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 RMEMEBER DRIVING TO WORK THAT MORNING AND THINKING OF MY COLLEGE FRIENDS - WE USED TO RATE THE DAYS AND THINKING THAT TUESDAY MORNING IT WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE TEN BEST DAYS, BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY NOT TO HOT SUNNY - ALMOST PERFECT I WAS AT MY DESK WHEN MY BOSS CAME OUT TO TELL US THAT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER WAS ON FIRE. WE TURNED ON THE TELEVISION IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. WE THEN FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A PLANE THAT HAD GONE IN THE SIDE OF THE BLDG. WE WERE SPECULATING AS TO WHETHER IT WAS A NAVIGATIONAL ERROR WHEN WE SAW THE SECOND PLANE FLYING TOWARD THE TOWERS. WE SAW THE PLANE HIT AND THEN THE SCREEN WENT BLACKA SECOND. NOW WE KNEW THAT IT WAS SOMETHING TERRIBLE AND I KNEW MY HUSBAND HAD LEFT FOR WORK ON THE 8:46 TRAIN ( THE EXACT TIME THE FIRST ON HIT) TO GO TO WORK IN MIDTOWN- I ALSO REPUTED MYSELF,HE DID NOT HAVE A CELL PHONE. I CALLED MY SISTER WHO STARTED TO FIND INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITES BUT TO NO AVAIL. I CALLED MY INLAWSTO MAKE SURE THEY HAD THE TV ON. I REMEMBER GOING BACK INTO THE CONFERENCE ROOM AND LISTENING TO THE SHOCK IN THE ANNOUNCERS VOICES. I WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE I HAVE MANY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHO WORK IN AND ARROUND THE TRADE CENTER. HOW DO WE GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM. AND THEN TO ME THE WORLD SEEMEDTO SPIN OUT - THE PENTAGON WAS ON FIRE- ANOTHER PLANE HIT AND THERE WERE REPORTS OF SEVEN DIFFERENT PLANES IN THE AIR THAT WERE READY TO BE USED AS MISSLES. WHERE WAS JERRY ?? i CALLED MY DAD VERY SCARED - jERRY HAD NO MONEY AND NO CREDIT CARDS NO CELL PHONE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN i STARETED TO THINK IT WOULD BE LIKE THE RIOTS OF THE 70'S IN NY WHEN THERE WAS A BLACK OUT IT WAS THE ONLY TIME I EVER RECALLED NYC AS OUT OF CONTROL.- THEN THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED THE TOWERS FELL RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYES - I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT THERE WAS WHITE SMOKE - INSTEAD OF BLACK I THINK THEN I THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS COMING TO AN END AND I REMEMBER KNOWING MY SONS LIFE WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN MINE. I SPENT THE NEXT FEW HOURS FINDING OUT HOW A FEW SECONDS CAN CHANGE YOUR LUCK- AN UNCLE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE BREAKFAST MEETING AT THE REST ON 110 WAS RUNNING LATE AND LEFT HIS OFFICE ON 1 LIBERTY TO FIND THE FIRES. WENT BACK TO 1LIBERTY WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN THE FALLING TOWERS RUBLE AND BUT EVACUATED AND RAN WITH THOUSANDS TO MIDTOWN A COUSIN WHO WORKED FOR PA IN HVAC WAS IN THE STAIR WLL WHEN TE SECOND TOWER GOT HIT AND MADE IT OUT - ANOTHER COUSIN WHEN INTO HIS OFFICE EARLY TO FIND HE NEEDED TO BE IN NJ AND LEFT AT 8:30 AM HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE 86TH FLR- ON OTHER COUSIN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT NYSE BUT HER DAUGHTERS FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL AND A CASE OF SEPERATION ANXIETY CAUSED HER TO BE LATE AS SHE WAS WALKING UP TO THE STREET FORM THE SUBWAY SHE SAW EVERYONE RUNNING TO THE SUBWAY - HAD AN INSTINCT AND TURNED AROUND AND WENT HOME FINALLY JERRY CALLED - HE WAS ON THE TRAIN BORROWING SOMEONES CELL PHONE THE TRAIN WAS EERILY QUIET - HE WAS IN QUEENS STUCK ON THE TRAIN AND THEY HAD JUST WATCHED THE TOWERS FALL HE SAID IT WAS SURREAL BECUASE THE TRAIN WAS SILENT AND OFCOURSE THEY COULD NOT HEAR ANYTHING THEY JUST WATCHED IT FALL AS IF WATCHING A MOVIE I LEFT WORK AT THREE TO PICK GERARD UP AT THE BUS - THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD THE BLOCK PARTY THE PREVIOUS SATURDAY- SO WE HAD THE NEW COMMRADERIE TO LEAN ON. FIVE MOTHERS AND GRANDOTHERS STOOD WAINTING CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THE IMIDIATE MEMBERS OF ALL FAMILIES WERE OK WE TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO THE CHILDREN IN SOME WAY WHAT HAD HAPPEND - IN AMTTER OF HOURS -FLAGE WNET OUT DOORS CANDLES WERE ASSEMBLED AND THEN THE f-16'S FLEW OVER- THE CHILDREN WERE FRIGHTENED BY THE SOUND I TOLD MY SON IT WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT AMERICA IS THE SAFEST PLACE ON EARTH - WHIL I BELEIVE THAT IS TRUE IS NOT AS SAFE AS IT APPEARED TO BE 48 HOURS BEFORE. JERRYS TRAIN NEVER MADE IT TO NYC AND THAT NIGHT WE DID WHAT SO MANY FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES DID WE LIGHT A CANDLE WE LISTENED TO OUR PRESIDENT, WE WENT TO CHURCH TO PRAY WITH OTHERS AND WE WEPT. tHE NEXT FEW DAYS WERE HEARTBRAKING AS WE FOUND CHILDHOOD FRIENDS HAD ANSWERED THE HEROS CALL AND DIDNOT RETURN - MY BROTHER IN LAW IS A FIREMAN WHO WAS OFF THAT MORNING BUT LOST MANY FROM HIS HOUSE - HE WOULD CALL FORM THE WAITNG AREA IN QUEENS TO LET US KNOW WHO WAS OK AND WHO WAS NOT- ANOTHER BROHTER IN LAW IS AN IRON WORKER FOR LOCAL 40 HE WAS PART OF THE RECOVERY EFFORT WORKING 20 TO 24HOURS AT A CLIP SLEEPING FOR A FEW NEAR GROUND ZERO AND RETURNING - I SPENT ONE NIGHT BAGGING SOCKS BANDANAS HANDKERCHIEFS T-SHIRTS TOOTHPAST MOUTHWASH AND GUM COOKIES AND ORANGES - EACH WITH A THANK YOU NOTE AND PRAISE FOR THE BRAVERY OF THE RECOVERY WORKERS. MY SON AND I SENT THEM TO THE RESUE WORKERS VIA THE FIREMAN. IT WAS OFTEN LIKE A 1940'S MOVIE ABOUT THE WAR EFFOERT - THEN THE FUNERALS BEGAN AND WE WENT TO THE WAKES - IT WAS NOT LIKE A MOVIE THEN IT WAS AS SCARY AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WHEN THE TOWERS FELL WE FOUND COMFORT IN OUR PRESIDENT STRONG HONORABLE AND COURAGEOUS, OUR MAYOR AND OUR GOVENOR - TIMES MAKE THE MAN OR MAN MAKES THE TIMES IN THIS CASE WE PRAYED IN THANKS FOR HAVING THESE STRONG LEADERS IN OFFICE WHEN THE CATASTROPHY HIT. WE CONTINUE TO PRAY IN THE WAR EFFORT FO THE HONORABLE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS AIRMAN ETC WHO NOW MAKE THE GREATEST SACRAFICE FOR OUR FREEDOM. 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 story6314.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. 166.68.134.174