489 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: on the morning of september 11,2001, i was on my was to a friend's house. we both attended the same college and we always drove toghter. on this particular day i was a little early so i waited inside her house. we were in her room and we saw the result of the first plan hitting the tower, all we thought was that it was an accident. however as we continued to watch we saw the second tower attached. this was very surprising and we thought that it was a tradedy that was so close to home. on the way to school we keep the radio on to hear what was happing, half way there we found out that a plane had hit in D.C. we waited for our professor in class, who ran in and instructed us to go striaght home and be with our loved ones. i became very panacied not knowing what would happen next. i had a daughter in day-care and one at school. my father worked near the air-port and was stuck there. i also had a younger brother at school also. i rushed to the schools to get the kids who were very up-set and were full of questions. my day-care provider informed me that my youngest child was safe and to come later after things had been clamed down. i remeber going back to my friends house and being glued to the t.v. we were so scared because her brother is in the service and we couldn't reach him. i also remeber being upset because my cell phone wouldn't work and i couldn't get in touch with my relatives some that live in D.C. this had to be one of the most scariest days of my life and i will never forget it. i will always say a prayer for those fallen heroes and thier families.i can only imagine what they were going threw on that tradic day. 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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 woke up that morning on 9/11 and noticed how beautiful the weather was. I also noticed I was running a little late. I live in Brooklyn so I knew I had to leave quickly because the commute takes at least 50 minutes. As I got on the train things seemed normal. It was about 8:30am. I got on the Q express at Brighton Beach Avenue and started reading the Wall Street Journal. When I arrived at Dekalb Ave. I saw this young girl get on the train. She was a normal looking Black American but she had this strange look in her eyes. Suddenly our eyes met and then she looked away very quickly at others on the train. She then screamed out, "did you hear what happened, a plane crashed into the world trade center!!!" At first I thought she was crazy, then it hit me that it was the World Trade Center. Those buildings are tall and it was quite possible that an accident could have happened. I panicked! My girlfriend Cristina was in WTC2 working for Morgan Stanley on the 73rd floor and for all I know she could be dead. I ran upstairs out of the subway at Dekalb. Ave to the street level dumping my newspaper in the garbage. As soon as I got to the outside, I saw people running. Everything was moving so fast. I ran towards the Brooklyn Heights and as I got closer and closer I saw people crying. Then I saw the smoke. Then I saw the buildings on fire. There were flames shooting out and spreading down the building like termites. I completely forgot about everything around me and called Cristina at work. The phone was busy. I tried at least 20 times to get through within those few minutes while walking towards the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridge. As I was dialing and dialing and getting closer to the bridge the view became more and more clear on how bad this was. I didn't know what was happening. I was hoping it was an accident but deep down inside I knew it was a terrorist attack. I thought my girlfriend was dead. I ran to the Manhattan Bridge with one thing in mind...to find Cristina. I knew I was okay and my family was safe because my brother worked uptown and my parents lived in Florida. My only concern was Cristina. Suddenly as I was continuously dialing to reach Cristina, Roxanne, and schoolmate of Cristina and mine?s called me on my other line on my cell phone. She said that Cristina was ok, she spoke to her and she told me that Cristina wanted me to meet her at her Grandmother's house on the lower east side by Ave. D and E 10th Street. When I got to the Manhattan Bridge, a cop had stopped me from crossing over. I said I had to get through. He told me he couldn't let it happen, the city was shutting down and it was dangerous for me anyways. I told him to listen to me and said that my girlfriend is over there and I am going to get her, you can arrest me, you can do whatever you need to do, but if it was you, you'd want me to let you go get her. He just grimaced at me and then grinned and pointed his arm towards the other side. When I was running over the bridge I had the perfect view of the situation. On my left were the towers I grew up looking out at from my parent?s bedroom window at home. I used to use them to tell me where in the city I was and where I was going. They were burning up in a thick black evil smoke. I would be lost with out them as well as if I were to lose Cristina but at this point I knew she was alive so I was a bit relieved. I still had other friends I was worried about like Michael Losardo and Danielle Lim and others. As I was staring at the towers while running over the bridge I saw a train pass over just to my right. I saw people looking at me running and I saw them looking at the towers burn while they were pressing their hands and faces and chests against the train doors and windows in horror and panic. The emotion was very present then. I thought I was in the middle of a movie. It just wasn't real. It could not have been happening. When I got over the bridge to the other side the cops over they?re just looked at me in a trance probably thinking why would I be coming into Manhattan when everyone else was leaving. I ran straight to Cristina's Grandmother's house and as soon as I got there screamed up to her window "CRISTINA, CRISTINA...? I saw her peak out and she came running down the stairwell and we hugged each other harder than we ever did. The rest of the day was just anxiety provoking. The Towers fell soon after I arrived at her grandmother's house and we just wanted to leave. Cristina's Dad worked by the courts downtown and he met us at the F train station by east Broadway. We hopped on and I spent the next three days with Cristina and her family. It was horrible for everyone and I will never forget the day I almost lost someone very important to me. Unfortunately, I lost others who were not only important to me but to the City of New York as well. NYPD, FDNY, EMS, PA Cops, WTC workers and Employees. They all contributed something to this city. Safety, security, financial and economical contributions. We all lost something that day. Now I think we have to spend the rest of our lives finding a way to fill the void. I know I never will! 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 story4023.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. 208.237.223.2 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 did not experience the loss of a loved one that day like so many others. My heart aches for so many who have had to experience such a horrible disaster. I work for the state of Michigan Community Health Department; and when I heard what had happed, a television was accessed to view what had occurred to our horror. I felt like someone took the air out of me, witnessing with my eyes, what happened and to then view "live" on television, the 2nd tower being crashed into. I did have such an empty feeling and helplessness of what to do, because with it all, I have a brother who is a captain for American Airlines who does fly the 767 aircraft which was used to crash into the WTCs. He also flys out of Dulles Airport. Immediately, I began to wonder if he was flying, where he was, was it his aircraft that crashed into the WTC. I called my mother and asked her if she was aware of what had taken place. She was unaware of what was going on and turned on the television. I asked her if she wanted to try to reach "Jerry" or if I should. She said she would try to call. We feel so fortunate because when she called, my brother answer the telephone. We knew he was safe. He had just left Dulles Airport late the evening before and arrived at Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport around 12:30 a.m. on 9/11/01. I can only express the small amount of emptiness I felt when I first heard of what happened and what one goes through because of "not knowing." I can't even begin to imagine what so many people who did lose a loved one experienced with a life taken away in such a horrible manner. My prayers are with all these people as well as the citizens of the U.S. May God bless them and the U.S.A. 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 story3020.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 the back yard cleaning up while my kids were playing in their room. My mom had turned on the t.v. to see the weather report just before I had gone out and apparently she had changed the channel because the next thing I know she is crying "oh my god!". I did not know what was going on so I just poked my head in to see what had upset my mother and I found her crying while the news went on talking about the plane that had just crashed into Tower One. I could not believe what i was seeing. I mean I had never imagined someone would do that. But someone did and as I watched the second plane crashed into Tower Two. Then the news went to the Pentagon and reported that a plane had crashed into it also. That is when I figured that this was a terror attack. I mean no one would attack the Pentagon unless they were a terriost. I just sat down in disbelief while everything was unfolding on t.v. My children came into the room just as plane 93 crashed in Pennsylvania and they asked what was going on. I tried to explain it to them but I had to understand it myself first. And that was one thing I could not understand. Why would someone do this? Then the news went back to the towers and to all the people running away and trying to get there to save people in the towers. I started to cry as I saw people running away and when I saw those people jumping from so high up I thought I was going to die from the pain inside me. No one should have to die and they surely should not have to die that way. When the Towes collapsed all I could do was pray that everyone was o.k. even though I knew deep down that some of them would not be. All I could do was pray and I am not one to pray but I did that day and for days after that. I sat glued to the t.v. all day watching everything that was happening and I cried alot to. Especially when the priest got killed while doing last rites on a fallen firefighter. It broke my heart in so many ways to see all that destruction and murder and for what? Because of a psycho? I hope that he rots in the furtheist realm of hell for what he has done. I hate him and I wish I could watch him die like I am sure he watched our people die. I have thought of that day many times since it happened and my heart hurts for all the people who lost their lives that day and even though I did not know any of them I will always keep them close to my heart just as everyone should and I am sure they do. My children understand what happened now in some ways and they want to say that they are sorry it happened. I will end this by saying that I am happy with the way President Bush is handling things and I am proud of the military. Every time they take someone out I cheer them on and I understand that may be weird but I am an ARMY brat so I have a great deal of respect for the military but I also think they ALL deserve it. They picked the wrong country to mess with because they CANNOT AND WILL NOT BREAK US. And we will pound their little rag headed asses into the ground. I am proud to be an american and no matter what they will NEVER win. 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 story7276.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: As a member of the US Army Airforce during World War II,watching an airplane crash into the World Trade Center while watching my tv at home was an unbelievable sight. I thought I was looking at a scene from a Hollywood movie.The pandemonium my tv screen so vividly portrayed with men and women running wildly down smoke filled streets,while debris was crashing down from above and people could be seen jumping from upper floors of the burning building to a certain death below made me realize I was witnessing a horrible tragedy unlike any I had ever seen before, including the devatation at Okinawa...but why? Having done some flying, I couldn't understand how a pilot could intentionally an airplane into abuilding accupied by innocent working people of many nationalities, religions and ethnic backgrounds. When I learned the people responsible for the murderous and cowardly diseaster were terrorists trained in the United States I found the news absolutely inconcievable. How could anyone teach obviosly foreign students how to navigate a plane without any instruction in takeoff or landing procedure? In my opinion anyone teaaching someone to fly an airplane who disregards takeoff or landing procedure without becoming suspicious of his student is not merely stupid he is an idiot. In view of all that has occured since 9/11 I have an open letter I would like to address to Osama bin Laden and the members of al Qaeda throughout the world. Your group has successfully compled an act of terror resulting in the horrible deaths of several thousand innocent people from all walks of life representing many nations.The destruction resulted in catastrophic pain and suffering and a loss n human life that cannot be measured.In addition the destruction caused an economic loss estimated to be in the billions. So what did you accomplish? We will reconstruct new buildings, our financial circumstances are improving,but the grieving will long endure. what did you accomplish with your plan resulting in the death of many of your own people from whom you will never hear again? For Americans and people throughout the world 9/11 will be recognized as "a day in infamy" and American history books will equate it with the attack on Pearl Harbor.Your Arab friends and associates many of whom have sought residence in the United States are now looked upon with suspicion and distrust >Your religion often misunderstood by less informed people is now associated with terrorism death and destruction.To those countries where you have lived and enjoyed freedom and the luxuries of your position of leadership, United States is bringing retribution while searching for you and your confedertes.Your life will never be the same bin Laden. Every day you will have to concern yourself with the possibility of an unexpected bomb or a traitor in your midst, anxious to turn you over to the authorities in exchange for the opportinity to become a iving millionaire with enough money to live like a king with his family for an eternity. Mr Laden you have created a situation throughout the world which has resulted in the degradation of your people and your religion.Your death would not resolve the problem, but it is within the power of you and the al Qaeda to create peace by eliminating terrorism...the choice is yours. 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 story5989.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 heard of the first plane to hit the WTC on my car radio on my way into work. When I got to my office, I joined most of my co-workers in the conference room to watch the new coverage on TV. We sat in shocked dismay as the second plane hit, and then later as the towers crumbled and fell. It was unbelieveable. We felt and heard the impact of the plane that hit the Pentagon while we were in the conference room, but didn't know what it was. A co-worker whose wife works at the Pentagon called him on his cell phone to tell him what had happened and that they were evacuating. We then went to the rear side of our building, and could see from the rear windows the smoke arising from the Pentagon. It seemed that the world was coming to an end. An hour later, we were all told to evacuate the Lab and go home. My commute is about 45 minutes long, and all the way home I prayed for myself and my family and all those that had to have been killed or horribly injured in all the attacks and their families. I still can't fathom the misery that the victims families have had to bear, and on the first anniversary of this terrible trauma to our people and our country, I pray again that nothing like this can ever happen here again. 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 story2891.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 exactly what I was doing on 9/11. I was in second block at my high school, it was computer science. My friend and I were writing up a program when the teacher from next door busted in and shouted "A plane has just crashed into the Twin Towers." My teacher scrambled to turn on the news to see one of the towers with a plane sticking out of it. At that time I didn't think about terrorists ... all I was thinking is, "How could someone run into a building..." Then the next plane rams into the second building, everyone is in shock and it finally hits me that its not just pilot/plane error. Next thing I know people are getting called out of class to go home, parents are picking up their kids, the halls are filled with worried parents concerned about getting their child home before anything else happens. I will never forget that day. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story9559.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 the bed actually i slept late that day when i got up I turned on the television and there it was I didnt understand what was going on it was the local news and the first thing i heard was that people were wanting to know if they had to pick there kids up from the schoolswell i have a daughter in school so i just started freaking out i still didnt know all i seen was America under attack well when i finally found out i was just in shock then i couldnt stop crying and screaming i was sad and mad at the same time i feel so bad for the families and they are in my prayers. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: One early morning when I was at home and came down stairs I saw these two towers on television all of a second one of them collapsed. When I went to school I heard it was the twin towers. A lot of us were scared about what was happening. My teacher had the radio on all day. We really wanted to go home, but he day had only started. I remember that there was loud talking on the radio. My teacher was very quit that week. We all felt really bad. This summer my family and I went to visit ground zero, all there was were silence all you could do was cry. I feel for those lives that were lost in September 11 and those families that lost there loved one. That?s why we will never Forget that one September day. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2963.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: September 11th It?s amazing how an ordinary day can turn into something that changes lives forever. September 11th, 2001 is one of those days. One of those days where you can remember exactly where you were and what you were doing. I was studying American History in Mrs. Nugent?s second period class. In the middle of the class, another teacher came in and whispered something in Mrs. Nugent?s ear. She finished her sentence, then told us that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. She turned on the tv and that?s all we did for the remainder of the period was watch the news report. At first, it really wasn?t a big deal. But then the second plane hit and we got a little worried. The next class I had did not have the tv on, so I didn?t know what happened next. After that period, my best friend Natalie came and told me that the towers had collapsed. I couldn?t believe it. All through the rest of the school day, we had the tv?s on. In some classes, we didn?t do the lesson plan; we watched tv. My mom picked me up that day. She had the radio on. All day long the radio had news on; no music at all. We went home and saw it on the tv. I had a doctor?s appointment that night, which still happened. However, my dance classes were canceled. I had a play rehearsal with a lot of young kids, and all the kids were nervous and worried. It still looks like a scene from a horror movie. I can?t believe it actually happened. I think this affects me a lot because in July of 2001, I and another member of my church youth group went to New York City. We saw the World Trade Center. We almost went up in it, too, but we ran short on time. I have pictures and other souvenirs with the WTC on them. It still shocks me when I see the footage and know they?re not standing anymore. It?s very hard for me and the other girl to control our emotions now. She was so upset by it that she slpet in her parent?s bed with them and just cried. Also, we were a bit worried about a war starting. My brother is 18, and we thought he might have to be called in for the draft. I kept thinking, ?Who did this?? I couldn?t believe someone would purposely do this. But, in a way, it was like a wake-up call that we needed. Our country is so much more united and proud now than ever before. We don?t take things for granted. The terrorists wanted to change America, and they succeeded. You know this when you see all the American Flags flying. I am not afraid of New York City. I want to go live there someday. And I have never been so proud to say I?m an American, and I will not forget. by Erin Wilson 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 story6521.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was a beautiful September morning, September has always been my favorite month. I guess because both me and my daughter were born in that month. It was 8:30am, and we had pulled into her school-yard in the carpool-line as she started singing along to a Brittany Spears song on the radio, (funny how you remember minute detail). Then we were discussing plans for her upcoming 11th birthday party when the news broke that an airplane had just struck WTC TOWER 1. My first thought was, "Oh my God, the pilot must've had engine failure or something." And I prayed that it wasn't a bad crash. My daughter exited the car, and I turned toward home. (I only live 2 minutes from her school). Once home, I ran inside with my 9 month old son in tow, and turned on the TV just in time to see the second plane hit. Initially I was confused though, because I thought I was seeing re-play of the 1st plane hitting tower 1. But as I watched, I realized that smoke and fire were coming from both towers. So, again I thought, one airplane had gone through both towers. As I sat down in front of the TV, I realized there were 2 seperate planes and 2 separate hits to the towers. Immediately I thought, "what's happening here, are we under attack-is this going to be another Pearl Harbor?" I had feelings of panic for my daughter that I had just dropped off at school. Should I go back and get her, should I call my husband, who drives a truck and is out on the road right now? Then my mind went to the rest of my family. Me and my husband both are from Alabama and moved to N.C. 8 years ago in search of better jobs. All of a sudden Alabama seemed so far away, and New York seemed way to close. N.C. is as far away from AL. as I had ever been, and it took a lot of convincing to get me to move from a very small town to what I considered a big city. I even remember comparing Durham/Raleigh to New York once, because it was the biggest city I had ever been to. Now, I thought of the safety of my home town and how no-one ever locks their doors, and there is maybe 1 crime committed each year there, and you always know who did it, and why. At that moment my mom called, and told me she thought I needed to pack up some things very quickly and head home to Alabama. At the same moment, the announcement came about the pentagon, and I remember standing there on the phone with my mother begging me to head home, and looking at the disaster on TV unfolding before my eyes. I think I said something like, "they just hit the pentagon, mom, I wonder if they are working their way south?" Then I thought of all the military command posts along the North Carolina/South Carolina coasts, and how an attack there would prove to be just as lethal and crippiling to the US. I was totally petrified with fear of not knowing what to do. I felt like a 5 year old little girl who was lost in a very big department store with no exits in sight. I remember telling my mom that I would call her back, that I needed to call my husband. By the time I reached him, the 4th plane had crashed in PA. He told me not to panic, and to stay by the phone and TV and he would keep calling to check on me through the day, and if there were any strikes near us to head to Alabama. I then called my co-workers at the pediatric office where I've been a nurse for 7 years and everyone had the same tone of shock, fear, and uncertainty. As I watched the images on TV, of the people running away from the towers, the president's face as he was notified in that classroom in FL., and the rescue workers hurrying to do what they do best, a deep sense of what was really important in my life swept over me. I've never been to New York, although I'm more determined now than ever to visit. But my heart and prayers and concern were with every person that I saw on TV that day. I thought about the ones who probably didn't take the time to say good-bye to their loved ones before leaving for work that morning, or the ones who were planning families for the first time. And of all the ones left behind to cope and to try to make some kind of sense out of it. I don't think we'll ever be the same as a nation. I just pray we are stronger TOGETHER. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at home waiting for my ride to school, and I turned on the t.v. and saw the first plane crash into the World Trade Center. I went to school thinking it was going to be ok. We all turned on the t.v and watched the plane crash over and over again. We were all scared. It was also my great-grandma's birthday so we were over there for her party and all we did was watch the news. 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 story9017.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. 2003-02-01 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 216.235.168.42 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 11th I was getting ready in the morning for school just like I had done for the past month. It was around 8 that i had turned on the news and had seen that a plane had hit the Tade Cnter. It was actually two that had hit. Every channel I had turned to there was news all about the Trade Centers. I wanted to stay and watch the news but I had to go and catch my bus. When I got to school I remember I had Health first period with one of my volleyball coaches. We sat and watched people try to escape the towers, and then they fell. It must have been the hardest thing I have seen in a long time. I remember thinking of all those people in the buildings that had died and the people in the planes. The rest of the day in all my classes we watched the news and we wanted to know more. We had a volleyball game that day that had been canceled because of the event and I remember people wanting to play, but I thought how can these people be so selfish. All this devistation all over the U.S. and you want to play a volleyball game. My biggest concern was that one of my relatives was in the builiding but she wasn't and that was the first relief. For the rest of the day we watched and watched, and then I went home and continued watching. I rememeber crying at night thinking of the kids who lost their parents and the wives and husbands who had died. The next week my dad was told he might have to go out of the country. This is where it hit me that I could become affected more then I really wanted to. Later that night my mom called me and told me that my stepdad was on 24 hour watch, which meant he could leave at any moment. This is the worst thing to happen to a girl my age, I think. So much was racing through my mind. Now as one year passes I think of all those who lost their lives, and all those who were left behind without mothers or fathers. I always want to know, "What were these terrorists thinking when they hit those buildings?" Innocent people were killed for what reason? I think they should pay for their crimes and what they have caused on our country. Now everyday I sit in wonder, "Will my dad and stepdad go to war?" Could another attack happen just like this one? I know we have people fighting for our country right now, and I thank God every day that they are here to protect us. I think September 11th should be a day to remember those innocent victims who died, but also the men and women who died as heros. It will be a day never forgotten. 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 story6850.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 work for the Treasury Department (Financial Management Sevice) and I was supposed to attend a meeting at the General Accounting Office (GAO) (441 G. St. NW Washington DC) at 10 a.m. Since I was not able to arrange for a parking space at GAO, I drove to Pentagon City in Arlington VA and parked there and took the Metro (subway system) to the Gallery Place Metro stop near GAO. I arrived at Gallery Place aroung 8:45 and walked leisurely to GAO enjoying the nice weather. I arrived at GAO around 9 a.m. and bought a cup of coffee in the cafeteria to go with the sandwich I brought from home. I sat down near the TV and there were a few people watching and I saw the North Tower smoking. There was a guy near me saying over and over "it went right through the building." Then I saw a replay of the second plane hitting the South Tower. I ate my sandwich and drank my coffee still intending to attend my 10 a.m. meeting. At around 9:45, it was announced that the Pentagon had been hit. I knew that I had to get home but I didn't think I could get to my car at Pentagon City. I tried calling my wife but she wasn't home. I went back to the Gallery Place Metro stop and I heard an announcement that all subway trains were running normally. So I got on a train and headed for Pentagon City where my car was parked. The subway train (yellow line)was supposed to go over the Potomac River into Virginia but it stopped before going into Virginia across the Potomac. Trains were not allowed to go over the Potomac. I had to find another way home. I took another subway train (packed with people - everyone was trying to get home) to my office in Hyattsville MD. When I got to my building in Hyattsville, the security guards would not let me in even though I had identification - everyone was supposed to be out of the building. I said I had no place to go and I finally got in. I had been wearing a jacket and tie and I was all sweaty from chasing around. When I got to my office I started to say something to my boss and before I could say anything he said "yeah, the planes hit the buildings and they collapsed." I didn't really understand what he was saying about the buildings collapsing until I got on the internet and saw what had happened. I called my wife but she still wasn't home. Since the part of Treasury I'm with (the Financial Management Service) has responsibility for ensuring that funds are available to make the government's payments, many people including my boss (an Assistant Commissioner) were busy trying to keep the flow of funds working - much of this is based at the New York Federal Reserve Bank near the World Trade Center so work-arounds were being set up. We couldn't go home until all the arrangements had been made. Around 2 p.m. I got a ride with my boss to my home in Annandale VA. Also in the car was the Commissioner of the Financial Management Sevice who had been in Hyattville MD(his office is in Washington DC). I had been able to contact my wife before leaving for home. Later in the day we drove to Pentagon City to get my car. The highway (Route 395 to Washington DC) was completely deserted - I think it had just been re-opened when we got on it. The plane that hit the Pentagon had flown very low over Route 395 before hitting the Pentagon. We could see the Pentagon smoking as we drove to Pentagon City. I paid $13 and got my car. I stayed home from work the next day to catch all the news about the attacks. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story10879.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was getting ready for work, my son called and told me about a plane hitting one of the Twin Towers...as I turned my TV on..the second plane hit...I was in total shock and disbelief...so many emotions went threw me...I started to cry when I thought of all the people killed..trapped and injured in those buildings..When I saw films of people jumping out of windows knowing they were falling to their deaths, I can't even imagine the terror they must have felt. My heart was deeply saddened, when I realized that many of the people who lost their lives my never be found. I thought who could be filled with so much HATE that they could destroy so many people and their families...I watched news coverage each day to see how many people would be found..praying for each family whose life it had effected. I have the highest respect for all who worked at Ground Zero..they were not giving up until they knew there was no longer a possibility for survivors..I have a friend who is a fireman..who went and helped with rescue efforts...I wanted to help in some way no matter how small..so I went and volunteered at our local Red Cross and did what ever I could... This tragedy will be a part of our history ..I'm so very thankful to live in a country as wonderful as this..where we all pull together to show our love for one another and our nation. 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: That morning started out great, I kissed my daughter a HAPPY BIRTHDAY it was her 8th b-day. Itold her get ready for school honey ,and my son got up all so just as normal. Then just as we're getting to ready to leave my husband yells they crashed a plain in the trade center, come quick hurry. I'm coming hold on. I realy did get it what are you saying? As I stood there my stomach was just falling down inside i people running every where on the t.v.! I realy didn't grasp what was taking place. Our children were i shock they said why would a plain do that did they make a mistake? This I didn't have answer to. Then before we left my husband screemed again BABE THEY DID IT AGAIN! I ran to the t.v. with my mouth wide open and tears running down my face. My husband said he saw an image fall from the tower. Now how do you tell your daughter to have a good b-day at school. When I droped my kids off at school I cried I realy didn't want let them go. If it happened there it could happen any where. By the time I got back home the first tower was starting to fall He called out again BABE BABE the tower is falling the tower is falling.(O My GOD what is going on ? why ?why?.)i looked at my husband and we held each other ,and I said they did get to say good buy. Crap Crap what the hell is going on ? I went to work we're women barbers and all of us we're angry. Then a Foriegn man came in our shop and the mood was so thick that I thought he might think we were going kick his butt. So I broke ice and said did you see what has happened this morning? He said in India that his family was very afraid. Man I felt so small in side I looked at him as the ememy. That night our house was quite my daughter wouldn't let us watch t.v. . She said that thoughs bad men messed up her Birthday. She didn't want to talk about it very much but she said i want to kick there butts. I told her that every person earth does too. She gave me a hug that she had never gave to me before, and so did my son . Even now I can't stop crying. When I see the flag I cry; this is not just freedom it's my right to believe in god ,ONE NATION UNDER HIM. That is what all thoughs hero's have gave there lifes that day for. My heart goes out to all the people who parished all so all the family's we love you and we will all ways remember. I told my daughter this year is a day, a day to celabrate there lives . I kissed her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY. GLAD TO BE AMERICAN 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 story6005.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: While helping a co-worker take daily blood pressures on our patients she recieved a phone call from her husband stating that a plane had hit a building in New York, "we were being bombed." My co-worker and I then made our way to the patients television room and asked to change the channel to the news ao that we could see what he was talking about. As we changed the channel one of our patients gasped and stated, "the empire state building, something hit the empire state building" and then we watched it fall. I was in shock as the two building collapsed right there on national television and there was nothing that I could do. I call my husband who at the time was still asleep at home and told him to get up and turn on the news, I wanted to know everything that I could and the faster I could get the information the better. The hospital stopped for a while as everyone stood and watched the reporting, and the day was in essence lost as were the lives of so many people. 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 story6436.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: When I heard on the radio that something hit the World Trade Center, I couldn't believe it. At that point they were still not sure what had happened. They came back and confirmed that it was a plane that had hit. I thought to myself, 'it must have been a small plane and what a freak accident that was.' Within minutes they came back again and said, "Oh my God, a plane just hit the second tower". I could not believe it. I remember thinking, this is not good. Something bad is happening. Both towers had been hit by planes. I coninued on to work and went about my normal business for about the first hour. Then they turned the TV on. We all watched in horror as the Pentagon was hit and eventually a 4th plane crashed in Pennsylvania. We watched as the Towers burned. We watched as the Towers fell. We watched people running for their lives. We watched the enormous clouds of dust and rubble settle to the ground. We heard the mind numbing silence as planes were grounded. My work is directly in the flight path of the Minneapolis/St Paul Int'l airport so on a normal day we had planes flying over every 10 minutes. It was too much for anyone to even comprehend at that time. I felt so many emotions that I couldn't feel anything. I was numb. I wanted to tear myself away from the TV and I just couldn't. I couldn't help but watch the horror unfold. My safe world had just been shook beyond belief. I sat in that conference room glued to the TV almost all day. When I got home from work that night, I watched more. My fiance' and I cried for the victims, thought to be up to 20,000 at that time. We cried out of fear. We cried out of anger. We cried because that was all we could do. When we went to bed that night, it was very difficult to sleep. I knew in my head that no planes were supposed to be in the sky so every time the F-16 jet circled over us, I woke up. The night seemed to last forever. The next morning, I didn't want to get out of bed. I was scared. The media kept telling everyone to go on with their lives as normal as possible. They said if we don't we are letting the terrorists win. But, I couldn't do it. I stayed home from work that day and watched the TV most of the morning. Then I decided there was something I could do. I went to the Red Cross blood drive they were holding in the town where I live. Ironically, they had it scheduled for that day prior to the attacks. I hadn't donated blood in years. I waited in line for over 2 hours. It was the least I could do. Who knows if my blood helped anybody, but I felt like I was doing something. The planes remained grounded until the weekend. And even then, it took a long time for things to return to somewhat normal. There was constant news coverage for months following the attacks. Eventually, I was tired of crying so I stopeed watching. I wanted to be happy again. I wanted my life to get back to normal and stop worrying about what might happen. I personally wanted revenge on the people that did this to my country. It felt like our government was dragging their feet, although deep down I knew they weren't. They had to plan it out just right for our response to be effective. And our troops are being very effective over in Afghanistan. The people there have more freedom than they have had in years. There isn't constant war over there anymore. Lives are getting back to normal now, one year later. I do not take anything for granted like I used to. I call my family more than I did before. I now understand how lucky I am to live in this wonderful, free country. I always knew before that my freedom was something I should cherish, but I don't think I did. It was just the way it was and I didn't think it would ever change, so I didn't think about it. I am now more thankful for everything I have. I, like most other Americans, have become more patriotic than I ever was before. And, I am proud to be an American!!!!! 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 story6320.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: Where Was I on September 11th, 2001 By the time, I had been living in California for a month and a half. I came to this country to learn English and I already was taking classes at Mt.SAC. Honestly, I did not do anything special that terrible day for the United States. I just can remember that I woke up at 6:30 am. Then I ate breakfast at 7:15 a.m. and later a friend took me to school. There, all the teachers looked so scared and worried. Actually even when they explained it to us, what had been happening in New York, I had not understood anything until. I got home early. We did not have normal classes that day and I could watch TV and finally listen to the news in my language. I passed all the day watching TV, but I remember that since I heard such news, I had been trying to understand the feelings and reasons of both sides; I mean, the country that attacked and the country that was attacked. I called to my mother who was in my country to tell her that I was all right and I found out that she also had mixed feelings about those acts, because we were not agree about how people in the Middle East live and like other people that is not American we usually put the responsibility in the United States, and maybe that was the reason because that country attacked; however, we really realized that the terrorism is not the way to resolve the problems between nations. The people who died that day were not responsible about some injustice politics in the world and of course those acts had not resolve anything, instead they had created fear and chaos in the planet and sadly but eventually a war. I really hope do not have to see another thing like what it happened in New York on September 11th, 2001. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story9086.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. 2003-02-24 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 140.144.48.72 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 take a daily bus (NJ Transit) in from Westfield, NJ. If I am awake on the bus, I always manage to view NYC from the NJ side prior to making the turn into the Lincoln Tunnel. That morning I know my eyes were closed. Although I am a Jets fan, I think I stayed up late to watch the Giants on Monday Night Football. It must have been about 8:35 AM when we went into the tunnel. I don't wear a watch, so I traditionally look for a clock when I exit through the Port Authority Bus Terminal. I remember specifically seeing 8:46 on the clock that morning (first plane hits WTC). I walked to work a few blocks away. Since I work in the media industry, we have CNN on the TV in our lobby and I was one of the first besides the receptionist to see the intial report that a plane had crashed into the WTC. Like others I assumed it was small plane. Perhaps the pilot suffered a seizure or heart attack? As others entered the office, they too became transfixed on the TV. A group of us sat in horror as the 2nd plane hit live on TV. This was no coincidence and it was no longer an accident. My only glimpse of the towers took place within the next 1/2 hour when a co-worker and I walked over to 5th or 6th avenue and saw the plumes of smoke pouring from both towers. A short time after we got back the office, the first tower collapsed. At this time, the city was locked down and e-mail was my savior in that it was the only way I could communicate with anyone. I received an e-mail from my sister-in-law and she relayed the message that I was alright. I managed to get one of the first trains departing from NJ from Penn Station around 2 PM. It was a very slow ride and everyone had the same look on their faces- one of confusion and disbelief. A few of the persons clothes were caked with dust. No doubt, they had been much closer to the scene. 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 story1302.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. 64.80.17.228