September 11 Digital Archive Stories

On Sept.11,2001 I was at school in the 6th grade. Me and the rest of the class were listening to the teacher talk about the earth and everything else that had to do with Science. All of a sudden the principal walked in and whispered something to the…

I was at home on Sept.11th. I will never forget that day as long as I live. When I turned on the T.V. and I heard the news anchors saying we were being attacked, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I kept thinking how could anyone get into our…

Thanks for your message and your concern. We are alright...just. That means we?re doing well physically. The emotional side is a different story. Each of us experienced this horror in different ways:

I was under 1 WTC 20 minutes before the first…

Scheduled to have surgery on Sept. 12, I was on the phone with my insurance company around 9:00 A.M. They were based out of Texas and were attempting to contact the surgeons office that I would be going to. We spent fifteen minutes on hold until…

It was early morning, around 7:30 a.m., when I arrived at the high school. I am the study hall supervisor there. It was my first year as a full-time faculty member there. It was a special day as half of the student body were taking ISTEP (state…

I had just started working overnights at the newly built Super Target in Minnetonka, Minnesota on Monday September 10th at 10:00 P.M. Our first truck consisted mostly of toys. Getting off work at 6:30 in the morning, my only objective was to get some…

Before going upstairs to workout, I called my Mother and as we were talking, I had the TV on the NBC channel watching the 'Today' show. They were coming back from a commercial and I saw Tower One on fire and not but a couple minutes later saw an…

AS I WATCHED THE ATTACH WITH MY OWN EYES I COULDNT BELIEVE AT THAT SECOND WHAT I WAS SEEING! THE TOTAL SHOCK OF IT ALL,
THE ONLY THING I COULD DO WAS GRIP MY CHEST AND YELL OUT TO GOD. MY PRAYERS AND TEARS GO OUT TO ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WE LOST…

On 9-11-01 I was at work doing my usual morning work when the news spread through the office of the plane that crashed into the first tower. We were all shocked. We had not yet known that it was a terrorist attack. We thought it was an accident.…

On September 11th I was at home caring for my goddaughter's nine month old baby girl,little did I know that this wonderful most loved baby would help me to deal with such a horrible and tragic day......we started the day as always watching the disney…

I had just left a meeting and I was driving across the bridge from Manayunk to Bala Cynwood when I heard a local radio DJ said, "A plane has just crashed into the World Trade Center, where going to go to commerical and be right back." That is when I…

I was working in the hospital on a job. There was a t.v. in there where we saw everything go down. Thats when we went back to the shop and continued watching cnn. Then on Sept. 14 I was deployed to the middle east. for 193 days, in support of…

September 11, 2001


By: Donna R. Berkes
Phoenix, AZ

I was visiting my son, Chris who lives on Long Island, for my first trip to NY and having a great vacation. I had been to the WTC almost daily during my 10 days in NY.

On 9-11, Chris left…

In memory of Cynthia Ma. Motus-Willson you will be missed but NEVER forgoton. I Love You and GODBLESS YOU!


That day started to be just an averags day. Kids got up geting ready for my little girls physical. On the way there I heared them talking…

My partner and I were having breakfast at a bed and breakfast at the shore when our hostess came in to the room and told us a plane had just hit one of the World Trade Center towers. We, along with our hosts and some other guests, went into the…

I was making springs in the spring co. I work for on sept
11 2001 when someone said a plane had crashed in to the world trade center . I at first thought it was a small plane
like a cessna or piper cub , but then I went to the tv we
have in the shop…

My husband a Port Authority Seargent went to work on a day tour. It was a beautiful day when I got up around 8am. As is my routine, I made coffee took care of our Doberman and sat down to see what was on the morning news. To my astonishment, I saw a…

It was the very end of my zero hour, chemistry, when I found out about the attacks. My teacher dismissed us and turned on the radio to listen to what was going on. She hadn't told us during the class, so my classmates and I were in the dark. As we…

My office building is directly next to the WTC Plaza and 7 WTC is right behind us. I was already working in my corner window cubicle when a co-worker said a plane crashed into the WTC. We just stood and watched what happened. We were so close to…

The tragic event of September 11th has changed my life in so many ways as it has for many others. I will never feel as safe and care free again. Prior to September 11th, my views of government and world security really didn't play a large part in…