277 20 7169 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was starting a new job that day, and we had orientation first thing in the morning. While I was waiting for orientation to begin, another new employee came in the lunchroom and told us that "someone is attacking the WTC and the Pentagon." Now, as shocking as the news was, there was no television at this company, so we had to go by just what the radio stations were telling everyone. We listened to the radio all day, and once the day was over, I drove to get my husband at work. I continued to listen to the radio, and I started crying because of all the horror of the tragedy, yet neither my husband or I had yet to actually see the images of what happened. Once we arrived home, we immediately turned the TV onto CNN. I just stood still for what seemed like an eternity, yet, it was only a few minutes. The most terrifying image of that day was watching the coverage of people jumping from the WTC. That was what made me cry, scream and become furious that someone could do this to us, all in the name of a "religion????" My heart goes out to all the families of the victims and to all the heroes who survived and who sacrificed their lives to save others. I will always remember 9/11 and those who died will not have died in vain. America will win the war on terrorism, and we will prevail. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story4333.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 the first day I was home from having my baby. A very special day taking our baby home. We were on our way to the baby's doctor and when we walked into the office the receptionist told us that a plane hit the one of the Twin Towers. The first thing I thought was it was an accident, I never thought of terrorism. After we got home from our appointment, we did learn it was terrorism. What should have been one of the best days our lives was one of the saddest we've had. It was difficult to give complete attention to my newborn baby that had various difficulties that needed my full attention, when my heart was suffering for all of the people who perished on September 11th. The one question I think over and over every day, is how could anyone be so cruel and end so many people's lives? No God would commend any such act. They will have to pay in the end. 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 story6861.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. 152.163.188.6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I am a veteran of the armed services. I was speechless when it happened, people were asking what's going to happen next? Well like i told them we (The United States)will find them who did this and punish them. what we all need to do is go up to a veteran and shake thier hand and say thank you. I have nieces and nephews who always telling me thank you because they know I am a veteran and that I am proud to be an american!! Checkout this site http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/michellesworld because it has a great memorial to the hero's of 9/11. Thank you 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 story4749.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I remember feeling as if I was in a daze as I watched from my office window the effects of the first planes impact on the twin towers. Nothing could have prepared me or anyone of us for what we were to experience in the days following such a harrowing event. Directely after September 11, 2001, my sister and I had to fly to South Carolina due to the death of my brother. It took all of the courage we could gather to board that flight and return at a later date. The one thing that has helped us through this is the power of prayer. Those who lost their lives will always be remembered by the ones left behind. We will carry the spirit of their lives with us 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 story2563.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 walking home from taking my 10 year old son to school,with my 2 year old in the stroller.As I was walking,I was looking up to the sky and saying to myself what a beautiful day.The sky was so blue, no clouds,and the sun was already warm on my face at eight a.m.When I arrived home, I had put on cartoons and made breakfast for my 2 year old.About 9:20 my husband called from work and asked if I had the television on.I told him that Ryan was watching his shows.He asked me to put on the news channel, that 2 planes had crashed into the World Trade Center in New York,and another into the Pentagon.I thought he was joking with me, that could not really happen.I changed the channel, and I was stunned, this was unreal. I thought someone was making a movie. I watched nothing else and was still in disbelief until I had arrived at my sons school to pick him up,and noticed the school flag was at half staff.Then I knew all that happened was real.I felt like crying, it was so sad.I could not understand how this could happen in this country,that was something you hear about someplace else. 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 story7348.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. 2002-09-14 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.188.6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: When I was young, I heard my grandparents talk about remembering exactly where they were and exactly what they were doing when JFK was shot..my mother can tell me to this day who she was with and where she was when she found out Elvis had died. I believe everyone will always remember where they were, what they were doing, and who they were with on September 11th, 2001.. I had just started homeschool that week, and as usual, I was sleeping in. My grandfather came in that morning and asked me to come turn on the tv, that two planes had collided in New York...little did I know when I turned on the tv that morning that I would witness the biggest event of my life. I think we sat and stared in disbelief and horror for hours. I attempted to do my schoolwork, but was unable to. My uncle was due to come home that day, he had been out of town with his work..my niece, or technically cousin, had just turned 8 months old on the 3rd..we were unable to get ahold of him that day, and it was the only time he hadn't sent my aunt an itinerary, as well as the secretary at his office. When we finally spoke with him, we were all relieved. It was a scary day for all, and my prayers are still with those effected by that tragic day. God bless them 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 story20360.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. 2006-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 199.191.74.20 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I am a fifth grade teacher at a local elementary school. We were told about the attacks via email from our principal and told NOT to tell the children. As I sat at the computer screen reading about the attacks, I felt my heart sink and my brain struggled to turn around and face 24 students with a smile on my face. How I did it I will never know. I felt like a zombie the entire day as I taught the subjects. Parents began showing up to pick up their sons and daughters and I wanted so badly to leave and hug my children. I live near TMI, the nuclear reactor and my biggest fear was that it would be targeted too. I was so glad when school was over and I could go home and just let out all the emotions I felt that day. I wanted to stay with my family and never leave them. My mind still cannot handle the terrible hatred these people have for us. I know I will never forget where I was and what I felt that day. Wendy Calvert Mountville Elementary 5th grade 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 story5089.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 staying over my girlfriend's apartment in Hoboken, NJ. It's a town right across the river from NYC. We both worked at MSNBC at the time. I had a precious day off so she left for work as she usually did, late. I went back to sleep. The phone rang around 8:45am. I figured it was Maria telling me she arrived at work - as she did from time to time. Too lazy to get out of bed to answer the phone I let it ring. Then, less than ten seconds later the phone started to ring again. Again, I let it go into voicemail. I was wondering why she would try again so quickly. I figured I would call her back shortly. I buried my head in my pillow when the phone started ringing again right away. I thought, what in the world is this girl ringing the phone off the hook for? Doesn't she realize I might be in the shower or something? I rolled out of bed and picked up the phone. Hello? Maria's distraught voice echoed, "Turn on the TV, a plane just hit the World Trade Center." I asked her to repeat. I assumed a small plane had hit the side of the building. I wondered if anyone below on the street had been killed by falling wreckage. Then, when I saw the image we all know so well of the hole in the tower I realized it wasn't a small plane. Once she got my attention she had to get back to work - being that she works in cable news. I immediately knew I had to call my mother in Florida to tell her that I was okay because as with all mother's she would fear the worst. I dialed her at work while keeping an eye on the television. As soon as she answered I told her I was okay. "What are you talking about?" she asked. I realized she did not know what was going on. Once I told her she didn't believe me because I have a habit of joking around a lot. But I soon convinced her I was serious and that she should get to a TV. Suddenly I saw an explosion in the other tower on TV. I couldn't believe it was happening right across the river from where I was, less than a mile away. "Oh my God, mom, there's been an explosion! I have to go!" I assured her I would be okay then hung up. I then frantically got dressed. I propped the door open because I didn't have keys and ran outside. In front of the building is a bus stop. When I ran down the stairs I saw people just reading papers and waiting for the bus. I couldn't believe they didn't know. The first person I came up to was a blond woman. "Do you know what happened?" I asked frantically. She looked at me with a strange expression - I'm sure I looked a little crazy - and she shook her head no. I told her then took off around the corner to the waterfront. When I arrived there was a large group gathered watching the towers burn. Two large black plumes of smoke reached up and out into the sky. It was truly a surreal scene - one I still have trouble contemplating more than a year later. People were on cell phones talking about what was going on with people at home that had access to the news. I overheard different reports. "It was two planes, another plane, the Pentagon has been hit, terrorism." The magnitude of the moment was beyond me. Being a journalist the next thing I thought of was getting a camera. I went back to Washington Street, the main road in Hoboken, and went into a drug store owned by Asians to buy an instant camera. I was surprised they were still open and even more surprised how calm they were. One woman was sweeping. "Can you believe this?" I asked. "Terrible," the man said with an accent. "That'll be nine dollars please." I ran back across the street to a park to get a vantage point but the fence kept it out of view so I ran out of the park and down to the water. I remember an officer was stopping traffic going down towards the main part of Hoboken where the towers were best seen. As I walked I realized what a beautiful day it was. It was warm and sunny. I started walking along the water taking pictures every few minutes. It was such a strange feeling. I was alone as I walked along the water, it was a beautiful day, and I was taking pictures of death and destruction in the distance. As I approached the main park in Hoboken which is right across the water from the WTC I continued to snap pictures. One man yelled at me as I took another picture. "You're sick!" I felt bad. I wasn't taking pictures because I thought it was neat. I was talking them as if my mind was unable to compute what it was seeing and I knew I would need some sort of reference at a later time. As I walked into the park I ended up behind a group of trees and the WTC was out of view. Then I heard it. A rumble followed by screams. Men who were up in a high rise being built at the time roared in agony as if their screams would somehow be able to stop what was happening. The first tower was falling down. Me and some others under the trees ran to get to the other side to see what was happening. When we emerged all we saw was a large cloud of smoke rolling through lower Manhattan. One tower was gone. People all around me were crying out, sobbing, swearing at nameless people. I felt like I had been punched in the stomach. A woman started calling out. "Does anybody want to pray for the families?" She started a prayer circle and I joined about 20 others. She prayed for about two minutes but at the time it seemed so useless although being a Christian I know it wasn't. While standing there I tried to dial my phone to reach more family and friends but it was dead. I asked a woman if I could borrow her phone but she said hers didn't work either. She had an accent that sounded German. Having lived in Germany I asked if she was but she said she was from Israel. "We see this in Israel every day," she said. Soon an officer was chasing us out of the park. We all slowly retreated back out of the park. I stopped for a few moments as the other building burned. I think I was in shock as after a few minutes I simply turned and walked away. Once around the corner and out of sight of the WTC I heard another rumble and more screams. "The other tower just fell," I said to myself. I found a payphone where I decided to call my sister in Florida collect. An opperator put me right through. "Hey Jen! It's Steve! Calling from wonderful New York!" I said trying to be funny. I then started sobbing. I told her I was okay, that I loved her, and that I wanted her to get right with God. I told her to call friends of mine as getting through was so difficult. I trudged back to Maria's apartment where I called her at work and told her I was coming in. I practically lived at MSNBC for the rest of the time I worked there. 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 story8920.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 seeing my now husband off to work. This particular moringin I actually stayed up (usually I would go back to sleep). I turned on KTVU news (which I do every morning) and saw something unimagiable. A plane hit World Trade Center. It was crazy and amazing. By this time everyone was spectulating that I was an accident,etc. Until I saw the second plane hit, and I knew something was seriously wrong. I got the kids up and proceeded to go to work, with a fastily beating heart and nerves. I didn't want to frighten the kids, so I took them to school. I proceeded to work and the bus, but it seemed like no one else knew what went on but me. When I got to work, I was informed from a co worker that a 3rd plane hit the pentagon. I received a call from my kids school that parents needed to pick up there children since America was under attack. When I got home, I explained to my kids what happened and they understood. Thank God for Nick Jr. channel it was the only one that wasn't broadcasting the attacks. 9/11/01 is a day I will NEVER forget. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story10640.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was in Earth Science at the time. It was after the buildings had already collapsed. I thought my teacher was joking. I was upset. I went home and watched the news. At first I was very sad but then that turned into anger. I felt like going to Afganistan to find Osama. A year later I am still very upset that we havnt found him and that other countries are not letting us invade Iraq. I hope that these events end terrorism around the world. 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 story2361.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. 207.10.224.42 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: The morning of September 11th of 2001 started out as a regular day; I was getting ready to go to school. For some reason, I turned on the TV that day. I usually never watch TV before school, but that morning, I decided to see if there was anything interesting on. To my surprise, there was news coverage on the Twin Towers on every single channel. At first, I had no idea what was going on. I saw images of two, tall buildings on fire, but I didn't know what had happened to cause such a thing to happen. My parents were in the living room watching it when I was about to leave for school. They told me that a plane had crashed into the Twin Towers that morning in New York. At my high school, that was what all the commotion was about. My Biology teacher brought in the TV for us to watch during class. The whole schedule at school was off that day. No one really wanted to teach or learn while there was so much disaster going on. Innocent people were dead, firemen and policemen were working hard to rescue others, hospitals were full with injured victims, and all around the world, people were asking, "Why did this happen?" What happened on September 11th was a very tragic thing to have happened to our nation- the United States of America. We lost our sense of security, and nothing would ever be the same again. I was sad that such a terrible thing had occurred and hoped that all the families who were affected more deeply than mine would be able to cope with the disaster. It was a horrid nightmare to many, and I truly hope that it would never repeat itself again. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story8314.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: Thanks to all who left messages yesterday. I was unable to use my cell for apparent reasons. Thanks for the well wishes and prayers. The memorial services were beautiful and the Flight 93 Crew Monument is amazing. I'm glad many of you enjoyed my commentaries and or sightings on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, C-Span, Action News, etc. It was a sad and emotional day to say the least... A man came up to me after the memorial service and told me he saw me on the "Today Show." He said that my comments made him want to pay respect to those who perished on Flight 93. He drove 2 hrs. to the crash site. I received this link when I got back today. It's very powerful. I'm reminding everyone to stay vigilant, stay angry, and NEVER FORGET OUR FALLEN HEROES. :> Eileen This video link is a reminder of our friends and our co-workers and all those lost on 9.11. It is difficult to watch but a beautiful tribute made by Los Angeles Police Officers. All my love, Frankie PS: The link may take time to download so please be patient. Here is the link: http://gunstuff.com/america-attacked.html 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 story20857.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: Thoughts on the first anniversary of 9/11/01 I remember watching horrified with the world as the Twin Towers burned and then in unbelievable slow motion, crashed to the earth. I remember screaming alone in my TV room, no, no they didn?t do this, no no no. It is exactly one year later. It still seems unbelievable. I had watched the Twin Towers being built. I worked on Wall Street and from my 26th floor office I saw them go up, floor by floor. Year after year they grew, and one day, amazingly, they were done. I commuted to work for three years through the basement of the buildings, walking out to the Plaza and to my office. Then one year I left NYC and moved to Boston, returning only for fun, like seeing friends, or going to the theatre and once, attending a wedding at Windows on the World. This loss of life, this loss of community, was so enormous. The sorrow is so deep; the pain so strong; the death so pointless, so unnerving. I felt so powerless to do anything. I didn?t know what to do. I vowed to carefully read every single obituary in the New York Times because I felt I owed at least this to each one. I wanted to try to remember the dead, and give their deaths meaning and importance as long as I could. I felt grateful to not have known anyone killed on the planes or in the buildings. I read obituaries for eleven months, and then one day I read an obituary of someone I knew.. And then the significance changed again, and I grieved more personally for a lost soul I remembered from long ago I was compelled to visit Ground Zero immediately. I had to look at this hole, at this devastation and searing horror. I wanted to see it straight on. So I went to New York two weeks later in September 2001. And I took these pictures that I send. The pictures cannot possibly show the pain or destruction or magnitude of this event. And more than anything, they cannot reveal the horrible smell. The acridity of the air, intolerable to breathe, burning and searing ones eyes so you could not stay looking because the pain was so great and the smell of death and destruction so powerful, it was impossible to be there and feel alive. It was an intolerable act leaving an intolerable devastation. The fences were just going up and the signs of restriction and posters of the missing tacked everywhere. Cables had been laid down in the streets to restore electricity and water. Piles of flowers and caps and teddy bears and despairing love notes laid out waist high in memoriam. Dust and ashes covered everything, smoke spiraled to the sky from piles in the site. Businesses were shut. Long, long trucks rumbled by piled high with twisted messes of stone and steel. The wind blew endlessly through everything. People were totally silent. Some nights I play tennis on clay courts. After the game the players must sweep the courts for the next players. Every time I sweep off the white lines with the roller brush gray clay dust billows up. I always feel sad. I always think of the dust at the World Trade Center and the spirits of those, loved by so many, who were wafted away into the sky. Thoughts on the first anniversary of 9/11/01 I remember watching horrified with the world as the Twin Towers burned and then in unbelievable slow motion, crashed to the earth. I remember screaming alone in my TV room, no, no they didn?t do this, no no no. It is exactly one year later. It still seems unbelievable. I had watched the Twin Towers being built. I worked on Wall Street and from my 26th floor office I saw them go up, floor by floor. Year after year they grew, and one day, amazingly, they were done. I commuted to work for three years through the basement of the buildings, walking out to the Plaza and to my office. Then one year I left NYC and moved to Boston, returning only for fun, like seeing friends, or going to the theatre and once, attending a wedding at Windows on the World. This loss of life, this loss of community, was so enormous. The sorrow is so deep; the pain so strong; the death so pointless, so unnerving. I felt so powerless to do anything. I didn?t know what to do. I vowed to carefully read every single obituary in the New York Times because I felt I owed at least this to each one. I wanted to try to remember the dead, and give their deaths meaning and importance as long as I could. I felt grateful to not have known anyone killed on the planes or in the buildings. I read obituaries for eleven months, and then one day I read an obituary of someone I knew.. And then the significance changed again, and I grieved more personally for a lost soul I remembered from long ago I was compelled to visit Ground Zero immediately. I had to look at this hole, at this devastation and searing horror. I wanted to see it straight on. So I went to New York two weeks later in September 2001. And I took these pictures that I send. The pictures cannot possibly show the pain or destruction or magnitude of this event. And more than anything, they cannot reveal the horrible smell. The acridity of the air, intolerable to breathe, burning and searing ones eyes so you could not stay looking because the pain was so great and the smell of death and destruction so powerful, it was impossible to be there and feel alive. It was an intolerable act leaving an intolerable devastation. The fences were just going up and the signs of restriction and posters of the missing tacked everywhere. Cables had been laid down in the streets to restore electricity and water. Piles of flowers and caps and teddy bears and despairing love notes laid out waist high in memoriam. Dust and ashes covered everything, smoke spiraled to the sky from piles in the site. Businesses were shut. Long, long trucks rumbled by piled high with twisted messes of stone and steel. The wind blew endlessly through everything. People were totally silent. Some nights I play tennis on clay courts. After the game the players must sweep the courts for the next players. Every time I sweep off the white lines with the roller brush gray clay dust billows up. I always feel sad. I always think of the dust at the World Trade Center and the spirits of those, loved by so many, who were wafted away into the sky. 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 story2057.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 the beginng of my sophomore year at East Stroudsburg University. I had Physical Geology at 9 a.m. that morning. As usual I awoke at 7:30 to shower and get ready. I never turned on the t.v. because my roommates were sleeping. I left my room at approximately 8:45 a.m. to go to class. We all sat there through the whole class not even having a clue as to what was going on in New York or in Washington D.C. After my class I had a meeting to go to. I met my sister as usual before the meeting and that is when I found out. She told me that planes had crashed into the twin towers and the pentgon. I remember her mentioning something about being attacked. I did not think she was serious but she insisted she was. We went to the room where the meeting was to be held, but no one was in there. Everyone was in the office glued to the t.v. That's when I first saw the replays of the planes hitting and the first tower collapsing. I was in disbelief. We eventually had our meeting and when it was over my sister and I went to eat lunch. We both had a class at 12 (we were actually in the same class). When we arrived at class and were waiting to go into the classroom someone came in and said that classes were cancelled and the university is closed. I really did not believe that the university closed because it is very seldom that the university closes. I went back to my residence hall and asked my resident director if the university was really closed and she said yes. That's when it hit me. This really did happen. For the first time that day I was truly frightened. Everyone was calling my room- my mom, my great aunt margie, and my fiance. I was espcially worried about my fiance because he worked in Allentown, one of the bigger cities nearby. I was not sure what would happen next. Would there be another attack or was it over? For the next several months I was frightened each time I heard a helicopter landing at the nearby hospital or even a plane flying in sky. 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 story5768.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just dropped my children off at school and then came home and sat down in front of the television. When I turned it on I wasn't sure of what I was seeing. There was a tall building on fire and I admit I didn't recognize it at first. I thought it was a plane crash that was happening somewhere else in the world. As I listened I realized it was one of the Twin Towers that was hit. It still didn't seem so bad at first. It looked like just part of a floor was on fire and that most everyone would get out. I felt so bad for the families of the people on that floor, not yet realizing the horror that was to come. Then the newscasters started telling the statistics of just how many people worked there and could be in that building. Everyone was wondering if it was an accident or something worse. Then, as I watched in disbelief, another planed crashed into the second tower. I knew instantly that none of it was an accident...this was an act of terrorism. I remember crying and saying, "No...you rotten bastards", and wondering what else could happen next. I called my parents and my in-laws to let them know what was happening. I was glued to the set...I felt so helpless...I wanted to do something...anything...but I just sat there watching and waiting. Then the Pentagon was hit. One of the stations was reporting that a journalist was on that plane and had called her husband before they crashed. I kept wondering how many more planes were going to crash and thinking, "What if some of the passengers could do something. If they knew the planes were being used as bombs, couldn't they do something?" I knew it was just a desperate thought...how could anyone do anything if they weren't prepared or trained? Then the towers fell....first one...then the other. It was incomprehensible. How could these gigantic skyscrapers just collapse in on themselves and come crashing down...floor by floor crushing everything inside? I thought things had been horrific up to that point....then I knew what horrific really was. It was seeing the Twin Towers being hit and burning, over and over again on the television. It was hearing how many people worked in those towers each day. It was watching people jump out of windows to their deaths, because they couldn't stand the burning heat in the building. It was watching the Pentagon being hit and knowing there were more planes unaccounted for. It was seeing United States citizens and United States icons being destroyed by people with hate in their hearts. It was especially, watching those buildings come down and knowing there were people in them. Knowing there were police and firefighters in them who had risked their lives to get as many people out as they could and in doing so had lost their own lives. It was the shock of seeing all this unfold and knowing we couldn't do anything to stop it. And then it was seeing that the last plane unaccounted for had crashed and there were no survivors. As the stories started rolling in about cell phone calls from Flight 93 passengers and what they had said, a picture of heroism started to unfold. It started with the police and firefighters that had gone into the Twin Towers and continued with the passengers of Flight 93 who tried to retake the plane so no more people would die below. It continued after that day with the men and women that dedicated themselves to cleaning up Ground Zero and accomplished it before a year had rolled by. 911 was such a horrific tragedy...but out of the ashes we have become stronger as a nation and patriotism has made a true comeback. Citizens are feeling more connected to each other as we have all experienced this together. Terrorism did not accomplish it's objective. Instead of making us cower and flee the region the terrorists came from... we went in there and went after the cowards who were hiding in their caves. We are not a weaker nation as they hoped.. we are stronger and feel more connected to our country than ever before. May 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/. 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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 when it realy happened, but when I came home everyone was talking about something. So I to put on the news and I found out what had happened in New York that morning. I was in alot of shock as it happened three days before my brithday so you could say that we were going to fight for what is right. 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 story10639.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2004-06-09 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 195.194.208.252 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My name is Lindsay, I'm 25 years old and I work as a nanny for a little boy named Sam who lives in Boxford. The morning of Sept 11th, I was watching Sam (who was then 8 months old) and we were doing as we normally did...playing, singing, and having fun. Oddly enough the phone that morning was ringing off the hook. I wasn't answering it because I usually let it go to the machine, but I also wasn't paying attention to the people who were calling and leaving messages. After about 6 messages, I heard Sam's grandfather on the line saying, "We haven't heard from John yet, call me when you get this." I had no idea what he meant, but I knew that John was Sam's uncle, his father's brother. The phone immediately rang again, and it was Sam's mother, Cathy. She asked if I had seen the news, to which I replied no, and she said to turn on the tv and have her husband call her the minute he got in. I hung up the phone and turned on the tv, not knowing what I was going to see. And there it was, both of the Twin Towers on fire, with headlines saying airplanes had just crashed into them. I was absolutely appalled. I honestly didn't understand what was going on, so I called my father. As he was explaining that they thought it was a terrorist attack, we both watched as the first tower fell to the ground. Neither of us expected that, and all I remember saying was..."Oh my God!" I hung up with him after a bit, and sat glued to the tv. I didn't know what to do. Finally, Sam's father came home and I found out that the reason they were worried and were looking for his brother John was because he worked on the 27th floor of one of the towers. The did eventually hear from him. He had gotten out very early when everything began to happen that morning, but he couldn't find any other way home but to walk. Not to mention that his cell phone wouldn't work, so he was finally able to call later that afternoon when he made it home. My day at work ended very soon thereafter because Sam's mom came home, she needed to be with her family, and they didn't want to keep me there. I just remember driving home, completely blank. It was like my head was spinning with the images and the thoughts of what I had seen and heard, but that it wasn't really happening. That it couldn't have happened. I think a lot of people felt that way. There was a dead feeling everywhere you went. And everyone seemed to just be moving and working in a monotonous fashion, only because they had to. I remember several years ago my parents telling me how they remembered exactly where they were and what they were doing when President Kennedy was shot, I know now what that feels like. I will never forget that day, the things I saw, and heard, and the way I felt in the midst of all of it. 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 story970.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at work listening to the local radio station. Right in the middle of a song, the dj cut in and said "I have just received word that a plane has struck the World Trade Center." I was like Oh My God. I went down front and told the counter girls to turn on the TV, a plane had just hit the World Trade Center. Darcy was like, you're kidding right. I said no SERIOUS, turn on the tv. On CNN they had live footage of the smoking tower. I was feeling really sad and scared. As the newscasters were showing footage and talking, another plane came and hit the second tower. I started to cry. I was so sad I felt NUMB. It seemed as if we were watching scenes from a movie, but it had really happened. I went back to my work area, and listened to the radio broadcast, they went to live feed from one of the news stations on tv. I kept crying and thinking Oh My God. Then when they announced that a plane had hit the pentagon, and one had crashed in Penyslvania field, under the assumption that plane was headed for the White House. TERRORIST.... HOLY SHIT...... I felt the need to just go get my children from school and hug them and hold them tight. After getting my children, I just talked with them, hugged them and kissed them and held them and asked them to say prayers for the victims and their families. I couldn't sleep that night, just thinking of the tragedy that had occured and couldn't help but think what else would these evil people do. I was so afraid. In closing I would like to say that every night in my prayers I ask that God be with the victims, their families and loved ones as well as to be with the police, firefighters, and everyone who helped to save people after this horrific series of attacks occured. I also ask God to please give us strength to live our lives without the fear of terror. 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 story6200.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: Viting had been very slow that day. We had anticipated a slow day, but not as bad at it had been. Finally around 11:00 am, someone came in to vote and said they just couldn't believe what was happening. In case you didn't know, it is illegel to have a radio or television or even newspapers or magazines inside the voting rooms. This is so they can't possibly see or hear anything that might influence their vote. Anyway, when we asked what was going on, they said that the World Trade Center had been hit by two seperate planes. That was all we knew for another two hours. Then we heard that Pittsburg had been attacked and about an hour later, we were told that there was a plane near Cleveland that was suspected of being held in control by hijackers. All of of thought that the whole United States was going to be attacked, little by little. It was one of the most terrifing days in my life. I wasn't afraid for my life as much as I was for my family and friends. It wasn't until the polls had almost closed that we heard that all planes had been ordered out of the sky and that just New York, Pennsylvanis and WashingtonD.D. had been hit. I say just because we had anticipated a much larger attack. When there wasn't anyone in the voting room, we all bowed our heads and prayed, even those of us who are not very religious. I came home that night and turned on the television. I watched in horror as I saw the planes go into the buildings and even more horror as I watched people jumping to their deaths to get away from the fire. It was too much for me to comprehand and I had to turn it off. I was tired but knew I couldn't sleep. I called my children, all who live in other states, and my sisters. We were always in touch with one another, but it was important for me to talk to them. I became angry over the next few days. I have always considered myself a liberal. In fact, one of the standing jokes was that when I get cut, I bleed to the left. But at first, I just wanted to close our borders at least for a while and find those who are in the country already illegaly and do with them what we must. I'm ashamed to say that I don't know if my feeling have changed that much over the past year. I had been playing with the idea of a family reunion and 9/11 gelled it for me. Thankfuly, none of my family were harmed. We have since had two members of the family go to Afganistan to fight, but they have come home safe. I wish that were true for all of the people. Respectfully submitted, Ginnie Errett-Porter 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 story5389.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: The Birds of Christ Out of the kingfisher, halcyon skies came the four hijacked jets bearing in their fuselages death by fire down on their pentacostal pyres. O seabirds, seabirds, distressed seabirds, with echoes of heaven in your raucous caws, O fork-tailed terns diving in the ghost plumes of smoke where the Twjn Towers stood as sign and symbol of the language of nations, O terns, terns, gone now in the terrorists' horror, gone the stanchions of commerce, o terns, terns and your cousin grebes diving in the midmorning air after the pancaking collapse of the Twin Towers, you, my seabirds, dive and DIVE DOWN where over five thousand died, O terns and grebes, sweep up and twist above the plumes of smoke to signify the rising of America. O birds of life and death, sweep up and twist where I last saw the Twin Towers of the World's commerce from the Belt Parkway next to Gravesend Bay birds who fly above fireman, policemen, citizens and foreigners, devoured I the maws and teeth of destruction. But you, my terns and grebes, on extended wings you sweep up in the air like the miracle of miracles - The Christ of our Resurrection flying now over the starred form of the Pentagon which we already deem to rebuild in eleven years. And so the flag and fury of America shall find its home raised in the hearts of its eagle people. C copyright 2001 By John J. Soldo 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 story622.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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