September 11 Digital Archive Stories

I remember waking up that morning, making coffee and lookng at my schedule for the day. I had an early appointment at a customer premise that morning so I wanted to see what traffic was going to be like. I turned on my TV right after the 1st tower…

My father was in New York City on September 11 to go to the National Merchadise Show. They were over on the previous weekend but he dicided to stay and visit the city for a while. He and his girlfriend were going to the twin towers that night to see.…

I was dreading the day of Tuesday, September 11th as it meant the end to a nice visit by my sister, niece, and nephew. I grabbed a cup of coffee and changed the television station from Sesame Street (when the kids weren't looking) to the CBS Morning…

I was rudely awakened to the sound of the plane hitting the tower. Something in my subconcious woke me right at that moment. It was almos surreal, and almost impossible to believe. Then came the rest of the info like, the building actually fallin and…

I have the great pleasure of working from home and on the morning of September 11th I was watching cartoons with my 10 month old daughter while I was sitting on the couch with my laptop. My boss Instant Messaged me to tell me to turn on the news,…

September 11, 2001 was the second full day of a two week backpacking trip to Scandinavia. It was my third trip to Northern Europe, and my girlfriend at the time, Autumn, her first experience out of the United States. We had landed early on the…

On September 11th of last year, terrorists hijacked planes and crashed them into the world trade centers and the pentagon. I was at school when this had happened, then my principle announced it over the intercom. This affected millions of people,…

I was perhaps less traumatized than other college freshman because I had been living away from home for 6 months prior to the start of college. Still, when I realized that two planes had left from MY hometown to crash into MY country's building, I…

I left the house early to see a patient, I'm a community nurse. My husband paged me, (and he rarely does) and told me about the plane hitting one of the towers. I asked my patient to turn on the news, and we soon found that every one of the over 80…

I was at work. At the time I was working for the Manchester School District. The previous day we had had an incident with a little boy who was in a wheel chair. His chair had tipped over while we were outside. The next day, Sept. 11, one of the…

As I entered high school on a fresh new note, I believed that everything would somehow change. I thought that I would have more responsibilities and have to carry around a couple more pounds worth of books home every night. I couldn't have ever in…

I went to church at 8:00A.M. with my eigth grade class. We had a great mass that morning. On the way back to my homeroom I knew that something wasn't right. As we walked down the hall peopole were in a bustle. We reached our homeroom and sat…

i was asleep and the phone woke me up. It was my good friend asking me what i was doing. i wanted him to call me back and he told me i had better get up and turn on the tv. a plane had crashed into the world trade center. groggy, i walked down the…

ON THAT SEPT.MORNING I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS TAKING MY LIFE FOR GRANTED AND BEING ANGRY THAT MY BOYS DID NOT BEHAVE.
I CRIED,FROZE HELD MY BREATH AND DEMANDED ANSWERS FROM EVERYONE...AT FIRST I TOOK THIS PERSONAL...THEN AS THE DAY WENT ON I FELT…

The morning of September 11th. I received a phone call from my sister-in-law. I had worked the night before so I had slept in a little. When she called she asked me if I could believe what happened. I had not turned the television on so I didn't know…

I work with a gentleman who lost his sister on September 11, 2001. I have had loss in my family, but I don't think it can compare to the sorrow of this awful tragedy. He tells me how wonderful she was and what an ambition she had for life.

I was…

I was 9 months pregnant on September 11,2001. I had left my husband at home sick and had just dropped my 2 children at their schools. In the car alone I put the radio on and Decided to listen to Howard Stern. On my way to get coffee Howard said he…

I was in my car taking two foster children to a visit with their birth mother.
At first when I heard it from our local radio station I thought it was a dumb joke, then thought well maybe it was a small private plane with engine trouble to take it…

My name is Roxanna Evans and I always listen to the radio in the morning at my desk. This particular day we had a workshop and people were there registering in my office. We did our usual morning chats and I sat down at my computer to work and all…

Amanda Mondello Global
5-24-02 September 11th


September 11th was a dramatic and tragic day for
everyone in the United States. Terrorists attacked our
country and killed innocent lives. Two planes were flown
into the Twin Towers…