September 11 Digital Archive Stories

On the day of September 11, 2001 I was in second period Social Studies. I remember my teacher getting a call and leaving the room. A little while later she came back in and she was cry. Everyone was asking what was wrong and she told us that her…

I went out to PA. to visit family and friends, I had only been in town a couple weeks. As a matter of fact the day of the attack I was planning on going to NewYork but I was sick with the flu. I was woken up by my step mother crying out "Oh my God,…

I started my September 11th, off getting a call at 7 am to be at work at 9 am. I work for the Norfolk Southern Railroad, then as a train conductor. I had been out the night before so the hour drive from my home in Cleveland, Oh to the train yard…

I won?t forget September 11th. It was a day filled with so many emotions that I?m still trying to sort them out. My roommates and I rose at eight o?clock that morning. We were eating breakfast around the kitchen table in our Arlington house as we…

I WOKE UP THAT SEPT.MORNING AS I ALWAYS DO I GET UP AT 6:00 AM EVERYDAY. I TOOK MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL THAT MORNING.I RETURNED HOME AND I TURNED MY TV ON TO WATCH THE TODAY SHOW YOU KNOW THE USUAL MORNING ROUTINE.ABOUT AN HOUR WENT BY IT WAS TIME FOR…

Me and my dad had decided to go play golf on that fateful tuesday morning. WE arrived at the golf course in Orlando, Florida not knowing that anything had happened. When we went inside the clubhouse, the pro told us that we might want to go and…

The morning I found out about the World trade centers I was sittin in Art class. I never new whatthe world TRade centers were honesty when this happend. I went around askng friends "whats the world trade centers?" The way i found out about the wwt…

One Voice, One World

Smoke fills the Manhattan sky
as people look in disbelief and shock.

As we make our way to the stairs
the intensity from the heat is unbearable.

Screams of help echo through my ears
I want to help them.
I stumble my way to…

I was in my zero hour class when my teacher came down and told us that some one had run a plane into one of the towers. I stated to laugh thinking some idiot had flown a small privet plane into it. Later in my history class I saw on the tv that it…

My mother called to tell me what had happened. I hung up ran to the T.V. room waiting for reports to tell us what happened, then a second plane plungged into the 2nd tower.

I fell to my knees, just cried and realized so many people mother, fathers,…

ON THE TRAGIC DAY OF SEPTEMBER 11TH,I REMEMBER GOING TO WORK IN A RETAIL STORE NAMED AMES WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS IT WAS INSTANTANEOUS THAT EVERYONE RAN BACK TO THE ELECTRONIS SECTION WHERE THERE WERE SEVERAL TV'S TO WATCH WHAT WAS HAPPENING I…

I wrote this on September 12, 2001.

I love and live by music. All types of music. It's the first thing I
turn on when I get in the car. It's the first thing I turn on when I get
into work in the morning. Music is such an integral part of my life…

I will never for forget how I heard about the events of 9-11.

I was in Connecticut visiting my sister, brother-in-law, and 16 month old nephew.....My daughter was 20 months and my son was just 5 months old.

My sister said she would hold down the…

The first I heard of the plane crashing was in my Creative Writing class. I walked in and greeted my teacher, who was listening to the radio. She held up a finger as she cocked an ear to try to understand the announcer's voice through the heavy…

I was in my lab trying to log onto the internet. I kept noticing that the server was busy, so I went to use the phone. All I got was dead signal. It was at this time that a coworker told me that a plane had hit the WTC. I thought perhaps it was…

I remember that morning because the air was very still and there was no wind. It was very erie. I was off from work that day. I stopped over my parents house and turned on the TV. I saw the first tower after that plane had hit it. It looked like a…

September 11th, 2001

Tuesday September 11th, 2001 was like any other day for me. It started out with waking up at 5:30am to get into the shower and get ready for school. This was a big day for my field hockey team and I. It was one of our big games…

On September 11 2001 I was in my 3rd grade in Ms.Tammy Jordan class at Iberville Elementary School. My teacher was teaching and the principle got on the intercalm amd told us that a tradic thing happen. I was looking crazy because I didnt knwo what…

I, like so many others, first heard of the attacks on our nation within a few minutes after arriving at work. ATV was set up in our conference room to monitor the event thinking that perhaps this was just a small plane, off course for whatever…

I was waiting for my co-worker to begin opening our coffeeshop. I didn't have the key and was impatient for her arrival. I looked at the clock and saw that it was 8:45 AM. Little did I know that that particular minute was the last minute before every…