144 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: As far as I was concerned it was just another mundane day, that is...until I got out of bed. For some strange reason, I turned on the television as soon as I woke up... and this is something I don't normally do. Peculiar as this is, I woke up at about 9:00, so you can imagine the media coverage by now. I must have seen the first plane hit the tower about 8 times, before I finally could pick my jaw up off the floor. My initial reaction was (as I'm sure many others would completely agree) "I can't believe this... is this really happening?" It probably sunk in today. For months, I was still in disbelief that something like this could happen. That something.. I wont even give the credit to these terrorists as being human beings. The don't deserve the credit to be put alongside living, breathing people with heartbeats as being called a human. I can remember exactly what my morning was like, where I was, and what was going on around me when this all happened... I will spare you the details, but I have kept a journal of that day... I wrote my feelings on paper as I was watching the news unfold. It is just a really sad thing to witness... and over and over again... We can ask why till' we're blue in the face, but nothing will ever change the fact that these cold blooded killers took so many lives. I just want to say that I'm proud to be an american, and it's really sad that it took something like this to wake everyone up. And I'm proud to be an american every day.. not only on september eleventh. I admit that I wasn't as patriotic before.. but we are very fortunate to live here.. we don't live under a dictatorship, or the rule of an emporer, or queen.. we are indeed FREE. think about it. God Bless America.. 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 story5789.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. 63.215.233.237 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 the day as if it was yesterday. I was at my desk like I am any other day of the week. I was on the computer when I saw on line the news of the airplane going into the trade center, at first I was not sure what was going on and then heard all this talk of terriosts. I was so in shock I did not know what to feel or believe. I cried thinking of the lives that were lost so unnecessary. I could not talk to any one how I felt all these emotions going on inside my head. I wanted to scream but couldn't. I wanted to cry but it would not come out. I wanted to leave my desk but was not allowed. I wanted to go home and mourn and they would not leave me. I was all bottled up with terrible and frightening emotions. I just could not believe what was going on in my country. Our country, America home of the brave, land of the free. I wanted to go to the sight but knew I would not be of help because all I would do is cry. I wanted to help all the helpless people giving them comfort. But had a job that I had to stay at. It was so upsetting and yet I felt so helpless. I wished I could of done more but I just prayed. Watching it over and over and over again trying to let it sink in my head what was going on. Finally my work left us go at 3 pm. I came home and cried and watched it on TV for about l hours. I can't explained the feelings I had but Today watching, listening to it all over again made me cry. I am touched the way Americans pull together when we all need each other. It makes me proud to be an American. God Bless America. Sincerely, Darlene Taylor, Linfield Pa. 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 story5128.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, 2001 the day started like any. I am partially disabled & mostly home-bound. I try to keep in touch with an e-mail list that includes members from several countries. From Australia, Canada, England. The first thing I do when I wake up is turn on the TV. It was about 8:50AM. I clicked on "Good Morning America". Saw the smoke & flame from the first strike. Then I saw the second strike. I called my husband. I called a special friend. Then I sat down at my computer, here in the bedroom, right in front of the TV. That I think saved my sanity. I sent a message with the basic details to the group. From then until late evening the day's horrors went in my ears (mostly), eyes & out my fingers. At first I sent e-mails everytime it got too long. Then every half hour. The number was over 25. Many on the list had no contact with information. One friend, in Canada, was at work at a college business school. They had many graduates working in the WTC. My posts were printed out & passed out. An English member kept her neighbors informed. The other group members thought I had done them a favor when in actuality, their need for information kept me connected & I believe sane. It was several months before I could turn on the TV without worrying. And even now I make sure I visit the bathroom first. 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 story4814.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. 66.30.243.64 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: September 11th was my first day back to work after being on maternity leave. I called home to check in with my mother in law ans she was crying when she answered the phone and told me to come home. I thought something was wrong with my daughter and she said, "No, a plane just flew into the World Trade Center". She continued to cry and we kept talking through the news stories. Then she told me about the second plane and at that point I just wanted to hold my daughter and cry. I've never felt more vulnerable than at that time. But as the day went on and the next few days America became united and strong and we are still stronger than ever and we will get Osama for this tragedy. 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 story3143.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. 24.61.130.100 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: When this happened I could not believe how complacent we were. We never think something like this can happen to a country as powerful as the U.S. It made me realize God has a plan and we seem to forget that. Maybe our country will realize we need to turn to God for his plan for our country and our lives and let him be the leader he was meant to be. I pray for our leaders and that they are Christians and that they pray for his guidance in the choices they make for our country and its people. I pray for our families who lost their lives in this tragedy and for the children who will never know a parent. I thank God for each and every day he gives me on this earth. I also pray for the other nations at War with us. I pray they will know what Christianity is and turn to God for their guidance and not some martar. 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 story2410.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. 165.6.231.70 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: Im a British girl and was in my seventh month of working as an aupair in America when the tragedy happened. i had just gotten up when i saw the twin towers in flames on the tv, i couldnt belive it, i thought it was a dream but of course it wasnt it was reality. Then they showed pictures of the pentagon in washington D.C, well that was only 20 minutes away from me and i had been there the day before! then the phones were ringing in the home i lived in, my host mother had been evacuated from her place of work in downtown D.c as she worked for the goverment, and that her children who i cared for were coming home from school, my host father was in Atlanta at the time and was grounded there till further notice. When the children and there mother arrived we all sat and wathched the horrifyig events on the tv, i had been crying for a while by this point and thought it best that i call my parents back home in the u.k to tell them i was ok, they were very worried but i assured them that we were all ok. The following day the children and i lit candles and said a prayer on our porch, this was a big thing for me as i am not religous atall, but it felt right to say my thoughts and cares aloud, while saying our prayers we could hear the fighter jets in the sky above hovering over the city trying to keep it safe, no longer could we see or hear the many airliners flying overhead to the 3 main airports near our home, that was an earey experience that will stay with me forever. September 11th will stay with me forever, and even though i was a british girl in America at the time, i felt even more proud to be there and to join in with the coming together of americans and its culture. Before i came back home 6 months after the event, I visited ground zero, i had been to New York 3 times before but this time it was so much different, i read the memorials and couldnt belive that this was once the world trade centre. I got back home and it was still very much in my mind, and most people were fasinated about what it was like for me to have been there at the time. On september 11th 2002 i hung a american flag in my window and tied an american ribbon around my car ariel, i spent most of that day crying. I just cannot imagine what it must have felt like for all those poor innocent men and women, and it burns a hole in my heart everytime i think about it. September 11th was one of the most upsetting and heartbreaking days of my life and i will never forget it, it was an honour to have experienced America coming together stronger at such a devastating time. God bless all those who lost their lives. 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 story9317.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 will never forget where I was on 9/11/02. In my senior English class we had been watching a movie when a teacher from another room came and whispered something to my teacher. My teacher quickly switched off the movie and turned on the news. Many people where in horror as they watched the towers fall, but me I had no idea what was going on. I still thought my teacher was talking about the movie when she was telling us about the World Trade Centers. The more I watched, the more horrified I became. All I could think about was the people in those planes, and in the buildings. It was the most horrible thing that has have ever happened in my life time! I still can't erase the pictures from my mind, of the survivors faces, and the clouds of death hoovering above New York. That day is a day to be remembered, and I will be able to tell what I saw from that little class room and how it impacted our lives forever. We are Americans and we will finish what they have started! 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 story7211.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: In my first block class, the chorus teacher was correcting students on the song we had been singing when a student, who had left the room, returned to announce the beginnings of a horrific day. As the news was whispered across the room, no one could believe what they were hearing. The class believed that a bomb had been dropped on the United States, but that was the extent of our knowledge until Mr. Brown, the teacher, turned on the television, and to our terror, we learned the country was under attack. There was no bomb. Instead a jetliner had crashed into a trademark- one of the World Trade Centers. As the class gawked at the anchorman in disbelief, a second plane struck the remaining tower. The coverage continued, but our viewing did not to the dismay of many students and myself when Mr. Brown announced there were songs that needed practicing before the upcoming concert. As the class went on, no one in the class was in the mood for singing. After first block was dismissed, the halls were loud and bustling with the sounds of panic-stricken students yearning to go home. I, myself, went my usual way to my English class still wondering what was going on. Even when I learned of the Pentagon being hit and yet another plane crashing in Pennsylvania, I didn?t know what to think. Was it all a sick joke? I?d learn that the deaths of thousands of innocent citizens were anything but a joke. While I tried paying attention in English, it was quite difficult because of the students demanding the news be turned on, but until the end of class we would remain unknowing of the last two planes crashing. When I arrived in my third block class, social studies, the television was on and the volume was blaring. That whole eighty-four minutes of class was spent discussing the attacks and why people could ever do such a thing, even though these kinds of attacks were recognized daily in other countries around the world. For once, every single member of the class paid attention to the instructor with interest. Because no other major events occurred for a while, my Spanish teacher went ahead and handed out the test that was already scheduled, despite many protests because of the current state of shock felt by many, including myself. Towards the remaining minutes of class, she allowed us to view Mayor Guiliani during a news conference. When school was dismissed, I was much relieved so that I could go home and watch all the TV I wanted. That night, I was a bit scared to go to sleep for fear that other attacks had been planned. After a couple of months I realized President Bush had everything under control and the country wasn?t in danger for the time being, which relieved most of my fear. Because of that tragic September 11th, 2001, I have become much more interested and concerned in current events occurring throughout the world, all the while preparing myself, should anything else of the sort happen. While I still feel pity for those who suffered, I try my best to live my own life to the fullest each and every day. 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 story8199.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 remember just sitting here when I heard that a plane had crased into one of the World Trade building so I paused and I was like "great another plane accident". But then when they said that there had been another plane that went into the 2nd Building, I was in shock. I couldn't believe it, so I ran in and turned on the TV, and sure enough. Looking at those pictures on the TV gave me tears in my eyes. I called my husband to let him know but he had heard already. This office was quiet and no one had much to say. We all gathered and watched and watched. We all had something to say about it. 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 story2531.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 home. I had just gottoen out of bed and had turned on the TV. My first thought was that we had had another plane crash. When I realized we were under attack, I contacted my husband at his station in Hollywood,California. He is a Firefighter for Los Angeles City Fire Department and I wanted to make sure he was allright. He couldn't talk but after he assured me he was okay I stared at the TV as the second plane flew into the second tower. I then phoned my best friend and we just sat on the phone and cried as the Towers blazed. My sons, 8 and 10 years old at the time woke up and I explained as best as I could what was happening in New York and we sat huddled in our living room as the Twin Towers crumbled. I made sure they knew Daddy was out there was okay but needed to be out there being a hero. I knew I needed to keep as much normalcy as possible in their lives right then so after making sure I make them feel safe and loved, we all got dressed and I took them to school and I went to work where we all listened to the radio. 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 story4288.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 when the attacks happened. We could listen to the radio to here updates. I thought that this was not the end of it, there were going to be more attacks if they didn't shut the airports down. Luckily they did for a week and it was mighty strange noy seeing any airplanes flying overhead. Montgomery is about forty miles west of Chicago, and five miles from the Aurora Municiple Airport, so I was used to seeing airplanes all the time. After all the hoopla started dying down in a few weeks and we were getting to know a bit more of Osama Bin Laden, I thought if they want to attack American freedoms then they should do it on our Independence Day. Here it is now five days from the Fourth of July and I'm waitnig for the next attack. 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 story842.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. 2002-06-30 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.19.52.219 Annotation Annotations to this item. Osama Bin Laden Terrorism DOMESTIC 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 about to leave home to go to work. As I was leaving the television was on, as it normally is, and it was on CNN. The story being covered was the "accident" of the airplane that crashed into the first tower of the WTC. It was live coverage. The next thing I see, as it happened, was the second airplane crashing into the second tower. I was numb and immobile as I was watching this. I kept thinking how weird that two planes would have the same kind of accident. My mom finally said you are going to be late for work, so off I went. I could not help but notice that all of the cars that had their radios on kind of loud and with their windows open were all listening to the same thing. It dawned on me that this was an act of terrorism. I saw that there were several drivers that were crying and others that had this look of being "stupified"... the look of "I can't believe that this is happening". When I got to work the only thing the radios in the office were tuned in to was the news stations. Then news came of the crash in Pennsylvania of a plane that was meant for the Pentagon. For the first time in my life I felt genuine fear. It was an inexplicable fear that I hope to never feel again. It was pretty difficult to "get to work". The offices in building where I worked were letting their employees go home so that families can be together. It was a harrowing feeling and to see it in the faces of others had its effect on me, in a way sort of comforting to know that there were others that shared in my sentiment. 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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, I was in my sixth grade class taking a vocabulary quiz. During the quiz, another teacher came in and whispered something to my teacher. My teacher then asked if any of us had parents who worked in the Pentagon. I raised my hand because my dad worked in the Pentagon and Crystal City. My teacher then took those of us who raised our hands into the hallway and told us what happened. I was devestated. I thought my dad might have been in the Pentagon that day. My teacher then let us make phone calls to home to see if our parents were okay. Luckily, my dad was on the other side of the Pentagon to pick up medicine and that was it. I dont know what I would have done if my dad had gotten killed in the attacks. 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 story20822.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: Hearing this while at work from a Customer of ours. I sit at my computer my life is as usual coffee and turn on the phone to get ready for the day. My co-worker turns to me and says a plane has ran into the world trade center. I thought to myself of course what a tragic accident that is. And the calls kept comming then someone said the second towner fell. What the heck is going on??? Then a distributor told me that they ran into the pentagon. I still could not believe it. I still cannot get over that our boss actually told us to stay focused and not to look at the internet or got look at the news nor call anyone.My Husband who works for the airlines was not at home and i could not reach him I was petrified what had happened to him. where was he stuck was he still at work? I went home and going into the garage and not seeing the truck there was the most scared I had ever been. I finally got an answer to where he was. He ended up being stuck in new Hampshire on the ramp fixing a plane when this happened. He could not leave for 4 days and those 4 days were the longest of my life. My son was with his Dad in Oklahoma in a town where there is a very large refinery I was so scared but I called him everyday for weeks trying to make sure he was ok and calm, just to tell him how much I loved and missed him. I cry everytime i see those images and My heart aches to know what kind of fear my child has to live with now. But we did not alter our life we fly all the time and are very proud to be a part of the american way of life. I donate blood every time I can now. My best freind and I held a gargage sale and all the proceeds went to the red cross and the response was tremendous and it promnted my mothers garden club to do the same in Oklahoma with alot bigger backing and the whole town got involved so I am very proud I was able to make a small difference and teaching my child what being an american is all about. It has forever imapacted my life forever hopefull to make me a better stronger person. Now that my son is back with me I just try my best to show him how to grow up to be a better person, always to reach out when someone is in need because you never know when you might need a helping hand. 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: I was getting ready for work when I turned on the T.V. and saw the news. It was unreal. On my way to work, I listened to the radio news. When I got to work, everyone was talking about the news. Then my whole department (about 25 employees) stopped working and sat in the conference room to watch the television as they showed the two planes hitting the towers. We were in complete awe. Some employees had friends and relatives living and working in Manhattan. Everyone was glued to the television. 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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: Attack on America 911 - Facts At 7:00 o?clock this morning the telephone blasted me out of sound sleep. ?It?s Nita?sorry to wake you but New York has been bombed and DC is on fire? I hung up the phone in a daze and clicked on the remote control beside my bed. Nita was the neighborhood nut, so probably she was confused. The TV news proved to be more right than she was, and we sat up in our beds totally in dismay?it was unbelievable what had truly happened. At 8:45 a.m. EST the World Trade Buildings in New York City were attacked by terrorists who had hijacked our own American Airline Plane Flight 11. American Flight 11 carried 81 passengers. The jet fuel exploded on impact causing colossal fires and explosions and people were seen leaping or being blown out of the upper story windows. At 9:03 a.m. United Flight 175, with 65 passengers on board crashed into South tower. At 9:50 a.m. The North Tower collapsed to earth. At 10:29 a.m. The South Tower imploded and collapsed. AmericanFlight77, with only 64 aboard crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, DC. United Flight 93, with a skeletal crew of that crashed in Somerset, PA, 23 people were on board All of these scenes were forever etched in our collective memory by TV cameras, so that all of America became eyewitness to the worst tragedy our country has ever experienced.. By the calculations of a Stanford physicist, the energy impact of one fully-fueled Boeing 767 is 40 times as great as the biggest non-atomic bomb ever dropped by the United States. The terrorists used our own planes to bomb us with jet fuel! The imploding towers destroyed command centers on the ground and over 200 fire fighters and 70 policemen on the ground were crushed to death. The World Trade Center Towers themselves house 50,000 workers. They have their own Zip Code, they are that big!. At that early hour it is estimated that a full complement of workers had entered the building. 200,000 estimated additional people a day visit and tour the buildings. It is not known how many are dead, missing or injured. It is totally horrendous! People from 97 different countries of the world were in these towers. It won?t be known for weeks or months who all might have met their death there. The Towers were built in 1969-1973 at a cost of 750 Million dollars. They were owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. They were now estimated to be worth 5 Billion, but they had only insured one building?never dreaming that anything could happen to both towers at the same time. The towers occupied 16 acres including a 5 acre plaza. There were 21,800 windows! The top floor housed a restaurant Windows to the World, and the early morning cleaning crew, cooks and bakers were on hand to begin their day. There were 104 elevators in each tower. Elevators were humming up and down. Stairwells were full. It?s being reported as the Second Pearl Harbor. The devastation, debris and ash on the ground is the look of nuclear winter that movies have portrayed. The smoke and ash are devastating to breathing. Screams are heard and recorded by video cameras from every direction as people are running for their lives down the middle of streets. Ambulance and police sirens are blaring and taxi cabs are being commandeered to carry doctors and nurses to the scene. TV news breaks occasionally to implore people to go to Red Cross blood banks and give blood. Some of the lines are five hours long as Americans throng to the Red Cross Centers to give. All airports are closed down and all flights are cancelled. All Government buildings nationwide are closed. Multi-storied towers in major cities are evacuated and closed down. Universities are closed. Roads to Boulder Dam and nuclear sites are blocked. All the late night comedy shows are shut down, as are awards show. Prize Fights, Baseball, Football and Golf Tournaments are on hold. Disneyland is closed. Disneyland, that place that proclaims to be the ?happiest place on earth? is closed down! The President was in Florida on a speaking engagement, but is commandeered to Air Force One and taken away to a secret location of safety. It is assumed that he is being taken to Nebraska to the SAC headquarters for disasters. It?s later reported that Air Force One was also a target. All National and International flights have been cancelled, and the stock market is closed. This is thought to be an act of the Islamic Jihad, led by the international terrorist organization of multi-millionaire Osama Bin Laden. Television news has shown people in Palestine are dancing in the streets and passing out candy saying ?God is good!? when they heard of the success of the terrorist raids. No one in America has been untouched by this atrocity. We are haunted by exploding airplaines, falling bodies, collapsing towers, bloodied victims and mourning families. Thankfully, all of our families are back home now from Krishell and Justin?s wedding last Friday, except Krishell and Justin who are in Singapore or Bali. I?m sure they are two scared spitless kids in a world apart from their families. Our prayers surround the thousands of families devastated by this act of terrorism. It is so senseless, so despicable. We have been invaded. Our President, George W. Bush has proclaimed this as an act of war! Since my first writing, three more buildings (out of the five outer buildings) in the complex have collapsed due to instability, plus a hotel nearby is threatened. President George W. Bush, now back in Washington, DC, has spoken to the people and assured us that this will not be forgotten. I was just twelve when the Japanese pulled their sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. At the time, their dignitaries were in Washington negotiating with President Roosevelt. Television had yet to be put on the market, so our minds were not saturated with the visual pictures that are possible today. We only saw newspaper pictures, or News Reels at the show?and those were sometimes weeks later. It is totally impossible for me to comprehend the degree of hatred involved when people do these dastardly deeds on innocent people. Words like cowardly, evil, even dastardly just don?t cover it. Our country is devastated, but pulling together as we haven?t seen since World War II years. Sometimes it takes bad times for the people to un-selfishly hold together and show the rest of the world what true freedom of a nation is all about. We may have been lulled by prosperity and good times that we as a country have worked so hard to achieve, but I believe we reached a turning point yesterday. We, as a Nation will never be the same. Hopefully Hollywood, MTV and the Media as a whole will clean up their act and quit polluting the airwaves with their pornography and anti-God messages. It?s not a coincidence that the date was 9 11?that is our national emergency call for help. Our President called this an act of war. When one NATO country is attacked it is considered an attack on all of the NATO Alliance. We shall see what this heinous, cowardly act of terrorism brings together as far as the rest of the world is concerned. Our church, as did many churches across the nation, called for a prayer vigil tonight. The Congress of the United States is having a bi-partisan prayer vigil tomorrow in the Capitol. Nita, the neighborhood nutcake, may have wakened us from a sound sleep this morning. However, we are wide awake now. Our eyes have been saturated with disaster. This morning seems like a lifetime ago. We are now awakened to the atrocity, and awakened to possible world war that lies beyond. Awakened to the admonition in God?s Word, the Holy Bible: ?If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and turn from their wicked ways, I will forgive them and I will heal their land.? Post Script: A month later we have more facts. Here are some statistics about the WTC: 1. The WTC opened in 1970 after 8 years of construction. 2. The WTC was the dream of David Rockefeller, chairman of the Chase Manhattan Bank, and Nelson Rockefeller, former Governor of New York. 3. The Rockefellers wanted to name the towers after themselves, but the mayor of NY, John Lindsay, insisted on the World Trade Center. 4. The city chose to build the WTC instead of building a new tunnel and large bridge over the Hudson River. 5. The World Trade Center was designed by architect Minoura Yamasaki. 6. According to Yamasaki, downtown Manhattan was the perfect place to erect the towers because there wasn't "a single building worth saving in the neighborhood." 7. Owners of nearby buildings disagreed, and delayed demolition by three weeks with their protests. 8. Sixteen blocks were cleared to house the completed WTC. 9. More than 10,000 workers involved in building the complex. 10. More than 60 of them died during construction. 11. The excavation work displaced enough soil to create Liberty Park, where four 60-floor towers and four apartment buildings were constructed. 12. The WTC's foundations were laid at 60 feet below ground level. 13. The complex covered 16 acres when finished. 14. In addition to the towers, five other office buildings made up the WTC complex. 15. The WTC had 12 million square feet of space. 16. Each floor was 50,000 square feet. 17. The buildings had their own ZIP codes - 10047 and 10048. 18. The towers were designed to look like a futuristic sculpture. 19. The structure was revolutionary. Its main supports were external, lining the four corners of each tower. 20. Critics condemned the completed buildings as "boring." 21. When completed, the towers were 100 feet taller than the Empire State Building. 22. Until the construction of Chicago's Sears Tower and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the twin towers were the world's tallest buildings. 23. The North Tower's 347 foot radio tower technically allowed the WTC to still call itself the world's tallest building. 24. The towers were different heights. The South tower was 1,362 feet tall, and big brother North tower was 1,368. 25. Sixty-eight miles of steel were used in the construction of the buildings. 26. The concrete poured was enough to build a road from New York to Washington, D.C. 27. The steel inside the WTC could have made three more Brooklyn Bridges. 28. The Twin Towers had more than 16 miles of staircases. 29. There were 43,600 windows. 30. The windows were kept small to reduce the amount of heat or cold entering the building. Regular size windows would have made the heat unbearable in the summertime. 31. The building's 600,000 square feet of glass was cleaned by an automatic machine. 32. The building had 20,000 elevator doors. 33. The WTC housed 239 banks of elevators, including one known as the fastest in the U.S. 34. The main elevators traveled at 27 feet per second and could reach the top in under a minute. 35. There were 828 emergency exit doors. 36. 23,000 fluorescent lightbulbs lit the interior. 37. Originally, there were no light switches in the towers, because energy prices were one-third less than they are today. In 1982, switches were installed. 38. 12,000 miles of electrical cable snaked through the building, supplying power to 15 trading floors for stockbrokers. 39. The 75,000 telephones were maintained by 19,600 miles of cable. 40. There were more than 300 computer mainframes on site. 41. The WTC used more power in one day than most small American cities. 42. Steam supplied by a plant on New York's East River was used to heat the buildings. 43. The buildings housed 49,000 tons of air-conditioning equipment. 44. More than 250,000 cans of paint were needed every year for upkeep of the Towers. 45. The surrounding shopping center complex included 3,250,000 square feet of restaurants and stores. 46. Six banks, five investment firms and three insurance companies called their headquarters there. 47. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey had its headquarters in the building. 48. American Express had three floors in the WTC. 49. The WTC was home base for Bank of America. 50. The trade center housed two top restaurants - the Windows on the World and Wild Blue. 51. Windows on the World had one of the best vintage wine collections in the United States. 52. More than 50,000 people worked in the twin towers. 53. By 9 a.m. each weekday morning, the buildings had an average of 35,000 employees at their desks. 54. More than 200,000 people - half of them tourists - moved through the buildings each day. 55. The South Tower had an observation deck that was visited by more than 26,000 people a day. 56. An information sign at the top assured visitors that the buildings had been designed to withstand airplane crashes. 57. The towers could be seen from at least 20 miles away. 58. On a clear day, it was possible to see for 45 miles in every direction from the observation deck. 59. The express elevator to the observation deck was the largest in the U.S. with a 55-person capacity. 60. Every president since 1973 paid a visit to the landmark. 61. President Ronald Reagan watched July 4th fireworks celebrations from the WTC on two occasions. 62. Superstars Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, Mick Jagger and Liza Minelli all sang in WTC restaurants. 63. Two New York TV stations incorporated the twin tower image into their logos. 64. The towers served 10 New York TV stations with 10 antennas on the top. 65. More postcards of the WTC were sent each year than any other building in the world. 66. In 1974, a Frenchman, Phillipe Petit, strung a tightrope between the two towers and walked across. 67. Three men successfully parachuted from the top of the towers. 68. More than a dozen mountain climbers had scaled the building. 69. In 1975 a jobless construction worker parachuted from the South Tower to publicize the plight of the unemployed. 70. The most famous man to climb the building was George Willig - who was arrested at the top. 71. Willig was fined one penny for each of the 110 floors he scaled. 72. Last year, a man in a micro-light aircraft crashed into the North Tower. 73. In the concourse beneath the towers, there were more than 75 stores. 74. Each day, over 150,000 commuters passed through the three subway stations there. 75. Eighty seven tons of food was delivered to the building each day. 76. Over 30,000 cups of coffee were poured daily in the basement cafes. 77. Twenty-two doctors had practices there. 78. Seventeen babies were born on the site. 79. Irv Silverstein recently bought the WTC for almost $3.2 billion. 80. The WTC generated $110 million a year in profit. 81. More than three dozen movies have been filmed there. 82. The best known film to use the WTC as a location was the 1976 remake of King Kong. 83. The 1993 bombing of the WTC killed six people and injured 1,000 more. 84. 1,300 pounds of explosives ripped through the garage in the 1993 attack. 85. That bomb created a crater 16 feet deep and badly damaged inner support beams. 86. Before the 1993 attack, there were three closed circuit television networks for security. 87. After the bombing, the cameras were increased to 300 monitored by computers. 88. More than 300 security guards worked there. 89. The WTC featured security centers on 14 different floors and its own police station. 90. The entrance lobbies had 16 concierge desks and 12 X-ray machines. 91. After the first bombing, no one could get inside the buildings without an I.D. check. 92. It took an average of five minutes for a visitor to pass through security checks. 93. Before the 1993 bombing, there were more than 1,000 parking spaces beneath the buildings, 600 remained afterward. 94. All vehicles using the parking lot had to show FBI security passes. 95. On Sept. 11, the building was 95 percent full, with over 400 tenants. 96 New York Gov. George Pataki had an office in the WTC, but wasn't there when the disaster struck. 97. Both the Secret Service and the FBI rented office space there. 98. $110.3 million in gold and 120.7 million in silver is buried in the rubble. 99. The combined weight of the towers was more than 1.5 million tons. 100. Each tower was built to safely sway about three feet during strong wind storms. 101. Blue Cross-Blue Shield, New York's largest health insurance company, moved into the building 3 years ago. 102. Nine chapels serving six different faiths called the WTC home. 103. Twenty-nine countries had trade mission offices in the buildings. 104. Every major U.S. airline had ticket offices inside the WTC. 105. It is the first skyscraper in the world destroyed by terrorists. Thelly, the Storylady, Cardiff by the Sea For a virtual visit go to http://lifestorywriting.net/ Join the fun at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lifestory/ For Quiet Moments http://www.gospelcom.net/rbc/odb/odb.shtml 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 story10342.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 second period computer class when the first plane struck the towers.at first we all thought it was bad, but not nearly as horrendous as it turned out to be.we thought it nothing more than a terrible accident.how wrong we were.our reactions were mixed; there was laughing at what some thought was an elaborate hoax to crying as a few realized the immensity of the tragedy.when we woke up that tuesday morning, we didnt know that our perception of the world around us would be altered tremedously so soon. 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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 SHOCKED AND DEVASTATED.I SAT AND WATCH TV CRIED AND PRAYED FOR THE PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES. 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 story11262.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: early in the morning we received a phone call from my mother n law ,in a frantic voice we were told to turn on our tv.she says "were being attacked"! she has a way of blowing things out of wack so we assumed it wasn't that big a deal. little did we know!!!!! she persisted on me & my husband turning on the tv. we did. unfortunately our cable was out that morning. my husband john then got dressed & went looking for a tv while i rigged up our tv with tin foil to try to catch a local station.john found a furniture store along side the road , as he walked in he saw a group of people huddled around a big screen tv with the look of shock on their face , as he stood there the people in the store as well as john saw the second plane fly into the tower. i meanwhile got a reception of a local station & watched in horror. this especially hit home to our family because my husband is in the army . for a minute you felt as though it was armaggedon ! my husband raced home to make necessary phone calls to his unit, all of which were preparing for war. the local station was not that clear so he rushed to a clear tv with my brother. being in a rapid deployment unit it was necessary to see what was going on however he wanted to be with his family. i managed to get the tv clear enough to watch what was going on, so we watched together on the phone in amazement. then we heard the news about the pentagon. being a military family we have friends that were there, at this point the whole spectrum of emotions were running thier course. later that morning we watched as the first tower came falling down. we could only sit and imagine what the people in the area of the towers were going through, hoping that when the end came for the firefighters , police officers, port authority, & ems workers, not to mention the thousands of civilians , it came quick & painless. not fully over the the first tower falling we were then hit with the sight of the second tower falling onto itself. the emotions that took over our bodies was one of anger, sadness,& grief . my husband & brother sat in amazement as they heard of the flight 93 going down in penn. john was then told to check in to the nearest military installation & prepare for the worst. they then came home & john & i talked about the possibilty of him going to war. we both knew it was a very good chance. this time unlike all the other times he had left we were okay with this, because the country needed him to secure mine & our sons freedom. we then decided to make something that will always keep september 11 fresh in our minds , we made a mural of newspaper clippings and all of the major magazines & headlines. that mural is on display at our sons 3rd grade class for this week in remembrance of 9/11 it is our small way of paying tribute to all those who risked & lost thier life that day. its funny because people have offered rather large amounts of money for it , but we just assume sell everything we own before getting rid of that. its priceless, this will be as pearl harbour was to our grandparents, our day of infamy. we have shared the mural with our children and have explained to them what happened on that day and have told them that the mural we have made will always remind them that on sept 11 2001 the U.S.A. was forever changed& that hereos are real. in closing the welch family would like to say GOD BLESS ALL OF THOSE WHO LOST THIER LIFE & THOSE WHO LOST LOVED ONES. 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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. 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: i woke up to get ready for school and was about to eat breakfast when my mom came up to me and told me about the first plane hitting one of the towers. i couldn't believe what she told me. we then began watching the news before i headed off to school. As we were watching we witnessed the second plane crash into the second tower. i couldnt believe what had just happened, i can still see the image of the plane hitting the tower in my head. i think this really makes the people of the United States realize that we are not inivisible and that the wars that go on in the middle east year round could happen to our country to. This generation of teenagers has always looked at war in the past and has never thought of it occuring again. I am proud to be part of such an outstanding country. This event is a terrible thing but it has opened our eyes and shown us what our country could be like if we didnt have the great leaders and the people who made America what it is today. For that i thank God. 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 story2947.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. 206.77.47.2