177 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: Q: How did you witness history on September 11th? Share your experience. A: "I was in a meeting, and I took breaks from the meeting and followed it on the radio or the internet." Q: Has your life changed because of September 11th, 2001? If so tell us how. A: "Business has suffered. Ummm..., let's see, I have spent a lot of time watching T.V., and learning about people's lives that were affected." Q: What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? A: "...That's a tough question... I guess the lives of the people that died." Q: Did you fly an American Flag after the events of September 11th? Have your feelings about the American flag changed as a result of September 11th? A: "No and no." 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 story8850.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 law firm in London, England and of course we are 5 hours ahead of New York so it was already the afternoon when someone heard a report on a personal radio that a plane had crashed into one of the Twin Towers in New York. We all decided it must be a small plane that had accidentally crashed into the building. Then when the next report came over that another plane had crashed into the second Tower we thought there must be a mistake. Everybody started surfing the internet for information - there were lots of sites that were inaccessible because everyone must have been hitting the news sites at the same time. When it became clear that there was a terrorist attack in New York and that both planes were big passenger jets and that there were also two other hi-jacked planes we just couldn't believe it - we had to carry on working but nobody felt like working as everyone was so upset - although some of the more hard-nosed lawyers carried on as if nothing had happened (business as usual) and I could not believe their aloofness to the news. When I eventually got home and saw the enormity of it all on TV I was completely devastated and will never forget those poor people trapped on the upper floors all crowding at the windows desperately hoping to be saved - and others who threw themselves from the building and those who died in the planes themselves and how brave the firemen were - it was so overwhelming. There were many subsequent TV programmes about the survivors and their families or the families of those who had lost a loved one and I would just cry every time I heard another story - I just couldn't watch some of them as they upset me too much. I think the whole world really felt for the Americans and shared in their grief and shock. 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 story9208.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 September 11th attacks occured, I was going into my Social Studies room.I was in 8th grade. It was the second period of the day. I remember the teacher had the TV on, and it was on CNN with live coverage. I asked the teacher if it was an old video because I didn't know what had happened. He said "Hillary, this is happening NOW." I was numb for the rest of the day. I couldn't stop myself from crying. I kept imagining how the victims were going to survive, and how they must feel... I couldn't imagine. It made me realize that tommorow is NEVER promised to us, and we must make the best of today. Our nation is forever changed. In the weeks following the attacks, I realized just how strong our country is, and how stupid the terrorists were to think they could bring it down. I bought a flag and hung it on my front door along with a sign. I can never say September 11 again without thinking about the attacks. I saw George Bush giving pep talks to the thousands of people helping to find people and bodies in the ruble. I realized how heroic those people were. I was honored to be in this great country of ours. Hillary Youngman, 14 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 story4537.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: Hi, I got Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, TX. and on September 11, 2001, we did not have school. We did not have school because the new president for the university was being inaugurated. My roommate is a cheerleader so he had to be present at some of the celebration events that were going on for the inauguration. Since I had the chance to sleep in, I took it. Well I awoke to my roommate coming back into the room around 11:00am. The first thing he said to me was ?Hey, guess what has happened, the World Trade Center had planes run into it and so did the Pentagon.? At first I thought that this was just some kind of joke but sure enough when I turned on the TV, this breaking story was on every channel. I saw the panic in people?s eyes who had barely escaped death and then I saw the sadness in people?s eyes that had friends that did not escape. There were firemen risking their lives to save people, climbing up stairs of buildings that were collapsing. It looked like something out of a movie; I was in shock that this was actually happening. How could someone be this evil and perform such a terrorist act. It truly took someone without a heart to do this. What totally took my breath away was walking outside the following days of the attack and seeing an American flag on almost every house and every car. A sense of patriotism swept the nation. Many other nations mourned for our loses. We as Americans got to see immediate reaction to this tragedy from our strong president. As I sit here today remembering that September day like it was just yesterday, I think of everything that I have and I can truly say that I am proud to be an American. 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 story311.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. 2002-03-25 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.216.57.67 Annotation Annotations to this item. Patriotism Politics and politicians Television Coverage 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: My husband and I were married two weeks before September 11th at the Tribeca Rooftop in Manhattan overlooking the twin towers. We spent our wedding weekend at the Millenium Hotel (across the street from the WTC) as did many of our friends and family. We encouraged our guests to visit the trade center's mall, have lunch on the promenade and take in the beauty of the twin towers. I am so thankful that our out of town guests had one last opportunity to see that part of the downtown area before it was destroyed. On September 10th I returned back to work at One World Financial Center - September 11th was my second day back. I was a little late that day so I decided not to stop for iced coffee at the coffee stand on Liberty Street - directly across from the trade center - as I did everyday. When I reached my office on the 39th floor - the first plane had just struck. I could see the flames shooting out of the building from my window. I called my father and told him to turn on the tv - something "bad" had just happened to the World Trade Center. I asked him to call my husband, who was home from work that day, and tell him that I am evacuating, but, that I am ok. A group of us from my department walked down the stairs which let us out on to West Street - just as the second plane hit. We opened the emergency door and saw the debris flying by us. Some chose to stay - I chose to run. I ran south into Battery Park City and could not comprehend what had happened - all of the people in the street with looks of utter confusion and horror. Cell phones were not working and I wanted to call my husband to let him know I was alright - and more importantly to find out what was going on. A dry cleaners in Battery Park City was nice enough to open their private phones to anyone who needed to us them. My husband told me he believed it was a terrorist attack and I needed to get out of Battery Park City - and fast. I couldn't find any of my co-workers at the time and started to feel extremely vulnerable. I remember stopping to look up at the towers - to take in the enormity of the situation- and asked a stranger next to me what was falling out of the towers - he replied, "those are people jumping." Sick to my stomach, I began my walk home to the Upper East Side. Walking up Water Street I could still see the flames from the towers and as much as I didn't want to look - I was compelled. It was just so unbelievable. About 20 minutes into my walk, I wanted to call my husband again to check in. The lines for the pay phones were at least 15-20 people long. I was in Chinatown - when all of a sudden everyone stopped what they were doing and looked over at the tower that was collapsing. It was a horrific sight. I did manage to get on a payphone at that point and spoke to my husband who was beside himself, having no idea where I was when that tower came down. I joined a group of about 50 people heading uptown and continued my journey home. People with hand held radios were shouting out the latest news about the Pentagon and the unaccounted planes still out there. I finally got home at 11:30 am (2 hours and 45 minutes after the first plane hit) and just collapsed in my husband's arms as we cried and cried, thanking god that we were safe. I still think about that day - every day. I am one of the fortunate ones - and I thank god I was able to get out of that area as quickly as I did. My company never moved back to the World Financial Center, and thankfully, out of 2100 employees, 2100 came home. Our wedding pictures have become a part of history - as the twin towers served as the backdrop for many of our formal photos. Again, I am one of the fortunate ones. 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 story1546.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 June 7, 2002 at the introduction of the "Heroes2001" United States Postal Stamp, I saw the a chance to Honor the 343 Fallen Firefighters of the World Trade Center. I wrote the United States Postal Service about such a project. On August 26, 2002 I received permission to create this Memorial. It was unveiled at The Pentagon on October 5, 2002 during The National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend. On May 10, 2003 it was installed and completed in Cecil County Maryland. The entire project took less than one year from conception to completion, not 60 years like the WWII Memorial. I believed in "BUILD IT NOW, SEE IT NOW". www.The911Memorial.org 1-301-788-2833 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 story10633.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 wife and I were in Missouri in a hotel and had just returned to our room from having breakfast and the first plane had hit the World Trade Center, while sitting there amazed at what was happening we see the second plane hit and then knew it was not an accident. We were shocked, we just looked at each and said that we had just been there less than two weeks before this, we were right there at the World Trade Center. I had to leave for a business appointment and when I returned we had to start our drive home, there was not much traffic on our 6 hour drive home. It all seemed so strange and like it was a movie and wasn't really happening. We never thought that something like this could happen in our country. Our hearts and our prayers go out to everyone that lost a loved one in this horrible 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 story2754.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 have tried to 'wrap my mind around' the event. I cannot seem to do so. I feel that it is an unfinished horror and we will never learn the story of every hero and heroine that died that day or even the story of those who lived. I read articles and books and listen to recorded messages of those who survived in an effort to understand what happened that day, and to try to come to grips in my mind with the horror. People left their houses and went to work on a sunny fall day and never returned. My brother-in-law's nephew and his cousin perished in the towers, it left a big hole in their family. Repeat that 100s of times, it's almost too much to bear. I think all those who gave their lives to save others should be made modern day saints. We need to learn the stories of their bravery, not just that they died. I am trying to comprehend it. It's all so very sad. 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 story20834.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I am a retired USAF Firefighter.(30 years) In my retirement I travel around the country teaching assorted classes about Hazardous Materials, Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting, and Chemical and Biological Weapons Awareness. I had recently returned from teaching in New Orleans and remember sitting in on a presentation about terrorism conducted by an associate. We have been training and anticipating an attack for over ten years, expecting a nerve gas attack like what happened in Tokyo, or a bombing like Oklahoma City. On September 11, 2001, I was in San Francisco California to teach a class about Bloodborne Pathogens. I was awakened by a phone call from my co-instructor who said "turn on the TV,airplanes are crashing into the World Trade Center." I was not surprised at the attack, as I had known for some time that there are Islamic Radicals preaching hatred and violence directed at American "infidels". I was totally shocked at the cold hearted, and savage disregard for innocent lives as these cowardly terrorists turned commercial airplanes into cruise missiles. I immediately called my wife at my home in Sacramento California and told her to turn on the TV. I told her that I was concerned the next targets were associated with the Nation's Infrastructure...(Dams, power plants, etc). Our class was cancelled, all my students were police and firefighters recalled to their duty stations. I gathered training samples of Personal Protective equipment (Tyvek Gowns, and T.B. masks, goggles, etc) for myself and co-instructor. I drove back to Sacramento California via San Jose California due to rumors about bridges being targets. The hardest thing for me to do after that was getting on an airplane the next week. I had to teach at an aircraft safety symposium in Santa Monica, CA. I remembered President Bush saying that we have to go on with normal living or the "bad guys" will have won... The night before my presentation I looked out of my hotel window into the Los Angeles skies. I watched countless airplanes landing at the airport. I remember praying for the people in each airplane...I thought "there is no reason for them to hate us".. I tried with all my heart to not hate Islamics.... My heart tells me that this is a faction of evil like nazis... I know war is ugly, but I wished I was younger so I could actively participate in protecting my Nation and its People. I was most impressed at the Symposium. There were people from all over Europe, Australia, New Zealand there to learn about aircraft safety and terrorism... Needless to say the primary focus shifted on terrorism.. The moderator and host is a man from Germany... He said America has given much to the world and now it is time for all nations to rally for the USA. He then led the Pledge of Allegiance. It was heart wearming to see and hear our Pledge being recited in the many accents belonging to the multinational voices in that auditorium............... James R. Anderson McClellan AFB Fire Department (Retired) Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Working Group 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 story6233.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: HORROR. That is one word that clearly describes the feeling that went through me on September 11, 2001. I was listening to a lecture from my Science teacher, Mr. Chrisopherson, when all of a sudden, a lady knocked on the door. She asked if Mr. Christopherson would exit the room for a second and talk with her. About 2 minutes later, he arrived in the room. He didn't look too happy. He then informed us of what happened this day. I heard all that had happened. I was shocked! I didn't understand why someone would want to kill so many innocent people. OSAMA BIN LADEN. Our teacher wrote his name on the board. Many of us didn't recognize his name, including me. When I got home, my parents tried to explain as much as they could. I realized what happened, and I know that it wasn't an accident. Osama bin Laden is an evil man. What is crazy is that he attacked us, but what is crazier yet is that he is too afraid to back himself up and to face the U.S like a man. He is a big, lame coward. Bin Laden killed many people that day, but he didn't kill America. America will live forever because we are a strong country. We have that pride that is undescribable. It is unbeatable. I am proud to be an American. 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 story1810.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was 11 days before my 20th birthday, I was in the shower, getting ready for school, when my mom came banging on the door. She was yelling, "the world trade center was hit by a plane!" I got out of the shower and asked her what was going on. She pointed at the t.v. and said "look". I watched and at that time only the 1st tower had been hit. We thought surely it was a tragic mistake, but as we watched the 2nd one hit right before our eyes, we knew it was not mistake. I didn't really want to go to school. I wanted to stay at home and watch the events unfold. I went anyway and there weren't that many people there. (I was in community college at the time.) We watched t.v. in class and listened to the radio, we knew that history was in the making. We watched as they showed the Pentagon and the plane that crashed in the field. I will never forget how I felt when we saw that people were having to make the ultimate decision of burning to death or jumping. I was angry, scared, and so sad for all those families that were now missing a piece of their lives, their hearts, their souls. But immediately I knew that it was time for war. I knew that, as a country, we could not let these terrorists come in and invade our home. So many prayers were running through my mind. Prayers for the victims in the buildings and those in the planes that went down, the families, the President, all those in Washington that would have to make hard decisions, the soldiers that knew what was gonna happen shortly. So much to say and no words in which to express it. I continue to pray today and will always. 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 story11647.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 memories of September 11 begin early in the day. I had to be early to school because I had an inauguration to go. The new president of Hardin-Simmons was being sworn into office. The whole celebration started at 9:00 a.m. I remember all of the faculty wearing their robes. This was a big day for Hardin-Simmons. Dr. Scherr wrote a composition for the event and it was being played for the first time. It's really a wierd feeling when I think about this because the piece that Dr. Scherr composed was a majestic piece with trumpet calls and fanfares, and it was kind of trying to play it because, a couple of minutes ago we had heard the news. I remember rushing home after the inauguration and turning on the television so I could see what was going on. As I was just trying to comprehend what was going on I started to feel very upset and angry. Those were my initial reactions to the incident. I was so mad. I wanted somebody to pay for this, and when the terrorist were linked to Bin Laden, my first thought was war. "Just who do these bastards think they are?" We didn't do anything to them or their country. By this time it was time for me to go work. The people at work didn't feel much different than me about the whole thing. Actually, alot of my co-workers dealt with thier emotions by resorting to racism and prejudice remarks. It was such a strange day. It's all graved into memory. The morning, afternoon, and evening. I will never forget it. As the days passed on I started to get infromed about what was going on and why. I have to say this process helped me deal with the situation. As I became more educated about the subject, I started to understand. I still feel that the people responsible should definately pay for what they did. There is no reason why they should get away with what they did. I'm sure that they will ultimately pay in the end since they still have to answer to a higher authority, but like I said, my feelings about the incident are very strong right now, and I feel that our country is not being taken seriously on some other parts of the world. Who would be the first ones to call whenever someone in the world was in trouble? The United States of course, and chances are the U.S. would help out. As I dwell on the subject I only get more frustrated with the whole situation. I will finish this letter while I am still ahead of myself, because I don't want to say something offensive. 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 story350.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: How did you witness the history on ept.11? On september 11, 2001 I was in class working on a project. Then Mr. Kinggard (another fifth grade teacher) whispered something to Ms.Bellamy (my teacher). She came up to the front of the classroom and looked as if she had just seen a ghost. Then she said "they have just bombed the pentagon". At this moment I believe that we all looked as if we had just seen a ghost. I still remember the exact moment, and everyones actions, and I wanted to know who, what, where, when, and most importantly WHY?! When we came back from lunch we turned on the t.v and watched the neews. We saw a plane crash into the North tower, thats when we knew about the World Trade Center, then on the loud speaker the principal came on, and announced that we needed to turn off our t.v sets, so we did not know anything else until we got home. When I got home I turned on my t.v, and about an hour later, I turned it off because I couldn't take it anymore, and I wished that my dad was here, (he was on a busines trip in Atlanta) he could not get home that day because all the flights were shut down. I called my dad to make sure that everything was alright. I will always remember this day for the rest of my life, and it will haunt me to know that millions of people had died in that tragic accident. They think that they have pulled us apart with that tragedy, but the truth is that thay have united us as one, UNITED WE STAND! 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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 in an acute psychiatric unit at the University Hospital in Newark, NJ. I had just come out of a morning meeting and found many staff and patients surrounding one of the televisions on the unit. Someone said that a plane had crashed into one of the twin towers. Everyone thought it was an accident. As we continued to watch, we all witnessed on live tv the 2nd plane smashing into the other tower. We all began to look at one another, now realizing that this was no longer just an accident. People were glued to the television and I began calling my close family members and my husband. Many of the lines were dead and cell phones were unreachable. When the news came that the Pentagon was hit, I began to feel a sense of panic. Then, the horror and trauma of watching the towers crumble, knowing that thousands had just perished in front of our eyes. My boss screached in horror, I began to cry. Then, we began hearing that one of the planes took off from Newark airport, only a few miles away. Also, the media stated that there were still several aircraft unaccounted for. This was very frightening to me. All I wanted to do was to be with my husband and family. The hospital began to call and emergency code. This meant that the victims of the tradgedy could be taken to our center. Visions of thousands flooding the hospital entered my mind, I really thought I could not handle witnessing this. I then chose to leave work and be with my family. Unfortunately, only a few dozen came with injuries instead of the hundreds and thousands that were expected. I will never forget the eerie feeling of leaving work and seeing the smoke crossing the river to the jersey side. I will never forget the images of the burning towers which could be seen from the hospital windows. I will never forget the first few days and weeks following the attacks. I did not want to leave my home. I was having a hard time getting up to go to work, experiencing crying spells, and experiencing fear of the future and the unknown. Although I did not lose anyone in this tradgedy, it effected me as an American. It effected me so much that I questioned having children in the fear of the world I would bring them in. I have to say, that on the 1st year anniversary, 9/11/02, one good thing has happened.....I have chosen to embrace motherhood and am currently 27 weeks pregnant. My husband and I are expecting our first child in December of 2002. Today, I hope and pray that our baby to be will never witness such tremendous horror in this country or anywhere. I wish for peace and unity in the United States and here on earth. May God Bless the United States of America now and 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 story4340.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 story started when i first came to school September 11th i walked into business class having no clue that anything was goin to happen and my teacher had began the lesson she was teaching for the day. Then one of the teachers had come up stairs and said to turn on the tv so i went and turned the tv on and all i seen at first was the two buildings on the screen and the announcer talking about the pentagon at the time. i didn't know that there was anything wronge with the trade center and untill the other anouncer started talking then i seen somone jump from tyhe building to the ground. thats when i knew somthing really serious was going on. we sat there all three periods and watched it. then the whole building collaps. i knew that the building falling would effect the world directly on the economics. and i knew that's esacly what those people were trying to do. it wasn't that much of an effect on me but i knew that it would effect everyones life. 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 story3185.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.18.33.4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was siting at my deskin my office. I am a case manager for the dept of mental health. A co -worker who was listening to her radio yelled "Oh my God" the tower has been hit. My office mate had a small tv on her desk.We all where standing there watching. I remember looking an then I remember saying," look at that other plane it's banking straight into the side of the other tower. It wsn't until a few minutes later we looked at each other and we all had tears in our eyes. My father was a fireman many years ago in Mass. I was the first female firefighter at the same station when I was old enough. I watched in pain as I saw the firefights go into the building knowing after the colapse that many woud not come out. Once home I was "glued" to the TV hoping for good news,I called each of my children and my mom to tell them I loved them. You see my eldest son is a part time police officer in Okla. and his safety is always on my mind. It has been one year today,my flag is still flying on my home,my flag is still hanging from my car mirroe and to this day every serviceman and servicewoman,every police officer and firefight I see I salute them and personally tell them "Thank you" There is another bombing of a building I remember as if it were yeterday,a bombing were I lost 5 friends and like today I think about them also. Like New Yor City,Oklahoma City will always be a reminder of the bravery everyone demostrated that day and continues to to so today.We are Americans,we are free and through the grace of God and the men,women and children of this nation we will sty strong and we will not be held down we will not live in fear but in strenght. 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 story5521.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. 152.163.188.6 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 on my apt sleeping when my husband wake me up with the television all loud and screaming his lungs out the towers went down. Next thing that he said is they going to call you for duty.He was right same day department of homeless services call me for duty. I work at 30 st and first avenue at bellevue shelter as an officer. when I arrive it was caos due to fact that ambulance was bringing the injured patients to NYU hospital. The entrance by the mortgage was under construction improvising to received the dead bodies from WTC. We reaceived ordesr by our captain to take over the traffic and help with search trucks or anything suspicius. By the way we are Peace officers that just beeing train for arrest and search. so fro us sverything was new but believe me we was acting in the middle of the crisis like we knew waht we was doing. let me tell you nobody was ready for what we see.the was so many people injured. But the major pain was seeing so many death bodies. all kind of trucks, fish trucks. ups,meats trucks any truck that have a refrigerator was good to help. Day by day it was the same view the black bags beeing drop by all kind of trucks. You know what impress me a lot we the womans cried for everything but when you see an officer or firefighter crying in fornt of those bags knowing that is one of them is impresing seeing those tears coming out free eventhough that they are training for this job. We have the major office at 33 beaver street.The day before of the tragedy my husband was discharged from Lincoln Hospital fro minor hearth attact. The 13 I was assigned to 33 Beaver st.I wait until I was there and at lunch time I told my husband he was petrified but I stay.The owner from the cafeteria in the corner from 33 Beaver st. Offer us food and coffe to keep us awake. we appreciated what she did for us. I was posted at the entrance of the bulding when I see the same lady running down the corner I asked her wahat is going on she told me is a escape of gas. I look up the street and all kind o workers included others officers running down to water street.I advice the others workers in the building and we all run to water street. I also call my Capt. Benjamin Rodriguez and he rush to pick up the officers. I was so scared but I knew that it was going to be another explosion I was going to died fast and no suffer.but I was lucky thank God nad went back to 30 St. to the traffic. Two hours later they send me back to 33 Beaver st. same post until 12:00 midnight. For many people it is over finding bodies but for me until they day that I become disable on march 3, 2002 I was seeing the bodies and the sound of the trade transporting them to the DNA side at NYU to find out who police offircer is this one, or who firefighter is this one, or who's son is without mami or who's mami is without a son or where is my daddy. Until this day I cry when I remenber all those dead bodies. To end the sory I was in the corner of 29 st. and first and I see this man come with his littlte son look like 5 years old and he asked me where they have the list for the people that are missing I give him directions how to get there and the little kid stated I am looking for my mami. It let me in shock. God Bless those people that went to earn the day salary and died at the WTC. 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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 the phone ringing and a friend beckoned me to turn the news on. The Twin Towers has just been attacked. As I turned on the new and watched, the second tower had just been attacked and I saw the whole thing. I couldn't believe my eyes. Why would someone want to do such a thing? I followed the events throughout the day. Many tears were shed. Many questions unanswered. My children were 1 1/2 yrs and 2 months at the time. I just held them and watched their faces as they were looking at me crying not knowing why. How can I explain such a thing to these tiny little people who didn't understand. I will just have to wait until they are older to let them know our lives have been changed forever. We normally took walks everyday, but that day I was afraid to go outside. I know we were many miles away but still the thought of something out there was too frightening. I still look up as planes go by wondering when is it going to happen again. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story7004.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I am a flight attendant for United Airlines and have been one for almost 12 years now. I am based in Las Vegas, NV and was working the all-nighter into DC on September 10th arriving at around 6a.m. September 11th. Being exhausted after getting to my hotel room I went to bed with plans of sleeping the day away. Around 1p.m. I was awakened by the phone ringing by my bed. My husband was on the other end telling me he had been trying to reach me all morning but the phone lines were jammed. In my haze to wake up I could hear the tension in his voice and asked if the kids were o.k. and of course they were. Then I asked that one question "what's wrong?" He told me to turn on my T.V., that planes had crashed into the WTC and no one had heard a word from my sister Cathy who worked in Tower 2 on the 92nd floor. As I stared in disbelief at the horror on my T.V., I thought, maybe she's not there, maybe she's out of town on business, but why wouldn't she call anyone to let them know she was alright? A million and one things running thru my head so I immediately hang up with my husband and start contacting my family trying to get some answers and of course no one knows anything but does confirm that she was at work that morning. My sister had just turned 37 a couple of weeks before September 11th and had only lived in New York for a year and a half. As I watched Tower 2 come down over and over again, I knew she was gone. And to add to my pain, it was the United Airlines plane that had hit her building! Not only had I lost a member of my family, but also members of my other family at United Airlines. It was all so unbelievable to me, that still to this day it is hard to imagine. They did make a DNA match on my sister and actually found her purse in the rubble that they sent to my mother in Ohio. It was hard for me to return to work and the job that I have loved for almost 12 years and every time I step on a plane I think of all that was lost on that awful day in September. And all I can do is hope and pray for a better world for my children and their children and all of mankind. Peace and love to everyone in this world. My name is Mary Daddario and Cathy Salter was my sister, the 4th of six children born to Eleanor and the late Henry Salter of Wellsville, Ohio. Thanks for reading my story. 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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: Hi My name is Dominique Trujillo and I too would just like to express my deepest condolences to all the lives lost in the Sept. 11 tragedy. I know not evem words can express all the heart felt emtions our nation and world felt. On that morning I was home on my couch with my two week old baby, after making my husbands lunch for work. I had not turned on the T.V until he called me and told me what he heard on the radio. I sat there confused , hurt & scared with my eyes filled with tears, holding my new child close. I then got up and woke my two older kids up and told them they where not going to school that day. We all sat close in the living room trying to understand what was going on. I called my parents and tried to remain calm. I wanted to believe that this was a all a accident until the truth hit when the second and third planes hit. I am today still so emtional and reading other stories here brings trears to my eyes and a lump in my throat. I will never forget, I also will pray that now that we have all come together in this horrific event , that we all can remember and all stay together UNITED!! 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 story6459.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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