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: On September 11th, I turned on the TV shortly after the first plane crashed onto one of the towers. It must have been right before 9am. I had no idea what was going on. I was just about to get ready for work, when I found myself glued to the TV and in awe. My husband was on a business trip in LA and I was alone at home. I called him at around 9am and he told me that he was watching too. We didn't know what to think. At first, we thought it was an accident, but then we saw the second plane crash and the news reported the possibility of a terrorist attack. I could not believe my eyes when I saw the first tower collapse, both of us still on the phone, we were heart broken. We didn't think the towers would fall, we thought the top would just burn. So, I proceed to make calls to our family. My husband's dad lives in Queens, and I could not reach anyone in the NY area because all the NJ/NY lines were tied up. My dad works in DC, and no luck either. I got on the internet right away, and my sister in law who lives in DC, is on AOL IM - tells me she's scared because they won't let her out of her building. She works only a few blocks from the White House. She says the lines are busy and cannot get through to her family. I then call her mom and tell her she's ok. She didn't get home that day until late afternoon. Thank God for IM! I called work, to find out if people knew about this, my office mate and another friend said they were all listening to the news on the radio and that people had left work already and that the building was closing shortly. We live near the Jersey shore and this place called Union Beach is about 5 minutes away. On a clear day, you can see NYC from the small boardwalk. So 3 of us decided to go. We went there after the towers had already collapsed. We saw a lot of smoke and an intense fire going on. There were a number of people watching with us. It was very sad. I still cannot understand how these people could have done such an awful thing. My sympathies to all who were affected and those who lost loved ones. May God bless us all. 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 story1724.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. 2002-09-04 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.191.157.50