September 11 Digital Archive Stories

I don't have anyone close who died there, but it did have an effect on me. That morning at 8:57am central, I woke up and I looked at the clock and I knew something was wrong. Kinda like when a mother knows her child is hurt, when their not together.…

I was working in a dental office on the morning of September 11. We had just started seeing our first patients of the day, when one of them came in and told us that one of the trade towers had been hit by a plane, but the news didn't have all of the…

During the year of 2001, I was a senior in highschool--still young at heart and mind. The morning of September 11 changed all of that. I sat in 3rd period physics class with my friends and fellow classmates, shocked and confused by the events which…

I was up all night studying for a chemistry test, and I hadn't been asleep yet. I decided to turn on the news (b/c that's the only channel I got in my room) to get a break from Vascal's Principle and atomic theories. In the middle of the newscast,…

On September 11, 2001 I was in my 8th grade English class. We had a break and I saw all the teachers gathering around in the hall way talking. I wanted to know what they were all talking about so I walked over and listened to them. I heard one of…

The day had begun like any other with greating the children and our morning routines. We receive a call to turn on the television there were reports of a plane hitting the World Trade Center. We all thought there was no way that could happen so we…

On September 11,2001 I was in my class. I was in 7-th grade and I was in Mrs.Cannon's room. We were all sitting there... and Mrs.Cannon told us she just heard about the attacks on the radio. I didn't know what to think but I was in total shock. No…

I will always remember exactly where i stood when it all happened.
I was at work and the doctor i worked for told us of the first plane and we couldn't believe such a terrible
accident could have taken place but as we turned on the television just…

I was in my school library checking out a book when the school librarian was in a rush to check out my book. I asked him what was such the rush. He said that something happened in New York and that it was really serious. I shrugged to myself and…

I was on the phone with a customer when she started screaming "Oh my God!" repeatedly. I didn't have a TV there, but she told me what was happening and I immediately turned on the radio to 101.1 to listen in. I knew we were going to war and called…

I'd been in the office for a couple of hours already, and some of the other members of staff were just arriving for the day, when someone walked in to say a plane had hit one of the twin towers. The first impression most of us had was that it was a…

Dear Reader,
I wrote this article the day of and the day after the attacks on America. I wrote what I felt those two days in order that in the future my children and grandchildren would be able to understand the true emotional rollercoaster I, and…

I was doing two things, watching tv and making appointments on the phone. I saw the plane, then it hit the Tower---I was not sure I saw, what I saw. Questions came to my mind, it that plane lost or what? I felt very unsettled, and then the another…

I was in my shrink's office when the patient who was scheduled after me knocked on the door. "Did you hear what just happened?" She was in hysterics. Of course, neither my doctor nor I knew what was going on because we had been too busy talking…

katherine biller
junior in high school

I can remember exactly what I was doing on 9-11 but at the same time it's a blur, one big mess of a blur. I was a sophomore in Niceville High and it was just another day and the bell had just rung for 5th…

September 11 I had been kinda uneasy about the day from the time I had woken up.The first time I heard about it was in my Gym class some girls were discussing it while we were getting ready to change classes,so me being me I kinda chimed in on the…

When I first found out about the terrorist attacks on the U.S. I was on break between my 2nd and 3rd hour classes at school. I was in a bit of a rush to get to my third hour class before the tardy bell when my friend Sean came and told me the news. I…

I was at school in my biology class. When I was entering class, I saw the television was on. I did not know why but I realized everyone was watching it. I thought my classmates were watching the morning shows but then I saw a tower with an airplane…

I was on my way to work the morning of September 11, 2001. It was a typical morning; I was supposed to be there at 9 a.m. and was running just a couple of minutes late. I was surfing through the radio channels trying to find some music in the midst…

The day of 9/11 I was at school im not exactly sure what period or class I was in but my teacher heard from emails from several of his co-workers that a plane had hit into the twin towers he immediatly put on the T.V. to see if these reports were…