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: I remember receiving an email from a friend to hurry and turn on a tv because the WTC had just been hit by a plane. It sounded so unreal and before it had a chance to sink in, it echoed from an office down the hall and then into the reception area of our office. We turned on the tv, a small black & white in the breakroom, and were all stunned, speechless and confused. I couldn't believe what was happening. As our world turned upside down we were able to visually replay the first incident when the 2nd plane hit. This was so unreal it did not register for several minutes. I am in the business of property management and our first reaction was how do you get that many people down a stairwell - we could only imagine the chaos, then our next question was could the buildings sustain this sort of damage. Then our question was answered moments later when the most horrific scene unfolded before our eyes, as we witnessed these 2 beautiful buildings fall to the ground. Then we heard of the Pentagon and Pennsylvania and it was so completely unimaginable, it was as if a deadly earthquake had shook the entire Earth and we suddenly were not sure of the ground beneath us. I immediately questioned my own safety. I remember feeling so much that I almost felt numb - I felt as if the world was coming unwound before my very eyes. I immediately called my husband who works graveyard shift to pick up the children from school - I have 2. I remember thinking was this over or just beginning. Could we be next (Houston) - a large oil & gas city, the Port of Houston, I worked in a high-rise building filled with oil & gas companies (that all shut down for the day and sent their people home). Then we went home and my children looked to me for explanations, "why Mom?" and "are we okay?". I had to be honest, I didn't know why and wasn't sure if we were safe. We shared our fears, we shared many tears but we hugged most of all and all slept in the same bed that night. We watched the tv and cried with the victims and survivors. It was so heartbreaking to have to try to explain this sort of evil to a 12 and 6 year old. We prayed for everyone that night, especially the children whose moms and dads were not going to be coming home. I remember thinking that this will be a horrible story we lived through and our grandchildren will learn about in school but will need to learn from us how we all felt. I will never forget where I was, physically or emotionally. We will never be the same but somehow we were all brought closer together as a nation and each stronger to our faiths. Evil never wins, God will bring Good out of it always. 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 story2925.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. 209.39.104.129