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: My husband and I were watching Little House on the Prarie when the newscaster broke in with the news. As soon as we heard the basics, we turned to CNN to get the whole story. We both stared at the T.V. in disbelief as history was played out on our screen. We cried when we saw the images of people running from the building and jumping out of windows. We cried when we saw the stories of people looking for their missing loved ones. We cried when we heard the stories of the heros who gave their lives trying to save the lives of others. We cried when we heard of the incredibly heroic acts of the passengers of the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. We cried a lot that day and in the days to come as we heard all the stories of the families who searched hospitals and morgues for their missing members both hoping to find them, and at the same time praying they weren't there. We cried when the last hopes of finding any survivors was gone. Then an amazing thing happened. We all seemed to forget for awhile that we were black or white, Mexican or Latino, democrate or republican, gay or straight, Protestant or Catholic. For a while those things were irrelevant. We all came together in a common cause and remembered what patriotism is all about. We remembered that it is in God we trust. We remembered that emergency personnell have dangerous jobs with little pay for our benefit. We remembered that we are suppose to be thankful for our families and try to love our neighbors. We remembered that this country with all its' faults is ours and we will defend our freedoms. For awhile we remembered that we are all just Americans. Please, let's never forget again. 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 story4104.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. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.12.96.8