13 20 7169 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I remember that i was walking my girlfiend to work and a woman drove by saying "turn on a radio, we're at war." and at the time, I didn't think anything of it until i got home and my landlord was standing on the front porch with a phone saying "you might want to call your family." and then i walked inside and flipped on the t.v. Like many others, I can't even begin to describe how I felt...a sense of utter shock, a thought that "It could never happen here." It took me over 45 minutes to call my family and find out that they were ok and i ount myself amongst one of the luckier ones as if my mother hadn't called in sick that day, both she and my daughter would've been ringside at Ground Zero. I remember her saying "things will never be the same here."and even to this day, it still holds true. It's been a long time since i thought of what happened and mythoughts drift to those who lost family,friends,loved ones ad my heart still goes out to them. We as a Nation and as a people should never forget what happened and strive to bring those responsible to justice. So, please rememebr those who were lost, the civillians who had no clue of the terrible events that were to unfold and to those brave public servants who gave their lives selflessly trying to save them. Please remember that not everyone who is of Arab descent isn't a bad person,nor do they agree with extremist views.It was the actions of a twisted few that brought this nation to it's knees and yet here we stand several years later unbowed. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story11355.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My 9/11 story began on 9/10. On that day, I was in New York City, at 1095 Avenue of the Americas in mid-towm Manhatten. I was on the 42nd floor, with a clear view down to the Financial District and the Trade Center, which dominated the skyline in that direction. It was a beautiful day, and I told my wife what a sight it was when I came back home to Clifton, Virginia that evening. The next day, Tuesday, 9/11, began with me at work with Verizon on Courthouse Road in the Rosslyn section of Arlington. I had a conference call with folks at 1095 Avenue of the Americas back in New York. The call began at 8:30. Just before 9AM, a person on the call interrupted to say that a plane had hit the Trade Center. While we were discussing what a terrible accident that was, the seond plane hit. We then all knew this was no accident. I tried calling my wife at home and could not reach her. My secretary came into my office with the news that the Pentagon had just been hit. At this time I became numb. I went to the 11th floor of the office building, as high as I could go, and looked west toward the Pentagon, which was over hill and out of view, about three miles away. The sight before me shocked me beyond what I can convey adequately. In the foreground, on the top of the hill on the grounds of Fort Meyer, was a flag pole with a large American flag, waving in the breeze and set against the most beautiful clear bluw sky. In the background was a huge column of black smoke, rising high into the air and blowing south, across the Potomoc River and over Washington DC. I became so very angry that our country had been attacked. I did not know who had done it, but prayed for the many I knew must have died, and for God to protect us. I am not a religious person, but I felt a strong need to do this. I left the 11th floor, and in the elevator lobby the TV's were showing the collapse of the first tower to fall. No one could absorb what was happening. Many were crying. I was more angry as I headed back to my office. Work was dismissed, and we were all told to go home. I got in my car and onto US 50, which was jammed. The scene was one from a science fiction movie. People were walking on the median strip, and the road was completely jammed. I was struck by how calm everyone appeared to be. There was no rudeness or panic. Probably most were like me...more in shock than in conscious control of emotion. Two hours later I turned onto my gravel road at home. There was a beautiful deer in a clearing calmly standing and watching me as I approached. I remember thinking "Life does go on". Life has gone on, but I think about what happened regularly...not every day, but very often. I still pray for God to protect us, and for the strength to Do The Right Thing if I ever find myself in a position that I must do so. I am so very impressed at the bravery displayed that day, and since that day, by so many. I ask that none of us ever forget. It is important to honor those who died, and those who continue to sacfrifice to protect us. Thank You Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story11604.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My parents know that there better be a damn good reason to wake me up at 5:45 in the morning, because I don't have classes until 9:30, and i don't normally wake up until 8. Well, the horrific events of the 11th proved to be that catalyst. My dad woke me up by banging on my door saying "go out front and turn on Fox News Channel, there's been a massive plane crash into the WTC. Being as my dad was an aeronautical engineer, we were discussing what could have caused a plane to crash, and we came up with the conclusion that there was a massive navigational error. Some time later, while we were watching channel 8, we saw the second plane crash and knew this was more than a navigational error, I remember saying " S--t, that was more than a accident, it looks like we're going to war!" I immediately dressed, called my mom at work and we came up with our game plans for the day, should there be any problsms. You see, my mom works in a prison, and there would be some problsms with her Arab imates, for certain. By the time I got to school, most of the teachers were in the library watching the TV. I asked if there was any new news, and we got some just after I walked in, that there was a plane crash in Pennsylvania, and one in the Pentagon a short time beforehand. I got on the phone to my mom at work, and told her the situation. We went to our first period classes, and from there, we dispersed throughout Dayton HS, to any classrooms with cable and a TV to watch the events unfold. My classmates were in a state of shock, and on very high alert. We had rumors circulating that military recruiters were picking up the students that were on the ?deferred deployment? list, and we were going to be locked down in our classrooms. The Christian Club held a prayer vigil at the flagpole, with 90% of the school attending. I remember e-mailing my dad warning him that we may go into a lockdown at the school until we knew the severity of the situation in NY and Washington. I was never so glad to get home from school in my life. I called some friends from my church and found out that there was a prayer service at Reno Christian Fellowship, and I should get my butt up there. I couldn?t get there because I was scared to death of driving on Geiger Grade that night. I had never prayed so much that the pain would end, and this would be just a horrible nightmare, that would pass over in a couple of days. I also vowed to never forget the events of 9-11, and how we need to be thankful for our blessings and positive aspects that come out of every tragedy, no matter how horrible the situation, there has to be at least a little glimmer of hope in the situation. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story8710.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was late September the 10th when my fianc?e (Ann) and I were saying our good-byes to one another when we both realized that my soon to be daughter (Ashley) had told me to be careful for about the 6th time that evening. Even before hanging up the phone she had to tell me once more to ?be careful and I Love You?. This was something she had not done a lot in the few months her mother and I had been dating so I was pleased that she was finally coming around. Or did she just have a feeling The morning of September 11th started the same for me as it does thousands of American business professionals that must travel for a living. Up at four in the morning to catch that early flight. I was flying from Greensboro, NC about an hour and a half away from my home in N Wilkesboro, NC to Houston TX. Ann has never been one to want copies of my itineraries. She said if something ever happened she would rather be able to keep her faith as long as possible that I was OK than to know for sure. So I usually tell her where I am going and when I will call. When I landed in Charlotte, NC to catch a connecting (Cheaper flight) to Houston. I realized I had forgotten to mention something to Ann so I picked up the phone and gave her a call. Ashley answered and it started again. ?Be careful, I love you?. ? I love you too sweetie, let me talk to your mama.? Again we were both amazed by Ashley?s newfound love for me. Shortly there after I boarded my plane to Houston. As usual I went straight to sleep before we ever left the airstrip. A few hours into the trip I was awaken by the pilot saying ?Can I have your attention!? ?President Bush has just declared a National State of Emergency and has ordered all planes to land at the nearest Airport.? For us that was Jackson Mississippi. People immediately started griping about how they were going to get to their destination. My thoughts were Saddam Hussein was at it again. As the plane neared the ground people started turning on cell phones to try to get a jump on the rental car industry. Once on the ground I too turned on my cell phone to begin making calls. The phone immediately flashed that I had 4 voice messages so I began to listen. All 4 were from Ann the first was ?Sweetie Call me when you land? The second about the same but a little shaky. By the fourth she was in a calm state of hysteria if you will. At this point I was just finding out what had happened and I couldn?t understand why she was so upset she knew I was heading to Texas. I immediately called her office and to the day I die I will never forget the receptionist saying, ?Our prayers have been answered? before beginning to cry and screaming to Ann that I was on the phone. It was then that I found out that they had not released where the other planes had came from only the first one. It was definitely a time of rejoice and relief. The relief that many families did not get. Ashley on the other hand had to wait till after school to find out that I was OK. Her school decided that this was such a historical event that they rolled TV?s into every room so the students could watch the events unfold not thinking that some of the students may have someone out there that they were concerned about. She said she watched and she prayed that I was OK. As I began the long 13 hour drive home I called my office to let everyone know that I was OK and to also check to see If the guys in the office where all accounted for. I knew several where in the area and may have been on those flights. It was several hours before they were all accounted for and luckily we lost no one. Thousands of people lost someone near to them on this tragic day. I thank God that he let me return home safe to my friends and family and has allowed me to begin a new adventure as a new husband and father. I still travel for a living and every time I schedule a flight I remember the events of September 11th. They are forever etched in my soul. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story1337.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I am a medical secretary at a rehab hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 90 miles from New York City. I was sitting at my desk and thought I'd listen to the 9 AM news. When I turned on the radio, I heard that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. I thought how could anyone hit a tower with a plane. The pilot must have had a heart attack. Just a few seconds later, it was announced that a second plane had hit the second tower. Immediately I realized that this could not be a coincidence. I ran through the hallway of the hospital. Everyone else was sitting at their desks, working calmly. I was the only one on my floor that knew about what was going on. I quickly found a doctor working at a computer and told him what had happened. He looked up at me and said one word, "terrorists". I quickly ran back to my desk and called my daughter in California, leaving a message for her as she was still sleeping. Her husband is in the Navy and they are on a naval base, so I was very concerned for them. Then I called my son to make sure he was okay. Then I spoke with my mother. She was concerned that everyone in the family was okay. We assured each other that everyone in my family was safe. I thought about my Dad, who had passed away several years before. He was a Patriot, he loved his country. He fought in the 2nd world war and taught his children duty, honor, country. What would he think about the events of 9/11? I felt relieved that he was not here to witness the tragedy, that ripped all of our hearts open wide. It would have upset him so much. I will never forget that moment in my life. Quickly the word began to spread throughout the hospital and we all gathered in front of the TV to watch in horror. As I look back on that day, I know that none of us really comprehended what was actually taking place in front of our eyes. I drove home quickly that afternoon, went into my garage, and searching, found a small American flag that was there on the shelf, along with all the other junk in the garage. I took that flag and marched down my driveway and shoved it into the ground in front of the mailbox with great force, cursing the terrorists. I still was not really sure of what had happened, I just felt that I had to put the flag out. Mine was the first house in the neighborhood to have the flag flying. I am proud of my flag. Thank you for giving me this chance to relate my tiny little insignificant story. This event has truly changed me and the way I look at things. I mourn every one who died that day, the children, the mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, loved ones. I especially mourn the injury to my country. How could anyone ever hurt my country, the country that I love so much. Lastly, I want to say, I AM AN AMERICAN... GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story5771.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On Sept. 11 I went into work just like any other day. I sat down at my desk and began to check e-mail and listen to voicemail, again, just like any regular day. However, soon after settling in for the day's work a co-worker came by and said, "Did you hear that a plane crashed into the World Trade Center?" I knew the situation must be bad but assumed that it was an airline accident due to a malfunction with the aircraft, etc. The word "terrorism" didn't cross my mind at the time. A few minutes later I tried to check several news outlet's websites but could not get any pages to load due to the overwhelming traffic on the Internet. Then I went down to the atrium of my office building (where a large TV was located) and saw most everyone in my office gathered around watching as the horrific attacks took place. We literally sat there all day watching the TV...clearing our calendars and cancelling meetings so that we could keep up with what was going on. Although I was 1,000 miles away from what was happening in NYC, I can remember even the smallest details of that day as I watched the terrible events that happened to our country. The next day I travelled to Atlanta for a business meeting. There was an eerie feeling inside of me as I passed the Atlanta-Hartsfield Airport. Typically I would see 5 - 10 airlplanes take off while passing by the airport...however, on 9/12 there was a peculiar calmness at the normally bustling airport due to the grounding of all aircraft. The events of the day of and the weeks following 9/11 will stick in my mind forever. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story20313.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had surgery on my elbow and was home on medical leave. I got a call at 6:30 am pst from my daughters boyfriend who sad "turn on the television". The rest is all a part of history. After the shock set in I realized that I would have been on a plane that morning going to Chicago for a conference if I had not been home on leave. I didn't loose anyone I knew that day, but I cried for a very long time for those who did. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story1683.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-03 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 137.78.253.201 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My name is Phil Simons and I had a job interview in Manassas on September 10. On September 11 i left early to drive to Western PA for a second dinner interview that night. I was in Northern MD when I first heard of the Twin Tower and the Pentagon crashes. I thught "my God I was just miles away from the Pentagon" and I tried to envision what must be going on. I drove further into PA and stopped for gas and to use the money machine and then I continued on to my destination. While driving I lisened to the announcement about the plane going down in PA but I was unfimilar with the area and did not know the location. That night, in my room, I was emptying my pockets and I looked at the money machine receipt. For a location it said "Somerset PA". Even though I did not see any of the occurances it really hit home by just being in the area. I still have the money machine receipt. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story1136.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: That morning was like any other morning. I was walking down the hallway to class at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, P.A. As I was walking an administrator, who knew me very well and my pride in being a New Yorker, stopped me and told me that a plane flew into the World Trade Center. I looked at her, laughed and said, "Get out of here." "No I'm serious she said, and she ran off." I then started walking, still not believing and understanding. I then knew that something didn't make sense. I looked up and I saw it on the t.v. in Maura Solarium. Kids, and adults, everybody was gathered around watching it in awe. People were crying, but I couldn't say anything. I then left, and ran to my floor, and watched it all happen in t.v The destruction of my city, and I had to watch it on t.v., I thought. I then realized that the towers fell, my mother was a nurse that helped the victims at St. Vincent Hospital, and my one true girlfirend Melissa was in the towers but thank God escaped with minor injuries. I now day by day struggle to recover, with Almighty God's help. I LOVE YOU NEW YORK, ALWAYZ AND FOREVER. With love, Kathleen Marie Valencia Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story8416.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was in my bedroom sleeping when the first plane hit the first tower. I was pregnant for my little boy. When I came down stairs my mom was watching television. I thought that it was a program until she told me that a a plane had hit the world trade center. I asked her wjat she said because i was not sure wheather or not i had heard her correctly so i asked her again and she told me the same thing again i had so many questions running through my head and i just started asking her. i said did i fly out of control? she said no one knows what happened yet. Then when the second plane hit she said no it is a terrorist act. I was so scared that day you couldn't even look at me because i started to cry. when president bush made his speech that night i was in tears i couldn't sleep for like 2-3 nights i was so scared that the world was coming to an end. i was not ready for that to happen and i was starting to think that i was dumb for bringing a little baby in to this world with all that was happening. everybody convinced me that it was going to be okay to this day i still don't know if everything is oging to be okay i hope it is because i wasnt to see my little boy grow up and go to schoool get married and eerything. inside i still have a scared feeling that somethign else is going to happen but alls i can do is hope that nothing does. i have family over in the war and it scares me to know that they not be comming home my soon to be husband is going tin to hte navy to help this country get throught his and fight for his country. i think that everyone is scared it the fact of them admiting it. wha tbohters me alot is you only here about the world trade centers most of the time. what about the pentagon or even the plane ammed for the president you hardly ever here abot that. them innocent people took the plane down to save the president they knew that they were going to die so they took it down in an open field they are the heroes also well that is my stoy of hows i felt and what i did and what i think about the way people are approching this Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story6083.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My only hope is that the people who were affected by this tragedy somehow find some hope. I pray for them and think of them constantly. It is like the whole United States stood still on tha tday. We all, as a nation, stood for one purpose whether we are republican or democrats. We stood for we ar not going to tolerate any terroism in this country. Whom ever is responsible for this is going to pay dearly, as he should. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at work. Someone menitioned that the WTC was hit by a plane. I had no TV, just a radio. So I got on line. It took a long time to get on line. I guess a lot of people were doing the same. As the day's events unfolded, I still had a job to do. Work was going on as if nothing has happened. I mean, we still had to load and ship Mack Truck engines to our customers. At one point, I said to a friend, "we act like nothing has happened. Don't you understand that we have just witnessed the start of a war. We are at war. This won't end today. This will go on for years." As a Gulf War Vet., I know the taste of war. As an instructor at Gettysburg, I know that the bodies of that great battle were not all recovered until the following March. I did not want to think how long it would take at the WTC. I was to leave the Marine Corps after 20 years. I was lucky my continuance was approved until 2005. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story6426.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11, 1991 I was in fourth grade sitting in Ms.Smith's class at MacArthur Elementry school. When the teachers all went into the hallways talking we thought of it as a party because all we new was there was no teacher in the room. Then Ms.Smith came into the room and turned on the TV. She tried to explain to us how there are some bad people in this world and how we are lucky to be where we were. Some kids started crying. I remember that the phone lines were tied because so many kids were calling home. Almost the hole scool went home that day but me and some other students. I was mad because they all got the day off. After I realized what was happening I began to worry about my aunt. She lives in New York with my cousins and her husband and she works in a building right next to the twin towers. What seemed like a lifetime my mom finally came and picked me up. We called my dad to see if he was ok. He said he was fine but he wouldn't be back untill later that night because he is a police officer and has to help out with the pentagon and stuff. My mom was crying and tried to explain to me and my sister what was going on. Then she started calling all of our family members to see how they were doing. Later that day I went outside to walk my dog and I ran into my neighbor. She asked how I was doing and then I remembered it was her birthday. I felt so bad because who would want to have a birthday on a day when everyone is sad. I told her happy birthday and then she said thankyou and went in her house crying. That night we stayed up and watched the news. My parents told us how gratefull we should be. You never really know what you've got untill it's gone. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story11477.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: We found ourselves in Normandy on September 11 rather by accident. The four of us had expected to stay for two weeks in Brittany, but a problem with the accommodations prompted us to leave early. So we headed for Normandy, where we had expected to spend a few days seeing Bayeux and Rouen before our friends' flight home on September 13 and our flight home from Paris on September 18. Given the time of year, we took less than satisfactory lodging in a small gite in the village of Reviers- no television, no radio, no telephone. I'm an American historian - a New Yorker born and bred, now living in Washington, D.C. - and I had no particular interest in battle sites and we had no intention of visiting the landing beaches. But with more than a week (we'd arrived on Sunday, September 9), we decided we would see what there was to see. The town larger than a crossroads we were closest to, Courseulles-sur-Mer, we found out was the only port not closed by the Germans during WW II because it was so tiny. The wartime code name at Courseulles was Juno Beach, where the Canadians had landed on D-Day. Our first stop on September 11, at around 2 p.m. (8 a.m. EDT) was Arromanches, where the British installed Mulberry Harbor, the astonishing engineering feat that allowed the Normandy invasion to succeed without access to a sizable French port. Mulberry Harbor had been built in Britain, towed in pieces a hundred miles across the Channel and installed in 12 days about midway along the Normandy coast. The prefabricated harbor permitted the Allies to supplement and provision their troops throughout the liberation of France. Pieces of the breakwater remain within today with sight of the beach. We were awed by the sheer audacity of the conception - Churchill's - and the fabulous success of the Royal Engineering Corps. We then continued driving west along the coast, to Omaha Beach where the Americans had landed, taking tremendous losses because the air support had not succeeded in eliminating the German bunkers. We arrived at the American cemetery around 5:00 (11:00 EDT). The rows of crosses, with the occasional Star of David, recall Arlington National Cemetery, while the Channel beach of Colleville-sur-Mer runs along side below the cliff. Around 6:00, we headed back to Courseulles for dinner. We arrived at La Trottoria, an Italian restaurant on the Rue de la Mer in Courseulles, around 7. We'd eaten there before and so the staff knew we were Americans. After we were seated, the one waitress who could speak a little English asked if we had seen a television. We said we hadn't. Looking drawn, she said that the World Trade Center had been bombed and collapsed. The other waitress made a motion with her hands: holding them before her, horizontally, the bottom hand facing up and her top hand facing down, she clapped them together. No, we said. Not possible. Yes, they insisted. The World Trade Center had been attacked and collapsed. I thought that they had watched a movie and mistaken a contrived scene for reality. The waitress who spoke English asked if I would like to go upstairs to her apartment above the restaurant to see the television, an invitation I accepted. Her apartment, in which her mother also resided, was tiny - a living room and dining room combination with a sofa and table that could not have measured more than 8 feet by 5 feet. But a large t.v. sat in the bookcase in the wall, playing images over and over again of the Towers in flames, combusting as if a volcano. I understood only a little of the French commentary but after watching long enough to convince myself that this was not "War of the Worlds," I went back downstairs to my companions to tell them that it was true - the World Trade Center had been attacked and collapsed. As we grappled with this news, I felt as if I had to hear an English-language report. We left the restaurant and raced down the tiny street in the tiny town to a small hotel that also had a restaurant. We walked up to the desk and I asked the hostess in French (she didn't speak English) if she had a television with an English-language station on it. She frowned, as if the request were absurd. But then she realized that we were American and her expression changed instantly to one of compassion. She took out her reservation book, located an empty room, took us up the narrow stair, opened the door to a room, turned on the light, placed two chairs in front of the television, which she tuned to the BBC, and said in French that we should stay as long as we liked. We stayed about half an hour, watching again in disbelief as the BBC anchors repeated over and over again the little they or anyone knew. We were stricken, but there seemed no point to staying, so we turned off the t.v., went downstairs to thank our hostess and returned to the restaurant, where our friends were waiting. We told them the little we had found out and, with not much else to do, finished dinner. I don't remember what we talked about. At about 10:00, we realized that if we went back to the gite, we would have no information; the only radio we had was in the car. We knew from driving along the coastline that it was possible to hear the BBC from certain points. (We hadn't yet discovered Radio 4, the long-wave station, that we could hear all over Normandy.) So at 10 p.m. (4 p.m., EDT), we drove to Juno Beach, tuned the radio to the BBC and listened in the dark at the edge of the water to their correspondents in New York describe the devastation. Interspersed with the commentary were the reactions of European leaders, most particularly Tony Blair, who was all one could hope for in a leader - thoughtful, intelligent, humane, and loyal. We spent that hour on Juno Beach listening to European expressions of sympathy and alliance. Then we went home to bed. For the next few days, we tried to get up early to get the few English language papers available, French papers when the English ones were gone. After a day or two, we discovered that we could access the web from official tourist offices in Bayeux and Caen and we spent hours reading the news, chiefly from the Washington Post website - CNN was too busy. It took us two days to get a telephone line out of France. We didn't think to go to a church service, and so we had no ceremonies to console us; we just wanted to feel connected to home. Our friends left for Paris on September 12, sure that their flight would leave as scheduled on September 13. They actually returned on September 18, after we did. (They both worked for the U.S. government, so their extra week in Paris was not charged against their annual leave, a little irony under the circumstances.) Because we could not possibly get home, we spent our time visiting churches and war memorials, which seemed at least in keeping with our feelings. We visited the Canadian, British and even the German cemeteries, all done appropriately, including the last. If we could not be home, we were grateful to be in Normandy; virtually everyone (with the exception of our horrible landlords) treated us with the greatest tenderness and sympathy, none of the pervasive anti-American feeling typical of Paris. Though more than fifty years have passed, Americans are still "liberators" to the Norman French. We had plenty to see. Almost every village along the Normandy coast has a small museum and a memorial marking an event associated with the Allied landing, and each memorial has the Allied flags flying side by side in a row. After September 11, all the flags - not just the American flag - flew at half-staff. We began heading toward Paris on September 16, staying at bed and breakfasts, still without television, although I had acquired a pocket radio on which we could hear the BBC almost constantly. Our last night, however, we did have a t.v., and American companions to dine with, all of us grateful for the company. On September 18, Rosh Hashanah, we arrived as directed three hours early for our flight on American Airlines from Charles De Gaulle Airport. Three flights were leaving one after the other: to Houston, to Miami, and to Washington. Virtually all the passengers were American, the French delaying their trips under the circumstances. So about 600 of us stood shoulder to shoulder for several hours, just inside the terminal door, with no security - the most harrowing part of the trip. Once on the plane, an inexperienced and reduced cabin crew added little to our sense of well-being. The crossing was, thankfully, uneventful, but it was a big ocean that day and when we flew into Kennedy Airport, we could see the Empire State Building holding up the sky alone. We knew when we left Paris that we were not going to connect from New York to fly into National Airport, which was closed indefinitely. Not eager to get on a plane again in any case, we rented a car and drove to Great Neck, New York, to see my elderly father. I had originally expected to visit the following Saturday via the USAir Shuttle from National to LaGuardia, but that plan was clearly impossible. We drove home the following day and went back to New York to see him again on October 6. We also made the trip downtown Manhattan to pay our respects to the site as we had paid our respects at the American cemetery in Normandy. We couldn't see very much from the pathways laid out for visitors, but the acrid smell will not soon fade from memory. Given my father's failing health and the closure of National Airport, in the next two months I made five car trips between New York and Washington and moved my father to a nursing home here. I had been flying the round-trip between New York and Washington twice a month for about three years; after September 11, the next time I flew was March 25. But on March 18, we traveled by train to see the memorial lights. Alas, the day was wet and foggy. I had concluded - based upon a New Yorker's ostensible savvy - that the best place to see the lights would be from the Staten Island ferry (now free, not the nickel it used to cost). We took the 5:30 ferry to the barren Staten Island terminal. Waiting for the 7:00 ferry back from Staten Island, we had coffee and wine in a place called "Rudy and Dean's" near the ferry terminal. They had a big plate glass window but you couldn't even see Manhattan, it was so foggy. The waitress there talked about the friend she had lost in the Tower, a fire fighter. On the return ferry trip, about 5 miles across New York harbor, I despaired, standing outside in the fog and rain. But as we got nearer, the fog actually lifted a little. The haze made the lights seem even more spectral -- they appeared and disappeared as the boat moved toward lower Manhattan. So, in a way, the view was perfect. I have a photograph of the Towers on my wall. I'm one of the few New Yorkers that loved them from the beginning. A fan of the Bauhaus school, I always thought them perfect in their spare and clean surfaces. The celebrations at Windows on the World over the years - the last in February 2001, a first anniversary party for a 62-year-old friend who found the love of her life later than some of us - seemed magical. I could trace the streets in my home borough of Brooklyn almost perfectly - Flatbush Avenue from the Manhattan Bridge across the whole of Brooklyn and over the Marine Parkway Bridge to Rockaway. The photograph of the Towers is next to the photograph of Mont-Saint-Michel, off the Normandy coast, which we visited before September 11 while we were still staying in Brittany. We stayed overnight on the island and came away smitten by the magnificent gesture of the statue at the peak: "The Archangel loved heights." But the human spirit of the two monuments seems to me the same: Anchored on the ground, we reach into the sky and the genius of human creativity permits us to succeed at it. Even the Nazis left Mont-Saint-Michel untouched. The attackers of the World Trade Center, murderers taking thousands of lives, also insulted the divinity residing in human creativity. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story514.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: September 11 was the scariest day of my life because so much has happened on this day. When I came to BMCC that day I was walking from the WTC and I didn't know that two hours from then the building would be gone. When I was in my sociology class we were told to evacuate the building. At first I thought that it was just a fire drill. But when I went out I saw a woman shaking her head and other people looking up toward the WTC. When I looked up I saw the north tower burning and thought that it was an accident and I wanted to know why no one has done anything to stop the building from burning. After a few minutes the whole WTC complex had fallen and I was running up to Harrison St. I was also crying because I was thinking about my mother who works at tower 7. When I arrived at Harrison St seaport I met a woman named Betty who escorted me to a near by school where I can call my parents. I tried to call them at another building nearby a car shop but their cell phones weren't working. So when Betty and I were at the school I immediately called my uncle and he told me that my mother was okay and that everyone was just hopping that I would be okay. I felt very relieved about that. In the school I also heard a man's voice on a radio saying that this was an act of terrorism and that we were at war. That is when I started getting upset again because I hate wars. After that Betty and took about three trains to go by 9th avenue where we parted. She started walking up to her house and I had to take the B41 to Eastern Parkway. Then I walked to my grandmother's house. At my grandmother's house everyone was there happy to see me. I told them what happened and they were very shocked. My mom has made it back home. She was two hours late for her job. I was happy to hear that. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story610.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: That morning started out the same as any other. I woke up drowsy, got dressed, and left the house. We stoppd to pick up my friend like we do every morning. So, we get to school and our first hour is P.E. Then we go upstairs for Math and we sit down and our teacher asks for prayer requests. Well, before she prays she says I want to pray for whatever's going on in New York at the WTC towers. Once we got done praying we began our lesson and our principal walks in and says," One of the WTC towers have bee hit by a plane we'll keep you updated." I remember turning back to the board and hearing the door open again. It was the principal again and she said that we were going down to the gym towatch the news because this was serious. I started to worry, I mean it's not often we get to miss classes to watch TV. I figured this has to be bad. So, we got down to the gym and we sat down on the floor and no sooner than we fix are attention on the TV a second plane flies into the other tower and everyone got real quiet. Then the news anchors started saying this is no accidebt. So a bunch of us 13 and 14 year olds are sitting there wondering what in the world is going on. Then the news anchor says it was a terrorist attack and then it hit me. All the people, the people in the building. I kept thinking "oh my gosh" "oh my gosh" who would this. Then we look back at the screen and I'm crying and my friend is crying and we're waiting for more news when the tower crumbles. All I could do was pray and cry and think about the people who died. Then the second one falls and I nearly screamed. All i could think of was the thousands of people who died, the children without fathers, the wives without husbands , the brothers without sisters , the friends without friends. I don't think anything scares me more tha what happened on 9/11. I had never bee so deeply scared or sad before. My cousin worked a couple blocks from the WTC towers and i was so scared for her. She survived as did others. It angers me to think osama bin Ladan did what he thought was right. As much as i'd absolutly like to hate him I can't. God tells us to love our enemies and pray for them and that's what i do. 9/11 will never be forgotten, nor will the people who died or the ones who saved lives. There were true heroes there that day. 9/11 Forever Remembered God Bless America! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: When the first plane hit the tower the first thing to go through my mind was that some suicidal person had flown a personal airplane into the tower. Then I saw the footage of the massive airplane, loaded with jet fuel, crash into the tower. I was devastated watching the fireball fly through the building and out the other side. During break that day another plane it the south tower, and another hit the pentagon. I knew that my parents were probably safe, but I still wanted proof because they work near the Pentagon. When I first heard about the plane hitting the Pentagon, someone told me that a plane had landed near the Pentagon. As far as I knew the plane had hit the Washington Navy yard were my mother and father work. Thankfully they were okay. But still many of my friends had parents that worked at the pentagon. Later I would learn that one of my friends dad had his computer and everything in his office thrown out of position when the plane hit. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story7846.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: it started out like most mornings, watching the today show as i always do (my morning staple show), the only difference was that this morning, i was overly tired, for as my dog had given birth to a liter of 5 pups through the night, but needless to say that did not stop my 1 yr. old from his early rise...see, his daddy had just left for work, and he almost always gives him a kiss bye bye...so our day has begun...my mother, brother, son & myself sat in the living room, when i heard matt lauer mention something about the world trade center, then they cut immediately to a commercial, i knew then that something was terribly wrong...then minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, month by month, we watched as the horrible events of that day changed our country forever..as katie couric returned after the commercial, we saw our first pictures of the tower...my brother said "its terrorists", my son was riding his rocking cow, laughing aloud, my mother said "oh todd, no it couldnt be", i did not know what to think, just then we watched the other plane go thru the second tower...we all sat in disbelief...today it has been a year, in some ways it has gone quickly, but i'm sure that for all of the grieving families, it has been the longest year of their lives...i can only imagine the pain that they are all going thru, and i pray for all of them that this day of remembrance has been also one of healing. my thoughts are with them all, everyday. through this all, i feel the country has more of a closeness, more patriotism, more love, more respect, more gratitude...why does it always take a tradgedy, for us all to realize how lucky we are to live here. i have been keeping a journal for my son, since the day i found out i was pregnant...that day i wrote "the world will never be the same", i hope i will never have an entry such as that ever again...lorri lee iglar 9/11/02 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: When this attack hit us I didnt know what to think. I didnt know what to say. I was in this sudden shock of why and who would do such a thing. And for what reason did this person do what he had done? The only thing i thought was why why why? Why on my earth did this happen. I mean i have this sorrow and sad feeling but can you imagine what the people who had lost someone in their? Wether it was a daughter, son, loved ones, to parents all these people were inocent people. I just hope we never have to see something like this again. And i hope all of you will never forget what has happend on September 11, 2001. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2529.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.18.33.4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: We were visitors from England and it was our first visit to America. We arrived on the afternoon of Monday 10th September 2001 and were staying at the Pennsylvania Hotel. We planned to go to Staten Island on the ferry if we woke early the next morning in order to avoid the "rush hour". We awoke on Tuesday 11th September and fortunately we had slept well and so decided to go another day. We started breakfast in the hotel coffee shop around 8.30am and were surprised that we had not woken earlier. It was such a beautiful day with clear blue skies and we were so excited to be in New York at last as we were celebrating our 27th wedding anniversary on the 14th. We saw the second plane hit the South Tower of the World Trade Centre live on TV in the hotel lobby whilst still trying to find out the extent of the first hit on the North Tower. Later whilst standing in the street we saw the North tower collapse. We heard about the pentagon attack on the radio of a car parked in the street surrounded by a crowd of people anxious to hear what was happening. Everyone walked the streets in a shocked state waiting to hear of any further news. We tried to phone home but no phones were working. Jet fighters flew overhead to protect new York from further attack but every time one was heard everyone looked anxiously towards the sky. Day and night the sound of ambulance, police and fire sirens were heard non-stop. Convoys of trucks carrying lifting gear and arc lights rumbled through the streets and fighter jets flew overhead 24 hours a day. We felt the need to be outside in the open rather than staying in the hotel that evening. The only traffic on the streets were the emergency vehicles. It was eerily quiet with few people about. We were tired but so restless. We walked down 7th Avenue with not a car in sight. Only the night before it had been full of traffic and people but now it was the opposite. Everyone we met including police officers, fire fighters and ordinary citizens showed every concern for our safety and wellbeing as visitors to their city. We all just tried to help one another in whatever way we could. We were in New York from 10th - 17th September and during that time we greatly admire the way in which the American people dealt with such a difficult situation. Since returning to England we have found it very difficult to settle back into normal life again. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story843.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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