September 11 Digital Archive Stories

September 11 was a day of sorrow as I mourned the deaths of so many.My daughter, Kristin and I lit candles and sang God Bless America. We placed flags on our home and on our car as to say I am proud to be an American.
One year later I have a…

Well it was just another day. Kids are yelling at teachers, teachers are yelling at students, nothing really new. So I am in computer class and by word of mouth we are all told as a class that a plane crashed into just some building, you know…

I do not know really where to begin but I will try. I was at work subing in the classroom. One of our staff members informed us that she heard on the news that a plane had crashed but was not sure where. She then came back in and informed us a…

I had nothing interesting to do that day and I was looking forward to relaxing all day and watch TV.
My grandparents came up to my apartment because I wanted to show my grandpa something at the computer. For that purpose I turned off my TV. When we…

I had just got home and went to bed around 7:15am, as I had worked a 24-hour shift with the County EMS the day before, September 11th. My mom had surgery on the 11th at the local hospital, and my grandparents were geting ready to go see her. I was…

I will never forget that day, it is burned into my memory.
I was at home, three months pregnant. I had just put my 5yr old son on the bus for Pre-K, and my 8yr old daughter out the door to school. I sat down on the couch to relax for a little while…

i was volunteering at the M.S. society, and people came in at various time in the morning. they were teling us impossible things that were happening in new york and washington and penneylvania! i was absolutely stunned! when i went home, i made a…

I was in the 8th grade on September 11, 2001. I was in physical education class getting dressed when the gym teacher Mr. Kelly came in the lockeroom and said the towers were just hit. I remember not thinking nothing of it, but my school was walking…

Tuesday morning I was getting ready for my only class of the day at IUPUI in Indianapolis, Indiana. I was listening to the radio like I normally do. I was catching bits and pieces of the morning show. But I heard an urgentcy in the female dj. She…

It was an ordinary day, just like any other. I usually don't have time to watch TV in the morning before i have to go to my first class. Being in college its hard to find time to watch TV period. But that day i had gotten up early and decided to sit…

I'm a coordinator for the N.Y. Board of Elections. On the morning of 9/11, while working at my poll site in a
synagogue, the police officer informed me of the planes
that had crashed into the WTC. At first, I didn't know
what to think about it but a…

I was on the phone with my sister watching the news when I saw the first plane hit Tower 1.. I thought it was an accident.. then the second plane hit and I knew it was no accident.. a colleague came running over that they had hit the Pentagon.. I had…

Tuesdays have always been my day off. That one started off like all the others. Tim was off to work before I got out of bed and I got up about a half hour later with our little girl Emma who was almost 2 at the time. We had just bought our first…

I remember leaving my apartment very early that day on my way to a doctor's appointment on the upper West Side of Manhattan. The doctor's office faces Riverside Park and you can see the West Side Highway from her windows. My appointment was for…

It was a beautiful Tuesday morning on September 11th and I was having a cup of coffee. It was About 8:50 am and my daughter Ciara had gone to school. I took the day off from work because I was volunteering at my daughters school. My girlfriend Debbie…

This should give you a British view on the events - I can remember getting into my car to go home from School, and my mother told me, A plane has hit a tower in New York. I was stunned, i turned on the radio, and instead of hearing the normal comedy…

i was actually sleep when the first tower was hit and waking up when the second tower was hit. i didnt know what actually was happening because it happened so fast. what i remember was going to take a drug test for work and coming home and everything…

My daughter, Kelly and I and my granddaughter, Crystal were on vacation in New York on the 8th of Sept. We had tickets to Michael Jacksons concert and the day of the 8th we were standing where the twin towers were. It gives me shivers when I…

I guess this isn't exactly what you were looking for. I'm not about to tell you a true story. I do a lot of writing in my spare time, which I can understand may seem "nerdy" for a fifteen year old to be doing. Anyways, I wrote this story a couple of…

On September 11, 2001 when the first plane hit the World Trade Center in New York I was on my way to school. By the time I heard a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center both planes had hit and I think the third one had hit the Pentagon. I…