478 20 70359 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My friend Colleen and I had just finished dressing out for gym class and headed over to the isolated wrestling room. Ignorant of any attacks, we giggled and joked and made fun of our teacher's beerbelly- another typical day in the shallow world of high school. I was sitting Indian style, not listening to the teacher, when the announcement came on. I reconized the principal's voice on the loudspeaker and expected the usual lecture about how sluts need to cover up their cleavage. Instead I heard the trembling voice of a scared man. Automatically I assumed somone had brought a gun to school and we were all going to be shot, but the announcement was far worse. The Twin Towers had been destroyed by terrorist planes, and less than 30 minutes ago the Pentagon was hit as well. Well I had no idea what the Twin Towers were, but i sure as hell knew what the Pentagon was. It's about 15 minutes away from our house, and my daddy works there. I went to my next period, not understanding anything about what happened, then i saw the TV. I saw the flames and the smoke and the burning towers and the collapsing Pentagon. And then I imagined life without my dad, and I remembered how I didn't tell him that I love him that morning. And then I fully comprehended what had happened. It's been an entire year since 9/11, although it seems as close as yesterday. Fortunately my dad works on the opposite wing of the Pentagon, and I can still tell him I love him every morning. There's a certain aprehension about the future now, for everyone. Every day I wake up in fear something else will perish. It's scary, not knowing what may happen next, but it's not like we did know before. 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 story7731.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. 2002-09-17 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 151.188.17.4 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: Today is Sept. 11, 2002. How does a year pass by so fast; a blur of fear, grief and anger. I woke up one year ago today after my phone rang for the 50th time. I was working late the night before and was attempting to catch up on some sleep. I was in no mood for phone chat even though I had many messages. I sat at my kitchen table and started eating a bowl of cereal when my roomate walked in looking very pale. He explained that the world trade center was in flames. I live about 15 blocks from the brooklyn bridge so I stepped outside to see what was going on. My block was bumper to bumper traffic and a fog of smoke was creeping in. As the day grew older, the smoke thickened. The wind just happened to be pointed at my area that day. The smell was true horror. I got on my friends roof and filmed downtown so that when I have children, they will see more then a blurb in a history book. My father worked at the wtc when I was younger. He has been a bond trader on wall st. for 30 years. He lost over 100 friends that day. Some he worked with 30 years ago, others more recently. The hell this has caused so many is terrible. Hopefuly those that lost loved ones can heal in time. 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 story5958.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 remember the morning of September 11, 2001 like it was yesterday. It was a beautiful, sunny, fall morning and I was working at Otis Air National Guard Base (home of the 102nd Fighter Wing) in Cape Cod Massachusetts where I was also a member of the Air National Guard. My job was as a mechanic on the F-15a fighter aircraft. For those of you that don't know, we provide air sovereignty for the northeastern corner of the United States. We have a number of F15s fully loaded with weapons and ready to go at a moments notice if any threat were to arise in the skies above New England. Anyways, I had come to work at 6:30 a.m. as usual and it was a routine day so far except for the beautiful weather that encompassed the flightline. I was dropping off a part at the supply warehouse when the guys behind the counter directed me towards the television with the words "A plane just hit the World Trade Center." I stared at the TV in disbelief as the second plane hit. And at that moment I thought to myself it must be armegeddon or some world war breaking outand how someone would pay for this. I was consumed with anger and disbelief. And over the base intercom came the words "All men to battle stations". It also occurred to me that two jets had scrambled minutes before seeing the news and I remember thinking, "there's no flying scheduled this early". Anyways, all hell broke loose over the base as we all worked our butts off to scramble the rest of the jets parked on the flightline. I guess to help supply air support in case there were any more hijacked planes and to get the jets off the ground in case they were in danger of being hit by terrorist attack. We worked feverishly for days to get our base ready for our new role in homeland security and subsequently, I was activated for a year under Noble Eagle patrolling the skies of the east coast. I'm proud of myself and all the other members of the 102nd for their actions that fateful September day as we pulled together to get our mission done. As you've heard and as I found out later that the two jets that were scrambled that morning were the ones that had tried to intercept the two hijacked planes that hit the towers. The pilots were told to get to New York ASAP and asked if they had a problem with having to shoot down a commuter aircraft. I guess it would have to be the lesser of two evils but it must have been a nerve racking experience for the pilots involved. Who knows what would have happened if the word had gotten to us earlier about the hijacked jets. I guess God only knows. 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 story11310.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: Oh no...Tuesday morning. I hate Tuesdays...always have. I've always made light of it, but the nervous knot in my stomach that day was certainly anything but Happy Tuesday. I woke up and got myself off to work as if it were any other day...and wasn't it? I couldn't tell, I had a strange feeling of nostalgia take me over. Nothing serious, but nervous knots all the same. I was listening to the radio as I always do to try to forget about the traffic. A local rock station here in New England. Then it comes time for the news. A plane crashed into the World Trade Center? How did that happen??? It's a clear day, and besides, how does a pilot miss something as large as the World Trade Center?! In the middle of the news broadcast..."This JUST in - ANOTHER plane hit the OTHER tower. ...this is no accident. At this point of the morning, everyone was still unsure of what had just taken place. Though still, I was overwhelmed with saddness, panic, and confusion. Working with young children, it was hard for me top dwell on what had taken place, yet I still couldn't get the thoughts out of my head. All I wanted to do was watch the news (I never want to watch the news) but used what I thought was better judgement, and thought it inappropriate for a child's eyes. All I had was an old radio full of static. After putting the children down for their afternoon nap, I just cried, and mourned for all of these unknown people, for this country I belong to. I never understood the meaning of unity until that day 2 years ago. I left work and listened to talk radio the entire way home, which is something I had never done before. I'm a music, buff, what do I want to hear people talk for, right?? But, this was different. I could do nothing else but listen. I think my car drove itself home that day, because I was not paying attention to the world around me, how could I? My sisters and I went to a restuarant bar that night. We wanted to watch the news, but we just didn't want to watch it in privacy. There were many like us there...wanting to be alone - in company. It was totally amazing and mind boggling how people came together. I was born and raised an American citizen, and I was always proud...but it's always been something I took for granted. I am young, just 20 years old at the time...I never realized how good I had it. I never felt as much love for my country as I did that day, and all the days following. Those men, TERRORists...they tried to break us. They tried to ruin us. In my eyes, they only made us stronger. Unfortunately, it was at the expense of 1200 innocent people. Men, women, children, RESCUERS. I feel saddness for them all and their familes every day of my life. If there was an possible way for myself to do anything to fix it, I would. I know that is not possible though. I hope the terrorists realized how hugely they failed when trying to ruin us, us AMERICANS. I know I am 1000+ times more patriotic now, 1000+ times more proud than ever to be an American...and I know I am not alone there. To them, I'd just like to be one who says "America Stands UNITED." "ONE nation, under GOD." My heart goes out to all the families and friends who lost someone that day. I truly hope they all rest and peace. Thanks for reading my story if you have. 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 story9814.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. 152.163.253.8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: The most shocking day I have ever witnessed in my 35 years. Never had I experienced such an event so close to home. I got up after the telephone had been ringing numerous times. I knew something was terribly wrong, when my husband picked up the telephone and turned on the television. I was 7 months pregnant at that time. I saw the images on the screen and I thought of a Hollywood production. That impression lasted about 30 seconds until I realized the reality of it all. After having lived and worked in New York City for many years and knowing people who have worked inside and around the WTC, I immediately felt an overwhelming grief coupled with an immense fear. I was overcome with anger and sadness, as I could not understand how we can live on a planet in which our own kind can have such an arrogant disrespect for life. I was happy at the close birth of my child, and at the same time, I struggled with existential questions and pondered on how to put an innocent being into such a world. Today, my maternal feelings have naturally imposed an inner feeling in me that life will never be the same for my family. 2001 was the year our son was born as well as the year in which I witnessed a part of history I never thought could happen. I thought history had taught us something. But I also understood that ignorance still inhabits many parts of the world, and I am grateful to live in a corner of the planet which embraces civility and freedom. May we continue to fight for education and continue to cultivate the seeds of tolerance. May God bless our planet. Marie Kamburoff, September 11, 2002 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 story4315.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 RETURNED FROM DROPPING MY CHILDREN OFF AT SCHOOL. WHEN I SAT DOWN TO WATCH THE NEWS LIKE I DID EVERY MORNING. AS I FLIPED THROUGH THE CHANELS I CROSSED CNN AND ALMOST FELL OFF THE COUCH WHEN I SAW THE FIRST TOWER IN FLAMES, I IMEDIATLY THOUGHT OF MY CHILDREN AND MY HUSBAND WHO BOTH WERE ABOUT 15 MILES AWAY. I JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE MY EYES AND THEN AS THE SECOND TOWER WAS HIT I BURST INTO TEARS IT WAS THEN THAT I KNEW THAT THIS WASNT JUST AN ACCIDENT. I STILL CANT BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE THAT BRAVE (STUPID) TO ATTACK US AND NOT THINK WE WOULD HUNT THEM DOWN!! AS A FIREFIGHTER AS WELL AS A SPOUSE OF A FIREFIGHTER IT WAS IN GREAT GRIEF THAT I WATCHED THE BUILDINGS COLAPSE AND WITH GREAT SORROW BEGAN PRAYING FOR THE MISSING AND LOST AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE FAMILIES LEFT HOLDING THERE BREATH JUST WAITING FOR AN ANSWER. WELL I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY WHO CAME TO STAND BEHIND ALL THOSE WHO NEEDED YOU MOST. IT IS WITH SUCH GREAT HONOR THAT I PROUDLY DISPLAY ME FLAG AND HOLD MY HEAD HIGH TO BE PART OF SUCH A GREAT BROTHERHOOD!! GOD BLESS AND PEACE TO ALL ROSANNA MORRISTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT 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 story5583.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: We had been on vacation since the Thursday before the attack. We had rented a beach house on a small island just north of the South Carolina border. We had not watched television for most of our time there. I woke up at 8am as usual. We were out of breakfast stuff and my daughter was hungary. So, I hopped in the car and drove over to the local market. I walked in and the owners were closely watching the TV. I continued walking through the store and listened to the TV. I heard it announced that an airplane had hit the World Trade Center. Not looking at the TV and getting my eggs, I assumed that it had been a private plane dinging one of the antenae. As soon as they said that it was a commercial jet, I just about jumped out my skin and screamed. I quickly bought what I'd already put in my basket and raced back to the house, ran up the stairs and yelled at my husband to turn on the upstairs TV to NBC that a Jet had hit the World Trade Center. He thought I was joking. While I had driven home, the second plane hit the other tower. We watched in amazement. We couldn't believe what happened. I stepped into another room for a minute and my husband shouted at me that the first tower came down. This time, I thought he was joking. How could such a massive structure come down? We continued to watch in utter astonishment for another hour. Finally, we couldn't absorb any more. We decided to get ready and go down to the beach. It was ghostly. There were a few families there, like us, with small children, but most had stayed back. We cancelled most of our tourist activities for the week and felt the sudden urge to stay with our core family and appreciate each other's presence more. I didn't want to let me family out of my site. On Wednesday, we saw the helicopters from Ft. Sumpter head north. Friday, I felt the urgent need to stay at the house until after the national memorial service. Finally, there was beginning to have some sort of closure on the great national loss. 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 story75.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. 2002-02-22 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 12.219.101.160 Annotation Annotations to this item. Memorials/Vigils (location or person) Military 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: I was home getting dressed for work and had the TV on the news channel. The news came on with a breaking story that a plane had struck one of the World Trade Center Towers in New York and they showed a live picture. For the next few minutes before the next tower was hit, newscasters were speculating, as all of us were too, that a small private plane somehow must have lost its direction and hit one of the World Trade Center towers. As we were watching this story, we saw (what we initially thought was a replay of the first plane)a plane hitting the second World Trade Center tower. As soon as we realized that it was actually another plane and not a replay of the first one, panic hit me. I thought we were being attacked but by whom, I had no idea. Soon after the second plane hit the second tower, then a news special flashed up that the Pentagon was hit by a plane. My husband travels a lot so my phone immediately began to ring with family and friends wanting to know if Walt was flying that day. I got dressed and immediately went into work to see my husband. We decided we needed the family together so we left work, picked up my two daughters from school and went over to our parents to watch as this horror story was unfolding. Less than a month before, I had lost my oldest daughter to a disease so to see all of the people who lost so many loved ones that day, hit too close to home. I was still healing and felt alittle of what they would be going through in the coming days, months, years. I know sometimes we can't explain why something like this happens and why some live while others perish but we must try to look past the ugliness of it all and find comfort and good in the memories of those we love that no one can take from us. 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 story7642.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 attending a computer class when the instructor announced that a second plane had hit the twin towers and class was dismissed for the day. I rushed home to retrieve my cell phone to call my daughter and her husband who live and work in Georgetown. I immediately turned on the television and was horrified/mesmerized by the broadcast. In the confusion about what was happening, the newcaster announced that another plane was (he thought) headed for Washington. The agony of trying to reach my family and watching the horror unfold is something I hope to never live through again. It was late afternoon before I heard from my daughter and she and her husband were physically ok. I can't imagine the frustrations and emotions that families have gone through who lost loved ones on 9/11. This event has left emotional scars on everyone's heart and soul. 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 story2588.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 morning of September 11, 2001 started as normal as any other day of the week. I had just transfered to the Pentagon about 3 weeks prior to this date and was elated to not only being in the newly renovate wedge but to be able to work in a place that I had only dreamed of working. I was sitting at my desk in the Pentagon (3D450 to be precise) when an Army Colonel told everyone that the World Trade Towers had been hit by planes and to come and watch the tv in his office. After about 5 minutes of watching, one of the Lt. Col made a remark I will never forget, "we may as well paint a large red X on this building because we are next." I went back to my desk to print a copy of a briefing that was due at 11 that morning. Immediately after I hit the print button, I heard the most deafing noise. It sounded like an earthquake combined with a tornado; being from Texas I knew the latter sound. The lights went off and the ceiling tiles began fall. Our computer screens starting to break and then I turned around. There was a massive ball of fire outside of the window and everyone started screaming and running. I fell to the ground, not knowing what to do. One of the Lt. Col picked me up and carried me out of the corridor until we got to the courtyard. There were a lot of injured people lying on the ground. When I looked around, I saw huge black clouds rising out of the offices where I had just come, hundreds of people crying, frantically dialing their cell phones and yelling out people's names. After about 20 min, everyone was rushed through a tunnel and into the South Parking lot where we tried to reconvene with our divisions. It was then that we were informed that another plane was inbound and we needed to move farther away and eventually ended up at Pentagon City Mall. During this entire ordeal, all I could think of were my friends who worked 2 corridors away and where they were at that moment. Since I had not grabbed my purse, I was without a cell phone. Thankfully, several people volunteered to call my family and friends and let them know I was okay. With the phone lines being jammed and the uncertainty of our coworkers and the other plane, we were forced to stay together and not leave until 4 hours later. I quickly ran to a friend's house which was 5 min away and saw his car. I ran into the house and was scanning the room when one of our friends said that he and my best friend had gone back to check the body list for me since they knew where the plane had hit. It was about 30 min later that I saw then running toward the house and I was reunited. I called my parents, who couldn't speak through the tears and told them I was okay and I loved them. I attended the prayer service at the Pentagon on Sept. 14 and did not return to work there. I came to Washington, DC from a small city in Texas to live out my dreams of influencing foreign policy and making a difference in this world. I attended a religious, liberal arts university where the conversations and discussions in class never left the USA and only mentioned in passing about hatred towards our country. When I came here, I never could have imagined that I, in part, would be the object of that hatred and would see firsthand what freedom and patriotism really mean. I have learned more about this country and myself from the events of 9/11 than I ever thought. The months following the attacks are very blurred and vague in my mind, as I never believed they happened. Whenever friends or coworkers would call and ask how I was, I didn't know what to say except that I was okay. It wasn't until the 6th month anniversary that I began to think and feel things concerning that day. The one year anniversary is less than a month away and all of my thoughts circle around that day, mainly sadness and fear of what will happen next. Most importantly, I worry about what it will be like to go back to the Pentagon for the memorial service on September 11, 2002. God Bless America and all we stand for. We will never FORGET! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story1163.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. 2002-08-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 192.91.146.35 Annotation Annotations to this item. Memorials/Vigils (location or person) Patriotism Pentagon Victims DC:1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Hi! My name is Ivette Gil i'm 22 yewars old and I'm from Barcelona, Spain. on 9/11 i was in my boyfriend's house watching the TVnews when the disasters starts. First I didn't want to belive what i was looking, i thought that maybe there was a joke... but, unfortunately i was wrong. I know that i'm only a yong girl, without any experience in live, but, with this words i want to give my suport to all the american people and special to all the people that looses somebody in this terrible accident. thanks for all. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story8163.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On the morning of September 11th I was attenting school. I was informed on the news of the bombing about 1 o'clock that after noon. Radio stations were goping hay wire everyone was afraid and in a panic and so was I. I had never heard of a war before that happened so close to me. I've only heard of horrible things like that happening in the history books. But it was clear this day that this was really happening. Lots of things went through my mind I thought it was the end of the world and this was the way that God had planed us to die. My teachers husband is a fire fighter and she couldn't get in contact with him because the phones for out of state calls were cut. She paniced more then we all felt for her. I didn't know if any of my family was involved in the incident but I felt for the innocent lives taken by these people. It frightned me to think that the people you love could be gone in the blink of an eye. Who gave these terrorist the right to take the lives of people they haven't given life to. No one has the authority to do such horrible things. Now there are babies and children who are alive but are ALONE because their parents are dead. My whole day on September 11th was a catastrophe. People crying, screaming out to God to just take them if they must go this way. I'm seventeen years old and have never seen anything so dramatic before. This was certainly a day I'll never forget September 11th 2001 will br remembered by all I'm sure but for those gone and for those who got hurt and are lost I'm praying for you everyday. God heard our cries and our prayers he came through we as Americans have lost much and were affected in a major way but we made it through to another 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 story8398.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. 2002-10-08 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 207.86.145.50 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'm a consultant; my home is Williamsburg, VA. My story is of an observer, and of the impact of this event on my self and my family. On 9/11/2001 I was working in One Mertoteck, a high-rise office building in Brooklyn. We were on the 24th floor, and had a clear view of the towers. Our day starts around 7:30 AM, so our entire crew was busy when the first plane hit the towers. My first action was to call my wife in Williamsburg, VA. To assure her that I was not in the towers. At the time her office, the medical center for Williams & Mary College in Williamsburg, they did not have radio or TV. My call was short, I told her that there was a problem in the towers, and that I was not part of it. She informed her fellow workers, and they became part of the nation that felt the pain as they pulled in a TV and watched the rest of the day. When the second plane was seen our hearts stopped, as we watched it hit the second tower. I've been working with computers for over 35 years. After the second plane hit I went back to my desk, looked at the PC, and realized I had no concept of what to do. My balance, my sanity, my being had been shaken. Several of my co-workers left our floor. They could not bear to be in the high-rise at that time. As the day wore on the terrible nature of the tragedy played itself out. We tried to go out to give blood, but were too late, the centers had more folks than they could process. One of our group was scheduled to fly home that morning, he got to the airport, and no further. It took him hours to get back to us, including a three mile walk, as the ground transportation in the part of Brooklyn where we were did not exist. Our apartments were a couple of blooks from our office, walking back we were engulfed by the dust in the air from the towers. It would be a couple of days before any of us were back to full sanity. 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 story3118.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: That day was very sad for me , I did not know what happen but when I came home from school I saw my mother staring in the tv. After that I got very scared and i ask her why is this happening. 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 story20585.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2006-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.186.239.238 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: Unfortunately, I can hardly remember September 11, 2001. I had stayed up late that night as there was a difficult test that day in World History and I stayed up late. I walked throughout Westlake High School and heard in my drowsy state close to fifty cumulative times words such as Twin Towers, airplanes, and crash before it suddenly hit me: we were attacked that morning. 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 story4141.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 was woken up by a someone in my living room shouting "Oh my God, turn on the t.v." I spent the next few hours watching the news. I saw the second plane hit the tower as it was happening. I couldnt believe what I was seeing. I mean, how could anyone do this? All those innocent people. It didnt seem real, sometimes it still doesnt. Even a year later its still fresh in everyones mind. I had to go to work that day and do my job. But it was difficult. I just tried to focus on work. I wasnt in NY, I cant imagine what it was like. I didnt know anyone personally that died that day, but after hearing others stories and watching the footage, I feel like I do. I just wanted to tell everyone how proud I am of them. How proud I am that everyone came together that day to help one another. How proud I am for all the people who gave their lives to save someone else. How proud I am of the families that lost loved ones or friends for their strength. And how proud I am to be an American, to be a part of this wonderful country. 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 story5212.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: Well when I heard about this Iwas mad and sad and i still am. So i think we should do something about this.Also we should think of the people who died in the teriost attack atleast we still have freedom.Also that were still alive thr first plane hit at 815am.Last we still love 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 story6313.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.175.105.14 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 on one of my only 2 days to sleep in during the week I woke up to my neighbor coming in and was like "get up! get up man! look whats going down!" i like peeked up and was like "waaaaaa?" He flipped onthe TV and it didn't matter what channel popped up, it had this event on. I woke up that morning to the sight of the world trade center and pentagon on fire by then I was up and we were all watching the news. Shortly after I woke up I watched the first tower fall Live on TV and was in awe. I couldn't really believe what was happening. It was kind of numbing my brain cause it didn't hit me until later that day the capacity of what happened. It was kind of like going to a movie but not really thinking about it until after. 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 story146.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. 2002-03-06 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 172.145.104.142 Annotation Annotations to this item. 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: I was on my very first trip to London, a wish I had since a child. I left JFK on the 10th ... of course arrived in London that next morning 9-11-02. I always watch CNBC at home and did so then as I was unpacking ... Was this a movie ... No way for it was live TV and I saw that second plane fly into the second tower. I sat at the edge of my bed with some unpacked clothes in hand totally in shock, and I sat!... In my mind remembering I had gone to several company meetings at the WTC ... and then my mind went to the people that still worked there. The next though was I was not coming home anytime soon... I stayed in my room and tried to reach my job and my old job where people I knew still work there. It was the third day before I could touch base with anyone ... of course I cried and was in fear of what will be left of NYC. Then the word of the other two crashes came across the news... This could not be happening, I must be in a dream ... but it was true. I resigned myself that I had better think about how long I would have to stay in London. When I did finally left my room and went out people had gather in front of appliance stores and folks were moving in a slow motion(I felt). The apologies came when people heard my American accent. The rest of my visit there was spent in prayer, at a chichi, a Buddhist temple, and at a peaceful dinner at a friends home ... every opportunity with meeting of these friends started and ended in a prayer for all of those that were lost. I finally got home and I could not bear to look to WTC for I still did not want to admit it ... but I did and the tears came again ... and I prayed. All the while I truly wonder why, for what, and how could they do this! Is it so bad to enjoy the freedom, religion, the right to enjoy ourselves in a decent way. Today I listen to each and every name of each person that had died in this sad event. I knew none of them, but then I knew them, I shared in their pain and saddness ... and prayed for their healing... it will come but it will take a long time. All they have done is touched every corner of the world ... and LOOK HOW WE STAND TOGETHER .... LOOK HOW STRONG WE ARE.... AND HOW MUCH STRONGER WE ARE BECOMING AS ONE! 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 story5343.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 heard one of my co-workers say that a plane had just hit the World Trade Center. I knew my nephew worked there and ran over to his computer terminal to see what building was hit. It was my nephew's and it looked as though it was right below his office which faced the Empire State Building. I called his wife, 26 yrs old. She was hysterical and asked me to pray for him. I told her I would get off the phone in case he was trying to call. He called when the building was bombed years before. But there was no call. All the family was online trying to find out if he was alright. We phone every hospital in the tri-state area, hoping that they had a John Doe that might be him. He never came home. On August 9th, his wife received a visit from the local police. They told her to call the N.Y. Medical Examiner...they had a DNA match. We finally have him back. He leaves behind a wife who was 26 years old at the 9/11 attack and a 7 month old daughter. I feel for all the people who haven't received a call yet about a DNA match. It will never end for them...but then, it will never end for us either. 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 story1351.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. 2002-08-20 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.207.202