September 11 Digital Archive Stories

The day began as usual for me and my family of 3. Rushing off to school and work. I had just been promoted to a new position in the University and was very busy trying to learn my job. I have the opportunity to work with 2 of my sisters. I was…

My son and I were running late. I'd turned on the TV for background noise, my son taking his bath. A celebrity interview was interrupted and Brian Gumble began to tell what happened. I got my son in front of the TV and told him, "You will remember…

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Seg?n la versi?n oficial de los hechos, el vuelo n?mero 93 de United Airlines, que viajaba de Newark, New Jersey, a San Francisco, acab? su viaje a las 10.06 de la ma?ana…

I was in Las Vegas with several co-workers on a combination business/pleasure trip. We were called at our hotel by relatives back East the morning of 9/11, and immediately turned on the TV to see the horrific events taking place. The business…

I began my morning as usual going to the shop to help my brother with his AAA-business, when my mother calls and says turn the tv on, so i did. Within minutes of turning the tv on I saw the second plane crash into the Tower, I felt so sick at my…

It was my first class of the day, Geometry, and everything was seeming to go normal. We were learning about proofs and such, and my classmates and I had no idea of what was about to happen to history. Well, when my class ended I was walking up the…

On September 11th I was in my 2nd period shop class when the terrorists took the planes and crashed them. The terrorists highjacked the planes because they were mad at the USA. I didn't even know that anything was going on until I got to my 3rd…

Shortly after the first plane flew into the WTC, I went to a shop in Bradford, England with my mother to help her buy a new TV. When we entered the shop, the staff were watching a breaking news broadcast about a plane crash into the WTC, apparently…

I remembered receiving a phone call from my husband's sister. The tv was off. Within moments of turning it on, the second plane hit. I recalled feeling this intense fear of war like nothing I had before. I looked at my infant son and thought how…

my name is luz bordallo,i am 14 years old.During the attacks me and my dad were at home i was getting ready for school when i turned on the tv and was wathching tv like i always do at that hour they always give the…

Eveyrone was talking and joking around as usual on this day. It started out normal.. An announcement was made on the loudspeaker to go to the closest room with a tv. We were all excited, thinking "Hey, we have a free day to watch tv". We were sadly…

After routinely opening the library at 7am CST and getting things organized, my co-workers and I were shocked to hear (from staff that arrived around 8am) that a jet had flown into one of the Towers. Not being familiar with far away New York, we…

I work 3rd shift and had got off work and went to meet a lady I had been talking with on the internet.We met and talked awhile and when we got back in our cars I heard it on the radio and went back to her car tell her to turn on the radio. I at that…

I THINK THAT SEP 11 WAS A VERY DEVISTAITING DAY FOR THE USA. I AS A TEENAGER WAS AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGIC EVENT. I GIVE MY REGRETS TO THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIMS OF 9-11. SO MANY INOCENT LIVES WERE TAKEN FROM US. WHEN I SAW THE TELEVISION AND SAW THE…

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Not to be a wet blanket, but I thought I'd offer another perspective on the sad, sick, events that happened today:


At 6 years old, my son Patrick has enjoyed for his whole life a luxury that few Americans have known. Born into this strange…

i was going out for my b-day and my sister came over and said did you hear what happened to ny,pa and the pentagon. i said no and she put my tv on. it was so sad to see what was happening to our world.i am from nj and i was so scared my family was…

At approximately 8AM I dropped my husband off on Church Street, one block North of the Number one tower and proceeded to drive to work in Long Island City. I had CBS radio on and Harry Harrison announced that there was smoke coming from one of the…

I can't believe it's been one year. It feels like it happened yesterday and it's almost like I never knew what it was like to not worry about what might happen next. The story I'm about to tell is short, but it sticks out vividly in my mind and I'm…

I was listening to Art Bell on KOMO when I fell asleep and had a very vivid vision. I saw a large moon shaped, "Other World" come out of the east and strike our land with great destruction. I e-mailed Art Bell and told him about the vision, I also…

It was my day off of work and I was sitting by myself drinking my second cup of coffee watching the news thinking about all the stuff I was going to get done today in the house. When the news break came on and I saw the plane crash into the first…