473 20 70359 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was working in my home office, and my husband called me from work and asked if I had the TV on. Of course I didn't. He told me a plane crashed into the World Trade Center. I am originally from New Jersey, so New York City is very familiar to me. I turned the TV on, and didn't turn it off for days. My children drew pictures of the towers in flames for about 2 weeks. They were 4 and 6 at the time. Now I read more about world events in the newspaper that I used to skip over. I will always remember that day as I did remember the day JFK was shot. 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 story7576.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 work at Florida Department of Revenue. Even though I tried to work,most work stopped after a few minutes and I discussed the horror with my co-workers. I had friends and family in New York City and cried as the towers fell. In the following weeks,we had a prayer circle in the building parking lot where we prayed and sang songs. We had a yard sale to raise money for the American Red Cross at the Bonham Building(named for an employee killed in the line of duty). My daughter and I volunteered for the American Red Cross. We helped pass out candles at a service the American Red Cross held at Tom Brown Park. The church we attended at that time was packed the next Sunday(First Baptist Of Lloyd). An American flag has flown continuously in our yard since 9/11/2001. I remember my husband,Doug and my daughter,Melanie sitting in bed with me watching television that night. My daughter and I kept singing "I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free." Melanie has since said it was her generation's Pearl Harbor or Vietnam. I feel that growing up in Gettysburg,PA I've always valued my freedom and this attack reinforced that for me. 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 story20845.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: For me 9/11 started as a bad dream. I had set my alarm to the local news station. Often whatever is on the radio will work its way into my dreams before I wake up. As I slept the first plane hit the tower. I dreamt of fire as the "breaking news" music started playing and the first reports started coming in. Soon my subconscious realized something important was going on in the real world and I woke up. The radio was saying only that thick smoke was coming from one of the towers and that there were reports a plane had hit it. I got out of bed and turned on the television to gape. The voices of Katie Couric and Matt Lauer were talking with a woman who had seen the plane hit, while live footage of the burning tower played on the screen. The woman was saying the plane had been large, like a jetliner. I thought Katie and Matt sounded doubtful. I was doubtful myself, but then I saw the hole in the side of the tower and realized it was unlikely a small plane could have made that. Then suddenly the camera jerked, a shadow on the screen, and then a silent explosion. Fire and smoke and shiny confetti floating down. The woman on the phone began screaming: "Oh my God! Did you see that? Did you see that?" I heard Katie say "Yes we saw it." I heard the change in Katie's and Matt's voices as, like the rest of us, they tried to grasp what they were seeing. I heard that sound in all the announcers' voices over and over on all the channels on all the televison I watched that day. Like millions of others, I realized this was no accident. I watched the two towers burning for a while. I started to make some sense of what was happening. There had been a terrorist attack in New York. I had seen part of it on live TV. They were going to have a hell of a time getting the fires out and it was going to be a black day. At this point I was going to be late for work. I didn't plan to stay home all day and watch the towers burn so I called the reference desk at the library where I worked and told them I was going to be late. They hadn't heard about the second tower yet. Then I jumped in the shower. I lived a little over a mile from the Pentagon. I had the bathroom window open that morning. I heard a jet flying over, low and close. Must be military jets, I thought to myself. Then I heard a muffled explosion and no more jet sound. I nearly dropped the soap. Another plane crashing. But it couldn't be. Yet almost immediately I began hearing sirens. Still I refused to believe it, even as I rushed to get out of the shower. I still had the television on, but now it was a local newsperson saying there were reports of fire and a bomb at the Pentagon. Now I was the one saying "Oh my God, oh my God," over and over. It wasn't a bomb. It was a plane. I had heard it. I was looking up the phone number for the news station when the phone rang. It was a friend who lived nearby. "What the f**k!?" he said. "It was a plane. I heard it crash," I said. I don't remember what else we said. I don't think either one of us could really hear what the other was saying. After a couple of minutes I told him I was going to call the TV station. "It wasn't a bomb. It was a plane." I said to the woman who answered the phone. "We know." she said and hung up. Now the television was saying there had been a plane crash. I called my parents to tell them I was okay. At this point I was unsure what to do next. Feeling it was probably not a good idea, I went outside. It was a beautiful early fall morning. The sky was a bright blue. There were sirens. But beyond that there was the feeling someting was off its track, like a bearing was loose somewhere grinding away. It must have been the adrenaline. I looked in the direction of the Pentagon. Behind the trees there was something low on the horizon. It could have been smoke or it could have been a cloud. There was no plume of black smoke rising into the sky as I had expected. Then I started walking towards the major road near my apartment which ran down a hill to the Pentagon. As I walked I kept looking towards the Pentagon. Finally I could see low on the horizon what was clearly not a cloud. Smoke. But it was white and gray, not black. Was that good? A man pulled up in a pickup truck and and stopped. "There's a big fire down at the Pentagon," he said as though he were talking about the local lumber mill. I nodded and pointed towards the smoke. I kept walking. A man approached with a handheld radio. "One of the towers just fell," he said. I nodded and kept walking. I no longer cared about New York. What was going on? How many more planes were there? What if there were a nuclear bomb, or a chemical bomb? Was I going to see the end of today? Should I be trying to get out of town, to save myself? Why was I walking towards the Pentagon? Then I saw a couple loading belongings into an SUV. They were heading for the hills. I stood at the road and looked down the hill towards the Pentagon. In the distance I could see it, smoke billowing off of it. It was 10am, but cars were streaming up the road, heading away from the city. There were people walking as well, many in uniform, away from the Pentagon. I though it looked frighteningly like an exodus. I stood staring for a few minutes. People were talking into cell phones, their voices high with anxiety. I remember making eye contact with the people on the street, much more so than is usual in the city, seeing my fear reflected in their eyes. I crossed the street, took a few steps towards the Pentagon, then stopped. What was I doing? There was no point in my walking towards the fire. I turned and began walking back. On the way I passed a military office building. Cars were streaming out of the parking lot. Buildings all over the city were being evacuated. There were a lot of military and government buildings in my neighborhood, and after I returned home and decided to try to drive to work I found myself caught in a traffic jam of people trying to get home. At first I thought I was seeing the beginnings of gridlock and panic, but once I was away from my neighborhood the traffic lessened and I made it to work easily. At work I called another friend whose voice I wanted to hear, but got only her answering machine. I left a message. "If you're at home, stay there," I said. At the library we gathered at the reference desk watching a handheld televsion someone had brought. We kept a list of the latest developments, but no one called the library to ask what was going on. A large television was set up in a meeting room and people gathered throughout the day to watch the news. Finally, at five the library closed early. I got ahold of the friend I had trield to call earlier and drove over empty streets to her house. Perhaps my only good memory of that day was seeing her face as she opened the door. I hugged her tight. She had slept the whole morning, finally awakened by a phone call from her mother telling her what had happened. We watched the television with a couple of friends of hers. After a couple hours I went and hung out with some other friends. We all wanted to see familiar faces, use them to help put in context what had happened. We watched more television. By now the TV coverage had become another aspect of the events of the day. What was the most remarkable piece of film we had seen? When it came on I pointed out footage a woman shot in New York of the debri cloud coming towards her. At the last moment a shopkeeper pulls her inside and locks the door. As the woman points her camera at the glass storefront the debri cloud rolls by like a tidal wave. The street scene disappears. As the woman screams all you see is a grey-brown roiling mass going past the glass storefront. It looked like the store was inside the twister from the Wizard of Oz. Another piece of footage I saw only once. It was the President at the school he was visiting when the planes hit. He's sitting on the stage when an aide comes up and whispers in his ear, persumably telling him about the 2nd tower being hit. The expressions that passed across his face were unforgettable. He looked like someone had punched him in the stomach as he fought to keep his composure. I never saw that footage again. Perhaps it showed him in too "unpresidential" a light. As I watched the footage of the Pentagon again and again I realized I knew the spot where the plane had hit. I jogged regularly on a path within a hundred feet of the building. On the television I watched a scene of chaos where I had run countless times. I watched a fire truck burn that I run past often as it sat parked by the heliport. A week later I found that truck. It had been towed to a far corner of a parking lot with a couple other burned cars and some debri. The truck was half burnt, and I could smell the jet fuel. Two months later I stood under the stars on a cold November night, gathered close with friends, sipping warm scrumpie heated on the backyard barbecue. We looked up at the night sky, pointing out the fighter jets high overhead, talking about how the world had changed, wondering if it was going to be a long winter. 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 story9843.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 158.59.27.30 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 10 years old. Ms. Jackson was walking through the halls during the hall check. In class we were starting our math while the other three students were going up to there the other math class. We were starting on the multiplication test when Ms. Jackson came over the PA System. " Students and Staff....we have just been aware that there has been a terrorists attack in New York and here at Washington D.C." At that moment I was worried about my grandparents. Since their house is near Washington D.C. I was also worried about my aunt and my cousins. They lived a couple of miles from the Pentagon. Ms. Jackson continued. "We will keep you posted with the tragic event." Then she was gone. We were released a couple of minutes earlier then usual. I was almost in tears when I saw my grandparents alive and well. MY sisters came home a while later. My sisters were saying how they were able to see the smoke and feel their school shake alittle. I felt sorry for them. I felt really upset and afraid when I heard what happened. I hope nothing like this happens again. 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 story11503.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: One of our customers came running in the door screaming the WTC was hit by a plane! In disbelief, we all immediately turned our television on to CNN and yelled for the Doctor's to come see, as we thought we were watching a re-play when in fact it was the second plane striking the WTC! The office stood in horror, we were shocked, didn't know what to think. I remember the look on everyone's face when they announced it was 2 planes that hit, the tears that began to flow. How my body went numb, and suddenly I felt so lifeless, empty. I was so shaken by the turn of event's I couldn't function at work, and went home to get my kids and be with my family. I first called my Mom to see if she had gotten in touch with her brother who lives in NY, (amongst all our other family that lives there) and she couldn't get through on the phone lines, all circuits were busy. I finally got through briefly on my cell phone and was able to do a 3-way call so my Mom could talk to her brother, and all we did was cry on the phone. My Grandfather was in WWI, my Father was in WWII, and my Brother was in Vietnam. I have heard war stories all my life, but nothing could ever prepare me for what "9/11" was going to do to me and the world! For the first time in my 35 years of life, my freedom was threaten on that day, a feeling I never want to feel again, for me or any other american. God Bless all our Hero's, for without them we would not have our freedom!!! PEACE GOD BLESS AMERICA PATRICIA'S STORY 9/11/02 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 story5336.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 on my way to Algebra class when a friend grabbed me in the hall and told me that the Pentagon had been bombed. I shook my head and said "no way, that's a rumour". I really thought that there was no way the Pentagon, of all places, could be attacked. But when I walked into Algebra, my teacher had the TV on, and I saw the towers billowing smoke and flaming. I was in complete shock. I mean, I'd been raised very well aware of what the real world was like, so I understood the reality of it, but it was still just absolutely horrifying to realize that at the very moment I was sitting there, people were dieing, and had been for two hours(It was 10 AM EDT, 9 AM CST). By that time, I was in tears, holding myself to keep from sobbing. I remember seeing the TV flash to the Pentagon, and that's when it really hit me, I think, that America really wasn't as safe as we all thought it was. Then of course, it went back to the towers, and it hit me that I have two very close friends who live near the World Trade Center. My thoughts immediately went to them, praying that they weren't there, and wishing that no one else had been either. Unfortunately, wishes are just that. And thousands of people were there. Thankfully, my friends weren't. They watched the towers collapse from across the street, though. I began taking notes the rest of the day of news casts and things people said. I guess I wanted to go back and read it later, since it was all so much to absorb at the time. I mean, like every other school in America, we didn't do anything in class that day, we just watched the news. So there was plenty to write down. Most of us thought we were going to war, or that World War 3 was hitting, or the Apocolypse. Everyone was losing their minds. Out of all of my friends, I was the most calm, and that's saying something. They were all yelling and panicking, and not really thinking about the situation, so much as just letting their worst fears get the better of them. And I did that too, I admit. I was terrified that we'd go to war, or the draft would be re-instated and all of my male friends would have to go to war. It was a terrible day, but I think what helped me keep from totally breaking down was crying. Letting myself mourn for those who'd been lost and those who were losing those they loved helped a lot. While it hurt like hell to think of it, and it still does, if I'd bottled it up, I'd have lost my mind. Anyone who sees that would lose it. Anyone who saw those towers, heard the stories and the screams, would have lost it. And I don't blame them in the least. One thing it did, if only for a short time, was bind America together. Every person in America was bound together. Black, White, Democrat, Republican, Gay, Straight, Pagan, Christian, it didn't matter. It didn't matter who you were, you were an American. And for awhile, we actually appreciated the value of eachother. Unfortunately, that dwindled and eventually died out, but there are a few people I know who still are that way because 9-11 changed something in them forever. I know it did in me. I think that was the day I really grew up and started caring about what was going on around me in a new way. I'd always cared, and always had tried to pay attention, but now I had a reason to. Now it was almost like I felt I owed it to those people to do everything I could to honor them. Hopefully telling this story, is one more way of honoring them. 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 story11151.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 listened to the attacks on the radio in my office in total disbelief. I wasn't sure how to react because it seemed so unreal. How could we be attacked in such magnitude? Who had done this thing? I went into the cafeteria and sat with my co-workers in front of a tv - still dry-eyed, unable to process the situation. We were dismissed from work early that day. I called my husband and picked up my son, who had turned 1 1/2 one month before. All I could think about was hugging him close to me and never letting go. What kind of future had I given my child? Were there going to be more attacks? Was I prepared for them? How would I protect my son? My husband was told to continue working that day, so he could not come home and be with us. I took my son to see my mother. I remember a lot of my family from south Texas calling me because I work and live near DFW airport and they were concerned for my safety. I also remember that my husband's mother and stepdad were up in Kansas City that week taking a class. They had chosen to drive to Kansas City instead of flying (totally unusual for them). They ended up being able to drive back while the people who flew were stuck for a long time, as flights had to be rescheduled, etc. I have learned to appreciate my family and the time I have with them much more. If the attack had been here, they might not have known how much that they mean to me everyday. It is just this year, on the day of rememberance, that I have cried and grieved. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My husband, George, and I had flown out to Las Vegas for a week's vacation on the Sunday before September 11. We had just woke up and turned on the TV when the announcement was made that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. Neither of us could believe what we were hearing and seeing on the screen. When the 2nd plane hit, I thought war had been declared on the USA. My thoughts turned to my family at home and I feared that I would enver see them again to be able to tell them one last time that I loved them. We were glued to the TV that morning but when we finally went to eat breakfast, we noted how the casinos were still going full force as if nothing had happened. It really made me sad to think that this terrible disaster meant so little to some people. As the week wore on and all transportation was halted, we were again concerned that we would not get home. Fortunately, by Sunday we were able to get our flight out and get home to family and friends. I don't think Louisville, Kentucky had ever looked so good to either of us before. I know what happened has made me take more time to give thanks for our Country and our liberties and freedom. This was certainly a wake up call for everyone. I grieve for the families who had loved ones to perish on that fateful 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at work on the Help Desk at a K St. law firm. I come in at 8, the guy who sat next to me comes in at 8:30. The first thing he always does is check CNN. The story of the first plane was on. We went to one of the attoney's offices on our floor because he had a TV. He turned it on & we watched for a couple of minutes, then he swung his chair around so his back was to the TV & said we would have to leave because he had a brief to write. Just then the second plane hit the second tower. He spun around to see it too & there was no more talk of writing a brief. I had to set up offices for new associates who were starting the next week, & I thought doing that would take my mind off it, so I went off to do that. When I was on another floor I heard a commotion from down the hall, I ran down to see & everyone was watching another TV & the tower had just fallen down. I left the attorney's office incomplete & went down the block to Radio Shack to buy a transistor radio so I could keep up with the news if I had to hike out of town. I was expecting the Metro to shut down. On the way to Radio Shack I ran into a guy who used to be in a vanpool with me, who worked at EEOC. They had just been evacuated. I told him what I was doing & he thought that was a good idea so he came too. Building management tried to evacuate Radio Shack while we were in there but we made them sell us the radios & batteries first. My hands were shaking so badly I couldn't put the batteries in, so Bob did it for me. Then we left, he was going to walk across the bridge to Virginia & try to get home from there. I went back to the office, there were voicemails from my family & friends - was I ok? I called everyone & told them I was safe. The firm had sent out an email that we were closing but that people were welcome to stay if they thought they would feel safer. TV's had been set up with projectors in the conference rooms. I found a ride home with some people who live near me, but they weren't going to leave till 2, because the roads would be better then. They were all blocked. One of the engineers was crying because she was a single mother & couldn't get home to her daughter. I went to the noon Mass at the cathedral. The cantor started crying during the commnunion hymn. It was "He who believes in Me, shall never die. And I will raise him up, I will raise him up, I will raise him up, on the last day." I still can't hear that without crying. When I got back to the office after Mass, another employee was stading out front, & she said "We lost one." I asked who, & she said she couldn't tell me, there was going to be an official announcement to the firm tomorrow. I went back in & checked the list of who was on travel. When we finally left, one of the police directing traffic was screaming "We're going to get them - we're going to kill the m-f'ers who did this" He just kept screaming it over & over as he waved people along. When we drove past the Pentagon, you could see the smoke & flames still. I could feel a neck in my hands. I wanted to tear the throat out of whoever did this, with my bare hands. I imagined the veins & muscles ripping under my nails. I've never been so angry in my life. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story1362.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-21 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 208.162.162.126 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: Well I was in the third grade durning this time of the 9-11 , 8 years of age at the moment, while this event occured. Not knowing what was going on , and being truely honest I didn`t take upon any intrest in the fact that our country was under attack. Every teacher in the school had on radios and televisions. I thought that the army went back to Iraq. Now that I am 13 and aware of what went on and the lives that were taken I am truely grateful to be here today! God Bless America ! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story20575.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: How did you witness history on September 11th? Share your experience. A phone call from my husband, who was out of town, alerted me to turn on the television to witness a plane crash in New York City. I thought an accident had occured with a small plane and as I watched, a very visible large jet hit the second tower of the World Trade Center. The news coverage revealed that it was not an accident, but an act of terrorism, and other planes were not accounted for. I could not believe the horror of the events that were pouring out before me, I couldn't stop shaking, and I couldn't leave the television. When a third plane hit the Pentagon, I was so fearful for the safety of my next door neighbor who works there. I began to wonder if my children were safe and whether I should go pick them up, as the high school is located near Oceana Naval Air Station. Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I will never again trust the safety of our airplane industry completely. My husband travels extensively for business purposes by airplane to international destinations. It shocks me to know people of evil intent can gain access to the cockpits of American jetliners, and even more so that they were trained in how to do this in our country. I was na?ve to believe that the FBI, CIA, and other protective services in America could assure our safety. What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? The spirit of the American people who tried to help one another, the sacrifices that were made, the overwhelming love and support which was repeatedly demonstrated for strangers by strangers, and the determination of the American people to rise above catastrophe must always be remembered. As a nation we must learn from these tragic events and never forget our tremendous losses. We must better protect ourselves and coordinate efforts among federal agencies to avoid terrorist infiltration. Our immigration services must dramatically improve screening efforts. Illegal aliens must not be allowed to remain in our country and those who are here should not be afforded the same rights and privileges as legal citizens. Did you fly an American flag after the events of September 11th? have your feelings about the American flag changed after the events of September 11th? The American flag and the ideals it stands for must be more visible in our daily lives. As such, I have flown the American flag from my house since the events of September eleven. My neighborhood made similar arrangements to fly the American flag continuously from our entrance sign, with a spotlight at night. This outpouring of patriotism, as demonstrated by increased numbers of flags on our streets, cars, and businesses has strengthened our resolve and commitment to the United States of America. May these reminders ever serve to unite us, empower us, and protect us from evil, with God as our witness. 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 story8820.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: As I watched in horror as the very safety and security of being an American was snatched from my memory, I began to cry with deep lament over a great nation losing precious lives, precious innocent lives. My sorrow and depression as a result of 911 lead me to the cross of Jesus Christ in repentance of my sins and I have a safety and security again that is unmatched by anything I have ever experienced in my life. My memories of 911 are of horror,death,destruction and yet a rebirth all at the same time. May God bless all the people who were affected by 911. 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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: TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 Reflecting back on this day I?m provided with a greater acumen on just how precious life is. Clueless to the tragic events that would unfold before my eyes later that morning I began my routine of a typical workday. Showered and dressed by 7:00 am. With ten minutes left before leaving for the train station I entered my four year old daughter?s room, a kiss on her cheek, a stroke of her hair and the daily whispered iterations of ?I love you, Have a great day, I?ll see you when I get home?. Back down the hall and into our bedroom I lifted the pillow off my wife Lisa?s head to give her a kiss and said goodbye. A last look at Kyle (four months old) I leaned over his bassinet and kissed him on his forehead. 7:10, time to go. It was one of those picture perfect days, a cool September morning, the sky a vivid blue without a cloud in sight. In less than an hour and a half this idyllic backdrop would play host to the horrific carnage that was to be. My commute was uneventful, the exchange of conversations and friendly banter with the usual fellow commuters. A cup of coffee and a quick read of the Star Ledger we were now in Hoboken. On the ferry my commuting buddy Jim and I sat in our usual spot on the top deck as we neared our destination in total ignorance that the prominence of the city?s skyline would forever change in less than 15 minutes. Disembarking at the World Financial Center I said goodbye to Jim and decided that with such beautiful weather the killing of ten or so minutes on a park bench was warranted. I backtracked a few steps and parked myself on a bench overlooking the marina. SIXTY SECONDS TO GO With the Trade Towers to my left and the Marina straight ahead I was taking in the usual sights, joggers, fellow commuters, a mother pushing her baby in a stroller. The calm and tranquility was suddenly pierced with the thunderous sound of a plane. My first impulse as I looked to the sky was that I would see an F-16 streaking by. Looking overhead in the wrong sector of space a tremendous boom resonated ? ? Holy shit he broke the sound barrier?. As I tried to process what was happening an eerie silence pervaded. There was no sound of a plane. There was no F-16 streaking by. The mother pushing her child in the stroller was now frantically running towards me repeatedly asking what was happening as she ran by. As I panned to my left it was clear that the upper floors of Tower One had suffered heavy damage. Time was now playing out in slow motion. Smoke was billowing from the north and west sides, flames growing in intensity were becoming more and more visible from within the upper floors. It was strange how in spite the ugliness that was visible from the north and west sides there was a certain element of calm and beauty from the south side as thousands of pieces of paper peacefully cascaded towards earth. I stood with the scores of others along the esplanade, all of us slack jawed as we helplessly stood by and watched. The plume of smoke continued to grow as the fire gained more and more strength. The crowd was growing in size as ferries continued to deliver more and more commuters. Women stepping onto the island of Manhattan were crying as some of the fellow passengers related that a commercial airliner had struck the north face of Tower One. As others tried to solve the perplexing riddle as to how a commercial airliner could fly into the World Trade Center I was beginning to realize that those above the area of impact would not be going home. It just wasn?t feasible; damage to the floors that swallowed the aircraft was simply too great. MORE TO COME As we stood in horror and disbelief the second wave of terror was underway. The sound of the second hijacked plane was beginning to permeate the air. As it grew loud enough to attract our attention, I as well as many others gasped in shear fright. Looking south another commercial airliner was heading straight for us. It was quickly apparent from its extreme low altitude that this was the second wave of a terrorist suicide mission. I held my ground not in defiance but rather in fright. With the United aircraft approaching us dead on there was no escape route. But we were to be spared as the aircraft pulled a hard right just before the marina. Now it was inherently clear not only to me but also to the countless other that stood with me ? run north. I recall looking over to others as we ran as if to ask, ?Is this really happening? ? ? Hey buddy rouse me from my sleep I?ve had enough of this nightmare?. Tower two was the target. The resulting explosion and fireball was somehow more magnificent then that of Tower One. Turning to look back at the Trade Center I was now able to see the gapping hole in the north side of Tower One. If I?m able to remember the chain of events properly, it was at this point that we began to witness people jumping to their deaths. In total I watched six people that either leapt or fell from the upper floors. They flipped and flopped like rag dolls though the air, and with each one it seemed to take much to much time to reach the ground. SENSORY OVERLOAD I was in a surrealistic state of existence. The Twin Towers were on fire. People were dying. The weather was perfect and I was standing in the midst of well-manicured lawns and well thought out perennial gardens. There were people openly weeping. There were people walking by in conversation as if oblivious to the tragedy underway. There were reports filtering through the crowd that the Pentagon was hit. There were reports that there was several more planes were in the air and unaccounted for. It seemed as if I was the only one without a cell phone trying to call home. Ferries were jammed with people heading back to New Jersey and I was afraid to get on one for fear that more attacks were under way. Adding to the confusion and panic a New York City Police helicopter was now descending upon the area in which we stood. Tree branches were snapping and I was looking for safe cover. The exodus from lower Manhattan was now underway and I was now beginning to focus on making contact with Lisa. In search of a pay phone I began to walk east towards the north side of the Embassy Suites Hotel complex. It was now approximately 10:00 am and I had just exited the park and stepped onto the street when Tower Two began to collapse. Within seconds it was obvious it was time to run yet again as a massively growing cloud of dust was quickly enveloping everything in its path. Running North and then across the West Side Highway I entered into Tribeca. My sense of urgency to get in touch with Lisa was first priority as I knew her anguish must have magnified due to the fact that Tower Two was where my office was. Pay Phones were not an option as each stood with long lines of people. I ran into two different parking garages where both attendants willingly allowed me use of their phones, unfortunately local calls were only accessible. Further north I crossed Canal Street and noticed a small sign for a Graphics Company on the second floor of an old warehouse. I flew up the stairs and confronted an older woman, the only one present within the company. I explained that I needed to call my wife and offered her money for the use of her phone. Understanding my plight she quickly made her phone available. CALL WAITING? As I fumbled to dial home I remembered that I had just cancelled call waiting, however Lisa had been diligent in keeping the line open as she awaited my call. It was as if she was finally able to exhale. She bade me to stay clear of the downtown area and in the frantic moments of our phone call she repeatedly thanked me for being safe and sound. My next cause of action was to make my way home and as I approached the West Side Highway from Canal Street I watched as Tower One fell upon itself. The upper floors pancaked onto the lower floors in sort of a reverse sinking. It seemed to fall slowly with its huge antenna remaining vertical as it rode the building down. In the final moments a sliver of buildings northwest corner, some twenty stories tall defiantly stood before crumbling to the ground. The unthinkable has happened. After a failed attempt some eight years ago the terrorists have succeeded in bringing down the World Trade Center. My initial thoughts were for the fire fighters whom I envisioned ascending upon the upper floors to fight the fires as others descended the floors to safety. In all 341 firemen were lost. I must have stood in that spot for some twenty minutes or so. I just kept looking at where the Towers were. I was in the midst of a sea of people and yet I felt so profoundly alone. For the remainder of day I panned the crowds for co-workers but never found any. As I walked uptown towards the Village on the West Side Highway a constant flow of emergency vehicles with sirens wailing traveled past towards the wreckage. It seemed that for each vehicle racing towards the downtown area there was an ambulance racing uptown. At one point as I approached the West Village I noticed a lone fireman walking away from the action. He was covered in dust and it seemed as if he just couldn?t cope with the losses of so many and was hanging it up for he day. At several different locales people were gathered around parked cars in which the owners played the late breaking news reports aloud. With the subways, Path trains and ferries from lower Manhattan suspended I began my walk to midtown to try and catch a ferry to Weehawken. At several points along the way I stopped and looked back in disbelief of what had occurred. To look at lower Manhattan without the Twin Towers was painful. I was beginning to realize just how much I loved those buildings and with them gone I was feeling guilty of how I thought to myself after the first strike that I would never step foot into them again. The line for the Ferry to Weehawken was extraordinary. It looped from 33rd Street to 42nd and back several times. I just wanted to get home. It was around 1:30 in the afternoon and quite obvious that I would not be getting home anytime soon. I was beginning to feel like a war refugee as I waited the hours in line. Lower Manhattan continued to billow huge amounts of smoke. F-16s continually streaked the skies overhead as FBI agents dressed in fatigues and armed with machine guns stood watch. I was finally able to get on a ferry to Weehawken and stood on the upper deck and viewed lower Manhattan as we crossed the river. It felt strange to be one of the fortunate ones as I thought of less fortunate that perished this day. I was finally able to arrive home at about 5:00pm and was met by my wife on the front lawn. We stood there and embraced as if we had been separated for a decade. Inside I was met by my children, friends and my father who seemed older and frailer from all the worrying he had done. My neighbor Susan had taken it upon herself to generously prepare a dinner for my family and I. As we sat on her deck that night I could not help but to feel guilty that I was sitting with my family and friends celebrating my safe return. I kept thinking of all the families that were probably gathering to mourn their loss of a loved one. I'll never forget September 11th, 2001 nor will I ever be able to comprehend how anyone can willfully snuff out the lives of innocent people in the name of God. My prayers and thoughts go out to all those who have lost loved ones. AND LIFE GOES ON 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 story10324.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 I was at my school in Winter Park, FL. I went into homeroom and my teacher had the television on and that was the first time I saw the disaster. I didn't even know what it was or what was going on, I just thought it was just some accident, it didn't even phase me. Ten minutes later I went into my first class, which was history. My teacher was going crazy and had his down. He explained what had happened and how important the World Trade Center was. Slowly it all came together to me that this was much more of a problem than I had thought. When I got to my next class people were talking about it everywhere. Everybody was blaming different countries and pretty soon I realized that it was an act of terrorism and started to get kind of scared. I didn't know what was going to happen because for all I knew we could be at war the next day. The rest of the day went by very slowly because nobody knew what would happen. 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 story9247.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 in Bethlehem, PA. I had just begun my first semester in Seminary. I remembered that day being a clear day...with Carolina Blue skies. It was cooler that morning and the air felt clean and unpolluted. Later that morning, I was in Old Testament class. We had just completed our break when only 1/2 class returned. Suddenly several people rushed into the classroom and announced that a plane had hit one of the world trade center towers. We attempted to pull the news up online in the sattelite classroom...to no avail. As we walked into the (SAAL) the news was being displayed on a huge screen that covered most of the wall. As we entered the room we saw the second plane hit. It looked like some Bruce Willis Hollywood movie. Even though there was a distinct sign that said "LIVE" it still didn't register with me that it was LIVE and not some horror movie. We sat together as a community for the entire day. Most of us sitting on the floor. The person who sat beside me was from Canada. He was blind and his seeing-eye-dog sat with his head in lap...as if trying to console me. I attempted to describe what I saw on the screen. But my friend seemed to understand what was going on without me saying a word. I will always remember the shock, the sadness, the tears, and the comfort of that community. I had never been that far away from home...and oddly enough...experiencing that day together bonded our community. Just like the song..."Where were you when the World Stop Turning"...I will always remember where I was the day the world stop turning...on that September 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 story11799.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: If it were not for a customers in a hurry to receive the materials he ordered I would have never been able to realise what was happening in New York 6 hours, and a continent away from me. I did not usually run such errands but the summer was still there and I was feeling restless so I volunteer for the 80miles round trip just to bring some tools to a customer ...as the road I was using was prone to traffic jam and accidents I switch the radio on a news program and it was just a little before 3pm that the speaker announced that there was a special report fron New York where an plane crash was just reported. In the mean time I had just arrived at the customer site so I stopped the car, delivered the parcel all the while chit-chatting with the people in the shopfloor. About half an hour later I start the car and was shocked to hear that the plane crash have developed into to planes hitting the twin towers. First question that came to mind: how can someone not to see two towers? Then first words of a terrorist attack strated to be spoken all the while the move of another plane were described as suspicious... and finally the crash at the Pentagon. For more than I care to admit I was scared, and if it were another country I would have thought about a coup. As it happens I piked up the phone and colled a dear friend of mine to inform her of the absurd and still unbelievable news. A news so unbelievable that my friend at first thought I was making fun of her... That entire afternoon will remain with me 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 story10907.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. 2004-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 199.64.72.252 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: Surreal. The feeling within me was completely surreal. It was almost like it wasn't happening. In my mind it couldn't happen. It was as if there was a bubble surrounding America, sheilding from all bad and horrible things. Sure I'd heard about past wars and events that had occured in America, but that was over. Such things couldn't happen again. Or so I, and many others, naively thought. September 11th was an enormous wake-up call, not only to us, but to the rest of the world. It brought us off of our high platform that rose above all other countries. Countries in which terrorism was a normal, even daily, occurance. We were on the same level with them. It was very humbling. It took away whatever sense of security that we thought we had, and that we took for granted. This fall from a high place did bring a greater sense of family and togetherness among Americans. Probably one of the few positive outcomes of this horrific event. For at least one day people stopped thinking about themselves and their petty differences, and they started thinging about others and their wellbeing. 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 story2659.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 206.77.47.2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I happened to be picking my mothers pension up in the local post office.I then went to the local Conservative Club and in the company of Mr Keith Harse and Mr Douglas Hale the President of the Club my mobile phone beeped.I accessed the screen, it then told me a plane had crahed into the World Trade Center building.We then turned on the television and saw the first tower on fire,moments later the second plane crashed into the second tower.It is a memory that will live with me for the rest of my life!I later returned home and watched the rest of the event on tv.God bless everyone who lost their life in this terrible tragedy!!!!!!!! DEREK WOODMAN aged 58 of Rhiw-Wen. 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 story7017.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: September 11, 2001 was the sixth day of classes and I was trying to keep my stern face and no nonsense attitude alive. I did not want to appear weak - yet, although I had not recovered from our son's wedding on Sept. 1. West Springfield High School has a break each day between 9:10 and 9:30 and I was in my room planning for the next class, when another teacher yelled to me, "Quick, turn on the TV, the World Trade Center has just been hit by a plane!" I quickly turned to CNN and stood there in awe with tears rolling down my face. I could not speak. I had just been to New York a few weeks prior and marveled at how safe I felt in the big city. As students trickled in, they froze in their tracks. The bell rang and I began class by telling them what I was watching, and with little coaxing, I granted their wishes to watch, too. However, the pit in my stomach deepened with the second hit. By now even the 15-year-old students recognized terrorism. We all were sick about what was happening to New York, when CNN switched to Washington, D.C. A suffocating silence fell over the classroom like a deep blanket of snow when we saw the black plume of smoke at the Pentagon. Terrorism was in our backyard! I was brought back to the moment when I heard whimperings in the class and students asking if they could call a parent. I was dealing with 24 students' fears by sharing my cell phone, which would not work, and letting them email parents from my classroom computer. Even former students were coming to me for assistance. Our principal got on the PA to request we all stay in the building and to offer comfort to students and faculty. However, we quickly learned that communications were impaired and we felt isolated. Since about a third of my students' parents worked in the Pentagon, fear of the unknown penetrated our souls. This was a time to do my best with limited resources to help ease those fears with hugs, consoling words, and adult reassurance. Panicked parents were wisely lining up at school to take their children home. Because of the necessity to take care of my students, I had to put my own worry on the back burner. I kept thinking of my husband, who, periodically, had meetings at the Pentagon. Was this one of those days? I could not remember if he had mentioned he would be there or not. I knew I could not reach him via telephone or email; it was too late. I had to patiently wait, which isn't one of my virtues. After my classes, I quickly rushed home to find my husband on the phone. He was talking to someone long distance. I could not contain my emotions any longer and I burst into tears. He excused himself from the phone and just held me as I shared my day of extreme emotion. Then he told me about his day. He was on his way to work in Washington, D.C. as he has done for 26 years, but today he was much later than usual. As he was driving to D.C. the plane that hit the Pentagon flew right over him on I-395. He said his first thought was "That plane is way out of the flight path and it is going to hit a building in the area!" A few seconds later his words came true. He didn't dream it was actually on a mission aiming for the Pentagon. As smoke and flames poured from his sometimes workplace, traffic came to a halt. Commuters had to roll up windows to guard against inhaling jet fuel and smoke fumes. After two hours of nightmarish hell, my husband made the eight mile trek back home. The bridges into the District had been closed forbidding entrance into the District, so he couldn't get to work. All of a sudden, my husband told me that our son and his new wife were safe, too. I was scared and shocked again. I did not know what he was talking about. Trey and Sara were on their honeymoon in Hawaii! Of course they are safe. However, they were scheduled to return on Tuesday, Sept. 11. I did not know that. Our son and daughter-in-law were twenty minutes out of Dulles International Airport when the pilot came on the PA to announce that they had been told by FAA to divert to Cincinnati. The passengers on that flight from St. Louis that morning did not know what was happening on land. Trey said he knew something terrible had happened because he saw the military F14 escorts beside their flight. It was such a relief to speak to our children. They had a three day extended honeymoon - in Cincinnati - and a close friend at the University of Cincinnati loaned them his car to drive home because transportation was impossible to acquire those days following the attack. Our other son, a college student in South Carolina, was safe, too. Even his girlfriend's mother called from Japan to check on us. Many concerned calls came that day from all over the country. It was a good feeling to know that someone cares. I had an overwhelming need to hug and kiss my family that day. I am forever a changed person; maybe even a better person. I just know my priorities are different and I take time to appreciate the smaller things in life now. Although my life is guarded due to an element of fear, my focus on what truly matters is a blessing. Our students lost two parents in the Pentagon attack along with their innocence that day. Somehow, the basic things in life are important again because we all lost something that day. Simplicity is a necessity. Teaching has always been my passion and I feel very grateful that I am able to share life with wonderful young people, even during a 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 story50.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: It was about 8:30 in the morning and i was working on an english project when another teacher walked in and told Mrs.Misik to turn on the news. She turned it on and it was a huge shock. I didnt know what was happening. There was a long period of silence because nobody knew what to do or say. Later on that day it just hit us all more and more. It started to become real. No one believed what was happening until their parents were checking them out because they had a loved one in one of the towers. It was really heart breaking to know that there were people like that out there. What kind of a person would do that to other living beings. They were just innocent people doing their jobs to support their families. No body will ever forget 9-11... 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 story9277.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. 2003-04-28 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.8