76 20 7169 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I may have been across the country at the time of the attacks but I felt as if I was right there. I am a caregiver for the elderly and my first impulse was how do I get to New York and help. I had to work that day and trying to keep myself together to comfort and reassure the people that I take care of was just about impossible. But the ironic thing was they were more worried about us. Every where that I went that day there was a television on and I felt that I couldn't get away from the images. I felt like my heart was being ripped out every time the news showed people jumping from the buildings because they knew they couldn't escape. I will never forget that day. My prayers are with everyone who lost a loved one. There really are no words that can truly express that day, just an imense pain that will never go away. 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 story3669.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: Today is the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11th, 2001. I cannot believe that time had flown by so fast and that it has been a full year since that tragic day. September eleventh started just like any other day. I got up and got ready to start school. My sister drove us to school and I went to my first period history class. Once history was over, I went to my locker and hung out with my friends during our twenty-minute break. I left for my Latin two class about five minutes early because I needed to get some help with my homework from the previous night. I went into my class and started to get out my homework for some extra help. Just then, another foreign language teacher entered our classroom where my teacher, Magistra, and I were working. She told Magistra to turn on the TV right this second. She did and that??s when I first found out about the attack. I sat down in my seat and was very confused at what was happening. I watched the TV to see if I could figure out what was going on. I soon found out that American Airline flight 11 had crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York. The newscasters weren??t sure if it was an accident or not, they just knew what they saw. The bell rang and now everyone was in our class. Magistra stood up in our class and started to talk to us. She knew that wasn??t sure if we had heard or not but she told us the terrible news anyway. She started to cry as she was talking. We found out that she had 3 family members that worked in the World Trade Center and that her brother was leaving on a flight that morning. I felt so bad for her and everyone else in the world that did not know if a loved one was dead or alive. We kept watching the TV and at about 9:10 another plane (Untied Airline flight 175) crashed into the south tower. Everyone in my class was silent. We were all shocked at what was happening. Magistra couldn??t watch the TV anymore. She asked us if we could turn it off for about 15 minutes. We knew she was very worried and everyone said it would be fine. We started to do some Latin class work because Magistra thought it would be a good idea to get our minds off of the attacks. We turned the TV back on about 15 minutes later and learned that from the newscasters that everyone was told to leave the area because they weren??t sure if the towers were stable. I can remember them showing that people were running down the stair and out the doors of the WTC. I also remember them showing people jumping out of windows and flailing through the air to their death. It was horrible to watch people dying. I remember looking at the clock at 10:05 and returning my gaze back on the TV when the south tower collapsed and everyone started running to get out of the way. I??ll never forget that sight. It just fell to the ground each floor crushing the one below it. The north tower collapsed somewhere around 10:30. It wasn??t too long until they started to talk about the Pentagon attacked and evacuated. Our principal got on the intercom and made an announcement that the Pentagon had also been hit. We live about fifteen miles away from DC so it was very nerve-racking. He told us that we could use our cell phones to call anyone if we needed to. He also said that the counselors were there if we needed to talk to someone. Magistra was much more upset when she found out the Pentagon had been hit because her husband works there. She could not get in touch with anyone, nor could anyone else. Second block ended and we were told to proceed throughout the rest of the day. I went to Chemistry where all we did the whole class was watch the TV. After class I had lunch and I sat and talked about everything with my friends. I found out from all of them if they had any loved ones in New York or in DC. After lunch I went to P.E. and once again we watched the TV to find out more information. Once school was over my sister and I went home, only to find out that my dad was home too. We found out that my Dad had gone down to HUD in DC, which is right across the Potomac River from the Pentagon, for a meeting earlier on in the day. As it turns out, he actually heard the plane fly over the HUD building before it hit the Pentagon. They were told to evacuate the building and so he came home. I didn??t think that I really had any close family members to worry about. None of my family lives in New York and neither of my parents work in DC anymore. It was a real shocker to find out that my Dad was out there and it scared me to think I could have lost him. We all watched TV together and after a while we had to turn it off. There was so much and this was so big. It was a day that never seemed to end, but it finally did. I cried myself to sleep that night. It??s a year later and I still can??t believe that this happened. Today as I was walking through the hallways, I was so happy to see so many people wearing red, white, and blue as proudly as they were. And in first period when we stood up to say the Pledge of Allegiance, no one stood up just because they had to, but everyone stood up because they fully believed in each and every word they were saying. I went to a September eleventh ceremony at our school tonight. It was a wonderful ceremony to respect all of those who died or lost loved ones. I came home and cried for the first time in probably a year. It still seems like it was only last week that all of this happened. I don??t know if I??ll ever be able to really get over and move on. I know that everything that happened and everything that I witnessed will always stay with me. I??ll always know where I was and what I was doing on September 11th, 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 story7728.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. 2002-09-17 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 151.188.17.4 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 monitoring a Club Professional golf tournament that my company sponsors. We had heard of the plane hitting the first WTC and then went to the pro-shop and witnessed the second plane. We were in the pro shop when we heard that all planes had been grounded to the nearest airport. My customer and I debated telling the players on the course and decided not too. So after a bit we went back out onto the course to watch play and think. Then from the North West direction a large plane, 757 or 767 was coming very slow and low over the course. I mentioned to my customer that it seemed odd as the Pittsburgh airport was no where near this planes flight path. Then twenty minutes or so later my wife calls me on my cell phone and tells me that a plane had just crashed South East of Pittsburgh. We realized at once that we had seen the plane. I have visited the Flight 93 temporary memorial a number of times since the attacks. Thanks to the heros aboard that plane! 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 story867.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. 2002-07-08 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.65.148.179 Annotation Annotations to this item. Memorials/Vigils (location or person) PA:2 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 sitting in the middle of lunch when all of a sudden I heard a few people talking. They were talking about plane crashes in New York and at the Pentagon. My very first thought was my grand-father. He worked around that area of the Pentagon and I hoped he wasn't dead or injured severly. When I went back to 3rd block I asked my teacher Mr. Hulan to use the phone. I tried getting through to my mom but so many people were using the phone that I couldn't get out. So I waited patiently listening to a radio since our t.v wasn't working. I just remember sitting there bawling my eyes out because I was so scared for my grand-pa. Well, as it turns out he was moved to another section that very day. He only had minor injuries and was going to be great. Unfortunatley alot of his friends weren't as lucky. I went to a big funeral for all the people at the Pentagon. I remember for the first and probably the last time seeing my strong grand-father break down into tears. 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 story481.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. 2002-05-01 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 63.124.220.148 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I am going to tell you about how the events of September 11, 2001 made me feel. They made me feel scared and insecure. When I had heard about part of what happened, I was so scared. Then I prayed. I did feel better. However, I was still scared because my brother was 18 and I didn?t want him to get drafted. I wanted him to stay right here in Barberton. I guess I was saddened by the attack, but other than fear I cannot think of any feelings. Maybe I did feel angry though, because people wanted to hurt us. Then later I felt protected and safe because we were dealing with the attacks, and fighting back. 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 story3079.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 biggest fear I think for anyone on that day across the country was getting home to our families- our children. The overwhelming feeling of needing to see them and tell them that I love them.. To see my huband's face and know that he is ok. But having these things made me feel even more helpless to the people who would no longer have these things. To the people that are no longer with us and their families, I send you a message of hope and peace. September 11th left no one unaffected. My prayer is that the effect is one of pride of our country and love for one another. Let us never take anything for granted. Lisa Hempfling Ft Thomas, KY 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 story3183.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 living in Miami and consulting. My client was a hospital system in Long Island. I had planned to visit a friend in Boston for the weekend of 9/8/01-9/9/01 instead of returning home as usual between the two consecutive weeks I was scheduled to work with that client. When I arrived on Monday 9/1/01 I found that my weekend plans were cancelled and decided to see Manhattan like a tourist over the weekend instead. One Saturday 9/8/01 I spent a wonderful day enjoying all the typical tourist sights of New York. I visited the Statue of Liberty, Rockefellar Center, etc. I had such a good time I decided to spend Sunday in the city as well. I wanted to see a Broadway show some night during the week so decided to stop first at the TKTS ticket booth in the WTC. It was closed but I spent a memorable 30 minutes talking toa very nice security guard. I remember him telling me that he was a life long resident of Little Italy (Italian) and he gave me several recommendations for dinner later that night. I remember being awed by the size and beauty of the building as I headed towards Battery Park to catch a ferry to Ellis Island. After returning from Ellis Island I grapped dinner at one of the restaurants "my friendly security guard" had recommended and headed back out to Long Island. Of course when Tuesday morning came and the world changed, all I could think about was whether that sweet and funny man had been on duty. I only wish I could remember his name so that I could know if he was caught in the attack. I like to think since he worked the weekend that maybe he had Tuesday morning off. 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 story6266.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I remember Bryant Gumbel saying,"that a plane had hit the world trade center in one of the towers" I thought to myself. Oh God I hope it was a terrible accident and then, shortly thereafter the other plane hit. I cried for days for people I have never met. I still cry sometimes. I just pray and hope that those people didn't suffer. I could not imagine the devastation of so many families have,and are still grieving. Losing someone you love or gave life to. Its unimaginable that they would leave in such a way. we must remember each and everyone of them. Whether they (who died) knew it or not. On that beautiful (it started out that way) September day they paid the highest ultimate price for our freedom. I honor and I thank them. My heart fills with sorrow for those who cherished them. And I pray that peace and glory will soon return to this wonderful nation. The sense of understanding and the ability to go forward. Thank you for your time in reading my story. God Bless Us All and keep us safe healthy and at peace. (Stacy J) 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 story6820.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I am a college student and I work at night because I have 3 young children. I was 4 months pregnant on Sept 11, my oldest child was almost 2 and my middle child was 8 months old. I had worked the night before so my husband left for work early that morning and the kids and I slept in, as we were accustom to doing. We did not get out of bed until right at noon. I turned on the news as I did everyday and headed to the bathroom to do the usual morning things. I could here the TV and thought I was crazy when I heard something about several planes crashing into buildings. I went into the living room and started to watch. I could not understand what they were talking about, it just did not make any sense. I called my husband, who was the computer tech at a local elementary school. I just asked him to explain it to me. He did, but I still did not want to beleive. I then asked him how they were doing at the school, because I was worried about all of the children who might know what had happened. He said that the school was not alloeing any TVs to be on. I was compelled to stare at the TV for the next several days, but I did not want my young children to sit and watch it. I tried to keep them busy which also helped me because I just wanted to sit down and cry. I have never seen the twin towers and did not know anyone even close to any of the areas, but I was still devastated. I kept thinking of all the wives, and children, and parents, and husbands, and so on. I do not think I could live if something happened to any one in my family and it just horrified me to think of the number of people who would never see there loved ones again. And for such ignorant reasons. I still have a hard time when I think of it, whick is at least once almost every day. I do not know why it just comes into my mind. But it still makes me cry. I have saved several news papers for my children to see and I will take them to the memorial sites when they are old enough to understand. I just pray that nothing like this ever happens again, although I think it will. A few days after the 11th I learned that one of my mothers close friends had been in New York just 2 days before the terrible tragedy. She had taken pictures of most of the sites, but chose not to take pictures of the twin towers. She had been there before and figured that everyone had seen them, so it was 'no big deal.' It is amazing how fast things change and how much we take things for granted. My deepest apologizes go to every person in our country. To those who lost loved ones, to those who lived to tell their story and to all of those who were like me sitting at home terrifed. We all have suffered in some way, and we will always carry a scar. My prayers go out for those that lost their loved ones, may you some how find peace. I will never forget! May God be with us all! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story7321.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: This was a terrible day for me. I prepared for my classes as usual. But, something had happened. I could only get bits and pieces of it. As the teachers came into the library, they left their students with me to go to the nearest television. So as not to cause the students distress, I stood there cool headed with a smile on my face (business as usual) while all along I was getting the worst headache. I could hear gasps and ahhs. Comments like "New York is on fire!" could be heard coming from the other room. One teacher came in saying," They've bombed the Pentagon!" Before I knew it I blurted out, "Are we at war?" She knew nothing. By the time I got a break I ran to the television just in time to see a re-cap of the towers crumbing. MY GOD, WHAT'S GOING ON! Nothing will be the same. I thank God for our soldiers, decision makers, and others who must keep a cool head and a clear mind in times of distress. I know that they are trained to do this. But, I am sure that none ever thinks that something like this would/could happen on their watch. I was standing with kids which is not even close to what others went through. But, it was so hard. I think that in the long run all of us are soldiers. We all have duties, are on duty, and are responsible for our ever improving way of life. So, whether it be a class of kids, an office of workers, a troop of men, or a country of people we share this life and this reponsibility. And I think that we do a good job America. Don't You? 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 story1694.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: Italian flag at Ground Zero... We came from Italy to spend New Year's Eve 2001-2002 and we put an Italian flag with a message at ground zero together with the thousands of other flags, drawings and messages. I hope it's still there. God Bless America! From an Italian friend, Riccardo Perrone 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 story9828.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. 2003-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 129.174.27.192 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 11th a very tragic inccident happened to America, many, many, american citizens were killed. I think this day was a huge wake up call for american citizens to not take rights and things for granted. I think this day reminded everybody who we are and that united we stand. That should always be remebered. 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 story5144.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. 12.164.58.211 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 talking with some friends in the hallway and I was with my girlfriend and she had heard that the World Trade Center had been attacked. I didn't think anything of it. So I went to first period and my history teacher had the television on and she was talking and explaining everything to us. I didn't know what to say, I was really shocked. It was like I was watching a movie. I was really pissed off because people shouldn' do that to other people, it isn't right. My other classes were having big discussions on it. I just listened in shock. When I got home, all I did was watch the news with my parents. They seemed pretty suprised too. I prayed for everyone who died that day and hoping that they will be happy in heaven. I also prayed for the families who lost a loved one because I don't know what I would do if I were them. God bless everyone who died 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 story6891.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 woke up at 8:30 on Tuesday, September 11. It was a ordinary late summer day in Borough Park, the neighborhood in Brooklyn where I was living at the time. I was supposed be at work by 9:30, and work was normally about 30 minutes away by train, so I was in somewhat of a rush to wash up and get out of the door. I exited the bathroom around 8:45, and sat down in the living room I shared with 2 roommmates to catch a couple of minutes of Good Day New York on channel 5 while I had a coffee and a cigarette. I was watching the view from the traffic chopper, when suddenly the camera panned jerkily to a smoking, flaming hulk that I instantly recognized as the World Trade Center. I watched in complete, frozen, horror for a few seconds; then I shook my roommate awake to tell him the horrible news. He had fallen asleep on the living room couch after a night of hard drinking, and he was in no mood for TV news of any kind. "Holy s***, the World Trade Center is on fire! A plane just flew into the f***ing World Center!" After taking a long moment to come to his senses, my roommate replied "So what? We live in Brooklyn. I don't care... I'm going back to sleep." He then dragged himself into his bedroom and went back to sleep. It was then that an interesting if terrible dilemma occured to me. My office was located at 80 Maiden Lane, 3 blocks from the World Trade Center site. In fact, my usual subway stop was the Cortlandt Street N and R train station located under the World Trade Center. However, September 11 was to be an important day at work, and if my office was in fact still going to be open, I was quite obligated to be there. So I arrived at the natural conclusion that hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers arrived at that day: Even if the tallest building in the city is on fire, I still have to go to work. I left my apartment at about 9:05 AM, and walked over to the 9th Avenue W train station. On my way to the subway station, I noticed a dark trail of smoke originating in front of me, in Manhattan, and stretching all the way to the zenith and back down behind me to the other horizon. Another odd phenomenon struck me after I had walked about halfway to the train station: It was snowing. As I looked closer and thought about ti, I realized that the "snow" was in fact ash and torn, charred bit of various documents from the World Trade Center. I saw an invoice dated from 1996 land in front of me on 39th Street and 9th Avenue in Brooklyn, in one piece. For some reason, I boarded the W train anyway. As the train neared the city, there were progressively longer delays between stations, and the passengers boarding at each stop were progressively more agitated. Finally, at around 9:50 AM, the train reached the Court Street station in downtown Brooklyn. At this point, the conductor announced over the PA that due to a sick passenger, the train woudl be going out of service and all passengers were to leave the station. Oddly enough, many people still seemed intent on getting to work. A mass of humanity streamed from all the downtown Brooklyn train stations towards the Brooklyn Bridge, when tens of thousands of people were still trying to walk into the city and go to work, or school, or whatever their obligation in Manhattan might be. But now, we started to see the real gravity of the situation; people were streaming from the bridge walkway coming fom downtown Manhattan, covered in ash, crying hysterically, some completely in shock. The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the bridge itself were already closed for emergency traffic, and there was a steady flow of emergency vehicles into Lower Manhattan. As I reached the hlafway point of the bridge, I began to meet people coming back from the Manhattan side who told me that police were no longer allowing people into Manhattan. At this point, a more pressing concern than my job, or even the conflagration in the Financial District, crossed my mind: my mother and her parents live in Independence Plaza, located 7 blocks from the World Trade Center site. My first priority became making sure that they were alive and healthy. I ran the rest of the way to Manhattan, and sure enough, when I reached the end of the Brooklyn Bridge walkway at Chambers Street and Centre Street, a police officer turned me back, insisting even when I showed an old ID that bore my mother address in nearby Tribeca. So I ran back across the bridge, and when I once again reached the halfway point, I heard people behind me screaming. When I turned to look, I saw the single most impressive and revolting sight I ever hope to witness: 1 World Trade Center collapsing in a shower of dust and glass. i remember the entire moment as if in slow motion. Watching the beautiful cascade of glass and dust, realizing in a detached way that thousands of poeple had just died, and then wondering if the shockwave from the collapse would affect the bridge I was standing on. After that, I found myself struggling with the idea that I was standing in the middle of the first battle of World War III. I walked back to Brooklyn, frantically trying to reach my mother, my job, and my grandparents on my cellphone. I walked for an indeterminate amount of time before reaching a two block long line for a payphone on Pineapple Street near the bridge. As I was standing on the line, blanking staring down Pineapple Street and across New York Harbor at the spectacle, an elderly man in a military uniform and a VFW hat walked up to the line and addressed me and the young man behind me in line. "This is war, ya know! They just attacked the Pentagon. It's f***ing World War III, and now you little bastards are gonna go through what I had to go through! You're gonna be drafted, and you're gonna go off to war. You better pray you're ready for it, because you're going whether you like it or not!" The two men in front of me in the line for the pay phone were covered in ash and visibly shaken. Not knowing what else to do, I asked them where then had been when 'it' happened. They were Programmer/Analysts for the Port Authority who had been on the 72nd floor of 1 World Trade Center and had narrowly escaped. One of them kept repeating "I just want to get home to New Jersey. I just want to see my wife." Eventually, I got to use the pay phone, and I called my mother and my grandparents. Unbeknownst to me at the time, my mother had already been evacuated, but my grandparents had elected to stay, as the were 8 blocks from the site and more or less not in danger. I talked to my grandmother on the phone, and told her that I loved her, and to tell the family that I was OK. I also told her to make sure to tell my mother to call me as soon as she heard from her. I then began the long walk home, back to Borough Park. Near the Barnes and Noble on Court Street, I finally got service on my cell phone, and left a message at my job saying that I was alright and that I hoped everyone had gotten out safely. A reporter from the Wall Street Journal saw me using my cell phone, and she asked permission to use it to call in to the office. I let her use my phone to call in to her office, and then answered a few questions for a piece about cellular phone service during the tragedy. It says something about my state of mind at the time, that I neglected to ever even look up the story, and still have not to this day. As I apporached the Gowanus Canal, I came across a woman being comforted by three or four others. She was screaming and weeping about biological weapons on the planes. Again, I didn't know what else to say, so I took the Zen approach and said "If there were biiological weapons in those planes, we're already infected, and you would do best to make it home to your family and enjoy what time you have." As I walked deeper into Brooklyn, I started to notice not only the monotony and the ubiquity of the sound of sirens, but also the profound depth. It seemed as if there were emergency vehicles passing by from every direction for miles. At a small park on 32nd Street and 3rd Avenue, I saw a woman I recognized from the building where I worked. She was covered head to toe in ash, except for the circles under her eyes that had been washed clean by tears. I could not even bring myself to speak to her. When I reached my block, everyone from the whole neighborhood was outside, listening to news reports on boomboxes and car radios. Whatever this was, it had certainly hit home. 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 story1282.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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: I was in my sociology class at 9:25 on Tuesday morning. My professor adressed the class stating that she heard on the radio that morning of the first building being struck by an airplane but their wasn't much information about why. We all came to the conclusion that it was a freak accident where something just went terribly wrong. In my next class, my history professor was more informed and he went into more detail. We discussed issues about middle east angst towards the US. Many of the students, including myself, were ignorant about the fact that we could be targeted because of our support of Israel. Our whole nation as a whole yearned for more information about what conflicts there were between us and the middle east. On my way home, without knowing the terror which I would see on the news, I prayed and told God that I wanted to console Him. Never in my life have I thought that I wanted to or even could console the most high God. My heart was sad because my God knew of the destruction and killing on such an omnipotent level. His heart was broken over our world and the people which he created. The Lord has comforted so many hearts since 9-11 and our country is grateful. What else can I say except GOD BLESS AMERICA! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I had just purchased a new set of headphone for my Walkman - it was about 6.00 am PST. I decided to listen to the radio. Something about a terrorist attack - was it real, or was I listening to a radio play? I changed the station - Federal ground stop. I walked over to the Southwest Airlines gate and asked them if we were flying - they said yes. I asked for a refund. I didn't think I was going to make it to Portland, OR. My brother, I had to call my brother - he lives in New York - and works near the World Trade Center. I call, and call - no answer. I did not know it at the time, but he had been in the World trade center when the first plane hit his tower. Finally he answered. He was on a boat - heading to Staten island. I was glad to talk to him - and then deeply saddened. I went back to the office. We decided to work as normal. My next meeting was at the offices of a defense contractor. 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 story890.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 woke up in the morning to go to work as a high school science teacher. The school year had just begun; it was only our second week. I had just spent the weekend having a memorial service for my grandfather, who passed away at the end of July, so I was already feeling pretty emotionally drained. I drove my brother to the airport on Sunday morning, one of the last mornings of "normal" air travel we would ever experience. I turned on the television after I got out of the shower, just as I usually did, at around six o'clock in the morning on the west coast. When I did, it wasn't too long until the anchor said, "We are receiving reports that one of the towers of the World Trade Center is on fire." They showed the pictures. It didn't register. I didn't understand what I was seeing. At first, they thought a twin-engine Cessna had crashed into the building, which I knew could easily have happened accidentally. But at the same time, they were talking about commercial flights being missing. No one knew what was going on, so I continued getting ready while listening as I moved around my apartment. I saw the explosion as the second plane hit. I thought the first tower had exploded, or that a bomb had gone off. I will never forget the moment when they slowed down that video and showed the plane flying into the side of the building. Someone is flying planes into buildings ON PURPOSE . . . this is no accident. It was inconceivable. I had to go work, though, I had classes to teach, though I wanted to keep watching to find out what was going on. It was right before I left the apartment that another plane crashed into the Pentagon. I watched the skies all the way to work. I had visions while driving through downtown Long Beach of planes falling out of the sky and crashing into the buildings. The televisions were on in the office at school, showing the billowing smoke covering Manhattan. It still felt so unreal. Many of the teachers kept their televisions on in their rooms all day, but I felt like it was necessary to try to keep functioning normally, for my sake and for the kids. There were rumors flying around the staff room about planes crashing all over the country, and someone said something about the towers collapsing. I wasn't going to believe it until I could go home and watch the news for myself, to sort out truth from rumor. We got a memo during 4th period to read to the students, letting them know that we were not sending them home but that extracurricular activities were cancelled for the rest of the week. All I wanted to do was get to the end of the day so I could leave, call my family, and watch the news. I wanted to make sure that my family and friends were safe, that no one I knew was on a plane or in one of those buildings. I was blessed that everyone I knew was fine, but so many other people were not, as I discovered when I sank into the armchair in my living room and turned on the television. It was everywhere, on every channel. It was then that I finally saw video of the towers collapsing with my own eyes, and that was when I finally lost it and started sobbing. The magnitude of the day's events was finally coming home to me, and another image was forever burned into my brain. I went to the grocery store and cried on the way home while I listened to our senators and representatives sing "God Bless America" on the steps of the capital. Everyone I saw was in a daze, shell-shocked, myself included. When I got home again, more bad news, and more tears- the casualty estimates were so high. I got down on my knees and prayed that night that survivors could be found in the buildings, that the missing could be accounted for. In the days to come, I went through the motions at work, but at home I cried all the time. The faces, the stories, each one tore into my heart so that I knew I would never be the same. I still know. 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 story1623.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, working on my computer when a co-worker reported that a plane just flew into the World Trade Tower, needless to say that I was dumb founded and that I thought that it may have been an accident or something, at that moment I stopped and said a prayer for those peple's lives who were lost on the plane and in the tower, when all of a sudden my phone rang and more co-workers yelled and screamed that a second plane hit the towers, oh my god this isn't an accident, with that happening and my wife calling to inform me of what was going on, we were quickly dismissed and I headed straioght for home to be with my family and loved ones and watched all the terror unfold on TV. 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 story2657.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. 170.115.249.21 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I heard the news story in 7-11 as I was waiting for my colleague to pick me up to commute to work. It sounded unbelievable, like War of the Worlds must have sounded. How I wish it were fiction. We drove right back home when our own building was evacuated that morning. My roommate had trouble tracking down his father who worked third shift near the site. He had just left work before it happened. I coordinate Pagan Pride activities on the west coast, and our Los Angeles event was scheduled for that Saturday. Suddenly it seemed like an inappropriate week to hold a celebration. The next night we started getting calls from some of our vendors: they wouldn?t be working the event. They had funerals to attend for friends who were on the planes. We decided to postpone our entire event, and held a vigil in the original event location on the day it was scheduled to be. Never forget. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story1462.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 day started off as any other, beautiful and clear. I was on my way to the hospital to receive a shot with one of my coworkers. We heard something on the radio, but could not make out what it was. As we kept listening, all we could make out was that there was a plane crash. When we arrived at the hospital, the truth became apparent; we were under attack. I called my boyfriend who was just getting off his night shift (he is a Port Authority officer). He had no idea what had happened until I called him and told him to turn on his television. Within moments, he was called down to Ground Zero and then I didn't hear from him for another 2 days due to cell phone towers being down. On the other hand, his father took the Path train into the World Trade Center. He worked for the Bank of New York right next to the site. After many frantic phone calls to their home, it was finally known that he was alright, running from the site and having seen the first plane hit. He returned home in New Jersey at 4 a.m. the following morning. The months that followed in the feverish attempt to rescue and eventually recover victims took an even greater toll. The stories told to me are heart wrenching and at times graphic as to what was seen. One night, I met him at 12 a.m. on the West Side Highway sometime in November while he was working. He was flush and fatigued, with a sound of emptiness in his voice I had never heard before. At this point I knew he would be forever changed. A state trooper told me to be easy on him, for the most seasoned veteran in law enforcement has not even seen a fraction of the devestation that occurred there. He would come home at night smelling of smoke and covered in dust, completely exhausted only to go out a few short hours later; just enough time to warm up and clear his mind for a few moments. Today, my boyfriend is forever a changed man having seen what he saw and had done, yet still continues to work and move on. His only wish: he could have helped to save more lives. He would receive frantic phone calls from friends asking "have you seen.....?" One night out of the blue he said "Do you know what it is like to bury 25 of your closest friends?" This was his breaking point of the man I know and love, this was the point he could no longer hold everything in. He does not speak of those days that followed anymore, things in a way are better left unsaid. He does not believe so, but to me, he is a hero. How else do you explain it. People use the word consistently, but that is what these ladies and gentlemen are, sheer heroes. I am extremely grateful that he came home to me every night. I am blessed, I just wish all could be so lucky. He will never be over this day and the ones that followed, but he can move on and live life to the fullest. He was a 24 year old rookie police officer at the time, now a forever changed 25 year old, one who I am utterly proud of and grateful to have in my life. Christine 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 story5405.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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