256 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: It was early in the morning when the first plane hit. We heard a loud "boom" and looked out the window. All we saw was confetti like debris falling from the sky but no more than 10 seconds later we saw file cabinets, documents and other things as well. We then went down to the lobby where I proceeded to phone my friend in NJ. He called me back within 2 minutes and told me that a plane hit the Trade Center. I initially thought he was kidding until I heard all of the talk around me. We all just presumed it was a freak accident of some kind but we KNEW we were not going back upstairs... we just had a feeling. I was on my way out of the lobby when I noticed a coworker of mine crying. She said her sister worked in the Trade Center and she needed to call her to make sure she was okay. I gave her my cell phone and walked away, that was my first mistake because it delayed me from going home. That is when we heard another boom and saw crowds and crowds of people running away from our building. I grabbed my coworker's hand (not the one with my phone because I could not find her) and we ran out of the building and merged with the crowd. We got a few blocks away when we ran into the coworker with the phone and decided our best bet would be to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. All I could think about was my one year old daughter and how much I wanted to hold and kiss her. Since we knew we'd be walking for a long period of time, we went into Foot Locker where I bought them each a pair of shoes (that was my second mistake) because no sooner did I pull out the card when we saw what looked like all of NYC running frantically by the store. We didn't know what was going on so we just kind of stood there, frozen. A man (God Bless him whoever he was) started to bang on the door and tell us to get out of there NOW!!!! That's when we snapped out of it and ran for our lives. We saw mounds and mounds of billowy smoke but thankfully it never caught up to us. We walked and walked and walked until we got to 40th Street near the UN building. Along the way we stopped at pay phones because the cell phones weren't working to call our loved ones and to make sure my coworkers sister was okay. I finally got in touch with my mom who contacted my coworkers mom and found out her sister was okay. We finally found a cab that was willing to take my 2 coworkers to Queens, NY. I decided to walk home (I live in the Bronx). I didn't get further than 2 blocks when I heard voices calling my name. I turned around and there they were, telling me they couldn't leave me because we started this together and we are all going home together. So into another cab we went, and headed for Queens, NY. My coworkers family was so sweet and polite and we stayed there until 8/9pm that day. My boyfriend came and picked me up and I finally was able to go home to my daughter and kiss her up which is something that I wanted to do ALL DAY LONG. To this day all I think about is what if my friend and I would have went shopping in the Trade Center concourse which we planned to do because it was early and no one would be there. What if we didn't make it? Thankfully, I did not know anyone who perished in the building but that does not stop me from mourning for all of the people who did. All I can say to them is Be Strong for God has a plan for all of us. He called his Angels to him because he needed them with him. By the way, my coworker's name is Emma L. and Deborah O. A special God Bless You goes to Emma because without you I do not think I would have made it through another year. ;-) 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 story2683.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. 205.183.154.6 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 at my mother's in Binghamton, NY when my sister called from Las Vegas, NV, and asked if we had the tv on? Then she told me what had happened to the WTC, and I said, 'Oh sure. . .', and sort of laughed. Until turning on the tv, and seeing the actuality. All of the victims, will not die in vain! Many who've died, have left us to find peace in heaven. We must continue to work for peace on earth, as it is in heaven! 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 story7657.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. 2002-09-16 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.94.61.28 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 September 11, 2001, I was at home enjoying my beautiful 3 day old son, Jason. My husband was home with me on that terrible day. He, my husband, went to let to dog out for his morning walk, and the neighbor asked us if we had our television on. My husband said no and asked why. The neighbor then told him to get inside and turn on the t.v. to any news network, that America had been attacked. My husband rounded up the dog came inside to turn on the television. We turned it on just in time to see the first tower fall. My world stopped right then. I was brought to tears by what I saw. I was fearful, too, that my uncle was at work in the South Tower. I later found out that he had decided not to go to work that morning. I am lucky that I didn't know anyone in the towers, at the Pentagon, or in those planes. Every morning I am reminded of that horrific Tuesday morning. For what seemed to be the beginning of a wonderful September day, turned into a day of heros and saviors. Today, September 11, 2002 has been marked as "A Day of Remembrance" and I shall rembember that day for as long as I shall live. 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 story4973.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. 63.122.78.143 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was on an extended weekend getaway with a few friends at a resort in the North Georgia mountains. We were packing our things to leave that day when I turned the T.V. on & saw a news report about a plane hitting one of the towers. We all gathered around the television together, and watched in horror as everyone tried to understand what was happening. As we were watching the live reports, we were shocked & horrified as the second plane hit. None of us moved away from the television that day as the terror unfolded. The things I saw that day will forever be in my memory & in my heart. I had a friend in New York City that was lost that day in the towers. It was the most frightening thing I've ever witnessed in my life. I also have family & friends in the military who have put their lives on the line for this country & for the chance to protect us from the horrors of that day. Please, everyone, take a moment to reflect on all of those who died that day in the planes, the towers, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, PA, as well as those who gave their lives in the rescue efforts that day & the ones who have given their lives serving in the military to protect this country. Always remember what happened that day. Never forget the people who lost their loved ones, & never forget the heroes who died in Shanksville to save the lives of countless others. God bless you all, & 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 story20672.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2006-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.223.108.253 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just woken up and was watching Good Morning America when they showed footage of the first plane hitting. I thought it must have been an accident or a crash. I drove to work when I heard on the radio the country was under attack with hijacked planes and that my work had also been evacuated. I worked at the Mall of America at the time and they felt this could also be a possible terrorist target. I remember that I have never felt so frightened in my life to have to worry about a terrorist attacking and not knowing what was about to happen next. I spent the rest of the day watching the footage and news on television in utter dismay. My generation had hardly seen war let alone an attack on our own soil. The events of September 11 put everything into perspective what was important in life and that we should never take life for granted. 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 story4453.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. 216.17.92.18 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 2nd period class and all of a sudden the teacher next door comes running into there saying that the world trade center has just been hit. Mr. Carpenter turned the news on almost immediatley and I felt my stomach drop as I watched the trade centers callopse. A goood friend of mine, Justin Henshaw was there in new york doing some modeling for polo and he was only a couple blocks away from where it hit. I was told that he went to the trade centers and the firefighters were letting him go in with them and help get people out. It was unbelievable. Justin came to visit us a couple months ago. He os now in the army and is alrady at the top of the list. This experience changed his life and so now hes trying to help save others in this was against terrerism. 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 story9056.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. 2003-02-14 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 168.11.62.2 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 visiting my youngest son in Louisville KY and was getting ready to head back to NY that morning. I was watching the Today Show at his apartment, and he wanted to change it to ESPN to show me Ed McCaffrey's leg break in the Bronco game the night before. I decided it was time to say good bye and head out on the road back to New York State. I cried when I said good bye, around 8:15 that morning, and my mom who was with me said dry your tears before we hit the highway. As I was driving I said to her, "I know, he is only in Kentucky, it could be worse", meaning he could be overseas as he is in the Army Reserves. About 40 mins into the drive, I pulled in for gas listening to an Oldies station on the radio. When I got back in the car and turned it on, Matt Lauer and Katie Courick were talking about a plane hitting the World Trade Tower. I figured it was a horrible freak accident and then they started talking about a highjacked plane from Boston. I figured that was why it crashed because of a struggle. Then they stated another plane hit it, and I thought how awful and weired, but not really thinking of terroism. As we drove along listening they were talking to a gentleman at the Pentagon, and listening live he described a sudden boom that shook his windows and smoke coming from by the helipad. He didnt know what happened but thought maybe a bomb went off. Then we listened in absolute horror that a plane had hit it. It was then that I began to panic. We were heading over the Ohio River into Cincinnati when they talked of possible more planes being hijacked and the FAA grounded all flights. I still had a 9 hour drive ahead of me not knowing what was going to happen. I thought dear God we are under attack. What if the planes start falling out of the sky. Then in disbelief they talked of the plane crash in Pennsylvania. My horror hit me then, because I thought oh no, we will probably retaliate and my son may have to go to war. Every mothers fear. And my worst fear is that I wouldnt be there to see him off. My other fear was when they said the plane hit somewhere south east of Pittsburg. My other son goes to college in PA and I knew he was east of Pitt. I felt so out of control being away from my children. They talked on the radio as the WTC building crashed to the ground. I thought oh dear Lord, all those people. People on the local radio stations started praying and we watched cities in Ohio send home their workers and we had a long way to go. We listened all the way home, not even stopping to eat. We just sat in silence listening. When I arrived home I called both my children. I choose to get grief counseling as all I could do was cry all week watching these poor families going through what they did, and worrying that my son would go to war. I pray every night for him, and I thank God everynight for them. I also pray for everyone affected by Sept. 11th. It had to be the most devastating thing to anyone. 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 story6627.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. 216.42.123.33 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: That morning was really bright and nothing would tell us something so outrageous would happen. I remember that Tuesday completely. The sky was so clear and the wind was blowing in a different way, bringing memories from my childhood. Everything had changed and it would change even more. I was about to present a seminar, I?ve entitled Cinema: the Dream Factory, to 250 students from high schools near the campus. I was modifying the last details on my powerpoint presentation and I spent some time in front of the computer but I didn?t turn on the internet and I don?t know why because I am a kind of addicted to news. Then I turned the machine off and I went to the auditorium to install my presentation in the other computer to train it. I spent almost the whole morning inside that place, isolated from the world outside and not knowing what was happening. Suddenly, the sound technician turns on the microphones and tells me something horrible just happened and I wouldn?t believe it (it seems it is happening right now). He had heard ONE the big towers in NYC had fallen because of an explosion and I should go home immediately because I would be late to my seminar. I live three blocks from the university and in three minutes I was standing in front of the television, watching those planes being destroyed towards the WTC, the towers collapsing and thousand of lives being silenced. No more cries, no more suffering from those who were missed during this terrible event... Now, just the (whole) world outside was mourning to the parents, brothers, sisters, fathers, sons, daughters, friends that were lost in the tragedy. I couldn?t stop the tears. They fell down in terror, quiet... I took a shower that seemed eternal though it was very short. I laid my head on the wall tile and the water took my tears away just for one moment. I looked myself at the mirror and I was living something that never happened in the movies: the World Trade Center falling apart, taking many lives with it. I have heard once ?we are not enemies, but friends...? although passion sometimes darkens our life and our vision. We don?t see what is right or wrong just because our believes cover our right judgement and the hate dominates our soul. It sad that so many souls had to be lost because someone?s hate. When the world is going to let love and fraternity guide our reason and to stop the hate to prevail between us??? When the tears will stop??? When??? I hope soon... I keep myself wondering that September 11th is the day that, for just some terrible hours, hate won the battle against love and life turned a little bit darker... 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 story6617.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. 200.225.144.145 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 September11,2001 I was watching the news from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm when I figured out what happend. A week later I went to the store and I found a small picture of the Twin Towers.And it is in the family room above the telivision. 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 story2972.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. 208.182.75.3 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 September 10 2001 9:25 am I gave birth to a big healthy baby boy named Adrian Benjamin Alvarado the next day Sept 11 2001 the doctor had walked in to check on us I was watching the news and their was a breaking news alert they showed the first tower with smoke the doctor and i could not believe it the first thing that i did was call my family and my 4 year old son justin to make shure they were ok as soon as i hanged up the next plane crashed into the next tower right before my very eyes i remember hugging my son tight and crying my eyes out for the next two month every day i had tears i could not believe that so many lives were gone so fast and for no reason not a day goes by with out us remembering that day and i will never forget it it was the day after my sons birth and the day of my fathers birth day today a year after i got up at 5:30am and started to watch the 9/11 broadcast and a the same time that the fist tower was hit my heart started to hurt and i started to cry it was like if it was today when it happend my heart goes out to every one that gave theirs lives and the families and the children that their lives changed that day. We will never forget you nor that day. "Dios los bendiga a todos" "GOD BLESS US ALL AND 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 story5100.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.12.96.8 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 got a call from my daughter, "A plane has crashed into the World Trade Center"! Could it be a terrible accident? Another call a second plane has crashed--we are at war! A third call a plane has crashed into the Pentagon and shortly after the towers have fallen. I need to be with my family. My second daughter, a student at the school where I work and a member of MA 2 DMAT's an emergency medical assistance team, comes to see me to tell me the team has been activated and she and my husband will leave that night. I rush home with her to buy her boots and supplies for their deployment. My two daughters, son and son in law and husband leave to load up the truck that will carry the supplies they take to New York. I sit in front of the television watching the horror of the day unfold. Almost midnight my husband comes home for his uniforms kisses me goodbye and leaves, God protect them and let them help as many people as they can. 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 story2670.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. 134.241.27.29 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was 11pm on Tuesday Sep 11, I was asleep and my husband stayed up to watch a bit of tv, he got a phone call from a friend to tell us to watch the tv. At 2am Michael decided to wake me up, he said I had to watch the tv and so I got up and was glued to the tv for 2 days and hardly slept. I was in shock and never left the house. 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 story8569.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. 2002-10-23 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 211.28.96.71 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 my senior year Enlish class when a student came in late. He blurted out that while in the office signing in he saw that a plane had hit the World Trade Center Building in NYC. I can be honest, I didn't really know anything about the WTC buildings. At first we all thought it was some sort of accident but then as we stood watching, the second plane hit and it was unbelievable. I was scared and uncertain. I remember thw whole day my friends and I were quiet. We were all uncertain of our futures, as well as our country's future. I was so excited to graduate and go to college and pursue my dream to be a nurse and now I wondered would it ever come true, would there be a war and a draft that might take my then boyfriend(now husband) and my brother overseas. Then I saw classmates who were histerical because they had family in NYC. I always thought about how my grandparents, parents even, had gone through wars and scary things and never did I imagine that I would have something like this happen in my time. Never did I think I would be able to look at my children's history book someday and see an event I can rememeber so vivdily like I will 9/11/06. I will never forget that day, I will never forget the people who lost their lives that day, and I will never look at the world the same. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I returned home from taking my 5 year old to school and laid on the couch to try and get some rest when the phone rang. It was my mother (she was calling from Maryland about 60 miles south of DC)an she said are you watching tv, I said no why? Turn it on she said a plane just crashed into the World Trade Center. We stayed on the phone on the line with each other watching in horror we watched the second plane hit and then it was not an accident but an act of terror we were being attacked. We were still on the line when the third plane hit the Pentagon, the very building that my father Marvin Roger Woods works in. I let her go so she could try and get a hold of him. She could not. I called my husbands office and got an urgent message sent to him. He was at a seminar. He phoned me back and I told him we could not find my father. He had just finished doing some communication work in my fathers office so he still had the blueprints. He said he would go to his office and get them and come home. As soon as he arrived and we were able to located where the plane had crashed, he just looked up at me I knew it was not good. The plane had crashed right through my fathers office there was no way he could have survied. We got the news that he was offically unaccounted for at 1:30 in the morning and by 2 am we were on our way to Maryland. We laid my father to rest in Arlington Cemetary in a spot that is in the shadow of the wall that was hit on October 23, 2001. It has been a year of ups and downs. I still can not seem to heal its very hard being without him. But, Everyday I thank god because my husband was scheduled to be in my fathers office that day but due to eye surgery his travel schedule was pushed back a week. Not only did I lose my father I almost lost my husband as well. 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 story7883.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: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 began as just another typical day in my life as a high school junior at a rurual public school. I woke up late, dragged myself out of bed, and hurried off to school barely sneaking into class before the second bell. Looking back, the discussion in my first period English class was very prophetic, chilling almost. As we were discussing Hemingway's novel, "A Farewell to Arms", the subject of war was aroused and how America had become alienated from it. As my class discussed this alienation and apathy toward war and the world, my teacher spoke a sentence that I will never forget. Mrs. Gilgoff said, "It would take a war to wake America up." These words escaped her mouth just thiry minutes before the first plane hit the World Trade Towers. I was in my second period class, Calculus, working on a problem when a fellow student, Al Anzivine ran into our classroom and ordered us to turn on the television in a frantic, yet scared voice. Our teacher, a bit confused, did as he told her, although with a bit of annoyance for the distruption of our class. Immediately I watched with my peers the instant replays of the first plane hitting the tower and listened intentively to the newsbroadcaster, who looked just as confused and perturbed as I felt. Confusion was a key emotion for me that day. I saw both towers hit and collapse with my own eyes, yet neither seemed real. I watched as the section of the Pentagon burned, yet felt disassociated from it all. I felt numb. It couldn't be real, I thought. My eyes were decieving me, playing a very cruel trick. This is America- home of the free. Things like this don't happen here...to innocent people...on our soil. The towers crumbing down and planes crashing suicidely to their deaths was something I watched in action movies or heard about on the international portion of the evening news. Never in my life (nor did any other American) think that a tragic event such as this could or ever would happen here on our own soil. We thought we were invinsible, indestructible, untouchable. We were remarkably wrong. September 11th has given a new meaning to my values and priorities in life. My family has become more important to me and spending quality time with them has overtaken the time I would have (in the past) watched television. I've learned to value friends more and the precious time that we have to share. September 11th has reinforced the fact that we're all mortal and we have no guaruntee on life and the longevity of it. I cannot let each day just pass me by as an observer. I want to take part, be active, make a difference each day I live and breathe. September 11th was a wake up call to a sleeping giant. However, now that this giant is awoken, it shall not apathetically fall into the same sleepy trance as before. America will not be defeated. We will not give up. The red, white, and blue will fly high and prevail. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story3021.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: Ironically, on September 10, I had been looking up airfares to Scotland because I planned, and still went, there in the summer of 2002. There is an email that says the price of an airfare, which I sent at 1 a.m., Sept. 11. I went to bed and got up for my Modern Social Problems class at Georgetown College in Kentucky. It was 8:45, and normally my roommate would have had the television on. But of all days that week, she did not have it on. I also did not check my email that morning, which I normally do. Outside I noticed how perfectly blue the sky was, and I thought it would be a great September day. When I got to my 9:30 class, the professor entered and immediately said, "I'm sure you all have heard about the planes crashing into the World Trade Center." We all looked at him in astonishment. He said that he didn't know a lot of details, but it looked like a terrorist attack, and that if we found bin Laden was behind it, America would seek justice. All of the classrooms are supposed to have televisions, but ours did not. We went ahead with class as normal and got out at 10:45. On the way out several people told us that we were having a campus wide meeting upstairs from where my classroom was located, and also that classes were cancelled for the rest of the day. Before I went there, I went across the hall and called my mom, who lives about an hour away from me. She told me that the towers had collapsed, and that a plane crashed into the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania. "It looks like an all-out terrorist attack!" she said. At the campus wide meeting, we listened to updated news and prayed for our nation. A newscaster from the nearby city of Lexington was there anyway to give a talk on women in the media industry, but, of course, that is not what she talked about. There was a question and answer session afterward. I remember how one of our college's main administrators talked about how he hoped we would not lash out at Arab-Americans. It was especially moving because he is Lebanese-American. I also remember students and faculty alike asking questions about war, martial law, the draft (two male students asked about it), casualities, culprits, etc. We adjourned and I went to lunch. My friends and I said we didn't feel like eating, but we knew we had to. I remember a student in front of me on her cell phone who was trying to get in touch with her family and was sobbing. I also remember how a big-screen television was brought into the cafeteria and everyone was watching it. The TV stayed there until January. I went back to my room and watched TV. I didn't call my family much because the local news said to stay off the phone lines. We met as a campus again at that afternoon for more prayer and discussion. Then, I went to a campus prayer vigil at 6 and one at my church at 7. I didn't sleep well that night. The next week it was hard to concentrate on my school work because I was always looking at the news on television and on the internet. As a Christian, I have faith in God, but it doesn't always mean it is easy. My heart went out, and it still does, for those who lost loved ones in this tragedy. Luckily, my family does not know anyone who lost their lives that day. We do know someone who was less than a mile away from the Towers, and we do know a woman whose son escaped from the WTC. We had a new tradition of painting white benches in front of each of the dorms on campus. Soon after the attacks, we painted those benches with a patriotic theme. In front of my dorm, we had a bench with the NYPD logo on it. Others painted flags, and one painted the New York skyline with the words to a Christian praise chorus- "The day is dawning and I am just rising/I pray my hope won't fail, my hope." This particular bench was turned into a memorial in front of one of the classroom buildings. The date of 9/11 touched all American lives and calls all of us to not take anything for granted. The first year anniversary has come and gone, but there still is a long road to travel. I am now pursuing my graduate education in Library and Information Science. But I will always think back to that horrible day when, as a senior in college, I watched our nation change. May we grow stronger through our struggles, and may we learn that we can turn back to God, who never will change. 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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: You?re probably think now, that my story does not belong here, but maybe it will interest you, that there where people here in Switzerland, who could not believe what happened either. My name is Franziska Glur and on September 11th, 2001 I was in my office of a Swiss Private-Bank dealing some funds, as I always do. It was already in the middle of the afternoon (time-difference), when a colleague of mine across the table said to all of us: there is a fire in the World Trade Centre. I was thinking by myself, please not again remembering the fire back in the early 1990?s. You have to know, that I?ve been to New York several times and have always visited the Twin Towers and taken lots of pictures. Anyway, we turned the TV to CNN and could see that this fire seemed to be different to the last one. And just right then, we saw the explosion in the second building. ?Oh, my God? was all I could say and then in the most noisiest office in our building there was total silence! We could not believe what we had just witnessed! Suddenly CNN came up with the news, that it was a plane that had hit the second building and they showed us the pictures over and over again. ?Is that World War 3 starting?? Questions like this where crossing my mind. Rumours where within minutes in the whole building and our office became a media room for everybody. Some of us in tears, others in shock, but most of all in disbelieve! I called my sister, who was in Florida on vacation with my parents. It was hard to get her on the phone, ?cause the line was always busy. She could not believe it either and turned on the TV in her Hotel room. I told her, that I would call again later. I talked to her another four or five times that day. And as the third plane hit the Pentagon, we all knew that this was very serious! Nobody was really working anymore, ?cause some of us had friends working in the World Trade Centre or knew brokers, which they spoke to almost everyday. Then the towers collapsed! And again silence in our office. I guess we all fought back tears. We all thought, that at least ten thousand must have been killed! On my way home that evening there was this unbelievable silence in the crowded train. Nobody really talked! I myself spent the rest of the day in front of the TV and tried to understand what had happened on that September 11th, 2001. It?s almost a year know! Life goes on, even though we thought it couldn?t. In just two weeks I will fly to New York, to attend one of the services on September 11th. 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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: From: Frances (Original Message) Sent: 9/11/2001 10:07PM EST September 11, 2001 will be forever marked in our hearts as a day of tragedy and loss. This morning is especially hard for my family and I, as my mother has sent word via email that my cousin is counted among the missing. I had always felt that emotionally my family was prepared for anything. My father retired after serving the Army 22 years in 1995. My younger sister joined the Air force in 2000. During our childhood my father was a great source of pride for us. He was strong, proud, and admired by many. He raised us in Germany and during the Gulf War we actually weren't as scared as most, because we knew the "daddy" could handle anything. In Germany during that time we saw tremendous acts of terrorism. Car bombs, assassination reports on the news, and even several bomb threats at our DODDs schools. We were well prepared emmotionally and I don't believe that we ever really were scared. We knew that our soldiers would protect us. I am 26 years old now, married and all grown up. Yesterday I was terrified! Today I am full of sorrow, worry, and anger. All my life living amongst soldiers and on bases I had been prepared by my mother and father and taught that we were to be strong in the face of danger, tragedy, and war. My parents made us understand that anything could happen to my father because he was a soldier. We were prepared for my father injuries during the Gulf War. When my sister joined the Air force last year, we were all so proud of her. Yesterday when I first heard of what was happening at the WTC, I was shocked and immediately called her, she told be that she was being called in for briefing and we said our "I love you's" and hung up. I was not scared. She is trained. It's her job. I was prepared. But this morning when I heard that my cousin was missing I wasn't prepared. My cousin is a civilian. My mother and father never prepared us for the loss of a civilian family member and we are beside ourselves with grief. Her name is/was Adianes Cortes, she may be also listed under Adianes Cortes-Oyola (she just got married 6 months ago) she's 24 years old. She worked in the South Tower of the World Trade Center 78th floor - Fugi Bank Corp. Her husband made it out he worked in the 60th floor, the airplane crashed unto the 78 through 80th floors. We have not heard any word on her whereabouts. My family asks that we pray for Adianes and all those who are missing or dead. My sister emailed a prayer that is most comforting. "Almighty God we ask that you fill this solemn moment with the majesty of your presence. Our hearts are saddened by the loss of these who have given their lives to sustain the gift of freedom. We ask that you comfort their families and friends and help fill their emptiness with hope. We also pray for those gathered here today and those with us in spirit. Make us creative in using your resources and brave in the face of our enemies. Give us the wisdom our situation calls for and the compassion that inspires an end of oppression. May we be confident that the heroes we honor today have not died in vain. Amen." May God bless us all to ease our nation's pain, Frances M Siple ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Frances (Original Message) Sent: 9/11/2001 10:07PM EST I had a good day today. I was very proud of my family, country and of the ceremonies that we attended on base (Fort Gordon). The soldiers looked so handsome, so proud and so very comforting to me. Today is the anniversery of the loss of my cousin Aidenes and although she and I never met, I feel a great sense of loss. I am terribly saddened that she left this world without knowing that she had cousins in Ga.(albiet through marriage) I just pray that my auntie and husband heal. That Aidenes' husband can be whole again someday. Bless you all, Frances in Georgia 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 story5494.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I have lived in Dover, DE for almost twenty-nine years in the same house. Military actions are not a surprise here. So, when my husband called and asked if I was watching the news, I thought he was going to tell me that something happened over seas. I turned off of the Disney channel to CBS at the same time my husband told me about the first plane. I sat there in ahh of what I was looking at. I started to cry and pray for the people in the building and the plane. The only thing that made me look away from the tv was my 11 month old son which I was feeding at the time. I was putting a spoon of food in his mouth as the second plane hit. I started crying harder and praying more. The only thing my son knew was he was hungry and mommy is crying. I finshed feeding my son and picked him up. I started to rock and pray for everyone in or near the buildings. I prayed and held my little son as the buildings came down. I started feeling guilty for being able to sit on my couch holding my son and talking to my husband. My husband asked if he should go pick up our 2 1/2 year old daughter from school, I said yes. All I wanted was for us to be together. She was going to a school beside the Air Force base. Of course, everything in Dover is close to the base. My husband and I have talked to our daughter about what happened and she knows alot of good people died in NY, Washington,DC and PA. We have prayed for everyone who lost their life, the families here coping with the lose, and our country everyday. We also pray for the people who hate us so much that they want to destroy us. I am a military brat and stand proud knowing my father served in wartime and peacetime so I can raise my children in the land of the free. I thank GOD for all the people who serve our country in so many ways here and overseas. We are all heros because we have not let this act stop us. We have drawn the will power of those who died to pick ourselves up and go forward with our lives. I forgive those people who hate me and my family because we live in the USA. GOD will deal with them and I don't have to waste my energy on them. The best actions for me to take is to have a happy marriage, raise my children happy, healthy, respectful of our freedoms and thankful/proud for the people who fought for us to be free. May GOD be with everyone. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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This is the unedited text: When my husband called and asked if I was watching the news, I thought he was going to tell me that something happened over seas. I turned off of the Disney channel to CBS at the same time my husband told me about the first plane. I sat there in ahh of what I was looking at. I started to cry and pray for the people in the building and the plane. The only thing that made me look away from the tv was my 11 month old son which I was feeding at the time. I was putting a spoon of food in his mouth as the second plane hit. I started crying harder and praying more. The only thing my son knew was he was hungry and mommy is crying. I finshed feeding my son and picked him up. I started to rock and pray for everyone in or near the buildings. I prayed and held my little son as the buildings came down. I started feeling guilty for being able to sit on my couch holding my son and talking to my husband. My husband asked if he should go pick up our 2 1/2 year old daughter from school, I said yes, I wanted all of us together. She was going to school beside the Air Force base. Of course, everything in Dover is close to the base. My husband and I have talked to our daughter about what happened and she knows alot of good people died in NY, Washington,DC and PA. We have prayed for everyone who lost their life, the families here coping with the lose, and our country everyday. We also pray for the people who hate us so much that they want to destroy us. I am a military brat and stand proud knowing my father served in wartime and peacetime so I can raise my children in the land of the free. I thank GOD for all the people who serve our country in so many ways here and overseas. We are all heros because we have not let this act stop us. We have drawn the will power of those who died to pick ourselves up and go forward with our lives. I forgive those people who hate me because I live in the USA. GOD will deal with them and I don't have to waste my energy on them. The best action for me to do is to have a happy marriage and raise my children happy, healthy and respectful of our freedom. May GOD be with everyone. 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 dislocated my knee on September 10, 2001. I will never forget that day, because I was unable to walk the next day and watched the whole unbelieveable tragedy play out on the television. I never felt so helpless and yet so fortunate, I have never felt so angry and yet so full of love for my fellow man. I never realized how many wonderful people there are in the world, and I have never been so saddened that there are some very awful people too. Now that a year has gone by I feel no pain in my knee, but I feel deep pain in my heart, because others are hurting. I believe as Edmund Burke that "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing," and as long as one of us are chained - none of us are free. 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 story3479.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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