September 11 Digital Archive Stories

I pulled into the parking lot at work and all I could do was look at the radio. I could not believe what I was hearing. The World Trade Center. Bombed. Impossible. I went inside and announced what I heard. I immediately ran and got my radio.…

September 11, 2001 was a wonderfully still, crisp and clear day. When I arose that morning, I walked outside of my hotel room and peered over the railing to view the Delaware River. The view was so calm and peaceful. A small patchy thin layer of…

After a wonderful two week visit to my sister's house in Beaverton, OR., we were just about to awaken my almost two year old daughter, Emma, to head for the Portland, OR. airport. Not fond of flying, I was not looking forward to the return trip…

I remember that on Sept.11,2001 I was scheduled to be at school at 8am to take my pre-entrance exam for Registered Nursing School. I reported at the assigned time and had no clue was was unfolding everywhere as myself along with about 200 other…

I was on my way to work down town Tampa. When I walked through the door, one of my co-workers said, did you hear the news, I said no, then she said go and look at the news on television.
I could not believe what I saw and heard, that two planes flew…

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On this tragic day I was in English class. I remember the teachers conversing about this big commotion about terrorist, planes, and the twin towers. The rest of our school day we watched this act in every class.

One of the things I…

I am up early every day - typically before 6:00 am. September 11, 2001 was typical. A pot of rich, dark roasted coffee is underway as I shuffle out to pick up the newspaper along with Taylor, our 8 year-old tri-color collie. After briefly scanning…

I sat in my fourth grade class room and was wondering why everyone's parents were picking them up when my own dad came. I was wondering why, but, as a fourth grader, leaving school early was great. A year before I had gone to New York City. I went up…

It started out like any day. I was up with our son and my husband was in school at the time so he was getting ready to catch the bus. I had just finished feeding the baby and I turned on the T.V. I just turned it to the channel my favorite talk…

On the morning of September 11, 2001 in Sunnyside, New York (which is in New York City, in the borough of Queens), I was in my apartment on the sixth floor, getting ready for work. While I was sitting at the dressing table in my bedroom watching…

The first thing I saw was the news cast of the first plane hitting. I called my husband at work and he told me more about what was going on because he was listening to the news. I immediately wanted all of my children and my husband home. I wanted…

The years pass, but time does not lessen what we have lost. Yesterday marked the fifth anniversary of the attacks, and like many who survived I have moved on and at the same time, I haven't. The building I escaped from shakes inside me forever. I…

On September 6th, 2001, I made the 2 hour drive back home from Ithaca, NY, where I was attending school. I decided that the school I was going to, TC3, was not for me. That weekend my mother, brother, and cousin went back to TC3 with me to bring…

My son was sick that day so I stayed home from work. We were watching TV when all the sudden the first plane hit. I thought it was pilot error until I saw with my own eyes the second plane hit and then I knew we were under attack. I watched this…

I guess during the earlier hours of 9/11, I think I
could've been one of the leading candidates for the
National Apathy Award....

My day started out as usual, waking up a bit late,
groggy from another 5 hour sleeping spell,
hurring to take a shower,…

As I sat in my Kitchen nook finishing my breakfast I was about to turn off Good Morning America on NBC.I was the Head Football Coach at Montour High School at the time and preparing them to play a very difficult game verse Hopewell High School,Tony…

When I woke up on September 11,2001 and turned on the television, I saw the most horrific sight of my life- the United States was under attack. I was a mother to be and my husband, like so many others, was at work. He is a school teacher. I…

i was at home when the story broke on tv. it looked like a movie. i just broke down in tears when i saw the first and then second plane hit. it didnt seem real. the whole of cambridgeshire, england was shocked. nobody deserved to go through that and…

I remember, I was in my Senior Philosophy class, with Mr. Graney. An interesting place to be when a disaster strikes close to where you live...
It actually started the day before the attack. I can't remember what the topic was, but I distinctly…

I'm a disaster relief counselor for an international organization supporting families of terrorism victims. I was in the locker room at my YMCA, getting ready for a workout, when someone ran into the locker room with the news of what was happening.…