215 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: 911 woke me up 'Headline news', broke through the office the day was shot as the TV was the focus. I quickly received emails phone calls, discussions of shock, of horror I received emails of gore and emails of beauty We prayed, cried and hugged in the following days More emails, more sentiment the hawks and doves divided Some old doves wore new talons some old hawks had softer beaks 911 an emergency, a wakeup call woke me up The incident is not important the reaction is What happenned is physical, material, earthbound the reaction could be, but shouldn't be 911 woke me up while hate and vengeance were preached I wondered why, what will it solve won't war always begets war Wasn't WWI the war to end all wars Weren't Hiroshima and Nagosaki horrific enough to remember Didn't enough sons and dads die in Korea and Vietnam Isn't 25% of Iraqi's enough people to eliminate Isn't it time to stop Buddha, Krishna, Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, and others preached peace, unconditional love, forgiveness, acceptance, gratitude.. Who is your leader, guide, mentor Has 911 woke you up The time to end hypocricy and war is now If not now, when If not us, who wil allyn 9-9-2002 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 story1995.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: WELL like some people i woke up before 8.00 am on sept ii my husband went to the store and somebody tod him a plane just hit the trade tower,s . When he got home he tole me i was shock i turn the tv on and i saw the other plane hit the second tower i didn,t seem real i thought i was seeing thing,s i just didn,t believe what i just saw till the new,s show it again i watch the tv for the rest of the day and morn with anybody are lost that day. WE SAW here,s that day heard hero,s on the plane,s that what down and were reminded that freedom is work it,s not just giving to use we must stand up and say us group that we believe in what our for father,s fought for that all people of all race,s and belif,s should live together in peace not war but when some people try to take that freedom away our try to use fear we will stand up as one and say no freedom worth fighting for debra thompsom proud canadian 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 story4655.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was sitting in class, working on Math along with everyone else in the room. It was just another day of school. The principal's voice came over the loudspeaker, but we all just figured it was a routine announcement. Were we ever wrong! He announced that a plane had just crashed head on into the Pentagon and two other planes had flown directly into the twin towers sending them crashing to the ground. It all seemed unreal. He asked anyone who had parents working at the Pentagon to report to the office. Everyone was in a sense of terror, panic, and disbelief. I know for me, it was more disbelief. How could this be happening on just a typical September school day? Why today? Everyone was on their cell phones or in line at the office phone attempting to contact their parents, friends, or relatives. There was a sense of urgency to find out if they had been directly affected. Luckily no one in my family was a victim of this terrorism, but several people I know lost loved ones. It was a day no one will ever forget, a day to go down in history, September 11, 2001. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2192.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: September 11th, 2001, just another day in the life of a teenager I thought. I completed my morning routine as I do everyday, then walked downstairs to feast on my morning meal. I poured me a bowl of Cheerios and flipped the TV on, the scene that I saw made me drop my bowl and gaze in amazement at what I saw. Smoke billowing from the upper floor of World Trade Center 1, I stood there transfixed at the screen, my mind couldn?t comprehend what was happening. First normal logic kicked in and I thought that the plane must have malfunctioned and somehow smashed into the Trade Center, then it happened. A second jet smashing into World Trade Center 2, I now knew that this was no accident, someone intended to happen. I knew that this was a bleak day in the face of our nation, and I soon realized it when it was reported that something, possibly a helicopter had crashed into the Pentagon. On a recent vacation, I had flown to New York, and seen the towers from the window of my flight, the towers seems immense and seemed just to leap out of the ground and proclaim ?Here I am world.? It was now time for me to head to school, and I did so on a somber mood, knowing that hundreds of people in those towers would not live to see their loved ones again. In my first period, my teacher had the radio on, and I heard that my worst fears had come true, tower two was down. It seemed like a knife was plunged deep into my chest, I could almost feel the thousands of voices that were now silenced. The rest of the period seemed to just blur together, Mr. Gonzales?s Spanish lecture all seemed to go in one ear and out the other. I just sat in horror in 3rd period as I saw the aftermath of the damage, both towers were gone, and now we have just learned that a plane has crashed into the Pentagon. The day that I had woken up on, just thinking that it was going to be just a normal day in the life of a 15 year old, turned out to be one of the one of the hardest to comprehend in my entire 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 story8311.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: well I didn't know about it until my sister walked in the class and said,"Did you hear about what happened in NY.." And there were a couple of other ppl talking about it and the class got silent to hear what had happened......so they told the teachers to turn on the TV's in the classes for the news.....and that's when they were showing the towers collapsing.......we were scared..terrified ...and upset.....why did they have to mess with our country that way? What did we do to them to hurt us in that matter? 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 story5652.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 to first say that even though I lost no one on that dreadfull day. I lost a lot of fellow men and women like my self just trying to do their part as a member of this great nation. I was unresponsive for a while after I saw the plains hit and I realised that I was not watching a movie and that this was for real. I saw the plain hit and my heart just broke in two. Being a mother of three all I could think about was getting to my children and holding them close.I cried for days and keep my children home for a while right next to me. I tried to explain to them what was going on and that we were going to be safe. All the while I was praying for that to be true. I have seen some things in my life but this will never let go of me. It is one year later and I still fear for my childern when I send them out the door to get on the bus. I am more aware of who my childern ride on the bus with! I am more aware of who my neighbors are! I hate to have to get on a plain. I do not think anyone will ever forget that day. I pray for all the familys of those who were lost and thank those who helped save those who could be found. MAY GOD BLESS THIS NATION! I LOVE ALL MY FELLOW AMERICANS AND PEACE BE WITH YOU!! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story7301.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 husband and I were watching Little House on the Prarie when the newscaster broke in with the news. As soon as we heard the basics, we turned to CNN to get the whole story. We both stared at the T.V. in disbelief as history was played out on our screen. We cried when we saw the images of people running from the building and jumping out of windows. We cried when we saw the stories of people looking for their missing loved ones. We cried when we heard the stories of the heros who gave their lives trying to save the lives of others. We cried when we heard of the incredibly heroic acts of the passengers of the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. We cried a lot that day and in the days to come as we heard all the stories of the families who searched hospitals and morgues for their missing members both hoping to find them, and at the same time praying they weren't there. We cried when the last hopes of finding any survivors was gone. Then an amazing thing happened. We all seemed to forget for awhile that we were black or white, Mexican or Latino, democrate or republican, gay or straight, Protestant or Catholic. For a while those things were irrelevant. We all came together in a common cause and remembered what patriotism is all about. We remembered that it is in God we trust. We remembered that emergency personnell have dangerous jobs with little pay for our benefit. We remembered that we are suppose to be thankful for our families and try to love our neighbors. We remembered that this country with all its' faults is ours and we will defend our freedoms. For awhile we remembered that we are all just Americans. Please, let's never forget 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 story4104.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 the morning quite vividly as i was heading to work at the hospital early as I did every day.I am an early riser so it ended up that i have always been the early person.this morning like so many others I stopped at tyhe local circle K for the morning paper and my usual dark roast coffee.the radio was on and as i entered the door the news came over the radio.the girls looked at me in disbelief.Could this be a practical joke,remembering War of the Worlds. Needless to say i made a hasty exit to make my way to the hospital to turn the tv on to see if what my ears had heard was indeed true.I told everyone that i came into contact with upon my arrival what i had heard.They were like me,they could not beleive that this was happening.only after i had gone back to turn on a tv and insist that they do the same did they realize they reality before us. In my years as a medical professional i've seen my share of tragedies but none could compare to this.Thousands of miles away and it ripped at the very soul of all Americans.Not a day goes by when I don't stop to say a little pray.A prayer for those who lost loved ones and one thanking the lord that some of us were spared that loss. This has been a horrific tragedy that will take years to mend.I'm not real sure that we will ever totally understand what led up to the events of sept 11,2001. It's hard for me to accept that there is this kind of hatred in the world,this total disrespect for life.No god regardless of religion would look down on this with other than complete and total distain.Pray that we can overcome our differences worldwide to prevent this from ever occuring again no mater whose soil it might be on. 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 story5370.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 in Howard, SD when my boss's husband came in and said that one of the World Trade Center towers had been hit by a plane. We had no TV so we turned the radio on and it was all over every channel. At first no one knew it was deliberate and then the second tower and then the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania crash happened and I couldn't think. I am a NY native and I have all of my family and friends there. I was most worried about my aunt who works in the city. She watched it happen and was covered in debris but she was ok. I couldn't focus and I couldn't wait to get home and turn the TV on because when they said the towers had fallen, I didn't believe it. Then I saw it. I still didn't believe it. Luckily I did not lose anyone close to me but I know a lot of people who did. Someone was with us last summer because we visited NY on August 11th after having moved the trip back. We had originally planned to be there on September 11th. It is also our wedding anniversary so lots of mixed emotions. Shortly after the attacks, we got a puppy and we named him Manhattan...Manny for short. We have a shot of the twin towers that my husband took while we were there and blew it up big and it stands tall on a shelf in our living room. This isn't a sad story or a touching story or a heroic story but it's my story and it's proof of how even though we were all the way out here, it hit hard. 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 story6614.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. 67.195.208.13 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: It was a normal morning. I woke up the same as any other day and got on the bus to go school. I went to my first period at 9:15 not knowing of anything that had happened. It was in second period class when i walked in and saw that the television was on. Then I looked closer on the television and saw the World Trade Center towers in flames. I asked my friend what had happened and he said the World Trade Center had been hit by two commercial airplanes. I was shocked by this and I asked, "Who would do something like this?" "Terrorists", said my friend. From that point on everything seemed to blur out and I didn't really think about anything at all. It was a sad and silent time. Later on that day some of my friends and I were out on the field for P.E. One by one our friends were getting picked up by their parents to go home. We heard a plane go overhead and I will remember that plane because the sound seemed to go on forever. I knew this day would change the lives of millions. 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 story9266.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 flew across the morning sky like a dark angel from hell, then it plunged into the first tower like a voo doo pin casting it's spell; The second one came shortly after flying much lower than the norm, then it struck the second tower like a bolt of lightning in a storm; The explosions were horrendous like the bombings during war. The terrorist brought forth pure destruction hitting us down to the core. Debris showered down to the pavement causing onlookers to flee, and then... an unthinkable thing happened, it literally began raining men; They jumped to their deaths one by one and in some cases two by two. Thick smoke formed an impenetrable umbrella blocking any attempt of a rescue; Soon, like the song of London Bridge the towers came falling down. Now, everyday as I go to work I avoid that part of town; 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 story10124.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 on line with a friend in Cuba when a call came in to turn on my TV. I told him I sensed urgency and asked if I could get back to him in 15 min. He(my Cuban friend and partner) said yes sure and I went to the living room and turned on CNN. The first tower was burning. Then out of no where a plane flew into the second. I was completely blown away. To keep it short after I heard also about the Pentagon I went back to my computer and told my friend in Cuba that a savvy ruler would make more than consolations. He would offer air space, blood, doctors, help in general in a situation which transcended old rivalry and adversity. E-mail:Glen, I mentioned Andrew a potential investor - he is in the financial district - he is family. I will be off line and not available tomorrow. Please explain to Richard. Jeff E-Mail #2: Glen, We cannot get through. I cannot stay on but obviously tomorrow AM bus plan is not going to happen. Andy who I mentioned as a board member is in the district. We are trying to find out if he worked in the tower but not sure. Two other relatives work at the exchange and at Donaldson. We are in shock,worried, 10,000 + people dead. It is absurd. I wrote Richard and told him that an offering of help (blood, doctors whatever) would be appropriate to distance themselves politically. I have seen a lot in my life. They are not talking about it much but I can tell you one thing for sure and that is there will be NO slack cut to any country that supports terrorism. The next days or weeks will tell but a full scale operation of unbelievable proportions will ensue. That is my opinion. There will not be a nice ending to the events of this day. I am concerned about the relations in other countries who have stood by the Palestinians, Libyans etc. The overtones are not good. Gandhi is one of my idols. Passive non violence to achieve a goal is one thing.Protecting yourself and others from these kinds of acts are another. Condemnation of these acts promptly is of the highest order with our friends. Guerrilla warfare to achieve a goal is one thing. Large scale murder of innocents is another - it is Holocaust. I am worried for loved ones and other that may suffer from these events. sleepless also Your Friend, Jeff Email # 3: Glen, Today I spent a quite day in complete disarray. My business stood still, phones only rang from family who were concerned, I know that Andrew is safe,I know that Ethelyn is safe, I do not know about the rest. Morgan Stanley(on many floors) in New York handles our affairs and there are several who are like family. My daughters art teacher from the NC School of the Arts was in a studio on the 95th floor. I am reminded of a read by Ken Kesey in Boulder at the Kerouac conference in 81. Kesey, Ferlingetti and Ginsberg read. Kesey read a piece about how the assassination of John Lennon had affected the whole world for the year after. These were revolutionaries of the highest order and their weapons were words. So these things are things we are up against. I am amazed at the brutality we like to refer to as humanity. I think it is dangerous for anyone to stand too close to parties that have now or in the past involvement with the people who support these tactics. Even someone who is in disagreement should condemn this action. A savvy politician would do that now, in my humble opinion. This makes me feel steadfast in my resolve on the Cultural Exchange Center aspect of the plan. Mutual ground is a good thing. had to reflect, Jeff E-Mail # 4: Glen, I spoke to Richard twice about these matters. I suppose I should not do that but it happened. He was understanding and condolences. I told him that a offer from there would help distance political suspicion. He emailed me later and said they had offered help, places for planes to land as well as condolences. he asked first of all about my family. I thanked him and shared some information of what was going on. They were not getting all the news but most. Tomorrow I wait to hear about three relatives who we have not heard from but the hectic nature of things... I feel good about it for some reason. I hope they are OK and just feel that they are. I will not be able to get the information as planned for tomorrow. I have some other news but it is late, I am tired. My best, Thanks, Jeff 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 story20663.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. 2006-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.87.169.192 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just gotten out of class and i was headed to the Tiger Den for an early lunch when I saw everyone crowded around the tv's. I watched the tv in horror as the second plane slammed into the second tower. I grabbed my cell phone and dialed my best friend and I asked her what in the world is going on.She said "Jamie, we've been attacked." At first I was stunned, I mean how could they have the nerve to attack us on our own soil. I didn't believe it. I went back out into the lobby and glued my eyes to the TV where they would remain for the next 2 hours. I watched as the news reports came in about a plane hitting the Pentagon and then about the plane crashing in Pennsylvania, one that was headed for the White House. It was all too much. I broke down and started crying. I didn't have any family in New York or Washington but I still felt like I had lost MY family. I felt like it was my dad who had fought so bravely to help others, I felt like it was my mom who had helped people down the stairs to safety. I felt as if someone had ripped my heart out. My heart still goes out to all the mothers,daughters,fathers,husbands,wives,grandparents, and friends who lost loved ones on that day. My prayers are with you all. God Bless America, We will prevail!!!!!! 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 had already jumped out of the shower, it was 7:15 AM. I hurried to get my clothes on and get out of the house because I was running late. The drive to work was a mere 13 miles, but Las Vegas drivers are ten fold worse than your average Los Angeles commuter. I turned on my TV and saw a news report on.....I tuned it out (as I normally do) to get my socks on and what not. Well I watched and watched until it finally clicked in my head that I was looking at a rather large puff of smoke by the Pentagon. The screen was split in two so that on the right side was the Pentagon and the left was what appeared to me at first to be a building on fire. The socks finally were on and I started to tie up my boots (it was now 7:30 AM.....definitely going to be late for work). I kept watching and now listening to what the "talking heads" on the news were saying............and then the video of the second plane hitting the tower.........it struck me. I jumped in my truck to get my butt to work. It's funny how the mind works, one minute I'm watching this stuff, the next the little voice is yelling "GET TO WORK!!!" I noticed though that when I got outside it was quiet. In fact it was quiet all the way to work...........VERY ABNORMAL for Las Vegas. Planes go in and out of McCarran International Airport 24 hours day. On the radio was my usual program, Howard Stern. The entire morning then came full circle as I listened to the program (which was on tape delay for the West Coast). Howard had been going about his usual day when the first plane hit and mass confusion hit his studio. I tuned in in time to hear callers calling in and Howard calming them down. "This is bad," I said out loud to myself. I finally got to work, everyone else on the shuttle from the parking lot to the mall (where I worked in Las Vegas) began talking about what was going on. It just wasn't sinking in yet...........it was more of a novelty type atmosphere rather than an serious event. Some people on the shuttle had family members who worked at the WTC towers. Once inside, the mall at first was set to open. Then security came around posting letters saying that under the current siutation the mall was going to be closed. My manager asked me a question I can't ever forget, "Can you believe what's going on?" I still can't. Almost a year later I still don't. The world was never perfect to me, but now I'm in an impasse of emotions. On one end of the spectrum I'm mad as hell, but on the other I'm resigned to the fact that we can never be able to live our lives the same way. To beg to be able to walk my baby brother to his gate and to ensure that he got on the right flight was something I never dreamed would happen. It used to be nice. I sometimes tell my friends that things may have changed in the world.....but I'm still living my life like it's September 10, 2001. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story1107.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 like every day I go to work, I was listening to the radio and someone turns to me and says a plane hit the twin towers thinking yeah right thats not even funny. Then I heard them say another one has hit, I was so scared. The first thought that came to my mind was disbelieve then I wondered where everyone I loved was, at that time my fiancee was in Marion buying something for his truck, his dad a lt. colonel so I wondered about him and his mother who was with his grandparents in New York but far away that they were not in the area. I thought of my family and there well being and then his sister who just moved to Hawaii with her little daughter I was so scared not knowing if people were ok. it never hit that day how serious it was and what really happened. I cried everyone cried, I could see the fear in my fiancees eyes wondering about his family-he comes from a military family. I felt so bad for him knowing everyone I loved was ok. My grandfather couldnt believe it, something like this in my life time.WOW!. I still hurt and cry to this day thats a memory that will never be out of my mind and heart. I am so angry at them to leave all those people to die. I guess I dont know what to say except I send my love to those that lost someone and those that morn and hurt. I am sorry something like this ever had to happen. Jessica 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: My name is Katherine and i am 18 years old. I am at University in Melbourne, Australia and as one of my subjects i am doing american history. I am currently doing an essay on 9/11 and i am overwhelmed by the courage and strength of the american people whom have been through such heart break in recent years. At the time of 9/11 i was on a sporting tour in England and had just come home from visiting the tourist attractions. I walked in the front door to see my friends gobsmacked infron of the television. I asked them what they were watching and they turned to me, tears welled up in their eyes and said "its america, the terrorist attacks". I could not believe it, it was all to much, never could i comprehend the visuals on the tv were real. From that point on, i felt a connection to the attacks and wondered why it happened and how people could do this to the human race. Even now, looking back on what others have said about the attacks i find myself still amazed by the strength and courage of the american people. I hope for each and every one of you that your plight to find peace and security wheather it be within yourself, family, government or country, is successful and that you may one day, in the not so distant future, look back on this fragment in time and remember that it has made you stronger. In my studies of american history i have come to learn that america is a strong country, bound not only by a stength for patriotism but also a love of all that is just and fair. i wish you all hope and strength, and pray that you may all one day, feel at one and at peace with the mayhem that was bestowed onto your country. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story10555.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: Sitting at home, enjoying a "Daddy Day" with my beautiful 3year old boy, before flying out to a professional convention the next day, my son comes up to me and says "Daddy, that's bad." I look up from the book I was reading to see the first tower in flames. I told my son that yes, that's bad, but the firemen there will make it better. As we watched, the second airplane hit the second tower, and my son looked into my eyes and asked my "Why did that plane hit the building." Shortly after, the announcement that a plane went in at the pentagon, and there were additional planes unaccounted for came on, and I knew at that point that I had to go. I carried my son to a neighbor, who agreed to watch him for me, kissed him, hugged him, and told him "Daddy has to go help." He said he loved me, and went inside. After responding to my station, firefighters and medics were arriving continuously. I was assigned to Medic 6-2 with Herb, Todd, and a detail man from Round Hill. We were transferred to Co. 15 who's units had already been deployed to the Pentagon. From there, we were grouped with additional units arriving from different parts of Loudoun, and moved to station 25 for briefing. The briefing was held in a somber tone, and we were told to change many of the ways we operate. No radio traffic, do not stop your vehicle, drive with the windows up, do not leave the vehicles unattended, do not answer the door to the stations, and many other directives turned our way of thinking upside down. The shock was continuous. Each of us was in a daze, only our training gave us direction to carry out our tasks. We were moved into neighboring Fairfax County early on, and placed in one of their stations, hiding our vehicles behind their firehouse so as not to make a target. Phones were continually busy, and when we got through, we were told not to tell anyone where we were. Soon the truth came out. We were the response force to be used if a second plane struck and wiped out our brothers at the pentagon. All that was left was to sit and watch the news, and feel helpless. A lot of pacing, and fidgeting was going on in that firehouse, building as the hours passed. Late that night, we were simply tod, "go home, there's nothing more to do." Once at home, with my family, one of the worst things I remember was watching the news coverage. One of the reporters was at ground zero, and commented on the funny noise they were hearing like a roar in the background. My wife asked me what that was, and in that instant, I wanted to shout at the TV, it was the sound of hundreds of PASS alarms sounding in the rubble. 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 story932.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 working in the Marketing office of the Morale, Welfare and Recreation department on a U. S. Army base on September 11, 2001. We always kept the television in the entry area on Fox News Channel during the day and several employees had gathered around the TV when the broadcasts starting coming through about a plane hitting the first tower. We were all stunned and talking amongst ourselves wondering if it was a horrible accident and if so, how could it happen. Then another plane hit the second tower and we all knew immediately the U.S. was under attack. I called my husband who works active duty military at Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, and asked if anyone had access to a television - that we were under attack. He works in the Mental Health department and went to watch the news with several other counselors and doctors, knowing they soon would have work to do relating to mental trauma sustained. Then, the Pentagon was hit and shortly thereafter Flight 93 went into the ground. Everyone on post was horrified and painfully aware that we would be directly affected in many different ways. Some had family members and friends working at the Pentagon and others were worried about loved ones in the Towers. There would be some among us that would be deployed in what we knew would be an effort to eradicate those responsible. Everyone in our office watched in disbelief as the towers collapsed, as the vivid pictures showed the devastation, the human fear and despair so poignantly displayed on the small screen. Our office atmosphere sank into tears, silence, confusion and worry. In subsequent days there were many blood drives for the victims, monetary contributions were sent and some actually went to New York to assist in any way possible. We took great comfort and pride in our President and his cabinet, thankful that we had a strong leader to bring us through the tragedies heretofore unimaginable. Working on a military base caused long lines in the ensuing days to get to work and for many weeks afterward. Our alert system was at a high level and everyone had to be stopped, checked and searched. The security measures continue now - a year later, although the procedures have become smoother and processing time has lessened. Our pride in the military has never been greater, our patriotism never higher, and support for those who went to fight in Enduring Freedom and Operation Noble Eagle was overwhelming. Care packages were sent to soldiers in the field and many prayers were said for those in harm's way. We have been grateful for all those soldiers who returned unharmed and mourned those who lost their lives. Nothing is taken for granted any more. Solid values have come to the forefront again and appreciation of the little things is in sharper focus. Our work on the base is emphasized by the knowledge that we civilians are there to serve the military - which serves the country and risks their lives in the process. We are solidly planted with steely determination to keep America the land of the free, no matter the cost. We are also behind our President 100% and grateful for his strength, compassion and faith. 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: Date: 9/14/2001 5:49:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time Revised 3/20/2002 Thanks for your concern for all of us. We got out just in time after the second airplane hit Tower 2. (9/11/2001) The plane went completely into the building allowing all of the survivors (us) included, to rush across the street, north of the Financial Center. We stood there for a short while watching the towering inferno. I saw people jumping from the gash of Tower 1. All of the USS staff exited the building safely and are alive. <Note that 9/11 = 911 code-emergency> Stepping back to the beginning, approx 8:45am, I was looking for a file to support an expense on our July reports. Suddenly, I heard a muffled explosion with echoed report, rocking the tower at least a foot, back and forth, like an amusement park ride. I was thrown against a desk. All filing cabinets slid open. I tried to close them but there were too many. Roger said later to us that he thought that the tower was going to fall. It didn't, allowing us to exit to the stairs, but not until I turned off my computer properly, and coming back again in my office to get as many towels I could get to cover our faces, on the lightly Smokey stairwell. I forgot to douse the towels with water, but it was better than nothing. Amazingly I thought we were going to come back sometime, like in 1993. It was hard to think, to take anything out with me. Going down the stairs, we went through water, coming from the sprinklers and ceiling, cascading down the stairs. People suddenly stopped moving down and I thought the worst, as I thought there was bomb damage below us and we were going right towards it. I was full of anxiety in my thoughts. We started to move again and finally I saw daylight, out from the stairwell door on the plaza level, overlooking the elevators. From the door we were directed by WTC security to the safest exit. There were bodies near the 1993 Memorial on the plaza outside. The huge windows were all cracked with gaping holes. We then were following each other slowly down the still moving escalator, people screamed to run down faster toward the WTC Marriott Hotel entrance. We were led to the then SAFE, at the time, Tower 2, as mentioned above. (The second airplane hit Tower 2 at the same time we were about to exit to the street). Diane, ahead of us, actually saw the second airplane hit the center. She was right under it. Ron broke up from us to try and locate our other staff members, Crystal, Olga and Maritzela. There were shoes on the ground facing away from the WTC, left behind by someone and all kinds of things in the rush to get away. We then went to Roger's apartment building, but only Roger was allowed up to his apartment. Eileen, Diane, Mark and I were asked to leave the lobby. We went to the small park behind the building. We could see only one half of Tower 2. It was burning, (another building was in front of it). Because of that obstructed view, when Tower 2 collapsed, it looked like it liquefied and started pouring down, getting lower by steps all the way, like a decreasing waterfall. The sound was like Niagara Falls, from the vantage point of the Maid of the Mist, at the base of the falls in Canada. I will never forget that sound, that rumbling sound. The black acrid smoke chased towards us like a freight train, leaving no time to think of what to do to beat it. There are 10 foot plus walls around the open park area. I did not want to jump due to my recent bipass operation. At this time I did not know where Diane, Eileen or Mark were, I could not see anyone, like a nuclear winter. It was an every man for himself rule at this time. Ron never came back with us. I found out the next day he was alive and well. The air was getting dark with ash and smoke. I went left to the wall, and saw a table on the ground below. I went over the wall onto the table. I could not see, except for a partial outline of a door frame. I grabbed the frame and pulled it open against people on the other side trying to shut it, to keep the dust out and to limit the people who could get in, lest the room fill up with dust and smoke. This was a restaurant underneath Roger?s building!! I stayed alive for the third time, I thanked God that I was spared again. There actually was a cruller on a dish in front of me. Just me! I felt strange, but I took a piece of it. I thought of everyone else and their ordeal. All was not over. We were given water and napkins to soak with water. One man was injured and was being treated on a table. Firemen walked in and asked for anyone with medical experience to volunteer and also wanted the restaurant as a Command Post. The dust was subsiding and all of us were asked to leave. I took another folded napkin in a basket near the door, to find out later it still had a knife and fork wrapped up in it. I found out later that Mark, Diane and Eileen were picked up by a Fire boat and taken to Jersey City at this time. I started to walk down the waterside walkway to Battery Park. I reconnected with Roger. He was caring for an 89 year old woman from his apartment. She stayed with us on our trek down to the Ferry Terminal area. We never made it. Tower 1 collapsed, looking like a volcano, with the same furious sound as Tower 2. The smoke and dust was pouring towards us. We kept on walking. I was behind Roger, barely seeing his shoes to guide me. Our faces were looking down to the ground for protection from falling ash and debris, sometimes walking blindly into the bushes nearby. Lucky for all of us, this time, the smoke and ash started to go south away from the waters edge but towards the Ferry Terminal Building. We saw Coast Guard, Fire boats and the New York Waterway Ferries from NJ come to rescue us. They lined up behind the bulkhead railings. Taking on one person at a time, in the middle front of the ferry, ?WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST?. I commented aloud "Just like the Titanic". The WTC towers disintegrating and sinking. People agreed seriously. Roger?s new found friend was taken aboard first. I had to be picked up fireman's style and placed on the deck. I was given first class treatment by the deck hand, checking on me later to see if I was alright. We were taken to Jersey City. Roger and I walked to all hotels to no avail for a room, ending up at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel. Later that night, Roger got 3 rooms with the help of an HSBC employee that also let us use her phone in the hotel conference room. Most everybody there was in clean suits or casual dress. We were covered; head to toe, in gray ash. Nobody seemed to acknowledge us that we just went through hell on earth. It was a very surreal day! The hotel was holding, honoring, reservations for non arriving passengers from the airport even though all flights were canceled. We set up temporary offices there, as Roger could not go back to his apartment at Battery Park City. The next day my son picked me up, traveling from Connecticut. The bridges to Staten Island were reopened again on 9/12/01. A military jet flew by, breaking the sound barrier heading towards NYC. What a moving sight in this terrible time! We are at War.......... Home again and alive and well.................. God Bless America!!! 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: That morning, I got up and brought my car in for servicing. I had taken the day off to be with my daughter to shop for bridesmaids dresses for my upcoming wedding. I was at the car dealer when someone from the service dept. came and said to turn the channel and that a plane had hit the world trade center. I just assumed that it was an accident. Then on the way home, a local radio station that has been known for pulling jokes like this, was announcing that the world trade center had been hit and that it was a terrorist attack. It got me really mad that they were at it again. Then I went inside and turned the tv on. I watched in horror as the first tower had smoke billowing out of it and then as I was watching I saw the second plane hit the 2nd tower. I was shocked and stunned and couldn't believe that this could happen in our country and so close to home. My daughter came and we watched with disbelief. I called my fiance on the phone and was telling him what I had seen and then the reports came on about the pentagon. I told him, I thought it was a terrorist attack and that I thought we were at war. It was an odd feeling of shock, not wanting to leave the tv as I wasn't sure what to do or what was going to happen next. My daughter and I watched for a while and then decided that there was nothing that we could do, so we went to our scheduled appt. and the one of the ladies at Cameo Bridal Salon's son hadn't called and he worked in the city. We shopped and tried to find prices on dresses but the maker was located in NYC and the city had basically come to a halt. Her son called while we were there and that was a relief. While we were there, we also found my wedding gown. This day has such bitter sweet meaning to me. It was sweet because I got to spend a special day with my 18 year old daughter and we found our special dresses, but it was bitter because we lost so many lives that day and the country experience something horrid. I still feel very empty today remembering what took place last year. I went to a memorial service this morning at work. I think that we were all dreading today, partially in fear that we would have more problems and also as we didn't know how we would each handle our emotions. There was music and we all said the pledge of allegiance and there were people who actually went down to the site to help people looking for their loved ones. There was one woman that has a dog that helps people deal with grief. She told a story of what she felt like and how proud she was of her dog for all the hard work he had done that day. One thing I do realize is that this country is strong and that we will all bind together to fight this awful tradegy that has befallen our land. 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 story4562.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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