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 listened to the radio all day but I remember not turning the T.V. on until late afternoon. I did not want to see what I had heard about. After seeing the images for the first time, I needed to get some air. I went out on my back porch. I was wondering why we were bringing another life into to such a scary, horrible place. (I was five months pregnant at the time.) How could we explain the actions of such hate to our two-year old and soon-to-come-along son when the time came? I was quite overcome with grief and anger. Then, I turned and looked out into our yard and noticed a beautiful bloom on a crepe myrtle I thought was near death. It had been run over by a lawn mover earlier that year yet here it was in all its glory! I remembered there was still beauty and peace in the world and we would teach our children about those concepts as well. The irony of the blooming crepe myrtle was its name: America. 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 story2884.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. 66.90.197.151