September 11 Digital Archive Stories

I work in a nursing facility for the elderly. When I was called to the TV, I could not believe my eyes. All sorts of questions were asked? Who? What? Why? How could this happen in America? It was difficult to comprehend the full picture. It…

I remember the day before sitting in American History talking about the wars that had happened, and the boy sitting behind me asked the teacher, "Do you think we will go to war again?" and the teacher replied, " No, because there is much equipment…

On September 11, 2001, I was at home in Hudson, Florida when I witnessed the attacks on The World Trade Center via television news. It was very real and very traumatic as I had worked on the 73rd floor of 2WTC for 6 years. I was the Floor Warden in…

I was in the car and heard that a plane had hit the Tower of the World Trade Center. As everyone, I thought it was a small plane. I turned on the TV at work and the second plane hit. It was such a shocked, frozen moment when the reality, that it…

It was like any other day went to work and my van broke down at 500am and my company sent a tow truck to bring me back to the base and there was no other vehicles avaliable so i went home and i was sitting at the computer talking to my friends in a…

On September 11, 2001, I was sitting in my world cultures honors class,
dreading the fact that I was stuck there for another 80 minutes of boredom. I
had done my homework as usual, and we were reviewing all the…

I remember getting ready in the morning and hearing over the radio that something horible had happened at the trade center ,so I hurried to the tv to put it on and see if there was anything about it.As soon as I turned the tv on within a couple of…

My Frother-in-law and Sister-in-law and I went to Las Vegas, We were staying at the Golden Nugget Casino. I was in My Room watching Television wnen I saw the Bulletin, I promptly called My In-laws and told Them to turn on Their Television,…

I was at home getting ready for work watching ABC Good Morning America. My Brother had arrived to use may Shower as his Electricity was out. We then headed off to his restaurant for our lunch time shift. We had a big screen T.V. Anyone in town who…

On September 8, 2001, I met the most precious person in my life- my newborn son. I had to have an emergency C-Section which left me in the hospotal for 5 days. On the morning of September 11, I woke around 7:30 and decided to watch television. I…

I remember getting out of the shower, turning on the T.V., getting ready for work and witnessing what was happening on September 11, 2001. It was an image that I will never forget-the two towers with dark smoke going to one side. That is an image…

I was substitute teaching in an kindergarten room on Sept. 11, 2001. The children came to school that day talking about an airplane hitting a building. The children's stories were mix with reality and fantasy as is the case many times with young…

I had dropped my son off at Solomon Schechter Day School which was then located in the old Malvern Elementary School. He was in 3rd grade, and that past June we had spent our summer vacation in NYC, doing all the tourist and historical stuff that…

I was standing in my office which has an unobstructed view to the south of Madison Avenue when I was told that an aircraft had flown into the World Trade Center. Looking out of the window it struck me what a beautiful day it was,a deep blue sky with…

I am Jennifer Dunn and I was at school September 11, 2001. I was having a nice morning so far. I got into second hour Career when all of the seniors, sophmores, and other students were watching t.v. They were telling us to shutup. I thought they were…

I HAVE ALREADY RECORDED MY STORY ABOUT 9/11/01 BUT I WILL RECAP. I WAS SITTING ON A PLANE AT O'HARE AIRPORT IN CHICAGO, IL, WAITING TO TAKE OFF TO NEW YORK CITY. I WAS CELEBRATING MY 60TH BIRTHDAY WITH MY HUSBAND WHO WAS CELEBRATING HIS 70TH. WE…

Somebody perhaps think now,why I, a german, write something about September 11. I want to let peole knwo what September 11th was like in Germany,and I want to let them knwo that they were not alone.So please read my story.
Nobody will ever fotget…

I was devasted when I saw the buildings come down, and one of my co-workers came in and told us that they had also hit the Pentagon. All I could think of that God was telling us to wake up and realize that the end was very near.

It has broke my…

On September 11, 2001 as usual, I had a hard time waking up in the morning. I got ready and rushed out of my house to attend school at Miami Dade Community College. I recall being stuck in traffic and tunning into Y-100 (a local radio station).…

I witnessed the Flight Attendant hurriedly moving back to meet another at the drink cart. "I need to speak with you in the back, now!", she stated. I assumed that there was a cranky passenger in First Class and continued to read my newspaper. As…