash on the side of the north tower became visible. For the remainder of the trip I as did others sat numb with shock. I transfered to a bus continuing my trip and told some passengers that the WTC had been hit. The buildings could be seen from midtown, it looked devasting. By the time I reached my building, I was hysterically crying. Though I didn't personally know anyone at the time working in the buildings, I knew there was a great loss of lives. 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: At 1000pm on September 10,2001, my boyfriend and I boarded a flight from Chicago to San Fransisco. It was our first trip together. It was very late by the time we arrived and checked into the hotel. We stayed up talking for awhile then went to sleep. By the time we woke it was 9am Pacific time, 4 hours after everything began. And we had no idea. I called my parents to check in and they were frantic. I asked them what was wrong and the were amazed I hadn't any idea. As my mother explaind the events to me , my boyfriend turned on the television and there it was "Attack on America." We were in shock. We knew we had to get home. My boyfriend made many calls trying to rent a car with no luck. Finally we were able to rent one of the last cars in the city with the hotel's help. It was quite a drive home. The next day we saw the footage of the first plane crashing into the World Trade Center. It was especially hard to watch because we both work for American Airlines. We made it home 2 days later, and we were closer than ever having experienced that together. Today, we are married. 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 story20805.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 can remember the morning of September 11th. I was walking to my 3rd period class, Global Studies. As I walked down the hall and passed some of the other classrooms I noticed that every teacher had CNN on. I didn't think much of it. It was not out of the ordinary for the teachers to be watching television. I kept walking to class. I went to class and noticed all of my fellow students were sitting in front of the television. Everyone was quiet. An eerie felling came over me as I sat down next to my best friends Jezikah, Kari and Sara. I looked at Jezikah and asked her what was going on. She looked at me and said that a plane had just crashed into one of the twin towers of the World Trade Center. It took me a few seconds to realize what she said and what that meant. Then she told me that they think it was a terrorist attack. I looked up at the television screen and watched the next events take place. They were all horrifying and shocking. I watched as they replayed the planes crashing into the towers, and then what seemed like minutes later watching them collapse. I remember seeing people running down the streets and some stopping to watch what was happening. I remember watching the reporters and listening intently to them as the told the whole world the aweful news. They were probably more shocked and scared than I was because they were standing right there watching it and experiencing every sound and sight. I remember all the other events, like the plane that crashed into the Pentagon and the White House being evacuated. I remember that my Global Studies teacher was very upset about what was going on. She too could not believe what was happening. I remember that she keep telling our class that we should remember everything that's happening, everything that we were thinking and all of our feelings because this was history we were seeing. Trust me I remember everything I thought and felt that day. The anger, the sadness, and the same question, why? Why were they doing this horrible thing to us? Why did they have to do this now? Why today and why now? Why so many people, so many innocent people? To this day I still do not understand why these people would do such a horrible thing. The only thing I wonder is why they hate us so much. I really don't understand. I can't believe they killed so many innocent people. Even now after all the suicide bombs and fighting I still can't understand why they would do such nasty and terrible things. I still feel angry, upset and confused about everything that happened on September 11th. I feel bad for all the innocent people who died in the attack on America and those who live in terrorist countries and have to live with all the noise and blood shed. 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 story715.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11th 2001, I was sitting in Math class around 9:00. A teacher rushed in and said "Hurry turn channel 3". We turned on the tv, and just saw a flaming tower. I was in shock. I didn't know what to think, and I didn't say anything. I didn't do anything. All I did was watch and wonder "Why would anyone do this?" 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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