227 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: The morning of September 11th started pretty "normal" for me, I work for a group of doctors and as usual I am totally stressed out by 9AM. I ran to the bank and when I returned, my coworker said that a plane hit the trade center in NYC. My first natural reaction was that of irritation at what or who I don't even really know; at first the pilot, then the plane, I don't know! We turned on the TV and were absolutely astonished at what we saw, we could not even speak, and then the second plane hit, we were totally mortified at what was unfolding. I think I was in shock and it took me a good two days to cry about this terribled terrorist attack. It wasn't until I saw families on TV searching for there fathers, there mothers, husbands and wives that this became a real for me and pulled me out of my state of shock. Even now I cry. I feel ashamed at my first feeling of irritation, that I could get so wrapped up in my little world and my small small problems that I failed to have the "Human Connection" right away. I greive everyday over this tragedy and I think of this everyday so that I will never lose what I have gained from this - human compassion, suffering for others and the deeper connection that I have with my loved ones. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story1199.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. 2002-08-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.34.98.192 Annotation Annotations to this item. Missing Persons DOMESTIC Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at home watching ABC and saw the 2nd plane fly into the Tower 2. I was sick. I grew up in Queens as a kid and had an Uncle who was a fire chief and cousins who were cops. One was down there that day, and he stayed to help out. Thank God he got out ok. --- John Ogg 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 story5528.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 just arrived at work at 9:00 a.m. and had gone online to get my e-mails when the picture of the WTC showed up on the screen and it was on fire. I went to one of my co-workers and asked him if he knew what was going on and he said no, so I went downstairs where I had a T.V. and brought it upstairs to my office. Just as the T.V. was warming up I saw the pictures of the second plane hitting the WTC. I called my co-worker, Bud, and asked him to come down front to watch with me, we were SHOCKED. I couldn't take my eyes off the T.V. and I couldn't believe what I was seeing, especially when the WTC came crashing down to the ground. This is a day that I wish I could (but never will be able to) forget. GOD BLESS AMERICA. Charlene Binghamton, NY 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 story2742.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was in band class when the twin towers hit on Sept. 11. An assistant teacher walked from the parking lot into our classroom and told my teacher to turn on the TV because the Twin Towers and the Pentagon had been hit . When my band director turned on the TV, we all saw images of the towers burning. Right after, The assistant principle at the time came on the announcements. I disctinctly remeber her telling us that in the word "American", the last 4 letters spell out "I CAN" and she told us that we can all get through it together. None of my parents or family members work at the Pentagon or anything, so I was releaved, but it was horrible seeing some my classmates and friends crying and calling their parents to see if they were okay. Living in Northern VA, right near DC, many kids around here have parents that are in the military or work at the Pentagon. I even had some friend's parents who were suppose to go to their office on 9/11 but had a meeting that was canceled last minute or became sick. Half the kids at school were taken out because their parents came home to pick them up, for precautions. I just never imagined something like this would have ever happened in my lifetime. I always read about things such as war, and terrorism happen in other parts of the world, or they happened many many years ago, but I never thought it would happen in my lifetime. I also remember distinctly seeing many jet planes flying in the sky that day. one after another, there would be white strikes in the sky. I remember this because my friend and I were on our tranpoline singing "Leaving on a jet plane" by Chantal Kreviazuk. It's weird looking back now. It happened 5 years ago, but i can still distinctly remember the day our nation became stronger, and not broken. 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 story20697.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I work as a para-professional in a school district in my hometown. I distinctly remember that we were entering the computer lab with some kindergarten children when I first heard what happened. It was very hard to go about my job that day because I wanted to watch the television all day. But my co-workers and all the teachers rallied together and kept our grief and fear to ourselves so the children would enjoy a normal day at school. It is certainly a day that I will never forget. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story6887.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was a beautiful fall morning, not a clould in the sky. I decided to leave my home early inorder to enjoy my ride to work, execept, there were accidents EVERYWHERE. even the traffics reports couldnt understand why. I had the radio on 104.3 when Bob Buckman reported that "there seems to be a fire or something at the twin towers," it was 8:47 am."If anyone is near a Tv" he continued,you might want to put it on". He then put on a Pink Floyd song, but i turned the radio of, because I was so aggravated by the traffic. when I arrrived, FINNALY, after an hour and a half, usually, a 35min drive, I decided to work only a half day. the 2nd plane hadnt hit yet, and i called my mother and told her to turn on the TV, that a plane had hit the world trade center. then i heard her screaming, "OH MY GOD!!", she saw the 2nd pane hit" i told her i would be home as soon as possible, it was obviously not an sccident. when the pentagon was hit, my builing in a county builing we were all evacuated. it was the most horrible day that i ever want to know. the images are forever in my head. I live in Tarrytown, and we were able to see the smoke from the hudon river banks, down the hill from my house, the view provided the entire skyline. many people had gathered there with radios we had witnessed the buildings collapeing on TV and turned it off. it was horrible. the view of the smoke was white, then black, then gray... eeryone was in shock and afraid. we contacted the red cross to see how we could help and donated 6 gallons of water and other food items immediatly. The lines were to long to give blood, which, sadly, was not needed. the images of that day still haunt me and i believe will forever. Louise Cherico, Tarrytown, NY. 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 story7343.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 arrived at work early as usual. My tour didn't start until 9:00am, but I always got to work at least two hours early. My goal was to complete whatever work the Executive Director had left the night before then go over to the World Trade Center 18th floor, and deliver more information to the EEO worker who I had been working with on my case. I stopped to talk a couple of times as other workers arrived at work so that delayed me a bit. When the first plane hit I felt the building shake I heard someone scream, then someone else yelled "the World Trade building just blew up." We went running to one of the offices where you could view the building clear. I just looked at it in amazement. I could'nt belive what I was seeing. Another worker walked in she said that it wasn't a bomb it was a plane. We all stood their talking about the plane making a error in judgement and hitting the building, but then the unspeakable happened the second plane came and we watched as it hit the second building. I could'nt believe this was happening I turned to someone and said "I was suppose to be there right now", and as soon as I said that a women jumped out the window of the World Trade, but I could'nt see a face her black dress or skirt made a paracute and it seemed like slow motion descending her to the ground. I just bust out crying to her to "fly to heaven my daughter will help you once you get their" I could'nt move I was so upset someone grabbed my arm and told me we had to leave. I called my mother who was at home and told her not to go out and vote to please stay in the house, then I called my sister (my twin who is my life) to turn back around if she wasn't to far and go back home, but I got her voice mail. I finally gathered my composure and I ran around the office to make sure everyone was out on my side then we all ran down the steps. We stayed until about 3:00pm watching people jump to there deaths, then the buildings fell. 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 story65.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. 2002-02-20 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.204.179 Annotation Annotations to this item. Premonitions/Coincidence/Fate WTC, attack NY:2 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 getting ready for work when the first plane hit. Being a women of a certain age my first thought was that a plane had hit the building trying to land, much as one had hit the Empire State building many years ago. When I got to my job, I watched as the second plane hit. At first I thought it was a repeat of the inital crash. When to my horror, I realized that it was indeed a second plane, I knew that we were under attack. Since I had family living and working close to the area, I was frantically trying to reach them. I finally got through to one of my daughters in New Jersey and she contacted one of my nieces who was acting as central command so to speak, and was told that while the rest of my family was scattered throughout the New York area, all were alive. All I remember feeling, other than extreme anger and emotional pain. was a deep desire to "Go Home". No matter where I might reside at any given time, New York is and will be my home. I flew back as soon as I was able and when I hit the city, felt an almost physical pain. I do know that New Yorkers, indeed, Americans, might sometimes be down, but NEVER, NEVER, will they be out. Friends that were lost, heroes that gave the supreme sacrifice, will be remembered much as those who lost their lives at Pearl Hsrbour will be. I have always had tremendous respect for police & firemen. If nothing else comes of this, perhaps now people will realize the great bravery and care these men show every day. God Bless America 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 story4425.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I am a 35 year old mother of a 12 year old son. I have worked for the government in a research lab for 4 years. I love my country and was raised to be a patriot. I whole heartedly believe in the words that are written in our constituition as well as the inscription on the Statue of Liverty. On September 11th I was at work on the 4th floor of our building. The regular radio programming was interrupted with a special bulletin. They said they had been an accident and that a plane had flown into one of the world trade center towers. I remember thinking to myself how odd that sounded. How does a plane accidentally fly into that huge of a target and what was it doing so low. When you do research for a living thats how your mind works. I felt saddened because of the loss of life. So we listened to the radio for more news. Then programming was interrupted again saying another plane had flown into the south tower intentionally. A few minutes later it came on that the pentagon had been slammed into by a commercial airliner. America was under attack and I just stood in the middle of our lab in absolute shock. We all looked at each other in horror. Horror that our country was being attacked by cowardly terrorist in our home soil. The radio announcer came on and said that there were still 25 planes un accounted for in the sky. Since we work in a federal building then we all became really horrified. What if one of those planes was headed for NIOSH. We are a branch of the CDC and are in the Health and Human Services department. At that point someone came in and said that they had the TV on in one of the conference rooms. So we all went in and watched in horror at what was going on in NYC. I have never been so scared in my life. I thought what about the schools. I had a 11 year child probally scared to death at what was happening that day. We were evacuated and I immediately went to pick up my son at school. My child was watching the tv when the second tower was struck with the plane. It must have seemed that the world was ending to him. It seemed that way to me. I cried all the way home for those people whose life was snuffed out by cowards who didn't believe in the values for which America stood. I watched the news in horror and hope. Hope that some people would walk from the rubble. I remember thinking when the first tower fell"My god all those people". My son and I sat and watched CNN for awhile. When I heard about flight 93 and how they rushed the cockpit and intentionally downed that plane to save thousands of americans. I thought to myself "THAT IS WHAT AMERICA STAND FOR AND WE WILL NOT GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT". Those gentlemen and woman on flight 93 are true american hereos as well every victim and survivor at the NYC and the pentagon. I was still in shock 2 days later. I'm still in shock a year later. Our world has been FOREVER changed. I still believe in our country. This tragedy has only made our country stronger. Look at all the flags that now fly everywhere. The terrorist can never take that away, never. America is strong. God Bless America Freedom Life goes on, that is the best tribute we could give to those that died on September 11th,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 story2611.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. 158.111.4.25 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: September 11, 2001 The tragedy of September 11th made American citizens shocked, hurt, and afraid of what would happen next. It was sad because my teachers were crying and some kids were crying also because they were worried about the people that were in the building. I felt extremely bad because of all the people who died that day. I also remember all the times they replayed the plane flying right into the side of the Twin Towers. Just watching the smoke come out of the building just wanted to make me cry. When I came home I just looked so depressed, my mom knew why I was sad so she just told me it would be fine. Even though I didn?t lose anyone in the crashing of the Twin Towers I still felt terrible for people who lost loved ones in the terrible tragedy. After all this has happen it has changed my life. I know how valuable life really is now. I hope later in life nothing like this ever happens 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 story2404.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. 209.158.163.14 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 September11 last year I was in school in Bellevue Ohio. The teacher told us about it but I didnt beilve her. I believed her when she turned on the telivision and saw the flames shooting out of the building. That is where I Was on 9 11. 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 story6089.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. 156.63.116.141 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 my living room watching "Good Morning America" with my newborn in my arms. God, I wish we could go back. The attacks had begun and Diane Sawyer cut to the breaking news. A plane had hit the World Trade Center. At this time, no one knew if it was a small plane or a commercial airliner. There were a few eye-witnesses on the streets below the towers, but none were sure of what they saw. Shortly after this, if I remember correctly, Dan Rather was talking to us (I may have changed the channel) with the Towers in the background when the second plane slammed into the South Tower. Right before our eyes, our lives changed forever. I just knew, as I'm sure everyone else who was watching did, that this was something horrible and incomprehensible and it definitely was no accident. From there I grabbed the phone and called my mother. I knew she didn't know. I told her what I knew, but then I had to hang up so that I wouldn't miss anything. I had a three year old and a 10 month old at the time and I remember feeling really guilty because I couldn't entertain them or even care for them because I couldn't take my eyes and ears away from my television. I remember that part really well, the feeling of guilt, of feeling so small and worthless, like so what if my kid's diaper hasn't been changed in four hours and how dare I worry about that at a time like this! I just couldn't possibly play with them either, because I could not fake the happy, silly emotions that it would take. When the first Tower began to fall, I was standing in my kitchen and my hand went immediately to my mouth. I started saying "Oh my God" over and over and over- I couldn't stop. I continued to watch through pouring tears, and continued to chant my "Oh my God"s for what seemed an eternity. I couldn't imagine who would want to do this to "us". Throughout the course of the day, and the following days and weeks, I was glad to be living where I do. The Midwest seemed somehow safer than alot of other places, and it still does. September 11th changed me forever, in more ways than I could ever imagine it would, and in some ways that I would not like to admit. 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 story8034.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. 2002-09-21 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 63.156.36.76 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 an NYPD Narcotics Detective, assigned to Election Duty for the day as it was the New York State Primary in an elementary school. When you work Election Duty you don't carry a radio as Detectives are generally not assigned in an area where we work. At about 9 am a man wearing a Walkman came in to vote and commented to me "Damn shame about the World Trade Center." It was the first indication I had that anything was wrong. I tried to call my command via my cellular phone, but couldn't make the connection. I used an office phone and called my Watch Commander, who told me what happened. At that point, both buildings had been hit, but were still standing. I told the Board of Election employees what had happened and one of the ladies, who was a lay minister, started praying. A short time later we learned that the Towers had collapsed. My brother worked two blocks from the Towers, and I could only pray that he was okay; he's just the type of person to run into a burning building to help people. I called and left a message on his answering machine that I was okay, that my cell phone didn't work, and asked that he leave a message on my home machine. I tried to call my Aunt in Florida, but couldn't get through, so I called my neighbor and asked her to call my Aunt; my neighbor's brother was a Fire Dept. Batallion Chief and a number of her nephews were firefighters. She already knew that they were all at the site. She agreed to call my Aunt, who I knew in turn would call my other brother who lives in France. They cancelled the elections and I and a number of other officers from my command went to the nearest Police Precinct to report for duty. We were held there until 1 am and ordered to report to our true commands at 5 am. When I got home there were messages from both my brothers and my Aunt. All of them said the same thing: we love you. We thank god you're safe. Do what you have to do and call us when you can. Two of my co-workers lost brothers - Det. Joe Paolillo lost Batallion Chief John Paolillo and Det. Letty Mojica lost Firefighter Manny Mojica. My friend, P.O. Annette Torress lost her boyfriend, P.O. Santos Valentine; they have only been able to identify a small part of his remains, but it is something for Annette and his family. The hardest loss was P.O. Walwyn Stuart; he served 20 years with the NYPD, retiring as a Narcotics Detective. Quiet, soft spoken, funny and deeply religious, he went to work for the Port Authority PD when he left the NYPD. 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 story4968.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 home off from work . when i went to fix mtself coffee turn on tv saw plane hit.I though it was a movie i had turn to. my mother was in the yard step out on the steps and talk to her for a while and came back in. and saw the same thing again them turn the tv volume up and realize that it was for real and not a movie. i watch it for the rest of the weeek was on vacation.i pray every day for the people that was kill or hurt and there familys. I have =not watch much to day after the last name was call. I just could not stand to relive it . maygod bless all who work at ground zero. fireman leon smith has family her in greensbor nc we pray special for his daughters who are here in college. 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 story5382.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, 2001- At 8: 45am I was sitting down to see how I would need to interact when the market opened at 9:30. One of the guys with an office in the back came up front and wanted to know if we had heard anything about a fire in the Trade Center. Some people started searching on the TV for news, I immediately picked up the phone and started dailing my freind Natalie's number at Cantor Fitzgerald. There was no answer. Then someone else comes running in and says that another plane has hit. My mind starts to go to all my friends and family who are in the building traveling and working everyady. My fiance worked in the World Financial center right across the street. this was one of the worse days of my life. My friend Natalie turned out to be fine. her son did not want to go to school that day so she called in late ut she still suffers from the loss of all her friends. my fiance had nightmares for months after but he was also okay. Out of the amny people i knew who were there I was lucky to have lost only one friend. What a said circumstance to say that luck has saved you from losing more loved ones. Regardless,Mr. Harold Ramos will always be missed. Rest in Peace Harry! 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 story8739.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at work at the airport in Nashville when it happened. I actually worked for United Airlines. I had went to the restroom and there was alot of people standing around the tv monitors. I stopped and asked one gentleman what was going on and he turned around and saw my uniform and he said one of your planes just hit the World Trade Center as well as an American Airlines plane. I went back to the ticket counter and by then they had heard about it. The entire airport closed down. Everyone was crying and very upset. It was a terrible day. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story20819.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: After snoozing for forty mintues, much to the dismay of my roomate, eating a quick bowl of instant oatmeal and shoving a notebook and pen into my backback I hit the sidewalk. Destinaton:Statistics 100,8:00AM, a college student's nightmare. My notes dated 9-11 were slightly sloppier than normal--as my eyes drooped my numbers looped, and grew fainter. About half way into the hour and fifteen minute lecture I looked into my backpack for my cell phone, which at the time served not only as a mode of commuication, but a watch. Drat. I'd fogotten it. When the dismissal bell reeled me out of my semi-sleeping state for good, I decided to use the fifteen minutes inbeteween class to run back to my dorm for my phone. "Scary that I feel so lost without it," I thought. To my surprise, my roomate was not still buried under her covers with the shades pulled tight. "Abby, look," and she pointed at the television. I'm not sure if I saw the planes crash into the towers live, or if it was a replay, but the attack had just happened. I sank onto the armrest of the couch and stared at the screen. They played the planes crashing into the Twin Towers over and over again. There were worse nightmare than 8:00AM classes, and this one was coming true. I started dialing, but so did everyone else in Champain. I managed to get ahold of my brother, also a student on campus, who had watched the planes crash live on the big screen TV in the union. "Have you talked to mom and dad," I asked? "Not yet." When I did get ahold of my parents, both school teachers who had spent the day trying to handle the crisis appropriately, I aske my Dad what to think, as at this point I was having difficulty doing so for myself. He was amazing calm. No shouts for revenge, no hysteria. Of course he was horrifed, devestated, and bewildered, but not once did I see the intelligence I have always admired in him waver. After a few days had passed, I continued talking to my Dad. He, just like the minister at my church (although we were not attending at the time I read a sermon she delivered later) believed that as a country we must foucs on answering questions such as why and how, instead of demands, such as get revenge, and fight back. The roots of terrorism are deep, and merely bombing Afganistan out of recognition would not solve the problem. My church is the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, in IL, look it up--the sermon is on the site--it explains my feelings much better than I can. The rest of the day is hard to remember. I do, however, remember a significant differnce in the way in which my professors handeled the attacks. In every class, studnets were trying to piece together the story, spreading rumors and quelling rumors simultaneoulsy. In my English class there was a fourth plane still in flight, in psych class the next target was Chapmagin, for intelligence reasons. In most classes my teachers decided that discussion about the attacks was more advantageous than lecture. These were true educators. In only one class were the attacks not even mentioned by the instructor. That hour and fifteen minutes were some of the longest of my life. I did called my ex-boyfreind of four years. "I love you," we said. I was not unlike the majority of the country, checking in on loved-ones and letting poeple know that I cared. Campus was alive. Everyone was talking. I spent the night in deep conversation with my best freind, an exchange student from Australian. It was a frightening time to be so far from home. When the newspapers and magazines began printing pictures, it was the ones of the people jumping out the windows that disturbed me the most. Recently, a fire-fighter who is a friend of mine showed me a picture of the truck he used after driving from IL to NY to help. In the dust someone had written "God Bless America." Nine months after the attacks, and my skin still crawled, my eyes watered. I can only hope that the world finds peace. My thoughts go out to all of the victims of September 11th. That you, as indiviual, good poople should have to suffer truly saddens me. I can only hope, and as I get older and more informed, do, my best to aswer the question WHY, and with this answer hopefully we can put an end to this suffering in America, and around the world. Let there never again be such a nightmarish call to 911. 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 story923.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. 2002-07-22 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.40 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 15 year old daughter, Ehryn had spent the night at a friends house Monday the 10th, 2001. At 7 am on the 11th she called me and woke me up and said. "Mom, someone is bombing the World Trade Center and the Pentagon!" I got up and turned on the TV and did not leave it for 2 days. When my daughter came home from school, she was quite upset as they had a television on all day in all her classes and she watched the WTCs go doen over and over again. That night she asked me to sleep with her and I am a single mom, so we spent that night together talking and the next 2 nights after that. We remember how quiet the skies were, and Ehryn asked me some very difficult questions over the next few days: Mom, are we going to bomb Afganistan? Who are their allies? Are China and Russia friendly with Afganistan? Do they have nuclear bombs? Why did this happen? What I told her those first few days was that I did not have the answers but that I would stay with her and keep her safe. What I also did was to start talking to her about my feelings about US foreign policy in the Middle East, and about Peace. This is where we are today: we both see any further violence as a cycle that will be hard to stop; and we truly feel that America, through this tragedy, has been given an incredible oppurtunity to make some deep changes that will effect the future of the world for all of humankind. We are from Connecticut and I was informed that my girl friend from high school in Madison Connecticut was a flight attendent on the plane that was seen hitting the second tower. Not a day goes by that we do not think about this horrible event and we have cried a lot of tears, for the lives lost. L.N.Bhraonain 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 story5851.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 managed a night shift marketing concern for American Express who had offices at the world trade center. I was required to be at work at 10 am. My clock was set for 9am. The first thing I heard was that an aircraft had hit the first tower. As a person with a commercial pilot's rating I thought finally some idiot has finally done it, flown a small aircraft into one of the towers. Having flown for years around the area up and down the Hudson corridor at a required altitude several hudred feet below the World Trade Towers , I remember with pride looking up to see these beautiful constructions as I proudly took friends and loved ones past that site. As a pilot safey is the primary consideration. The rules are simple. Do not bend metal and above all else even under dire conditions... never never ever bend people. Three minutes later I instantly watched live on TV hundreds die. A split second later my TV went dead. I did not have cable. I knew what had transpired. For 4 days I couod not contact those I love. My TV went black. I saw hundreds die instantly in an act that went against every thing my life stood for. I knew then that it was a terrorist situation. As a pilot I knew people that had died flying in the past, but this was different. I had employees ,friends and friends of family that worked a primary job at the Towers. MY best friends pregnant daughter was in building #7. Another employee was MIA for two weeks. We thought she might be dead. I will not metnion the countless others I knew that worked there. I was so mad I went to work saying these bastards will not change the way I conduct my day. When I got to work near an airport I walked in the door to find people gathered around a cable TV in the the lower level health club weeping saying that the first tower had fallen,moments later the second one fell. Eventually the company sent us all home. No business could be conducted as every client was asking our employees what was going on. They eventually sent us home.I was one of the last that went. As a child terrorism from the Mideast had impacted my family. We were told that there would be no negotiation with such individuals in the event that one of us were kidnapped. It made me feel worthless and angry . One of my fathers business partner's grandson was abducted and an ear sent in the mail as proof as the terrorists' sincerety. We were frightened but filled with resolve that we would not give one dammed inch against those who would attempt to adjust our way of life. I left work and went to the nearest hospital to give blood in the vain hope that some had lived. The next day I climbed the hill in my town to watch th fires burn and the plume of smoke rise to 2-3000 feet and create an anvil an that height and drift slightly to the east, knowing that poeple where still dying. It was a strangly surreal day. From the top of my mountain flew a flag. Flowers were placed in the highest elevation marker. People with newborn children in thier backpacks handed binoculars to those who arrived to watch. Echos of children laughing and unanware, playing climbing the mountain glanced off the hillside. My cell phone did not work except for execpt for long distance. I call a friend in the midwest and asked him to pray for us. For the next year there were funerals every day. For a YEAR. Three years later I can begin to talk about it. The impact im my life exists to this day. I believe that the rest of the US has forgotten and gone on. I will never forget those fathers and firefighters, those employees and business partners that I miss to this very day. Yes it is years later. I have taken friends to ground zero under the requirement that they promise me that they will do something nurturing and loving for themselves to offset the damage that will be done by the visit. I miss everyday those who sacrificed health and security and hope that I do not give in to those that would do us harm. 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 story10385.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2004-01-28 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.44.83.140 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: "We're at war!", words spoken with such despair by my mother on the phone, is my foremost recollection of 9/11. My morning routine typically consisted of getting up with my daughters and sending them off to school, then reading the paper while watching "Today". On this particular morning, however, I decided to go back to bed. (My husband's birthday was the day before. Since he had to work second shift on his natal day, I waited up for him. Hence, the going back to bed.) When I awoke the second time, my husband and I shared breakfast, talked about how we would celebrate his birthday in grand style on the 12th (since he also had to pull a shift on the 11th; he's a sheriff's lieutenant, by the way) and he went about his task of refurbishing a shed outside. I puttered away in the house, still with the TV off. Then the phone rang. This was the end of normalcy. "With who? Where?" were my exasperated responses to my mom's news. "Are you watching it? Turn on the TV!" She cried. When I asked which station, she blurted out, "Any!" And there it was: the smoking skyline of New York. It was hard to tell at first what wasn't on fire; mom thought bombs were being dropped. We remained silent on the line while we each stared at our respective screens. The World Trade Centers had been hit. Then she told me a piece of unsettling news: my brother, who was celebrating his own birthday with a little weekend getaway to New York, stayed an extra day and was in those very towers less than 24 hours prior to this atrocity. "Oh my God! Is he home? Is he safe?" Yes, I was told, his flight was nearly cancelled due to bad weather but made it out very late Monday evening. Promising to stay in touch with her, I hung up. I needed my husband to see this. I ran out to the shed, yelling how New York looked like a scene from "Independence Day". Only it wasn't aliens doing the devestation; it was humans. We were riveted to the TV for the next several hours, til my husband had to go into work. I worried for him, thinking that surely the Sheriff's Department would be doubly busy that night. Uniforms never get to stay on the hanger. I debated getting my girls from school but figured they were OK.I decided to do what I had planned on doing: picking up my husband's favorite pizza, his birthday meal of choice, at a carry-out place in Milwaukee some 40 miles away. It was near the airport. Quite unnerving. The car radio played no music; only talk. How could such a gorgeous day have such a terrible pall cast over it? What-ifs raced through my head: what if they close the city and I'm stuck here? How will I get to my kids? Funny how the mind works. Police cars were everywhere and newscarriers were hawking special editions of the Journal/Sentinel on street corners. I didn't get one. I made my journey there and back without incident, save for the pounding in my chest and the wondering of what was yet to come. It was on the ride home that I noticed the American flags, draping from houses and businesses alike. It was still there, just like in the song. And we would be too, a little shaken but we'd regroup. My daughters were home by 3:30 and once I had them back in my sight, breathing came a little easier. 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 story1930.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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