September 11 Digital Archive Stories

I was in a meeting and was told by my supervisor that a plane had hit the WTC. We turned on the big screen tv and watched CNN recap the events, we then watched the second plane fly into the 2nd tower. We all knew then that we were under attack. We…

hola:soy una profesora chilena que hago clasesde ingles a ninos desde quinto a octavo grado en basica,cuando sucedio lo de las torres me dio mucha pena,en noviembre de este a?o visite la zona cero gracias a que me gane una beca por 5 semanas en la…

I was helping one of my patient to check out ,when i was told by one of the secretary that a plane had hit the tower of wtc. I stood there in shock & disbelief & was hoping that the informer will start laughing,but it was not meant to be a joke .I…

It all started as a beautiful sunny day. I sent my boys on the school bus and my husband came home from a long night shift at work. I was in the bedroom watching another program on television when all of a sudden my husband yelled at me from the…

I had some appointments with some landscapers to get quotes at one of my properties the morning of Sept. 11th. For some reason that morning, I had decided to shut the radio off and enjoy the silence as I made my way to the property.

When I got…

On the morning of Septemer 11, 2001 I had just finished voting for the primary. My son and I had an appointment near the Brooklyn Bridge. We got on the #7 train to Manhattan. We were on the train for approximately 20 minutes out of Main Street,…

I was at my office when one of my co-workers came in and said that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. My immediate reaction was asking if the news media had said if it was a private plane that hit it and what the weather conditions were like.…

When I first heard the twin towers were hit by an air plane I, like most of the people working the polls did'nt beleive it. When I heard the second tower was hit I knew something was going on,I automatically thought the end of the world.The only…

My name is Bruce W.Cobb. I am a Texan with South Carolina

roots;but today, I am just an American. Early that morning,

I was preparing to go to court for a client. I watched the

News and the Today show as I usually do every day in the

morning.…

On September 11,2001 I was getting ready for school when i saw on the news that a plane crashed into one of the Twin towers in New York City, New York.I heard it was a terrorist act when I was in third hour literature class.
My teacher was almost in…

Hi my name is Myndi Johnson, and on Sept.11,2001 I was at home with my kids, when I saw the first plane hit the towers. I kept thinking to myself that it was some kind of new action packed movie that was coming out. But then they just kept talking…

I was in school. I heard on the intercom that a plane had crashed and we were to go to church to pray for it. I thought it was just a small wreck but I was wrong. I heard about it and still didn't belive. When I went home and saw on tv the video of…

On September 11th, I was off from work sick and was sitting on the couch in my living room looking at the Maury Show on tv, then there was this "Special Report". At first it was reported that there had been an accident at the World Trade Center,…

One of our managers called back to the office - "Did you hear about a plane hitting the World Trade Center?" Everyone's first reaction was "No, you're kidding" and of course, "That had to be some accident" - Then the second plane hit and it became…

Leaving Las Vegas with a fever and two day deadline to get to Seattle we pulled out onto the strip tired, disgruntled and ready to be home. Nate drove and when the cell phone rang I answered it.
"Tristan, did you see what happened" It was an…

Jonathan Segal
September 13, 2001
jsegal@panix.com


One View of Many?

The First Plane
The Second Plane
The First Collapse
The Second Collapse
Communications
Getting Around
Hoboken, NJ
The Following Day
Moving Forward

It has been a little more than…

I was in New York City...my aunt and uncle lived in Battery Park City and I was babysitting my cousin, who's mom was on her first day back from maternity leave. She worked in the World Trade Center...so did her husband. I was up bright and early…

I left school that day, not knowing anything. When I was in the counselor's office to get my schedule change, I saw it on the news. I was shocked at what was going on. I could not believe my eyes. I had heard about a crash in NYC that morning from my…

At the time I was at my high school, Walnut Ridge HS, in the eleventth grade.I was in my Chemistry class when the principal camr over the speaker announcing that two american planes going to D.C. had been hijacked. He then told us all to pray for the…

DURING 9/11 LAST YEAR, I WAS AN EIGHTH GRADER AT BJHS. I WAS IN P.E. WHEN ONE OF MY CLASSMATES CAME IN TELLING PEOPLE THAT THE WORLD TRADE CENTERS HAD BEEN ATTACKED. I THOUGHT HE WAS LYING, SO I WENT TO MR. HOWARDS ROOM ONLY TO SEE A PICTURE OF THE…