477 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: As I awakened on September 11, I turned on the T.V. as usual and had my two year old son in bed watching the Today show. We all know the horrid events that transpired before our eyes. The stongest emotion I remember was an overwhelming love in my heart for my son. I held him close all day. I also called my mother in Virginia. I wanted nothing more than to go and be with her. Just to be able to call my Mom made me extremly upset, because I knew there were so many children that would not get to talk to their parents ever again. And on this day the one year anniversary it makes me thankful for my son and my family, and a deep sense of sympathy for all the victims and their loved ones. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story4049.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was in Macroeconomics class all morning that Tuesday, ironically learning about our strong economy. No one had come by to tell us the news, and I obliviously walked to chapel, something I did every weekday at 9:50. One of my friends came by and grabbed my arm and said, "We're under attack; the U.S. is under attack!" I had heard mumblings in the hallways, but was unable to make out exactly what had happened. Concern grew in my heart. I wanted someone to tell me what had happened. Some students stood in the street weeping, others looked stunned, while many others hurried to the chapel to find out more. I just wanted an answer. When I had found my seat, I looked around at the student body. Everyone was quiet. Not one whisper could be heard. I held my questions and sat in silence, marveling at the mood in the auditorium. 5,000 students gathered in Pensacola Christian College's main auditorium for what normally would be our chapel service, each one silent. Dr. Joel Mullinix, head of our Public Affairs department, humbly walked to the podium. He didn't stumble over his words or make any introductory statements. He spoke soft but strong words trying not to add or take away from the impact that those very words would have on all of us. He simply stated the facts as they were at that time. I sat back in my seat, unable to grasp this horrible reality. We weren't attacked, at least not in the way I had perceived outside. We, the American people, were attacked on our own soil. Civilians, normal people living normal lives were targeted by a nameless enemy. The only question that came to mind at that moment was "Why." Our pastor, Dr. Jim Schettler, came to the podium. He stood in silence for a moment, and then began to speak gentle words of comfort. He answered the question I had asked in my mind as best he could. (These are my words. I am trying to summarize what he said that day.) Evil will always be present in this world, and as long as this country stands for anything that is good, it will be a target. As far as the lives that were lost, God knew every name. Not one life was overlooked. After his brief words, he called on each of us to pray for those trapped, for the families of those who were lost, for the rescue effort, and for our country. He shared II Chronicles 7:14. "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." He reminded us that this verse meant us as God's people. We were to humble ourselves and pray for healing, and God would hear us and heal our land. We all prayed together as he led. Each heart aching. Each soul pleading with our God to help those in need, and to bring justice to the men who brought this terror upon our people. He then asked for all who had family members or close friends in the towers or the Pentagon to come forward for further prayer and possible aid. The rest of us were dismissed as we watched hundreds of our fellow students walk forward. Again the auditorium was silent. Not one whisper could be heard. I went immediately to the student commons to watch the news and to find out more of what had happened. Watching the footage of the attacks was devastating. I could not control the sorrow. I sat and wept for hours as I watched the television and prayed for those people and my country. After the initial stun and heartache was over, righteous anger began to well up in my heart. I wanted justice. I wanted the man or men who were responsible for this horror brought to their knees. I was encouraged by our president as he projected the same holy anger as I felt in my heart. I was proud of my country and the way our people pulled together to help one another. I was grateful to live in this land filled with brotherly love. I was more aware of each freedom that I enjoyed, knowing that the cost for my freedom was life. The lives of those who died to bring that freedom to a new nation, the lives of those who have fought to keep those freedoms in our history, and now the lives of those who died on September 11th so that our country could awake from it's prosperity induced slumber. I believe that freedom will never die. As long as this country stands for what is right and good, we will always be targeted but never defeated. I love this country, and I would gladly give my life to protect it. I know that I am not alone. There are thousands even millions of people who feel just like I do, and these people will never allow any act of terrorism or war take that away. If we have to, we will pick up our weapons and fight the enemy ourselves on our own soil, but we will never, as long as there is breath in our lungs, lie down and give up our precious land or our freedom. Looking back on that day exactly a year ago, I remember where I was, and think how fitting that I heard it in the chapel of my college. I think, also, of how fitting it was to have begun my sorrow with prayer. The fear is gone now, as well as the pain, but the anger still lingers, needing justice to finally pass away. I am thankful for a God who hears every prayer. He heard mine that day, but not just mine, He heard every prayer as our nation came together with one voice. I believe that His presence could be felt across our land, comforting and healing those in need. I hope that each life that met death that day was prepared to meet the God of the Universe, and I pray that each and every life that was affected that day will seek Him while He may be found. 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 story5353.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 sleeping when my sister came in the room and said we are getting bombed I quckly got up and sceene it wasn't a bombing but an act of terroisum R.I.P ALL THOSE WHO LOST THER LIVES "GOD BLESS AMERICA!! FA, JUNIOR FONOTI aka (STAK) ufa!! binladin 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 story7137.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was home on East 22nd Street in NYC getting ready to go vote in the primary. The world changed at 8:46 and I began to write to people who are on my e-mail address list. My phone service was out for quite a while and this was my only form of communication. The e-mail list grew over the last 12 months and my 'Notes from East 22nd Street' have been read in places all over the world. I am writing my last 'Note' on the one year anniversary. It has been a helpful way for me to heal. You can read my 'Notes' if you go to my website: http://members.aol.com/lobosreviews 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 story1958.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: Eight months ago today, I left my house and headed for work like any other day. I work about 15 blocks from "ground zero". I usually get in early and turn on the two tv's in my dept. Around 8:50AM as I was watching the end of Good Morning America they interupted saying that a plane had hit one of the towers. They were reporting from the news helicopter. My co workers nwere starting to file in now and we were all just watching. What was happening? Just blocks away. I went to the phone and called my mom who works on Long Island. It was still early enough and you were able to get through on the phone lines. I was relaying to her what the tv was saying. All of a sudden there was an explosion. Because of the camera angle on the tv I did not realize that it was a second plane. Within seconds the TV confirmed that it was a second plane. I had been standing, I dropped to my chair , and screamed into the phone, "my God mommy another plane hit the other tower" At that moment i knew, my coworkers knew, the worlod knew, this was no accident. Some of my co workers went to the roof of my building, there are no words to describe what they saw. My building was evacuated but we were sent back in after a while. No one knew quite what to do. Then the towers started to come down. We sat, blocks away and watched as this unfolded on tv. The plane had hit the pentagon by now I believe and the other had gone down in penn. I think back now on how we all reacted. I had to keep calling people, try to get through, to connect. Others sat rivited to the TV, others just worked on. We were all in shock. I was comforted by the fact that my brother n law who is a nyc firefighter was on vacation in hawaii. He was safe. But so many weren't. So many innocent people lost there lives. Many walked home that day from Manhattan to the outer boroughs. There was this errie silence in the streets of midtown, people just walking, many covered in soot, wearing masks. Very different from the streets of downtown, where chaos reined. Everything about that morning is etched in my mind. What I ate for breakfast, what I was wearing. We all changed that day, an innocence was lost. It has been 8 months today and life goes on, but I see that morning in my minds eye every day. We will never forget......... NEVER! 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: On September 11th, I was sitting in my high school science class. We were about to watch a video. The teacher turned on the television, and all of the sudden the whole class was witnessing history in the making. Pictures and video of the WTC and Pentagon tragedies were all over the news. I even remember seeing one of the planes hit live, and also when one of the towers collapsed. Things like that don't leave your mind. 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 story9569.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. 2003-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 171.75.60.80 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: on september 11, 2001. I WAS AT HOME WITH MY 2 YEAR OLD CHILD. WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS FROM MY MAILMAN, I REALIZED THAT MONENT I FELT LIKE A CHILD. SINCE I WAS 16, I LIVED IN NY. I NEVER HEARD OF THE TWIN TOWERS? UNTIL THEN. FEELING LIKE A CHILD AGAIN, I FELT BAD FOR ALL THE CHILDREN THAT DIDNT KNOW ABOUT THIS EVENT THAT WILL HORRIZE THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. LIKE A CHILD , I WAS SCARED, FRIGHTENED, AND FELT LIKE "WAS THIS THE END EVERYONE WAS TALKING ABOUT"? I'M 32 YEARS OLD. I'M A GROW WOMEN. WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT, I SAID TO MYSELF. THAT DAY I CALLED MY FAMILY, AND BOYFRIEND. I WAS HAVING A BAD DAY IN THE FIRST PLACE. NOW, WILL THIS COUNTRY END? I KEEP WONDERING. THIS IS NOT A QUESTION, THIS IS REALITY? LIFE GOES ON AND RATHER YOUR AFRAID, OR NOT. YOU STILL GO ON. I FEEL FOR THE VICTIMS OF SEPT.11TH. I FEEL WORST FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA AND THE SUVIVORS OF THIS ATTACK. TODAY IS SEPT.11TH, I STAYED IN AND STILL DON'T FEEL SAFE AND IT'S BEEN A YEAR. I LITE A CANDLE ONLINE FOR THE VICTIMS OF TODAY AND FOR US, THE SIRVIVORS. 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 story3711.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My name is Linda Brown and I live in Wichita, Kansas. September 11th started out just like any other Tuesday. My two oldest kids drove themselves to school, and my eleven year old son decided he was going to ride his bike. I started getting ready for work when I heard the devistating news about one of the towers getting hit. My sister called me on the phone, and we watched the news together in disbelief. She was so frightened about what was happening. She kept saying she wanted to go to school and get her little boy. I kept telling her he'll be fine and I finally convinced her to leave him there. It was about 3:30 that afternoon, my son's school was letting out. I work across the street from his school and on the other side of the intersection is a gasoline station. The traffic was horrible, the gas lines were about twenty cars deep. Everyone thought gasoline was going to skyrocket in price. I went out to the intersection to help the children get across the street safely. Then I went back to work. It wasn't five minutes later when my son's friend came running into the shop, yelling Joseph has(my son) been hit by a truck on his bike. It was total chaos, Joseph was rushed to the hospital by ambulance as a level one head trauma. Later that night, the man driving the truck came to the hospital. He told us he had never driven on that street before. He was just trying to avoid the gasoline station. Joseph spent two days in intensive care. He fractured his skull, broke his nose and orbit bones in four places. Along with alot of road rash. If I would have listened to my sister,and taken him out of school that would'nt have happened. I can look back at it now and say we were the lucky ones. A lot of people were not. 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 story8970.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: Leighton Johnson Global Studies 5/20/02 911 September 11, 2001 was a horrific day. Nothing of this scale has ever happened ever on the United State's soil at least. This experience has changed my view of many things especially airplanes and tall buildings. When I first heard about what happened, I was in third period, my English class. At about 9:30 AM when I walked into class, my teacher, Mr. Bellonte, had CNN turned on. Even though the plane had crashed a while before, I was at band. None of the televisions in band are ever turned on and we were not notified. It showed on the news one of the twin towers with a whole lot of smoke coming out of it. It was the scariest thing that I had ever seen live on the news. They were saying that many people were still in the building. The worst thing to see was little bodies flying through the air. I don't know what I would do in that situation, but I am pretty sure that I wouldn't commit suicide. They were saying on the news that a plane had crashed into it. I couldn't believe it. Mr. Bellonte turned off the television and said that it was probably just an accident. He said that we could watch what it was all about that night on the news. Then we had class. Next, I had Earth Science Lab. We did a short lab while we were watching CNN. They were showing a replay of what happened earlier. All of a sudden another plane crashed into the other tower. I couldn't believe my eyes. Later that period, there was news that a plane had also hit the Pentagon. Next period, the first tower collapsed. The planes turned out to be hijacked. That was also the period that a plane had crashed somewhere in Pennsylvania. Later we heard that it was on a path directly towards the White House. After that period, we watched the news in all of the following periods. How could somebody be so evil and kill all of those innocent people? The thought was incomprehensible. There are many terrorists in the United States that are living normal lives and are ready to become a terrorist. They are just waiting for their time. I think it is because the third world countries are just jealous of everything that we have here in the United States. They have nothing and we have everything. That day, all of the sporting practices and events were cancelled. That was very good because nobody would want to play on a day like that. It would not be fun at all when you know that this is the day that the worst terrorist attacks happened on United States soil ever. Although there might be a worse one to come. A worse one probably will not happen because I think the United States will shoot a plane down if there is another chance of a hijacking. The passengers would die anyways. The U.S. would probably agree to shoot it down if they can save the people in the buildings. It is the kind of event that will be put in textbooks for the rest of history and never be forgotten. Children will learn about September 11th just like we learn about Pearl Harbor. For now on, I will never feel as safe or secure in an airplane or a tall building again. This is same for many people. When I fly on a plane, I will not take a direct flight. The planes that were hijacked were full of gas for a direct flight. There is not much that the United States could have done about it and that makes it even more scary. 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: It was about 9am when one of my coworkers said that the radio announcer was saying that a plane had hit the World Trade Center in Manhattan. I ran into their office and heard the story being repeated, then they announced that another plane had hit the Trade center! I called my husband in West Chester, PA to let him know to turn on his radio, then I called some friends who worked at the airport to see if they knew what was going on. I also tried to call my brother, whom I thought was working at the Trade Center and kept getting the "all circuits are busy" message. I then tried to call my sister on Staten Island, to see if she had heard from him and to find out what was really going on. I could not get through, so I sent her and my brother emails. She called me in tears, saying that it was being said that it was a terrorist attack and she couldn't raise my brother either. We were both frantic with fear. There was a small television set out in the dock area and I watched with growing disbelief, as the planes crashed into the towers. Then I saw the towers start to crumble and I ran back in to try contacting my brother once more. He finally called me about 11am and I had never heard him so upset, not even when my mother had died. He said that he had been assigned to work at a building near the Trade Center just that week and he had heard a loud crash. He looked out the window and saw a lot of small white objects floating past. He thought the city was having a ticker tape parade and thought no more about it, until he heard the second crash. He ran outside and saw the towers on fire and at that point his company evacuated the building. He ran to the Staten Island ferry but the boats weren't running on time so he had to wait a long time for the boat. He was one of the last to be allowed on the boat and he stayed on the back area. He looked back at Manhattan as they left the slip and was horrified to see the towers collapsing! He and I had watched the Towers being built, we both went to school in St. George and worked in Manhattan. I remember shopping there during my lunch hour when I worked on Wall St. It was a great tragedy, all those precious lives lost due to a fanatics crazy cause. 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 story5480.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 September 11th started off as and ordinary day. I got up, got dressed and went to school. I was in eighth grade at the time and was just coming out of civics class when I heard everyone going on and on about a plane crashing into some building. So I went to my drama class still very interested in this news I was hearing and yet again people were running up to me and telling me about it. My drama teacher explained to us what had happened and said ?there was a plane that crashed into the World Trade Center that?s located in New York.? Well no one really knew, or at least I didn?t know, what the World Trade Center even was. He turned on the TV and I was shocked! There were people running around everywhere and screaming, people crying, it was just a complete nightmare. I myself was starting to get a little worried because my uncle works at a bank that was located right down the way from the Twin Towers, but I kept my cool and then we all continued on with class. The school didn?t want us watching anymore of the news on the Terrorists attacks so that we didn?t all get worried. Though things leaked out and gossip was flowing all through the halls of Washington Irving Middle School. Then I heard the news, the worst news someone could hear, ?A plane crashed into the Pentagon!!!?, I was horrified and didn?t know what to do. My dad works in the Pentagon and I was so scared that something had happened to him. I was crying and one of the guidance councilors pulled me into this room that was filled with other students that had heard the news too. They all also had parents that worked there. After about an hour in there I got clamed done and went back to my regular classes of just going to lunch and all of my classes. During 5th period I got a not from the office, and it was from my mom, ?Dad is okay, love Mom?, I was so relieved. Overtime my reactions about the attacks have changed and I don?t think about it as much. It use to be that I would think about them everyday as if the scenario would just keep re-playing in my mind. My life has changed by these attacks in so many different ways because of all of the security measures that everyone has to take because of these attacks. Everywhere you go there is some sort of new security device, especially when you go to airports or a military bases. Along with the attacks of September 11th some other events that can be related in importance to it are events like the bombings of the U.S. embassies located in different areas of Africa. All of these things have hurt the nation and devastated many and I hoe in the future thing of this nature do not occur 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 story11010.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just gotten to work when the Security Guard called and said a plane had just hit the Twin Towers. I turned on my radio and listened all day. When I got home from work I turned on the TV and was shocked. Why would anyone want to hurt so many people. This day is also my son's birthday. I kept it light and happy for him as he was only 5. In my mind the whole day was sorrow for all those people that did not know if their loved one was still alive or what had happened to them. I can remember seeing people on TV with pictures of their missing family member just hoping someone would know just anything about that person. My heart and thoughts are still with those who have lost someone in this 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 story4653.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: well i was at home on 9-11-01. i was asleep were i wish alot more people were. My mom came and woke me up when the 1st plane hit. than right when i turned on my t.v i saw the 2nd on. I was like oh my god, this cant be happening! Than the next day my moms best friend's kid from New York called and infomed my mom that her mother and father died. my mother just broke down. I really Feel bad about that cuz i cant (couldnt) think about losing my mother and my father due 2 the towers.but she emial me the other day and she said all she wanted to say is that shes coming back around. And if her mother and father died than someone else would and she wouldnt want to put ANYONE through that. but EVERYBODY had mixed feelings. over 95% of the people in U.S.A. feel really bad. I mean i still do. And another thing is she shouldnt blame any1 for it cuz nobody could of stopped them. Plus you sould hate people from otheer countrys cuz it really wasnt there falt. well everybody be safe and just thank & tthink about every1 that left us last year. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2381.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: The following is a poem that a wrote proceeding the tragedy of 9/11. I read the New York Times "Portraits of Grief" daily following the attacks and was very affected by the stories of those lost at The World Trade Center. My reaction to reading these stories inspired the poem. Elegy Layers of steel Layers of death Mangled material and layers of dust. Lifetimes ? thousands ended We read their stories everyday Portraits of grief with our morning coffee I think about their lives, each one A motion picture stopped in the middle of a scene. What was once energy Is now a pile of debris Smiles and souls, hearts and laughter Are silenced forever. The strangers who perished ? now we know them They are in our heart and We are crying for humankind. 11.13.01 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 story2771.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 still remember this day very clearly, although we are not American citizens. We live in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. We were on holidays in the US and travelled around in California. We were on our way from King's Canyon NP to Death Valley NP. The radio was on and suddenly we heard something about a plane crashing in Pennsylvania and then some other stories about New York and Washington. At first we thought it was some kind of radio play, like cf "War of the Worlds". But the news kept coming and slowly we began to understand that this was really happening. From that moment on we were listening to the radio continuously and tried to get every piece of information. We kept listening until president Bush was on the radio in the evening. I was 8 weeks pregnant at that time and I felt very sick of the heat, the long trip and all the terrible news. We tried to get a newspaper the next day, but there weren't any left. We didn't read a newspaper and didn't see any images of the blasts until we left Death Valley and arrived in Las Vegas next Friday. I remember I watched tv in our hotelroom and screamed to my husband, who was taking a shower: "it is true, it is really true, the plane really flew into the Twin Towers!" I couldn't believe what my eyes saw. When we came home, I still got sick every time I heard president Bush speaking on the news. I couldn't get 9/11 out of my mind, but apparently my body couldn't forget it either. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: i remember that morning so clearly. it was me and my 4 year old at home...when my mom called 1st to tell me of the news..then my husband..because they knew i would have cartoons on...and not the news!...me and my son watched the events unfold right before our eyes. it was so hard to explain to a young boy with only good thoughts of people what exactly was happening. it was just a completely sad day for all of us here. at the time i was due to have my 2nd child in 3 days. i was home...no longer working. the next morning...i went into labor. all day at the hospital..thats all we watched..listened to..and heard everyone talk about. it was a day filled with such mixed emotions. we were all set to bring a new life into the world..while so many we watched on t.v. were frantically trying to find the special people in their lives. i delivered my 2nd son that day...september 12th. i saved everything from september 12th..to show him how not only his life..but everyones lives became different that day. in the nursery...the had the babies wearing red white and blue knitted hats..and little american flags in the bassinets. it was like...welcome to the world little one...be proud to be an american. the day we left the hospital was september 14th. as we were leaving the hospital was having a ceremony in the front courtyard. we stopped to get our small flag...and listen to prayers..and listen to all the proud people in our community...in cincinnati..in ohio..and basically from around the world. it was truly a blessing to have witnessed that ceremony that day..with my husband..my 4 year old..and my 2 day old son. i just pray everyday for all the families who lost loved ones..and everytime i think of that horrible day...i also think of the life that entered our worlds...all i can say is...hope..faith..and believe... 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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. 2002-08-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.192.154 Annotation Annotations to this item. Patriotism DOMESTIC Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: we were working at masonic(mary and I)Mary said look the plane hit the tower in new york, then Mary goes, you guy look. Then another hit into the,towers we were scared because we didn't know what was gone to happen nexts. cindy and some of the other stuff came to talk to everyone that happen. on my why home I pray to god to help others that was there. 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 story5315.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. 205.188.209.38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at home on September 11, 2001 with our son Christian, who was 21 months old at the time. Michael, my husband, was working at the UK hospital in downtown Lexington, Kentucky. I had just changed and fed Christian, and turned on the news to see what the weather would be like that day. I had thought about going on an outing to the countryside with the baby to look at and feed the horses, when I saw the first plane hit the towers. I stopped packing the diaper bag, sat down on the couch and sat glued to the t.v. in disbelief as I watched the second plane hit the other tower. I called Michael at work to let him know what had happened. Then the Pentagon was hit and I heard two planes fly above our home. I ran outside to see what was going on and to talk to the neighbors about the whole thing. Our street was empty and quiet. I felt so alone and so scared. I decided that we had to do something, so I put Christian in the car and drove to Michael's Arts and Crafts store and bought a roll of wide ribbon and 6 medium and 6 small American flags. On the way to the store, with the radio on, I heard about a fourth hijacked plane that had crashed in Pennsylvania. I was so scared. I bought my ribbon and flags and drove home very fast . I put ribbons and flags around the cherry trees in front of our house, in the flowerboxes, as well as on the mailbox. The next day my neighbors followed suite, creating their own personal memorials in remembrance of that horrible day. And then I can remember just putting my life on hold, and being very scared for a long, long time. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was home sick from work that day, and decided to read a book, I had the t.v. on mute. I glanced up and realized that something spectacular was going on in New York. I rushed to awaken my husband and have him come watch with me. When we made it back into the living room we witnessed flight # 175 strike the 2nd tower. That was the moment I realized I was not only witnessing history, but I was also witnessing an attack on my country. I had a rush of feelings come over me all at once, and it was too much...I ended up getting physically sick, and crying for what felt like months. I recall, sitting silently day and night glued to the television and radio, trying to understand why? To this day I still don't. I don't think I ever will either. Nor will anyone else. I don't think it's possible to understand the reprehensible acts of that day. All we can do is try to move on....But always remember! 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 story10169.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 my way to work I listened to the radio announcements, sure the first plane was just an accident. After all, how could that happen in America. Once I arrived at work, the second plane hit. Still in disbelief, I thought it had been blinded by the smoke from the first plane. I refused to accept the truth. The towers fell and the attacks continued as I left work for a doctor's appointment. I was eight or nine weeks pregnant at the time. The doctor's office was silent as I awaited my sonogram. When I finally received my sonogram, I was handed a surprise. On the morning the twin towers fell, I found out I was having twins. I was filled with so many emotions;joy, fear, excitement, trepidation, anxiety, and hope. Frantically, I rushed to call my fiance', a nuclear reactor operator in the US Navy, only to find that I could not get through. More terror swept over my body as I then had to worry about my 4 year old daughter, my TWO unborn children, and the man I loved who could be sent away at any moment. I got through the day, my fiance'was not deployed, and one year to the day, we are married, happy, and have two healthy baby girls. My heart goes out to all who were not so fortunate, those who had to experince loss, be it death, deployment, or a loved one who is missing. God Bless You All... Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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