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                <text>September 11 Digital Archive Stories</text>
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                <text>This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. </text>
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        <description>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:</description>
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            <text>I first heard the news when a radio announcer tell of a plane crashing into the Twin Towers, my hand immediately went to my mouth, horrified in dis-belief. Never in a million years did I suspect that it was a terrorist attach. I arrived at work and announced what I had heard, tears in my eyes, my hands shaking and unable to get the mental picture out of my head.  We ran around looking  for a televsion to watch, we tried to logon to the news on the Internet, but unable to connect due mast volumes of others trying to do the same around the country.
We work at a Outpatient Substance clinic the counselor's all had clients, do we interupt to tell them, do we maintain our professionalism, do we openly mourn? We found comfort in each other and huddled together unsure of what was next for the world. Trying to cope with the visions seen on televisions and listening to the words that were so sureal. Are we at war? Our hearts were breaking as many of us openly weeped for the families and lost lives.  
I called home to talked to my husband and tell him of what was going on and how scared I was.He turned on the television and watched,captivated by the events,unable to turn it off, as so many others have conveyed. 
felt the incredible urge to call up my family located in California, Hawaii, Arizona, and of course right here in town, I wanted to make sure everyone was alright and to tell them in my own way, that I loved them.
I still get teary eyed when the mention of 9/11 comes up. I have often wondered if the the rest of the country felt as strongly as we do. I now know they do, we traveled to California this summer and visited with family who had lived on Long Island until 9 years ago. There friends and everyone we talked with seem to bring it up when they found out we were from New York. They feels the affects, everyone knew someone who knew someone or was related to someone.  What wide spread destruction this act of terrorism took on. 
We can not tolerate this and must stand united.
I am very proud to be an American and to display our flag on our home and to say the Pledge of Allegiance (just the way it was written). God Bless America. </text>
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      <description>Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item.</description>
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          <description>Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item.</description>
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              <text>full</text>
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              <text>born-digital</text>
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