September 11 Digital Archive Stories

It started out just like and other day. In the morning I got ready for school and I rode the bus. I suffered my way through math first period, even thought I had just gotten an A on a test. When class let out, I went to break to talk with friends…

I was at my bookkeeping job at Perkins Family Restaurant when I heard the first news of the attacks from a Christian radio station - KJLY-FM - in Blue Earth, Minnesota just before 8:00 A.M. Several minutes later I heard the news of the second plane…

Well on 9/11/01 I was at work I was standing in front of my machinery talking to the onwer of the factory when this guy came in the factory and told us that the World Trade Centers were hit by two planes and we said that it was impossible.So the guy…

I listened as my co-worker's radio broadcast the first tower hit, then shortly, the second tower. Then, the radio announcer broadcast that the Pentagon was hit. Instantly, I thought that we were at war and our lives changed permanently. I left the…

I woke up that beautiful morning and got ready for another ultrasound. I was 7 1/2 months pregnant with my twins. My husband & I got in the truck and left. We put the radio on and heard the DJ's speaking of a plane that hit the Trade Towers. At…

September 11,2001
On September 11, I was getting ready to go to an oretation at the hill side school. My mom and I were getting dressed when my lawyer, Walter, a friend of the family called. I answered the phone as usual and said "wud up". He told me…

When the first plane hit, I was in school on a normal day, not knowing anything that had happened. Likewise for the second plane. It was not until i got on the bus to go home that I heard rumors of what had happened, everything from the Chinese…

I just woke up and was getting ready for school. AS always i turned on the tv, i thought it was a movie.. the frist plane hit BANG..the tears come down. I couldnt belive it then the second on hit i oculdnt even stand! i watch intill the second…

On Tuesday, September 11, 2001 I went to high school just like any other day. The bell rang, ending third period, and i entered into the hallway with friends. Immediately I noticed two girls crying and hugging each other but didn't think much about…

I remember that tuesday morning well, coming home from a restaurant, after getting off work, at about 3am. I stayed up about half hour or so, talking to my mother, who was awake at the time. I then went to bed. Before I knew it, my brother was…

my prayers goes out to all the familys and love one and pray that god will help us

A whole year already... Sometimes it shocks me still. I will vividly remember the day the towers fell and the whole world looked on in shock and grief.

I remember the worry for the future ecspecially as I was just a few short days from giving brith…

9-11 Where were you?

Often we are asked, ?Where were you when ?

Pearl Harbor was attacked ?
Kennedy was shot ?
Challenger exploded ?
Princess Diana?s tragic accident ?

After that day we will now be asked,…

I was in 2nd period study hall when the attack on Sept.11 started. I started waching t.v in 3rd priod english. Every teacher started to talk about and I dint know what was going on. That hole day that is all we did in school is wacth t.v to see what…

AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ASK THEMSELVES "WHAT CAUSED THIS CATASTROPHIC EVENTS?"

THE SHORT ANSWER IS : THE UNFAIR POLICIES OF THE USA GOVERNMENT INCLUDING ITS SUPPORT TO ISRAEL OCCUPATION AND ISRAELI TERROR AGAINST THE PALESTENIAN CIVILIANS.

AMERICA…

What a day!!! The day started out as just an ordinary one, with the kids going to school, husband to work..........and the most beautiful, clear sky. The memory of how that day began will be permanently etched in my mind for the rest of my life.…

I was working as a telelmarketer and we were calling New York at the time. When the owner told us what was happing in New York we all started crying. One girl has an uncle who works in the World Trade Center and another woman's son is a pilot who…

After a morning of watching the horrific events of 11 Sept 2001 on television I went to my volunteer post at the McLean County Museum of History for my 1-5 p.m. stint. Around mid-afternoon I went to the front steps of the Museum for a break, along…

I was sitting at home with a friend of mine, learning Latin fo our exam was drawing closer.
We had been working for three or four hous, when suddenly my boyfriend called. "Come over here, switch on the TV!" he stammered, "A Plane crashed into the…

It was not a good time for me to begin with. My husband & I had just seperated for reason's at that time that where most unknown to me. My daughter & I moved in with my brother & his family. I was totally distraught over the whole seperation. I love…