September 11 Digital Archive Stories

Our family had two near misses that day.
1. My wife works for WorldCom in Pentagon City, across from Fashion City. She felt the explosion when the plane hit the Pentagon. (The plane's flight path went just to the north of her building.) She and two…

My story isn't as heartbreaking as those of the New York Fire Department or as tragic as those who lost loved ones in the attacks on September 11th, but it is nonetheless my story. I live in a small town about one hour west of Chicago where nothing…

I was snug in my bed in San Jose, California, thousands of miles from the site of the unfolding tragedy. I grabbed for the ringing phone, my boyfriend's voice came through the line, yelling, "Turn on the TV, turn on the TV." My response coming from…

I was calling a friend about taking our daughters to the beach that morning. She immediately told me a plane had just flew into one of the WTC towers. In disbelief, I turned on the television in time to see the second plane hit.
Having grown up in…

I will never forget the feeling on that day as I sat at
my desk doing my morning routine. A co-worker asked me to
come over by his desk to see this picture of the World Trade
Centers. As we watched the news coverage of the first tower
up in smoke a…

I am a second grade teacher at a Charter school in Louisiana, so on September 11th I had no idea of the tragedies that were taking place in our country. My assistant stepped out of the classroom, and she heard the news. I thought she was crazy when…

We had sent our son to Howard University at 12:01 pac.time and I said to him, " You will have the adventure of a lifetime. See ya' in the summer." Needless to say, I had no idea how profound an experience we were all in for.
My husband had awakened…

I work the switchboard at Dura-Stress, Inc.
At about 8:55 i received a call from one of the wives of a co worker stating a plane had just hit one of the towers. We were all turning on radios and calling people to get information. We didn't know…

dear. america



I wrote a letter to the sky

I told it of all my worries

Of all my dreams, hopes and wishes.



To all those who lost a love one and

To those who found there missing ones

To all of you my god or the sky bless you

Protect you and…

The news was on in the background as I dozed in and out of consciousness. The news is always on in the morning while I sleep in, and only do I pay attention if something strikes my interest. Yet I was especially sleepy that morning as I vaugely…

When the planes hit the WTC's I was in my English class. We were just about to go to our next class, when a pera-pro came into our room and told Mrs. Pekink to turn on the T.V. That was when the 2nd plane hit. My eyes filled up with tears. I couldnt…

I landed on a red-eye from San Francisco at about 6:30 that morning. I came home, had a quick conference call with a client and hopped in the shower before heading down to a 9:00 AM meeting at Sears Tower. I flipped on the TV to watch CNBC while I…

I was at my desk in The Pentagon that morning when my boss' wife called on the phone to say that a plane crashed into the World Trade Center. I was able to access the CNN Web Site and my boss walked down to the General's office to watch what was to…

I was woken by my sister yelling at me to turn on the television. She had driven the kids to school and was on her way back to the house when she heard a plane had flown into one of the WTC towers. I raced downstairs and had just turned on the TV as…

I was at work at the AGC of Ohio in Columbus Ohio. I was waiting for the Consultant to arrive to put on a Legislative Program for our lobbyist. Everyone was quietly working, phones had not started to ring too much yet, just a normal peaceful day.…

I was born and raised in New York, originally in the Bronx. On September 11th I had been living in Miami, Florida for 2 months and was seven months pregnant with my first child. My sister and I work carpooling to work and we heard a special…

MY SON WENT THRU THE 2/26/93 HE WORK THEIR. FOR CANTOR & FITZGERALD. IT TOOK HIM OVER THREE HOURS TO GET DOWN THE STAIRS,HE HAD A LOT OF PROMBLEMS WITH WHAT HAPPEN..A SHORT TIME LATTER HE LEFT THEM. THE PROMBLEM IS HE NEW LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT HE…

What happened on September 11, 2001 still feels like a bad dream, like there was no way that this could ever really happen. I remember driving to work that morning and catching the end of a news report about a plane crashing into a building. I then…

My day started as most days did make some coffee, take a shower and start to dress for work. In the midst of dressing I get a call from the living room from my mother-in-law, who was visiting, I went in and saw the replay of the first airplane…

I was a Freshman in High school and my sister was a senior. That day I remember sitting in my 4th period mth class bored as anything.... There was about 10min until lunch and they got on the loud speaker and announced that there had been a terrorist…