224 20 7169 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I remember sitting in English class on a day that started out like any other Tuesday. Suddenly, the principal at my high school came rushing into the room and began to whisper to the teacher. Immediately, my English teacher turned on the radio. I listened as the news reported the crashing of a passenger plane into one of the World Trade Center Towers. At first, along with many other students in the class, I thought that the events could not possibly be real. We had just finished listening to ?War of the Worlds? the previous day. I thought my English teacher had somehow staged this broadcast, to place the class in the minds of the people who had originally listened to that program so long ago. Much of the U.S. population once thought ?War of the Worlds? was a real occurrence, and the consequences were dire. Unfortunately, the events wore on, and the radio reported that both of the towers had fallen. Once I arrived at my next class, and saw the report on television, I knew it was real. More than anything, I wanted to go home. The events of September 11 made me realize how everything can be so unimportant in that instant of horror when something is terribly wrong. With the acts of one group, the American people can no longer feel safe. Our vulnerability in skyscrapers and airplanes is painfully clear. Regardless of the number of precautions that are taken to prevent a tragedy such as the events of September 11, if a person or group with enough power wants something to happen, it will. Due to this unsettling truth, the American people must give up some of the civil liberties on which this country was founded, and it sickens me. 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 story1544.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. 2002-08-29 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.24.238.107 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: FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON I GOT UP EARLY THAT DAY AND CALLED MY SISTER,WHO LIVES IN SCOTLAND...SHE IS THE ONE THAT TOLD ME THAT THE TOWER HAD BEEN HIT. I IMMEDITELY TURNED ON THE TV JUST IN TIME TO SEE THE SECOND TOWER GET HIT...MY SISTER SAID THERE WERE MORE PLANES CRASHING..I BEGAN TO PANIC, FOR MY DAUGTER HAD JUST LEFT THAT MORNING FOR HER HONEYMOON..AND I DIDNT KNOW WHAT PLANE SHE WAS ON. I STARTED CALLING PEOPLE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT PLANES WERE EFFECED.....IT WASNT UNTIL 9:30 THAT NIGHT THAT I HEARD FROM MY DAUGTER...SHE WAS ALRIGHT AND IN SOUTH CAROLINA, THAT IS WHERE THEY MADE HER PLNE LAND....I CANT IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE PEOPLE IN THE TRADE CENTERS OR THAT WERE ON THE FLIGHTS THAT CRASHED..I KNOW FOR ONE BREIF MOMENT I WAS TERRIFIED THAT MY DAUGHTER WAS ONE OF THEM.....MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL THE FAMILIES THAT LOST LOVED ONES..I WILL NEVER FORGET, GOD BLESS EVERYONE OF THEM.......ANNE 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 story3126.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: September 11 On September 11 I woke up like I always do. It was the same routine I do every day, eat, get dressed, and brush my teeth just like the day before. As I was about to leave I heard my older brother shout to my mom. I couldn?t understand what he said. I walked back to say bye to my mom. I entered her room and say her crying. She saw me and called me over. I asked her what had happened. She hugged me and told me that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. Tears were forming in my eyes as I watched one of the towers fall. I saw and heard people running and screaming I saw them dying. Later I heard on the news that it was a terrorist attack. My Dad said to remember the name Osama Bin Laden because he changed history 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 story2916.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. 163.150.15.187 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 took my usual drive to the office from Detroit to Livonia, Michigan. Upon entering the building, the switchboard operator asked if I had heard anything on the radio about a plane hitting the World Trade Center. I had not heard anything that morning because I had chosen to listen to a CD instead of turning on the radio. When I ascended to the second level of our building, I noticed the noise from the television and there was a made rush of people to get to the lunchroom area. All of us stayed glued to the television in unbelief as the events of September 11 continued to unfold. That day wound up being a very nonproductive day at our office as well as the next day. A grief counselor was brought in because some of us were experiencing problems from what we had seen and heard. Although we were not in New York, Pennsylvania or Washington, DC, we all felt their pain and grief. We became a nation touched by grief. I later found out that a very dear friend of my sister's had recently moved into the new offices on the side of the Pentagon where the plane hit. All of our lives have been touched in one way or another, either directly or indirectly by the unforgettable horric events of September 11. If we learned nothing else from what happened, we all should be kinder and more loving towards each other on a daily basis and not wait for a tragic event to bring this county together. 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 story2574.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. 192.28.2.52 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 in the kitchen making my son a bottle when my dad came in and told me "there's been an accident", I went and looked just as the first tower was coming down I couldn't believe my eyes. For 2 straight weeks my eyes were glued to the tv watching for the latest news. I hope they catch Osama-Ben-Stinky and bomb the heck out of that piece of crap!!!!!! I hope the devil gets him by the beans and twists and twirls and wrenches!!!!!!!! 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 story1925.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. 2002-09-08 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 206.25.48.213 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: THE MORNING OF SEPT 11,2001 MY 2 YEAR OLD DAUTHER HAD A DR.S APPT. I GOT HER READY THE TURNED ON ELMO FOR HER. I GOT IN THE SHOWER. MY CAR RADIO DIDN'T WORK, SO I STILL KNEW NOTHING. MY MOTHER WORKS AT THE DR.S' OFFICE SO IT WAS NOT UNTILL AROUND 10:30AM THAT I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE ATTACKS. AFTER I WAS DONE THERE I RUSHED TO MY MOTHER IN-LAWS HOUSE. WHEN I GOT THERE AND SAW THE TV WAS WHEN IT REALLY HIT ME WHAT WAS GOING ON. BUT, IT WAS NOT UNTIL MY 2 YEAR OLD SAW THE PLANE (WHICH SHE LOVED PLANES, SHE HAD JUST GOTTEN BACK FROM CALIFORNA)SHE WAS SO HAPPY WHEN SHE FIRST SAW THE PLAN, THEN WHEN THE PLAN IT THE SECOND TOWER SHE GASPED FOR AIR, THE TURNED TO ME WITH TEARS IN HER EYES AND ASKED ME TO KISS THE BOOBOO THAT THE PLANE HAD MADE. ALL I COULD DO WAS HOLD HER AND TELL HER THAT MY KISSES WOULD NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. THE HARDEST THING I HAD TO DO WAS GO TO WORK AT 2 AND LEAVE MY BABY NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHY I COULDN'T FIX THIS PROBLEM. WHEN I GOT TO WORK AS I WAS GOING INTO THE STORE A LITTLE GIRL AROUND THE AGE OF 5 AND HER DADDY WHERE COMING OUT. HE WAS EXPLAING TO HER THAT THE HAD TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO CARS COMING SO THAT THEY DON'T GET HIT. SHE TURNED TO HER DAD AND SAID,"WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR PLANES TOO DADDY, WE DON'T WANT TO GET HIT BY THEM LIKE ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE BULIDINGS." IT WAS THEN THAT I SAW MANY CHILDREN LOOK LIKE GROWN ADULTS WHEN I LOOKED INTO THEIR EYES. I AM 22 YEARS OLD NOW 21 AT THE TIME AND I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THINGS WHERE THE WAY THEY WHERE. I WAS ANGRY, THEN SAD FOR THE ONES MISSING. IT WAS NOT RIGHT THAT THE ONES WHO USED OUR PLANES TO KILL OUR PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY. FROM THAT DAY ON I LOOKED AT LIFE MUCH DIFFERENT. I TOOK TIME OUT OF MY DAY TO HOLD MY BABY AND TELL HER I LOVE HER. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME WILL BE OVER, SO WE ALL NEED TO TAKE THE TIME TO TELL OUR LOVED ONES HOW MUCH THE MEAN TO US. AND HELP THOSE WHO ARE A LITTLE LESS FORTUNATE. WE NEED TO STOP FIGHTING WITH PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, BECAUSE ON 9/11/01 THE WORLD SAW WE REALLY DO BLEED THE SAME. I'M NO BETTER THEN ANYONE ELSE. LIFE IS TO SHORT TO FIGHT ANYMORE. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS. REMEBER THE SAYING THEN FOLLOW IT, "STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES." 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 story5022.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. 205.188.209.38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was working with reading groups in my 4th grade classroom that morning when the school secretary came in and whispered to me. There had been a plane crash into one of the trade center buildings and the Pentagon was on fire. I looked at Liz in disbelief. Was she sure this wasn't some cruel joke? The other reading teacher and I tried to digest this, and get through reading groups with our news-unknowing students. A few minutes later, Liz came in with news of the second plane hitting the trade center. We teachers and aides were abuzz with what could be happening. It was difficult to summize with no way to see the news in front of the students. I worried secretly in front of my students that day, and openly in front of my peers, of what had happened and what was yet to come. Rushing home to a TV to piece together the horror, and I watched and cried along with the rest of the nation. 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 story4346.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 sitting in my Microsoft Word class at Potomac Falls High School when suddenly over the intercom the principal instructed everyone to turn the televisions to channel 7 ABC. At first when I saw the burning building with a plane sticking out of it I thought it was just a movie on TV. It wasn?t until we turned to every channel did we realize what was going on. At first the class room sat in shock and then people started freaking out. After an hour when the next plane hit the pentagon is when things started getting ugly. Classmates were being pulled out of class to go home, students were demanding to leave, and teachers wanted to make phone calls. After a few hours of watching TV the principal came on the intercom and told everyone to turn off their TVs and return to normal. Needless to say no one returned to normal. Everyone around me was talking about how they were afraid that bombs would start dropping or how schools would be the next targets, I just sat in silence. I couldn?t understand how hijacking a plane and flying it into buildings made any sort of statement at all. Only cowards would do such a thing. After school I went to my best friend?s house and decided to crash there for the night. We talked about what we thought was going to happen the next day. Neither of us was scared but we just had that uncertainty of what was to come. The next morning school was canceled so we slept in. When I finally woke up I went out on the balcony and listened. Not a noise was to be heard, and that was unusual for where I live. I live about twenty minutes away from the Dulles Airport and there is always air planes flying by. But there were no air planes in the sky, or many cars on the road, or people on the street. Just people in their homes uncertain of what was next. 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 story9529.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. 2003-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.252.131 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: On Sept 11th 2001 I was on the 14th floor of our building for a DSL company, getting orders ready to pass out to my employees so they could get the days business started. My husband called me and told me to find a radio and turn it on, and that something has happened to the World Trade Center. At first I was confused that thought that something was going on in Downtown Dallas, since we have a company called that but I then realized when listening to the radio that it was not here where I lived but in New York City. Needless to say, everyone in our building that day did not get much work done, we had prayers outside our building and just spent time together calling our friends and family. It was a very sad day indeed that I will never forget. I remembered back to Dec 1999 when my husband had a business trip to New Jersey and I was able to join him. We took one of their cruises and took pictures of that Statue of Liberty, the World Trade Center etc.. I cherish those pictures and I cherish the people of New York.. Your strength is amazing and I'm proud to be in the same country as you. Love to all and God Bless Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story4238.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. 12.237.208.103 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at work on 9/11/2001. A co-worker came in a few minutes late and said she had heard the World Trade Centers had been hit and there was now a fire at the Pentagon. We had no tv or radio in our office so none of us really fully understood what was going on until we got home that night and saw for ourselves. I was am blessed in that I did not lose anyone that day. I can only imagine what families who did lose loved ones are feeling today, the one year anniversary. I am amazed every day by stories of men and women who lost a spouse and are now raising their children alone. Children who will never meet their fathers. Children who will never see their mom or dad again. All of the victims and their families are in my prayers. May you continue to recover and bless you all. 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 story4532.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. 205.188.209.38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had only been home, about an hour, after taking my daughter to pre-school. Doing some random cleaning, and the phone rang. It was my mom who informed me, .....she sounded uneasy, a fear through her voice, and she said there are terroists attacking us. Not really comprehending what she was talking about, she said, "well, not here...they're in New York, they just hit the World Trade Center..the attacks are coming like every 10 minutes". At hearing that I turned on the television to understand. I was glued to it, all the thoughts that run around your mind in times of fear, your life, all the lives you love. I debated on whether or not to pick my daughter up early from school, as I usually picked her up at lunch. I decided to just watch the events and keep informed. Listening to the radio updates as I drove to get her. I remember the drive, 15 minutes seemed like it took forever. I just wanted to be with her. People were swerving off the roads, all the moms rushing to pick up their kids, the panic was evident. When I reached the school, there were police cars outside, and I froze....shaking as I walked up, only to realize they were guarding the doors. When my daughter and I walked back outside, seeing the police, she said, "somebody did something bad." I said yes, they did. We were supposed to go to the park, and have lunch together, I was trying to think of what to tell her ... why we couldn't go. I needed to be home with her.....that security you feel there, when things in the world become unbearable. "There are some bad people out there, doing some bad things", I said. I think she understood. 9.11.02 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 story4233.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: My story is not an exciting one, compared to others. I was at work on that day working on a sales tax project when the guys from the shop came into the office and told us to come into the GM's office and look at the tv. At first, I thought it was a much smaller plane involved and that someone may have had too much alcohol and ran into the building. I felt panic and rage all at once when I realized what I was looking at. Everyone was so quiet, as we watched with wide-eyes and open mouths. Eventually, still in shock, we all went back to our jobs, more as a therapy than anything I think. Desperately trying to grasp reality after seeing something so unreal. Then that afternoon, there was the gasoline price gauging. Gas prices soared to over $5.00 per gallon at some places! Fortunately, I had filled my tank that morning so I was ok. The bastards that did the price gauging got in big-time trouble. 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 story6185.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. 65.26.140.247 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 am at loss for words that can adequately express how September 11th impacted me then , and even today.... Let me begin to say, I am a wife to an EMT/FIREFIGHTER with the Metro Nashville Fire Dept... and I am a mother to a Metro Nashville Police Officer.......and a mother to a soon to be 17 year old that is studying to be a EMS/ EMT / Paramedic Trauma Nurse with Lifeflight with Vanderbilt University. I spent over 28 years in the Healthcare field myself until a drunk driver caused my accident. Being a wife, and a mother with having TWO ACTIVE Public Service Trained EMT/ Paramedic / Firefighter and a Police Officer with the third studying in the simliar fields.... I am PROUD OF THEM. The other part of this story is this.... I have a cousin , Brian Green , living for many years in New York due to his job and he works near the Trade Center. But, it was so frantic at our homes here in Tennessee when we were calling Brian to find out where he was on Sept. 11th, 2001. My uncle tried his workplace, he was not there...tried his home, no answer only an answering machine. Brian is the one that never missed days in school, nor on the job he is a High Achiever. But, on Sept. 11th, 2001.... Brian awoke that am early with a fever, and did not feel well. He called in to his office and said he would be running late that morning, as he needed to see if he could reduce the fever. He went back to bed and fell in a much needed sleep. He awoke about two hours later, and called his office again, and said maybe another hour or more then he'd be in. When he awoke the third time, he turned on his TV, and he was in total shock of what he was seeing as we all were all over the world. The Attack on the USA ! As a wife to a Firefighter, and a mother to a Police Officer, I knew that with each shift they go on duty, you can never know, but only pray for their safety, as they are well trained, and this is the career they've chosen. But, it took the family two days to hear from Brian, and with the telephone lines down, or so much traffic calls coming into the state of New York that Sept. 11th.... we were unable to reach Brian. Finally, into the third day......my uncle received a telephone call from Brian saying he had been ill and slept in to get to feeling better, he did not want to go into work with that fever to give to his co-workers....but like the entire USA, he was shaking in trembling tears to say that if he had not been ill that morning, he could have very well been there and there is no doubt that he would have died along with many of friends he had worked with. It is extremely ironic, that this is the first day that Brian did not go into work.... We all had prayed for his safety. Our prayers were heard. Yesterday, my Firefighter husband, Marvin H. Lanham, Jr. was on duty at Engine # 36 in Old Hickory, TN and they had many ceremonies and tears shed September 11th, 2002 ! Yesterday, my Police Officer son, Charles Thomas Widener, was on duty at the Hermitage District and they too had prayers and a ceremony in honor of those that died September 11th, 2001........ all were in tears. My daughter in law, and I , shared in those tears not only on Sept. 11th, 2001 but week to week, month to month, in wondering " Could this happen here in Nashville, TN; at our International Airport, anywhere here........and would we have to face what the many wives, husbands, daughters, son's, mother's, father's, and their families in New York , PA, Washington DC ......dealt with on that September 11th, of 2001 ! " We pray for those family members daily ; and they are never far from my heart ! And, why was is it that Brian Green fell sick on that September 11th, 2001, when he went through grade school and High school and his workplace so attentive to his work and being on the job and to excel.......We do thank God for his safety for that day. I do thank God for the work my husband and son do which the pay is not where throughout our country where it needs to be, as Public Service Agent's to protect the people of our city...but it a career they have chosen to aid, to protect, to defend the people here not only in Nashville, TN, but too in the USA, if they are called to help ! They are my heroes ! God Bless the Families and God Bless Our Nation..... I am proud of my husband, Marvin H. Lanham, Jr. and my son Charles Thomas Widener ! Carolyn W. Lanham of TN , USA 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 story6214.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had left for work about 7:30 a.m. to take the Burlington Northern train to downtown Chicago. As I arrived in Union Station, I saw many, many, many people standing around two television sets on the upper level of the station. I asked what was going on -- I was in total shock, but still didn't really understand what was happening until I arrived at work at 9:00 a.m. My Firm had an office on one of the floor's of the WTC building. We lost one employee, but possibly two -- no one is talking about the loss of another employee that was an attorney. At 10:00 a.m. we were told to leave the building immediately because rumors had it that another plane was out there, but no one knew exactly where. The Sears Tower is about nine blocks away, and consequently, I had to pass it to take the train back home. It was total chaos in the downtown area. Were we going to be next? That question still haunts us every day of our lives as so many people work in the downtown area. My life will never, never be the same. I was always reluctant to fly, but did so anyway because I love Florida. Next year I'm planning a trip to Tampa, but hopefully, I will decide that I shouldn't be afraid because what happens will happen anyway. Life is short enough you can't live your life in fear. Sincerely, Virginia M. Lunde 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: A las 10:05 am, sal? disparada de la Casa Espa?ola de Hood College porque estaba tarde para una clase (la cual comenzaba a las 9:55!), y ni hab?a dado dos pasos cuando una de mis compa?eras de casa vino corriendo de una clase. Al salir de la casa, yo hab?a notado que alguien hab?a dejado el televisor prendido y con el volumen muy alto, as? que le pregunt? a mi compa?era si hab?a sido ella la que hab?a prendido el televisor (pens? que quiz?s lo hab?a prendido para ver un programa pero en ese instante se hab?a dado cuenta de que ya era hora de ir a su clase y se le hab?a olvidado apagarlo antes de irse). Pues, cuando se lo pregunt?, ella dijo "No, pero estoy a punta de mirarlo porque un avi?n estrell? contra el World Trade Center y lo derrumb?". Como yo ya estaba tarde para mi clase, y por lo que hab?a dicho me parec?a ser nada m?s que un simple accidente de avi?n, no le hice mucho caso (aunque s? me preocupaba lo que me hab?a dicho), y me fui corriendo a clase. Pues, despu?s de la clase, le pregunt? a la profesora si ella sab?a lo que hab?a ocurrido, y ella me cont? todo; enseguida, me fui de vuelta a la casa y prend? el televisor de mi cuarto, y de esa manera supe lo que hab?a sucedido. Por caso de lo sucedido, no hubo m?s clases ese d?a (ojal? hubiera cancelado la clase a la cual llegu? tarde, porque entonces no habr?a llegado tarde), pero por el dia siguiente ya todo estaba de vuelta a la normalidad...bueno, al menos en cuanto se refiere a las clases. 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 story10270.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 awoke on September 11, 2001 like every other day. I woke up to my alarm going off at 6:00 in the morning, informing me that it was time to get ready for school. Therefore, I got up and got ready to start another day at school. When I arrived at school, I did my usual routine; went upstairs to the Broadcasting room and then when the bell rang for students to enter the halls I followed, ending up at my locker. Just to let you know I was a sophomore when this all happened. I started my day off in English with Mrs. McWilliams at 7:39 in the morning. By this time, nothing seemed different or at least I did not notice. It was only time until the catastrophe would unfold right in front of my eyes, and I could do nothing to prevent it. The bell rang at 8:20 ending first period and I had five minutes to get to my second period class. During second period, I think I had gym, I am not sure. All I know is that I did not have study hall because I am sure I would have been informed of the first plane, which hit the North Tower at 8:46. Therefore, I went through second period without having a clue about anything. Since I was in my schools Broadcasting program, I was able to leave my second period class early because we put on a show during homeroom (which was between second and third period). As I walked through the empty halls, it was only minutes before I would find about the worse attack on US soil. When I got to the Broadcast studio, everyone?s eyes were fixated on the television. That is when I was informed that two planes had hit the World Trade Center buildings. I had not seen either plane hit the towers. As I watched the TV screen I had no idea of what was going on. Who did this? Are they sure, they were terrorist? There were people mad at us? Where was the President while all of this was happening, Florida? I was clueless; I had nothing to say. What could you say? People had taken our planes, our planes and deliberately crashed them into our buildings. In addition, I was only 15 years old, I new nobody in New York, so I was not as worried as my friends were at first. However, once I collected my thoughts all I wanted to do was cry, I wanted to go home. I live right near a power plant (about 3 minutes away) so I was scared to death that a plane would crash into the Power Plant. I had not said goodbye to my sisters that morning, I mean three of my sisters had moved out by then, but what if I died. That whole day everyone was on high alert. Once the day went on and WE learned about the planes that crashed into the Pentagon and the one that was taken over by the unarmed passengers, which crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, it became real. TERRORIST! Our school never went on lock down, or our faculty members forgot to tell us. There were no afternoon activities, they had all been cancelled so that we could go home and stay with our families. When I got home, I distinctly remember my mother sitting in her recliner crying. I asked her why she was crying and she said that she was afraid because of the power plant. So for the rest of the day, every television in our house was tuned to some sort of news broadcast. After awhile, I could not take it anymore; I had the exact same images playing over and over again in my head. So, I ended up watching movies for the rest of the night. That day had not sunk in. The thing I do remember was that I knew just because something like this happened to us, God was still with us. I also remember everyone coming together. After 9/11, I could never listen to the ?Star Spangled Banner? the same again, every time I hear it I get Goosebumps. Francis Scott Key (1779 - 1843) Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines on the stream: 'Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion A home and a country should leave us no more? Their blood has wiped out their foul footstep's pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! 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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 a truck stop at 6 am the morning of september 11 2001 helping customers as I normally would until a truckdriver came in and told us to turn on the news and that something had happened so we turned on the tv and there it was the unforgetable sight of the first tower in a smokey cloud and news people gasping in disbeliefe. I watched and continued on knowing that I couldn't stop and let it get to me then but when I saw the 2nd tower hit by a plane I started to cry. The feeling of shock and emptyness was overwelming. Everyone in the place was shaken up over it and glued to the tv for hours and for the days after people wuld talk about it. I came home that day and got a hold of a friend that was in the Marine Corp. and went to see him I needed to feel safe and that nothing would hurt me but to my surprize I couldn't get on base due to the tragady. I called to talk once I got back home and then called my mom and dad hoping that they could help me deal with what had happened. I decided that I was needed and went to my local blood bank and donated I waited in line for 8 hours just to get in the door and another 3 just to get a chair but that was all I could do I wanted to do more I wanted to go to NY and help in anyother way I could. Weeks later I was in formed that 2 guys that I went to collage here with had graduated and moved to NY and became firefighters and they both didn't make it out alive. Our community was stricken with greife with that news. We all did what we could and wanted to do more but from here in California it was hard so we pulled together and gave the gift of life and that went on for weeks to come. Today September 11 2002 was a day of pain and anger as it was a year agoI cryed off and on all day while working and again the only thing that people could talk about was last year not what had changed during the year. Thanks for letting me ramble Janice 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 story5518.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: While watching the Today Show,an announcement was made that a plane had hit the World Trade Center.Seconds later a man was on the phone to the host, stating that a large plane had hit.I raced to the phone to call my daughter-in-law to ask if my son Steve,was at work.She said no, that he was just outside talking.I told her "Thank God,he was home because a plane had just gone in to the WTC".She yelled out the door and told him and his two friends what I had just told her.You see,my son Steve is a NYC firefighter and I had remembered what he had said in 1993 when they blew up the underground of the WTC and he had been home and was not part of that rescue. Minutes later my daughter-in-law was in my home crying that Steve and his firefighter friends had jumped in the pickup and was headed into the city.I tried to console her even though I knew this was going to be a bad one.The television now showed the second plane going into the south tower.I fell to my knees to pray for the safe return of my son and all those in that horrible situation.It wasnt until seven hours later that we knew Steve was ok.He was originally sent to the command center and then at the last minute was sent elswhere.Because of that last minute decision his life was saved.His firehouse lost eleven members.May there never be another unholy event as was on that September day in 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/. 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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: As a teacher, I had just taken my 3rd grade students to gym. My principal came to my classroom and told me that two pilots had crashed into the World Trade Centers. It took me a few seconds to process, but my new husband (we had just gotten married in July) had left for a business trip that morning to NYC. His plane was due to arrive in NYC at about 8:30 am. Sick with worry and the unknown, I went to the nearest phone and checked my cell phone voice mail. Thankfully, there was a message from my husband telling me he was okay and that he would call me later. Not realizing the full spectrum of what was truly happening (like many people, I thought maybe they were small Cessna-like planes), I went to our school Media Center where there is a TV. What I saw will never ever be forgotten. The sight of the towers burning and the faces of the people in the streets is something that I don't think any American will ever forget. It was horrible being in my classroom, without radio or a TV, not knowing what was going on. Shortly thereafter, more grief for our country set in as the Towers collapsed. Even though I had gotten the message from my husband, I was still terribly worried since I knew he was in NY but I didn't know exactly where and how long it would be before he got home. One of the worst parts of the day was trying to initially hide worry and fear from my students. I had to pretend that nothing happened in order not to scare them. In the early part of the afternoon, I had everyone sit on the rug in our room and I told them in simple terms what happened. They had so many questions that I wanted to answer for them, but didn't know the answers myself. We must have sat together for an hour talking about what happened. I realized later that day that no matter how old they are, whenever anyone asks them if they remember what they were doing when they learned of September 11th, they will remember their 3rd grade teacher telling them about it. That is one memory I wish I didn't have to be a part of. Fortunately, my husband made it out of NYC safely and ended up driving back home that night. Since he was in the car the whole day, I knew he didn't know the magnitude of what had happened. We sat together, watched TV and cried and thanked God that we had each other, while others weren't so fortunate. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at home because it was my off day from my job. I work in forensic mental health and was talking to a friend/co-worker ,on the phone, who was at work. We work on residential buildings that have televisions and my friend/co-worker told me to turn on my television set because something was going on. My friends name is Judy and Judy couldn't see the television from where she was talking to me on the phone. I turned on the television set and saw the live taping of the first plane that had hit the first tower. Then the live coverage switched to the Pentagon and I realized at that time that this was a terrorist attack upon the country. I called Judy back at work and told her that it was bad, REAL BAD, and that the Pentagon had been hit and breached by an airplane. She said that she was going back to watch the television on the building to keep track herself and I hung-up from talking with her. Then the coverage was back at the World Trade Center and I saw the second plane hit the second tower. I was already upset and I began crying then. I called a Christian friend of mine and we began praying for the country and the victims of this terrible, horrendous act. I cried and prayed all day because I knew that this country; that was founded by a majority of men who were believers; was now in the beginning of a terrible time in its' history. I hope and pray that this supposed democracy that we live in, in this country, will wake up and reclaim what the God of Abraham,Isaac, and Jacob gave to our founding forefathers and reclaim this nation as a God-Fearing, Christ believing nation. The majority of the people in this country say that they are Christian or Jewish and they all believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I thought that in a democracy that the majority rules. We have lost track of that over the years and I believe that these terrorist attacks that have been so heinous are a wake-up call to the factual majority of people in this country. I hope that the people will wake-up. May God have mercy on us all and grant my, and other believers prayers. Time to wake-up America! Quit letting greed, lust,and moral decline run our country. It is time for The Truth of love,integrity,hope and faith to take its' place in our government and our country! For God is working for good towards those who love Him, those who are called according to HIS PURPOSE!-Romans 8:28.....WAKE-UP! WAKE-UP! GIVE THIS NATION BACK TO GOD! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story7757.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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