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 was unaware of the situation until after both planes had hit the Towers. I was i 7th grade at the time, and it was during our last period of the day when our principal, Mr. Downey, came on the loud speaker and informed the 6th and 7th graders about the events. The 4th graders were in our school then, and were not told. I think it's because they didn't want them to be scared. I remember I was in the Student Council Advisor's, Mr. Belauskus, room working on a project for an upcoming dance when we were told. I didn't understand. I knew that planes hit two buildings in New York City, but I didn't know how serious it was. In fact, I didn't evenh know what the World Trade Center or Twin Towers were. I don'y know why we weren't allowed to watch the TV. We just weren't. Mr. Belauskus explained to the people in the class what happened by talking and drawing pictures on the white-board. It still didn't mean much to me though. A few people were crying, but most people were shocked or didn't know what to think. It all only started to make sense, when I got home. My mom talked to about it me while I did my homework. My dad had the TV on, and I watched and learned about it all day. I had so many unamswerd questions. I had learnes so much, yet so little. Why would something like this happen? So many innocent people died that day. I still don't understand how someone could ahte us so much. For the next few days, it was all anyone could talk about. I had so many discussions about it in my E.L.A. class. Patriotism was everywhere. But after a few months, it just faded away. It was just something from the past and it didn't hurt as much. My life hasn't really changed sinse September 11th, because it didn't hit close to me. It's not hard to get by. What happened that day was awful and it hurt, but it hasn't permanently scarred me. I think everything should be remembered about September 11th, 2001, because it all happened. Every detail is important. The events shouldn't be glossed over. We need to know the sad, graphic, yet true facts. It has to be told that people were literally jumping out of the buildings, so that they would have a quick death, instead of burning slowly. Not just the brave and heroic acts should be learned by future generations, but all the pain and terror aswell. Everything that happened should be remembered so that we know the true horror or the events, and get a clear understanding or it all. It's the awful truth, but we must accept and remember it. It's in the past and will always be there in our minds. 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 story8559.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. 2002-10-22 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.60.58.139