541 20 70359 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My home and my office each had a view of the north and south towers. I live and work five blocks from ground zero. I was at my desk working when the first plane went overhead. I ducked in reflex because it was so loud and felt so close. Then I heard the explosion. It echoed off of the buildings in the front of the office. I went to the front of the building and saw nothing. I ran to the back of the office where the WTC could be seen. The sky was filled with paper. There was so much paper in the sky and it was framed by all the smoke, and flames. Prior to the second plane striking the south tower, I went out and walked toward the WTC only to be driven back by people fleeing. I returned to the office and watched the fire in the north tower when the south tower exploded. The orange flames exploded horizontally from the north face of the south tower, violent orange flames and black smoke. I remember thinking that the south tower must have caught fire from the north tower inferno. Only later did I learn it was a second plane. We continued to watch. I could see people in the north tower above the fire waving from the windows at helicopters looking for rescue. And suddenly the south tower collapsed. My employees said later they remembered my scream. I left the office to go to my home across the street and close the windows and check on the dogs. There were no sirens. There was only silence. I returned to the office and watched the north tower burning. I watched people falling from the floors above the fire. I could see other people at the top of the north tower waving and hanging out the windows. Flailing arms with shirts in their hands. And as if in slow motion the antenna on top of the north tower moved left and right. The antennal fell to the left. I watched the people reaching out the windows as the collapse gained momentum. The smoke and dust rose to shroud them. I watched those people as they descended to their death. Within a minute we were in complete darkness. Even now I am frozen in the memory of the images and thinking about each of the victims who, as I did, just went to work that day. We shut down and went to my home. Everything on the street was covered with ash and the silence was even greater. My office remained in the frozen zone until Thanksgiving. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just parked my car and had gotten on the shuttle when some guy said look the Trade Center is on fire. Everyone looked. When we got to the ferry dock, some guy had his video recorder out and there was a crowd of people around him so i walked over. "Whats goin on", i asked. "A plane flew into the Trade Center', he said. I couldnt believe it. I went inside and bought my tickets. Then, i walked over to the dry cleaners who had the tv on. The ferry arrives and i walk to the top and sit outside as i always did. Everyone one was looking and then we see an explosion. The second plane hit. When we got to NY the captain said "If you wanna go back to Jersey stay on the boat." To my surprise, out of about 100 people, 5 of us stayed. I tried to use a stranger's cell phone to call my mom but it didn't have any reception. Once we got back to Jersey and i started walking back to my car, i started crying. I was scared. By the time i got back to my car i had composed myself. The Lincoln tunnel was closed and there was a-lot of traffic but thankfully i was going in the other direction. When i got onto route 3 east i did about 90 MPH home. Cops didnt stop me they watched me go right by. I went to my girlfreind's house. When i got there everyone was around the tv or had the radio on. However, her sister's fiance worked around the block from the WTC and no-one had heard from him since the first plane hit. He was ok. His building was evacuated. That night, and for many nights after that, I couldnt sleep or watch tv. I always wanted to see history take place. I just wish it wasn't like this. 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 story434.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 woke up to the tv screaming with beeps and alerts like a storm had approached. As I woke up I began to notice that it wasn't a storm, it was a building on fire in New York City. As I kept listening on, I began to hear that a plane had crashed into the building and it appears to have possibly been a terrorists attack. I started shaking and crying. I couldn't believe this was happening. I may have been hundreds of miles away, but the horror could be felt so strongly in that RV. I continually began to watch the TV, when I got a phone call on my cell. When I answered it was my work telling me that I do not need to come to work because they are closing due to the trauma in New York. I hung up and continued to watch the TV. As soon as I turned up the volume, ANOTHER PLANE IT. I began to shake more and more. I could only think that these people of New York City do not deserve this, nor anyone in the country or those planes, and why is this happening. I know now life is really short and dont take it for granted. May God Bless all the families and those who's lives were lost in that tragedy. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story11377.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 family and I had been traveling the Alaskan highway for 4 days on route from Fort Richardson, Alaska. We awoke that morning in Canada just as before, trying to get back on the road at a resonable hour. Turning on the television in search of cartoons for our two young children I heard a voice say that all planes were grounded in the United States. I turned in disbelief as I watched the second tower get hit. My husband watched with me. I remember saying, "Oh my God, we are going to war." - and husband would be part of that war. He is a Sergeant in the United States Army. He immediately called his former unit in Alaska. We were told to continue on to our next duty station. We drove all that day thru Canada listening to Canadian news and Canadian perspectives. Whenever we stopped for food or gas, no one seemed to be affected by this news- it was a country away, a world away from where we were. But to us, American citizens & members of the military we were closer to home than we had ever been. Crossing the border into the United States never had so much meaning to me then it did on that day. We tried to prepare for what lay ahead as I looked at my son who would be celebrating his first birthday the next day. Christine Duffy Fort Polk, LA 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 story6651.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: September 11, 2001 started much like all the previous days. My husband and I were working out in the yard. We had only moved into this house about 5 months previous. We are both retired, and came here from Ohio. We were very happy to be in Florida as permenant residents. At about 11 am on that horrible day, I went into the house for a drink of cold water. The phone rang, I answered. It was my brother, Bob, in Michigan. He immediately ask me if I had the TV on. I replied, "No, I was outside working." "Turn it on, now.....we are being attacked! Hijacked planes have hit the World Trade Center and Pentagon!!" I could not comprehend what he was saying!! I turned on the TV, switched to a news channel, and there it all was. It was true!! America had been attacked, again!! I remembered back, to 60 years ago. America was attacked at Pearl Harbor! I was young, but I recall sitting with my grandfather, listening to the radio, giving us the news. Then, as now, so many lives touched by tragedy, by some other country's hatred of us!! Why, are we so despised by these people? What have we done, for them to attack us in such a way? I still do not have the answers. The only reasons I can come up with is, our freedoms.... given by the Constitution and Declaration of Independence! None in my family were personally touched by all this. We did not lose any family members or friends......but, every American has been harmed in the respect of so much loss of life, and each has and is grieving still a year later. But, we as Americans, will stand tall, and not give up hope that America will crumble under any onslaught! God Bless, America.......and all Americans, wherever they may be!!!! For future generations.........do not EVER forget this day! Remember all the heros, living and dead that will always make AMERICA the LAND OF THE FREE.....AND THE HOME OF THE GREAT!!!!!! 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 story3165.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: The morning of September 11, 2001, I was working. At the time, I was cleaning houses for a living and I was working away when my cell phone rang. It was my neighbor and good friend asking me if I was watching TV. I asked her what channel and she replied, "Any of them!". I turned on the TV to see the horror unfolding before my eyes. I watched as smoke boiled from the World Trade Center. Seconds later, I watched unbelievingly as a second plane crashed into the 2nd tower. I recall thinking that this surreal feeling must be the same as my mother had spoken of feeling when she watched JFK riding down the street in Dallas and saw him fall over as he was assassinated. My first thought was to gather my children. My friend who had called me had my 11 month old. My 3 year old and my 14 year old were at preschool and school at the same place. I called the school to see if my children were alright. They had heard the news and were listening to the news on the TV and the children were all upset but the plans were for them to remain at school. Then I called my husband. I remember being perturbed that he didn't seem as upset as I was. As I think back, I realize he was trying to remain calm so I wouldn't freak out. I called my mother and my sister and then my friends and on and on all day. I barely finished cleaning that house that day! That night I came home and my family sat watching the TV all night in shock. I cried and prayed and was numb because of the horror that our country was going through. In all things, Christ brings good out of evil and through this we all came together. All races, all religions, all political parties, all kinds... we came together, we prayed, we cried, we mourned and we rose together with pride for our heroes and for our country. The attacks only made us more proud to be Americans than we were before. The terrorists helped us to become one when we all were standing apart. Thank you, God, for giving us reasons, in times of insanity, to be thankful to you for showing Yourself in our lives in all situations. 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 story5557.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 will never forget the moment I heard of the attacks in New York City. I just dropped off my children at school and heard on the radio of the first plane hitting the World Trade Center. When I got home and turned on my t.v. I saw the unbeleviable sight of that first explosion. Then right before my eyes on that t.v. the second plane flew into the second tower. I will never forget the horror of that sight. It almost did'nt seem real. I'll never forget wanting to get my children out of school and be with my family. I don't think I'm alone in feeling that we all felt completely helpless and terrified of what would happen next. The news reports just kept reporting one after the other of other plane crahes, I've never felt so insecure about our safety as I did in that moment. I then understood what the WWII veterans must have felt at Pearl Harbor, our freedom was now compromised. Unfortunately a tragic event made me understand what freedom really does mean. I will never take for granted again what it means to be an American, and how proud I am to live in the greatest nation in the world. God Bless America!! Audri Calhoun 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 story4134.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 preparing myself for work, it was approximately 6 am in the morning, and as I do every morning I turned on the television to the Arizona morning Fox 10 news when Breaking News interrupted the regular news. Always having the volume set at a level which I can hear from a close distance I hear "A plane crashed into the World Trade Center..." I swiftly ran to the tv set to watch, the news reporter continued with " were not sure if this is an accident or terrorist related", when just moments later another plane hit the south tower and the news reporter immediately followed with " Yes, we now know we are under a terrorist attack. " This devasted me and I was glued to the television set. I woke my husband up from bed and told that America was under attack, he too was then glued to the tv set. I also had to explain what happened to my 11 year old daughter, fortunately for me she attends a catholic school and they had many individuals available to further explain what was happening and how to cope with it. Unfortunately, for me my place of employment conists of a government facility, which at the time was not at all secure. However, because we were a great risk factor for something like this to happen to our building, they decided to let us go home and like the many New Yorkers, this his very close to home and many of us were terrified and were thankful of the decision which was made. After leaving work, I went to my mothers to check on her, and boy when I explained to her exactly what was going on she quickly made comments about the attack on Pearl Harbor and started talking about canning goods, once again, and buying water, and making sure we had all necessities covered which we may need in order to survive, however never having been through anything like this before I told her that everything would be ok, that no one would go hungry, but she said to me " Girl, you just don't understand how bad it was, how many of us suffered, you need to prepare yourself, they also sent your brother home from work and I have sent him to the store already. On your way home you make sure you stop by the store." To ease her I said "ok". But, instead I picked up my daughter from school and headed home. I called my husband the minute I got home to make sure everything was ok there and continued to watch the continuos coverage about the attack. That night I had nightmares, some were absolutely unbelieveable. I guess I really hadn't understood exactly how this had impacted me. But in the days to follow, along with many others I became brave and united as one with them. God Bless America Leticia Benitez-Gonzalea 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 story5920.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: in jonesboro arkansas i was in the hospital.My mother was having my brother!i was wathing t.v. and then heard everyone talking about it.And that was all i could think about was my mom and New York!!!It was so sad!Im only 13 and i can remember it so sad!!!i really want to be apart of everything!!! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was sleeping in late and I heard the phone ringing repeatedly.I had a friend sleeping on the couch and he came in my room with this tone of anxiety and adrenaline.. he told me of a plane going into the WTC. We watched in horror the images on the television. Everything in the city was quiet. No traffic on the streets... no joggers... no planes... just quiet. This was the day that fear came into our lives and we would never be the same. 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 story3129.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. 64.2.0.240 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: Sometimes you're asked where you were when JFK was assassinated; where were you when Neil Armstrong, of Apollo 11, stepped on the moon; where were you during the Apollo 13 disaster; where you were when the space shuttle Challenger exploded. I clearly remember all of them. With JFK, I was sitting in my social studies classroom in elementary school in Dallas (my home town) when the principal came on the intercom and told us President Kennedy had been assassinated. My classmates and I were really too young to truly understand the implications. The teacher had to explain what "assassinated" meant. I remember crying, but I wasn't really sure why. I hadn't yet experienced a death close to me -- not until the next year when my father's father passed away. And I remember crying. I was sitting on the floor of the living room at home watching TV when Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon. My Dad worked as a subcontractor on the U.S.S. Watertown (via LTV Aerospace) the refitted Navy ship that tracked the re-entry of the Apollo spacecrafts from their moonshots. I remember crying because of the accomplishment and my pride in my Dad's involvement. I stayed home from school on the days during the Apollo 13 near-disaster because my Mom thought my Dad needed the moral support. He was still working for LTV. We watched it all as it unfolded on TV. I remember crying tears of fear and tears of happiness when Jim Lovell and crew splashed down safely. I was sitting at work in a law firm in downtown Dallas on the day of the Challenger catastrophe. I remember crying like a baby. I still loved the space program then and still do. On September 11, 2001, I had already been very ill for a long time and out of work since May 2nd of 2001. My sleep cycle was off because of my illness. I tended to go to sleep very late and wake up very late. For some reason, on the night of the 10th, I went to sleep with the TV on, and, for reasons unknown to me, awoke very early -- about 7 a.m. CST. I was feeling, physically, very bad, but was watching early morning television news programs. While not in New York City, I watched it live as it happened. I was shocked beyond words as each new horribly intentional plane crash unfolded. I remember crying in disbelief and unconsolably. As reports of casualties poured in, I thought of my late Dad, who had retired from the Dallas P.D. as a civilian employee of the Evidence Unit (he was their firearms expert), my late sister who had been a Dallas Reserve Police Officer and my uncle, a retired Dallas firefighter. I remember crying even more unconsolably because I missed my Dad and my sister so badly. As the day continued, reports poured in that these deeds were perpetrated by Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda, I then remembered something my Dad had told me and my sister over the years. (My Dad passed away from cancer after a valiant battle on June 28th, 1987 -- and, yes, I *still* called him "Daddy" -- even at my "advanced age" of 42.) My Dad had been an airplane mechanic, helicopter mechanic and long- and short arms expert and instructor during World War II for the Army Air Corps. He never served overseas as it was felt his talents could be better served on this side of the world. A lot of people do not consider a veteran like him to be a hero, but *I* did. He helped keep the planes in the air and he taught young men to shoot. Hopefully a lot of men and boys came home because of his talents and contributions to the war effort. My Dad always had great intuition and repeatedly commented that someday we'd be hit. We had "become too complacent," he said. In current memory, he said, we'd never really been hit on home soil by the "enemy" except at Pearl Harbor, but that Pearl was so far away, it was out of most peoples' memories and so many WWII vets were gone, and more dying every day, as recorded by Tom Brokaw (who is one of my favorite authors). As it turned out, my Dad was correct and I cried thinking about it and him and my sister as I miss them very much. My Mother, Iris Iwana Stovall Virgil, by the way, is still alive and missing both of them as much as I do. She was a WWII hero, too -- she was drafted out of the 11th grade to become a Western Union operator and served her country in that capacity. We *all* need to learn to be more accepting of each other -- worldwide -- but at the same time, have someone to guard our backs. We should be thanking EVERY firefighter, peace officer, all public servants, all persons serving in any branch of the armed services and never again take them or our freedom for granted. Freedom is a precious commodity in this world and September 11th, 2001 should have taught us this. At least I hope it did or all the deaths suffered that day will have been for naught. I've always been patriotic due to my parents' work during WWII and their stories about that war, but now I proudly fly an American flag every day, not just on flag day or the occasional July 4th. I've noticed flags weren't as prevalent today, a year later, as they were last year, which makes me sad. We're becoming complacent again. People want to forget the bad things and remember only the good. As someone once said (and I'm paraphrasing as I do not have an eidetic memory), "those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." I will never forget December 7, 1941 -- even though I wasn't there (or even thought of at that point) -- through the stories my parents told me. I'm one of the few people I know, of my age, who even cares about WWII, what happened then or remembers the veterans, but I simply cannot forget that day or those men and the victims of that war. My words may not be very profound in the overall realm of things, but, as with 1941, I WILL NEVER FORGET SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. GOD BLESS GEORGE W. BUSH AND GOD BLESS THE U.S.A. I will always remember ... and cry ... and hope for a better world. I write this in loving memory of my father, Willis Edgar Virgil, Jr., November 27, 1919 - June 28, 1987; my sister, Alta Jo Virgil, October 10, 1951 - March 16, 1984 and in honor of my Mom, a breast cancer survivor for three years, born September 23, 1925. 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 story5994.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 16 on September 11, I had never even been to the United States. It's weird, because I didn't know anyone, or see it firsthand, but I think about it all the time. People don't talk about it very much at home any more, but I think about it all the time. I think it really affected me; I used to forget to lock our front door in Winnipeg, but now I'm very paranoid about that, and about a lot of other things. Everytime I get on a plane I think morbidly about it- or if someone I love gets on a plane. I wouldn't have known about it actually, if I hadn't been on time for my bus that morning, usually I wasn't. My best friend had a weird expression on her face, she asked me if I had seen the news that morning, and I answered no. She told me that a plane had hit the World Trade Centre. I asked if everyone was okay, and she said "I don't think so, they don't know what's going on." When we got to school, we went to the library to find our teachers crying in front of a TV. At that time, the second plane was crashing into the tower. We watched the plane explode into the building over and over and over again on the news, they kept replaying the tape. When I see it now, or a cartoon of it, I find it very repulsive. I had taken American history the previous school year; it was required of an international higher level curriculum my best friend and I were taking- my American history teacher was so angry. The two of us turned around and took the bus home. Being on that bus ride was odd. Nobody else knew what was going on. I thanked God that I was Canadian so many times on the bus ride. We went to her house and watched CNN. We saw the close footage of people jumping out of the tower as it collapsed, there was footage on some channels of peoples' bodies on the ground. I think it's since been archived. We cried and cried all day for all of the people. By 1:00PM, we were crying for the Arab nations. I cried the hardest when they started reporting on the hijaked planes that were crashing into fields. I worked in a book store at the time, and that night I had a short shift. There was an hour at the end of the night where nobody came in. One man did come in at the end of the night though. I guess his plane had been cancelled. He approached the cash desk and pointed to the special edition Winnipeg Sun we had at the desk and desperately said "that's my home". I prayed to God not to let there be a world war, and I prayed and thanked him that my boyfriend was alright, and my mom and my dad, and my birds, and everything and everybody. And I prayed for the husbands, wives, parents, siblings, friends and children of all of the people who said they'd come home but went back to help. I think about it very often. 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 story10310.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 son had a hearing that day at the local magistrates office for a trafic violation. We were just about to be heard when the magistrate got called to the back room because a p;ane had struck the World Trade Center. Everyone thought it was a plane accident, which would have been bad enough, but then the next plane hit. That's when we found out it was an act of terrorism. Everyone was stunned, no one thought this could happen in the United States. You could see anger and shock in the faces of people. Senseless loss of lives because of terriosts. I hope this never happens 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 story4413.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 remeber that I was in the second period of the day and the principal came in to the room and told us that the World Trade Center Towers was hit by a plane and he thought it was an accident. Then we got to third period and I watched as the second tower got hit. I don't think I have every been that scared in my life. Then latter that day I also saw the Towers collapes on live tv. I don't think I will ever get the images of the plane hitting, or the towers collapesing, or the people jumping out of the windows I couldn't beileve it I litteraly thought I was dreaming. Well I hope my story has helped some one out there and God blesse those who died and those who survived and thouse who helped and God blesse 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 story5231.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: Cant beleive its been almost a year and I still feel that overwhelming sense of loss and pain for those who suffered... Tuesday, 11th September 2001 was a humid, warm and sunny day here in the east of England and just like any other. I was at work and I'd had a busy schedule for the day. I had arranged a buffet lunch for all the Managers and Directors of our Company to have while working through their meeting when come 2.00pm in the afternoon (9.00am NYC time) they had decided to break and take some fresh air. I was in the process of clearing away all the plates, cups & sauces when the phone started to ring in my office. Half way from the Conference Room to the kitchen with a tray full crockery balanced like professional waitress, I answered my phone to hear my boyfriend on the other end. "Where are you? have you heard the news? have you heard the radio? have you seen the internet?"... I answer no to all of these questions and by the urgency in his voice I get a bad feeling in my stomach and ask why?... What's happened?... "The whole bloody world is going mad!" "They're flying aeroplanes into buildings...the WTC has been hit...thousands of people are missing presumed dead some say upto 50,000...and they've hit the Pentagon...terroists have hit the Pentagon...and you can bet London is next..." I go cold and can feel the blood draining out of me "Are you sure?...the Pentagon? but how can anybody hit the Pentagon? Isnt it supposed to be one of the most secure buildings in the world?? If not THE most secure building in the world...I can't see or hear any news, there's no tv or radio in here..." "Get on the Internet...this is serious...I told you one day something like this would happen...you can kiss your arse goodbye cos what did I tell you?...I told you didnt I?...I told you the way things are carrying on...that this world aint gonna be here much longer...." Im terrified and confused. I try to log onto the Internet and the server's down. I forget about work and keep trying the net when eventually about an hour or so later I manage to log on. There's a picture of WTC1 with its top third of the building on fire...I read the home page of MSN in absolute horror as it unfolds in front of me. I feel phyically sick...oh my god...those poor people...oh my god...oh no, I can't beleive it...dont want to beleive it...what's going to happen now?? I go home. I cant concentrate. I need to put the tv on. I fear that World War 3 is about to start and I need to know what to do, what to expect, what the hell is going to happen...Is London next? I get in the car and drive the 25 miles out of the City and to my home in the countryside. The streets are unusually quiet, the traffic is unusually busy. News is getting round now and everyone seems to have the same idea about getting home...everyone wants to know what is happening with our world...a world that will never be the same again. I listen to the radio, the music is subdued and it reminded me of the day Diana (Princess of Wales) died...Everyone looks sad...worried...shocked. I get home and my boyfriend is already glued to the tv. Has been for some 2 hrs already. We dont speak, I immediately sit down beside him and we watch in silence as the time-table of events is shown to us time and time and time again on the news...I dont know what to say...I'm too shocked and numb to cry...we sit motionless watching the tv for the next 8hrs solid, I havent even taken my jacket off. Reports start coming through about a man called Osama Bin Laden from Afghanistan..."BOMB THE BASTARDS...BLOW THE WHOLE FUCKING COUNTRY UP..." my boyfreinds screams at the tv...EVIL BASTARDS!! It is then I start to shake and cry for the first time... All I can think about is "Dearest America...you are not alone...our hearts from our land go out to every single one of you poor souls that have had to suffer from this evil...together we shall beat them...together we shall destroy them...and we shall be victorious...unighted we stand with you America...shoulder to shoulder...you are not alone... Now a year has come round and I dont feel any different. I still need to read stories and see pictures of that dreadful day...I must still be grieving, although I know of no-one to personally greive for, only the world itself. In two weeks I shall be visiting NYC for the first time. I am nervous about flying but I shall do it. How you have coped and pulled yourselves round from such a devestating tradegy makes me proud of you America. You are always in our hearts. Take care and god bless you all. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story1725.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: When I first heard the tragic news I thought that this was not an act of terror, but a flying mishap. Upon discovering the reason for the attacks I was immediately outraged. Such a historical peace of New York and United States history was gone. I watched the tv and the mintues seemed like hours and the hours seemed like days. Is this really happening? Everyone asked themselves this question, and many could not cope with the realization that the world trade center was gone. I was so upset for the families of the firefighters and policeman. Their deaths helped me to realize one thing, that they are the true heroes. I always had looked up to athletes and other hollywood type stars. It is the fireman and policeman that make the difference. Had it not been for their amazing courage many more people would have died that day. I have an even greater respect for their job and what they do everyday. This is a day that will live in infamy, these were famous words that were spoken by F.D.R. 9/11 is a day that will more than live in infamy, it will be forever embedded in the hearts and souls of Americans for many years to come. One thing I would like to say to the terrorists is that they did succeed in changing the United States. They made it stronger. 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 will never forget the day I watched evil destroy the lifes of many innocent people. Watching the terrible event made tears come into my eyes, but this was only the beginning of the devastation that I would encounter. After seeing how families were torn apart, I will never forget how children cried for their parents, sisters cried for their sisters, brothers cried for their brothers, spouses cried for their spouses, parents cried for their children. I think that touched the deepest of my soul, and the bravery was totally heroric. Today one year later, I can truely say that I was prouder to be an American than ever. I still have great faith in a mighty God, he still watches over us. He allowed this to happened but he only knows why. I will never believe that God will allow a man and evil to destroy his earth. Gwenda Woods 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 story5827.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 live in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. The week of September 11th was on the way. Well that week I was very excited of going to Reno because my dad had a Navy thing there for the Uss Jupiter AVS-8. Its where all the crew on the ship meet and have fun. A couple days pasted and we were having a great time. At circus circus in the game area and walking around the city. It was just great. Just having fun. But the next day it all happened. In the morning my dad woke up first as he always does and he watched it for a couple seconds and started saying "Is this real" ,"Is this a movie" thats when I woke up when he started talking to himself. I was speachless. I couldn't belive my eyes. Then the second tower got hit and lets just say we couldn't belive what was happening. All our fun was gone after that day. We stayed in Reno for about 2 more days. Looking at the T.V and wondering whats going to happen next. When we tryed to find transportation to get home we had no luck we tryed the train and the airport. Of course the air port wouldn't let us go for another 3 days or so. We ended up takeing the bus all the way to Wisconsin Rapids. Let me tell you to never take a grey hound bus accross country. You will hate it with a passon. When we stoped at a gas station to take a break. We got out and when we came back there was a guy sitting in our seat. My dad said that was our seat and he said there wasent any desenated seating. That pissed us off. Because there isn't any desenated seating when you get on but we were already on the bus going to our dustination. Oh we tryed rent a car also. But there was this nice black man who gave us his seat. Very nice guy. By the time we got to Chicago we were very tired. We got there about 5 in the morning. we waited three hours for a bus to go to madison or stevens point but none came. Millwaukee bus did tho. we sat down and there was a bunch of flys on this one lady we were sitting next too. My dad said lets move to a diffent seat. So we did. The janitor was going around peaple that were sleeping on the floor it was pretty funny. well back to the bus. My dad went to service office and tryed to get there attention but they said somelike like "What do you Want" Lets just say my dad was a little mad about that. after he told the lady off the lady said we missed our bus. Thats when we gave up and called my uncle which lives in brigeport. but I was still waiting for the bus and i yelled saying our bus was here. But no such luck it was going to milwaukee again. The janitor tryed helping us out after that. The janitor was the only deceat person working there. He said he gave up also. So my uncle ended up driving us to wisconsin. Its the week ill never forget ever. 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 story10483.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 French class had just ended so I started to head to my locker to get my books for second block. The day had already seemed to go by slow and boring. I got to my locker and then Dorrie, one of my good friends came to her locker, next to mine, with this surprised look. She looked at me with really big eyes ?Someone just blew up the world trade buildings!? I just looked at her like what are you talking about. I said OK and shut my locker and headed to my math class. I didn?t really know what was going on or what she said that. So I figured if it was that big of a deal then I would hear more about it later. I was in a hurry to class so I was like whatever. I got into math class and everyone was watching the news. Mr. Cook, my math teacher, kept telling everyone to be quiet so we could hear the news. On the TV was a big smoke cloud over the world trade buildings. I looked in the corner of the screen and it said LIVE NEW YORK CITY. I was still confused but as I watched they replayed pictures of the planes hitting the buildings. They informed me what happened. I was sitting there thinking was it an accident, was someone mad at us? It made no sense to me. People in my class were looking at the TV with this surprised and confused look. So many questions were going through my head, how could we have let this happen, where was the security at? I started to not feel as safe as I thought I was. I mean you?d think we have control over everything here and then something so horrible happens. How could this have been over looked so badly, so many times that day? What was the future gonna be like? Safer, I hope. Well after we saw the second plane hit we knew this was too impossible to be an accident. It was driving me crazy, people were asking question after question ?What?s going on Mr. Cook?. ?I don?t know but it?s bad.? Well everyone started to be a little more talkative near the middle of the class. My teacher didn?t make us do any work that day in class. I looked around the room at everyone?s reactions and I noticed people?s worried faces, of course some were like whatever. I looked behind me at my ex- best friend, Kim. She was scared and worried the most. The class started to get loud so I went up to the TV and sat in front of it so I could watch, the buildings were falling at this point. Kim had come up there too. ?I couldn?t hear the TV.? She said. ?Oh neither could I, the class was too loud.? For a moment we just sat there and watched. She was just standing there quietly. ?You want to share the chair with me?? ?Yeah, thanks.? So I scooted over, we made a comment every once and awhile then she started to cry. And so I told her it was gonna be OK. She put her arm around me and I did the same. ?It?s weird how a tragedy can bring everyone closer.? We both giggled, our fight had been resolved after about two months because something horrible happened. Well the day did go on but it just couldn?t be the same. All my classes it was mentioned. My teachers kept the TV on in the background, and if anything new happened we got to watch it. It was so unpredictable what was gonna happen next. It made the day depressing for me. I finished the day at school and went home, when my parents got home they were watching the TV the rest of the nigh. I decided I saw enough of the whole thing, all the planes crashing and the pentagon so I didn?t watch the news. I was on the phone with one of really good friends at the time and me and him were analyzing about the whole thing. Before I went to sleep that night I prayed that this would help people realize we could lose family and friends at any moment so we need to not have any regrets. I think the thing that bothered me the most was how the people knew they were gonna die and they called the people that they loved before they died to talk to them one last time. To receive a call like that would have killed me. It?s so cool how close and patriotic America has grown over the past year. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story8196.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 just about to turn the TV off so that I could go to work, when, Katie and Matt (on the Today show) announced that they had some horrifying news that just came in. I decided to stay and see what it was. After learning what it was, I was in such shock I could not leave. The tears were flowing uncontrollably. After regaining my composure, I did finally make it to work at the University of Oklahoma. My colleagues had gathered around a TV watching the terrorist attacks unfold. About five minutes after I arrived, the south tower collapsed. It just continued from there. Needless to say, none of us accomplished a lot that day. A while later, I learned that Zacarias Moussaoui (sp?) was arrested in Norman. He was a student here at the university and while in school, he took flying lessons at the best flight school in the Nation which is also located in Norman. They say he has a connection with Osama Bin Laden and the Al-Qaida network. Because of these events that have occurred, I am now very leary of students and regular people for that matter who look like they could be of Middle Eastern descent. At times I just want to tell them to go back to their country because they do not belong in 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 story4600.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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