51 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: REPORT FROM WORLD TRADE CENTER (from a couple of old railroad associates) Several of us from the firm were in Lower Manhattan this morning for a meeting at the "2 Broadway Building". Several minutes before 9 AM a security guard poked his head in the door and announced that we needed to evacuate the building. We assumed it was a routine false fire alarm. In retrospect, there was an unusual mount of sincerity in his tone. Casually, and jokingly we took the elevators to the lobby. At ground level we heard chatter that a plane had hit the World Trade Center (WTC), and were moved into the street. Once on the street, we saw a large amount of smoke above the buildings in the direction of the WTC. We decided to get a "better view". We walked east to what I believe was the corner of Trinity Place and Battery Place, maybe 6 blocks south of the WTC. We were looking north and had a clear view of Tower 1 which was fully engulfed in fire at about 7/8ths of the way up. The fire we could see was on the southwest corner and consuming several floors. Within a minute there was a "take-off like roar" of an aircraft from the left of our view, it was headed northeast towards Tower 2. It was very close, and was a large commercial aircraft with a dark blue underbelly, banking hard to it's left.It took maybe 3 seconds from "roar" to "disappearance". It appeared that the plane was doing a fly-by and would pass on the other side of the Tower from where we were; depth perception was not working well. It then just buried itself into to Tower 2, at mid-height Like a knife into a cake. There was a huge fireball and we felt the heat. Then it was gone. No plane sticking out, nothing but a small fire, billowing smoke and a large diagonal scorch mark on the south side of the building. Then the huge flurry of office paper blowing east, downwind from the hit. Like in a ticker tape parade. It was nothing less than surreal. You know when you see such a scene in a "Hollywood" action film and you think, "...that was so fake looking...". Well, it was totally fake looking. The plane just disappeared, as though the building consumed it. No protruding tail section, no falling plane parts. The plane was gone. A man repeatedly screamed: "This is war! This is war!" We scattered, three of us heading south to Battery Park, taking Shelter next to a large bronze statue in front of the gates to the old fort. Alex headed in another direction. From there we manned the cell phones and viewed the two burning Towers. At this point the air was filled with sirens and emotions that consumed the crowd of business persons and tourists. Many of the tourists having just stepped ashore from a tour boat that afforded them a full view of the bizarre happenings. As minutes passed, and nothing further occurred, other than the consuming fire and the growing number of emergency personnel, there was almost a calming effect. Then the reports that people were jumping and the shout that "it" was toppling. I looked up and Tower 2 was falling down and slightly to the right (southwesterly). The sound was unusual, not a crash, nor a roar, but more like the sound of a waterfall of glass shards. The crowd ran towards, and past us. Thinking there no threat of it actually falling on us we moved only slowly to the southeast, towards the water. However, the wind was out of the northwest, blowing the cloud in our direction. But the cloud was not smoke, it was airborne debris. Sheet rock dust--110 stories of it. A cloud rolled down all streets in all directions. It stayed close to the ground and was funneled between the buildings as a billowing tsunami. It approached rapidly. The crowd moved more quickly, but not running and without panic. Conversations in all languages were heard. At this point we had not much choice of where to go, since we were at the southern end of the Battery; so we moved east along the bulkhead. Unfortunately, this was in the path of the "cloud". People fabricated masks. I tore off a sleeve of my dress shirt, doused it with drinking water and tied it over my mouth and nose. George, Bob and I stayed together, still moving along the bulkhead. The ash began to fall, visibility diminished to a few feet, people were taking refuge in the bulkhead structure; huddling in fetal positions. This is when I feared the worst. I remembered accounts of the Mt. St. Helena's eruption, and how the majority of the deaths were related to poisonous gas and particulate matter. Eventually there was no where to go since the crowd could move no further, other than into the water. The three of us huddled and strategized. We needed to get up-wind. Fighting the flow of the crowd and against the advice of emergency personnel, we doubled back to get west and upwind of the "cloud". Unfortunately, we were getting closer to the WTC. However, we were eventually in "clear air". Ironically, it was a clear, blue sky day with a refreshing breeze. We were on the promenade looking towards Hoboken, NJ and adjacent to the Museum of Jewish Heritage, possibly another irony. From here we had a clear and close view of Tower 1. It was inevitabl That it would collapse; but our plan was for the next debris cloud to pass downwind of us. The three of us "hunkered down". The crowd continued to move in the direction from which we came. Emergency personnel advised us to follow. Battle-worn fire fighters passed by, some with victims on gurneys. It was a scene from the Nightly News. We held our ground. "Been there, Done that". Tower 1 soon collapsed. It fell floor by floor, in rapid succession. The weight of each upper floor overloading the next. It did not fall over, it collapsed downward. The debris clouds then rolled out in all directions. Our plan paid off and the worst of it never reached us. Ferries started arriving to shuttle people from the Battery over to New Jersey. George elected for a ferry. Bob and I considered heading Up-town, but not knowing how to get past what was left of the WTC we waited. Soon an old rusted out retired fire boat pulled along the bulkhead. I think it was the "Garvey". The captain announced that he would shuttle people to Pier 40 in Manhattan. We jumped on-board the "Garvey". Again the irony, a refreshing boat ride up the Hudson River with a unique view of devastation. On our way up the Hudson the crew noted that they had been ordered to drop us off and return quickly to the scene to assist fire fighters as a pumper boat. The Garvey returned to service! NYC subways and commuter rail service shutdown, all bridges, tunnels, and airports closed. Bob and I walked from the Village to Mid-town. The roads were closed and we walked north up 7th and 8th Avenues. People were huddled around parked automobiles listening to the radio for bits of information. We heard that the Pentagon had been hit. Faces were long, but the further we got from the WTC, the more emotionally removed the people were from the devastation. Bob and I feared that the wind would shift and send the cloud north, straight up through Manhattan; no one else seemed to share this thought. We moved on quickly. The two of us must have looked strange. Covered white in soot; me with only one sleeve, walking up the middle of the street. We passed a large hospital. There was a receiving area set up to handle the arriving emergency vehicles. There were lines of people lined around the block and around the next, on both sides. There were people every where; they were there to donate blood. New Yorkers were out in force to do there part! We reached our hotel, provisioned ourselves should the city run low on food and we have settled in to try understand what the hell took place; plus, give hope to those that are missing, and not as fortunate. We all know people that work in those buildings. Rick 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 story86.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. 2002-02-26 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 146.96.92.54 Annotation Annotations to this item. Environmental/Health Impact Ground zero- at or about Personal connection to someone at site Rescue/clean-up workers/volunteers Struggle to get home WTC, attack NY:2 Sep 11- Sep 21, 2001 Feature 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 teaching a class for emergency room nurses. One of the students is on our FEMA team & his beeper went off. He came back to the room & told us the WTC was hit by a plane.. we left class looking for a TV.. It seemed so unreal.. 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 story4702.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at a Cocoa Police Department with a client and her child who were getting a free car seat. One of the officers came downstairs and told some of us who were waiting in the lobby for the officer to train us on how to properly put in carseats said that the World Trade Centers were hit. I looked at her and was kind of confused because I had no inclination of what she was saying. I kept looking at others who were in the lobby waiting also and looked even more confused. Then it hit me what she said. I finally took my client and her child home and rushed back to the office and talked to my other co-workers and they were upset, scared and astonished as I was. Then I heard that a plane crashed in Pennsylvania and that another plane hit the other Tower in New York. I then realized that something was not right here. I thought that maybe the pilot was confused or something. I became scared and nervous and did not know what to do. Then we got a call from our Program Director that the offices were closed and for everyone to go home. I went to pick up my two boys from Daycare and went home. All day long on the television were images of the tragedies and how so many people were hurt. You did not know if they were either stuck in the buildings or got out. All I know was that then two buildings collapsed, people running all over the place, crying, screaming. That day will never be forgotten. I still have those images of that day. I pray that someday all of us will eventually get on with our lives and live day by day. Tomorrow is not promised to anyone. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story5705.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 a former U.S. congressman, I do quite a bit of speaking. On the morning of September 11, 2001, I awoke to a radio alarm in my suite at the Inn at Seventh Mountain, near Bend, Oregon. I set the alarm for six o'clock as I was not satisfied with the outline of my remarks written the previous evening. Bob Edwards seemed uncertain and off-balance and unusual pauses came through the NPR broadcast. Still groggy, I rolled over, thinking at some level in my fog that even the best in the business can have off days. Someone said that the New York City election would surely be postponed. Postponed? Why would you postpone an election. I actually thought it was a garbage strike, a transportation strike, or both. Then came the words: "World Trade Center...the airplane was a passenger jet..." I threw off my blankets and ran to turn on CNN. It was all there in unimaginable, unthinkable detail. Repeated calls to my son, an actor living living in Brooklyn, were futile. I had my laptop for my speech. It is loaded with AOL. My son uses AOL! Frantically, I logged on and saw his screen name. We filled the next minutes with instant messages. He and his wife were okay. Scared but okay. They had been on the roof of their brownstone and seen the first tower building. Now they were in the apartment trying to reach relatives. They had no TV, no radio, no cell phone--their transmitter was on one of the towers. I watched with horror as the second plane hit. My fingers flashed across my computer keyboard to let my son know. "I know Dad," he said. "We saw it right after the plane hit and its smoke and stench our way." "No, no!" I typed. "ANOTHER plane. It has hit the second tower." Silence for several minutes. Then Kelly came back on, comprehending the unspeakable: "Oh God, oh dad, everything's changed forever." A hour later, I scrapped my speech and spoke about the international and domestic terror. I was mildly chastised for this--and I take no comfort in it--but I said I was convinced that it had been bin Laden. The time was eleven o'clock in the morning, Pacific time. 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 story1023.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 date is Tuesday, September 12, 2006; yesterday was the fifth anniversary of this horrible event. To me, it doesn't seem possible that five years have elapsed. To the best of my knowledge, I did not personally know anyone who perished in New York, the Pentagon, or that field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Yet, I can remember that tragic day as if it just happened. On the way to work yesterday, I was listening to a local radio station who was doing a memorial tribute to all those lost five years ago. I cried all the way to work. When I got home in the evening, I saw snippets of memorials from all three sites, and again, I cried. As I watched all the people left behind mourn their loss, as bad as I felt for the adults, my feelings intensified as children were shown, mourning the loss of a parent, aunt, uncle, or grandparent they would have dim memories of or not have any knowledge of, whatsoever. I cannot even begin to imagine what life will be like for this generation as more anniversaries pile up. My thoughts and prayers are with them, especially. When I watch old movies that have the skyline of New York, I feel a new wash of sadness at what was lost. I know people have said that all the movies made about this national day of tragedy should not have been made this soon or not at all. I disagree with them. I think a lot of people are starting to forget what happened and what was lost. Darryl Worley has a song that includes lyrics that say the footage should be shown every day so people won't forget. I so totally agree with him. This is similar to the Holocaust of World War II. Sadly, there are individuals who have forgotten about the Holocaust or do not believe it happened at all. That is just so totally wrong! I continue to pray for peace and unity in the world. I believe that one day it will happen. I also pray for the ones who lost someone on this tragic day, and I pray that eventually, their pain will lessen. I also pray that we will be able to bring our armed forces home very soon and I pray for everyone who has such a bad opinion of President Bush. I cannot imagine what would have happened had anyone else been in office. I believe we would be much worse off than we are now. One day, the world will come together in love and brotherhood. 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 story20864.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. 65.120.153.67 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 woke up late that moring cause for the first time since he had been born my soon to be two month old son had slept threw the night for the first time. I was enjoying the moring quitness did not have the televison or radio on I knew nothing was going on out ouf the ordanary. My best friend had been staying with us to help with the baby when her mother called and told us what was going on. Neither of us belived it. We turned on the tv and saw it. It was the saddest most horrible thing I think I have ever seen. All I could do was hold my son and tell him I was so sorry for bring him into this hateful world. Not because I dont love him but because that morning that was all that was being felt. The sight of thoses two planes are forever inbeded in my mind and i will forever pray for thoses that were lost on 9/11. May 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 story4373.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 visiting the community daycare when I saw the news flash in reference to Tower 1. I was so amazed to know that a World Icon was hit then the news showed Tower 2 and the people outside building,people in the street and the people who were trying to get out. I immediately started praying because I have never seen anything like that only in the movies and those were created images. The people in the street running for shelter and the people who were trapped inside buildings near and on the street. I cried,prayed,and could only wonder who could have done something so sinister. I am a mother of three and a wife and I only had dreams of working at the World Trade Center. I was scared even here in Georgia. The families lives that were changed forever and so was mine. The passengers on the flight that fought for their lives and the passengers on flight that did not have enough time to react and the people that were trapped in the building; my heart went out to them. The world was changed forever. September 11th should be declared a National Holiday because of the tragic event. Some are back in there old ways and there are some who only use that day to remember what happended and the wonderful people who lost their lives. I will always remember September 11th for all. Kelita Wright-Burnette, Blakely,Georgia Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was just in a state of shock. I couldn't believe that something so horrible was unfolding right in front of our very eyes. To this day I am still in disbelief. And I have a lot of questions--such as why this happened to us, why were so many innocent people killed. It just doesn't seem fair. One of my older brothers ,George, just got done serving a four-year term in the military. He had been stationed in Iraq for 6 monthes during part of his term. He doesn't talk much about it, but I know that he has been through a lot, and I really feel for him.I also feel for all the men and women who lost their lives, who were seriously injured, and who lost loved ones. Especially today, it being the fifth anniversary of 9/11, is a living reminder of the horror that it seems like this country only endured yesterday. I attend college and this morning I had a class. I was sitting in the cafe studying before my class began when I noticed that they were showing footage of the 9/11 memorial serviceson television. I couldn't watch it because I was starting to cry. It's a really big wake-up call to me because so many of us spend so much time worrying about the trivial things life hands us, and there are people who have had HUGE losses to overcome. September 11th has definitely opened up my eyes in a lot of ways. That's all I really have to say. I just wanted to stop for a moment and reflect on my feelings. And I also wanted to say to the relatives and loved ones of those who were taken that day: If any of you ever read this, I am so, so, sorry for your loss. You have my condolences and you are in my prayers. To those who survived the catastrophy that day but were seriously injured: Please take care and know that you are definitely heroes. And all of you have my condolences and blessings as well. To all the men and women who lost their lives on that fateful day. What can I say? You all gave your lives that day, but you left behind a legacy that we will never, ever forget. You guys are heroes in every sense of the word. You'll remain our guardian angels until the day when we will see you in heaven. We will never, ever, let your memory go and you'll ALWAYS be in our thoughts and prayers.Finally, last but not least, to all of the survivors of that horrible day--I honestly don't think that there was not one person that didn't help someone that day. In my opinion, we ALL were heroes. We all suffered tremendously when and after the attacks occured. And some of us are still suffering. But when it came right down to it, we all bonded together as one, and we all came to each other's need. Because that is what The United States of America is all about. United We Stand, as one nation. Thank you for allowing me to submit my story once again. I am 24 years old and I currently reside in Tucson, AZ. 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 story20745.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: September 11th has had a monumental impact on my life. Now Im going to give you my thoughts, September 11th 2001, a day which I will never forget. At the time I was attending St. Peters Boys high school on Staten Island. 1st period, Religion class, a few minutes into the class our principal came into our classroom and told us that a plane had hit the World Trade Center, the class started praying and I didnt, I was in total shock and didnt know what to do. Second period someone came into U.S. History and told us that the Pentagon had been hit, I then knew something was up. I was never told about the second plane . At lunch I went down to the bookroom to see Mrs. Allen and I asked her what was going on, she told me the two towers had fallen and that nothing was left.I didnt even believe her, I couldnt. My mother came later and picked me up, hysterical, she couldnt stop crying. My father is a Battalion Chief at Battalion 22 for the FDNY, my uncle Robert is stationed at a firehouse in Brooklyn, my other uncle is stationed at a firehouse in Brooklyn, and finally my uncle Dave who died on September 11th was stationed at Engine 226, Brooklyn. That day my mother and I went home and she said that my father was alright, she also said my other two uncles called and said they were alright. The only one who hadnt called was my uncle Dave. I sat there watching the planes hit the tower time and time and time again on the television. They just kept showing them being hit and then falling. My father wouldnt come home for three days, he came home covered in soot, or should I say, ashes of the victims. Days went on, my uncle was still missing, we all had bursts of hope that he would survive, we would hear stories of small voids that people could have survived in. Days turned into weeks and we soon came to realize that my uncle wasnt coming home. My father was right there the day of September 11th, right across he street, he set up a command post, the first tower fell and he ran into an underground parking garage with other emergency rescue men, he later got out with some other firefighters and ran behind the glass building next to the World Financial Center, thank God he is still alive. He lost countless friends and his own brother. Things will never be the same for my family and I. Months later we had a memorial for my uncle, a mass. We went in limos and firefighters lined the strees, bagpipes played and people like you wouldnt believe were there, it was a lot to deal with. A year later September 11th 2002 I would get up and run throughout the streets with an American Flag, people loved it and went nuts. That day was also a day which killed me, our family decided to bury a casket, an empty one, you know that really kills me deep down inside that not only did they take my uncles life but that these lowlifes left nothing, empty..... The New York City Fire Department has played a major impact on my life, I would ride with my father when was younger and once we actually responded to the World Trade Center, its just strange to think that I was once there. But one thing is sure, I will never ever forget September 11th for the rest of my life and every Firefighter and Police Office that ran into those buildings that day are true HEROES!!!! God Bless the victims of those attacks and God Bless the true heroes who brought down that plane in Pennsylvannia and stopped it from hitting another building and taking more innocent lives. Dont ever tell me to forget September 11th!!!!!! I have started a patch collection in memoriam for the heroes of September 11th, right now I have close to 300 fire department patches from all over the world in my room. F.F. David P. DeRubbio F.F. Faustino Apostol Jose Angel Martinez Brigette Ann Esposito Forever in our hearts!!!! RIP 9/11/01!!!! Tunnel to Towers 04' Be there!! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story10762.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at working typing documents when a co-worker said he saw on-line that one of the Twin Towers was hit by an airplane. A couple of minutes later he said, "oh my god" they hit the other tower. We all ran upstairs to the 3rd floor Congressional office where there was a T.V. and saw what was happening. Everyone was in total shock. Next thing we knew it hit the pentagon and that took the cake because I had relatives and co-workers who worked there. I started to call my sister and my mom because this was my first government job and I knew nothing about D.C. at all. The phones just stop working and our building was evacuated. I felt alone and lost, sitting in Farragout North Park crying because I had know way of getting in contact with anyone. The only thing that would work was my pager, my dad and everyone else was paging and I couldn't call them back. I sat alone for about an hour or more when finally my phone worked and I was able to call my sister who gave me directions to get to Suitland Metro Station to meet her. The streets were crazy and people were saying don't take the metro because of bomb threats. Planes were flying over my head and I made the choice that if I didn't go try to take that metro I would be stuck in that park alone for a long time. Finally I reached suitland metro and saw my sister. I cried so much because I was okay and finally out of D.C. Unfortunately for a friend of mine Edmund G. Young Jr who worked for a contractor at the Pentagon wasn't so lucky. I will never forget September 11, 2001 for as long as I live. R.I.P-Edmund 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 story6114.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: LIFE GOES ON. The river was perfectly still, like glass, early the morning of September 11th. I'd been home for a few days. My mother had begun to lose motor control of her right leg. We feared this meant the lung cancer for which she'd been treated in the spring had metastasized into her brain. Our day was already full. Despite her leg, Mom was hosting a luncheon for friends at noon. Afterwards other friends would join us for a presentation about one of Mom's many craft passions, scrapbooking. We'd already had our first cup of tea when Dad turned on CNN to hear the morning news. The first plane -- a small plane, they said at first -- had just hit the North Tower. We sat down to learn more. In horror we watched the second plane hit the South Tower, understanding, instantly, that these strikes were no accident. We sat, mesmerized, horrified, in tears. At 10, the first call came. "Is lunch still on?" I looked at my Mom. Without question, she answered, "Life goes on." Still in pajamas at 11, I spoke with Mom's doctor to schedule a brain MRI for that afternoon. "Already," I thought, "life goes on." Outside, the river remained smooth, a peaceful reflection of the early-autumn sky, as far as imaginable from the destruction we watched in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. My Mom died of metastasized lung cancer on May 1. Some mornings, the river is like glass, just as it was on September 11th. Life goes on. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: When I first found out about the events I was at my house getting ready for school. It seemed like it was going to be an ordinary school day when I first woke up, but I was very wrong. I saw the images of the Trade Centers burning on the T.V. and I didn't know what to think. At first I thought some random pilot had just crashed, but when I heard about the Pentagon and saw images of it burning I knew that wasn't the situation. As much as I wanted to find out more I had to leaave for school. When I arrived there everyone shared the puzzlement I did. In all of my clases not much work got done because the T.V. was on showing the same horrifying over and over of the planes crashing into the towers, the people jumping, the pentagon burning, and finally the towers coming down. It's kind of a shame that it took this terribly tradegy and the loss of many lives to unit the American people. 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 story8293.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 10 when the pentagon was hit. i am now 14. i have a story, just like everyone else in this country. the only difference is, that nobody has ever listened before. everyone was shocked. rumores were flying around the 5th grade faster than the flights that hit the pentagon and the twin towers - san fransisco is bombed. the white house was hit too. the president is dead. new york is a pile of ash. everyone is dead. everyone will be dead. but the one thing, no matter where i went - "the pentagon only has four sides! its a square now!" that might seem amusing, but it definitely wasnt then. my father was an officer in the army. he worked in DC, and i knew he went into the pentagon a lot. i spent the entire day listening to the announcements. "please send so-and-so to the office for pick-up". but it was never me, and that more than anything was what worried me. i wasnt sure what would happen if something had happened to my dad. would my mom come and get me, and my brother and sister? or would she leave us at the schools, presuming we were safer, and not wanting to worry us? my dad had stayed home from work that day. i was lucky. hundreds of other kids werent. but i have an even deeper revelation, one that i did not learn of until much later, after being assured that my dad was safe. in my dad's last 3 years in the army, he was in charge of the Litigation Division, or LitDiv. the offices ran at Ballston, in DC. i had been there many times, and even had a favorite paralegal who took me to get fries. but what i didnt know was that LitDiv was only in Ballston because their offices at the Pentagon were being renovated. a few weeks before the Pntgn was hit, the military considered moving LitDiv back into their offices, and moving the next 1/5 out in to Ballston. they decided instead to move the next 1/5 into the newly renovated offices for the time being. my dads offices. the very same offices that were hit by a plane only a week later. my father was supposed to have a dentist's appointment in the Pentagon. It was scheduled for 9/12. 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 story11296.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 walked into Class and our teacher Mrs. Tyler told us a plane flew into one of the Twin Towers in New York. I was shocked. At first i thought it was an accident, but later that day when the other plane hit the other tower i realized it was on purpose. When the towers collapsed couldn't believe all those people died. That day changed me by showing me how lucky i am to have a family and even a life. I felt sorry for all those people who had lost friends and family. I then realized i should be happy to be alive. The world now is much different. Mainly security and fear. Everyone looks at life differently now. But i think all that has happened it only brought us closer together. That is how i felt on September 11 2001. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story8077.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: 9-11 I remember ?it? quite well and I will never forget it. I remember when ?it? all started. I was sleeping in my room. I heard my mom scream. So I got up and started to run down the stairs. Then my mom said, ?Oh my god?. I got to her and said, ?What happened? What?s wrong?? My mom said that there was a terrorist on a plane that had just hit the World Trade Center. The World Trade Center is where the United States and other countries financial headquarters are located. I was home because I was sick. My mom went to work and told me to keep it on that channel and call her if something else went wrong. So I told her I would. Something did go wrong. I watched for about twenty more minutes and the second plane hit the second tower. I was in total shock because I had just realized that one of my relatives was working in the World Trade Center. I was sick of the commentator rambling on about things that she didn?t even know about. I turned it to NBC Today. All they did was show the ?Towers?. I watched for an hour and the second tower began to fall. After it fell my brother had called to see if we were okay. Then my cousin called. I asked if she was okay. She said yes and that she was sick today so she didn?t go to work. She was the one that worked in the World Trade Tower. I called my mom and told her the good news. She didn?t talk much because she was watching the news at the restaurant. She was stuck to the television. She probably forgot that I was on the phone as I was still watching the news and the newscaster started to talk. I watched for a little while as the first tower came crashing down. I was thinking about all the people that died in the plane crash. Then it hit me, what about all the people that died in the collapse of the towers? When my step dad got home I wondered if he had heard what was going on. He said yes and that?s why he came home so early. Then we sat down and watched the Ground-Zero site. They were just starting to talk about the Pentagon. The Pentagon had also been hit with an aircraft. I asked myself, ?What kind of people would do this?. The announcers then said terrorism. I asked what do terrorists have to do with this? I don?t really think that the people were from the United States. Then I heard them say this terrorist could be associated with the people in Afghanistan. So I realized all the people in the United States are going to hate and kill all the people of Afghanistan. Come to find out it was only a group of people called the Taliban. Then the President of the United States, which is President Bush, said that the United States is going into war with the Taliban army. That means that they may have a draft and I might be going into the war, that is if it is over before I am eighteen years of age. That scares me because I might not see my family for the years I am in the service. 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 story753.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 sleeping when my husband called & told me of the 1st plane to hit the World Trade Centers. He was working @ a college in Columbus, OH. As we where talking & before I got the TV turned on the 2nd plane hit. I could not believe it. I can still see the image of that plane hitting, like most Americans do. I felt so alone. My two teenage children were at school & my parents were camping. I did get a hold of my mother on her cell phone & was telling her the horrible news when the Pentagon was hit. I remember pacing in my house. I felt the need to help someone. The need to be close to my family. What was happening?? It was a scarey time. 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 story5791.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, like most American's, will never forget where I was. Although, I am sure it is nothing like being in New York, Washington or Pennsylvania. I had just dropped my son off at the Eli Lilly Daycare center and was sitting at the stop light at Madison and McCarty when Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer from ABC's Good Morning America started talking about a plane hitting the World Trade Center. I was listening to the news feed on my radio in my van. It was obvious from what I was hearing that they weren't quit sure what was going on. I listened to the news on my radio for the next 10 minutes on my way to my office. But in my heart I knew something terrible was taking place. By the time I got to my office I was feeling pure panic - like I had never felt before. I literally ran from my van into my office and starting yelling at our Property Manager (who sat in the cubical right beside me) to turn on the tv, that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. I think I was babbling something about terriorists. One of the gals I work with said I was saying that, but no one really knew at that point what was happening. We ran upstairs to the breakroom to turn on the television and watch what was happening. I knew for the next couple of hours we were watching every t.v. in the place. I sat down in the Board Room to watch the big screen television and then the second plane hit. I don't remember the details, but I watched the Towers fall on the biggest t.v. in the building. It was like actually being in New York. I was sobbing at this point. I am sure I felt like most American's...stunned! I just couldn't believe it was happening. But there it was in color and as big as life. I knew thousands of lives had been lost. I felt very dazed and confused as our Management tried to figure out what to do. Later in the day, I was scheduled at a conference downtown. Most of the people downtown had been told to go home, so it was very quiet. I was surprised that the conference had not been cancelled. But Former Indianapolis Mayor William Hudnut was scheduled to speak. He was actually on a plane headed to Indiana when the planes were hitting the Towers. I can't imagine how scared you would be if you were on a plane and learned what was happening on the ground, to one of America's greatest land marks. A mode of transportation had suddenly been converted into a missle. Well, Mayor Hudnut gave one of the most moving, direct-from-the-heart speeches I have ever heard. I think he totally scaped what he had intented to present. I was so glad to hear from him that day. It was calming and reasurring at the same time. Needless to say, I went to sleep (what sleep I got) that night wondering if my family was safe and what was going to happen to our counry. But I knew that no evil would shake the American spirit. That we would fight for our freedom and that what doesn't kill you will only make you stronger. I see that so much more clearly now. It is a lesson I will teach my son. I was so glad George W. Bush was our President at the time and that he took such swift, sure action. One year later, where are we headed? There has been a lot of military action in Afganistan and now it looks like we will be going to war with Iraq. I will be interesting to see where we end up and if our Nation will stay as great as it is today. 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 story6222.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. 65.174.52.3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Well I had just gotten out of the hospital after having my daughter on August 3rd so I was on Maternity leave. It is weird because I almost died after having my daughter I was on a respirator or seven days not being able to talk or even hold my child for the first three weeks of her life. But anyway I was at hoem when my sister called mee from Bristol, PA telling me that a plane had crashed in to the WTC I didn't know what to think so then i turned on the t.v. and there it was the second plane had just hit the second building. I watched the news the whole day even when the buildings callapsed. It is funny because it took somethig like this to help me realize how lucky I was that god kept me alive to see my daughter watching all the people that jumped to there death i was thank ful GOD kept me alive and I stoped feeling sorry for my self knowing that it could have been worse. 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 story2682.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: When I heard that the 1st plane had hit the WTC, I started feeling an overwhelming sense of sadness and dread. I remember the Cuban missile crisis from when I was a child, and how scary that was, and it all came rushing back to me tenfold. When the 2nd plane hit, and I knew that it was an act of war, a sense of being surrounded by evil came over me that I can't shake to this day. It is almost inconcievable that such evil exists, and yet we had proof of it that day. I hope my family and I, and no one anywhere, never have to go through anything like that day again. Only our faith in Jesus can sustain us, and help us to go on. To all those who lost someone on that day, I can only say that those innocent's are with Jesus, and those responsible will pay dearly, with their lives and their souls. 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 story4731.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 seemed like any other morning. We were at work at 5:00 am getting ready to serve our patients breakfast. The stories started to roll in and none of us believed what we were hearing. We were a very happy bunch of gals. It seemed we could always find something to laugh about but not that morning, everyones faces were drawn, tears were filling everyones eyes and no one said a word. We worked in completer silence as the radio brodcasted the horror. We all took a few minutes to go to an empty room to collect our thoughts(actually to cry our hearts out) with out any patients seeing us. I counted the minutes until my husband would be home, I needed to hear his voice. I knew he was safe but I still needed to hear from him. about 8:45 cst he called but I hardly recoginized his voice. I knew he heard everything on the radio on his way home from work. There was a sound in his voice that I'll never forget. He was scared, unsure and mad a HELL as we all were. He continued to call us every 15 minutes or so to keep us up with what was going on. Then the really hard part came..... Calling my 19 year old son and telling him to get up and turn on the TV. I tried to keep my voice calm but it was near imposssible. I just wanted to be with my family, I needed to put my arms around them, I needed to feel safe again, silly me..... I'll never feel safe again. Even after 1 year 9-11-01 will forever be burned in my heart. The pain that a simple Iowan was feeling made me relize that I was a part of a bigger picture. As the day went on I found my self mourning for the families of the victims as well as our nation. When I got home from work I seen my Flag flying in the wind and I knew nothing or no one will take away my Hopes and Dreams for our fucture as a family or a nation, But I am still angry, lost and still in mourning. This has been the longest year I can ever remember and unfortunatlly I"LL NEVER FORGET. Tara Cunningham, Lohrville Iowa 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 story3291.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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