535 20 70359 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I usually watch Good Morning America every morning while getting ready for work. That particular morning, I didn't turn the TV on util almost 8:00 our time. The first plane had just hit the 1st tower. Diane and Charlie were commenting that a horrible accident had just occurred, and no one was sure what had happened. There was specualtion that a small private plane had crashed into the tower. To everyone's horror, a 2nd plane approached from the left side of the screen. There was ind\cedible disbelief when seconds later, a huge fire ball exploded on the 2nd tower. I called my parents panicked. I said we are under attack, turn on your TV! I flew to my son's school and took him out of school. All I could think of was keepin my kids with me. Everyone was in shock. How could this happen? It just got worse. The Pntagon was hit,the towers came down, flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania...when would it end? I have this image burned in my mind of everyone fleeing Ground Zero. President Bush getting the news while in a classrom in Florida. Not knowing for several hours where the President was, while they tried to protect him. It was sheer terror. How can people who pray to Allah everyday take so many lives? 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On the eleventh of September, I woke up at about six thirty in the morning. I took a shower, got dressed and walked in to the kitchen for some breakfast. My dad was ready to leave for his office, when he suddenly recieved a phone call on his cell phone. I picked up the phone and answered it. It was our store manager. He wanted to speak to my dad so I passed the phone over to him. Since the manager just had opened the store, I thought about what could have been so urgent this early in the morning. In my mind, I began to worry if something bad happened. Was there something stolen? If so, why didn't the security alarm go off? I looked over at my dad's face, he was shocked, angry, and seemed to be sad. He ran over to the family room, where he turned our big screen on. He told me to put the new on and so I did changed the channel to CNN. That is when I discovered what had happened. My mom, dad and I watched their report in shock and deep sorrow. I personally felt like crying for all of the innocent victims caught inside the twin towers. On the way to school, my dad told me that he was planning a trip for our family in the upcoming winter vacation to New York. He told me that when I two years old, he held me in his arms standing nearly at the highest level in one of the twin towers. He then said that it would never be possible to see the entire city from that height 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/. 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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 on September 11,2001 getting ready for my morning walk and got a long distance call from my friend in Toronto who sounded frantic and told me to tune into CNN. I first thought it was a joke and my first impression was that this was surreal. Later I realized that it really did happen and I was like blown away at how horrible it was. I was crying to see such devastation. Then I was angry at the people who did this horrible deed. I am still mad at those terrorists and I hope George Bush catches Osama Bin Laden and his henchmen and puts them to swift American Justice. 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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: By 6:00 AM, September 11, 2001, myself and 5 other civic-minded citizens were all set up at our local polling place ready to receive the first voters in our Primary Election. We all lived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland and our polling place was in Annapolis, about a half mile from the US Naval Academy. Turn out was expected to be light as usual. The on-their-way-to-work voters came in chatting and laughing as the polling place is sometimes the only place that they have the time to speak to their neighbors. The election judges were all sharing the food and goodies we always bring with us for the long day. When you agree to serve as an election judge you also agree that once you enter the polling place you will NOT LEAVE unitl the polls are closed, all tallys are taken and all supplies and machines are packed and out of the way. In Anne Arundel County this meant from 6:00 AM until 8:00 PM or 9:00 PM. Chief Judges are also required to take the paperwork to a drop-off point before going home. This was not my first election as a judge and I absolutely loved doing it. People who vote are a lot like guests at a wedding; they are happy; they are seeing old friends they haven't spoken to in awhile; they always see familiar faces and deep inside they are proud and pleased to be there, as they should be. My only wish is that more Americans would make the effort to experience how satisfying it is to exercise a right that we tend to take for granted and millions of people over the world would gladly die for. After what we called "the first wave" of voters we were eating (you tend to do a lot of that in 12-14 hours in one room) and just discussing stuff when a women entered hysterically yelling, "We're under attack! We're at war!" Now,as in any place open to the public, you do sometimes get visitors that are, well, a little different. Polling places are also not allowed radios or tvs so that no voter will be swayed by reports that some candidate is ahead of another. All the judges were intent upon calming the woman and trying to get her voter information because we really didn't know what else to do, when another person, and then another person arrived with the incredible news that something evil was in fact happening. Two planes in New York-the Pentagon-somewhere in Pennsylvania-the Academy was on lock-down like some kind of prison! The Governor had a report that the Maryland State House (about 4 blocks from us) was next to be attacked! Total chaos! In the ensuing hours I witnessed what I'm certain many New Yorkers did on that day. People were forming closer relationships. People were quiet. Those with cell phones were sharing them with those of us who had no way to contact our loved ones. We were located in Annapolis Elementary School where many, many students had parents who worked in D.C., some even in the Pentagon. School was dismissed but teachers and administrators don't just close the doors in an emergency. They have not only agreed to teach our children but to take on the responsibility of their safety. When I finally left the poll that evening (and I have no idea what time that was since I had lost all track of the workings of objective things like watches) there were still children whose parents had been unable, for one reason or another, to contact the school or arrange for their children to be picked up. As I walked through the building I also saw teachers who must have had children of their own waiting at home comforting others' children while they all just waited and waited. Once the other cheif judge and I had dropped off our paper work, we both started off in the same direction to go home. I do not own a car so I walk to and from the polling place. Although I usually look forward to the exercise after being confined all day, I was exhausted this horribly long day and would have jumped at the offer of a ride. However, the other judge just passed me by in her car. I went off thinking, "Just like a Republican!" My route home took me directly through the grounds of the historic Maryland State House. I walked this route every day to work and back for two reasons. First of all the State House is beautiful and I love the feeling you get from all of the history that has taken place there. General George Washington resigned his commission there so that he could become the first President of the United States of America. The building even served as the National Capitol for a short time. During the day, when the building was open to visitors, I actually walked through the building-in one door and out the opposite. This in tribute to my mother who did the same in the state capitol building in Austin, Tx., where my parents lived during WWII. This night though was very different. I remember wondering, "Are we now in WWIII"? The State House was taped off and surrounded by police who insisted that I go 2 blocks around to get to the other side. They looked at me with suspicion. Me with my collection of plastic bags, purses, and backpacks hauling all the necessities for a long day. I went around and started down the long avenue that leads to the State House from Route 50 where so many parents were stuck in traffic earlier trying to get home from Washington. I had walked and rollerbladed down this street hundreds of times at night and never once noticed that there are no street lights. Tonight there were no lights from the endless cars and no lights from the completely darkened State House. The bright stars from earlier that morning had just disappeared as if they had gone to ferry the many souls to their new home. I literally felt my way home that night, just putting one foot in front of the other until I reached the only place where there was any light. This was a parking lot behind a State Police Barracks where I felt my very first pang of actual fear. I quickly inventoried all the bags attached to my person and remembered the look of distrust on the face of the police officers at the State House; for the first and only time I walked around that parking lot! It's such a different world that we live in now; you cannot enter most public arenas with a backpack; you can no longer walk right through the Maryland State House (and probably the Texas State Capitol); you always wonder why that police officer or guard looked at you. I remember hearing once a citizen of Israel summing up the difference between living in the US and living in Israel in this way, "In America you get your bags checked as you leave a store; in my country they are checked before you enter." Well how about BEFORE and AFTER! To all the people in Annapolis who took pity on 6 people stuck in one room for that never-ending day in September and brought us news-especially the Washington Post reporter who updated us every chance he could in what must have been a chaotic day; to all the teachers who stayed at school when they must have been terrified for their own childrens' saftey; to the local Papa John's pizza delivery person that fought traffic and the fear of the unknown to deliver us pizza and the shop owner who comped it; to the police officers who stood in a place that was rumored to be the "next target" because it was their job and to those other just, plain civic-minded people who shared their cell phones and thier ears and comforted many strangers by being the calm against the storm. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and soul. And to anyone who has the patience to read this thank you for the sympathetic ear I just realized how cathartic it is to just "take up the pen" and work it out. Just in case in comes up in conversation-I do include "that Republican" in this list. I came to my senses later and realized that she was no different than the rest of us. America was just dazed and confused. I should not have taken it so personally. 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 story9461.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 WATCHING THE EARLY SHOW ON TELEVISION AT 6:30 AM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME. I WENT TO THE KITCHEN TO GET A GRAPEFRUIT TO EAT, AND WHEN I RETURNED THE TELEVISION SCREEN SHOWED FLAMES COMING OUT OF ONE OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER TOWERS. I THOUGHT IT WAS A HOLLYWOOD DRAMATIZATION FOR A MOVIE. I DIDN'T REALIZED THAT IT WAS LIVE UNTIL I HEARD BRYANT GUMBLE FROM THE EARLY SHOW SAYING THAT A PLANE HAD JUST CRASHED INTO ONE OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER TOWERS. I WAS THINKING IT WAS A SMALL ENGINE PLANE, AS THE VIEW OF THE SMOKE WAS QUITE A DISTANCE AWAY. THEN I WATCHED IN HORROR AS ANOTHER PLANE CRASHED INTO TOWER TWO. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED A FRIEND WHO WAS OUTSIDE HAVING BREAKFAST ON THE PATIO. I TOLD HER TO TURN ON HER TELEVISION. SHE STAYED ON THE LINE AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE WORLD WAS COMING TO. LATER, FLIGHT 93 CRASHED IN PENNSYLVANIA. I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT TERRORISTS WOULD USE OUR PLANES TO DO THEIR TERRORISM. IT WAS SAD TO SEE PEOPLE JUMPING OUT OF HE UPPER FLOORS OF THE TOWERS TO THEIR DEATHS. IT WAS EITHER JUMP OR BE BURNED ALIVE. THE PENTAGON CRASH WAS SHOWN A FEW MINUTES LATER. I LISTENED TO THE NEWS ABOUT THE PLANE CRASHES ON THE WAY TO WORK. I WORK AT A HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS GLAD TO SEE TEACHERS WITH TELEVISIONS IN THE CLASSROOMS WATCHING THE NEWS ABOUT THE 9/11 ATTACKS. IT WAS SAD WHEN THE TWIN TOWERS CAME CRASHING DOWN. I WENT HOME AND WATCHED THE NEWS FOR 3 NIGHTS TO HEAR ABOUT RESCUE ATTEMPTS TO SAVE PEOPLE IN THE RUBBLE. IT TOOK 100,000 TRUCK LOADS TO CART AWAY THE RUBBLE LEFT FROM THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN NEW YORK CITY. 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 story3572.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: We were all busy with making the videogame we'd be working on for the past year. A friend poked his head over the cubicle divider behind me to tell me that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Centre....in my mind I imagined it was a small light aircraft that had somehow lost control and crashed...a tragic accident, but nothing close to the truth. A few of us went out a few minutes later for a smoke, and my friend was out there too...he informed us that a SECOND plane had crashed...no-one believed him, and assumed he had his wires crossed; he'd read two different news reports about the same accident, obviously. It occurred to me then that if indeed there were TWO planes involved, then it HAD to be intentional...but I never thought it would be as organised as it turned out to be; I presumed it to be a disgruntled psychotic employee, or indeed two of them, to be behind it. When we returned inside to the building there was a buzz in the office; people were checking news websites, TV's were being unplugged from their usual testing consoles and aeriels were being dusted off....the game was forgotten for the moment. There followed a period of an hour where nobody knew just what was going on...The Pentagon had been targeted?? Rumous of more inbound US jets abounded...for 5 hours that day my world was upside down. The rest of the afternoon was a haze; I called my girlfriend at home (she's from the USA) and we spoke about it; my colleagues and I, my closest friends, huddled around a small tv screen and watched with horror as the two towers fell...a memory that will stay with me forever. My heart goes out to all those in the USA with families affected by this tragedy...I may be English, but God Bless America. xxx 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 story534.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: Tasha zayac 911 Essay 5-28-02 Period 5 On September 11th 2001, I was on my way to school from a doctor's appointment. It was 9:30a.m.when I found out what had happened. I saw the replays of the first plane hitting the first World Trade Tower and about 18 minutes later another plane came and hit the second World Trade Tower. One hundred twenty minutes later the first World Trade Tower started collapsing and was followed by the second. My life will change because more people will be aware of what is going on and the people won't say things to make the other people mad. Hopefully there won't be very many security threats. I know that the terrorists have a different lifestyle than we do. Several days later we watched the newscasters updating events that resulted from the tragedy that happened on September 11th. After the attack, the Coast Guard flew planes along Lake Ontario checking on things so people wouldn't do anything that they shouldn't do. The planes were also checking for any terrorist activity. I think that the terrorists that live in Afghanistan were declaring war on the U.S. by attacking the World Trade Tower in New York City and also by attacking the Pentagon in Washington. They had no reason to do so. The other reason that I was watching the news when I got home was because I did not know exactly what was going on. I wanted to know more about what was going on in the world and what brought about the attack on September the 11th. Since my sister did not see any of the news reports, she wanted me to fill her in with all of the details about what happened during the day. I did my best to explain the terrorist attacks but I don't think she really understood. The reason that the terrorists from Afghanistan declared war on us is because they don't like us even though we didn't do anything to them. One reason Osama bin Laden and his men dislike us is because we have a democracy. Another reason that they hate us is because we are a Christian nation. I think that another reason that the terrorists attacked us is because we are a lot more powerful than they are and they don't like that very much at all. My point of view about this whole thing is that they could have settled their anger another way. You don't just go and blow up a building because you are mad at one person or even one whole country. The final reason that they don't like us is because we don't send anything over there to help them live their lives. I believe that Osama and other Muslims have no right invading us unless we did something inappropriate to them. The Middle East and their struggles are very confusing and hard to understand. The one thing I do understand is what they did was wrong and almost 3000 Americans lost their 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 story746.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11, 2001 I was on the 88th floor of tower 2 getting ready to have a bagel with someother co-workers when we felt something hit. We we're sure what had happened. Only that the building shook, the lights went on and off. I said I think we've been hit not realizing that we had actually been hit by something. Then we heard like feet running around in the hall, we opened the door and there was other co-workers running saying we've been hit. We run back in and I said we have to get out of here. I run in and got my stuff. As I was getting my things my phone rang, but I just look at it and said to myself am not picking it up. So me and some of my co-workers started heading down the stairs. I got caught with the crowd so my friends and co-workers are behind me now. I keep stopping to see if they are coming, but I didn't know they had gotten on the elevator 10 flights after we started coming down. So I continue to go down, everyone seems OK people didn't seem scared, they just wanted to get out. The announcement comes on saying go back to your floors it's only Tower 1, at this point I guess everyone thought it was an accident. I thought tower 1 had gotten hit by a helicopter, well when the announcement came on some people started going back others said no way and I was one of those people. I just wanted to get out. It felt like forever. I remember looking at my watch just before we got hit. Tower 2 which was the tower I was in got hit. I thought that whatever hit tower 1 had exploded. It sounded almost like a domino affect. Like something breaking apart. I heard what sounded like horror screams coming from above me. I was so scared, I started thinking about this women that I met at my brother in-laws church. She was talking about how she had asked god to send her an angel to get her out of a situation where this man was follwing her and she prayed for god to send her an angel. Well, he did because just as she was getting closer to where she had parked her car the man was getting closer, but just then someone that lives near where she parks turn on the porch light and came out. He said Brenda are you OK and the guy ran off. Well I remember this and I started praying as I was coming down. I was asking god to please send me the same angel that you sent that women at the time I couldn't even remember her name just her testimony of how god sent her an angel. I remember feeling really hot and sweat running down my back. At this point everyone wanted out, but we had alot of clam people telling others not to panick just go down carefully. We finally reached the lobby, but couldn't get out the doors that lead to the court yard, because there was so much debris it look like a movie not real. There was lot of firemen, police and port workers helping and directing people out of the building. We had to go down to the concourse level to go out a different way. I remember getting out and looking up, but still not knowing what was happening. I was so confused and shock I guess you can call it. I was worried for my friends and co-workers and I also wanted to get to my family and let them know that I was OK. There was so many people, looking, video taping just trying to use their cell phones, pay phones nothing was working. I finally decided to find my way home. I asked a police officer which way to the Williamsburg bridge and he directed me. I started walking and finally found a working pay phone with no line of people waiting. I say this was god still with me or the angel he had sent me anyway. I finally got to speak to my husband and tell him I was OK, I guess he didn't believe it was me at first. He said he wanted to come and get me I told him just wait for me at the other side of the bridge they're not letting anyone come over this side. I told him again just be there when I get there. I started walking towards the bridge and just before I started climbing the stairs to get on the bridge I started asking god again to send me that same angel to help me walk over the bridge, because my legs were hurting me so much from walking down from the 88th floor and the walk from the W.T.C to the bridge. I took off my shoes I didn't feel a thing. My legs didn't even hurt anymore it was as if I had been lifted up and carried across the bridge. I felt like I was dodging people coming the opposite direction from me. I saw one of those little police mobiles and I hear the police officer saying no one is allowed to go over the bridge, because they're afraid they might try to bomb the bridge. I kept going like if he wasn't even there. So did many others, they couldn't stop the people everyone wanted to get out of the city. If you can believe some people had to go into the city. I guess to get to their loved ones. I finally get to the other side and my husband was there waiting for me, but then he tells me that my 20 yr. old daughter decide to go over the bridge and look for me. I just couldn't believe it. I said god I know you didn't get me this far to lose my daughter. Now my husband decides to go and get her. I just started crying god please get them back safely. As I was waited my cell phone rings I didn't even know it was working and it's my sister on the phone and she couldn't believe that it was me. She and my other sister started crying. She was calling to tell my husband that the tower 2 had come down. And as I was talking to my sister my husband and daughter are back. I just wanted to go home get my kids from school and go home. I didn't even know what had happened until I saw it on the news. I was a mess I could even sleep, I was to scared. The next day it rained, thunderstorm I thought we were being bombed. My husband tried to tell me that it was Ok I didn't believe him I had to look for myself so I opened the front door to look out and then turned on the T.V. I tried going back to work, but just couldn't do it. I had to get out of New York. I've since moved away to Ohio where I came to know god as my lord and savior. I just couldn't believe it how god had sent me an angel to get me out. I'm a born again christian and I love the lord with all my heart, because he loves us so much. He is my comforter and my healer. I will thank him every moment of my life for everything he has done and everything he is about to do for me and my family. Thank you Jesus, Thank you father god. In Jesus name. ( God doesn't promise a world free from danger, but he does promise his help whenever we face danger.) 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 story9061.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was on the phone with our supplier and she told me a plane had flown into the world trade tower. As we spoke of how tragic this was another plane hit tower 2 and she said she thought it was planned and a attack on our nation was happening. I went to the other offices to let my fellow workers know what was happening. I told the group in a meeting I was sorry to interrupt but that two planes had flown into the world trade towers and one of our co-workers burst into tears as she had a freind who worked there. (Thank God her freinds office had moved into another building and he was fine.) We sent for a tv and spent the better part of the day in shock watching an event that was too horrible to imagine. I went to prayer and have not stopped since. I wear my t-shirts that tell of my support for my fellow Americans and I pray over the families of the deceased all the time. I had just lost my Mother and was so glad I did not have to tell her what had happened in New York. I also remember the firemen and police and rescue people and their families in my prayers. These people are heros and I shake the hand and hug any firemen I see. They did not give up even when they knew no one else was alive. This was such a wake up call for us in America. We are not invincible without working together. May God always be with us no matter where we have to be. One Nation Under God....We will always Remember 9-11-01. Another day in infamy. 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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: Tuesday, the 11th of September, I started my day as usual. Everything was normal. I was in Mr. Keating's class in Marlborough middle school in Massachusetts. My teacher was called to leave the room and came back with an infuriated face, red and full of anger. Then it became sad. He didn't say much about what happened, so I was worried about my father who worked for American Airlines. That afternoon I went home and noticed that my dad's car. I was relieved because my father was safe. Not knowing what happened I selfishly wondered whether my father still had his job. When I came inside, I could hear the news so I walked into the kitchen. I saw my mother sitting and crying. My father was talking to my grandfather about his job. I ended the day thinking about the end of the world. I think this because revelations talk about large metal-like birds destroying the world. A prophet might have thought Planes were metal birds. The reason 9-11 has changed my life is I now worry much more. There is worry of more attacks on our country. Also, due to flight 587, my family thought that my father might get laid off, but his high seniority position allowed him to keep his job. My father received a raise to stay with American Airlines. It might sound unfair to have received a raise when people were out of jobs. Others were grieving over lost family members, my father feeling sorry did donate money to the 9-11 funds. I think we should remember the innocent lives destroyed by the 9-11 attacks. We must remember not to be racist as well. One of my friends was shot due to his skin color. His uncle wasn't even Middle Eastern. His skin color determined whether he would get shot with an illegal automatic weapon or not. This happened just a few months after September 11th. I personally believe my friend?s uncle was just as much a victim of the tragedies, if not more so than the people in the towers. To shoot members of your own country is even more disgusting to me then what the terrorists did. The shooter was caught but will probably be out on bail soon. These things should be remembered. The victims of the terrorist's attack and the victims of racism due to the attacks should be remembered. 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 story8478.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 school in Mrs.Sexton's class.That morning we had bathroom break and I walked pasted Mr.Napier's class and his TV was on the news.Everybody was wanting to know why his TV was on.We told Mrs.Sexton and she went to ask him why he was watching the news.He said"Haven't you heard?"Mrs.Sexton said heard what?Heard that some terroist had crashed two planes into the Twin Towers.(On purpos)She said "NO".Well turn your TV on.So she did.That day we heard the whole story.Nobody know what to think.And thai is my story of how I found out.It was very very sad. Meghan McWhorter 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 story8184.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On the date of September 11,2001 I went to school that morning just as any normal school day. We went through first block just like normal. After break we went into our second block when we got an anouncment that we weren't in any danger, That's when we turned on the television. when we turned on the television the second plane had already hit. In the back of my mind i was thinking we were going to war. If just one plane hit it would have looked like an accident, but the second plane hit and one hit the pentegon. Every one that i knew that had military parents were going crazy. Kids were crying thinking that there parents were dead. Then we got another anouncment that if we wanted to leave to check on our parents we could go home, or if our parents didn't feel it was safe they could get us out too. I stayed at school that day because my parents didn,t work anywhere close to the pentegon. I was trying to help comfort some friends that had family that worked around that area. The attacks really didn't affect my family, but i could imagine what it must be like to lose loved ones by a tradgety like that. I had the dream of joining the U.S.M.C. but i wasn't sure now I'm positive i want to join. I love my country, but i always took it for granted like most of us do. It takes a horrific thing like 911 for everbody to realize that America is a great country but freedom is not exactly free. 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 story7734.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-17 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 151.188.17.4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had been working at my desk for several hours when a friend came by and said, "Did you hear?" Although I usually had a radio on in the background while I worked, for some reason I had never turned it on that morning. "A plane crashed into the World Trade Center," she continued. I quickly typed in The Washington Post's Web address, but my browser just kept indicating it was "contacting host." Then my friend said, "Well they have the news on in the conference room." I went down to the conference room and there were 3 people sitting watching a large screen TV showing images of black smoke pouring out of both of twin towers. The second tower had been struck just before I walked to the conference room. One of the people in the conference room said, "Another plane just flew into the other tower." I sat down and listened as the television commentators tried to come to grips with what happened. They were all just beginning to realize that perhaps the first crash had not been an accident. As I strained to hear the reports, I became aware of rather heated discussion in the conference room. A couple of guys were attempting to prepare the room for a conference call and we were all in the way. I decided not to add to the overall confusion and returned to my office. A couple of people stopped by my office to ask if I was aware of what was going on up in New York. I had turned my radio on and scanned the internet but I discovered that beyond bulletins reporting the crashes there were few details. I did my best to focus on work. I wanted to know what was going on but felt as though I needed to keep working until the news agencies had more to report. The window in my office has a magnificent view of the Capitol Dome. At one point I looked up from my computer and out at the Capitol. The dome was framed by billowing black smoke. I could tell that the smoke was coming from somewhere beyond the Capitol building itself, but something was definitely not right. I step out my door to ask if anyone else had seen the smoke and all I found was silence. There wasn't a soul in sight. I wandered around the suite and discovered a couple of people in an office watching a TV. When I mentioned the smoke they told me that the Pentagon had been hit by an airplane. We stood there watching and making uncomfortable small talk until the first tower collapsed. Stunned, I wandered back out into the suite and my boss walked by quickly and said that they had closed the building. I tried to call my wife at work, but the line was busy so I quickly gathered my things and headed out the door. As I walked to the elevator, I passed a colleague who was a Metro rider. We had already been hearing conflicting reports that the Metro was jammed or not running so I offered him a ride home which he accepted. I made the unfortunate mistake of driving one block in the direction of the Capitol. Immediately we came to a stand still as employees of the Senate offices flooded across the streets toward Union Station. As soon as possible we inched our way to the side streets to get away from the pedestrian traffic. We went due north away from the Capitol. As I drove, my colleague scanned the radio and we tried to piece together what happened. At some point we realized the other tower in New York must have also collapsed. Every intersection had police cruisers and a group of DC police officers keeping the traffic flowing northward. It was amazing how quickly the authorities were out in the streets. We found it very reassuring. As soon as we were able, we turned west about 20 or 30 blocks north of the Capitol. Driving was then very easy and we rather quickly arrived at my colleague's apartment in northwest DC. I asked him to call my wife or at least my answering machine at home to let them know I was on my way. The ride home was very eerie. Whenever I neared a Metro stop there were waves and waves of people in business dress walking along the streets. Traffic slowed when the side streets I was on crossed a major intersection, which I attributed to the police presence. My wife was home when I got there. She had seen the Pentagon smoke from her office as well, and she was visibly shaken. I drove my younger daughter's babysitter home and was home by around 1pm. My older daughter attends the elementary school behind our house, but the parents were informed that we were to pick up our children at the normal hour. The school closed its shades, locked its doors and conducted classes as usual. They made the judgement to do nothing to alarm the children and leave it to the parents to tell their kids what they felt was appropriate later that evening. My wife and I took turns watching the news and playing with the kids until their bedtime. Then she and I watched the reports until around 11pm. At that point my wife just couldn't stand to watch the same horrifying images anymore and went to bed to read. I watched the news reports until around 3am on the 12th. 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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Gov't workers (non-military and non-rescue) Struggle to get home Students/Teachers DC: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: when the tvs came on we all thought that it was a fluke but when we saw the second bulding get hit we knew it wasn't we sat and watched on tv thousands of people die . this day has forever changed my life in many ways . i will never look at the flag or listen to the star spangled banner the same ever again. they have a special meaning now that none of us who lived to watch this horrible event unfold should ever forget. today i was asked what i would tell my children as they learned about this in school in later years of there life and all i could reply was that i hope they never have to live through it . there is no way to desribe the feelings and emotions the fears the prayers and the hope that came from 9-11-01. lets just hope that this is something our country can grow and learn from so that the lives lost were not wasted. 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 story5347.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. 64.12.96.8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: 5 years later; approximately 1-1/2 years after 9/11, i became divorced from my wife and left my home and three children behind. my relationship fell apart as i steadily spiraled into alcoholism and addiction. i was an addict from the start and in hindsight i think my inability to cope with my feelings was impacted negatively by that day -how could it not? i found myself tired all the time, no doubt the result of depression, without the will to do much of anything except self medicate. today 9/11/06, i am nearly a year and a half sober, having begun a new life. i have come to terms with my feelings and recieved counseling on the matter. i spent the morning reflecting, reliving the horror i witnessed. emotionally i was upset, and made a few phone calls to get out of my head. in particular i called 3 other men i endured that day with. a fourth i have lost contact with. i recalled how we seperated in full flight for our lives. i felt guilty recalling how i flew passed an older woman as i was gripped in fear. i think i will make that a tradition in years to come, calling those fellows to say hi. i dont often talk of the experience, downplaying it, knowing others had lost much more or had endured much more. i choose to keep silent, somehow i feel my story isnt that valid. i am grateful for this site, it provides a kind of anonymous dumping ground, sort of like writing a message in a bottle. thanks. 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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 8th grade at the time of the September 11th attacks. I was in my technology class about to go to my next period. Right before we left the teacher from next door came in and told our teacher that he talked to his wife and that the Twin Towers were hit in New York City. At the time I didn't really understand the importance of this. I just thought an airplance accidentally hit a tower. I had no information on it at all. But the next period our principal came over the intercom and told us what happened and also told us how another plane hit the Pentagon. A lot of people in my class were worried about their parents and trying to use teachers phones to find out about them. By the end of the day I knew what was going on and was affected by it, but it made me realize how important it is to live in our country with the freedoms that we have. It was also a time that made people really depend on God. The day made people realize how much more there is to life than material objects and how we are not invincible....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 story10801.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: Around 9:25 a.m. on September 11,2001 everything became a blur to me. That is when I hear about the attack on the World Trade Center. The next thing that popped into my head was Jimmy and Chris. Jimmy and Chris are me two older cousins who are like my big brothers. They had both finished their training for the army just the week before. Everyone was talking about how people were being sent to New York and Washington, D.C. to make sure nothing else went wrong. They were both sent to the White House with a bunch of other troops. The day they left was the day I thought I would never see two of the people I love in my life again, because everyone said that the terrorists were trying to find a way to attack the White House and that?s where they were going to be for the next several months helping out. For those months Chris and Jimmy were going between New York and D.C. helping out wherever they were needed. Once my two cousins were sent to help out my cousin Ashley and I decided that we needed to do something to help out. We collected money from numerous people around our neighborhoods and got donations from area stores to make care packages. We sent the care packages to New York fire departments with our neighbor that was going to help clean up debris from the fallen towers. At that time we felt that if wasn?t much but we were two teenagers, what more could we do? When my neighbor returned home he brought back Polaroid pictures of the firemen with their care packages we made. Seeing the small smiles on all of their tear soaked faces we knew we had made a small difference. **To the loved ones of all the victims of 9-11-01; My heart goes out to you! To all of the Firefighters, police officers, rescue workers and passengers of the planes that crashed in New York, Pennsylvania, D. C. you are the true heroes of September 11th. You gave up your lives to save the lives of others. 9-11-01 will ALWAYS remain in hearts. 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 story1952.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 my 13th birthday. I had just gotten to school. My teacher had the news on. When class started, our teacher asked us to write an essay about how we felt about the world. The day went by like any other day, only everyone was crying, and I couldn't figure out why. When I got home from school that day my mom was home, which was weird because my mom never got home so early. I went in the house and asked her why she was home so early. She told me what had happened that morning in New York, and that her boss sent her home early. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the news. I was so upset. I kept asking myself "Who could do something like this?" I wanted to cry. I wanted to find out who killed all these innocent people. I didn't have a very good birthday that day. I didn't have a very good birthday that year. Every year is going to be the same. Remembering what happened on that horrible day. Now almost 3 years later I still can't get the picture out of my head. I can't forgive Osama Bin Laden for what he did. That day he changed My birthday forever. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story10635.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My cousin was stationed at the Pentagon on September 11 and all I could think about that morning was him, thank goodness he wasn't in the Pentagon when the plane hit. I felt so bad for everyone who had been killed or lost a family member that horrible day. I come from a military family (many generations of my family have served as did I) so we understand the risks involoved. It is a tradition that males in my family join the military, I am the one and only female in my family to serve in the military. We have served in every branch of the military, I hope some day my children will serve this great nation as well. I couldn't believe it when the plane hit the first building but I knew in my gut it was no accident and I was sickened and saddened by what I saw, when I saw the second plane hit I was mad. My anger grew when a third plane hit the Pentagon, as well as my fear for cousin's safety. When the 4th plane went down I knew that it too had been part of a terrorist act and I cried out in anger for all the lost lives. When I heard of the bravery shown by the passengers on the 4th jet I was very proud of them, proud for America. My children went to school that morning, even as I wanted to keep them home safe, the thought of letting them out of my sight terrified me. I knew it was best for them to go to school, their world had been turned upside down, they needed some normalcy. I returned home to watch the CNN all day and just bawl, there would no relief, no surprise announcement that this was just hoax, a bad dream. No, the day that dawned so brightly would go down in history as one of the darkest days in our history. It was the worst days in our history, but also our brightest, because we showed what we are truely made of, compassion, bravery, friendship, love, heroism, empathy, generosity, determation, and strenght beyond expectation. As this went through my mind and heart I prayed for my cousin, my family, New York, Pennsylvanian, and our counry. As I am on inactive reserve status I wondered if I would once again be called upon to defend my country and if I was ready for the challenge. I was so mad at that point, I prayed I would be once again called upon to serve my country, I would gladly serve in the greatest Air Force in the world. I love my country and my family, I would do anything to protect them from the evil we faced that day and evil I am sure we will face again in the future. God Bless America and all who choose to call her home! God Bless our Allies! 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 story7831.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. 2002-09-18 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 67.250.107.121 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 have been a flight attendant for a major carrier over 15 years. I was at home on sept. 11th, sitting outside on the deck having coffee with my husband and parents who were visiting us......A neighbor called to find out if I was flying, as she had the news on and was watching the disaster unfold.....We immmediately turned on CNN and were horrified by what we saw. While watching this tragedy I knew instantly that these planes were deliberately being flown into the World Trade Center. All I could think about was what the passengers and crew were going through, knowing their lives were ending. Then my thoughts went to those people inside the tower, how would they make it out alive. We were glued to the television all day, trying to comprehend how this could have happened ,not only in New York but in Pennsylvania and Washington. I don't think there has been a time when I have felt more vunerable in relation to my job. I called all my friends and co-workers that I thought might be out there flying to make sure they were okay. I also had numerous people call me that day to make sure I was at home. I didn't return to flying until October as I was off for the month of September. I think having this time off allowed for me to absorb what had happened, come to terms with it and better prepare myself for returning to flying. I wasn't afraid to return to work but I found myself a more "aware" flight attendant. To this day I take my job more seriously, I am more observant of my passengers, more communicative with my passengers and crew. I know now that anything is possible in the air and I have to be better prepared to handle whatever comes my way while on duty. I am not an "AirHostess", that term went out with the mini-skirts and go-go boots worn by our predocessors. I am a Saftey Professional and my attitude and mannerisms need to reflect this. I want my passengers to have the confidence that I am there to make sure that they are as safe as possible and that I will act accordingly if an incident occurs. I can't project this if my mind is wandering on other things, or I am neglecting my duties. I can only hope that those I work with feel the same way so we can work together as a team. Its funny the things we remember about previous trips. After hearing later that this team of terrorists probably flew on different airlines to determine who would be a better target and what flights would best serve their purpose, I recalled one of those trips. I was flying senior on a trip months before and remember the First Class manifest having alot of names on it that I couldn't pronounce. There is usually one or two names on a manifest that are unusual but these names were Middle Eastern and there were at least 5 of them, evenly dispersed in a full First Class cabin. I wondered if they were all related and going to maybe a reunion or something. Thinking about this now gives me chills, could it have been those terrorists observing our flight, I don't know. What I do know is that what happened on Sept 11th could have happened to me, anyone of us as flight attendants knows this. I can only hope that the new security measures that are now a part of our working lives will prevent this from happening again. I can only hope that it doesn't take another tragedy like the one on Sept 11th to make our country, our airports, more diligent about security measures. I can't change what a terrorist thinks and does but I can change my own attitude and what I do while on the job. What I do now makes me a better Flight Attendant,and that is the best thing that I can do for myself , my coworkers and my passengers. I can only hope all of you will do the same...........In Solidarity Tina L.B. 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 story475.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. 2002-04-28 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 216.80.155.180