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: September 10, I sat in my high school's AP Psychology class. I had been feeling sick for the entire day, and decided later in the day to call my mom and go home. She came and picked me up. The next morning, September 11, I woke up at 6:30. Still feeling sick, my mom called the school to tell them I would be staying at home. At 8:50 that morning, I was still asleep. My mom came in and woke me up, saying a plane had hit the WTC. I had expected it to be a small private plane or something. I went downstairs to watch, and was immediately shocked. Suddenly, another fireball shot out of the WTC, as the second plane hit. This image will forever be set in my memory. My mom immediately grabbed the phone, to call everyone she knew. Within a half-hour, they cut to a shot of the Pentagon, with smoke billowing up. For the rest of the day, wild rumors were heard everywhere-- a car bomb at the state department, vans of illegal immigrants with explosives being stopped, bomb threats to buildings all over America, a plane being guided to the ground by the RCAF in Canada. I had never been this scared in my entire life. They say that there is an event for every generation that changes their view of the world forever. For my parents, it was the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK. For their parents, it was Pearl Harbor. For their parents, the Great Depression, and for their parents, World War 1. For my generation, it was said to be the fall of the Berlin Wall. Then the first WTC bombing, then the OKC bombing, then finally Columbine. After witnessing these events, it is obvious that this is the event that changes out world. 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 story793.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. 2002-06-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.240.54.140 Annotation Annotations to this item. Rumors Students/Teachers Telephones and Cell Phones Television Coverage DOMESTIC April-June, 2002