September 11 Digital Archive Stories

I had just finished working out at the gym and got in my car to go home when I realized the radio was playing news instead of music. The first plane had just hit and all they were saying was that there had been some kind of explosion at the WTC.…

I was sitting in French class on what seemed to be just an idle Tuesday, staring at the clock on the wall, and pleading for class to end. The irony of that day for me was that morning I had thought to myself how dull Tuesdays usually were. At about…

It is a day I will never forget. It shocked me, it maddened me, it saddened me. I never felt so much compassion for people and families I didn't know. As a volunteer victim advocate and crisis team member for Adam's County Crisis Response Team I…

I was IN THE AIR when it happened. Flying from Appleton, WI to Denver, and then on to Burbank. My flight left 40 minutes late, at 7:00 a.m.Central time. We arrived in Madison, where we picked up the rest of the passengers. It was a full flight, 50…

That morning i remember me and my friends we being so silly during first block. We weren't doing our homework and we were just talking and laughing. Then once that class was over I was on my way to the cafeteria for nutrition break and i saw a bunch…

On September 11, 2001 we received our normal Thursday shipment for the store. To all of us it was a normal day. When the doors opened for business at 10 we heard the first of something unusuall happening. News radio filled us in on what was…

I was in my office when my husband, Richard, called me from his job to tell me what was happening. I turned on our little office TV and couldn't believe what I was viewing. The devastation seemed unreal, even on a 9-inch screen it was so huge; I…

There are two things about my reaction on September 11th that still surprise me when I look back. The first is how I responded when I heard of the attacks. I was sitting on my couch having just gotten up the motivation to start on some school work.…

I was just getting ready to start my day, when I turned on the TV. The first plane had just hit and the morning shows were starting to cover the fire. Noboy knew yet that this wasn't an accident. I called a friend, who has a sister in NYC by the…

Hi Friends,

I am fine, and so is everyone that I know. It was an interesting day
here in DC yesterday. We were ordered to leave work around 10am, but
I didn't get to my house about 20 miles away until after 1pm. Traffic
was…

As our train approached the 16th Street station in Philadelphia a little after 9am on September 11th, cell phones began to ring. We heard such comments as, ?Oh no,? ?You?ve got to be kidding,? ?No fooling.? One person turned around and announced,…

It was an ordinary day like any other at work. I work for the town newspaper. Somewhere between 8:30 & 9:00 a co-worker came running out of the newspaper and said that a plane hit the World Trade Center. So we all got up and went into the newsroom to…

I have a cousin who worked on one of the upper floors of the WTC. She arrived at work early and instead of going upstairs, she decided to have a bagel and a cup of coffee across the street. That is when the first plane hit. I am so very greatful…

That day I walked into homeroom and my teacher had the television on. Her and another student in the class look really conserned. I remember looking at the television and have them keep replaying over and over again a plane running into the north…

My husband and I were married on September 9, 2001 in Philadelphia after moving from Jersey City, NJ earlier that month. We had planned on leaving on our cross-country, road trip across America honeymoon to our new home in Tucson, AZ on 9/11. We…

It was just another typical morning at work, getting my coffee and turning my small radio on at work. As I was getting ready to get started, I heard the radio announcer mention New York, then the word airplane crash. I immediately turned the radio…

I was in my 8:00AM Major British Authors class at NYU. We were discussing poetry by Wordsworth and Coleridge. Around 8:40AM, I heard a low-flying plane over the building. Since there are three major airports in the area, I didn't think too much of…

I was at work in Bristol England, when I heard the tragic news about the twin towers, and I was in shock. I had just recently got engaged and was seperated from my fiance, he was back at school in Utah. I thought that people were joking with me,…

Our family are transplanted New Yorkers. My wife and I received a call when the first plane hit. We were out having breakfast and decided to return home to watch the news. Our initial reaction was muted as we assumed it was a tragic accident. With…

It was by the mere location of my residence that I became a witness to one of the most reprehensible and fiendish attacks ever committed against innocent, civilian lives. My story is not one of great heroism or cowardice but one of survival and…