66 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: Hey Everyone On 9/11/01 i think the tragic events changed the world's way of everyday life......People would go to work like on a normal day, and come home, and be with their family....And on that one day, that morning they went to work, said see you later to their loved ones and never came home....I would have to say that i am graciously thankful that i don't have any family who was involved in it, but however, for those families of the victims who were tragically killed and lost their innocent lives over terror, our hearts are with you always and forever...GOD BLESS THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILES AND AMERICA ALWAYS!!!... 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 story6790.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 home getting ready for school and my dad had the Fox 11 news on. At first I wasn't really paying attention to what they were saying. Then my dad told me and I didn't believe him. I just sat there watching the news in shock. When my mom picked me up, she had the radio on the news listening to it. By the time she picked me up one of the buildings was already down. She aked if it was down and I told her; neither of us could believe it. At school everyone was talking about it and that was the topic of the day, of the year. I saw the planes in the buildings and the newscaster talking about it. Saying that she could not believe what she was watching. Then, another plane hits the pentagon and no one believes that. Three planes hit three different buildings in one day. In addition to the plane that almost crashed into a building in Pensylvania. I was just so shoked and still am after a year. 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 story8283.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On Sept. 11, 2001, I was in music class when the 1st plane hit. I remember my 6th grade music teacher coming in our room belowing something about the World Trade senter being bomed. Well, to bad for her because none of us 6th graders had any idea what so ever as to what the World Trade center was. Confused, we filed out of the class room as our homeroom teacher explained to us what the heck was going on! We were stunned and very scared. We had no outside recess and our teachers kept a watchful eye on all of us just incase. We had about 3 or 4 other full classes packed into out small room so we could all watch the news. After about 30 billion different angles of the plane crashing in to the Towers, the school district cut the cable. We eventually got back to our "Normal" lives but I dont think anyone in that class will ever forget Music Class on Sept. 12, 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 story5439.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 home, waking up to have a cup of coffee. My mother came running into the kitchen, saying the most incredulous things about the WTC, The Pentagon, The Capital, it's all gone, she said. Half awake, I turned on the TV, and I will never forget what I saw. It was too big for me...too incredible. I ran upstairs to wake my husband, because I knew this was something I could not deal with alone. You see, I was born and raised in NY. Even though I live in California now, NY is inside of me, in my heart and in every bone in my body. My heart ached so badly for New York, and so badly for the nation. Just when I thought I'd seen the worst, it got even more devestating. As I watched in helpless horror, the towers crumbling, the dust, the papers, the screams, the blood, the absolute soul of New York was being crushed by some unknown reaper, yet to be named. Days and months of tears followed. Uncertainty, fear, deep sadness. Emotions that were untouchable and indescribable. My City was injured, yet I knew, just as sure as I breathe, that my City would recover, rebound, and be stronger than ever. I knew it in my soul that of any place in the United States, New York could and would weather this unthinkable crime against it's core. Now, one year later, it's all still so fresh, and the sadness is remembered once again. But just as I knew one year ago that New York would not fall, today is proof that I was right. And the nation is stronger and better and even more determined to conquer the evil that has come, with diginity, braveness, and with every fiber that makes us Americans. 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 story2677.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at work. A coworkers mother called to tell her a plane hit the WTC. Being from NJ and as a kid watching those towers go up I was very consumed with what was going on. Luckily my friend had a small TV so I rushed up to her office and watched in total disbelief. Then the second plane crashed into the other tower and I thought I was seeing a replay of the first, then it hit me, I wasn't. I thought I was going to get sick right then and there. I couldn't believe it! I felt like my home was being destroyed. I kept watching and couldn't take my eyes off of the TV. At some point I remember leaving her office and going back to mine, calling my husband as he was in shock too. We couldn't believe it. As the morning slowly rolled in to afternoon, and it hit us that we had many friends and family that worked in NYC. I started calling people to see where they were and if they were safe. Luckily they were. Having heard a rumor that another plane was heading for California, I called my mother, who lives in California along with the rest of my family, to make sure they new what was going on. My father-in-law was stuck in NYC for three or four nights, he worked for ConEd, and helped with electrical hook-ups. The worst part of that was we couldn't get in touch with him for a couple of hours that day. My cousin was walking towards the disaster while it happened and realized what was going on and started walking the other way to get to the ferry home. Then the Pentagon...oh God not another. I have a friend who works at the main post office in DC. Trying to call her, and not getting through. Finally she picked up. As she did the alarm went off for them all to evacuate and go home. Then the last plane. My heart went out to all of those people.... That night just watching it all over again with tears streaming down my face, my husband and 15-year-old son getting very angry.... Comimg into work the next day and so many emails. People I work with over the internet and over the phone, I have never seen them, concerned with "my people" as some called them. One women was so overcome with emotion for me, and all the people who perished, just started crying. I had to calm her down. I felt so much emotion from these people. I hope that the families that had their lives ripped apart in seconds that day felt the kind of emotion I did, and hopefully more! I still cry at the most strangest of moments. All of a sudden, while driving mostly, the image will come back and I will cry right then and there. A part of me died that day, trust for people mostly. Now I have a feeling what it felt like when the Japanese hit Pearl Harbor.... 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 story1692.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 my carpool came to pick me up, he told me that a plane had hit one of the World Trade Center Towers. I thought, 'What a horrible accident,' but didn't expect anything else. We were listening to the radio on the way to school, hoping to hear good news. Unfortunately, we heard that another plane had hit the other tower. My intuition told me that something was wrong, and I started to worry about the people in New York...mainly a few of my friends. When I got to school, I heard that both planes had been headed here, to California. Then I knew, this had to have been planned, and I was scared. I knew that no matter what happened, no matter how much we hoped, everyone would in some way be affected by this. In my second period class, we were watching the live coverage on CNN when the towers collapsed. I was terrified. I'd lived my life never being in touch with death at this magnitude, and I, perhaps for the first time, came in touch with my mortality. I remember my friends and I were scared to death of an attack happening to LA, we talked for hours on the phone. I can still see the images of the towers collapsing in my mind. Over and over again. It was horrifying. On the opposite side of the country, we were still hit by this attack on our security. We're not invincible, we know that, now. 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: On the day of September 11th, I was at home getting ready for school. I was shocked that such a tragedy had happened. When I heard that the "twin towers" were crashed into by airplanes, I was surprised that such people, the terrorists had done such a thing to America. As I watched, I felt a part of me break. The "twin towers" had been hit and I was thinking to myself, "How can such a thing like this happen and why is there so much hate in this world towards America?". As I watched, tears came dropping down my face. I didn't think that people were ever like this. For me, I wonder how the families of those who lost their lives feel. I was watching the news and this talk show called Oprah. On Oprah they were showing all the fathers that had died in the tragedy. It made me cry and think that I am very thankful to have my family with me to this day. For the children that lost their fathers and all the wives that lost their husbands, I send my deepest condolences. Be stong because those people who died are in a better place now! They were heroes because they died with love for their country. Through all this, I noticed that ever since September 11th, everyone became nicer and more patriotic. I've seen houses with the American Flag outside their houses. It's a wonderful scene just to see the American Flag flying in the air. I have more pride in my country than I did before. AMERICA is a country which is free in making choices and it's a country that will never ever be forgotten. America is "well-known" and it will always be in my heart. "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL"..... 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 story7582.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 heard about the attacks, after 9 a.m. Mass, at St. Francis of Assisi, here in Astoria, Queens, New York City. We're about 10 miles from the World Trade Center. About 9:25, Tilly, a woman about 70 years old, a regular at the weekday Mass, took the pulpit, very distraught, in tears, talking about a crash of some sort, and asked us to pray an "Our Father," "Hail Mary," and a third, shorter prayer. I was in the back of the church, heading out when this happened, and didn't quite hear what she was concerned about, but added my prayers to the 24 or so others there. Even the priests had left the altar and exited the church by then. I called my Dad on my mobile phone to get details as I walked to the polls, for it was primary day in New York City. I knew Dad would be informed as he and my Mom often have the TV on. He explained what was happening. It was a very peaceful beautiful cool morning in Astoria, even after the attacks. The Only sign of trouble I heard other than Tilly's plea was the wail of sirens at 9:38 a.m. Later, an engine from FDNY Co. 61 hurtled past my local diner, alarm blaring, heading west on Ditmars. Toward noon, I walked toward the 31st Street subway station, in hopes of getting a closer look, either from Manhattan or from the elevated tracks in the station. I had binoculars, and en route I realized that the binoculars would be useless, as the two towers had collapsed. There was essentially nothing to see from afar. I was also increasingly self-conscious about seeming a voyeur. I bought some lunch on the bustling thoroughfare, and sat on a bench and listened to a woman who said she had tickets to a Broadway show for later that day. The angry woman said to a friend while discussing the morning's horrific events, "I want to murder these people." She was referring to the many Arab that have come to live in Astoria. I wrote to some friends the next day via e-mail: "Hi Lucila, I'm OK here in Astoria. Never got a chance to get into Manhattan yesterday. How'd everyone else make out? Some of the oldtimers in the neighborhood were, sadly, blaming the many Muslims who've moved into the area. One woman, about 65, was particularly vocal, talking about "them." A wave of anti-Muslim hostility may well be one of the results of the attacks. Ger" 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 story653.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-05-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 151.204.125.25 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 the morning of September 11 I was in the pool for morning water polo practice. While we were passing I saw one of the coaches enter the pool deck and tell our coach something we didn't know what he was just told but we knew it was something bad. Our coach just shook his head and our other coach put her hands over her mouth. When we got out and where in the showers one of our teammates came over to us and said," Hey, did you guys hear about the plane that was hijacked and flown into the world trade center?" We all thought it was part of a joke so we said no and waited for the punch line. She just stared at us and said,"No, its true a plane really did crash!" Then we stared at each other in disbelief. I had not fully realized how bad it was until I went to my 4th period class and actually saw the plane hit the 2nd WTC and I began to cry. When I got home that day my uncle called. He had just recently become a firefighter. He told me some of the men from his station were leaving for NY but he wasn't because he was new. After a whileof silence my uncle said,"Being a firefighter myself, I know for a fact that if I was a NY firefighter I would not hesitate whatsoever,running into one of those buildings to fullfill my duties."I cried some more and said goodbye. The thing that will stay in my mind forever is what my uncle said that day. I know that those men and women who perished are truly heroes. I will never forget.... 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Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-10-02 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.79.81.10 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: September 11, 2001 was one of the most horrifying days in the United States history. On this day I was at Northmont High School in Clayton, Ohio. At the timesof the attackes on the World Trade Center, I was in my second peroid class, Biology, but the I didn't find out about it until third period English. When I first walked into the classroom the TV was on showing people screaming and running when they saw the first plane crash into the first tower. At first I didn't think it was true because I didn't think someone would really crash a plane into a bulding. But then I saw the secould plane go in to the second tower. Then I knew it was real. Later on that day, I heardthat another plane had crashed into the Pentagon. Later both towers collapsed, and a fourth plane crashed in western Pennsylvania. At that point I was getting scared because I didn't know what was going to happen next. In my opinion, I think the hereos are the fire fighters, policemen, and everyone else who tried to help people fet out of the towers and Pentgon. They wanted to save as many lives as possible knowing that maybe they could loss there's 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 story2032.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 mother called me a few days ago and told me about this site. She thought it might help me. You see, I am one of those emotional people that cry at the drop of a hat. Yet somehow during the days and weeks and months that followed the tragedies of September 11th last year, I didn't cry; at least not very much. Not the buckets worth that I would have expected from myself. In some ways I couldn't. I was for all intents and purposes numb. I felt like that sense of safety we all (us Americans) took for granted was gone. Some things would never be the same again. Living near DC, people talk about not having to worry about how to go on after World War III or a nuclear attack, because we would be killed in the first strikes. That's what 9/11 felt like. I was asleep when my phone rang around 9am. It was my dad calling to see what I was doing and if I had heard the news. He told me about the plane hitting the World Trade Center. I turned on the news and pretty much kept it on for the next several days. I was watching the TV when the second plane hit the other tower. I was watching the TV when I heard a sonic boom and felt as my house shook and as I learned that a plane had hit the Pentagon. I was watching TV as the first tower collapsed and then the second. It all seemed surreal, like a movie. I tried calling my two sisters to let them know I was OK. I talked briefly to my one sister, who was living in Falls Church at the time, but only got the others voicemail. Since she was away, attending the University of Delaware and was probably in class, I wanted her to know that we were all ok. But were we all ok? I finally talked with my mother. Her office at the time was in Rosslyn and they were all told to go home, but traffic was horribly backed up, because all government agencies in DC were also being told to close. What was a normal 10-15 minute drive took her nearly an hour that day. There was one last person that I was worried about. My friend Dave has a framing shop on Columbia Pike, just down from the Pentagon. Since he is hearing impaired and does not communicate using the phone, calling him was out of the question. Because of the mass exodus from DC, I knew driving would be nearly impossible and decided to head out on foot. Both to see if he was ok, and also to get a look at the Pentagon. I'm not quite sure what it is that draws us to things...why people must look at accidents as they drive by...I just had to know. It took me nearly an hour to walk that mile, in large part because of the cars that were everywhere and the roads that the police had already begun to block off. When I reached the shop, I discovered a closed sign, so I figured Dave was ok and that he had headed home for the day. At that point, I continued down Columbia Pike towards the Pentagon. Smoke filled the air, thick balls of black and grey. I passed many Pentagon employees walking in the other direction. Walking away and trying to get home to loved ones. As I later learned, since the entire site had been declared a crime scene, they were forced to leave their cars there and find other means of transportation. And if they took the metro, then they had to walk to another location since the Pentagon stop was closed. It was to be the beginning of many days of no metro trains or buses stopping at the Pentagon. What I saw when I reached the end of the street will stick in my minds eye forever. The actual site with my own eyes was 1000x more vivid than any of the images I saw on TV. Which images are from that moment and which are from the countless times I would drive by for the next few days and weeks are somewhat of a blur however. There was this huge, impenetrable structure with a giant hole the size of a football field. I did keep going back to look. Somehow, at first, it helped. In between the threat of another plane, bombs, suspicious packages, and exploding manhole covers in DC, finding out more information and seeing things for myself helped. I remember hearing that the fire went on burning for days before it was completely out. That rescue workers were working around the clock, and I even drove by once in the middle of the night and saw the huge lights they had erected so they could continue working. Places were established for people who wanted to help. Such an outpouring from people who wanted to help but didn?t quite know how - counselors came, people brought food and shelters for workers; so much love. I remember the newscasts telling people to hold off on going to donate blood unless they had type O because the blood banks were full. A makeshift memorial began at the corner and it was incredible to see all of the flowers and tokens that people were leaving in memory of those lost. The rest of that day and week is mostly a blur. What I remember are the constant sounds of F-16's and helicopters flying over my house and emergency vehicles driving down my street (Washington Blvd. is the direct route to the Virginia Hospital Center of Arlington where they took most of those injured). I went to stay at a friend?s house in Fairfax to get away for the weekend. The sounds were constant. That's what I remember the most, the sounds of war. Make no mistake, like it or not, we were experiencing first hand war...here on American soil. I was supposed to fly to Buffalo last October, but was not ready to board a plane yet. It was months before I was ready and even then I was extremely nervous, as I'm sure others were too. Even after the clean-up was underway, other threats kept coming in the form of Anthrax scares. It seemed like it would never end. One good thing in the aftermath was niceness. Road rage was suspended, albeit temporarily, and people were nice to each other for a while. There was a resurgence of manners... please and thank you...opening doors for others...letting people into your lane...things that were once the norm, but had become lost along the way, returned for a brief period of time. Like many, I began to rethink my life priorities and goals, spend more time with my family, and reconnect with old friends. Why did it have to take such a tragedy to get us all to do that though? I wonder what the long-term impact these events will have really is. Not that we should ever forget, but we do have to go on living. The hard part is to not feel guilty for that; that we can go on living when so many have died. I have since moved to Buffalo, New York to attend graduate school. The timing right in so many ways...I wanted to pursue a Master's degree, be near my extended family, and be away from the DC area. Don't get me wrong, I love Virginia. I spent nearly 20 years of my life there. Arlington is beautiful, being near the heart of government and politics is great. But it was time for a break from the fast pace. I miss seeing my immediate family every day though. My one sister had a baby in May at the very hospital the ambulances were traveling to last year. The other transferred schools and is now attending Old Dominion University. I try to talk to them both every few days. The flags everywhere, the candlelight ceremonies, the outpouring of love...I do miss that. On this one-year anniversary, I wish I were able to drive past the Pentagon and have gone to the various events in the DC area to pray and remember. Since that was not possible, I decided to reflect by telling my story here. I want to thank everyone who has shared his or her stories with me. It helps. Talking really does help. 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 story4651.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: Shortly before 9:00 am I dropped my 2 oldest children off at the babysitters. I returned to my car with my 2 week old baby whom I was taking to work with me that day. When getting in the car at a few minutes after 9:00 am I heard the reports on the radio of a a plane hitting tower 1. While on my way to work I heard the report of another plane hitting Tower 2 and the Pentegon. I immediately drove to my mothers house and turned the TV on and watched in utter amazement. I just watched and cried feeling totally helpless. My father soon called with news of a plane crashing in Somerset PA. It was an obsolutely frightening day. We did not know what would happen next. I pray for the families who lost their love ones that they may have the ability to recover from their loses and perservere. 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 story7536.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 I woke up on September 11th and it was a sunny, semi warm day. It felt like any other day really. I got on the bus and went to school. I hung out with friends in my first and second class. In the middle of third period is when I found out about the terrorist attacks. I left class to get a drink and a teacher was walking down the hall and saying something. At first I thought he was talking to me, so I asked him what he said. He told me to go and tell my teacher to turn it on CNN. So I hurried back to my class and told Mrs. Lamb to turn on the TV. As soon as we turned it on they showed the first tower in flames. I was very confused. I had no idea what was going on, to be honest I was a little scared to know what was going on. I wasn't sure I wanted to know. Then a newscaster came across the screen and said that a plane had flown into the tower. After hearing this, the first thing that popped into my head was the bombing in the twin towers in 1993. When class was over everyone in the halls were talking about it. I stepped into fourth period class and it was so quiet, which is very unusual for my art class. We sat there the whole time with our noses stuck to the TV. It was so sad. By this time the other plane hit the second tower. When the towers started to collapse I started to get teary. I still couldn't believe this was happening. I thought it was just a really bad dream. Then later on I heard that a plane hit the Pentagon and then one crashed in Somerset, PA. The plane that crashed in Somerset, PA from what I heard was supposed to come to Somerset, NY. It was suppose to hit our power plant, AES. During the next few days of school we watched over a nd over again the devastating disaster. Each time I watched it made me think to myself, wow what if that plane had hit our power plant? What would have happened to us? It was so important to watch the news every night and see what was go ing on and how people had reacted to all this. It still amazes me that someone can be so cruel and hurtful. After the devastating disaster, everyone, including me was very sad and had hopes on pay back for Osama bid Laden. This tragedy influenced people and we know that America became united once again. We pulled through it and now are trying to move because everyone is "PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!" 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 story772.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. 2002-06-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 168.169.8.38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My Husband, 1 year old son and I were driving to inspect our new mobile home. We were hearing the radio and the music stop and all we heard was something was going on. When I heard them mention the World Trade Center I thought they were reporting something about the 1993 moment, but as I kept listening it became clear that something unthinkable had just happened. Still happening. As we goto to our new home all were heard full blast were radio stations reporting what was happening. We were all in disbelief!! I just want the people who read this one day that those people who did this horrible act were not doing it in the name of their God, but on orders from a man who thinks he is God. We will never forget what happening and nobaody should. We need to remember that our freedom is not something to take for granted. We as Americans need to fight for our freedom and show the world we are willing to do what it takes to keep our freedom. May God Bless Everyone who reads this message and may you be safe where ever in the world you may be. 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 story7266.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was at school like any other day, it was first period and i remember a teacher coming into the classroom and telling us to find a television. We went to a television and saw the horrific scenes of the planes crashing into the two towers and people jumping out of these towers. I really didn't know what to think, it was just a really strange hard to explain feeling. 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 story3624.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. 165.234.187.245 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 LYING IN BED ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 5 1/2 MONTHS PREGNANT WITH MY FIRST CHILD. MY SISTER IN LAW CAME IN AND TOLD ME TO TURN ON THE TV. SO I DID AS I DID I SAW THE SECOND PLANE HIT. I WAS IN SO MUCH SHOCK BECAUSE I WAS WAS WATCHING THE PLACE WERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED HAVING TO GO THROUGH THIS. I CRIED AND CRIED. I TRIED TO REACH MY DAD FOR HOURS BECAUSE HE WORKS 1 BLOCK AWAY FROM WHERE THIS WAS HAPPENING. AND KNOWING MY DAD HE WAS GOING TO HELP EVEN IF IT MEAN'T HIS LIFE THATS JUST HOW HE IS. HE ALSO HAD TO HELP DIG OUT THOSE HELPLESS BODIES. I FELT SO HOPELESS BECAUSE I COULDN'T BE THERE TO HELP WITH ANYTHING. ALL I COULD DO WAS PRAY, PRAY MY DAD WAS OK, PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BUILDINGS AND THEIR FAMILIES. I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT HAPPENED. I DIDN'T HEAR FROM MY DAD IN 2 DAYS. FINALLY HE CALLED AND TOLD ME HIS GRANDSON WHOM WASN'T EVEN BORN YET WAS HIS MAIN REASON TO LIVE THROUGH THIS NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED. HE WANTED HIS GRANDSON TO KNOW HIM AND MEET HIM. AND HE DID. AND NOW MY SON IS 7 MONTHS AND THERE IS NO SEPERATING THOSE TWO WHEN THEY GET TOGETHER. I APPERICATE MY DAD AND FAMILY NOW MORE THAN EVER BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE THAT HAPPENED. THANK YOU, E. MARRERO 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 story4751.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 is school when it happened it happened it my 3rd hour I had lunch next it was manly what i was thinking about i was in line and we go in to like a sepreat room to get hot lunch and i was in there. then my and my friend i was in line with notice it got quite but we could'nt here anything so we thought we'd just ask out friends what was going on. Well when we sat down we asked our friends said they didn't understand what the princeable was saying so we talked about something else. Well i went to my forth hour and i walk in and my teacher didn't seem himself but i only had him for a cople days so this could of been normal. Well when class started he said something like "Ok i'm going to turn on the T.V but if you get to talkive i'm turning it off" so then he turned on the T.V and i saw the first trade center go down then the secound over and over. I thought it was a joke or something I didn't belive it but I quickly relized it was no joke and no one was laughing 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 story8878.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: December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001 are two dates that are etched in my memory. As an adolescent, when a voice on our huge old radio announced that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor, I immediately went outside and looked up at the sky afraid that I would see Japanese bombers. I did not know what to expect. On Sept 11, 2001 my husband left St. Louis early to join his sons for their annual fishing trip and the house was quiet. I took my morning cup of tea into the living room and turned on the TV. An excited, tense voice told me that a plane had hit one of the WTC towers. Recalling that a plane had accidentally flown into the Empire State building years ago, I assumed it was anoher accident and wondered how firefighters would be able to deal with a fire in such a tall building. Then I saw a plane going into the other tower and erupting in a fireball. I realized that this was no accident. Panicky screams of those near the cameraman filled my quiet house and I felt as many Americans did that day--this can't be happening. My brain went numb and gave me no idea of what was going on--it was frozen. I sat on the couch in silence as the first tower collapsed and screaming people pursued by clouds of smoke ran for their lives. When the second tower went down I could hear voices crying "Oh my God." More people running, trying to breathe in the choking clouds of smoke and debris. They looked ghostly as they emerged covered with grey ash. My first reaction was to call my husband to the TV, forgetting that he was on the road. I spent the rest of the day glued to the screen as images of planes hitting the towers and the towers coming down were shown over and over. It was very hard to be alone with no one to share my confusion and fear. That evening I phoned one of my sons who left the other fishermen early and was home in Quincy, Illinois. I asked questions--what was happening, what was going on? His voice was tense as he answered that he had no answers. Because he is military I assumed he could interpret better than I what was unfolding. Because he is military he knew we were in for terrible trouble and just didn't want to handle questions then. So I hung up and spent the next few days watching TV and trying to understand the implications of this attack. No, on September 11, 2001 I didn't go out and scan the skies for bombers as I did in 1941. As the days passed, my brain finally processed the fact that we were at war; a new, unknown kind of war that left me with the same fear that I had as a child--what is going to happen? 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 story7989.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 approximately 9:30am on Sept. 11, 2001, the assistant principal made a rare all call announcement to turn CNN on in our classrooms. As I rushed to turn on the television, I was wondering what could possibly be happening that would warrent this announcement. I soon found myself dumbstruck with what I saw. What a struggle it was to maintain my composure in front of my classroom of disbelieving students. One student spoke out and broke the silence, "This is just a movie, right Ms. Jurk?" "I wish it were Michael." He was the one child able to ask what we all were hoping was true. He didn't seem to believe me when I told him that what he was watching was real and history in the making. For the next half hour, my students and I watched, horrified, as the scenes of the two planes hitting the World Trade Center. When the bell rang and my students moved on to their next class, I rushed to the office to get permission to make the long distance calls I needed to make to find out if my friends and family were a part of attack on the Pentagon. There are no words to express how I felt when I found out my loved ones were safe and sound. And then, the towers fell. What an awesome sight. Two skyscrapers, 110 stories fell. I could only imagine what it was like to be there. I fell into a chair completely at a loss. I had no idea what to do or say, except to say a prayer for those who had lost their lives and for those who were beginning a LONG journey to search, rescue, and clean up the mess of some fanatical lunatics. Throughout the rest of the day, my students and I continued to watch CNN. There I sat, a 25 year old, middle school special education teacher, dumbstruck again at how difficult it was to understand what was happening. Who were these people flying airplanes into our lives? Who would give up their own life to take so many innocent lives? Who could take these lives and leave so many others behind alone and confused? While these questions have been answered over the last year, I still struggle to understand how their minds could have become so warped that they felt it necessary to kill so many innocent people. As we recalled the events of one year ago, my students remain strangely unaffected. There is little which can be done to change their opinions. I only hope time will soften their minds and hearts and that they will realize what has happened. 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 the events of 9/11 occurred I was in my high school english class. We had been doing research for a paper and were on the computers and internet. I was sitting next to one of my friends who was talkin through AOL Instant Messenger to a teacher working at the tech office at our elementary school. The teacher sent a message that the World Trade Center buildings had been hit by a plane. At first it was hard to believe and I thought that it must have been a small single engine plane that had gone out of control. We began searching the internet for instant news and information. After a few minutes we found some news info and pictures of the planes flying towards the towers. At this moment I was suprised to see that it was actually a large passenger plane. We said something to our teacher and went into the office where there was a television and we turned on the news, and watched it until the end of class. This was the main topic at our school for the rest of our day, and I watched it on the news all night. These whole events come as a real shock to me because I have visited New York for the past three summers. During the first two years the World Trade Centers were always a nice resting spot for us. We would sit between the towers near the fountain and admire the view. Jus las week we again visited New York City and visited Groundzero. It was a very emotional experience. The cross made from the steel beam stands as a reminder to all of this horrific and tragic event and is symbolic of all the lives lost. The whole area had been cleaned up and it just looked like a large construction site. They had begun rebuilding one of the underground tunnels, but besides that it looked just like a 60 foot deep hole in the ground. I was deeply moved by the shrine to those who lost their lives that was set up in the churchyard nearby. I am sure that I will always remember the events of 9/11, but I will never ever understand them. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story876.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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