43 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 awoke to a frantic phone call from a friend of mine. He was me telling that America was being attacked by someone. A plane just hit the World Trade Center, turn on CNN. I turned on the TV and was in a state of total shock. I couldn't believe it when the second plane hit the 2nd tower. Then the pentagon and oh my God they have another? Then the news it was headed for Washington, but it crashed in PA. No one survived. I was immediately on the phone to my friend in Colorado, one of many long distance calls that day. Once I had my 14 year old son ready to go off to school I decided that he was to stay home close to me, where I wanted him, where he would have a history lesson he would never forget! I am not a religious woman, but I am deeply spiritual. My son and I had a prayer circle with another friend of mine that day. We sat in the middle of my living room holding each other, crying, with the door open, the TV blaring and we prayed to God for comfort for our country and guidance for our leaders! Then I got active and called to volunteer my services at our local Red Cross and Blood Bank. I felt better for doing at least a little bit. September 11, 2001 was a day I cried a soul breaking cry. Today, September 11, 2002 I cried a soul breaking cry. But, today I am sad and determined, not terrified... THEY LOST!!! THEY DID NOT BREAK ME OR MY COURAGEOUS SPIRIT. I HOPE THEY DID NOT BREAK YOU! The best revenge is to live well! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story4211.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: At 7:30 a.m., my husband Dave & I and our dog headed to NJ to spend my birthday at the shore. It was so beautiful. As we headed South on the NY Thruway, we noticed an odd occurence. A plane passed by overhead which was unusual since it wasn't a flight path normally. We didn't think anything else however as the plane disappeared from sight. At 8:40 we were driving south on Route 17 in Mahwah NJ - and shortly thereafter saw the Manhattan skyline. As we always did at that point, we commented on how it looked like we were headed toward the Emerald City. Without realizing it - we were seeing the Towers just as the first plane hit but we were too far away to see anything specific. At about 3 minutes to 9, we entered the Barnes & Noble Bookstore on 17. We browsed and had a cup of coffee and made our purchases. By 10:20 we were at New Jersey Institute of Technology - to see our son Justin. He came out of his dorm to greet us and then soon numerous students came pouring out saying that the Towers had been bombed and were collapsing. At first we thought they were being terribly tacky and Justin thought they were engaged in pledge week pranks. I had gone into the building and seen the broadcast of the towers going down on the student lounge T.V. And then - everyone headed toward the parking garage across the street and we followed. From the roof - we watched the smoke and ashe and souls rise from the city across the bay. The campus police had us all leave the roof as no one knew what else would happend and where. No one knew at that point the extent of the destruction. Justin decided to stay at school so Dave & I headed to my parent's house in Aberdeen NJ - Monmouth County. My father, who had planned to go to the city that day never made it. He had planned on taking a late bus - one leaving after 9 a.m. However, once having heard the news, he knew he wouldn't be going in any time soon. We stayed w/them for awhile and I called other family members who lived or worked in the city. One brother was on a business trip although he works a block from the Tower site. I found out later my other brother Joe was at the site almost immediately and worked for a couple of days on rescue/recovery. I wanted to go as my husband and I are both ministers but since it was my birthday - and since he felt we couldn't do anything, Dave insisted we stay in NJ. We went to the shore - had lunch at a small restaurant near Sandy Hook. We could see people who obviously had made their way back from the city - riding on the back of trucks, jackets slung over their shoulders. We could hear people talk about how they hadn't made it to the city for one reason or another that day and what that felt like. We realized we could have just as easily decided we were going to go to NY for the day as to the shore. We spent the next few hours at Sea Bright beach along w/a number of others who were there to pray, meditate, be w/others but alone - all looking north at the continued cloud of horror. On the way home, we stopped to see friends and then we drove back north. The weird thing that finally made it sink in was being waved through the toll booths on the G.S.P. We finally made it home but I don't even remember going to sleep. I do remember us talking about the possibility of me knowing someone who had been hurt or killed since I had grown up in Monmouth County. It turns out that I knew a man who had been on Flight 93. That was heart breaking even though it had been a while since I had seen him. It also turned out that the plane that had passed overhead the day before was the first plane to hit the North Tower. I am writing this now since I can't sleep. I have much to do tomorrow but almost wish I could sleep through it. However, I know as strange as September 11th will seem from now on, it won't be as painful or as difficult as those who lost loved ones. My thoughts and prayers and those of my family go out to all of them. Hugs to you as well. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story2169.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 watching cnn and thought it was a accident........ everytime I sit and think about it, It hurts. I cry and i will always remember. 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 story9112.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: As the hours of horror crept by and the images on the television became an series of searing images in my brain and mind, I struggled with what sort of response my country should make to such unthinkable evil. Each hour brought more certainty to me that the entire nature of the American people had been so completely misread and thoroughly misunderstood by whoever was responsible as to have created a mindset in which they thought Americans too weak or pampered and the United States too politically disordered to respond. On September 12, that thought became a poem in my mind about who we are and the depths of the American will to find those responsible and root out this evil at its source, and I wrote out the words. If it speaks to you of a sense of the American spirit, please feel free to keep it and send it to friends.  YOU DO NOT KNOW ME September 12, 2001 You do not know me. I live on quiet tree-lined streets Whose branches overarch the roadway Giving shade to all who walk there In every city of this land. You do not know me. My father gave his c-rations to a starving child in Germany. My brother gave his chocolate bars to hungry Vietnamese children My son gave a blanket to a shivering twelve year-old Iraqi soldier who surrendered Half a world away--for desert nights are deep and cold. You do not know me. In my time we have ended the horrors of death by diphtheria, smallpox, polio, Found the causes of malaria and cholera, Given humans new hearts and kidneys when their own have faltered, Created medicines to help the afflicted of mind and body, Grown new strains of food enriched with special elements to nourish hungry people, Walked on the moon, And danced in the interstices of heaven. You do not know me. I have seen vast oceans of wheat growing in our heartland That will feed those suffering from drought in Ethiopia, Civil war in Rwanda, Hungering multitudes in Bosnia, Kosovo, Bangladesh, and Haiti, People suffering from flood in China, or failure of a harvest in Russia. You do not know me. I have heard the endless sound of silence in purple- spangled mountain spaces, The sound of wind through boughs of pine on high desert mesas aromatic with sage, The babble on streets of great cities that never sleep, The endless din of steel poured, coal mined, automobiles manufactured, And the first cry of my grandchild as she came from the body of her mother, And in that sound saw all I am stretch before me into the infinity of tomorrow. You do not know me. I have worked hard, Typed a million million words in offices of schools and courts, Raised children, Supported the building of my church, Given what I could to the hungry and homeless whose need I see around me, Cared for a parent dying of Alzheimer?s disease, And bottle-fed abandoned new-born kittens who arrived unheralded to share my years. I have known the beauty of tolerance, The joys of working together, And the strength of community. I love three things beyond life or the telling of it: My family, my country, and my God. You do not know me. You do not know that all these things have shaped a steadfast heart That will freely yield them up If by doing so I can at last insure The freedom to walk my tree-lined streets in shade, Hear the sounds of wind in desert spaces, Feed the hungry, Raise my children, Care for my parents, And love my family, My country, And my God. ?-Diane Spencer Pritchard-- 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 story7706.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: How did you witness history on September 11th? Share your experience. "I heard it on the radio, and initially dismissed it as media hype." "But as time passed, it became The Day." Has your life changed because of September 11th, 2001? If so, tell us how. "Not significantly in the daily routine, but as an awareness and a perception beyond the immediate cultural boundries, very much." What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? "Why it happened, because it's the why behind the action that drives the individuals to do what they think is the best response to their circumstance." Did you fly an American flag after the events of September 11th? Have your feelings about the American flag changed as a result of September 11th? "Yes I did fly the flag. Not about the flag itself, about what it created and represented." 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 story8749.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 watching the last new. It was around 11pm in Adelaide. I was studying for an exam the next day, I should have been in bed. I wasn't paying attention to the TV at all really, but I heard the presenter say a plane had hit the WTC. I thought it was either a joke or a terrible accident. At no point did it occur to me that it would be anything else. My mum is inlove with NYC. For as long as I can remember she's always wanted to visit that great city. We have a large picture of NYC hanging in pur lounge room above the fireplace. I think it's the Brooklyn Bridge with the WTC in the background. I loved look at it, how big and grand the city was. I myself, wanted to visit the city one day. And there they were on the new report, live from NYC. One of the towers had been hit and I couldn't believe the building in the picture was the same one on fire on my TV screen. What happened next is something I will never forget for as long as I live. We watched as *something* flew from the left of the screen and slammed into the second tower. I didn't know what was going on and some part of me didn't want to know. Your heart catches in your throw when you see something like that. I couldn't move, I don't like I could breathe. My eyes filled with tears and I sank to the floor and watched as history was changed. We watched live on our TV screens the terrorist attacks on America and people say the 21st century is so great. I coud have lived without having to see it for myself. But then I guess maybe it's an important lesson learned for all of us. It was about 1am when my Dad walked into the room and told us that the Pentagon was also hit, and it was then that we knew what was going on. We knew what was happening, and we couldn't believe it. We didn't want to believe it. To us, America is so strong, how could this happen to her? Which brings driving terror, if it could happen to America, could it also happen to us? The first tower collapsed, and my life, the world and history was changed forever. In that moment it was almost as if you could feel the terror the entire world was feeling, it was overwhelming. I didn't sleep that night, I couldn't. My safe little world where these sorts of things don't happen to us, was falling apart. And I say these things do happen to us, because the western world looks up to America. September 11 was actually September 12 in Australia, my sister's 18th Birthday. It's cretainly something she won't soon forget, nor with the rest of the world. It will take time, but the world, and America will overcome this. 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 story999.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My friends father Enrique Antonio Gomez& uncle Jose Gomez worked as chefs at WTC& she was wacthing the tragedy in the very same insident as the WTC were going down with all the hope she had she was hoping that nothing would happen to her father& but she lost him and that was painful to me to see her that way& what had happened to him now she is fine & on her feet waiting to see him in heaven. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story6764.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. 152.163.189.136 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 16 and a junior in highschool. My lab partener and I had just finished cleaning up from disecting a cat, when a teacher ran through the door yelling about somthing or other. I paid no attention but my teacher ran quickly to the television and turned it on. I went on my merry way until one of my friends caught up and explained, i was horrified, i wasn't sure what was going on and that lead to my fear. In my American lit class we sat and watched as smoke billowed from the buildings, reporters were talking loud and the screams of people could be heard in the back ground. I don't think i fully understood the repercusions until the reporter called out the number of people inside those buildings. I wanted to talk to my family, make sure they were all okay and to let them know i loved them, I had an uncle whi travels constently and i feared he might have been on an airplane or that he was in New York. Our principle said that school was going to stay in session and not to panic, but i don't believe that really helped, alot of kids left and went home so that they could be with there families. When i called my dad he and his entire office were all around one small television set. My Dad never watches television so it was just another clue as to how serious the matter was, I went home that afternoon to find both my mom and dad home, i remember crying then because unlike so many other families now i would be able to cry with them all. Like so many others I watched late into the night, I watched the buildings tumble, I watched the look for bodies, and the phone calls from beneath the pile of rubble that would only be cleared away days after they died. I didn't suffer as those who were in the crash did or the families who lost loved ones, theres no way i could. But i did suffer knowing that little kids had one less family member, a wife or husband was now a widow and that people in this world didn't care about that. All they cared about was themselves and what they thought was so holy, how can any one think that god or Allah put us on this earth to kill one another for him? 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 story2859.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: It was a normal day, wake up at 6 in the morning and get ready for another day of my junior year in high school. Everything just seemed normal, nothing was out of the ordinary or did not feel right, and it was just perfect. I got to school and the bell rang, I was sitting in Math class doing some problems, when the inner come buzzed over the school, usually this happened when the office was trying to communicate with the classroom or there was an emergency. My teacher, Ms. Hatcher silenced the class as our principal; Mr. Sites said something that would put us into shock and denial for hours. He said to us ?The World Trade Centers in New York City have been hit, please turn on your televisions and watch the broadcast.? At this point, we were all crying or upset and moving around. Ms. Hatcher turned on the television and watched as the second plane hit, and we all gasped in disbelief that someone would hate us this much to attack our nation?s symbol. The news started another story, there was another plane hijacked at Dulles Airport headed for the Pentagon, this started another catastrophe. I just sat there, not really knowing how to act or what to say, I just sat there in silence, soaking in all the news coverage. This all seemed like a huge mistake, I mean who would hate the world?s super-power. This time just never seemed to end; I remember that for days after it happened we watched the same footage of the crashes, which made it sink in even more. I called my mom to check on her and she was scared, her voice quivering over the line, she wanted me to stay at school. My dad had been at the pentagon that day, but he was leaving right as the plane hit the section he was working on. Maybe something told him to leave, but it was perfect timing. The clock just seemed to tick louder, but when the towers fell, I was not in the room, I heard everyone in the class crying, I saw teachers running about the hallways, I scurried back into the room and saw debris and dust all over the place, people running from the crashed buildings, it was horrific, like a scary movie. I just wondered about the people who did not make it out, what their last thoughts were, who was holding them, what they said to their kids that morning when they left for work, what their husbands or wives did when they heard what was happening, it was all just moving so fast. It was like playing with a flipbook but you could not control how fast you flipped the pages, things were just happening and no one could do anything about it. Then, I was thinking about the men and women who went back into the towers to help people and the people who were trying to warn others, why did they have to be stuck in there when they fell? They were doing something good. For an instant, my heart skipped a beat, and I found myself crying for those people and I could not stop. I did not even know them, but I cried for them, for us. My father called my mom to tell her that I was to come home immediately because he was scared that the hijackers might try something crueler and attack a school or something, so I came home and watched the news with my grandmother. Each time a plane hit I knew she was looking at the terrified stare on my face, I was glued to the television for days after that watching to see if they had found out anything new. I remember returning back to school a few days later, and the teachers would sit at their desks with their hands folded and just stare at the emotionless looks on our faces. They would always ask, ?Do you all want to talk about what happened?? No one ever answered, we just sat there in silence, and I would have to say those were the times when teachers could get through a lesson without yelling at someone to quiet down. I would sit and wonder some odd things about who had the heart to do this? Who would kill themselves to kill thousands of innocent human beings? Who would be so bold to sit there and try to downsize our pride? I was so angry, but the time I remember the most was a year later. I was sitting on the edge of my bathtub blow-drying my hair when Hot 99.5 played a song in memory of the men and women who died in the towers and in the pentagon. A little girl was saying a prayer for her father, as I write this now I cannot help but cry; those words the child spoke were so real and so emotional. I cried so hard that day, I went to school and we had a moment of silence in remembrance and I just cannot stop remembering how horrific that day was, I was so fooled by war and acts of violence, I was just a kid. 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 story10560.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, I was in my room drying off from my shower. My bother called me from Florida and told me to turn on the television because a plane had hit a World Trade Tower. I immediately turned on the T.V. and saw smoke rising from the building. I was in shock. Being a sophomore in high school meant that I was only thinking about my life and the events around it. That day opened my eyes to the big picture and made me realize things such as that could and did happen. Now I am more aware of the events around the world that are happening. I will remember the event of the 11th 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 story2870.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: Well where to start? A day to remember and never to forget. September 11th was a day of sorrow and a day of terror. The faces of people looking for thier loved ones and trying to get out of harms way, will never be forgotten. I know that I was never there to actually see it or hear it, but I remember that day like I was there. I sat in my fiance's parent's house in Florida waiting to go to work when everything happened. I am from Ohio actually- born and raised there-so I had nobody to really contact or connect with when everything happened. I remember it all like it was yesterday. I was sitting on the couch watching the regular talk shows that come on in the morning.We had had men outside working on the cable a couple days earlier. While I was watching Rikki Lake, they had gotten to some good part of the show I had been waiting for when the screen went fuzzy. I thought that the men that were working on the cable were back again. I got up to look out the window so that I could yell at them, but nobody was there. I thought that it was odd. So I sat and waited for the TV to come back on. Then I remember there being pictures of burning buildings and people running. That's all there was, just pictures. No sound was coming from the TV. I was trying to understand what was going on. Maybe I had sat on the remote and muted the TV, but it wasn't. Then came the sound. I still had no idea what buildings they were showing or where they were broadcasting from. It made no sense what-so-ever. I flipped the channel to see what other news channels were showing but they were all showing the same thing. I thought that it had to be something major because I have never seen every single channel on the TV show the same thing before. I got a call from my fiance at work telling me what was going on. He worked at a call center for Sprint. He said that all phone calls had all the sudden stopped. There wasn't a single employee taking a phone call. So he went to his computer and looked up one of the news channels, which gave him all the details that they had had at tha time. He called his family to make sure that they knew what was going on. Being in Florida I couldn't call all of my family up home. I kept thinking about what was going on, trying to let it all soak in. I still couldn't comprehend how something so hideous could happen to so many people. I had to still go to work so I changed and left. Roads were empty. There wasn't a soul in site, which is very unusual down there. That part of Florida is tourist and party central. Every channel on the radio was broadcasting the same thing as I was driving to work. The parking lot was empty when I arrived. I went in to clock in and go to my station. The radio was playing over our loudspeaker in the whole store. All the employees grouped to the front crying while we listened to the President address the nation. I stayed glued to the till I had gotten home where I could watch the TV. Needless to say I did not sleep that night. I watched on the TV as they tried to find people lost in the rubble. My heart goes out to all that have lost family in this awfull attack. I have lost a parent too. Although I lost my Dad to a heart attack in October of 01' I still know the empty void that can never be filled. With strength and courage we all will surpass this tradgic event. Never forget those who fought bravely, risking thier lives to help others. We need more people like that in this world. Remember what it is to be free. God Bless. 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 story1555.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 driving to work on that beautiful morning of Sept. 11th. Every day on a particular stretch of road in the Watchung Mountains I could look over and see the skyline of NYC. On that morning I said to myself, "it is so clear and beautiful, I can see the towers perfectly". Right after the 1st plane hit a co-worker got a phone call from her husband saying something hit one of the towers and they thought it was a plane. Then I got a phone call from my Mom, she was crying telling me a plane had crashed into the tower. They she called again about 10 after 9 to tell me another plane had crashed into the other tower. I was keeping my co-workers up to speed as things unfolded. I also phoned my sister who works for the state and kept telling her what was happening. I remember saying to my co-workers "this means war"! Once the Pentagon was hit, our CEO told everyone they could leave if they wanted to. We all felt the need to be with our families. The strange thing is there was no hysteria, no road rage. Everyone was overly polite, people let others cut in line of traffic, everyone was concerned for their neighbor. I personally knew a Port Authority Policeman who was lost. Robert Kaulfers from Kenilworth, NJ. It was and still is a very sad day for our nation. But justice will prevail. Thank God for our Great President! 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 story3224.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. 198.245.191.72 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I remember this day like it was yesterday as do many others. I was getting ready for my usual day at school. My mom started yelling at me to come see what was on t.v. I could not believe this was happening. In our country, the United States of America. Although I live on the other side of the country, I was too affected. I have learned to live for today. I don't put things off for tomorrow, because you never know what kind of plan God has. 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 story3635.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. 67.250.33.219 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11th, 2001 i was actually skipping school so i was not really aware of what was going on. I was sleeping in my bed untill 11 am and i turned on tv expecting to see sportsscenter but it was talking about what had happened and how the planes crashed. I heard that a plane had crashed into the pentagon and at that time my mom worked there so i was extemely scared. I picked up the phone and called my moms office and i got no answer so the whole time i was just praying to myself hoping that she would be ok. About 30 minutes later she came home because she got off work early and i saw her and it was like a weight lifted off my shoulders. I just was feeling really sad and angry thinking how someone could do this but at the same time releaved because my mom and dad were ok. 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 story10858.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. 2004-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 151.188.16.21 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On that day when i saw the (wtc) on fire and heard that a plain had crash in to the (wtc)i sed to my self the person who was piloting that plain was so stupid that thay could not see the building in front of them on till the next building was hit then i realize it was terris i started to think of all the people that was in the building it made me so sad for all the lives that will be loss 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 story2785.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.208.140.103 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 first day of 9/11 I was still in bed, because I am a very heavy sleeper. My whole family didn't know anything because we weren't the type of people that listened to the news. My cousins called up really early and told us to watch the news. I was still really sleepy. I had no idea why we had to wakeup so early. My brother turned the tv on, and we were like, its just all news,then all of a sudden there was the twin towers on fire. I was falling asleep just looking at it, but when it got to the part that the people were jumping off the building, I got scared and thought about why they would do that instead of trying to find the way out. The time the first world trade center collapse, I was like it is so unbelievable because it was so beautiful. The time the second tower collapse, I was in shocked that the people in New York would have to deal with that for nearly the past of their lives. Me and my family were discussing what a great time we had in New York and now it would just be all plain with no towers. I was saying that whoever did that was cruel and was not an accident. Later on, we did find out that it was true. It was terrorists. It just gave me a feeling that what if it had happen here. My mom tried to encourage me that it was not going to happen here, but I was shaking too much to listen to her. All I can say is that one day, hopefully, they will rebuild the twin towers again, even though it won't 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/. Title A name given to the resource story20804.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. 2006-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 172.164.70.136 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 just soke punk kid dragging myself out of bed when it happened. I had overslept and had had to be somewhere but I'd blown it off. If I hadnt, I probably wouldnt have found out as soon as I did. I snagged some Honeycomb and flipped my 14 inch on. The smoking towers shocked me at first, it didnt really register y'know? As soon as i gathered my wits together I alerted my family. They arrived in time to see the first tower collapse on itself. I was horrified to think that people were really DYING. American citizens were actually losing loved ones to a terrorist assault made in hate. Lives were affected, people just like me were hurt, sicerely and deeply hurt. I went to school anyway, not into school at all but just to express all this to my friends, to see what was really going on. From the lack of hysteria I figured most of the student body was oblivoud to what was going on. I alerted the first kid I knew, a bigger punk than i was, and he just scoffed (having not seen for himself) and informed me that the fatcats in Washington deserved it. In that moment I nearly lost faith in america until my concerned girlfriend leapt weeping into my arms so upset by the losses of her country. My history teacher made a day of it letting us know this was a historical event as we watched live coverage. I believed it. I knew that I would tell this story to my children, just like my mother told me of the war at Vietnam and my grampa told me of his service in World War 1. To all those hstorians out there that are supposed to read this, remember the real story and NEVER forget the people who died as victims and heroes. 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 story2054.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 morning of 9/11/02 I was home taking care of my twin boys. I had just changed the channel from Fox Five morning news to watch the Disney Channel when my mother calls me to inform me that the Towers were being attacked I thought she was either drunk or telling a bad joke. I quickly changed the channel, my whole world sank. I hung up and called my fiance, he works for the NYPD, I knew he was home but I just wanted to hear his voice. I woke up his entire family and his mother said I'll relay the message. So I did not hear from him for a few hours. I knew my brother university was in Brooklyn but I could have sworn he was in Manhattan. I could not reach him or anyone else, I cried for hour waiting to hear from my brother. He walked home, it took him six hours but he was safe. My fiance came to my apartment and said we have to continue living. I said I couldn't. He forced me out of the house and took me to the park so that the boys could play and get some fresh air. I never realized the city line from the park until that day. He pointed to smoke and asked me if I knew what that was I said no He said that's where the twins were. I cried a riverworth of tears. We came back to my apartment and he told me that he had to go to work I begged him to stay I hide his clothes. He then said to me that he had to get as many parents back with their children. I held on to him as long as I could and then let him go. I didn't hear from him for hours. He then had to work twelve hour tours for weeks. I missed him I rarely saw him but i kept in the back of my mind that many women would never see their loves ever again. I made him leave his undershirts so that I could cover the pillows with them. As silly as that sounds I felt comforted. I felt as though he was with me. I started to let the boys sleep in my bed something I haven't done since they were three months. I slept with the TV on and completely dressed including shoes. I lost 30 pounds from not eating well. I never went outI was totally shell shocked. I was waiting for god only knows what. I prayed out loud hoping that my prayers would be heard and so far they have. Since then I started to work outside the home but oly took the job because it was near my home. I have only set foot in Manhattan once and that was only because I was with my fiance. I will never go to "visit" WTC site because I feel that it should be respected not gawked at by me. I understand that many others need to do so but I don't. I pray for all those lost and those who survived. Will my fears ever end yes but I know I will always remember September Eleven Two Thousand and One. I will Light my candles say my prayers and always remember. 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 story5039.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 got the news when my wife called. She said a plane had just hit the WTC buildings. She didn't know what kind of plane; she thought it was a small one. She was watching TV as we talked. From the silence I heard, " Oh dear Lord, another plane just hit the other tower." We scrambled at work to get a TV set up to see what was happening. As we did, I remembered the day the Challenger exploded. I was at home and my wife was at work. Our roles were reversed, but the feelings were the same. Outrage, shock. It was clear that day (9/11); as it is today that terrorism had struck at our country. Within what seemed to be only minutes, fighter jets from Ellington Air Force base broke the silence. At the time we didn't know where they were going, but we knew why. Jets fly from Ellington all the time. Usually for practice or carrying Astronauts from NASA. Not this time. As we found out later, they were heading to Air Force One. As I watched the planes, I remembered the day the war started in Iraq. I did not feel fear. I felt Pride. Our boys were going out to protect us...again. Driving home that night and in to work the next morning was very strange. Nothing commercial was flying in a crystal blue sky. I live north of Bush Intercontinental Airport and drive below the flight paths. Usually you cannot count the planes coming from and going to Bush. Jets from Ellington were still taking off and landing, flying C.A.P.'s over the Gulf. Protecting us. For those of you that didn't actually get to see the jets, I will tell you that it was very comforting seeing that. Whether you are a supporter of the Armed services or not (and I guess everyone was on 9/11), knowing they were ready to do their job if asked, was a great feeling. Looking back now, reflecting on the actions of the fire and police folks in New York make me wonder where these people get their courage. I was asked in a Bible study class once that if I came upon a building on fire and on going in I would lose my life but save 2 people, would I go into the fire. After thinking about it, I said no...Not for strangers. The fire/police folks that lost their lives have been called heroes for making the ultimate sacrifice. I submit that anyone that walked into those building, whether they came out alive or not, are heroes. They didn't stop to think about it. They didn't say, "Well this is my job." They didn't say, "I'm glad I am getting paid for this." They didn't check to see if anyone else was coming with them. They put on their coats and hats and they went to work. They were men, they were women. They were black, white, Asian, Hispanic... of Italian, German, Polish, Irish... decent. They were tall, short, thin, fat... blonde, brown, red head, bald. They were all that make America what it is...they were Americans. As we continue the fight against terrorism, the actions of these hero's should serve to warn those that would harm us. A year later, as the political backstabbing, maneuvering and bipartisan finger pointing continue, I know the average American stands united in their feelings toward the cowardly attackers and those who support them. To paraphrase Leonard Pitts Jr of the Miami Herald: "As Americans we have wept, as Americans we have mourned, and as Americans, we will continue to rise in defense of all that we cherish." Lets hope they get the message. 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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 brother, Danny Pesce, 34 years of age, worked at Cantor Fitzgerald and was on the 105th floor on the morning of September 11, 2001. Danny phoned me the minute he heard an explosion. My name is Angela Frunzi and I was at home at the time of the attacks on the World Trade Center. Danny phoned me at exactly 8:47 a.m. and said, "Ange, it's me, put the television on, something just exploded on my floor." I had channel 4 on as my usual morning routine and there was nothing there. As I am on the phone with Danny I switch to channel 5 and there was Dan's building on the screen with what appeared to be the outline of an airplane in Tower 1. I said, Dan, it looks like a plane hit your building. Danny screams to his coworkers, "A plane hit us!" I heard the panic in his voice and said, ok ok, this can't be, this had to be an accident. Dan, I'll call you right back. I hung up the phone and called my husband who is a detective in Brooklyn. He had no clue what was going on, but said, I'm going to make my way downtown Manhattan and get your brother out! I said, ok, please get him out of there, it looks bad! I automatically phoned Danny back and he picked up in a second and said, Hello! I said, Dan, please get the hell out of there. I see, smoke and flames coming out of your building. You need to get out! He said, yeah, we are starting to get the smoke in here now. I then told him, to put a wet rag over his mouth and get out! He said, ok! and left the phone receiver off the hook. I heard other voices trying to figure out what to do. No screamning, but you could hear some panic. Danny was calm the whole time. I could hear Danny's voice the clearest but couldn't make out what he was saying, and I just hung onto the receiver as Danny and the other voices got further away. I felt such a panic come over me and just began screaming into the receiver, "Danny! Danny! Danny! Danny! Danny!" and eventually hung up. I wanted to say I loved him, I just felt so helpless. I couldn't save him. I knew the situation was bad. I knew I wasn't going to see him again. I just stood frozen watching the next plane hit the second tower. I said to myself, Oh My God, they (the terrorists) are trying to kill us. We are all going to die! I then phoned my husband on his cell phone, he was already by the Battery Tunnel and was stopped. All traffic came to an abrupt halt into Manhattan. I began screaming, do not go any further. Come home, it is the terrorists! They are killing us all! Come home now, I need you home now. I can't lose you too! My husband then headed back to his office, feeling just as helpless as I was. My mom then phoned me and said her program was interrupted with the horror at the World Trade Center. She asked me, "isn't that your brother's building?" I said, yes, ma, I just spoke to Dan, he should be making his way out now. I'll be right over! We all looked at the television in horror. Me, my mom, my dad, and my 2 year old son. Thank God the baby was too young to understand what was happening to us at that time. We were ok for a while, thinking Danny was making his way down the whole time. But when Tower 2 collapsed that is when we just collapsed onto the couch. So helpless. What a horror! We couldn't believe our eyes! Life has been torture since that day. We will never be the same without my brother Danny. 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