133 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 had taken my daughter to school and went to work. It was another routine day. Around 7:50 am, a co-worker arrived and told me that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. At first we believed that it was a terrible accident. We turned the radio on to get the latest updates. It was then that we heard a second plane had hit the Trade Center. My heart sank....this was no accident. The horrific news just kept pouring in...the Pentagon had been hit and a fourth plane went down in Pennsylvania....thousands estimated dead. Everyone is the office was silent. We cried and held on to each other. Later that evening, as I sat holding my daughter, looking at the unimaginable pictures coming across the television, I struggled to find a way to somehow explain all of this to her. But I could not find the words; I did not understand myself. Who could? Today, one year later, the images are still fresh in my mind and I am no closer to understanding. Innocent people died because they were Americans. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of all who lost their lives. May God keep you close and give you comfort. We will never forget! 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: It started out as a normal day at the reservation office of TWA in beautiful downtown St.Louis. I worked in a special department called Services, we kept tracked of all cancelled flights etc., Then one of my co-workers came out of our breakroom crying, saying a airplane just crashed, all i could think of was oh no another flight 800. Then more news came in, the plane hit one of the twin towers in New York, then another plane hit the other tower. By this time we were flooded with calls from around TWA's system, with little knowledge of what was going on and rumors were flying, i picked up my cell phone and called home.My husband had the day off, i remember he said you wont believe it, its the worst thing i ever saw. Alan Jackson's song says it best "in a crowed room did you feel alone". Its a day i will never forget,along with TWA's flight 800 (which i was on the Notifation Desk). 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 story3172.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 all others, I had an appointment with my therapist at 8am. When we finished we were coming out of her office when the person at the front desk said that someone had bombed the pentagon, we were astonished. So after a few minutes my cell phone rang and it was my husband asking if I had heard what happened and if I was alright. We hung up and I called my Mom and spoke with her, she was terrified. My Mom's siter flies for American and that is her usual route from Dulles Airport, we were all very scared of what was going on. I went ahead and went home and stayed infront of the television for hours trying to consume everything that was going on. We were in shock, I had to leave to get new tags for my car so we taped the news while we were gone. The car tag place was silent no one was talking, the lady that helped me asked me what was going on and I explained to the best of my knowledge. I went back home and watched the news which we did for about 8 months after. We found out about a week later that my Aunt was ok. She was off that day and lost alot of friends on those 2 American Flights, she was in total trauma state and wouldn't talk with anyone. Me and my husband are both in the Air Force and we both are ready to go fight this war on terror for our country and fellow americans. We will never forget Sept 11, 2001. We hope that no one else does either. 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 story10146.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. anonymously 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. 2003-09-28 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.13.32.38 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: I live in St. Louis, MO. At the time I was unemployed and I slept late that day. I woke up still in a daze turned on the TV and saw what was happening. At first I thought it was just one of those afternoon movies. I then went to my computer to get on Monster.com. I had signed onto AOL and there it was on the Welcome screen. Thats when I was jolted out of that dazed state. I think I just stared at the TV for like a hour. About 2 minutes into it I just started crying. I just couldn't believe what was going on. I was in total and udder shock at what was happening. I sat online reading the news about while the TV was running. I would say about after 3 hours of watching I was just completely numb. I had talked to a couple of friends on the phone and we all wanted to get together. We went to a local club that night and tried to have fun but that didn't work out so well. We are all completely numb and in no mood to have fun. I know I wasn't because I just couldn't stop thinking of all those people that lost their life and their families. I remember that weekend going back to the club and I asked the bartender a question. See this club during the week had a $8 all you can drink. That night it was not packed like it always but they said that the average amount of drinks per person doubled. He said that they have never had sales like that. For days I was in shock and still to this day I am in shock at what happened that day. I know that is one of the days in my life that I will never forget. Right now as I am righting this I just can't believe that it has been three years since. Honestly I just can't believe that it happened. Todd 26 St. Louis, MO 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 story10798.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 didnt personally know anyone who was hurt or killed on Sept 11 2001 but to this day my heart still goes out to everyone who lost loved ones.I always wanted to go to the WTC but never got the chance.I have a huge collection of WTC stuff.Not from after that day but from before as thats how I would like to remember it.I was at work on that day and they set up tv's and let us go in and watch it on our breaks.It was heart breaking.I have been trying to get in touch with people who were in NY on that day or who lost loved ones.I have a little something special to send to everyone that I can be in touch with just to show that I still care.I sent something to the NYFD already.It would be a dream come true for me to hear from some of you so I can finally show you that my heart and prayers will always be with you.I hope to hear from some of you.Please take care and stay healthy everyone! smokeyslove@sympatico.ca 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 story10887.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. 2004-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 69.157.49.85 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 was at work in the Department of Political Science at Valdosta State University. It was a very busy day, with many students stopping in to talk about advising issues and with many of my own teaching and research projects underway. A little after 9 am my daughter called from Georgia Southern University near Savannah. She had just started college there a few weeks earlier and relayed the infor- mation about the initial attack. She called back many times that morning. The combination of the event with her absence from home made the experience more searing. She was actually watching TV when the first tower collapsed, and she was on the phone with me at the same time. Another instructor came in to say that she had actually seen the second plane hit the second tower. As I went about normal activities, rumors abounded about other sites that were hit. Most of those proved to be untrue. I was surprised that the university held several meetings in the afternoon. We conducted normal business but talked at various points about the nature of the catastrophe. In the evening with my family I watched the continuous replay of events on TV. My reaction was a mixture of disbelief and intense fellow-feeling with the experience those on the plane must have had. At the same time, I tried to imagine what might have led the terrorists to perpetrate these acts after living such seemingly normal lives in American towns. Anger and the desire for retribution and swift justice were important emotions as well. This surprised me somewhat, since am not normally comfortable with the use of violence as retribution. In the coming days, as a political scientist I tried to fit the pieces of the event into the framework of political science and even planned how to incorporate it into courses and research projects. At the same time, the profound sense of horror did not go away. 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 story337.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 at work at a vetinary office. We have 2 tv's in the office for the client's to watch. As I walked up to the waiting area where the tv's were, I saw the clinic manager and a receptionist staring at the t.v. I was told that a plane had flown into the trade center. I couldn't fathom what was happening. I thought she meant a small prop plane had flown into it on accident. As I watched the news, it became apparent that I was watching the most significant news story of my lifetime. I couldn't not go back to work. I got chills thinking about all of the innocent people that were killed and injured. After hearing that the Pentagon was also attacked, I was worrying about everyone in the air. It was obvious that any plane in the air was in danger of being used as a missle. I called my girlfriend and woke her up. I told her to turn on the news. She told me that her father was supposed to be flying home from California. She became very upset and tried to get information on her dad. It turned out that he was safe and his flight was on the ground in Arizona. As the towers fell to the ground, I kept thinking of a song lyric that said, "It's the end of the world as we know it." But unlike in the song, I didn't feel fine. Eventually I had to go out back to be alone. I looked up in the sky and asked God to protect us from any further attacks. I had tears in my eyes out there as I thought of the destruction that was wrought upon us. The rest of the day consisted of talking to relatives and staring at the television. This day was cleary my generation's "day of Infamy". 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 story861.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 awakened at 6:15 Pacific Time, as usual, by the clock radio. It was set to KLOS-FM, the Mark & Briam radio show. The first word I heard as I struggled out of sleep were DJ Brian saying..."I thought when the first plane hit the building it was an accident, but when the second plane hit..." I sat bolt upright and said to my husband "Something's happened" and ran to the living room and turned on the TV. Both towers were burning as we watched in disbelief. My husband didn't want my 8 and 11 year old daughters to see, but I knew there was no way of keeping this from them. It was a beautiful clear warm September morning. Later I went to Mass and tried to make sense of it all. I still can't. At work all day my two co-workers and I huddled around a 6-inch black and white TV and watched. I called my sister in Denver just to make sure she was OK. It was horribly frustrating to watch all this devastation and be so far away. Everything looked normal here but nobody felt normal. There was nothing for us to do but watch TV and grieve.I held on as best I could but on Friday I burst into tears and sobbed for an hour. After that we stopped watching the TV so much. 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 story3137.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: When the first airplain crashed into the tower, a friend bells me on. Than on phone he told me to watch TV. I saw the flames coming out of the tower. Saw, how furious it was... - Let me please write all these on german, 'cause my english isn't so good. Als das erste Flugzeug in den einen Turm des World Trade Center geflogen war, rief mich ein guter Freund an und sagte mir, ich solle unbedingt den Fernseher anschalten. Ich fragte noch "Welches Programm?" weil ich nicht wu?te, was er mir sagen wollte, doch kaum das ich den Fernseher an hatte, wu?te ich worum es ging. Ich war mir nicht sicher, dachte aber, das das ein merkw?rdiger Zufall, ein sehr ungl?cklicher Unfall sein m?sste, diskutierte mit dem einen Freund, rief einen anderen an und dann verfolgten wir ungl?ubig wie ein weiteres Flugzeug in den zweiten Turm st?rzte. Es war so furchtbar. Dann st?rzte der erste Turm ein. Ich dachte "Niemand kann da ?berlebt haben." Der Fernseher lief den ganzen Tag, den ganzen Tag... Wie h?tte ich mich vom Fernseher fortbewegen k?nnen? Ich wartete - aber worauf wartete ich? Das es sich alles aufl?sen w?rde? Das es sich herausstellen w?rde, das es doch nur ein merkw?rdiger Spielfilm sei? Das das dort alles gar nicht wirklich geschehen sei? Glaubte ich das wirklich? Oder wollte ich es vielleicht nur glauben? Der zweite Turm st?rzte ein. Und sp?ter das eine Hochhaus in der N?he der T?rme... Ich bin noch heute schockiert. Trage manchmal das kleine USA-F?hnchen, das auch ihr Pr?sident tr?gt. Seien Sie Sich sicher, was auch immer passiert: Sie haben Freunde in aller Welt! - Die Toten k?nnen nicht einfach wieder zum Leben erweckt werden. Aber sie sind Grund, Aufforderung, ja Verpflichtung an uns zusammenzustehen, wo immer es darum geht den Terrorismus zu bek?mpfen. Let`s stay together! - May GOD be with us all! Dear Friends - I'll pray for 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 story9144.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 sleeping, about to get up and the phone rang and I heard my wife answer it downstairs and knew it was my mom that had called. I could tell something was wrong by the tone of the conversation and so I jumped out of bed as my wife was turning on the TV. I went downstairs, she hung up the phone and a few minutes later the second plane hit the South Tower as I watched in horror on live TV. The rest of the day was an endless heartache. It breaks my heart even more now to look at the facts surrounding 9-11 and see how obvious it is that U.S. government is lying to us all, covering up, and obstructing the truth. Wake up people. What really happened to building 7? Why won't the media ask the many, many unanswered questions? Wake up people! What does the government have to hide? 9-11 truth and justice now! 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 story11526.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 that morning, I was at home getting ready to take my husband his snadwiches that I was making for him everyday. My young baby at the time was only 7 months old, and my other two children were in school. My oldest son Parker was in the fourth grade, and my daughter Chessa was in second. I called my husband to see if he was there for me to drop off his lunch, only to get the most horrible information of my life. Someone who worked for my husband told me that a plane just flew into one of the twin towers and that it may have looked like an accident until the other plane hit, and then it was a terrorist act. I had to sit for a moment and wonder why. I turned on the television to get more information, and then that is when I heard the news that a plane flew into the Pentagon. I called My mother in Upstate New York to see if she heard any of this, and she hadn't. She turned on the television to find out that a plane carrying more people went down in Pennsylvania. I couldn't grasp what was going on. On the way to my husbands job, I'm thinking, My chidren, I have to get my children. I wanted to call the school first to see if they were releasing at that time, they weren't, but parents were thinking like me, we wanted to have our children with us, so it's what I did. My childrens school is right down the street from Andrews Air force Base, and I'm imagining the chaos, my images were right, very chaotic at a point. People were everywhere, cars were everywhere. It was like something out of a bad B-Flick movie where you just can't figure anything out. I got my children out with know problem and on our way with tons of questions to answer, I think I did a good job of answering, of course they were somewhat informed in school, but you know children always have more questions on top of questions and that leaves us scrambling for words sometimes. I will never forget the phone call that I got from a very worried person from California. A man called my number by mistake trying to get a hold of his friend that he said worked at the Pentagon and lived near by where I do, sounding so upset wondering what was going on. I told him everything that I knew and maybe even more that I could think of at the time to calm him down. I think I did a good job of that also because he got in touch with his friend and found out that she was alright and didn't go to work that day. I know this because he called me back to let me know and to thank me for informing him and talking to him about everything he needed. I watched, as every other person did that day and every second wondered why as I said before. I watched every tear that day and shed my own later that evening. I thought of all the people that lost their lives that morning and all the families that lost someone they loved and thank God that I had mine. That day will be a strong memory for the rest of my life, as it will be for everyone. I watched for a very long time on this September 11th day of 2002 all the anniversaries that were shared and had so many thoughts of my own. I just want to say, that we should keep on giving and keep on loving for as long as there is love to give. Thank you for letting me share my thoughts with you. Robin 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 story5167.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: The Impact of 9-11 By: Christin Pasella One year ago on September 11, 2001, America was changed forever. It was a day of tragedy, a day of loving those close to you, a day of hate, and a day of sadness. When members of the Taliban hijacked planes and flew them into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and a small area in Pennsylvania (Somerset County), the United States was more united than ever. We mourned together not only at home, but all over the country. We mourned for all of the thousands of lives lost on that sad September day, and for all of the people who had lost someone close to them. As I think back and remember this day, I think about the impact it has had not only on myself, but on my family, friends, generation, and on America. When this occurred one year ago, I was in my third period class and an announcement came on that said the Twin Towers had been hit. I really didn?t find this as such big news because I didn?t really know what the Twin Towers were. Then at lunch my friends and I were discussing it, and I got a really uncomfortable feeling. I didn?t really understand why someone would do this. When I got home from school my parents were home from work, and my brother was home from school, and the news was on. As days passed it began to affect me more and more. I felt more patriotic towards my country, by wearing red, white, and blue (a lot), and by really watching my words. I was really expressing my emotions to my family and friends. My family really helped me to understand better, while my friends and I kept busy. The reaction my family had was shock and sadness, but this day made it clear that bad things can happen even in America. In my opinion my generation, and America have been greatly affected by the Terrorist attack. We now have something to never forget. We are presently more united, patriotic, and appreciative of America and all we stand for. I think it has brought us closer together as a whole. When I think of America, I don?t just think of it as the country in which I live in, but as a part of my generation and myself. It has changed my life so I am a better person to America, and to all people around me. Now, when the clock reads 9:11, I no longer just wish that I will never have to dial it, but I take a minuet to say a prayer for all of the lost lives. I think it will be hard to forget this day, and we should not. We should always remember all of the lives lost that day, all of the many heroes who gave their lives in helping, and I should always remember to be the best American citizen I can be. 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 story6553.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 woke up at 5:00 on September 11, 2001. I took a shower, and started to prepare for the day. All of a sudden, I was hit with a very weird feeling. I can't describe it literally, but, I couldn't keep my balance. I have a flex schedule at my job, so I decided to rest for a couple of hours to see if this feeling would go away. I awoke at 7; the feeling was still there, so I called out of work. I sleep with the radio on. I live alone, so it helps with any loneliness issues. I heard something about "a bomb at the Pentagon" on the NPR station, so I jumped out of bed, and clicked on the TV. It was then I heard about a fire; it was 9:15. I was still unaware that the towers were hit by hijacked planes. Just then, ABC replayed the heinous footage of the second plane hitting the South Tower. I immediately called my boss, and said "this was that feeling I was telling you about!" She was stunned, she didn't want to believe that the hijacked airplanes has passengers. She repeatedly asked me if they were "empty". I told her no, she started breaking up. There had been a TV set up in the 2nd flr. conference room, we watched the first tower fall. She got the hell out of the office after that. Philadelphia was evacuated around 10:00 AM ,for fear of the same fate befalling the Liberty Plaza towers. In my apartment, I had one TV tuned to ABC, and the other to the local PBS affiliate, which had the BBC feed. It was a day of watching two perspectives, reliving horrifying footage. I remember vividly the shot of the workers on the upper floors of the North Tower, after the South had collapsed, waving white sheets out of the windows, frantically calling for help. When I spoke to my Mother later that evening, reliving that finally overwhelmed me. I started crying hysterically, saying, "I watched people knowing they were going to die." I have to admit, my first thought on the attack was, "This is an attack on capitalism!" Then, I saw the shot of the people in Palestine dancing. That's when I realized this was a "religious" attack.I don't condone war. However, I will never refer to the events of 9/11 as a "tragedy", only as an "act of war." 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: We were at the office when news of the first plane hit the local airwaves. We went to our boss's house (we are a very small office) to watch the news. When speaking with my mother, I learned that the plane that was crashed in Pennsylvania was less than 50 miles from her home. Later that evening, I talked in detail with my then 5 year old son. I have also written a detailed letter to put in his "time capsule." Even though I don't know anyone personally that was devestated by a loss in this tragedy, I know that I was emotionally attached, as an American Citizen. I pray in earnest that God would have His hand in the lives of everyone involved. Jesus, have mercy on those that have tried to destroy our great nation. Thank you for bringing us closer together, and uniting us once again. Father, bring us all to our knees in repentance, and bring us all back home to You. Father, we need You. We are the reason that You went to the Cross. Please help us to see that to know You as Lord and Savior is the only way. I will Praise you forever. In the might, precious name of Jesus, AMEN!!! 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 story4249.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 sitting on the bus home and I sat relativley close to the busdriver, then suddenly I heard on the busdrivers radio that the WTC had been attacked and the Pentagon also. I was chocked and when the bus stoped at my busstation I ran home and there was my mom and dad watching the hole thing! I sat down, and when I know that this was real I almost started crying! It was the most horrible thing I ever could have emagined. I watched tv all day long, and there was the planes chrashing into the buildings over and over again! I could not belive it! I still don?t..... //Erik from Sweden May those who died that day, forever rest in peace. 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 story4224.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 actually was reading my email that morning. When my father called me and said a plane hit the World Trade Center. Thinking nothing of it, I asked him a few questions on what kind of plane it was, little or big? He didnt know. He asked if I had talked to my younger sister, who works in NYC, by the Empire State Building. I said "no". So we finished talking about it and I turned on the tv. My father had called back again. We were chatting about who will call Nicky. Thats when we both saw on tv the second plane hit! I was beside myself. My father just yelled "CAll your sister NOW!" Which I did as soon as I hung up with him. She first had no clue of what was really happening. She said she might take the first bus out of the city with some co-workers.She did miss that bus. It took forever to get through to her. Thats when she told me she was going to leave her cell on and try to get out of the city. She also told me there were rumors that the towers were leaning and going to fall. After getting of the phone, the 2nd tower fell. She was already out of her building and on her way to a friends home. No one could leave the city. I couldnt even call my mother in New Jersey. The phone lines were jammed! I was really scared for my sister. Even though she didnt work in the WTC's she had friends that did and around them also. That was really scary. I dont think any will ever forget this day. Its to unreal. I still cant comprehend it. It still feels like it was yesterday that this had happened. I was afraid that all of NYC was going to be bombed! I still feel for all those people who were lost in the WTC. Even though I didnt know anyone in the buildings, they were all innocent Americans, who did not deserve to die the way they 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 story6116.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: Though I am only 13, (12 at the time of the attacks) I feel that I should record my life on the day of September 11th. I was sitting in the living room watching TV, when the broadcast stopped and switched to the WTC site, just after the 1st plane hit. All I could think was, "This is too unreal." As much as I hated to admit it, it was clear to me that it was a terrorist attack on our beloved country. While I was still in utter disbelief, I saw another plane coming in low, and watched live as the 2nd plane hit the tower. Later that day, I found out that Mark Bavis, a former player on a local hockey team, had been on that 2nd plane. That's when it really hit home. Knowing that he was on that plane, and knowing that I watched live as he died was really hard. I'm homeschooled, so my grandmother gave me the day off. While I was talking to my friend, another homeschooler, I heard that the Pentagon had been hit and that a plane had gone down in Pennsylvania. It wasn't much of a conversation at this point, more than anything it was a way to vent our anger towards these cowards, otherwise known as terrorists. Shortly after I hung up with my friend, my grandmother got a call letting us know that our friend who worked at the Pentagon, was safe. We weren't sure if he was OK, but it turned out that his office was in the section that was being remodeled, so he had been given a vacation and was away at the time. I had a soccer practice later that night, and when I got there, everyone was pretty much just standing around, not doing anything. My coach led us in a prayer for our country and the victims and their families, and a couple of the girls started crying. That was the most quiet practice we ever had. No one said anything the whole hour, just did what our coach said. I've been raised with the impression that I'm not supposed to cry, but that day after practice, when I turned on the TV, and every channel showed the news, I broke down and cried. This was undoubtedly the most dastardly thing that has ever been put to action against our country. But these terrorists should be warned, that we will find them, and they will pay. They may think that they succeeded in bringing America down, but they were dead wrong. American pride and spirit lives within the people, not within buildings. And as long as there is atleast one American still standing, American pride will never die. So to everyone out there who may be reading this, don't live in fear of these terrorists, for we are stronger than them in every aspect of life as we know it. In the words of a great man, Todd Beamer, America, "Lets Roll." 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 story2616.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 favorite direction is magnetic north, which on Piper Cub 7006H takes me toward a pyramid I believe is Mount Moosilauke. On this line, I fly across Lake Winnipesaukee from southeast to northwest, generally refueling at Moultonborough airport. That's what Zero Six Hotel and I were doing on Tuesday morning, September 11. The weather locally was fine, but Bangor Flight Service Station had been full of warnings about high winds, "mountain obscurations," and military activity in the Yankee One and Yankee Two MOAs, which cover the western part of the White Mountain National Forest. So I told George, the airport manager, that I intended to fly to Moultonborough, refuel, and check the weather and the military activity again. If things looked good, I'd file a flight plan and fly around the mountains, heading up the Sandwich Notch Road to Interstate 93, then turning east along the Kancamagus Highway to Conway, and so to home. I took off to the north and made a wide turn back toward the ocean, so that I crossed the airport at 2,500 feet. This gave me a good departure time (8:42 a.m. local time, or 1242 Zulu) and put me high enough to pass over the top of the controlled airspace surrounding Pease International Tradeport. There was a stiff northwest wind, and Zero Six Hotel was making abut 38 knots along the ground according to the GPS mounted on the seat-back in front of me. In addition to the GPS, I have a handheld radio mounted by a suction cup to the port-side window, complete with earphones and a push-to-talk switch. Thus equipped, Zero Six Hotel is a throughly modern airplane, all on the strength of 12 AA batteries. I kept the radio tuned to 122.8, which is a common frequency for airports without control towers, including Hampton, Wolfeboro, and Moultonborough, plus Marlboro in Massachusetts and Sanford in Maine. About 9:45 a.m. (1345 Zulu) I heard a very clear voice announcing that there was a National Defense Emergency, and that all aircraft were grounded. The speaker didn't identify himself, but I think he was at Marlboro, and one of the airports I can hear mostly clearly. While processing this information, I heard another airport (Sanford, I think) tell a plane taking off that it was grounded, and when the pilot replied that he was already airborne, the radio operator gave him a one-word instruction: "Return." By this time I was over Alton Bay. I was now persuaded that something was up, and I considered landing at Wolfeboro. But Wolfeboro has no fuel pump, so I pressed on to Moultonborough, where I landed just after 10 a.m. A lad came out on a golf cart, told me that two "707s" had crashed into the World Trade Towers, but had heard nothing about traffic being grounded. So I tied down the airplane, went into the shack, and got on the phone. Hampton Airfield's telephone was busy, so I called Bangor Flight Service, where the briefer told me only that "VFR flight is strongly not recommended." (VFR: visual flight rules, as opposed to flying on instruments and--usually--in continual contact with the Air Traffic Control system.) Then the phone rang, I answered, and found myself being interviewed by the Laconia Citizen. I thought that was pretty funny until I learned that nobody else knew what was going on, either. The reporter told me that Laconia airport was still open, but that all airports with control towers were closed. At last I got through to Hampton, told George where I was, and asked him what he wanted me to do. He called Bangor again, talked to somebody with more authority, and got permission for me to fly home, staying well away from controlled airspace. So I got the plane started, took off, and plugged the Newmarket Gym into the GPS. What an eerie feeling to be the only plane in the sky. Twice I was called from the ground and warned that I wasn't supposed to be up there, but these gents didn't identify themselves, so I took them to be the sort of busybody who gets his kicks out of monitoring police calls. In addition to staying a mile outside of Pease airspace, I flew at what to me is a very low altitude, 2,500 feet, with the thought that the Manchester air-traffic controllers wouldn't be able to see me on their radar screens. With the wind behind us, Zero Six Hotel made 75 knots over the ground, and we were over Exeter in about half an hour. I turned east for Hampton and landed at just about noon. I called home to say I was on the ground, secured the airplane, gathered my stuff, and went into the shack, where George was just getting off the phone with Manchester Approach Control. He'd also been called by Pease. Evidently an airborne AWACS radar post had picked me up over Exeter, identified me as a "Cessna," and called Manchester and Pease, who both fingered Hampton as the most likely culprit. The conversation, George said, went like this: "Where's he going?" "He's landing here." "Is he taking off again?" "No." "All right, we'll recall the F-16s." That raised an interesting question. The international signal for an intercepted plane to surrender is for the pilot to lower the landing gear. But a Piper Cub doesn't have retractable gear! What was I supposed to do if the F-16s had come--roll Zero Six Hotel onto its back? (It's possible, of course, that the controller was having his little joke on George.) I still don't know the answer to that one. But I do have one bit of information that I didn't have on September 11: a VFR pilot flying in a National Defense Emergency should be tuned to the designated emergency frequency, 121.5. That's where the F-16s would have been broadcasting. ------------------------------------------------------------ [Six days later, I flew from Manchester to Baltimore on Southwest Airlines. It was a lovely day--"visibilities unlimited," as pilots rather ungrammatically say. We were at 30,000 feet and perhaps thirty miles to the west of Manhattan, yet we could clearly see the gray plume trailing off to the southeast from the pit that once was the World Trade Center. It reminded me of the Durham dump in the old days, when the trash periodically caught on fire, and the noxious gray smoke drifted off on the prevailing wind. In a more bitter mood later, I wondered if Auschwitz had looked like that. "I hope there were a lot of Jews in there!" one excited Egyptian girl cried when she heard the news. There were, of course, and a lot of Muslims as well.] 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 story8907.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 WOKE UP AROUND 6:30 IN THE MORNING TO GET READY FOR SCHOOL. I HAD NO IDEA OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I GOT READY AND LEFT MY HOUSE AT 7 AND THAT'S WHEN I HEARD IT ON THE RADIO. I WENT TO MY CLASSES AS USUAL AND DURING MY 2ND PERIOD CLASS WE GOT NEWS THAT THE TOWERS HAD BEEN HIT. I WAS DEVASTATED AND SCARED. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY ALL OF THIS HAD HAPPENED. THAT WAS THE TALK OF THE DAY AT SCHOOL. AFTER SCHOOL I WENT HOME AND WATCHED THE NEWS ALL AFTERNOON. IT WAS TERRIBLE THAT ANYONE WOULD DO SUCH A THING AND THINK THAT THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING GOOD. I THANKED GOD THAT NONE OF MY FAMILY OR FRIENDS WERE HURT. I WAS THANKFUL THAT WE WERE STILL HERE. THIS IS A PART OF HISTORY IN MY GENERATION. I AM ALMOST 18 YEARS OLD AND THIS IS SOMETHING I WILL NEVER FORGET. TODAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2002 WAS A DAY THAT WE TOOK TIME TO PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE HURTING BECAUSE THEY LOST A LOVED ONE AND TO PRAY FOR THIS COUNTRY. WE HAD A GREAT REMEMBRANCE SERVICE AT CHURCH AND WE TOOK THE TIME TO PRAY FOR THOSE IN NEED. GOD BLESS 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 story5911.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 work in the Sears Tower, in the beautiful city of Chicago. On September 11, 2001, I noticed several news cameras outside the building, but thought nothing of it. As I entered the first elevator to get to my office on the 58th floor, on the news tv in the elevator it said a plane had hit the World Trade Center. I was surprised, but figured it had been an accident. Upon arriving at my office at about 8:35 a.m., I was greeted by people running around talking about the second plane hitting. I was shocked, but still not realizing that this was an attack on America, and being in the world's tallest building was probably not a good idea. Then a friend of mine said, "the Pentagon just got hit." Then it clicked. I didn't want to be there. I went and got my close friend and together we left the Sears Tower. On the train ride home, I was surrounded by people who were listening to their radios and filling the rest of us in on what was going on. I couldn't believe what was happening. Later on that day, they showed downtown Chicago. It was completely empty. Not a person, not a car, not even a bird. It looked like tumbleweed should have went rolling down the street. My heart goes out to the victims and their families. I can only imagine what the Chicago skyline would be like without the Sears Tower, and New York lost their Sears Tower. Everyday day when they look out they are reminded, if not already but the loss of lives, that America is changed for ever. 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