September 11 Digital Archive Stories

"I think you had better get up and turn on your tv," were the first words I heard on September 11, 2001. It was a Tuesday morning, and I had the day off from work. I was catching up on some much needed sleep when I awoke to images, sounds and…

I remember where i was like it was yesterday i was in school and it was during gym. My teacher told us all to go upstairs where the T.V was and watch history being made. My friends and I were all unsure what he meant but we sat there and watched…

How did you witness history on September 11th? Share you experience.

Response: I watched it live on TV from the Tech Ed Classroom at my school. I began to feel panic. The teachers have walkie-talkies, and kids were being pulled out left and right…

I had just gotten back from taking my daughter Amanda to school. My husband had just gotten home from work. When I got in the door he called for me to come into the other room, where he was watching television. He said look at this, I thought he was…

ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 I REMEMBER WAKING UP LATE AND HAVING TO GO TO WORK. THE TV WAS ALREADY TUNED TO THE NEWS CHANNEL. I CANT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHICH ONE. I SAW THE NEWS ABOUT ONE OF THE TWIN TOWERS BEING HIT BY AN AIRPLANE AND I PROCEEDED TO GO TO…

I was working at my lawfirm at the time and was connected to MSNBC on-line. Someone yelled that a plane hit one of the Trade Towers. At first, we thought it was a small private plane, but then someone yelled that the second Tower had been hit. We…

We watched in shock and tears. It was heart breaking. My kids were worried that something could happen here too. We all were worried about that. New Mexico is far from New York but that day we felt alot closer, and we all felt attacked.

It was a regular day in September, and I started to make my way to the cafeteria for lunch. I ate my peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and visited some of my friends on the other side of the cafeteria. They were all trying to get something out of…

I was at home with my family when my Dad called just before 10:00 AM. He said "Turn on the radio, there's been a terrorist attack in New York." As a former Marine who had studied terrorism, he recognized the work of terrorists even before the…

My roommate, a German exchange student, received a phone call from her boyfriend in Germany. He told us to turn on the TV, because the World Trade Center had been hit by an airplane. My first reaction was, "isn't there more than one world trade…

I left my families farm in SD on September 10 to spend the night with my aunt and uncle in Bismarck before heading home to Detroit, MI. On Sept, 11 I hadn't gotten out of Bismarck when the news came across on the radio. I listened all the way to…

I was on my way out the door to take my daughter to her 2 month doctor's appointment when my husband called me from work to tell me a plane had crashed into the WTC. He didn't know any more details but he said he would call me when he did. We did not…

My day had gotten off to a rough start. It just seemed to me that people had somehow just forgotten where their heads were on the road, and this is an hour before anything in the world went wrong. I remember saying to myself, I just can't wait to…

September 11 in Boston dawned a beautiful day. It was a wonderful late summer day as I headed to work that morning. I thought to myself what a great day it would be to have off. As I walked down Boylston Street to work, I looked up and saw a jet…

I was in school when the planes hit the World Trade Center. The flight that left from Boston,Logan airport flew right over my school.It was weird cause i dont think any flights came our way . Then i got home and i turned on the t.v. and I seen the…

I first want to say how sorry I am for all the people who lost loves one's on that very sad day of September 11,2001. Although I personally did'nt know any one that died that day I do know people that did. How this story touched my life was my…

I had no classes scheduled for September 11, so I stayed up all night studying and making notes for my next book. By the time I went to bed, the sun was up and people were going to work. About 1:00 PM I was awakened from a sound sleep by the…

i am a nurse's aide on an alzeimer's floor when we saw on tv the planes hit the trade centers. we all sat there in awwww!! some cried and called home, others sat their very quiet. i had a friend who was supposed to leave for italy the following…

On this tragic day in History, I was on my way to school. I remember hearing everything on the radio. I was a few minutes late for class but the professor had not arrived yet. After sitting there in class a few minutes a friend of mine came in and…

when i first heard of the attacks i didn't even know what everybody was talking about, everybody said "watch the TV! watch the TV! but the princaple had sent out the rule that all tv's were to be turned off. All day i heard exaggerated stories of…