558 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 was late for work that day and like usual,I had my bedroom television tuned to the news. I hopped out of the shower and heard a strange tone of voice emanating from the tv which immediately drew me to it...Before my eyes was the remnants of the first crash and there was no way I could accept the theory about an "accident" given the fact that it was a commercial airliner. I continued to remain in front of my television, dripping wet, and witnessed the second plane deliberately crash into the other Tower. I thought it was the end of life as we knew it and at that moment, it really was. I felt the impact just as surely as if I had been there. That may seem hard to believe for the thousands of people that really were physically present, but I hope they know our spirits were with them continuously throughout this nightmare. With shaking hands, I called my oldest son who lives in downtown Minneapolis and told him our country was under attack and to leave the downtown area immediately. I thought every commercial airliner was going to fall out of the sky that morning. I really did. I became a total media junkie after that insane and cold blooded attack on our country and our people. I felt compelled to watch the horror and suffering; feeling that I was supposed to live it as closely as possible with everyone who was personally affected. I felt it to be an obligation and my duty to witness every heartbreaking situation that I possibly could. Would that relieve anyone's burden at all? Of course not, I knew that, but I felt that we all had to suffer, we had to share the load because it was so hideously unbearable for the ones who were there and the ones who lost their beloveds. I have been on antidepressants for several months now, my grief and horror manifested in an ugly rash all over my arms that would not go away. I also painted the entire inside wall of my garage with our American Flag. I have purposely flown commercially since September 11th, 2001, and have made a personal vow to never be apathetic to any terroristic threat while flying or otherwise. I will go down fighting if I have to. I will not live in fear. I oppose terrorism and violence with every cell in my body, but to the terrorists of the world...we are aware and we are strong. Our country and people operate from a platform of love,terrorism is the opposite, it promotes hate and fear. Love is stronger and due to their hatred and violent actions and beliefs, they will NEVER break the spirit of the People of the United States of America. God Bless Everyone. Kathleen Clayton Minneapolis, Minnesota 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 story1700.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: Howard Stern was jabbering away about a plane flying into the World Trade Center, I wasn't sure if it was a repeat of an earlier show. When I got to school, I was headed to Pre-Calculus when some people were talking about a plane crashing into the Pentagon. I dismissed the thought entirely, because I thought for sure that area was protected by surface to air missles. Someone else said someone blew up a bomb at the FAA center in Leesburg. I took my test, drove home and noticed by parents were both there, and they were watching the TV. It was an unreal feeling. I felt like I was in some disaster flick where the entire nation is under attack by hostile forces. Black smoke billowing from the World Trade Center. A plane crashing into the World Trade Center. A beautiful, clear blue sky. 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 story10102.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was in school when I heard about the atrocity that had occured on September 11th. When I came home to my house. It was a very morbid atmosphere. My parents were shocked, just like the rest of the nation. To get away from everything that was happening I decided to go to the park and mull things over. Everybody there was talking about what had happened. The perfect horror story had now been portrayed, not by Steven Spielberg, But by Osama bin Laden. That day did not get any better for me. I decided to ride my friends bike around the basketball courts. As I was riding it i hit a rock and flew over the handle bars. Imiediatley i knew that i had broke my wrist. The pain was something i had never felt before.I then did something very stupid. I knew that my wrist was broken but i decided i could still play a pickup basketball game with the people at the park. This is were i realized the seriouisness of the injury. I went home and my dad took me to the hospital. After wer got there we found out that my left radius had been shattered. I can clearley remember the melancholy seen of President Bush adressing the nation, While I was in a hospital bed. I was horified on that day. The biggest change September 11th has caused in my life is that i now have a greater apreciation of being an American. Before 9/11 I took living in this land of oppourtunity for granted. September 11th made me realize that the U.S is vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Before, I believed that this country was untouchable. The attacks that happened on September 11th caused me to be more aware of what is happening in the world now. I thought that America was king and that nobody would dare attack it. I think that the Al Queda network succeeded in there attacks. They succeeded in causing doubt and pain to the people. The succeeded in causing the stocks to fall. And most importantley they succeeded in uniting a country. Race, Religon, And politics didn't matter on that day. All that matters was that the United States was truely united. Hate and anger were forgotten and thats what 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 story8450.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: Someone at work had a radio on at the time of the first airplane attack and came into our section because a co-worker had a small television at the office and we could view the live CNN broadcast. We were all in shock at what we saw and chills raced down my back and I felt sick to my stomach. I had always loved those buildings when visiting New York and couldn't believe someone would want to destroy them. In the beginning, that was what I thought about the most. But we were watching the review of the first attack and when we saw the second airplane approach and hit, and the subsequent collapse of the buildings, the horror of what had happened finally sank in. All thos people! We couldn't work anymore and after watching some more at the office, we all left. Some of my co-workers went out on Lake Erie fishing to try to forget the horror but I just went home and watched the unfolding story on CNN. We watched CNN for three days straight except when our 5 year old was in the room or we were sleeping. My husband and I visited New York the weekend of October 18 and made our way to the site of the tragedy. Even then, the buildings were still smoldering and the ash had yet to be cleaned from the streets totally. It was very disturbing and depressing. How could Human Beings plan and execute such an abomination? We stayed at the Waldorf and went to a Broadway Musical and that made us feel somewhat better, just helping the city to recover but I personally will never forget the feelings that I had that day and the days after the incident and I hope noone who experienced this history will ever forget. God Bless all the heros who took part in the rescues and the soldiers who made some of the perpetrators pay. I only hope that our government can fix enough of the internal issues to prevent this from happening again, here or anywhere in the world. 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 story4240.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 as a nation have spent the previous year grieving over the events of September 11. There are still so many unanswered questions. We are left with the basic understanding that we will never know why exactly this has happened to us. Together we have survived, together we will move on however never forgetting what has frozen our minds and scarred our hearts. I knew from the moment I walked outside that God was with me, with us. I felt the cool breeze hit my facing sweeping my hair up and off my neck. I felt a slight relief come over me. It has been so long since the wind has been this gentle and yet so strong. The assembly in the stadium was remarkalble. America's flag flying proud in the air, the reassuring words of President Bush, and the steady beating of the snare drum; made last years tragedy so real. It felt good to cry tears of rememberance this morning. I feel so honored that our country has such brave men and women, who put their lives at risk to save others. I am proud that I have such people surrounding me everyday. 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 story3261.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 sitting there studing for the upcoming test. that was the only thing i was worried about. All of a sudden a teacher who was crying ran by and told my teacher to turn on the tv. She said the world trade center was attacked. I clearly remeber the white expressiion on my teachers face as she turned on the tv to see the horrific site of the World Trade Center in smoke. All thoughts of my test vanished and thoughts of fear and astonishment entered my mind. How could this happen?! Why would this happen?! WHAT HAPPENED??!! I was stunned by it all. Throughout morning classes the tv was left on. Teachers tried to go on eith the normal schedule but evidentially everyones' attention was on what was happening in Ney York. As news of the other planes hitting came, tears broke out in class. It was an awful gloomy day. The most vivid image in my mind was in 3rd period. The horror of the first tower crumpling. Time stopped as the tower slowly crumpled to the ground. I wasn't sure if time would ever start up agian. Throughout the day anguish turned to fear, fear turned to rage. Why would anyone want to so this? Who would send people in a plane to take their life and the lives of many innocents? As new details came into light, i was enraged by seeing the people of Alfganitstan cheering, celebrating in the streets over the tragedy in America. The brave fireman, risking their lives some giving them up, to save the lives of innocents in the buildings. The inages of seeing people actually dive out of the towers windows out of desparation. And the fact that these people condome this is astonishing to me. Seeing this onl stenghthed me. Seeing the faces of those celebrating, only made me wioe the tears from my face. I was not going to give them the satisfaction of my suffering and fear. I knew that the reason why they took such drastic measures was because they envied us. They envied our country, our unity, our freedoms. I was going to stand up and be proud. Everywhere people stood up with new courage and new feeling of nationalism. We were not going to stand for this. We were not going to let this destroy our country. United we stand. 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 story8116.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 first thing i remember from the morning of the 11th is sitting in my 5/6 class Which was freshman social studies. I don't remember what we were studing that and frankly I could care less. I remember sitting there and the phone on the wall ringing. Which almost always meant some one was getting called down to the office. An event that affects only one persons life. Little did I know that phone call would be engraved into my mind. Anyway that call was the school secretary calling my teacher that the World Trade Center buildings had been bombed. We turned the tv one right away. I can't remember if we turned it on before or after the second plane hit but i remember being in total dismay seeing the smoke coming from the top of the buildings. I also remember the conversation skirting around about what happened and how the buildings got bombed. My initial thought was some milatary had gotten pissed at us and dropped an actual bomb onto the buildings but before i had a chance to see video of the planes hitting the buildings the bell rang and it was off to period 7/8. When I got to the next period i wondered why the tv was not on? Had Mr. Leonard heard about the bombings or did he just not care? It turned out he didn't have a coaxial cable to hook the tv up to the wall. Everyone in the class was willing to hunt one down so we could watch the broadcast of the WTC stuff going on. This is where i have to confess that at the moment i volutered to go look for a spare cable i was more woried about gettin out of work then what was going on in New York at that time. Weel Mr. Leonard wouldn't let us look for a cable and we ended up doing work that day. In the next class period i had spanish. The teacher was Mr. Leonards wife she did have a working tv. When i walked in the room i looked at the tv and that is where for the first time i saw video of the planes hitting the towers. I then learned that during the period before the towers had also fallen. The full impact of this didn't really hit me till the next day. During marching band the next day our director took us out onto our practice field. Our band director called us together on the 50 yard line and told us that this was one of those moments we would remember for the rest of our lives. He told us to look up at the sky. It was a cloudless day and nothing was in the sky because of the grounding of the planes the day before. It was so quite that it was a little scary you could here even the slitests sound. So i leave you with this measage What ever you do DON'T FORGET. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story10423.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 my high school on the morning of September 11th. I was on my way to 2nd hour when a friend came up to me and told me that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. It's a little pathetic- but at that time, I didn't even know what the World Trade Center was. I believe I responded with a, "Oh no way!" and went about my way. Well a few minutes later, the live coverage was on every t.v. in the building. Kids were walking through the halls crying, some people called their parents to go home, and the worst thing--a mother came into the school crying to get her daughter saying that their father, who was in NYC for buisiness, had a meeting that morning in the World Trade Center. That's when I began to realize how serious this was. I became afraid for my father, who works Downtown Chicago. Once the news came that another plane had hit the Pentagon, I grew scared for my Aunt who I knew was flying into Dulles Airport in D.C. that morning. I couldn't believe what was happening, and all I wanted to do was go home and see my family. When I did get home that night, I was relieved to see that my dad had stayed home from work that morning, and that both my parents were safe. My sister was away at college and we got in contact with her to be sure she was safe. However- nobody could contact my aunt. The next few hours were horrible...my mom and I went out to the local grocery store and bought gallons of water because we didn't know what to expect, and we checked our cell phones every 30 seconds to see if someone had called with news of our Aunt. We finally got ahold of her that evening, and she told us that she was pretty much stuck in a hotel in Downtown D.C.- that she didn't even want to go onto the streets because it was so chaotic down there. I've never been happier to know that every member of my family was safe and well. That night I just sat up forever crying, and listening to the rest of my family cry...there are no words. I know I'm only 16 and have alot to learn in life- but I do know that Tuesday, September 11th is a day that I will never forget. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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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 a seventeen year old second semester college student on September 11th. Life was great for me - I was passing my classes, living in the dorms 40 something miles away from my parents and had the best time just hanging with my friends. I woke up that morning wanting to just pull the covers back over my head and pretend like that sun had not even come up yet. (I'm not a morning person-can you tell?) That had become my morning ritual - but like always - class awaited. I remember walking down the hall of the dorm and stopping at my dorm mothers door to tell her to have a great day. She was watching some news channel and it showed one of the twin towers on fire. My dorm mother said that a plane had flown into it, I was in shock. That's when we saw the second plane fly into the second tower..I screamed and my dorm mother did to. More girls had come out of their rooms and ran down the hall to see what was going on. Why we were screaming and why I had tears rolling down my cheeks. When the news reporters said the attacks were terrorist related, my dorm mom who is a very christian woman and prayed with me every night, said some things I never in my life thought I would hear from her. I was in shock; at her attitude but more at what had happened. I walked across campus confused. I couldn't understand - why would anyone do something so hateful. All of those people, the families and friends. Time stood still or flew by - it just didn't seem to matter right then. I felt helpless. I wanted to be there, to help somehow. I just didn't know how. What I really wanted was for someone to wake me up-to tell me it was only a nightmare. When I got to class, my always on time professor was not on time. He walked into class looking as though he had walked through hell to get there. He sat down on the stool behind his podium and told us and this I will never forget..."You probably all know what is going on. A very close friend of mine works in the WTC on the top floors. The building that he works in just collapsed and no one has heard from him. I don't want to be here today so class is dismissed." He stood up and walked out. My cell phone started ringing which shook us young adults out of a trance. I answered the phone to hear someone crying on the other end - I was almost in tears but hearing someone else cry pushed me closer to the edge. It was my cousin Jess. I was having a hard time understanding her but I finally got it. She was letting me know that Chase, the cousin that everyone thought was my twin and was my best friend, was supposed to be on the plane that crashed into the WTC and no one had heard from him. What happened next was somewhat hazy - when she told me I felt as if I couldn't breath, I collapsed on the floor, I had no legs, no logical thought. I was screaming 'NO' over and over and crying. I told her she was lying. But I knew it was true.. he had left me a voicemail and told me he was taking a trip and that he would call me when he got back. Some friends and people that I didn't know helped me get back to my dorm where my dorm sisters took care of me. They sat with me in my dorm room and tried to comfort me while we watched everything on t.v. I cried all day, my cousin, my best friend was gone. Time didn't matter, I didn't care. I thought of all the kids who lost their mommies and daddies, cousins who lost cousins, and siblings whose other siblings won't be coming home for Thanksgiving or Christmas anymore. My professor looked like he had walked through hell and now I was following him walking through the same hell and knowing that we weren't alone didn't help. I cried not just for me and my family, I cried for all the families, friends, and any American dead or alive. But I was one of the lucky ones. That afternoon, I got a call from my cousin, not just a cousin but Chase.. my twin cousin.. he had switched his flights and didn't get on the plane. I cried then because I was so glad he was still alive. He was crying to... he felt guitly because he felt as if he was supposed to be on that flight, he felt guilty because he was glad he was alive. I felt guilty because I was glad that he was alive. My dad came and picked me up after I heard from Chase. He told me there was probably going to be a war and said that it wasn't over. He was right, my cousin Bray is in the Navy, and was on one of the first ships to reach Afghanistan. The nightmare wasn't over. I spent that night with my ENTIRE family. Praying and cryng. That day brought us closer. I still don't understand why that day ever had to happen and I will never say that I'm glad it did. I always told my little sister that something good always happens after something bad. There are so many words to describe what 9-11 was.. a tragedy, stupidity, bad, horrible, sad, traumatizing, ... but it made Americans unite. On that day, a persons color didn't matter, we were all one color. A persons beliefs didn't matter, we all believed the same thing. No one had different thoughts - Americans as a group felt the confusion, the shock, the trauma, and the loss. WE ALL felt the anger, the hate, the need for revenge. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. I will stand behind our leader, The President. And when is the killing going to end? Peace is to easy and in many ways we feel peace and contentment in our lives - but there will always be the one person in the world who gaines power and feels greed, whose heart will fill with anger and hatred like a jealous child and who will seek to do harm. But on September 11th, 2001, through the horror and devastating events, the result was a united front, billions of independent hearts and souls becoming one, a nation together fighting for justice. I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN, WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE, AND I WON'T FORGET THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DIE, AND KEEP THAT RIGHT FOR ME - AND I'LL PROUDLY STAND UP NEXT TO YOU AND DEFEND HER STILL TODAY, CAUSE THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT I LOVE THIS LAND .. GOD BLESS THE USA!!!!!!!!!!! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Five years ago, after being born and raised in NJ,I moved with my mother to North Carolina from our old home in Maplewood, NJ (which is just across the river from New York). My dad, however, continued to live in New Jersey (along with most of my relatives) and work in New York City. I flew into Newark Airport once every month to see him. I had just returned from a visit with my dad and our usual trip to the city... I remember it well. That morning I was drawing sketches in my 10th grade art class at my high school. The principal came on the intercom and announced that a plane had just hit the first world trade center tower. Immediately thoughts of my family ran through my head. I thought of any of my relatives that might have worked in the twin towers. I thought of all those times I had been to the world trade center and how I was in New York City only like a week before. It was unbelievable. Our teacher turned on the T.V. and the images on the screen horrified me. I broke down crying in my classroom. I remembered that two of my cousins worked in the trade center and that my dad was probably getting off of work at that very moment. I was terrified because I did not know what was going on. I was scared of the thought of not knowing their fate. The possibilty of them being in those buildings frightened me. I ran out of the classroom shaking and crying and trying to understand how this could happen. When I returned to the room, all my classmates were staring at me. They could not understand why I was so emotional about this. They did not know what was going through my head. When I would try to explain, I would start sobbing so much that my words were not easily understood. After I calmed down a bit, I asked my teacher if I could go to the office to contact someone, anyone who could put my fears to rest. But, she would not let me. She said that there would probably be a lot of students down there trying to contact their parents. This upset me so much. I told her I was going to the bathroom but instead I escaped to the main office. On my way, a counselor stopped me and ask if I was alright. I hesitated and did not know what exactly to say. I thought to myself, "no! I am not okay...I am terrified! Half, if not all, of my family lives in New Jersey and works in NYC! I do not even know where they are!" Instead of expressing these feelings, I simply answered yes and she then took me to the guidance office anyway. There a counselor took me outside to use her cell phone to call my dad. All the lines directed to New Jersey were busy. I could not get in touch with anyone. The rest of the school day I tried to get my mind off of it. Friends tried to comfort me but I still felt upset. When I got home after school that day, I called my dad. I was relieved to find him at home. He had been asleep in his house in New Jersey all along. He was let off early from his night shift at the paper he worked at. He did not even know of the events until a few minutes before I had called him. A few minutes later, I realized that my mom was in China and that she probably would not be able to call home or even get home for a long time. I then called my grandparents and they told me that everyone from my dad's side of the family was accounted for. Afterwards I talked with my other Grandma. She informed me that one of my cousins who worked in the trade center was in a meeting in another building and she was not in her office at all that day. She also told me that my other cousin was fine and he had gotten out of the trade center alright. It was hard to hear her say that she had never experienced, in all of her 80 years on this earth, anything like this before. She did not know how anybody could do anything of this magnitude. I then learned, from my step-dad, that my mom would be stuck in China for at least another week. I knew she would be apprehensive about flying home and I was worried about her getting on a plane. The rest of the day was as morbid as can be. I watched these intense events play out on the T.V. screen. I felt so depressed that I refused to do anything all night. Only being 15 years old at the time,it was, and still is, hard to comprehend. The days following the attacks, I did everything that a person of my age could do to help out. A few months later, I visited the site. It was horrible and made me want to throw up. But I did not. I sucked it up and did what I had to do. The pain was still there and very real. I will never forget that fateful day. I will never forget the emotions I felt. I never want to have to experience those feelings every again. The stories that I have heard from everyone have really affected me. My dad told me stories of friends who had talked to the people on the phone when the buildings were getting hit. The things that these people saw were real and unbelievable to hear about. Their reflections still bring tears to my eyes. I hope that people will take my story and use it to see what the day was like for a teenager. I might have not been there but my heart was there and I was deeply affected by the events. And I thank God that everyone in my family was save from harm that day. I feel for those who were not so lucky. 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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 Septemnber eleventh, I found out about the tragedy on the intercom at school. I didnt know the know how bad the destruction was. I was thinking "Oh a plane crashed in New York". I just went on with the rest of my work. I didnt know they were terrorist attacks. I only thyought that about one hundred people had died. When I got home from school and saw the news, I was shocked. I saw i video from school of when the first tower fell, and I finally realized how bad things really were. It was like the whole world stopped. All os the sports games were cancelled. Businesses were closed. Everyone stoped what they were doing. For the next few days, I saw that the number of people that died was steadilly rising. I couldnt beleive how man people had died. I felt lucky because I didn't lose anyone i didnt know. My life has changed greatly because of September eleventh. I aprriciate my family and friends more now. I dont take anything for ganted. People are much more concientious. Airports have much more security now. People are traveling less and driving instead fo flying. People became afraid, worrying that their would be more attacks. Also my life has changed because I am grateful i am sill alive. I think that all the innocent people who dies should be remembered because they had their lives unfairly taken away from them. They should be remembered because they were all like us. I also think that everyone should remember the good that came out of it. All the nation was united, families grew closer and everyone appreciated what they had. This made evryone forget their differences and remember that they are all Americans. 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 story8511.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: SEPTEMBER 11TH , 2001 STARTED OUT AS ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY, EXCEPT THAT IT WAS MY 40TH BIRTHDAY !!! UGHHH . I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE TRAUMATIC ... SFTER WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY , 40 IS A PIECE OF CAKE . I REMEMBER ONE OF MY COWORKERS COMING UP TO ME A LITTLE AFTER 9:00 AM , AND TELLING ME THAT MY BIRTHDAY HAD A SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE NOW ~~~ THAT A PLANE HAD HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER . I LOOKED AT HIM AND JUST KIND OF LAUGHED, TOLD HIM WHAT AN IDIOT HE WAS AND THAT THAT WAS YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS NOT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, BUT THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (ALSO KIND OF JOKING WITH HIM THAT MAYBE HE WAS MIXED UP WITH THE MOVIE OF KING KONG AND FAYE WRAY ! A LITTLE WHILE LATER , HE COMES UP TO ME AGAIN, AND SAYS NOW A SECOND PLANE HAS JUST HIT THE OTHER TOWER . WELL, NOW IT HIT ME ... THIS WAS NOT A MISTAKE ON HIS PART , AND THIS WAS NO JOKE . I FELT MY WORLD CRUMBLE AS IF I WAS IN ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS . YOU SEE, I WAS IN NEW YORK THE NIGHT BEFORE , DELIVERING A YACHT ON THE HUDSON RIVER . I WILL NEVER FORGET THE 10th EITHER AS IT WAS ONE OF THE STRANGEST DAYS WEATHER WISE I WILL EVER SEE. WE ( MY BOYFRIEND AND I ) HAD LEFT NORWALK COVE MARINA WITH A 36 FOOT YACHT, AND THE WEATHER WAS GEORGOUS, BUT VERY HOT AND HUMID . WITHIN MINUTES , THE SKY GREW THAT QUEER GREENISH - ORANGE COLOR THAT YOU ASSOCIATE WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS . THEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE , AND IT TURNED QUITE NASTY OUT ON LONG ISLAND SOUND !!! I EVEN SUGGESTED PUTTING OFF THE TRIP FOR THE NEXT DAY , BUT WE STUCK IT OUT AND MADE IT THRU THE SOUND, THE EAST AND THE HARLEM RIVERS . WE TIED THE BOAT UP AT VAN KYLLS MARINA AND HAD TO STAY ON IT FOR SEVERAL HOURS TO AVOID BEING HIT BY LIGHTENING . I WILL NEVER FORGET THOSE THUNDERSTORMS ROLLING OFF THE PALLISADES THAT NIGHT .LOOKING DOWNTOWN AT THE TWINS, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT ~~~ ALL ILLUMINATED BY THE LIGHTENING BOLTS . I WAS TAKING PICTURES OF THIS, WHEN I SAID TO MYSELF, STOP WASTING FILM . THE PICTURES PROBABLY WON'T COME OUT VERY GOOD ANYWAYS, AND YOU CAN ALWAYS TAKE A BETTER ONE NEXT TIME ~~~ WELL THERE NEVER WAS A NEXT TIME ! THE WEATHER THAT DAY / NIGHT ( THE 10th ) AND THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED THE NEXT DAY HAVE MADE A BELIEVER OUT OF ME . YOU NEVRE KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN, SO ENJOY EVERY DAY AS IF IT WAS YOUR LAST , BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS IN STORE FOR YOU !!!( BY THE WAY, THOSE PICTURES THAT NIGHT DID NOT COME OUT, BUT I HAVE SEVERAL OTHER VERY GOOD PICTURES OF THE TWIN TOWERS THAT I TOOK FROM THAT BOAT AND SEVERAL OTHERS THAT I CREWED ON OVER THE YEARS ) MAY GOD BLESS ALL THE POOR SOULS THAT PERISHED ON THAT HORRIBLE DAY - MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU EVERY DAY AND ESPECIALLY EVERY BIRTHDAY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE !!! YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN !!! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story8335.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 getting ready to go to Church for a funeral... I was walking downstairs and my husband was turning on the TV and I thought "we didn't have time". Well, that's when I saw the 2nd plane fly into the 2nd Tower... I was stunned... Paul told me he had just heard about it on the radio about plane 1... After watching, we had to leave...my first comment was "See how great the builders were, the building is still standing." Well we went to the funeral and told everyone in the Choir... They were stunned and bewildered...we knew of no attack news yet... After Mass, we went to the cemetery, and heard from one of the people that the towers collapsed... and then about the Pentagon and the aborted Pennsylvania flight... We were stunned...shocked...tearful...praying... We were glued to the TV for more news... Tearful as we saw people jumping out of the buildings... Tearful as we saw the towers on fire (over and over again)... We attended a Mass at 7pm that evening...We pray for America... We prayed for our President...and Our Nation We watched America deal with the smoke, debris, and horror on people's faces... We could have as a nation fallen apart...but we didn't... We could have continued to be afraid...but we aren't... We could have given into fear...but we didn't... It was only after some hours that I realized that my sister was in New York... I called her and she had left at 8am that morning before the towers were struck... I called my niece and she had many friends in those buildings...many friends missing... I told her only prayer will be of comfort to her...find somewhere to worship the Comforter... 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 story4636.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just dropped my 11 month old son, Derrick, off at daycare. I got back into my car, and a popular radio show, Mancow's morning madhouse, was on. They were talking about a terrible accident in which a plane had just hit one of the twin towers. The radio show "crew" was watching the coverage on TV, when they all started screaming "another plane just hit the other tower! Oh, my god!" This radio show is famous for jokes and pranks...I thought "this can't be real!" I switched to another radio station, and found that it was, indeed, real. I listened as I drove to work, numb with shock, and ran into my building to tell my coworkers. They had all heard about the first plane, but not the second. They were trying to tell me, no, I was wrong, it was just one. There was a TV in one of the break rooms...some of us went there and found the room as full as it could be, all eyes glued to the TV. I went back to my desk and called my mother. She, too, was at work in a small electronics store. I said "Hi, are you watching TV?" She said no and I asked her to turn it on. She did, and was silent...I told her what I knew so far. I said "mom, we are under attack." I told her that I wanted to call my husband, so I would let her go. I told her I love her and she said she loves me, too. I then called my husband & left a message on the cell phone. Then, I called my babysitter and asked her to turn on the TV and give my son a huge hug for me, and called my mother-in-law and told her about it. She was still asleep - what a horrible way to wake up. At first she didn't believe what I was telling her. After making the calls, I went back to the break room & watched the TV in horror. We discussed that it had to be an attack, and how many people were in those buildings. Then, the pentagon got hit, and they said there was another plane that had been hijacked. Fear coursed through me and I felt helpless - what was going to be hit next? How many more were there? I wanted to run but could not move. I was watching, live, as the first tower crashed to the ground. I felt sick to my stomach...watching thousands of innocent people die right there on the screen. We then heard that the 4th plane had crashed in a field in PA - relief at the news, but the fear that there could be more was still there. I spent most of the day watching TV, talking on the phone to loved ones, or checking internet news. I e-mailed friends who live in NYC to see if they were ok. I left work early, and went straight to pick up my son. I don't think I let go of him the rest of the night, and we watched the news all evening. It was overwhelming. I wanted, like most, to do something to help. I felt helpless, dreadful sorrow. I was afraid for my family's future, our countries future...I had just witnessed what I still believe to be the beginning of World War III. 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 story6664.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 like many other Americans, at my job. One lady who works in the same place, told me that the world trade center, and the pentagon were attacked. I knew the World Trade Center had been attacked before, but I could not believe it was possbile for anyone to attack the Pentagon. I work in a retail store, and alot of the customers were coming in and telling me, and my co-workers what was going on on the outside. Then my thoughts went to my step-daughter, who with her boyfriend was on vacation in Italy. The people at the hotel were very kind to them, and even furnished them with a television which translated into English. They spent the rest of their vacation trying to make arrangements to get back into the United States. The very freedoms which we all take for granted. At 53 years old I have lost some of the innocence which I still possessed. I no longer can think that this sort of thing does not happen in the United States. I am sure that I am not alone in this. We must never take our way of life, and freedom for granted. 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 story2147.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: Being only 16, it was a hard thing to accept that the World Trade Centers were being attacked by terrorists. It was a horrifying thing to watch on television and it must have been infinitley worse to watch firsthand, in person. This is my story. I was a junior in high school, one of the first days of school. It takes a little getting used to after the long vacation, so stress runs high among the faculty and students while adjusting to the school season. I was walking down a flight of stairs, already late for geometry, with a friend. A teacher ran down the steps and stopped in his tracks and looked at us both. "Did you hear a plane crashed into the Pentagon and World Trade Centers?" He said. Of course, I didn't believe him at first. Neither did my buddy. How wrong we were. Walking to geometry, my buddy and I were discussing if one of the teachers had already lost his mind. It turns out he didn't. We set foot in the room and our teacher was staring at the TV in the classroom. On it was a live video feed, showing the pentagon and World Trade Center burning. The moment I saw that, my stomach sank. I couldn't believe I was watching the Pentagon burn. To me, it was like, "Oh come ON! The PENTAGON? No way!" But there it was, on TV. The pure horrifying scene of watching the Pentagon, one of the most highly coveted government buildings, was like a brick through glass. Every conception about safety came crashing down. The next class was US History. How ironic. Of course by now we were all accepting the fact that we were attacked by terrorists and starting to come out of that state of shock that had hit the entire school once the news broke. But for some reason, it wasn't worth the effort trying to ignore the fact that only a few hundred miles away people were burning alive, jumping out of buildings, and most of them didn't know why they were even put in that situtation, anyhow. It's not every day that you have to make a choice like the people in the World Trade Centers did. "Do I jump?" "Do I try to escape? Is it possible?" And I cannot help but mention the men and women on the aircraft that were being hijacked. "Do I do what they tell me?" "Do I try to fight?" It's not every day, too, that one would come to the shocking realization that they will not live another 4 hours. After the futile attempts to learn anything in history, the TV went back on. That was a mistake. We watched for what seemed like eternity, as the towers burned. Then one of the towers fell. There was discussion going on prior to the tower falling, but once it started to make it's fall towards earth, the entire school was silent. You could hear a pin drop, you could hear a mouse, you could hear the persons heartbeat next to you. It was a deafening kind of silence which makes everyone squirm in their seats for someone to say something. I don't think anything was said for the the remainder of that class. Next was lunch, I remember this being interesting. Usually lunch in highschool is filled with mindless drivel about whatever we could possibly fathom. Not that day. Lunch, on a normal day, is deafening. Every once in a while, it does quiet down and everyone looks around for the cause of that silence. Of course, the silence is another one of those uncomfortable moments in which the tension just builds and builds until someone says something. Lunch was just that kind of silence, but 35 minutes instead of only 10 seconds. Next class, Publications. The sudents were already starting to go home, the students that drive to school had already left and were probably home by the time publications started. Parents were frantically picking up their kids, just in case there was another attack, so their children could be at home with them. I remember wondering if there was going to be another attack, maybe an attack on DC. There was a very real chance of that happening. A few brought up the idea of DC getting nuked. At the time, it seemed very realistic that there was going to be another attack, be it Nuclear or chemical or by aircraft again. Being that Washington DC is very close to Baltimore, and the distant, although real possibility of DC being nuked, it was upsetting. I knew then that if a nuclear weapon was detonated in DC, that Baltimore wouldn't be affected by the blast, but it would be affected by the flash of the detonation and possibly the fallout. The flash of a nuclear detonation can cause ordinary things to combust. On human skin, if directly exposed, it can cause skin to set on fire. On clothed parts, the flash would cause anywhere from first degree burns (for light colored clothing) to third degree burns (dark colored clothing). That didn't sound very nice to me. To tell you I wasn't scared would be a lie. When my name came over the P.A. and called me to the office, I took a second to hug my friends and tell them to get home okay. At home, it was much like school. That dreaded silence again. Dinner that day was silent. I don't think anyone in my family said 5 words the entire day. I didn't sleep that night. I think quite a few people didn't sleep that night. It's now August 27th. I remember September 11th like it was yesterday. I will always remember what happened. I can only wish that my kids won't have to have such a memory like this. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: We were on vacation and had drove to the west coast and thought that we'd stop in Las Vegas since we had never been there before. Actually we were on our way home to Iowa. My husband had gotton up and turned on the t.v. just as the first plane had hit the first tower. He woke me up to tell me to watch then the second plane had come in and hit the second tower. We couldn't believe our eyes. He turned to me and said what did I want to do , and my response was go home now !!!! As he went to check us out I sat on the end of the bed watching the horror and not believing what my eyes were seeing. A young gentleman came walking pass the door to our room and I could tell by the look on his face what he was thinking because it was the same as what was going on in my mind. Our eyes met and no words had to be spoken , he just kept shaking his head and walking back and forth infront of the hotel room door as if he was lost and didn't know what to do now . We didn't exchange any words till we were packing the car to leave and he came out of I guess his room and told us to be careful and wished us luck getting home. He was stuck in Vegas because he had flown in and of couse by then no flights were leaving. To this day I think about who he was and can still see the look on his face. The drive home was listening to any radio staion that we could get that would tell us what was going on . And then noticing no planes in the sky made for a errie feeling. Our vacation was cut short by a week last year because of the event but going home was all that was on our minds and that we couldn't get there fast enough.I'd give anything for what had happened not to have but it did make me realize that the saying "theres no place like home" is so true.Driving interstate 80 we were passed quite afew times by vehicles packed full of fireman gear and didn't have to ask each other where they were going because we knew fully well where they were heading and by no means were they taking in the sights along the way This country of ours is the most beautiful place in the world and it is 95% full of wonderful loving and caring people and heaven help the other 5% that wants to distroy us. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story1604.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-30 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.43.226.244 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: i was in mrs o'leary's class reading a book on war when on the intercom our pricipal told us to stop what we were doing and to turn on our tvs. then he said what would change my life forever we've been attacked. i was so scared i reached for my best friends hand and we held eachother until we left school. not many but a few of my friends had family there but it still hurt and i still feel empty as i remember april 24th 2001 when we went on a trip to NY for school and i took many pics of the wtc. i will always long to see it again but anger took that away. lets just hope we don't let anger like this happen 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 story6163.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 204.60.61.134 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 just returned from dropping off my youngest child when I heard the news on the radio. I went home and my husband greeted me at the door with the same news. Planes are crashing into the World Trade Center Buildings. I felt so ill. I remember my thoughts were going around in my head so quickly. Why kept popping up in my head. Why would someone do this? Why now? Why us? What did we do? I sat in front of the Television holding hands with my husband crying in horror of the events that unfolded that morning. Then the announcer says we have a report that the Pentagon has been hit. Another says one crashed in Pennsylvania. What is going on? Is this the end? Are we safe? What do I do? I told my husband I have to get the kids. He told me that they are safer where they are. All I can think is my babies are without their mother. I need to get my babies. They cannot be alone. What if something happens to us? We are so close to Dulles. What if a plane hits us? Our children will be left without parents. I have to go get my children Now! I reached the High School around 10:30a.m. the halls are filled with crying children some are hugging others trying to be strong. I found it very hard to control my own feelings while trying to locate my daughter. My neighbors kids would ask me to take them with me but I could not. The school regulations forbid me to take them. I felt so overwhelmed,panicked,confused, scared. I reach the office and they give me my daughters room number and allow me to get her myself. I reach the room to find her and her friends crying. She saw me and hugged me and said why is this happening to us. Her friends had parents working at the Pentagon which is only 15 minutes from us. They are afraid they are dead or injured. I assured them that they would hear from their parents soon and hugged her as well. We came out of the school to find the parking and surrounding areas of the school filled with other parents trying to find their children. Everyone crying and horrified it was total chaos. We located the car and made our way to the Elementary school to get my youngest child. The Elementary School was very quite. Everyone was hush hush. They didn't want the children to know what was going on. They didn't want them upset. I requested them to call my son to the office for early dismissal. I was talking to another mother when someone from the office asked that we not speak of the disaster in the hallways. I got my son and went to the car where I proceeded to explain to him what was going on. All he could say was why are you taking me home. Once we got back home, I felt somewhat comforted that my children were now with me. We all sat together arm in arm as we watched the aftermath unfold. The fires burn. The people running. The buildings falling. Over and Over and Over like the rerun of a bad movie. My kids asked me why I brought them home. I explained that if something were to happen, that I wanted us to be together, so nobody would be alone asking why did this happen to them. It is a year later and I am still asking why. How could a people who Love their God so much do something so devastating in his name? I don't think any God would condone such bahavior. Kind of makes you wonder if it isn't satan in disguise. I hope and pray that one day the world in its entirety will finally find peace. 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 story4592.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.188.6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I first heard about the news on the way to school. I was listening to the radio. they said something about planes crashing into buildings and possible terrorist activities. it was a horrible day. especially for those who had lost people to the 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 story8272.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-10-02 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.79.81.253