268 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: When the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center, I was surfing. Enjoying one of the greatest, most care free activities on the planet, while the nation was in turmoil. While most people were crying, or watching in awe at the horrific scenes unfolding on their television, or for some, down the street, I was experiencing bliss, in the Pacific Ocean. Me and my other friends on the surf team from our school had no idea what happened until we got home. When I got home, my whole family was up. My dad had just gotten home from Orange County Airport, where his flight to NEW YORK CITY had been cancelled. They looked at me with penetrating eyes. Five minutes ago, my biggest care had been the hole in the knee of my wetsuit. It's incredible how everything can change in the blink of an eye. In a strange way, I'm glad I was surfing when the tower was hit. I am one of probably 1000 people in the entire world to say that I was in the ocean when the terrorists struck home. It's something I'll 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 story8219.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 just leaving my class at 10:00 am and on my way back to work. One of our workers stopped me and asked me had I heard about what had happened.When she told me I was numb. I then went into the campus bookstore and listened to it on the radio. It was unbleiveable just to hear them talk. The number of facilities were even too mnay to estimate; they said it was way over a thousand. Mass fatalities are always happening in other countires; not the USA. People are saying, still today, God Bless America. Guess what? He was blessing us bofore 9-11-01 and he will keep on blessing us. 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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 is Teacher's Day in Argentina.Both my wife - Carlena Burns, an American citizen-, and I are teachers, and that morning we were enjoying one of those rare moments of breakfast with the kids, for schools remain closed on 9/11. At 10 AM local time (9 AM in New York)a colleague from school called me: "Gonzalo, turn on CNN, please! It's so horrible!". That we did, and for the next hours, and days, we were struck by horror, pain, and dismay. We had lived very close to the Big Apple in 1991, while I was teaching in Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ. We had learn to love the city the same way we love Buenos Aires.And we mourned with NY and all America the deaths of their people, which we sincerely felt our own.That same day I wrote a tribute,in Spanish, as an eulogy for the dead which I'd love to share with all who are insterested. Today, September 11, 2002, we stood together, as we watched CNN once more, in silent homage to the victims. God Bless you all. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story6787.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: GOD DID 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 story3051.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 unusually early that morning, before the attacks were announced on the radio. Because we were in the process of installing an upgraded telecommunications system, I had no access to the Internet or email. Working on that gorgeous morning at President Andrew Jackson's farm, I was engrossed in my work. Isolated from the outside world, I did not know what had happened for nearly two hours. When I finally heard the news from coworkers, I ran to the Visitor's Center, which is the only building at the property with a television. I'll never forget those horrific images on the fuzzy little tv screen. There were split-screen images of the WTC and the Pentagon, both ablaze. Other jets were unaccounted for. The President was on Air Force One somewhere. The White House had been evacuated. The federal government had shut down all the airports and grounded all flights. I suddenly remembered that a fraternity brother worked in the WTC, and another buddy was in Chicago on business. As a Gen Xer dependent on technology and instant communications, I had to get home, where I had cable tv and high-speed Internet. I was totally freaking out, near panic. I couldn't just stand around watching a tv with rabbit ears. I tried using my cell phone to call out, but the lines were already jammed. I jumped in my car and rushed home at breakneck speed. Seemed everyone was listening to their car radios, in shock. It reminded me of a scene from "War of the Worlds." Was this real? Confusion. What was happening? When I got home 5 minutes later, I emailed my mom in Orlando, my friends in Atlanta, Chicago, and elsewhere. Turned on CNN and jumped online. I couldn't take my eyes of the screen. Finally, emails were returned. Everyone was safe. Chicago skyscrapers had been evacuated. My friend in Atlanta was in communications with the family of our fraternity brother in NYC. He had gotten out of the WTC just in time, and had managed to call his mom in Tennessee. I spent the rest of the day at home, glued to CNN and staying in communication with my friends and family spread across the country via email and AOL. On that day, I was extremely grateful for modern technology that allowed me to communicate with my loved ones nearly instantly across the country from my little apartment in Nashville. 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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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 cable for the tv had gone out on this morning, so I had no tv. I was on a grief chat line, because I had lost my husband April 20. While talking, someone said, "Hey, the World Trade Center had been hit." I thought it was probably and accident. Then, later, I heard the next one was hit. Then about the plane in PA and the Pentegon. I was really beside myself. Already in lots of grief. I was devastated, as everyone was. But this made me so sad. I was already sad beyond belief when this happened. I still am so sad. It was a black, black day in the history of our world. It was Tuesday, September 11, 2001. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story6691.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: ON SEPT 11 I STARTED MY MORNING AS I ALWAYS DID WITH THE EARLY MORNING NEWS AND A CUP OF COFFEE,SOON MY LIFE WOULD BE CHANGED FOREVER.AS I SAT WATCHING THE NEWS I SAW A HORRIFIC PHOTO OF THE WTC WHERE A PLANE HAD HIT IT ....MY FIRST RESPONSE WAS THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN AWFUL PLANE CRASH WHILE I WAS STILL TRYING TO PROCESS WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED SOON AFTER I WITNESSED THE SECOND PLANE THAT CRASHED INTO THE SECOND WTC BUILDING. IT SENT COLD CHILLS OVER ME WHEN I REALIZED AT THAT POINT IT WAS NO ACCIDENT,BUT INTENTENTIAL. MY HEART WAS POUNDING SO FAST AND SO HARD THAT I COULDNT MOVE FOR A FEW MINUTES.I WAS SCARED AND ANGRY ALL AT THE SAME TIME TO THINK ANYONE COULD DO SUCH A HORRIABLE THING IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY .... MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LOST LOVE ONES ON THAT AWFUL DAY AND TO ALL THE FIREFITERS AND POLICEMEN THAT GAVE THIER LIFE TO SEARCH FOR ALL THOSE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE THAT HAD TO LIVE THROUGH SUCH A DAY....MY FLAG WILL CONTINUE TO FLY AS A REMINDER OF ALL THAT WAS LOST ON THAT DAY....SO WHEN I AM HAVING A BAD DAY I JUST LOOK AT THE RED,WHITE AND BLUE FLAG AND IT REMINDS ME OF HOW FORTUNATE I AM TO STILL BE ALIVE.... GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.-----------------SHIRLEY BOGLE 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 story1363.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My name is Julia and I remember September 11, 2001. I was getting ready for my college classes after working out that morning. My boyfriend Joe and I were listening to the news while fixing our lunches and preparing for the day ahead. Suddenly Matt Lauer on the Today Show said "A plane has just crashed into the World Trade Center." Commercials came on and then a media clip showed the plane crashing into the first tower. I yelled for Joe to come and see this and we watched horrified as the crash was being replayed. Then a few minutes later we saw another plane hit the World Trade Center's second tower. Joe said, "That's not an accident, that is terrorism." I was speechless and felt smothered. I grabbed Joe and hugged him so tight as we learned that it was indeed terrorism on American soil. We reluctantly went to our classes and couldn't even think straight. I went to my part-time job at the Provost's office and was allowed to listen to the news while working. President Grube, of Georgia Southern University, cancelled the rest of the day's classes and let us go home early. I immediately went to Joe's and laid there in his arms as we watched the media clips replay not only the two planes hitting the WTC, but also the Pentagon and the Pittsburg incidents. I felt so empty, so sad, and so bewildered that this happened. Luckily my parents and my boyfriend's family were nowhere near the places that were hit. But we had all been scared and confused. America had been terrorized. We've all grown closer as the year has passed. I have become even more dedicated to my fight for justice and graduated from college with a degree in Justice Studies. My life has been affected by this, as have the lives of all Americans, but my life will be dedicated to making a positive difference in this world. I know now that I was put here on this earth, in America, in order to spread love and peace and make sure that justice prevails. 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 story8379.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: this time last year i was flying for chatauqua airlines as a flight attendant. i was scheduled off that day.. thank goodness!! shortly after the attack happened i must of had twenty calls in a row from friends and family making sure that i was o.k. most of my family didn't know if i was flying or not so they were worried to death where i was. i called alot of flight crew members that i knew were flying to make sure they were o.k. alot of our crews were grounded in bouston and new york because we had daily flights in/out of there. it was so sad to talk to the crews that were there because they spent several days away from home and there families. i took a four day trip shortly after the attack and it was very different. the airports were so quiet and the flights were almost empty. all the crew members you talked to were so sad because they didn't know if they would have a job the next day or not. i got to do a ferry flight over the world trade center and could see eveything. i remember seeing the smoke in the air for several days afterward. you could see all the fireman at work from the air and people walking around looking at the damage that had been caused. i will never forget that day as long as i live. the world changed drasticly that day but i am glad to see that the u.s.a. has recovered from it. it will never be forgotten. god bless america and all the lives that were taken.. amen!! 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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 talking with friends. Someone's husband called her and told her about a plane hitting one of the towers. We found a radio and listened as the second plane hit. My husband works at the same company I do, but he always gets to work much later than I. He wasn't at work yet. I went outside to look for him, but I was afraid if I went in one direction he'd arrive from the other. I had no idea what subway lines he generally took to get from our apartment in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. I started a slow panic. Where was he? I'm disabled, so I was sitting in front of my work building in my battery-powered scooter. There were people everywhere, and traffic was at a standstill. Not much honking. Where was my husband? I went back upstairs to sit with people and listen to the radio. The first tower fell. One young woman at work started to shake uncontrollably. She had a friend who worked at the Trade Center. My husband still was not at work. I happened to pass my office door and heard the phone in my office ringing. I grabbed it. It was my mother-in-law trying to reach my husband. I almost shouted at her that he wasn't here yet and that I had to go. I went back outside, where the fear was palable. I went back in. The second tower fell. I leaned to look out a window of our building, looking south. I saw the plume. My husband still wasn't here. Then, he was at the end of the hall, sweating, breathing hard. I hobbled toward him as fast as I could. We hugged. "What the fuck happened?" he said. He'd been on the subway the entire time, probably just entering the first subway station when the first plane hit. He'd transferred at Fulton Street. Very close to the Towers. He said there were cops all over telling people they could not go above ground. What was going on? By the time my husband came above ground, at Fifth Avenue, he could tell something was wrong. People huddled in doorways, crying into their cell phones. It was too quiet. Worried about me, he ran to work. Now we had to get home. We waited until around 2:30. I hadn't charged the batteries on my scooter for a few nights, so I probably did not have enough juice to get to the Brooklyn Bridge and over it, but I had enough if we could just get a ride down to the bridge. I could then scoot over the bridge while my husband walked beside me. No way. There was not a taxi nor a car service to be had. A friend who lives in Chelsea had given me her phone number if we found ourselves stranded, but we both wanted to get home. We went up to Grand Central station, which is accessible, and took the elevator down to the shuttle to Times Square. But there was all this construction at the Times Square station, so we were forced to take the shuttle back to Grand Central. A police captain at the Times Square station told us that if we saw any cops at the Fifth Avenue station, which we had to get to, we should tell them that he told the cops to help us. I wish I could remember his name. We went back to Grand Central and scooted over to Fifth Avenue. Two police officers carried my scooter down two sets of stairs at the subway entrance. I used my cane and held on to the bannister and hobbled down to the scooter. My husband and I went to another set of stairs which led to the platform. I got off my scooter, my husband took the scooter apart (it comes apart into five pieces), ran it down the stairs piece by piece, I hobbled down the stairs, he put the scooter back together. We did this same thing at wherever we transferred. We finally arrived at Jay Street in Brooklyn, not far from our apartment. My husband had to take the scooter apart and run it up the first set of stairs. At the second and last (and double) set of stairs, two unrelated people helped him and me. The trip had taken 3 1/2 hours. Above ground the smell of burning and the grit of ash and papers on the ground. I kept saying "There must have been a fire somewhere." My husband said "it's the World Trade Center." I shut up, trying not to cry, and we went home. I made myself a huge scotch on the rocks, called my father in St. Louis (miraculously got through on the second try), and told him to tell everyone else my husband and I were safe and at home. Then we watched Guiliani. My husband's father finally got through to us by phone about 4 hours later. He'd been hitting redial for 4 hours. 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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: Originally drafted September 15, 2002 Edited/ submitted April 20, 2002 ***I wrote these thoughts in my diary the week after the September 11 Terrorist?s attacks on America. September 11 was tragic for America but September 15 was tragic for me. I did not feel the effect of the attacks until my longtime boyfriend told me he wanted to join the service as a member of the army?s infantry. I wrote this at six that morning while he slept beside me. These were my thoughts as I peered out my high-rise apartment?s windows.*** ?Without Song? The birds do not sing to me, anymore No, not at 6 am on the fifteenth floor Today I think the sun is scared to play I wonder if my Egyptian neighbor is next door He knows I?ve seen his barren little hole Only a guitar and bike grace his room So, today I think my neighbor looks Arabic The birds do not sing to me, anymore Oh, but the trains sound like airplanes Amidst the whistling Japanese made cars High above on the fifteenth floor, I hear a war My lover sleeps soundly here with me now Perhaps he has birds singing I cannot hear Across the river on a building higher than mine The flag still flies where birds must be singing But the birds do not sing to me anymore Every unknown sound is a terrorist attack now. Every dark mans is suspect now for our so-called enlightened society. I am wrongfully cynical and angry at this world. I hate the bumper stickers citizens suddenly decide to slap on their cars. I hate those stickers as even more when a foreign car with an American sticker cuts me off on the highway. I feel the patriotism as he gives me the finger for being in his blind spot. In the blind spot he choice not to notice before he moved. I hate him and all of them for not realizing sooner how great a nation this is. Everyone was so cynical and antigovernment before, but suddenly we all want to give up our privacy and replace it with racism. How long will this pseudo patriotism last this time? How long before our pride fades and we again become the fat, stupid, television raised families the rest of the world claims we are? They, these politicians, clamber for war. With who shall we war I wonder. Perhaps, when Oklahoma fell we should have nuked them then- but that would have been in bad form. We are still the city on the hill, a role model society for the world- until we are threatened. Then we trash our beliefs of privacy and censorship. So many, too many, are still missing in the ruble-days after- I know not how many. I?m not making light, not at all, oh yes its affected me too. AT&T dispatch was closed on my appointed phone hook up day. I am without a phone another week. He too, the one I call my lover, wants to join these politician?s and enter this little war. I do not oppose his decision- none could be nobler right now. But what about me? Spoiled little white girl- high on the fifteenth floor. If he goes over seas, what will I do, where will I go? I go on with my life, waiting, praying, and receiving letters when he chooses to write? What of the war?s end, when he finally returns. How could I let time stand still and preserve our love? How did my mother and her mother wait for their husbands? How can these boys, called men, gamble with their lives? I am just a poor little rich girl with a patriotic lover. He is too good sometimes to be my own. Am I apathetic for not wanting him to fight for our American life? Aren?t our mass consumerism and postmodern fragmentation and alienation, worth his life? I am too cynical and angry with him and these men who decide our nation?s fate. Should I too join in and advocate for destroying an entire nation half way across the world because a few members went kamikaze and devastated my entire life? What innocent babies will die? And which journalists will leave their loved ones to take the Pulitzer pictures that will gain American support for this war in the states? My friends, death is forever, no matter what your color or nationality. I am proud to be an American and lucky to be a women. I?m much to fragile to fight and to important to the reproduction of American men to die in their wars. I?ll never worry about the draft. Oh, I?m proud to be an America and luckier yet to be born of the weaker sex. I?ll keep going no matter what, war or not, its not my argument. It?s only my country, not my life at stake. I have opinions, too, you know. And when asked about all this, I?ll gladly say what I?ve written here. As for now I succeed, as for now. ***I never told my boyfriend I did not want him to leave. He later decided the army is not a choice to make on impulse. We are still together and in love. But as I read the newspaper?s headlines everyday, I realize, my birds have not yet returned to sing.*** 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 story512.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was sitting in my home on Sept. 11 waiting for the time to pass to pick my daughter up from pre-school. I was turning the channels and came upon CNN. I could not believe what was happening. It was like a nightmare. A friend called me and said did you see it did you see what is happening. We were on the phone together crying. I just wanted to go a pick up my daughte and hold her. I felt for the families who didn't know about there loved ones. The children who would never get to see mom and dad or their families again. When my husband came home that evening he just held me and our daughter. My prayers go out to everyone...the families, the EMS service, the firefighters. Everyone who was there to help. God Bless the USA. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story4564.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My Historical Moment It was September 11, 2001 when the world changed in front of my eyes. I was a sophomore in High School when the Twin Towers got hit by two airplanes. It happened during English class, with Mrs. Van Trees. The first thing I remember of that day is Mr. Coke, a teacher from an upper level English class, coming to our classroom and whispering something to Mrs. Van Trees in her ear. I believe the reason for the whisper was for her to be calm and think of a way of how to handle the situation but she could not help to break down in tears. I guess she got upset due to the importance of the buildings because when she said ? the World Trade Center has being hit by an airplane? we had not been informed of the reason why the towers were about to be completely demolished. She turned the TV on and we all watched. At first, I did not understand what was going on because I knew the buildings as the Twin Towers and not the World Trade Center. I remember saying to my classmates ?where is that?? and realizing that I was not the only one confused. As soon as I realized that I had been up on the last floor of one of them, I was just amazed. Then, on the bottom of the screen, the TV shows a white building on fire as we hear the reporter saying ?another airplane has hit the Pentagon Building?. We all looked at each other with fear and that is when it hit home. Most of the parents of Oakton High School work for the government or in DC. It clicked for us. This was not an accident; it was an attack against the United States of America. The first person I thought of was my dad. At the time, he was working for the Venezuelan embassy in Georgetown and I was worried for his life. I was also a diplomat and that made me more scared because I did not know what was going to happen. Scenes from movies like The Siege started popping in my head. I started to panic and wanted to call my dad desperately. Believe it or not I was a shy girl in that class but I did not care anymore and let the tears come out. I asked a girl named Marissa if I could use her cell phone and of course, I was not the only one trying to call a loved one because the lines were all busy. It was time for me to go to my 6th period class, Orchestra. Mrs. Maclin let us use her phone to call our parents. I called my house and Carmen Maria, our nanny, answered the phone. She does not speak any English so I had to tell her what had just happened to the Twin Towers. I also told her to tell my mom that I wanted her to pick me up because I was very worried. When I went to math, my teacher had a pass for me to leave home. I could feel the eyes from everybody. I felt like a coward for not staying but I wanted to be with my family. I was so confused. The instant I saw my mom I cried. She calmed me down and we went home. All we did that afternoon was watch the news on the TV. Later that night, President Bush spoke to the nation. I felt angry because how could someone dare to mess with the United States of America? At the same time, President Bush?s speech made me feel much better. I felt like the face of America was lifted just a little so it would show its strength to the world. After September 11, the way people saw America changed. I definitely did not think the US was invincible anymore. I was scared for my life and the life of my loved ones. Even now I do not think we are completely safe and my heart still beats faster when I see or hear an airplane go by. It is true that every generation has its historical moment and each person who experiences it has their own story. This is my story of 911, a historical moment that will remain with me forever. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story11180.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 school in England when i was picked up by my father, i remember his exact words til today,' theres been a big disaster in New York' i didn't realise how serious he was being until i saw it with my own eyes broadcast all over the television, i felt sickened and anger. my friends didn't see how bad it was but i think it hit me more having been up one of the towers. i have kept september 12th's newspaper for rememberence as it is an event that will pass down in history. 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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: The first thing I remember of September 11th is not that the weather was gorgeous (though it was), or of the thousands of lives lost (God bless), but that I was both extremely comfortable, and also extremely tired. That Tuesday was our second cross country meet of the season, so the team was dressed in pajamas. Also, my summer chemistry project was due that morning, so, of course, I?d stayed up much of the night doing it. The morning proceeded like most, myself trying to stay awake during chemistry; I?m sure I failed. After that I probably enjoyed the break between first and second block. But I don?t remember. During history a friend of mine walked in, late, yet, of course, excused. He?s notorious for having ?appointments? when major assignments are due. When he came in he told our class that ?a plane flew into the world trade towers.? When I first heard this, I laughed. The image in my head was so surreal. A plane?into a building? At the time I had no idea how much that fact would affect myself and those around me. As it sank, we all had questions. But our teacher moved us along into history. A little later, though I don?t remember how long, our principal came onto the loudspeaker. He told us what had happened in New York, and also what had just happened at the Pentagon. After this confirmation, our teacher turned the T.V. on, and we saw what had happened. I think I was actually the first in my class to cry. This is strange, for me, because I don?t cry much, or very easily. I was worried because my dad, who sometimes has meetings at the Pentagon, was on a business trip, as he often is. However, I had failed to pay attention to where he was, or when he might be on a plane. I worried because most of the flights that had been high jacked were from one of the airports that my dad flies in and out of. Plus, I think just the association of the Pentagon and government scared me. The weirdest thing is that I?ll never forget that we were allowed to use our cell phones, which we weren?t even supposed to have at school. I?ll also always appreciate this, as we spent much of our day on phones, trying to get in touch with people whose whereabouts we were unsure of. Because Springfield is only about twenty minutes from Washington, many of the student at my school have parents who work at the Pentagon, or if not there, in another building for the government or military. All after-school events were cancelled, including the cross-country meet, so after school I went to my friend?s house, where she, another friend, and I watched Comedy Central-it was the only station that didn?t have something of the attacks. That night I remember going online and talking to all of my friends, each of us sharing rumors and stories of people we knew. Luckily, no one knew anyone who had died, though we found out later that two siblings at our school lost their dad at the Pentagon, and it was rumored that another girl had as well, though she apparently didn?t want to publicize this. Also, my family is friends with another, and the father was injured, but it fine now. That night I also listened to Mr. Bush?s address with my family, and watched news footage at a different friend?s house. Because Springfield is so close, and many students and teachers have family working in Washington, our county had school off on the 12th. That day was weird. It felt like summer. It was that hot, and two friends and I spent the day walking around our neighborhood, playing with our friend?s two-year old sister. We returned to school on Thursday, solemnly mourning, yet joyful and full of pride. That Friday there was a candlelight vigil along some of the roads in our area of Springfield. This is one of my favorite things that my friends and I did in response to the attacks. It was great to come together as a community, sharing hope with strangers as well as friends. It was a beautiful sight, too. It is becoming hackneyed, but since the attacks it?s true: nothing has changed, yet everything has changed. It?s one big contradiction. People are more accepting of one another, more friendly; yet they are also more weary and ready to judge. Hope and triumph are ever present, but so is fearful anticipation. I don?t even know what to think, or hope, or even expect anymore. I guess we?ll just see. 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 story8054.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, sunny, late summer morning, with just a touch of fall in the air. I was just finishing my morning run when I heard on the radio I was listening to through headphones that a plane may have hit the World Trade Center. I immediately thought that it had to be a small plane, an accident. When I arrived home, my partner was setting out the breakfast things and also listening to the radio. When the reports got more serious, we turned on the television. I went to take a shower. It had become clear that this was not an accident. Just then the second plane hit. On the radio in the bathroom, a pentagon official was being interviewed, and just then, the plane hit the pentagon. I was in disbelief. We watched television, and saw the towers collapse, one after the other. My partner drove me work. We heard that my building was being evacuated and turned around. It was then that we began getting reports about the plane crash in Pennsylvania. There were other reports of truck bombs, which turned out not to be true. Once back at home, I learned that my brother was in New York, in SoHo, not far from ground zero, for a business meeting that morning. We didn't hear for hours that he was safe and fine and had had the forsight to immediately rent a car and drive home the next day. I called a college friend with whom I hadn't spoken in years just to see if she was o.k. (she was). The whole day was unreal. Interspersed with my thoughts about the gravity of the tragedy that had befallen so many people and our nation as a whole, where banal thoughts about a baseball game I was supposed to attend that night, etc. Now, one year later, it seems like it happened yesterday. I go about my life. I have flown. I am not consciously scared. Yet, I can't help but thing that we can never really be safe. I guess that was always true, but since 9/11/01, I really know it. Maria Harrigan 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 story2927.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 met my future wife the night before while out with friends while on leave. I was awakened by a phone call from my step-mother saying something is wrong in NY and to turn on the news. As I turned it on, at 9:02 am, I saw the 2nd plane hit the South Tower of the WTC. I found out about a half hour later that a plane slammed into the Pentagon. I have many collegues who work there, so I was concerned. Thinking we were now undewr full scale attack, I called to my command to see what I could do, and if they wanted me to check in immediately off of leave. Instead, they told me to spend the time with my family, and to come back in a few days, in case something happened in Norfolk, VA, which honestly in my mind was a big target for the terrorists. I know I will never forget anything about that day, including the anger, the sadness, the misunderstanding, the confusion, and the hurt, and the love that day brought. My wife and I have been together now for 2 years and even though we were married on Jun 14th 2003, we celebrate 9/11/2001 as our anniversary. God bless evryone affected by this tragedy and 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 story9666.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On this beautiful clear fall day, I was working at the offices of Arthur Andersen Office of Government Services in downtown DC, when I heard that, an airplane had flown into the first tower in New York City. It was unbelievable -- everyone rushed to the wide screen in our conference room which was used for videoconferencing -- the news was on and broadcasting the attacks as they occurred. As I looked at the screen, it did not seem real, almost like a movie and just unbelievable. When I heard that the second airplane hit the tower and that the Pentagon was also hit, I really thought we were being invaded and there was no where to go. I tried to stay calm and take things moment by moment. I commute to DC from Woodbridge, VA in a van pool and we decided to wait until later inthe day to leave the city,since the city traffic was in gridlock and there was no where to really go. We made it home safely, however, I still cannot believe this happened. I cried on this day because, America will never be the same because of these terrible attacks by terrorists! It is very sad that this happened to America and our people. 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 story1481.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: Before I tell my story I want to make it known that this tragedy has not left me to this day. I still have frequent nightmares that wake me to a cold sweat. Just last night I had a dream that I looked out of my parents' house front window to see planes landing and crashing on their quiet street in central Virginia. Anytime I see footage from that dark day, I tear up and think back to how horrifying and life-altering that event was for me. It was about 8:15 AM on September 11th and I was making some calls at work to prospective customers. I closed myself in the conference room where I could concentrate and remove myself from the noise of the office. At just after 8:30 a colleague burst into the room and urged me to follow her. I was very annoyed because I was right in the middle of a telephone call at the moment. As soon as the call was over I hung up and left the room to see what all of the fuss was about. I entered her office and, on her 6 inch mini-television, I saw one of the World Trade Center towers burning. She told me that an airplane had hit the tower. I took a moment and thought to myself, "what a stupid pilot." As we watched for a couple more minutes I witnessed the second plane come in and hit the second tower. I was in disbelief. It was at that moment that I thought "terrorists." We continued watching the television in horror as the towers burned. It was disheartening to hear Katie Couric obviously trying to hold back her tears. It all felt so surreal yet so close. A few moments later my office building shook. I thought "oh my God, what was that?" Moments later NBC reported that the Pentagon had been hit by a commercial aircraft. At this point I was near hysterics. I was barely able to grasp onto whatever sense of reality I still had and keep myself somewhat in control. There were rumors that a bomb had gone off at the State Department. I feared for my life -- I could not fathom what was going to happen next. Instants later, another blast shook my building. The lights went out for a few seconds and then came back on. I thought I had died. I could feel my heart beating uncontrollably in my chest as I thought of what to do. The only thinkg I could think of was the safety of my friends and family. In a momentary loss of control, I turned to the president of my company and yelled, "I'm getting the f@#$ out of here" without any comprehehnsion of what I had just said to him. I stormed out of the office, to my car, and onto the backroads to my apartment in the City of Alexandria. The drive home was scary. At one point a police car coming the opposite direction on a two-lane road passed the car in front of it, nearly hitting me head on. I was driving 50 mph on a 35 mph road and people were flying past me. Once I got to my apartment I could see the smoke on the horizon floating up from the Pentagon. The tears started flowing. I rushed inside, picked up the phone and tried calling every person I know. It was extremely difficult to get through -- the circuits were busy on almost every call I tried to make. After I found that my loved ones were safe, I tuned to CNN and wathed the horror unfold even further as the twin towers fell right in front of my eyes. I could not fathom what was happening. I could see it plain as day, but my brain refused to believe it. To this day I cannot hear a plain flying low overhead and not cringe. I have a scar from that day that will haunt me for the rest of my life. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story71.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: When the first plane hit the north tower my husband was just leaving for work I looked at the clock at exactly 8:45 am and I told him your express bus for manhattan is leaving at 8:50 hurry and go catch it. If my husband would have waited fiveminutes he would have gotten the phone call from his mother saying " a plane just hit the world trade center". I was leaving the house to drop my son off at my mother's so I could go downtown to 1 Centre st to go and order antoher copy of our marriage certificate which I could not find it at home. My original plan was to go with my than 5 month old son. But, my mother told me bring over here to my house and you go on your own. I probably would have just getting off the train if i would have left much earlier. My mother-in-law was leaving the message on te answering machine when I was about to leave. When she said those words "one of the towes has been hit by a plane". I answered my phone and said" hello, hello" that is when i looked out my window and saw one of the building with smoke. I live on the 23rd floor in coop-city in the bronx and my view is the new york city sky line. the towers stood proud and tall and we would always see the beauty of these towers. I immediately thought of my husband being on that bus not knowing what is going on. I called my brother who my husband workedwith and told him" when kevin comes in tell him one of the towers was hit by a plane." My brothe thought I was joking I told him I was serious. He as I did thought a helicopter, are a private small plane hit the building, definitly not a boeing 747. I contiued to call my mother and told her to watch the news, then I said I will see you in little while, not taking the situation not so serious. When i finally called my mother-in-law back we both watching from our homes she also lives in coop city. We looked at the television and sawthe second explosion. But, I never noticed in the view in with the camera's view imaged it was a second plane. I left and heard people on the bus saying it was a terroist attack. The pentagon was hit, I thought people where making up stories. Until I got to my mother's and she said to me that one of the tower's collapsed. I was horrified. I called my brother to see if my husband arrived he said he called and is heading back home. He saw the whole thing from the highwaym people on his bus had walkman's and give a account of what was happening to his. My brother was rushing out with his finace who was with him to go back to the bronx as soon as possible. He was in shock when he heard one tower came down. As my motherand I was attending to my son I turned as soon as the second tower came down. my heart fell to te ground I yelling out oh my god my mother looked at the television and we both got shiversup our backs. we thought the world was ending. In five minutes at being in my mothers I learned terrorist hijacked the planes, it was a boeing 747, one building just collaped, the pentagon was hit, and more planes have been hijacked. That was the one the most scarest days life. All I wanted is for my family to be safe. I stayed with y mother and father, my husband was with his mother, and my brother and fiance had to walk home. I pray for the families of the lost in this very important day in our american history. 'The day the world changed'. 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