472 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 remember being at work when I heard it on the news, but I didn't realize the full meaning until I was at home. When I saw the towers collapse, and heard the stories of eye witnesses I cried for the people who lost their loved ones and the ones that got out safely. That night I went to my congregational meeting at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses where we received a special assignment to begin handing out any tracts or magazines, or just share Bible scriptures with people in our neighberhood to bring comfort to them. Soon, we learned of our brothers and sisters being allowed into Ground Zero to bring a message of hope and comfort to the workers there. We may not believe in saluting the flag, but we do believe in people and bringing anyone and everyone we can comfort from Jehovah. The date 9/11 has seared into my brain the scripture Ecclesiasties 9:11 where it says, "I returned to see under the sun that the swift do not have the race, nor the mighty ones the battle, nor do the wise also have the food, nor do the understanding ones also have the riches, nor do even those having knowledge have the favor; because time and unforeseen occurrence befall them all." Although that scripture has the parallelism, the next one staples down the true feeling Ecc. 9:12 "For man also does not know his time. Just like fishes that are being taken in an evil net, and like birds that are being taken in a trap, so the sons of men themselves are being ensnared at a calamitous time, when it falls upon them suddenly." I believe that these scriptures can remind us that God is not responsible for these horrible things that have happened. Jehovah loves us and soon will make all of these evil things and people go away. Psalm 37:10-11 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 story5062.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. 204.196.57.31 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was a beautiful morning, or so it seemed. I was on maturinty leave from work at walmart. My daughter was only a few weeks old and sleeping in my arms. So obliveous to what was going on in the opposite side of the country. A friend of ours had called to comfort us, but we had not turned on the tv yet that morning. we thought she was crazy or playing a joke on us. To our worst fears we did turn on the tv and the news was posted everywhere of this awful nightmare. A year later, Sept. 11, 2002. My fellow associates at walmart dressed in red, white, and blue or had shirts with flags. It did not matter what race or color we were we all got togther in the morning and sang the national anthem underneath our flag hanging so proudly. Our prayers and thoughts are to all who lost loved ones and who were amazing heros that day. God Bless and thank you. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story7793.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: Hi Iwas in Newark, NJ for a meeting when at 9:00am we were told to evacuate teh building and the next thing I was on my way to the train and saw the second plane hit live!!!It was a day I will never forget and I couldn't get through to my husband or anyone for theat matter on my cell phone. When the train finally came I couldn't believe there were people on it form the towers already taht luckily got out!!!!We had on radios and gathered where we could on the train to hear what was happening the next thing we heard the pentagon was hit and then a plane went down in Pennsylvania. the 2 hour train ride seemed like all day. when I arrived at Hamilton station there were news crews all over just asking anyone who would answer what we saw!! Ijust wanted to get home to my family..I went to my daughter's school got her and met my husband at the front door He was scared because he couldn't reach me!!!!We sat in front of the TV for days.....I lost some friends and business associates that day and if I could I would seek Mr. BinLaden out myself and put him to a slow painful death!!!!! Lorraine Worth hamilton, NJ 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 story4201.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. 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 early morning and I was still in bed. My husband came into the bedroom and woke me up and said, "There is something on TV you will want to see". I went into the TV room, and stared at the television. Finally, I said, "Is that New York??" I was uncomprehending. The pictures I was seeing were shocking. The first views I saw were taken from across the river, and it looked as if the entire island of Manhattan was on fire. My mouth hung open and my eyes were full of tears for hours...... In 1963 I was watching Pete & Gladys on TV, keeping an eye on my baby in her playpen, and making cookies in the kitchen, when they interrupted the sitcom and said President Kennedy had just been shot. I ran out of my apartment in shock and fear and told my neighbor, then rushed back..... In 1968 I watched Robert Kennedy give his victory speech in LA, then went to bed as he walked off-camera. In the morning, my husband's clock radio came on and I heard...what did I hear?...Why were they replaying President Kennedy's death? But no, it was Bobby Kennedy, another Kennedy, dead...... A few years ago I was reading in the living room, my husband was watching TV. He came into the living room and said, "There's something on TV you might want to see", and I went in, and there was the tunnel in Paris where Princess Diana had just been killed. The media brought all of this news. Because of the immediacy of the media, although I am from California, we are all of one town when these things happen. May God bless us 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 story5832.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. 64.12.96.10 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 am a veteran and retiree of the armed forces (Army). I am also a doctoral candidate at George Mason University and and an adjunct instructor in government as well. I also work full time - providing planning and exericise and wargame development for the Joint Chiefs of Staff - located in the Pentagon. I was in the building on 9/11. It was a terrible and confusing day. When we were outside of the building after being evacuated, we foulnd that we could not communicate - cell phones did not work, due to system overload. We were also told that more planes were possibly inbound - remember we were over 20,000 people standing outside near the Potomic River, surrounded by multi-lane expressways and no where to go - it was scary. What i want to tell you, however, is that while many Americans would feel helpless and unable to do anything, I was afforded a unique opportunity to contribute. You see, for years i have been studying and lecturing on mobilization and crisis management. Immediately after the attack (that Night) I was asked along with an Army Colonel, a Military Lawyer, and an Atty from the Justice Department to draft a declaration of national emergency. It took us 3 days and nights (working 24 hours a day) and on September 14, 2001, President Bush signed the document. He immediately ordered the Reserve and Guard to active duty and invoked several other militiary and economic measures needed to provide the legal basis for the emergency. What is amasing is the fact that I am not a federal employee, nor was I recalled to active duty, nor was it within the contractual agreement I have with the Government to plan exercises. I did it out of love for my Country and a sense that it would provide the President and the nation with the legal tools required to respond to the crisis. Soon after I found myself back at Mason, attempting lead a discussion about the attack with my students in a state and local government course. 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 story79.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 getting ready to leave for work, and was watching "Good Morning America " like I do every day,,, and all of a sudden Charlie Gibson was watching this plane that hit the building and he could not believe what he sore, and neither could I! I was so shocked, I called my husband and son in Columbia, Tn. to tell them to turn on the TV. It was a personal tradidy,,,,,,my niece in Long Island, her husband was in the fire dept, the hazardous dept. and I immediately called my cousin to find out if she heard anything about Dennis Scauso. Turns out he was one of the first to go there with his dept........It has been one long horror story,,,,, they never did find him, the only thing they found, was his helmet......He had a wife and four children.... They will never be the same. My niece is still not and never will get over the loss. They were childhood sweethearts... I hope this story helps someone else knowing that we all have felt the hurt and the sorrow of the families involved. Thank you.....Grace Schoeberl 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 story10316.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. 2004-01-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 63.85.209.10 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 was in the park, not far from my home, taking a tennis lesson. Someone came out from the tennis center's office and told us that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. We immediately went inside to watch the TV. The instructor said he used to work at the WTC and that the towers would survive this accident. When I got home, my 18 year-old son informed me that one tower had collapsed already and the other was falling as we spoke. We were in a state of shock. He told me that his father, who worked not far from the WTC, had called to say he was alright and was on his way home. We didn't hear from him until four or five hours later. He had walked from downtown Manhattan all the way uptown to the 59th Street bridge. He, and many others, walked out of Manhattan and into Queens this way. While crossing the bridge, they saw fighter planes fly overhead. He thought we were at war. He walked to his mother's house, where he finally called again. Somehow, I was able to get there and bring him home. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story6342.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. 170.97.67.115 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 name is José María Infanzón, i'm Argentinian. I was in a school exchange (with Poly Prep). On 9/11 we were supposed to be in the towers around 8:00 am, it was a vist to the towers. I was really anxious to visit them, i wanted to look the amazing city of NY from the sky. Around 7:30 am, we were ready to go in a school bus. But something was wrong, the bus didn't start its engine. we were late, and sad cause' maybe that day we were notgoing to be able to reach the towers. the bus driver kept trying to start the engine..but it was dead. suddenly the headmistress of the school came running and desperate, telling that something Terrible happened..as every one must know...9/11. I was so shocke, i had goosebumps, my brain was freezed, i was kind of lost, away from my family in a foreign country, it was the most weird sensation i've ever felt..i think GOD helped us that day and didn't let the bus start the engine.. 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 story20396.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. 2006-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 200.127.207.183 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I WAS AT HOME WITH MY GRANDCHILDERN AND MY HUSBAND WHEN I SEEN WHAT WAS HAPPENING I FELT SO BAD THAT I JUST CRYED CAUSE I FELT SO BAD FOR THEM FAMLIYS AND THE CHILDREN THAT LOST THERE MOTHER AND FATHER AND PEOPLE WHO LOST THERE SISTER AND BOTHERS I AM STILL SO SORRY THAT WE LOST ALL THEM PEOPLE BUT WITH GODS LOVE AND HIS JOY WE SHALL STAND GOD BLESS AMERCIA CINDY FROM MARYLAND 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 story3295.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.188.6 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: It was suppose to be my day off. I was going to sleep in with my husband. We rarely had any time together and we loved to snuggle. Instead of the dreamy slumber I anticipated, I got a call from my sister, Michelle, at about 8:30 am. She was frantic I turn on the News. She kept telling me the World Trade Center was hit by a plane. I thought she was totally joking, and even said so. But, I heard the urgency in her voice, and the total disbelief. The News confirmed it. I remember waking my husband with the same tone in my voice my sister had when she told me. My husband was sitting in the couch while I paced the room talking with Michelle still on the phone. Michelle was off on a long rambling tangent of information when I notice the smoke looked different for a second. I could not fathom what I was seeing - The building was going to collape. Interupting Michelle, I state the obvious; "Michelle, the building falling down!" I remember saying those words over & over without believing it. "The building fell down." We both go silent in horror. I must say I have an exceptional imagination. It kind of runs in the family. All I could think about was the fireman running up the stairs and the plethera of people trying to escape. It hurts my heart to think about it. It takes so much effort to not to think about all those people; the ones trying to escape down the stairwells, the ones traped above the flames having the face the enevitable, the fireman who knew they were climbing to thier deaths, yet, still they climbed on. It pains me the most when I think about the babies born after 9/11. I just had my first child in June, and I cry for all those who will never know thier daddys; except as a hero of 9/11. A small consolation for an entire lifetime lost. In conclussion to this story, I received a call from my sister, Michelle, at the very same time on the very same day one year later. We will always remember that, though we were not in the same room, or the same city, we spent the day together, watching the most tragic event of our lives. It's now a tragic tradition. 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 story6606.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: llahassee, Florida: I was in my last week as a receptionist at an optomitrist's office. My thoughts were of the coming week when I would begin training as am opthalmic assistant in the same office. I was to quit wearing my reception uniform, and start wearing scrubs, and I would get a raise. It was a time in my life that was a very big deal to me. On the morning of September 11th, I was at work sitting at the Check out window. Just after the second plane hit WTC, my office manager came over to me and said that her husband had called her and said that 2 planes had hit the world trade center in New York City. An accident, I thought, and surly my manager was mistaken. What was the chance of 2 planes hitting the WTC. I made her repeat herself 3 times before I actually believed her, and realized that 2 planes hitting WTC was not an accident. President Bush was in our state visiting an elementary school...........in Ft. Meyers, I think............and it was said in the office "get him out of here" because we were afraid it would bring terrorism to our state. The president's brother, Jeb, is our governor. "Get him out of here too" we said. Before the morning was up all of our patients, doctors and employees knew of the incident. No one talked of anything else. No one wanted to work, and no one cared when they were called back into the exam room late. I called a patient back to administer a test. We were in the exam room only half an hour. When we came out, someone said to me that a 3rd plane had hit the Pentagone, and it was said that another was on it's way to the Sears Tower. The thought of the people on the plane flying to their deaths............knowing they were going to die, made me sick. As I filed charts, I couldn't get the idea out of my head. Then the fourth and last plane crashed in Pennsylvania. All flights in the United States were canceled and those which were in the air, were rerouted to the nearest airport. Rumors were flying around about the possibility of other hijacked planes, and it was said that as we spoke they were headed to other national landmarks. My office manager gathered our Eye Care staff together and said that in the event that our town were attacked we were to all go to the optical lab for shelter. Then she said a paryer for the souls of those who had died, and for the safety of those who were in danger, and for those who had lost family and friends on this day. Our office stayed open on September 11th, but many businesses closed in our town. Down Town Tallahssee, where all the government buildings are, was evacuated. We were only a few blocks from down town. Early on in the day Al Quaeda was fingered as suspects. It was said they were 99% it was Bin Laden. When I got home the first thing I did was turn on the TV. My television was old, and on a good day, if I pounded on it I could get a really crappy picture with sound, if I hit it on it's side right with my fist. On that evening, as I turned on the telly, I said to myself, you better work. I gave the television a good hard bang with my fist and got a reception as clear as a brand new television. That was the first time that day that I actually saw with my own eyes what was going on in New York City. I was shocked, and crying, seeing the panic and fear of the people. I was glued to the TV. I forgot to eat, and I forgot to go to bed until very late. By the afternoon all airplanes in the U.S. had been accounted for, and I felt safe from anymore terrorist attacks. I had faith in our government to protect us. That night I saw the President's grim face try and assuage our fears, and assure us that we would bring those respocible for the attack on our country to justice. I had no doubt that we would. Our President was a Texan for God's sake. Everyone knows that Texas is the wrong place to be caught for murder in, so I knew that Al Quaeda would get their's in a very short time. The next day, the topics of conversation were the same. Some folks said why didn't the people on the first 3 flights, that crashed, fight the terrorists the way the ones on the Pennsylvania flight did. I reminded them that in the 80's there were quite a few hijackings, and all that happened was that people sat around until the demads of the terrorist's demands were met. If you did what you were told, for the most part, you surrived. I don't think any American saw the magnitude of these Hijackings to be what they were until after it happened. By the time the Pennsylvania flight was heading to it's death, the people on board knew what their fate was going to be. They knew they were going to die, but they questioned just how they allowed themselvs to go down. They were the first to stand up to the terrorists, and the first casulties in the War On Terror. As the days went on all anyone could talk about was what had happened on September 11th. But things began to go back to business as usual. There were some differences. A few nuts called in bomb threats to some of the government buildings, and the staffs were evacuated. Before Airports opened, if there was a noise that sounded like an airplane, people would stop in their tracks and look up in the sky. Even after flights resumed, I would look up in the sky when a plane passed by, to see if it was flying to fast, or if it was flying straight, or doing a nose dive. It was several weeks before I could see an airplane and not think "terrorist attack" Happily, Wall Street opened up again. And everywhere you looked there were American flags, and signs that said God Bless the U.S.A. Instead of avoiding eye contact, I smiled at strangers on the street. They were afterall my fellow Americans.........regular working stiffs like my self. I felt safe in the hands of my governement, so my main worry was about the racisam against anyone who looked Arobic, that would sprout up. Allthought I did hear a few ignorant remarks from people, for the most part, there was none in my town that I saw. 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 story9261.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-04-27 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 172.150.249.174 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 this anniversary, I think back about those people who lost their lives, and I still feel disbelief and sadness. But something else happened to me too -- I think more often about those thousands of military personnel who lost their lives in all of the world and civil wars in years' past. We would not be grieving the loss of innocence and freedom if it was not earned long before 9/11/01. 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 story2803.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.147.168.3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Hi, I was in school when they told me about Sept.11th but i could not believe it because i was worried about my mom and uncle that used to work there. i thought it was a joke but a funny joke. When my other teacher to me i burst in tears for my mom and uncle. I tryed calling them but keep on getting a busy signal. I was so white that i was about to faint. My other uncle pick my cousin she was in school with me and people were looking for her. They amost forgot about me. They came back and picked me up. I was at her house and sad and scared she wanted me to eat but i could. So 6 hours later my mom called i knew she and my uncle were ok. i told my mom i loved her very much. I fainted when i saw the twin towers falling down i was like OOOOOOH MY GOD MY MOM AND UNCLE ARE GONE AND DIED FOR OVER. I thought that the was my last time seeing them. But thank god that nothing happen to them. If something has had happen to them i think i would have killed my self. Still today i live that sad story. My and me are closer than ever. We go out together every chance we get. When sept.11th my teacher had saw me crying and tryed to calm me down. My mom friend is missing we don't know if went to work that day or not but i hope not. She took me out we talked for a while and then we went to class and i just couldn't get myself together. But for the people that lost there family i just got to say one thing and it is: I KNOW IT MIGHT BE HARD TO LOOSE SOMEONE YOU LOST BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THEIR DAY TO GO AND GOD WANTED AND NEEDED THEM UP WITH HIM. GOD IS TAKING GOOD CARE OF THEM. THEY LOVE YOU. GOD BLESS THE FIRE FIGHTERS AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT DIED AND TO OUR COUNTRY ( AMERICA I LOVE AMERICA AND EVER MORE TODAY) 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 story8947.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-01-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 167.206.169.52 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 name is Dorothy "DD" Drott, from Ponchatoula, LA., and this is my story. As I sat in my kitchen, doing my normal daily chores, the phone rang. Instead of answering it, I let the machine get it, not wanting to have to stop doing the every day mundane chores that I always do. And I will never, ever forget the words I heard coming out of my friend, Lanette Daniel's, mouth. "DD", she said,"Are you up? DD, wake up!" (I am in a band and known to sleep in in the mornings.)"They've hit the World Trade Center, the terrorists, they hit it with a jet! WAKE UP!!!" I sat down fast, feeling my knees go weak under me, knowing this was not some sick joke or a prank. This was our country, being attacked. I reached over and picked up the phone to the sound of one of my oldest friends crying, telling me to turn on the TV. And so I did, to one of the most horrific sights I will ever see. The first thing, the very first thing I saw on the TV was the second plane crashing into the second building. I will never be able to get over the shock of it, watching, LIVE, as this plane dives into that tower, knowing we are under siege, knowing there are thousands, THOUSANDS, of people scared, hurt and dieing, right before my eyes. People on those planes that are scared to death, just wanting to see and hold their loved ones again, knowing they never will, knowing they are dieing today. The next thing I will never be able to forget are the people jumping, jumping to their death from the torn tower, to escape the furious flames that had them trapped. I still see this almost every day, in my minds eye, these poor, innocent people, loved ones of someone who's probably watching the same horrible scene I am, people having to choose between dieing one way or the other. I had to turn my head, breaking down at the horror of it all, belief sinking in that this was all too real. How could this be, I thought, We Are America, The Home of the Free and the Brave, we are the one that takes in the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning for a better life, a better existence and here we are, being blown to bits just for being Americans. With our own planes, none the less. I could not help but be angry, very angry, at the terrorists, the airlines, the government, everyone. The anger was so strong in me because I could not believe NOONE KNEW, noone had an inkling of what was to happen. There had to be some warning, some tip-off, that let The Powerful know this was a very real threat, even before 9-11-2001. And I was right. There were warnings and noone took them serious, there were definite signs that things were going bad and yet noone took notice. AND THE AIRLINES, where is the security, how could they get on the planes with weapons, how could this be? I wanted my family home, wanting to hold and kiss my child, Ginger, and wanting my husband, Darren, by my side, to see and feel them and not let them go. To hug them and tell them how truly special they are to me, just to be close to both of them, wanting to lay my eyes on them, feeling that, somehow, if we were together we would be safe, and if anything were to happen to us, at least we would be together. I still have that feeling every day that they leave, one to go to school and the other to work. I used not to worry if that would be the last time I tell them good-bye, but now I do. I worry about it every day. I am still angry and saddened and probably will always be so, because this should have been a FAILED ATTEMPT by these so called people, these terrorists, these mis-led individuals. The Government had all the warning they needed and should have took it serious. We ARE America, but we ARE NOT invincible, we have weak spots, and we should find and know our weak spots and strengthen them BEFORE something like this happens. I believe in this country and all it stands for, I am devotely American, to my bones, but I am scared, scared for all of us, for our children and their future. In closing, let me say this. I hope my daughter never sees this happen again. She is only 9 but, at the candle light vigil we attended on 9-11-2002 in Springfield, Louisiana at Springfield High Football Field, I saw a sadness in her eyes I have never seen before and I know she is scared. And that angers me even more. My child is scared about her own future, a future that is laid out before her, a future so bright yet so uncertain. I've told her all her life, "You can be anything you want to be." She used to answer "I want to be a singer" or " I want to be a veterinarian". Do you know what she tells me now? My baby tells me........... "Momma, I just want to be safe". And what do I say to that? All I can say is let's pray.... Pray for peace and understanding and tolerance, for those that passed and those they left behind, for every American, for we all were under siege that day, we were all there and we will always remember the day the world stopped turning, the day we held our breath and our loved ones in disbelief, the day we all prayed as one, as Americans, united. Forever United As One. May God hear our prayers and may we all be safe and loved. God Bless All Those Who Perished On 9-11-2001. May God Bless Us All. We're gonna need it. AMEN 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 story6991.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: hi my name is daniel walker as i have lived in sydney austrialia most of my life and am 18 i have grown up thinking i was safe in the world but when the teriost attack happened i was shocked and discusted thinking of what man or beast could do such a thing to serval inocent people as many as thousands of people i still have tears comming out of my eyes as it hurts that people we all now and love just die like they did i didnt have a loved one in that building but i feel for all those people that did i sit and think every night on how life is and why it is this way. At that day of the attack on america i was asleep it was 5:30 am and my dad came rushing in to say that america has been bombed and i thought that he was joking as i tried to go back to sleep i thought why would he joke of such a crime so i got up to turn on the television i just stared i dont really think on what happened that day really hit me until about 6 hours later when i just cryed and and thought why just why does this thing happen but any ways i have to gt going but two things i want to say is that america can count on it that if they asked me to help in whatever way i could i would and that i wish everone peace and harmony a we dont want war ur friend daniel 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 story8103.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 wrote these thoughts on September 14, 2001, while on a layover in Osaka as a flight atendant for United airlines. My flight to Osaka was Monday, September 10, 2001, with a short overnight layover and then return home on September 12th. But on September 11th, the crew awoke in the middle of the night to hear our nation was under attack. Our first reaction was shock and unbelief. We were glued to the TV for any tidbit of information that was new. We sought out our fellow crew members to find comfort and share our tears, and we prayed. As airline crew, we are in a unique job. No one understands our life style like another crew member, so we gravitated toward each other. United, FEDEX, KLM, it did not matter, we were the same. We pictured ourselves in those hijacked planes and wondered how the crew felt and responded to what was happening to them. We cried to see those airplanes crash and to know our flight attendant brothers and sisters were in those planes. We sat in Osaka day after day waiting for the news we longed to hear, that we could go home. We felt like there had been a death in the family, and we could not get back. Finally, on Friday we got the message that we would fly home on Saturday. Home...is there a better word to describe the place of comfort, love and safety. But would we ever be totally safe again? Would our skies ever seem completely safe? Would our jobs ever be free of the threat of terrorists? Would our country ever be as naive or secure as it once was? That all changed on September 11, 2001. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story947.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-07-30 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.165 Annotation Annotations to this item. Airline Personnel Americans overseas INTERNATIONAL Sep 11- Sep 21, 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 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 thought that the most defining historical moment in my life would be Nixon?s declaring the War in Vietnam was over or the flight to Chicago when we heard that Challenger had exploded. I had hoped that Challenger or the Gulf War would have been the historical world event that my children would remember since they were young then and the impact was not so great. It was a beautiful morning a year ago, the sky was blue, a gentle breeze with warm temperatures, a perfect Tuesday morning to walk to work. My oldest was to graduate from trade school on the coming Sunday, my daughter was thrilled with the start of her last year in high school, and my youngest was looking forward to playing football. In a matter of minutes, our lives changed. I saw my co-worker leaving the office and walk toward the local bar as I crossed the street. He spotted me and shouted ?Come on, a plane has hit the World Trade Center.? Over the next several minutes, we watch the flames and discussed how such an accident could have happened. More people kept coming in to watch the newscasts. We all sat in disbelief as the second plane struck. Questions about who, why, how could they. Discussions about going to war, what this will do our life style, will they attack here? We though that it was over, they had mostly failed, the towers were still standing. Anger over the needless loss of innocent lives but the towers stood and many will be saved. Gasps and screams as the first tower fell, absolute silence as the second collapsed. Some went home, some went back to their jobs, everyone had TVs and radios on, it was a day in limbo. It has effected all of us emotionally and to a lesser extent personally. Five days after 9-11, my son graduated as a certified aviation mechanic. First one job and then another cut back as civil (private) aviation dropped to almost nothing. He tried to get a job with a larger company that wanted to hire him before 9-11, but there are now hiring freezes and people with years of experience also looking for jobs. He is now using his mechanic skills in another field but is not happy that he cannot work on airplanes. He is lucky as many of his classmates are at minimum wage while trying to pay back large school loans. Our daughter changed her plans for traveling this summer. She still flew but not the major trip she had planned. My youngest wonders what his class trip to Washington will be like this year. Even at work we look at travel differently as well as if what we build could become terrorist targets. My apologies but I will not try and forget 9-11. I will try to forgive those who did it but forgiveness does not mean they are not to be held accountable and punished for their actions. We are Americans, we have the courage and the strength to survive and prosper. We should not forget nor allow the world to forget what happened on 9-11. As the Japanese Admiral Yamoto said after the attack on Peril Harbor. ?I fear that all we had done is to awaken a sleeping giant.? It is time again for the giant to awake and say this will not be tolerated in the world. My hope and prayers to everyone who has lost someone close to them due to 9-11. May you find courage, relief, and comfort and may none of us ever have to experience another 9-11. 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 lived on Governor's Island, NY during the time that the Trade Towers were being built giving me the most envious view of them from my bedroom window. I was devastated as we watched the TV just minutes after the first coverage began. At noon, we went to Home Depot and bought white flowers and one large red flower and planted a memorial flower garden that afternoon. In response to September 11, I created 3 large panel mosaic large with granite, marble and mirrors. My problem is that the pieces are so heavy that the original frame is bowing. I would like to rebuild the frames with steel instead of wood. I am interested in finding out if there is any salvaged steel from the site available for artists? If anyone knows who I could contact regarding this information or a site that could help me, please reply to deidrainmexico@yahoo.com I would be eternally grateful, Deidra Lynch 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 story920.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On september 11, I woke up late for work and was in a huge rush. I quickly got myself organized and headed to my vehicle. Every morning while driving I listen to Bubba the Love Sponge, a local radio disc jockey. Usually when I turn it Bubba and his buddies are usually talking to a guest stripper or acting goofy in someway. This time they were talking about some plane crashing, which i didn't really give much serious attention too. Then, they said the plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. The first thoughts in my head were, "Wow thats crazy!". I thought there was just some mechanical problem with the plane and for some unlucky reason it crashed into the world Trade Center. It wasn't about two minutes later, that Bubba and his disc jockey crew began yelling, "Oh my God! Oh my God! Another plane has hit the World Trade Center". I was totally speechless, my mouth was numb and my goose bumps flared with shock. I parked my car, unbuckled my seatbealt and sat for a minute to regroup myself. I entered work and saw my boss' face wrapped around the small black and white televison. He looked at me and said, "They think it is an act of terrorism". I nodded and said, "Yeah it has to be, two planes just do not crash into the Twin Towers". My boss was very worried, because his brother lives a couple blocks down from the World Trade center. He had been trying to call his brother for a couple hours and could not reach him. He finally reached him and his brother said he saw from the roof of his apartment building the falling of the second tower. He had just finished crying when my boss called. The whole day at work we watched and waited for more information. Customers came in saddened and disguisted, they gave their opinions on who they thought were to be responsible and how they were going to pay for their terrorist acts. After the shock wore off, I began to think of what was going to happen to my country. I asked myself what actions are we going to take against these villians and what freedoms would I loose. I went home from work that day and watched the news until one o' clock in the morning. Almost every station had some kind of news on about the tragedy. I have watched ESPN since I was in elementary school and never before have they shown news rather than sporting news. I went to bed that night and thanked god that no one close to me was in the tragedy. I also sent my blessings to those who lost people close to them. One thing good about the Sepetember 11, tragedy, was how our country came together waving flags, wearing red, white, and blue, and the great efforts to help New York City families and repair on the city. There have been comercials, songs, and television shows dedicated to the tragedy. I think everyone learned a lot from September 11, and our country has become stronger. 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 story428.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: on september 11,2001 i was just getting home from bringing my kids to school and i switched on the tv. what i saw horrified me. i wanted to go straight back to school and get my children so they could be safe at home with me. since we live near a major port i was concearned about our saftey. my husband works offshore on an oilrig ,in the gulf of mexico, and i was afraid he was in danger. when he finally called to let me know he was ok, i was relieved.but he was stuck out there. no helicopters or boats were allowed to go in or out.as i sat and watched the news all day and heard the reports of everything going on my fear grew.when i went to get my kids from school i learned that they also watched the news all day. i have a 6 yr. old, a 9 yr old and a 16 yr. old.they were all terrified that we were going to be bombed.thats when i realized the pure evil of the situation. my children will never forget this and neither will i.i am happy to say that i have seen more patriotism in the last year since this tradgedy took place and that americans as well as other nationalities have united and stood together. the terrorist may have hurt us but they will not come between us. we will not be defeated. 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