517 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: Kenneth Glenn Jr. History 103 May 8, 2002 September 11, 2001 On September the 11th our country faced a great tragedy. We lost people, buildings, the stock market crashed, majority of our citizens lost their work place, and most of all we lost the pride of America. This day couldn?t have been planned any better. It caught America when we least expected it and caused a lot of people to think what was going to happen next. People were scared, crying, praying, wondering about their love ones, and people were shocked and confused about what just happened. This day will always be remembered as THE DAY THAT SILENCED AMERICA. My reactions on September the 11th were a fear about what was going to happen next, I was confused, lost, speechless, and I felt sorry for the people who lost their love ones. I was real fortunate not to have any of my family or friends involved in any of the attacks but my heart and prayers goes out to the families who lost their friends or family or who haven?t heard anything yet about their love one. It?s amazing how we all have different views about that day. What I mean is that you have some people who wanted to start a war with Bin Laden and others who thought violence wasn?t the key to the solution. I favored both sides. A part of me wanted to attack back and another part of me knew violence never solves anything. So I believed what ever is meant to be or meant to happen will happen, no matter what. I just pray that they catch Bin Laden and end the war at hand. I believe America is a strong nation and it will never give up or accept defeat. After the attacks on America that day I really admired the work of our firefighters, police officers, rescue workers, and soldiers. They put their lives on the line to save the people involved in the attacks. I don?t know about you but that takes a lot of guts to enter a building, that you know that you might not make it out alive and for that they have all of my love support, generosity, and prayers with them. I pray that the ones who were lost in the collapsing buildings, families know how much I appreciate their love ones and how I pray for you and your family to be happy and once again start to live your lives. I know that?s easier said than done but I pray that you can. I believe your love one is I a safer and more peaceful place. I also like how America as a whole came together after the attacks. People became closer to each other, families spent more time with one another, people let their grudges go that they had with one another, and people started living for today and not tomorrow. Citizens of America started to show their patriotic side by wearing the colors of the flag, having the flag or stickers attached to their cars, and most of all having peace with each other. America is a nation that will never die or give up and for that fact, I? am proud to be an American citizen. It feels good to say in May that America has rebounded from the attacks and is getting stronger each day. I just pray America will reign tall once again. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story538.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. 2002-05-07 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 128.172.174.64 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was in school and an 8th grader when it happened. Since it was my birthday, I really didn't care about anything except to have the best day of my life. But when I stepped into Pre-Algebra that morning, all I heard from other kids was, "Did you hear what happened?", or "Wow, I can't believe it..." I really had no clue what was going on, so our teacher turned the television on after lessons had ended, and there it was: destruction. In our history class, all we did was watch the television for upcoming news. I can now say that my birthday was more interesting than I had planned it to be. 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 story10637.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 bed on the west coast when my phone rang sometime before 6 am. I heard my husband answer it and then I started to worry. No one would call us at that hour. Jonathan yells for me to come to the phone and as i reach for it he runs to turn on the tv. As i place the earpiece i hear my mother crying "oh my God, all those people. I sat and watched on TV. I grew up in NY and my mother had worked in the trade center for years. 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 story4711.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.188.6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was sitting in my car in front of my OB/GYN office when I first heard. Earlier I had been lazing around the house, 8 months pregnant. I hadn't turned on the TV or the radio that day. It was a little after 11 am when I first heard. I had just turned on the radio in my car. I was listening to Dan Rather reporting on the tragedy that had just unfolded. Just then, my cell phone rang. It was my mother's best friend. " YOur mother has been trying to reach you for hours! Are you ok? Where are you?" My cell hadn't received any calls because the lines were tied up. My mom lives in Seattle. She was worried because I live very near NSA and she thought that it may be another target. " I'm ok, I'll call her." I called my mother and we cried. I prayed that this was the last of the destruction and that everyone would be ok. " Please God, be with those people, comfort them and keep them safe." At that point I hadn't realized the utter destruction that had been caused. Today, my heart is still heavy at thoughts of those who perished and those who live to tell the story of what happened that day. I did not know anyone who died on September 11, 2001. But they are in my heart everyday. I cry every time I hear Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA". It means so much to me as an American to be part of this great country. God Bless us all, I am proud to be an American, you will be remembered. 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Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 167.181.12.201 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Tuesday september 11th started like any other day. I got up and did my morning rotine like everyother day. Little did I know that the event that were about to happen would change the lives of every american. These events would be the biggest and bring the most change of anything thats ever happend in my life. I went to 2nd hr that day and everything seemed strange the teachers were talking. Then they turned on the t.v and told us about all the people, families, and destruction. I couldnt imagine how people could have such regard for human life. The next few weeks I still thought alot about what had happend . Then my parents, grandmas, and aunt all went on a trip to Sweden. I remember being so scared I didnt even want them to go and i through a huge fit. That brought back everything that had just happend. It's almost the one year anniversary of probley the greatest single american tradgety and I personally 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 story1912.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. 2002-09-08 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.188.195 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 sitting in class when the princible came on the loud speaker and put the school into complete lock down mode and all the class rooms were all looked and u could only leave the class room you were in if your parent came to pick you up but if they didnt you had to stay in your class room until thhey figured out what was going on. my mom picked me up from school that day around noon then we went to pick up my little brother, then we all went home and watched 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 story20484.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. 151.188.16.21 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was a normal workday starting at 8:15am. After dropping my daughter off at her school I arrived at work and started the daily routine. A co-worker said she was told an airplane had flown into one of the World Trade Center Buildings. We went into our conference room to watch the news that was on to cover the event. We watched the tower burning and like a scene from a movie saw the second plane fly into the screen and hit the second tower. There was a feeling on unreality. Then a little later (we didn't look at the clock) the Pentagon was hit and then another plane crashed. There was fear, even though no one said anything, you could sense it in the air! What ws going to happen next? Would we, the South Florida area be a target? Was the entire Country at risk? I didn't know at the time the time but two people I knew were in that first building hit. One would survive ( a co-workers son) and the other who worked for Cantor-Fitzgerald died with his brother. He had twin daughters that my daughter had gone to school with in our christian school for six years. It made me realize how easily someone close to you can be taken. I am grateful that God spared my family the grief that the victims family have and continue to go through and I feel truly blessed for that. It made me Proud to be and American when I saw how we banded together like one huge family does when one of theirs is hurt or threatened form outside sources. We will get through this and become stronger because of this tragedy. I will NEVER forget that day or the ones that lost their lives! 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 story3293.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. 65.123.235.193 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My name is Jonathon and I was school when this attack happened. Our class just finished the first day of ISTEP and our teacher told us some shocking news that two planes crashed into the World Trade Center. We turn on the TV and we see the headline "World Trade Center Towers Collsape, Thousands Feared Dead and Missing." Other headlines talked about a plane hitting the Pentagon and another crashing in a field in Pennsylvania. After we got out of school (it was a half day) all of us went home shocked and stunned about this horrific news. I went home and turned on the TV which showed the second plane crashing into the south tower of the WTC. This day brought America closer and I hope that everybody around this whole world will never ever forget this horrible day in American history. 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 story986.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. 2002-08-07 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.73.90.66 Annotation Annotations to this item. Students/Teachers 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 a Police chief Superintendent in Sussex Police,England who had previously served in the British army. One of my Inspectors interupted a meeting to say "a plane has crashed in america" My first thought was so what? but it became clear that this was something that would change all our lives. I served in Northern Ireland in the army and I knew the horror of terrorist bombs. I had lost friends and been with families who had lost loved love ones. My imotions were mixed, I cried with compasion for those that had died and the families that remained. The thought that we could be next was in my mind butI had no doubts that what the american and british governments were doing was correct. In the back of my mind was the thought that America had supported terrorism in my country for decades, the IRA had killed some of my friends and I was present when the bomb went off at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, all funded by Americans. What goes around comes around and may be just may be America got what it deaserved. 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 story20624.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. 217.44.174.5 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: 9/11/01 started out as any ordinary day at work. I can remember one of my co-workers sticking their head in my office saying that they heard on the radio that a plane had flown into one of the World Trade Center towers. Several of us immediately went to one of the conference rooms with a tv to see what had happened. We had no more than sat down when we watched the second plane fly into the second tower. At first, I thought we were watching a video of the first plane, but the smoke and fire proved otherwise. I immediately thought back to the 1993 bombing. My great-aunt's son, David Jones, worked on one of the upper floors of the tower with the visitor's center on top of it. It had taken him 2.5 hours to make it down the stairwells that day. I knew he was trapped and would be lucky if he survived the flames and smoke. I knew that David was dead (I learned later that day that his company had recently relocated to another building near the Empire State Building and that he was safe). The next thing I knew the first tower collapsed. No one in the room could believe what was happening. We never expected anything like this. To this day (exactly one year later), I still cannot comprehend why anyone would do anything like this. As the rest of the day unfolded, two more planes crashing, the second building collapsing, the Pentagon burning, President Bush being swept away to secure locations, etc., I was in complete shock. The faces on the people as they fled the debris cloud from the collapsing building is an image I will never forget. I stayed glued to the tv and radio for weeks as the death tolls continued to fall and the case for invading Afghanistan continued to rise. I was filled with a mix of pride and sorrow for my fellow Americans and a sense of fear for myself, my family and for my unborn child (my wife was barely 1 month pregnant at the time). Everyone seemed to know somone who was directly affected by the attacks. Everyone was afraid. The first plane I heard overhead later that week sent me to my knees in fear. To this day, I still watch the skys for planes and wonder if everything is okay on the flights. Now we sit and wait for the next attack, hopefully that it will be prevented and praying that when it does happen, no one we know will be directly affected. 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: September 11 started out as a regular and exciting day for me. As always I had to work,but my friend from Germany was supposed to arrive today, and I had waited for that for a very long time. After I got up, I took care of the three children I watch after. The mom I am babysitting for went out to run some errands and to go to the gym. Around nine-thirty, she gave me a call from the gym and asked me to turn on the TV. She told me that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center in NY City. So I turned it on and was stunned. It looked so unreal and it felt like a movie. The mom soon returned and we could not take our eyes of the TV. The second plane had hit the second towere and the Pentagon was in flames. And then it hit me. What about my friend? Where is she? Did her plane turn around? Are there more attack out of the sky? So I called her dad in Germany, but he was to stunned and could not even give me the airline she was flying with. I tried to get in contact with the people she was supposed to stay, and I learned the airline and flight she was supposed to come in witth. Further enquireies about her were not possible for me to make because the phone lines were bu that time so jamed up that I only got a busy signal. With horror we watched when the towers collapsed and so many lives were lost in a hardbeat. It was so unreal, and it was beyond our understanding how someone could do such a thing. Tears came into our eyes and we had to cry for a long time. My employers husband came home at around noon because they shut down everything, and we were relieved that he was home safely. Many hours after the first plane hit the tower, I was finally able to find out where my friend was. Her plane was not able to turn around and go back to Germany. Her plane was in Canada, in a place I had never heard of. I was so relieved to find out that she was safe. I also tried to reach my parents in Germany and was able to get through the phone after three p.m. I just had a great need to talk to them and find out that they were o.k. too. My parents were also relieved that I was fine. We talked together for a long time, but nobody was able to really understand what had happened and why. This time it was really hard for me to put down the phone and be seperated from them. I wished I could have been home. Late at night, I went to bed and tried to go to sleep. That was not that easy. All the images of that day came back in a flash, and it seemed like a movie. It was clear that nothing would be the same again after that day. So many lives were lost, so much destruction took place, and so many hearts were broken. This day will always be in our memories and will never be 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 story201.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. 2002-03-09 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 136.160.208.68 Annotation Annotations to this item. Television Coverage 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: As with many Americans alike, I was devastated when I learned of the attacks on America on Sept. 11. But I would not really feel the full effects until a couple of days later when I came to find out that one of my friends from high school (Sanford School, Wilmington, DE), was in the WTC. Initially, Davis "Deeg" Sezna, was reported as missing. But as the days progressed, things didn't look too good. He worked for Sandler O'Neill, and he had recently just gotten the job. When Deeg's body hadn't been recovered, his family decided to have a memorial service in his honor. This was a sad event as my high school was a close knit school. Most of the people from our class were in attendance, as were many other people whose lives Deeg touched. Deeg was a son, brother, and friend, and we will never forget the impact that he had on our lives! 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 story6742.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. 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: On September 11th, I had just woke that morning and began by turning on my television. Immediately I was captivated as I noticed all of the news was on a flaming tower 1 of the world trade center with tower 2 already gone. Alarmed by what I saw I proceeded to my roomates bedroom to tell him to turn on his television. By the time he did so tower two had already collapsed. I had to be at work that day and was rushing to get to my job and figure out what was going on. My work place was a buzz with the tragic events that had unfolded that day. Some in tears, some distraught, many of us requested manage set up a television in a closed section of the restaurant in order for us to stay informed on what was going on. Some of us had family in the area of New York, D.C, and Penn., as well as numerous others on flights throughout the eastern seaboard of the Nation. I will never forget where I was on that tragic day and I will always remember the heartache I felt as I pondered on the sudden end of so many lives. 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 story20747.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: Before September 11th, I was happy to come to school. That all changed that morning. I went to first period Spanish class and then to English. We were working on an essay about the Taliban. My teacher was explaining what the Taliban was to me. After that class, I went to my social studies class and everything changed becasue of the attack in New York City. Right as I entered the class, a friend of mine came up to me saying that a plane had attacked. I did see the second plane hit the building on the T.V. They attacked two buildings in New York. When the airplane flew at the building I was very scared. I just watched it and didn't talk to anyone. I didn't want to stay in school. Instead I wanted to be home with my family. On the T.V. I heard people yelling. I also saw people jump out of the building. On the news on T.V., I saw a lot of people die. I saw the people run and how scared the people were when they saw the building go down. I had never seen something like this in my country, Mexico. Now my life is different. I am scared this will happen again in the United States. I'm scared of another surprise attack because we don't know how many people do not like the United States. 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 story719.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: LOVE ONE ANOTHER On this day I was not even aware of what was going on until I just happend to call a girlfriend and was alerted to the happenings. I can say I saw people jumping from windows from the Twin Towers and I felt so much pain and dispare. An overwelhming fear and utter loss overcame me. The tradgey of this event is appauling. It scares me to think that one person could have a vision of the magintude and go so far to actually carry it out with out even thinking of the harm and devistation to other human beings. I have experienced tradgey once in my life and I all most did not make it back mentally. I can only imagine what the mass of people are feeling. Truly, I say to you my heart goes out to you. I wish that I knew every single one of you so that I could hold and caress you as a mother does her children. My heart breaks for you all in so many different ways. Folks we must remember that just because of one man's anger toward whomever we MUST not let it over take us. Do not stup to this level for we as a people are much better than that. I know that this is about America and all the politics, but I ask you all to over look all of that and just look at us as a nation in mourning. We are all god's children no matter what our nationality, creed, color, religion and so forth. We all hurt as one and can heal as one. It simply doesn't matter what your status in life is rich, poor, middle-class or even homeless because if you stop and think about it at one point and time in everyone's life we were all at each of these stations. To be rich you had to have been poor once or twice or maybe more. To be middle-class you had to be poor once or twice or more. To be poor you must have been born in to poverty. Again, no matter what your status we are all the same inside. We all bleed red blood. We all have emotions. We all do alot of things just the same as any one else. Be more aware of who you are and the people around you. Experience other culturls for doing this will help you to understand that person, how they think, their customs, their thought process and them as a fellow human being. I love all people no matter who you are. The folks of 9/11/01 have truly been done an unjust tradgey and it will take a monumental amout of time for healing to take place, but folks please remember that god is not the one who brought this tradgey upon us. It was man, a man, who had the vision and wanted to create such mass kaos & dispare. I personally would like to know how in the hell does some one so out of tune with the world and reality get so many people to follow such crazly planed thoughts. Everyone train your consinsunce as you would train a child to do the right thing. Be strong, be strong. keep your head up and keep smiling. Deborah Gully Age 37 Sapulpa, Oklahoma 9/11/02 (Nine-Eleven-Two-Thousand & Two) 9/11/01 (Nine-Eleven-Two-Thousand & One) A date that will live in infinamy!!!!! Sorry for the misspellings. 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 story4645.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.188.6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11th, 2001, it stated out a very pleasant day for most of the busy New Yorkers, going to work, to school, etc., but who knows it would end up a terrifying day for all the of us. For me, I was just going to school like usual. It was in the middle of 2nd period, when an announcement from the Principal frightened everyone single one of us. The Twin Towers had been strucked by airplanes that had been hijacked. Everyone looked so terrified because we would never think something like this would happen to the United States. For my history teacher, he looked very worried because his wife works in one of the Twin Towers. I started to get scared because my dad works pretty near the World Trade Center, but there's nothing I can do but to pray. Not long after 3rd period, my 4th period teacher told the whole class "The Twin Towers are gone.". Some of the students started crying, because some of their family members works in the Twin Towers. A few minutes later, the whole class can smell the burning rubble from the Twin Towers. After the school day, everyone was asking to report to the auditorium for a special meeting. The Principal gave us a speech about going home and staying home until it's safe to go out again. On the way home, the subways was pretty corrupted, and when I was waiting for the train to come, I saw smoke from a distance and was really horrified because I don't know what is happening at the site. When I got home,I noticed my whole family home, it felt like a ton of metal had been removed from my shoulders. I started turning the channels and was watching how the hijacking planes strucked two of the world's highest structures. I was still confused on why woudl anyone do this to the innocent civilians of the World Trade Centers. They are just innocent, hard working people just going to work and trying to make a living to support their family. None of us would ever think something like this would happen to the United States. This event has been the worst genocide in US history since the Pearl Harbor attacks. For me, I still give my deepest sympathy to the victims' families. Together, we can show the world that our spirits would never die. 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 story1529.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. 2002-08-28 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 151.202.44.203 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 boyfriend, Steve, got laid off the day before. We always go to work together. However that day, September 11th, he walked me to the bus stop and waited till the bus came. I got on and said good bye. Who knew what was to come next. I was on my way to work on the corner of North Moore and Greenwich Street. I got out of the A train at Canal Street. Looked at my watch as I was crossing the street right before my job at 250 West Street. It was 8:45 a.m. That was late for me. That is when I heard it. The sound of a plane. Living two blocks from J.F.K. airport for a year, it did not strike me odd hearing a plane in the city. I looked up and that's when I saw it. A plane flew over my head. I looked down, not thinking anything of it, and said to myself in a joking manner... "The plane better watch out, it's going to hit the twin towers." After it hit, there was silence. Not that much noise. It was like I heard the crash but not really. I started screaming "No!! It did not it the plane did not hit. I know that plane did not hit." But it did. I saw the hole on the side of the building and lost it. I went crazy. I lost my train of thought. I did not know where to go or what to do. I started to circle around thinking what I should do. Should I go to work? Should I go back on the train and go home. Then I thought "Okay I'll get my sister and then we'll go home." So I crossed the street and ran to 388 Greenwich. Took the elevator. There where two women with their breakfast. They could not have known what had happened. I started to say out "I can't believe the plane just crashed. I can't believe it." They consoled me, told me to calm down and that it would be okay. I thought the plane crash was an accident. When I got to the 18th floor I could not find my sister. I sat next to the window facing the opposite way of the towers. After about 5 minutes, I saw my sister and told her a plane crashed and we need to go home. All of a sudden a guy came and told everyone on the floor "Everyone get out. Go down the stairs. There's another plane. It just hit the other tower." I went crazy. That's when I knew we were under attack. My sister and I grabbed our bags and started down the stairs. I could not walk, my knees where shaking. My friend Azad helped me know down the 18 flights of stairs. My sister could not wait for me she left. Till this day I say to her "I can't believe it. I risked my life going into a building after seeing a plane crash into one to get you out safe and you leave me." Once I stepped outside, I saw the second hole the second plane hit. I sat on the west side highway watching all the fire engines pass by. I saw the people falling. I saw the towers fall. My sister and I started walking uptown along the highway. I was nervous hearing the military plane fly over. I though we were under attach. I kept on saying "this is like Red Dawn". I saw that movie the day before. My sister and here co-workers stopped down the street at a gas station to get something to drink. I did not want to be there in fear that something or someone was going to blow it up. I wanted to get home to my mother as soon as possible. At the gas station, I saw what looked like a movie. A guy has his car door open, radio on high, and everyone was sounding it hearing the new about the crash. A women, did not speak very good English, with here kid was crying, came up to me and asked what happened to the buildings. What HAPPENED!! I told her it fell. And we both started to cry. Everyone had problems with the phone that day. Thank goodness my sister was able to get to my mother a few times. She was crying hysterically. We told her to calm down, that we'll be there soon. She though we were caught under the rubble. I did not know what she was talking about. It was not till I saw the dust cloud on t.v. how bad it was. I did not want to go near the bridge in fear that another plane might come and attack it, so my sister and I took the F train back to Coney Island, Brooklyn. When the train got out of the tunnel in Brooklyn that is when my sister and I saw the new view of Manhattan for the first time. It was awful. Steve picked my sister and I from the train station at Avenue X. We finally got home mid afternoon. Gave my mom a huge hug and was grateful to God that we were all home safe. I was also crateful that I was with my sister. She was the strong one thought it all. I don't think I would have been able to get my head straight after what I say. Funny, she is the youngest. You would think I would be the strong one at a time of crises. Later that night she did break down and cry. That day is one I will never forget. It's ironic... that Friday night Steve and I saw Jay and Silent Bob right across the Twin Towers. I looked up and said, "Look how beautiful the building looks tonight. It's a beautiful night." Its one frame in my head I 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 story1353.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: i was sleeping..the phone rang.it was my daughter calling me from work..she asked me if i had the television on.i said no..she said mom you need to turn it on.airplanes have hit buildings in new york...its all over the television..we hung up..i turned my tv on,and i could not beleive what i saw..i still can'not beleive what happened on that day..i was in awe..tears filled my eyes..i thought of my daughter,and my 8 month old grandson..thinking if anything happened to them how it would hurt..thinking of all the families that would hurt..i prayed that day..that God would be with the loved ones left behind..prayed for the people who lost their lives in those buildings.i lost my husband in an explosion in 1973..so i know what they were going threw,the families,the mothers,the fathers,brothers,sisters,daughters,wives,husbands,and sons...tragedy effects us all our lives...we never forget it..i raised a 9 month old daughter on my own because of tradgedy..it was'nt easy,but God helped me threw it..prayer is the answear to all our problems..prayer will get us threw it...i continue to drive with my lights on,and when i see a flag i remember 9-11-01 diana cole Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was halfway between Bangor and Portland Maine to attend a 10 am meeting when I got tired of the tape I was listening to and turned on the radio. Of course I was plunged right into the horrible news, and immediately was in shock; I could barely see to drive safely and wondered what the other travellers knew. As the horror continued to unfold, I thought for sure the end of the world had come, that radicals and militants all over the world and within this country would seize the opportunity and we would be plunged into a world war. When I reached Portland I was so upset and confused I took a wrong turn and somehow ended up inside a square that was cordoned off by police and firetrucks. I don't even know how I squeezed in! I was quickly escorted out. At the meeting, one woman confided that she thought that maybe it was about time "Arrogant America" got dropped down a peg. I was absolutely horrified! I've thought about that comment a lot and wonder if perhaps I misunderstood, or, if perhaps there was a grain of truth to it. Had we become complacent? And I don't just mean against terrorists. On my way back to Bangor, I learned that the commotion in Portland was just kids setting off firecrackers in an alley. It says a lot for the (lack of) common-sense of the children and quick response of Portland, so I was both frightened and comforted. Once home, I called around to area hospitals, nursing homes and schools to see if they needed any volunteers to comfort what I assumed would be grief-stricken people and children, or just help out somehow. Boy was I wrong! Most people who answered the phone sounded almost annoyed at me for calling. I felt so lonely and helpless. I can't donate blood (not that they needed any), so I did donate money, which I HOPE was put to good use, despite the ugly rumors about people's donations being misappropriated. Weeks later I would learn from friends that they had family members or friends lost in the Twin Towers. They seemed to be taking it even better than I was. One friend had pictures taken from his apartment that clearly showed a man falling down from high up one of the towers. I went out for a boat ride in Casco Bay a few days later, and a cruise ship had been diverted there from NY. The harbor patrol and Coast Guard was keeping everyone away from it, which I guess was a good thing. But I was honestly afraid to look at it for fear that as soon as I did it would suddenly explode in my face. In the first few weeks I heard so much about how the nation would pull together and people were treating each other differently and how proud everyone was to be American. I was very optomistic, because I am constantly reflecting on these issues. I even bought a flag to put on my car and a Proud to be American t-shirt. But it has been a year, and in my personal experience, no one has changed. We are just the same. Except for increases in security against attack, a lot of flags flying and patriotic music and mourning for the lost as well as the survivors (and I did much of this mourning myself, still do everyday), no one in my acquaintance deeply delved into what it means to be American, what it means to be human, what tolerance means, or how to truly better ourselves, America, or the World. Are people still donating blood? Giving money? Would they help their neighbor if it weren't for such an immensely dramatic catastrophe? It is like the puppy that gets adopted because it makes the newspapers: what about all the other orphans that remain locked up because they don't make the news or the headlines? I am still very scared and very sad. But it is not too late. Hopefully at least some of the flag-waving and grandstanding will trickle down into people's souls and we can truly become a more humane race. I'm just not sure that 9/11 was the catalyst for it. It shook us up, some more than others. But has it really changed 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 story4864.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at work and was shocked to see the news on the TV about the attack it was hard for me to work and I remember how I was standing there watching and the second plane hit then I know it was not and accident. I prayed for all of the people that was lost and their families. I still pray for everyone in the U.S. I know it still is hard for everyone to understand how anyone could do a thing like this. God Bless Everyone, Cathy Molinaro Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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