85 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: The horrific events of September 11 actually occurred on September 12 in New Zealand. 8:46am in NYC was 12:46am New Zealand Standard Time on September 12. When the South Tower of the World Trade Center fell, it was 1:50am in NZ. When the North Tower fell, it was 2:29am here. Although it was the middle of the night here, I saw some of the ghastly September 11 events unfold on TV. My mother had been listening to the radio and heard about it, so switched on the TV. After the South Tower fell, she came and got me and together we saw the North Tower fall. I remember the aerial on top of it disappearing into the dust as it collapsed, a bit like the mast of a ship sinking into the ocean. Anyway, I would like to share what I wrote in the September 12 entry of my 2001 diary, and entry around which I put a black border as a symbol of mourning. A little disclaimer: there are some inaccuracies (in particular my estimate of how many had died plus calling Flight 93 a 747), but in the immediate aftermath of such a catastrophic incident, it takes a little while for the full story to emerge. OK, here is what I wrote in my diary for September 12, 2001: "An act of unspeakable horror and incredible audacity has been committed in the United States of America. We're talking tragedy on a monumental, staggering scale. The twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City have been utterly destroyed, almost certainly killing well over 10,000 people. And in Washington, D.C., the Pentagon has been damaged by fire, with part of it collapsing. How did this happen? Well, terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, two belonging to American Airlines and the other two to United Airlines. One of the American Airlines jets and one of the United ones had taken off from Boston bound for Los Angeles. When the terrorists took them over, they changed course for New York and were deliberately flown smack into the World Trade Center Towers. The North Tower was hit first and went up in flames pretty quickly. The South Tower was hit 15-20 minutes later. Meanwhile, an American Airlines flight bound for LA was hijacked after taking off from Washington's Dulles International Airport. It was deliberately crashed into the Pentagon. Finally, a United 747 flying from Newark, New Jersey to San Francisco was also hijacked but failed to reach its target. It crashed in a field near Pittsburgh in southwestern Pennsylvania. "All 266 people on board the four aircraft, not counting the hijackers, perished in the crashes. Countless more have died in the World Trade Center buildings, though some did manage to escape with their lives in the immediate aftermath of the plane strikes. But the towers were ultimately unable to withstand the impact of the crashes and the explosions that followed them. As people jumped to their deaths to escape being burned alive while others waved distress signals from the upper floors of the 110-storey edifices where they were trapped, the buildings collapsed, just totally disintegrated. The South Tower, though hit later, went first, and the North Tower followed it soon thereafter. Needless to say, New York was in utter chaos and pandemonium, though there was probably not as much panic as there could have been. "The US Government responded by shutting down all airports to prevent further hijacks. International flights were diverted to Canada or their departure points. Air New Zealand cancelled all flights to the USA. "I once visited the World Trade Center, in July 1983 when I was 11. Have actually stood on the roof of the North Tower (correction: it was in fact the South Tower), which until today was the world's highest outdoor observation deck. So to see those twin towers collapse the way they did was truly sickening and heartbreaking." That's about it, although later I note that when I had a walk in the afternoon, "it felt good to get away from all the insanity on TV for a while". My walk took me along a street that runs parallel with Wellington Airport's runway. One thing I didn't note in my diary, but will always remember and now note here, was seeing a plane come in to land and experiencing a sudden feeling of irrational fear that the terrorists had come to New Zealand. The feeling did not last very long, and I quickly berated myself for it. The plane was on a normal approach path to the runway and sure enough, landed safely without incident. But I guess that seeing this plane approaching, even though what it was doing was totally routine, brought back the memory of what I'd seen on TV. I have never felt scared to see a plane before or since. But on that day, for half a second, it terrified me. So there you have it: immediate first impressions of the horrors of September 11 as seen from one of the few countries in the world where it was actually the 12th and not the 11th. But it was all absolutely shocking and horrific regardless of the date. And certainly in 2002, we marked the anniversary of September 11 on the 11th, just as everyone else did. Indeed, New Zealand started the "Rolling Requiem" going. Some final notes before I close: I didn't get a lot of sleep after seeing Twin Towers fall. It was probably two or three days before I started to get over the shock of it and began to feel a little bit normal again. One reason why I felt so affected by it was because my parents and I spent two years in the USA from 1982 to 1984. We lived in Bethesda Maryland, and my father worked in Washington DC. To this day I follow the Redskins and the Orioles, and although a Kiwi, feel a little bit American. We'd driven past the Pentagon on plenty of occasions (it's near to one of the bridges that crosses from DC to Virginia). And of course, we'd visited the Twin Towers. So when they were attacked, it felt a little personal. The thought went through my mind: "What if it had happened when I'd been there?" I had enjoyed my visit to the Twin Towers, and it was a happy memory for me. I have some souvenirs from there too, which obviously have special value, historical and personal, now. But whenever I remember that visit, I will also remember the dreadful images of September 11. So this happy memory has been tarnished forever. I almost feel like a small part of my childhood has been robbed. But that is nothing compared to the robbery experienced by those who lost loved ones on September 11, and I fervently hope and pray that nothing like that will ever happen again. Thank you for allowing me to share my story from far, far away on this site. God Bless America, and God Defend New Zealand, now and evermore. 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: My husband and I work nights, so we hadn't been to bed long when my mom called. She told me I needed to turn on the tv that we were being bombed. I hung up and told my husband what she said. I turned on the tv and I was shocked at what I was seeing. I could not believe what was happening. I just kept thinking who could be so hateful to do this to innocent, unsuspecting people. Why were they doing this? I didn't know these kind of people existed. Over the past months since then I can hear a low flying plane and I'll watch and wonder what it may be doing. I would have never given one of those planes a second thought befor 9/11/01. Today, I watched, as I did one year ago, those horrible events over again. The only difference today was that I didn't feel shocked as I had before. I felt pain and grief for my country and the people I share it with. I ask God to forgive me, but I feel hate for those responsible. I didn't know what hate really felt like before. I wish I didn't now. I can only hope that someday that this hatred will 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 story5968.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: Our son had turned 1 the day before and we were still reveling the fact we have three beautiful children and were so blessed. Oddly enough my husband was home working on the 11th. The baby and I were on the couch reading when our phone kept ringing. As I was recieving a message from my mother of the first plane Ed was coming up the stairs, He had himself recieved the same message from work. We met at the top of the stairs and turned on the t.v.. As we turned to watch we both just held our son so tight and saw the other tower be hit. It is rare for Ed to be home I just couldn't belive that God let us be together to hear and see all the devastation. all the emotions you felt were so overwhelming. To be able to look in the eyes of your innocent child and see such hope gave us both tremendous peace. One year later with Brian now 2 I now can relate when a grandparent or family member recants where they were for World war 2 or President Kennedy's death or when Elvis died. Years from now I hope all of our children and Ed and I never forget that one morning where time just stood still. 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 story7314.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 HAD STAYED HOME FROM WORK WITH A HEADACHE AND ABOUT SEVEN FORTH FIVE OR SO ONE OF THE GIRLS FROM WORK CALLED AND SAID TURN ON YUR TV. I DID AND AT FIRST I THOUGHT THERE HAD BEEN AN ACCIDENT AND IT WAS AWFUL. BUT AS I LISTENED TO THE PERSON ON THE TV I REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND THEN FROM NOWHERE CAME THE SECOND PLANE AND I WATCHED AS IT HIT THE SECOND BUILDING AND I JUST FELL TO MY KNEES AND ASK GOD TO PLEASE HELP THOSE PEOPLE. IT LOOKED LIKE DEBRIS WAS FALLING AND THEN I REALIZED IT WAS PEOPLE JUMPING OR FALLING. I WAS NUMB AND DAZED FOR A LONG TIME. THE ANNOUNCER WAS TALKING ABOUT WHRE THE PLANES WERE FROM AND IT HIT ME THAT MY DAUGHTER IN LAW HAD TOLD ME MY SON WAS FLYING FROM ATLANTA TO NEW YORK AND THEN TO CALIFORNIA. I COULD HARDLY BRING MYSSELF TO PICK UP THE PHONE. I WAS TRYING TO CALL HER BUT THE BUILDING SHE WORKS IN WAS BEING EVACUATED. SHE WORKS ACROSS FROM THE FEDERAL BUILDING IN ATLANTA. SHE FINALLY CALLED ME BUT SHE COULD NOT GET ANY INFORMATION FROM ANYBODY ABOUT WHERE RHETTS PLANE WAS. I CANNOT REMEMBER FOR HOW LONG WE TRIED TO FIND HIM BUT FINALLY ONE OF THE GIRLS I WORKED WITH CALLED AND SAID HE WAS TRYING TO CALL TO TELL ME HIS PLANE WAS DIVERTED TO TEXAS AND HE WAS OK BUT MY PHONE WAS BUSY. THANK YOU JESUS. THERE IS NO WAY I CAN DESCRIBE THE PAIN AND GRIEF I FEEL. THE INSECURITY I FEEL NOW. BUT I AM GRATEFUL. MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE ONES THAT WERE NOT AS LUCKY AS ME. TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 11, 2002. MY SON JUST CALLED AND SAID HE IS GETTING ON DELTA FLIGHT 850 FOR ATLANTA. I PRAY I WILL BE ABLE TO PRAY FOR THE NEXT FOUR HOURS THAT GOD WILL BE GOOD TO ME AGAIN. I CAN ONLY SAY AS ONE THAT HAS A VOICE THAT I STAND BEHIND OUR PRESIDENT ALL THE WAY. I ASK GOD TO PUT HIS HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND HIM EVERY DAY. TO GIVE HIM KNOWLEDGE AND TO ANSWER HIS PRAYERS AND TO GUIDE HIM IN A WAY THAT GOD WOULD HAVE HIM TO GO. I THINK OUR PRESIDENT LISTENS TO GOD AND SEEKS THAT SMALL VOICE THE HOLY SPORIT GIVES HIM. WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH A MAN IN THE WHITE HOSE AT THIS TIME. IN ALL MY YEARS I HAVE NEVER REALLY BEEN SO MUCH INTERESTED AS NOW. 9-11-2001 CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER. I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSIBILITY I HAVE AS A MOTHER AND A CHILD OF GOD. I APPRECIATE MY RESPONSIBILITY TO LIFT MY PRESIDENT UP TO GOD. AND I LEARNED THE MEANING OF LEARNING NOT TO HATE A PERSON. BUT I WILL SAY I HAVE ASK GOD TO PUNISH BEN LADEN TO THE FULLEST OF EXTENT OF HIS PUNISHMENT FOR WHAT HE DID TO OUR COUNTRY. NEXT MONTH MY YOUNGEST OF FIVE BOYS WILL GO INTO THE AIRFORCE AND I PRAY GOD TO PROTECT HIM. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND WE WILL PREVAIL 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 story3485.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: Just got out of shower, 5:58 am P.D.S.T , turned on the news. They were showing what looked like to me some old footage of the 1992 bombing in the under ground parking. Then I realized that it was LIVE when I saw the 2nd plane crash into the sencond tower, I froze , I thought what in gods name was I seeing. I was so confused as the moments passed & the news kept coming in. I starting praying & crying for all the souls that I had passed before my eyes. I cried for the nation, my nation, my home , my families home for the last 13 generations had been viciously attacked, I called my mom in Ohio & we both prayed & cried, for the world as we knew it was no longer the same, so many , so fast, for what????? WHY civilians??? My husband calls from the living room " They hit the Pentagon & its on fire." Dear god, whats next. Flight 93 was what was to be next. I was numb , good god some one take control here & then some one did & 93 came down in a field. I was in a haze as I went off to work. When I got there everyone had very long faces that showed a combonation of sadness , anger & bewilderness. As I walked through the lobby at work I could hear the news reporter on the television stateing that the tower was coming down. When I got to the T.V all there was was people running for their lives & what looked like the end of the world chasing them. I kept my composure & continued on with my day knowing in my heart that this was a wake up call for all of us, & that we would join together to find the people that planned, financed & executed these heartless attacks not just on us Americans, but on the world & the people that call America their home away from home. After what seemed like the shortest yet longest day of my life, I got home from work & prayed & cried & thought long and hard about life itself & of the people that have lost so much, so fast......... As the old saying goes "its always the darkest before the dawn" Well the sun has now risen and we are awake and alert and we will prevail as a Nation............... 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 story4604.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 day started much like many others, that I have had since May 15th of this year, that was the day that my Dr. told me that I couldn't do my job any longer due to the diease that I have, My chosen carrer is truck driver, and I have been doing that for 33 years, so my spirits have been down this year anyhow. But on this day I had been asked to move a friend's boat to a facility so it could be winterized. On the way to the boat dock, my friend told me that one of the World Trade buildings had been hit by an airplane, I envisioned a small airplane hitting the building, and a few people tragically losing their lives, and went on about the business at hand. We got to the boat dock and left the boat to be serviced, and went to have breakfast at a local resturant, on the way there my friend told me she heard on the radio in the office that another plane had hit the second building, still nothing registered in my mind other than how bad it was for a few people, and then I thought that it could just be rumor and not to be too concerned. Nothing hit me until we were in the resturant, and the whole place was tuned into what was going on, on the TV. There before our disbelieving eyes was the whole unbelievable thing unfolding before our eyes. Some one said something about going to war, and my only thought was "good" that is what the country needs to give a boost to the economy. Then I came out of my self induced coma, and realized that I have two of my children in the military, this put my emotions on high, and just talking about my kids started me to cry, it amazed me that even thinking that my girls may be somewhere fighting and have their lives in danger, just scared me to death. Somewhere in the comotion and confussion, one of my other daughters called me on my cell phone, and asked if anyone was with her mom, of course I wasn't, so she got into her car and went to be with my wife until I got home. When that happened it was hard to not cry even looking at each other and think of our girls being in harm's way. We made it through the night leaning on each other alot. It helped some to be able to talk to each of the girls, and make sure that they were safe for the time being. Neither of them knew for sure what role they would play in the unfolding events, but would let us know when they found out anything. The next day, we knew much more, the daughter in the Air Force would be deployed in the very near future, so with her being in Idaho with just herself and her son, we would have to drive there and pick up the grandson, and bring him to Indiana until this thing was resolved one way or the other. The other daughter in the Navy was in a secure place and would not have to go into harm's way, so we were releaved about that. 9/12 we left for Idaho, and hadf custody of our grandson by 9/16, and on the way back to Indiana. That daughter was deployed to Qatar, on the Persian Gulf, in early October, and then the real worries began. Even though she was about 900 miles away from the fighting, we still worried for her safety, from terrorists, since that whole part of the world seems to be primarilly terrorists, we thought our worry was justified. She finally came back to the states in Janurary 2002, and came to collect her son in Feburary, since that was as soon as she could get leave to make that long of a trip, and they have been safely in Idaho since. Our lives have not changed much since the events of 9/11, except for making sure we let all of our family know how much they are loved and needed, and not limit it to just our imediate family. We have always been family oriented, but now we need to bring the whole family in closer, and be more closely in contact with them, for God forbid that if something like this would ever happen again, and someone in our family be involved in it, they would know how much they are loved. I grieve for the victims in the towers that were hung-up in the everyday grind, and had forgotten how important the family ties should be. It makes me sad to think of those that were trapped in that situation, true things happen in our lives that make some bad situations, but I always heard to "never go to sleep mad" and "don't be afraid to be the one to say you are sorry." Hopefully this remembering process will make us all a little stronger, and a lot more wary of the evil in this world, it all seems to be getting more and more out of hand, it seems to be time to clean house, and root out the evil that lurks in the dark corners, if it is known that certain people are terrorists, eliminate the problem by what ever means neccesary, before it comes to another thousand innocent people being senselessly being killed. Our famly tries to go on as before, and we are doing good, we live as we did before 9/11 as much as possible anyway. We have hopes for the future, hope for going back to work, hope for more healthy grand children, hope for a bright future for the next generations to come, hope for the rest of the world to combat and beat the evil that is there, hope that our leaders can keep us all safe, by seeing the peaceful way to resolve their problems. And above all else 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/. Title A name given to the resource story308.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 at home on the computer and my mom and dad were watching the news and on the computer it said something about a plane hitting the twin towers on accident and then it came on the news and we started watching it and another plane hit in astonishment surprising me i was devistated when they said that it was terriost and a couple weeks later they found out who it was i was mad 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: September 11,2001 I had justput my daughter on the school bus and returned into my home and all of a sudden up came the images.I was confused at first to what I was seeing.Then I remember screaming at the second plane watch out can you not see the building is on fire.After the second plane hit I was to shocked to speak or to think then my phone rang it was my mother are you watching this she said I was barely listening.I was unable to make the connection this was happening in real life I couldn't believe there would be people working in those buildings who did? Things became far to real when I saw my first body jump I see stuff like that all the time in movies it never bothered me but that day I realized this was no movie.I live in Canada things like that don't happen here we are a fairly quiet country.I becam consumed all week with things I didn't sleep I hardly ate all I did was watch the T.V.4 nights after it happened my daughter had to pull the plug out of the T.V..Then all I could then was cry.I didn't even want my daughter to leave the house or go to school of coarse life could'nt stop it was hard for me to function and I didn't even live close to New York.There was a misconception that Canada was cold to this and it was so untrue we felt your pain lowered ours and your flags for 2 weeks.Schools had cerimonies as did certain government buildings.My heart broke every day there has not been one day gone bye I have not thought about it.So please know we suffered and hurt along beside you to.God Bless America. 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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. 2002-10-29 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 204.101.55.105 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 work at Lansdowne Middle School. That mourning I got up got ready for work, I have to be there at 7:00 a.m. we get ready to serve, breakfast to the students,and I go to Balto. Highlands to help with breafast there. When I got back to the Middle School the girls told me that a plane hit the tower in New york. What they hit a tower in New York! I was shock at what happen. Then My one friend Summer went home to get her Tv And we watched in horror we could'nt believe what we saw then it got worse when they hit the Pentagon I said now they are hitting at home. I was and everyone else were crying for all people that was killed. Then the college called me to come and get my son from there they were closing school. I will never forget that day for the rest of my Life. Irla Fincham 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 story4390.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. 64.12.96.8 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: How did God feel about this? My name is Ana. I am a mother of two young boys ages 10 and 6. I had just woken up, turned on the news as I usually do before I wake my children to get them ready for school. And woke up to the news and found out that a plane had just collided into the New York Twin Towers. It took me a minute to process but as many people thought "It was an accident". Then the next plane hits. Confusion, disbeleif hits me. I was in shock. Are we being invaded? and why were we being invaded? Who's responsible for this! Is L.A. next? My children! my children! how do I protect my children? Just then my husband walks in from work, I was so glad to see him home. We are both still in "shock and disbelief" starring at the television. I decided in my unstable state of mind that I was going to take my kids off to school. I woke them up and told them "Look someone crashed an airplane into the into the Twin Towers in New York" They asked my husband and I, "Who did it?" My husband and I responed by telling him " Some Bad Guys." My sons asks why? we said "We don't know why, they're trying to figure it out". They were confused, we were confused. I managed to get my children off to school. As I walked into the school yard parents looked like I felt. They looked so disoriented, some mothers were sobbing unsure whether to leave their children alone without them in school. In my unstable condition somehow I thought that they would be safe, and if something should happen I would be near by to retreat them. Horror, confusion and sorrow still lingures. "Saddness and Anger rolled up into one". How did God feel about this? With Eternal Weeping Emotion, Ana 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 story6523.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: Since September 11, 2001 my life has changed in many ways. On the morning of September 11, 2001 I was on the front of the house with my younger daughter hugging me. My wife just dropped of our older daughter to school. So we proceeded like any ordinary day to the Path in Harrison. On the way to work I was thinking of the day before how some of the workers were laid off and how lucky I still had a job. I arrived at the world trade center and went to the front of the building facing the west side highway to have a smoke, like I do every morning. I heard a loud roar above me so I looked up and seen from the reflection of the buildings in front an explosion. The ground shock like an earth quake and first thing I thought was to run for cover. I first thought to hide in front of the widows, but decided to go into the building. So I ran in and as my last foot was in the entrance all the debree hit the ground. The windows exploded into the building and the elevator door blew open with fire. On impact I fell to the ground and everything went over and on top of me, it felt like a life time. I opened my eyes a few times and watched it as it happened. I remember being knocked out and dreaming of my daughters and wife like this was all a dream. After I woke up I got up and looked around and could not see much, just fire and dark smoke, but I noticed a bright light which looked like an exit. I ran out and hide behind the building next to it. Someone asked if I needed help and if I was ok. I told them I think so and I looked at myself and had blood all over me. I told him I need to the hospital. So he helped me to find more help. As I was walking I looked up and seen the big hole at the building were I worked. People just kept jumping; it felt like a bad dream the whole time I was looking for help. We found an officer and she tried to help me. We walked around till we found an ambulance. On the west side by the entrance was more people that were hurt so they kept us there till another explosion happened. I got up and ran for my life and went behind the buildings in front of me. There were all the ambulances and people to help us. We waited for sometime to see if there more injured people, but all there was so far was six of us. So they decided to send us first to the hospital and as we left the building started to disappear. Two world trade center started to fall and in my mind I was wishing the ambulance would just go faster. We then got the hospital and they helped us in, I was there till 12:00PM or so and they contacted my family to tell them I was ok. I was given some pain killers and had my arms cleaned from the burns. Then is when the pain started to kick in and I was in a faint state. I was told they had to release me because they are expecting more people. So I signed the release paper and began to walk around NYC. I wanted around NYC hiding from the sun because the sun just burned my skin more. I arrived by METLIFE building around 22nd Street and the people there offered to help me. I was given food and had one of there doctors see me. They removed some dead skin that I had on my left arm. I also showered and was given fresh cloth. They then let me speak with my wife on there phone. After a while I went to visit a friend of mine in NYC because I was told NYC was blocked off. I stayed there till 5:00PM and then tried to head home. I took the Path on 32nd Street and then arrived in Newark. I met up with my family and they took me to the hospital at Saint Barnabas. There they treated me the right way for my burns. I had second and third degree burns. I went back to the hospital for three weeks to be treated for 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 story1197.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. 2002-08-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.36.147.237 Annotation Annotations to this item. Police Officers Rescue/clean-up workers/volunteers Struggle to get home Victims WTC, attack NY:1 Feature Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: On September 14, 2001 I had to travel from Boston to NYC for a business meeting. With no air travel options, I went by train and had two very moving encounters with firefighters that day. First, while waiting for the train home in Penn Stattion, a column of firefighters arrived by train and was heading to Ground Zero. As they cross the lobby of Penn Station, everyone stopped and applauded them for as long as they were in sight. Later on the train home, I stood in line in the Cafe Car with a group of firefighters from East Providence RI heading home for their city shift after several days at Ground Zero. As we stood in line, one of the firefigheters noticed a photo mural in the AmTrack Cafe car---a picture of the lower Manhattan skyline with the World Trade Center Towers visible and prominent in the picture. Immediately, these tough fire figthers all developed tears in their eyes--so moved by the reminder of where they had been...and where they were going to return as soon as their city shifts were done. 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 story116.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. 2002-03-03 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 204.79.140.254 Annotation Annotations to this item. Firefighters DOMESTIC 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: it was just another day,with rain and wind and my friends and i giveing out about the weather. when the word came that a bomb had gone off in newyork, no this can not be right ? here is the land my father and brothers worked and helped to build. well all fell quit in the house as we tryed to get more info by the phone, all line were busisey what could we do . get a ticket and get over their, no another bomb?. god what is worng with the world. must do something. we tryed and tryed to get on the phone , but most of ireland were trying too. so we sat all quite by the TV waiting for any news . look what they have done , are they mad , a friend calls , have we seen the TV. his crying we go to church to pray for all , we ask and we ask why so manny must die for nothing, if there is a god and there are times i think not , he should have been able to stop thoes madmen. james 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 story136.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. 2002-03-05 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 194.145.128.14 Annotation Annotations to this item. Religion Telephones and Cell Phones INTERNATIONAL 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 television cameraman in Washington, DC. After the Pentagon was hit I called one of my news clients and went to work for them. They sent me to New York with a reporter and producer that night to cover the story first hand. We were working from the shores of the Hudson in New Jersey as Manhattan was closed when we got there. It was dark when we arrived that night and only got a few hours of sleep before we had to go to work for the morning news. It was before sunrise when we went on the air but as the sun slowly lit the sky we began to see the relentless plume of smoke rising from the ruins. By the second day we began to wonder how long it would take for the lives and souls of these people to burn. On thursday I went into the city on a train to cover the aftermath first hand. We started at the Javis Center where FEMA was head quartered. There were thousands of people lined up around the block to volunteer. Others were bringing food and water for them. Inside we saw all kinds of heavy equipment and rescue gear. There were also exhausted firefighters and EMTs sleeping on the floor. Even the rescue dogs looked spent. One of the most stark images were the concrete saws covered in dust after cutting victims from their tombs. We then went as close to Ground Zero as possible. All of lower Manhattan smelled of a bad electrical fire. People were wearing maskes to filter it. One of our other crews went to the church where people were filling out missing persons reports. They were climbing over each other to show a picture of a lost relative on camera in hopes that they had survived. One woman broke down as she was being interviewed. Walls all over the city were lined with pictures of the missing. After four days we had to return to Washington. One of our satellite trucks had a spot 6 blocks from Ground Zero. We left there at 6:30 pm Saturday. By 1:30 am Sunday we were driving by the Pentagon, the first any of us had seen the building first hand. We had seen both sites in the same day. The images are horrific and will stay with me forever. I will also remember how the people of New York and Washington came together to help in any way they could. Just when something happens to make you wonder what evil exists in the world, the everyday heroes remind you of what we are capable of. 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 story1522.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: I was in NYC about a week before Sept.11, a day we should never forget, after 3 months working at a Summer camp in PA. I'm from Australia and NYC is one of my favorite cities. I remember my travelling buddy had to spend half her day at the UK embassy to get her visa, and thus I was free to roam around NYC. I visited various parts of NYC and then arrived at the Twin Towers, which was an awesome sight, looking up at the buildings. I went inside the foyer and decided to visit the viewing platform. But then I had second thoughts. I didn't want to go up by myself and decided that I'd visit again with with my travelling buddy when we arrived back in NYC 6 weeks later, after our travels around USA. Sadly, I never got the chance to see NYC from the Tower. We arrived in Yellowstone NP on Sept.11 and watched the TV, in horror, as we saw footage of the Twin Towers falling, the plane exploding, etc. It was like a hollywood movie, but it was real. I was upset and shocked. My thoughts were of my fellow Counselors from Summer Camp whom were possibly in NYC still; it was an aweful feeling. Upon our return to NYC, what had been an amazing experience standing in the shadow of the Twin Towers was nothing more now than a pile of rubble. The smell is something I will never forget, and the dust everywhere; total destruction. I didn't get the chance to look down on NYC, but I looked up.. and remembered the fall'n. 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 story11119.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: Well my story will be different as it is kinda a birth story too. I was due 9/30/01. I was told that on 9/7 they wanted me to be in town near the hospital (Marquette) as my pregnancy was complicated (on bedrest), my labors are short, major construction delays en route to the hospital and that the hospital is 1 1/2 hrs from home. So we get a hotel and we all are to stay there until I have the baby. No specific date in mind. They are gonna induce on 9/14 when i am 38 weeks for medical reasons. A few times during the hotel stay I go in for false alarms. So here it is the morning of 9/11 and it is my oldest daughter's 4th birthday and I have no money at all to buy her anything and no celebration or anything and she's asking about a party and I am telling her to wait until the baby comes. So I am feeling bad for her. Well the hotel phone rings and it's my SIL telling me to turn on the news. Said there was a plane crash. That's all she said. Tv was on as that's all there is to do. It was on Nick Jr. Blues Clues. Unfortunatley we saw it happening, the towers falling, etc. My dtr saw it. But she doesn't understand it. We cried and my husband freaked out telling me to go to the hospital and I said I can't I'm not in labor. They will send me home. It was just really scary and being pregnant was especially scary. It felt the end of the world came, and that there was no point in having my baby. After a while we did turn the tv off and I took daughter to the pool in the hotel against my bed rest orders. We were just numb. I snapped at the kids a lot unfortunately. I really wish I didn't. The hotel calls to make sure we are still staying because they are filling up fast as the airport is closed. Well somehow it is 11 pm at night now and i get horrible cramping. I call the hospital and they have me come in. There is all these lines of cars at the gas pumps freaking me out even more (they were like this all day) I wonder if I will make it to the hospital, my gas tank is on empty. We have no money at all as I am not on any assistance programs to this date and been off work since June. So I am really worried about getting back to my hometown too. I get to the hospital, and they do tests and at 3 am decide I can go or stay that the BP is stable and there is no pre-clampsia. I watched the clock go to midnight and sighed that the day was over. Relieved I didn't have baby on 9/11! I decided to go back to the hotel. The gas pumps are free. I manage to get some gas with money I borrowed. First thing in the morning I have a non stress test which baby fails so back to the hospital. They keep me monitered all day and I am 1 cm so 8 am on 9/13 they are gonna break my water. Meanwhile all I am watching on tv is coverage. I think if I remember correctly the broke it about 9 or 10. I know at 12 if I didn't have contraction they were gonna start pictocin. At 2 pm they finally started pictocin. You know them hospitals have a bad concept of time. At 4:10 I got my first contraction they were intense I was progressing along with dialation. At around 4:25 I said I had to push and it was so funny the doctor came running down the hall. Meanwhile I said watch I am only 4 cm. I was. I sure scared her. Anyway around 4:40 I had to push and they didn't believe me. After several this way they said to each other that my urge to push hasn't eased up. So they went and got the OB and dang I was 10 cm and in a 3-4 pushes Cheyenne was born at 4:47 pm So that's my 9/11 experience. Some good amongst the bad. Sierra Chelsea 9-11-97 Nathaniel Bryan Hawkshield 4-29-99 Cheyenne Meghan 9-13-01 In Memory of Lucas James Kokko 7-28-78 to 8-15-00 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 story6315.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 on campus at Purdue getting ready to kickoff our Fall interview campaign. One of my colleagues ran towards the group and told us what had happened. At first we didn't think much of it, beyond a horrible plane wreck. It didn't take long though to realize what actually had happened. I was scheduled to return home to Austin, Texas later that evening. The reason for this submission is because of the heroism I witnessed far away from Ground 0. I've never seen people come together like that - helping complete strangers, all working together to accomplish a common goal - to get home. I was stranded nearly a week, and was able to finally catch a flight from Indianapolis to Chicago - the only flight out that day. I spent nearly 18 hours at O'Hare, something which normally would've sent me over the edge. But it was different. It was as if total strangers had come together like close families while at the airport. Our flights (as you would expect) would be scheduled/cancelled/rerouted/you name it - and across the airlines. Any airline would get you to where you needed to go, if they were able. No need to mess with tickets. I met this lady, who apparently was a sort of VIP in her company in Austin. She had asked me if she could share my electric outlet (I was working from a laptop and needed recharged). Her travel agent did all the work to find her flight after flight for her to jump on, which took hours. The agent finally said they were "rerouting the limo" which was on it's way back from New York to pick her up in Chicago and drive her back to Austin. She immediately looked at me (and the couple I had "adopted") and told us that she would ensure we had a seat in her limo. The couple I had adopted was an elderly couple from England, who were rerouted into Canada on their flight into Austin to visit their daughter. They were held up in Canada, very well taken care of - but when they got to Chicago, they were very lost, not knowing how to manipulate the flight schedules. I had promised them I would get them back to Austin one way or another and had them stay in touch with their daughter. What would we ever do without cell phones? After numerous changes of flights, we ALL finally made it onto a flight which went to Dallas (only a 3 hour drive from there to Austin if we had to!) We all boarded (near 11:00). The crew was fantastic! We were all extremely tired. Once we got into Dallas, our connecting flight to Austin had been cancelled. A bomb threat in the Dallas airport meant a very long evacuation into the parking lots during the wee hours of the morning, and a couple lap walk around the airport (literally). At roughly 2:30 AM, a "volunteer" flight crew was assembled (every one of the crew were Austinites wanting nothing more than to go home). What an interesting flight! It's about an hour drive from the Austin airport to my house (and quite a bit shorter I discovered when you're driving it at 3:30 AM). I still had the elderly couple with me. As it turned out, their daughter lived in my own neighborhood! What a small - AND wonderful (most of the time) world we live in. I hope I get to see humanity in this light again, this time without the tragedy that went along with 9/11. 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 story4036.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. 66.68.168.15 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 had gotten out of bed just like any morning. While in the shower my wife told me that the news channel was reporting a plane crash, and that the plane had hit one of the Trade Towers. I thought that was odd, what a wierd thing for a plane to accidently crash and hit a building. When I had gotten out of the shower, she told me that another plane had hit, and we both knew it was an attack of some sort. At the time I had a yucky job at Big Valley Internet. They would not let us watch or listen to the news, so I snuck and listen to my buddies tiny workout radio all day. He let me borrow it since his type of tech work took him out into the field and he could listen to his radio. I listen so intently all day, with mixed emotions. Today I work for LLNL a weapons defense lab. I can say that I contribute to the research that will one day kill Usama as well as Saddam. 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 story10211.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. 2003-11-21 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 128.115.250.62 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 last years September 11th I was at school in 4th period at Bellevue Junior High School. The Class I happened to be in was Science Mrs. Bravard. I remember everything like it was just yesterday. Class was going normal and fine until my teacher Mrs. Bravard turned on the T.V. , and from that day on my life became a nightmare I never new would happen. I knew from that day on that the United States would never be the same. I didnt know what to expect because nothing like this had ever happened to me in my life. At that time I was confused and lost. I didnt know what was going to happen next. 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 story6431.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. 156.63.116.141 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, basicly, recouperating from my own accident on 6/30/01. I had been by myself in the car & nad been medivaced to Bachus Memorial Hospital. Therefore, I was watching the Today show. Long w/ the rest of America I watched, mesmerized, as the horrible saga unfolded. Due to my family's disfunctional back ground & all the trauma I'd already experienced I had trained myself, long time ago, not to react until I had all the facts. I am quite proud of the way we as a nation pulled together. I sincerely hope that we don't forget our strengths. I personaly have only another little quiet unassuming tale to add to the whole mosaic of American life. We can only do that which we can. 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 story3343.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. 204.60.210.236