284 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: As nearly everyone's 9-11 story begins, it was a day like any other. I had just been to a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert in ohio that sunday, but now it was back to the grind. I had two early classes, and got out at 11 AM, not having heard the news at that point. I went to my car to wait out my break until my next class, and turned on the radio as I always did to listen to my favorite local talk show. But what I heard was some sort of a discussion of terrorist attacks on the world trade center, which I first assumed was a new development or arrest in the 1993 bombing, or some guest who had written a book about it or something. But then, they recapped, stating that the world trade towers had both been completely destroied. They went on to mention a fire at the pentagon, and when I heard that, I immediately started my car and headed for home. On the way, it took several attempts to get a cell phone call out, but I managed to call my family and tell them I was heading back home. I listened to the radio on the way back, and when I arrived home, I finally saw the video of it all. I got in touch with my girlfriend as well (who is now my wife). I called a good friend of mine, remembering that he had been laid off the previous week and had been drinking the night before. It turns out, though I called some time after noon, I woke him up. I told him what was going on, and he didn't believe a word of it. I told him to turn on the tv. He asked what channel, and I told him it didn't matter, even cable channels like MTV had switched to news coverage. The next day was another beautiful blue-sky day, and I'll never forget the clear blue sky without a plane to be seen. We are very near a lot of commuter airports, and underneath a lot of high altitude flight path as well, and on a normal day you can't ever look to the skies without seeing at least a couple of planes. But these were no normal days. None of us will ever forget this day. I suppose it ranks right up there with the moon landing and the kennedy assassination. 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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 husband came into the house telling me to turn on the TV as the World Trade Center had been hit by a plane. As soon as we turned it on, we watched the second tower being hit by a second plane. We could not figure out what was happening as it seemed surreal. We then noticed a smaller screen showing the pentagon. While trying to figure all this out, the mayor of Cleveland came on the news saying that there was an unidentified plane in their air space. Still confused, we went outside to try to see the plane, which we did not. We then called both of our children, one of whom lived in Hawaii and was still asleep. I don't believe we have ever been this upset in our entire 60 something lives, and sincerely hope we are never again in this position. 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 story7257.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: Around 10:05 AM I was listening to a story on Books-On-Tape as usual on my morning commute from home to George Mason University. I had a strange feeling come over me that the story was not important, so I turned off the tape and hit the news to learn about the crashes into the World Trade Center. I parked and walked toward class seeing a group of students gathered outside of the classroom building. They tried to tell me the news and asked if class was cancelled. Since I already heard about road closings near the Pentagon in a later news report before arriving at school, I decided on the spot that it would be best if we went inside and held class. In the classroom, we turned on the tv, but could only get sound and no pictures. About 80% of the class was there at the starting time at 10:30. First I asked if anyone had relatives at the Pentagon--six had relatives, mostly uncles and cousins. Since the cell phone system was not taking calls, the students did not know what to do. I mentioned that upward to 33,000 work at the Pentagon, so we will hope that no one of those known were in the section where the crash was held. My first task was to do a typical communication exercise during crisis situations--how did you learn about it. I was surprised that the plurality was first a person [family member, friend, etc.], second was the radio, and third was TV. No print was out yet... Then we heard a plane had crashed near Summerset, PA. One of the students was from there and his parents lived near there. I had him try to call on land lines, and use my phone in my office if needed. He came back in 10 minutes--not being able to get through. I told him to take a time period, like every 10 minutes and slip out to try. He had no luck. Then we discussed how rumors would be natural and discussed how journalists verify observations. At the time a bomb was suppossedly set in a car at the State Department. Several students had relatives working there. We heard reports about the roads closing and people walking across the bridges. One of my students got through on her phone to her dad who wanted her to drive home to Maryland through the disrict. I suggested she stay on campus as the district would be closed down and if more attacks would occur they would probably be in the district. Some students decided to leave as the tension was to great. By 11:15 am I was down to half the class. Around 11:25, 20 minutes before the end of class, the tension was so great and the discussion seemed to wither, so en masse, they all got up and left. I went home and had lunch with my wife and then returned to campus at 1:30 in case students were around and I did have a 4:30 class, which was cancelled later in the afternoon by the university closing down. I stayed until 4:45 and then headed home. Several times I say administrators walking through the building. It was reassuring to see them. 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 story907.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 like any ordinary day. I was in school at the time and then the power turned off. It was off for a long time. Then a security guard came in saying that one of the Twin Towers was hit with a plane. When the power came back on the teachers had their televisions on the news and I saw one of the towers in flames. I couldn't believe that this is happening. Apparantly it was happening but I was still stunned by it. My father picked me up from school and took me to his job. I watched the television and I thought about how tragic this was. When the second plane hit and it was stated that is was a terrorist attack I lit up in a burning rage. I went home thinking how badly I wanted to put the criminals who did this in prison. Then I saw that people chose to drop onto the street instead of burning alive I burnt up even more. I though I was about to start and inferno and burn my house down. I didn't get any sleep that day either. I don't think any body did. 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 story9249.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 my science class and i sit closes't to the door and some of the class rooms have tv but mine diden't. I herd someone crying out the door and me and my teacher whent out of the class to see what was wrong i diden't see any tears because her head was down so i thought that it was a joke but then i saw some others crying to so i said to my self i don't think it's a joke. I found out later in school that people had aunts and uncles cousins and friends that all past away in the 911 all because of terrorists of afghanistan. 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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 biology and a kid in my class came back from a restoom break and said turn on the tv there is something happen in new york city. My teacher immedately turned on the tv and there it was showing the first plane hitting the building. We watched it through the whole day of school and then in 3rd block they both fell. the rest of the day everyone felt down and no one would ever be the same. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: At the beginning of 2001 I had suffered through a business failure. While chasing what had proved to be a non-existent business opportunity the previous year, I had also developed some health problems. We struggled financially throughout 2001, and finally in August, my wife left me. To save money, I had cancelled cable. For the mornng of September 11, I had lined up an appointment with what I thought was going to become a very important client. I had arisen early and driven nearly 2 hours to Madison, WI. My car radio was dead, but I was pretty happy about this appointment and I remember singing my way to Madison. I walked into the client's office about 10 minutes late. When he came to the lobby to meet me, I stuck out my hand and said cheerily, "Good morning, How are you today?" He looked at me somewhat quizzically and said, "I'm fine except for what's going on in the world." I quickly explained aout my car radio not working and said, "Well, tell me what's happening!" When he told me that someone had flown a jet into the Tower, my jaw just dropped. I didn't know what to say. I seem to remember launching into my sales presentation and just getting thru it as quickly as possible. When I left his office I called my ex-wife. Someone had brought a TV into the office, and she updated me on the latest happenings. I went to a MacDonald's and sat for an hour watching replays of the coverage. I tried to make a few sales calls but did not seem to have the heart for it. After I drove home, I called my son. He works third shift and had slept most of the day. We shared a pizza and watched the replays. We both agreed it looked like scenes from the movie "Independence Day." I held my grand-daughter tight that night. 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 story3356.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I am a Federal Service employee, a supervisor at Fleet Technical Support Center, Pacific. We provide technical services to the various ships and shore stations in the Pacific/Indian Ocean areas for all systems and equipments installed aboard U.S. Navy units. I arrived at my office at 0530, the normal time for us to arrive since we commute from Temecula, CA, about 60 miles north of San Diego. Sometimes traffic is heavier that normal so we plan to arrive earlier than our normal start time of 0600 just in case. My normal morning routine is to lite off my computer, check email, while listening to the news on the radio. This morning was a little different. About 10 minutes after getting into my routine, the news broadcaster mentioned that an airplane apparently had gone astray and had run into one of the twin towers in New York City. He speculated that the plane was from Kennedy or La Guardia and had simply gone off course. I called my wife at home in Lake Elsinore and asked her to turn on the TV and see if there was anything on the network news about the crash. She said that she was watching the whole thing on TV and that has just seen another plane in the air behind the second tower. Just then, the plane collided into the tower and the flames shot out the other side of the building. I heard her scream, then say "Oh, my God"..... She started to cry. Not exactly the way I would have wanted her to start her day, but today, the world was changing forever. We talked for about 10 more minutes before I had to hang up. Things started happening around the base. Security was advanced to a very high level. Personnel were being turned around at the gates. Access was restricted to those already on the base, and only active duty military personnel were being allowed on the station. The traffic patterns around the Naval Station were quickly clogged with cars and civilian employees trying to get to work. Those that could find parking outside the base did so and walked through tightened security to gain access to the base. Many painful minutes passed as did rumors regarding the status of forces and reactionary responses. Shortly after 0900, all supervisors were assembled in the department office to learn that all civilians were to be released from duty until further notice. No one was to be deemed "essential" for the interim. All functions would be covered by the military members of the command until further notice. Should there be a need, the assigned Command Duty Officer (CDO) would contact the appropriate supervisor for any emergent work that was required by the units of the Pacific Fleet. All civilians were instructed to call in to the CDO each morning to determine our status and when we would be allowed to report back to work. The supervisors were to contact all of their employees as soon as word was received that we were allowed back on board the Naval Station. By 0945 that fateful morning, all civilian employees of Fleet Technical Support Center were dismissed. On the ride home, we were glued to the radio wondering what was next. The evacuation of the White House sent shivers up my spine. The next plane flew into the Pentagon, another site where I had been on many occasions during my 25 years of civilian employment and my nine and one half years of active naval service. Who is this that is attacking the very core of our democracy, and for what purpose? What organized fanatic group or country had mastermined this deadly display of terror? Could it have been a country in the middle east, a land of many cultures so different from mainstream America, where life seems cheap with the daily suicides conducted by Islamic and Muslim fundamentalists for the good of Allah? Too many questions and not enough answers. Arriving home, I found my wife stayed home from work. Glued to the television, I arrived in time to see the second tower collapse to the ground. Still in a state of shock at what had happened, we prayed for the police and firemen, the innocent civilians trapped in the inferno and hellishness of the entire scene. The thousands of lives that would never be the same, ever 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/. 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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 morning of September 11, I was going to an agricultural show in Fargo ND with my fiance. He came to pick me up at 8:30 am and the first words out of his mouth were "It has already been a really crappy morning" I hadn't yet heard the news and asked him if his pickup had broken down. "No, Angela, someone flew a plane into one of the World Trade Center buildings. They've done it right this time." He turned on the TV and I all I could do was stand there in awe. By then the second plane had hit and mass chaos ensued. We went to the farm show in Fargo,and saw the F-16 planes from the National Guard leave to defend our country. It was so strange--they had closed malls in Grand Forks and Fargo, gas prices shot well over $5 a gallon, which was sick and twisted,not to mention wrong) and we were left feeling empty, hollow and wondering what's next? I will never forget those who died and I will never forget that bright and sunny day that darkened our nation. Even though I didn't know anyone involved, I cried for every one of the lost and prayed for their families. I sat by my TV tuned to CNN for days hoping to hear good news about survivors. I cried everytime a funeral procession was shown for a firefighter or a policeman. North Dakota lost one citizen that day,Ann Nelson from Stanley. 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: Jay Rounds Global 5 The Day The Twin Towers Collapsed Some day someone will ask you where you were on September 11, 2001. I will say that I was in school and saw one of the two planes crash into the World Trade Center and saw the two buildings collapse. I did not feel anything but hate for the people who did this. The attack happened when I was in Miss Kersch's Earth Science class. It was third period early in the morning. The kids around me could not believe what was happening. I think the people of America were surprised that this happened. I think that we were thinking that we were too feared to be attacked. Well it looks like fear did not keep those two planes from crashing into the twin towers. My self, I did not see the planes hit but I did see the buildings fall. I think the second building that was hit fell first. Ten minutes later the other building fell. How could something like this happen? I wonder if the people in the buildings felt more fear than shock.. The New York Fire department and the police department lost a lot of brave people that day and there were a lot of stories of their bravery. I am proud of the work that they did. Many volunteers from around our area went to help clean up the two-mile path of destruction that was left. It took a long time to clean up and so far everybody that was killed have not been found. Just this past week they have stopped looking for corpses. It was a very sad thing to see knowing that some families will never know what happened to their loved ones. Let this be a lesson to us so that we can be ready for the next attack. Can we do something that will prevent this from happening again? I think we can. I agree with the many ways that the government is trying to prevent this from happening 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 story751.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 my son who is in the Coast Guard and was stationed at Marblehead,Ohio on Lake Erie, calling me to ask us if we had heard what had happen. Instanly I turned on the TV and there it was the World Trade Towers burning and smoking. I watched in horror as the second plane hit the second building. I asked my son if he were okay and what this meant for him. He explained that they were on High alert and what ever he was asked to do he would do it. I said good-by and that I loved him. Then I sat and watched as the days events unfolded, the pentagon, and then the plane in Pennsylvania, and I cried. I cried for all the people that I knew were dead, I cried for their families, I ached inside for the American people and wondered how it would effect all of us. I hurt inside for the man who was President, not even in office a year and faceing the greatest challenge any President had had to face. And I grew angry. So very angry. How could any one plan the mass destruction of so many people, cause so much hurt and pain to all the people of America. For the first time in my life I honestly fealt that I could have killed someone, the someone who had done so much hurt. Time has passed, the anniversary of 9/11 is upon us. My heart swells with pride. The terror and devastation of a year ago will never be forgotten. The terrorist who tried to ruin are country and attacked the whole world have done something that they never imagined. They united the world as one. My hope and pray is that from this we will continue to grow as a race of beings who can and will accept all and any for who they are and what they are, no prejudice, no more oppression, no more wars. Someda, many, many years from now we will look back to September 11th 2001 as the day the human race begin it's climb towards World Peace. It will be a long road, filled with pain and more suffering, but we will get there. I have seen more love and courage in this last year then in my entire lifetime. I am proud of my Son and his courage in wanting to protect his country and the world. 9/11 changed us all, not just the people in New York, the Pentagon or Pennsylvannia but all of us. Hopefully changed us for the good. God Bless America. And God Bless us 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 story5391.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: The day was usual; I woke up my 13 year old son at 6:15 a.m. and we both began our normal morning routine. At 7:10 a.m I watched my son board the school bus and I headed inside to finish getting ready for work. I keep a small TV in my bedroom and religiously listen to the Today Show each and every weekday morning while doing my daily ritual of dressing, doing the make-up, making sure I don't have a "bad hair day", taking care of Honeybear's (the dog) needs and just doing whatever last minute things I always manage to find to do before heading out the door. I was just about to head out of the house & went over to turn off the TV when the Today Show suddenly started talking about the horrible incident of 9/11. I stood glued to the TV and witnessed the 2nd plane fly into the 2nd tower in total disbelief. I could feel myself becoming anxious and wondered what was going to happen next. I wanted to be with my son and called the school to advise of the events. I was assured by the office they would take care of the kids, but we could get them out of class if necessary. Living in a suburb of Chicago, I knew the City could be a prime target and I seriously thought about bringing my son home. I then received a call from a co-worker who asked if I'd heard anything about something going on with planes. When I related the incidents to her,she asked if I could bring in a TV as our office has none. I was able to round up 3 small TV's we have and took them all to our office. Everyone watched the news for the next few days while working. The events that took place on September 11, 2001 will be with us forever. My son is old enough to understand the consequences and impact this has had on our country. I do know this has made us a much stronger country, however, I feel this strength will fade rapidly. Our country has become one of greed for wealth, and those who fit this category will be the ones who lose this strength first. It's sad this will happen, but it will. (this is a whole story on it's own, so won't go there now!) The 1-year anniversary of 9/11 was just as moving as the event itself. While it brought many tears, even though I did not have a personal connection to any of the deceased or injured, it also brought back the sense of pride I have for this great Country. My co-workers advised me today they thought of me instantly for bringing the news into their lives a year ago with the TV's I brought to work. There was a very somber mood in our office all day as we reflected on our thoughts and prayers of the losses so many people suffered. The media did an exceptional job today in bringing back to us the painful reminder of what happened. I cried many times today listening to the stories of the survivors. My heart goes out to every person who lost a loved one or was injured from the horrible terrorist attack. I will continue to pray for world peace so our children and their children can live without fear in this beautiful country. 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 story5858.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: "One of the twin towers has been hit. Turn on your TV." This news seemed to shatter my innocent young world. As I stared at the television in disbelief, I felt like I was watching some Hollywood movie. "Was this really happening in my country?" I thought we were indestructible." Suddenly to my amassment, I watched as the secound tower was hit. Even though I saw the sight through someone's camera, the scene was real, those were real people, and all I could think of doing was crying. No one I knew worked in those buildings, but yet I was amazed by the magnitude of the destruction and the lose of life. But there is still time for more people to... The South Tower came crashing to the ground. Now it was up to the emergency crew to rescue as many people as they could. Around 10:29 am the North Tower fell. The 110-story buildings were diminished into dust. By now, the word American, took up a new meaning. Before I knew it, the Pentagon was struck and another plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, my home state. The acts that seemed to begin as an accident were actually part of someone's plan. "Who would do such a thing? What was this person thinking?" One year later, I am still shocked when I see pictures. Just one month before the attack, I was near the Twin Towers. Last May 11, 2001, I visited ground zero. That area had changed, New York had changed, Americans in general changed. Also in May, I visited Washington D.C. on a class trip. Being an American really made me feel proud. I was living in a country where people were really free and where terorists cannot destroy the spirit that keeps it a live. As I participated in the memorial service at the football stadium, I looked around and saw people that I know that are firemen. Many of them knew someone who was in the attack or that helped to clean it up. During the moment of silence, I thought about the parent-less children, the parents that lost their son and/or daughter, and the people of America that helped pull our country back on it's feet. People may try to destroy America but it's citizens are determined to fight to save the country that they believe in. 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 story3689.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 September 11, 2001 I was sitting in front of the TV and was shocked of the pictures I saw there...I love America and the WTC was a sign for the unity of the world and a symbol of america....Then I tried to find words about the happenings and I wrote this poem: WTC A crash Voices all around Smoke enters the lungs People screaming for help Footsteps roar down the floor The first tower collapses Fear in our faces Tears in our eyes People jumping out of the window A big cloud of dust behind us The second tower collapsed The beginning of the end?!?! It includes all my feelings and I hope you like it... Cy a Godd 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 story8575.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-10-25 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 62.246.92.118 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 left the courthouse after hearing of the plane crashes and a collapse. I had no idea of the extent of the damage. I drove home on the N.J. Turnpike and could see, firsthand, the New York skyline and the cloud of smoke and dust where the Towers once stood. I didn't yet realize at that time that my uncle worked in Tower 1. When I learned that no one had heard from him, everything stopped. Going to his home and being with the entire family was the longest day of my life. Hearing his kids cry was sickening. Chris was 35 years old with a wife and five kids ages 9 to 2. He left behind his mother, a brother and 4 sisters and countless nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and loved ones. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story672.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. 2002-05-26 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 67.82.107.182 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: Life as I new it ended on Sept. 11,2001 at 1005 when I recieved a call from my Platoon Sargeant informing me that my unit was on alert. I was a single parent of five and working two full time jobs to support us. Post Office as a mail carrier from 0700-1530 and the IRS as a data transcriber from 1800-0230. I had to leave my children ages 17,13,10,5,and 2 for a year. This was devastating for my children. How do you explain to a 2 year old that you have to leave them in someone else's care? My three oldest dealt with it a little better because I had to leave them for Desert Storm. I missed all of there birthdays and that was hard on all of us. I take satisfaction in knowing that by me going I was making life a little safer for my children as well as all the children around the world. I am very proud of the contributions I have made in the war on terrorism and I'd do it again if I had to. God has brought me home safe and has taken care of my family. HE has given my fiance' the strength to stand by me and wait. Together with my family they took care of my children and they're all well. I dn't regret a day of my military career and it has been a long hard one. I have 9yrs 10mnths active and 2 years reserve time and despite serving in two campaigns,I will retire from the United States Army. Proudly Submitted SGT Marlene Frazier-465th Transportation Company,Bristol, PA 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 story7047.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. 2002-09-13 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: September 11th, 2001 was a morning to remember. The day started with a clear,crisp smell to the air and a sky that was a perfect shade of blue. I can remember looking up into the cloudless blue and thinking, what a day to be alive.... It was between 10:30 and 11 am that I received a phone call from my daughter-in-law, Paulette. She was screaming, "We are under attack, the World Trade Center is falling and the Pentagon has been hit by hi-jacked planes." I didn't believe her, that could never happen here, not in our country, not America. Then I turned on the tv, the towers were fallin. It was all true. All I could think of was that everyone had made it out in time, and then I saw the smoke and debree flying everywhere. I knew then that many people were dying. Since that day our nation has changed, we are more united than ever before. My hopes and prayers are with all the young men and women who must now put their lives at risk to rid the world of people like Osama Bin Ladan and Suddam Hussan... Thank you for letting me share my story. 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 story6182.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. 205.188.209.38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I will never forget that date.... SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. It's as fresh and clear in my mind as if it had happened yesterday. I can recall that I had just returned home from dropping my 13 year old off at school and I sat on my bed with a cup of coffee to continue to watch the morning news on Fox as I did on a routinely basis during the weekdays. The news reporters were discussing the fact that a plane had just crashed into the Trade Center. I was sitting there listening and thinking to myself about how could this happen and that the airlines are getting just too scary for me to take a flight anywhere again. My initial thoughts were that it was some sort of mechanical failure. As I contiued to watch I noticed a second plane near the trade center. At first I thought it was a news reporter plane covering the crash sight, then all of a sudden that plane too crashed into the trade center. I gasped "Oh My God! What is going on? That was no accident." My response almost matched the response of the reporter on the t.v. It was so devistating to sit there and watch this happen.The next thing I knew I was sitting there sobbing, feeling pain for lives that were just lost. At that instant I think I was glued to the t.v. for what seemed to be six hours. Flicking from station to station trying to get as much information as I could that would somehow explain this horrible set of events. As the day went on my family and I seemed to be in shock and total dismay. At the same time it cause us to be that much more grateful for our lives and families and it also caused us to realize not to take anything or anyone for granted. We sat as a family together and just held eachother in silence. It is so unimaginable that something like this could happen in the united stated. "This type of thing just don't happen here". So we thought. To this day I can only imagine what the families of those stolen lives must be going through.I can only pray that God sooth their aching hearts. If there was anything possitive that resulted from this whole ordeal was that the people of the united states were truely united at that time. It didn't matter what color, race, age, religion you were I belive that mostly everyone became a little closer to their fellow american. This was a devistating wake-up call to america and how vulnerable we all are. Also a test of our unity as a whole. After all we are the UNITED STATES OF 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 story8865.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 know I'll never forget the morning of September, 11, 2001. I'm a flight attendant and I was on a layover in Burbank, CA when my phone rang within minutes of the first impact at the World Trade Center. I rubbed my eyes, and turned on CNN, only to see the second aircraft flying directly into the second tower. At first I thought that this was a bad movie scene, and then I realize that this was real~~very real. Within minutes, my cell phone began ringing as did both pagers. I oversee our EAP (Employee Assistance Program) for the Association of Flight Attendants at Alaska Airlines, and I carry an emergency pager on behalf of this program and our airline. My pager read the first of MANY text pages of updates on cancellations, and eventually the complete grounding of the nations' aircraft. I knew that this was only the beginning. I wasn't concerned with the fact that I couldn't get home~~my concerns were with my brothers and sisters who gave their lives heroically on those four flights, as well as the loved ones they left behind. My concern then turned to my coworkers, and the fears that we were all facing of our occupations and the way that this horrific event has forever changed our careers, and what that continues to mean. Seven months after this infamous day, the fears have not subsided~~yet changed. If anything, as I put on my uniform and go to work, I do it for those who did the very same that fateful morning, not knowing that thier precious lives were soon to be cut short. I do it out of pride of who we are as Americans, and this great nation in which we live. I grieve for the "life" I've left behind, but I live for a future in which I know my freedom will be protected and preserved. Respectfully, Melody Respeto 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 story441.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 just another typical morning. Or so I thought. While heading up Route 495 North in Tewksbury, MA I turned on my radio. I heard a woman reporter saying the World Trade Center had been hit. At that time, it appeared to be a blast of smoke and fire. No one knew exactly what had happened. When I got to work every one was in shock! How could this happen in the United States? And why were we chosen? As the day unfolded I continued to log on to CNN news from my computer. Every time I heard more devastating news, I'd run into my boss' office and fill him in. I work in Sales, and we didn't sell a thing that day. We just couldn't pick up the phone and chat with our customers regarding our high tech solutions when people were dying. I kept thinking about my deceased father who had served five years in the Army; he had come through the Battle of the Bulge with Patton. I think had he been alive, he would have been deeply disturbed because he had seen the horrible effects of what bombs can do. I was lucky...I didn't loose any one to that day. Marie A. Holzwasser 255 North Road Unit 179 Chelmsford, MA 01824 September 11, 2002 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 story7193.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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