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 am a Cat Scan Technologist at Silver Cross Hospital. I was on my way to work when the first plane hit the Towers. I was not sure if it was a joke, because the radio stations have a habit of stretching the truth. When I got to work, I turned on the TV in the waiting room and watched with awe at the events that were unfolding. I had to start scanning patients eventually, so we just kept coming back to the waiting room in between. We had to biopsy a patient's lung. It was very difucult to concentrate when I knew in the other room things were happening. We heard about the Pentagon and that there were 10 planes still missing. At that point I wanted to go home to Kankakee and be with my family. My 3 boys were at school or at the sitter. It's hard working so far from home. That day was especially hard. But we got through it somehow and I went home and sat with my children and watched the horror unfold on TV. We prayed for them to find someone alive. It happened a few times. It was very heart breaking. I was going to surprize my husband with tickets to the Miami Hurricane football game that was that weekend. I had arranged airfare, hotel, and a day off of work for us both. It was my anniversary gift to him. The game was cancelled the day I showed him the tickets. We didn't want to fly anyway. So we ended up going to a Bed & Breakfast in Galena, IL. It was a strange weekend. There were flags flying everywhere. The little towns we went through had flags lining their streets. Flags were flying from grain bins. People had put flags on top of cranes. It was very moving. The town people of Galena lit candles and placed them in paper sacks. They must have put hundreds of them along their river. It was beautiful but sad. We will never forget what happened that day. The pictures are still fresh in our memories. We are very glad that this country pulled together and showed their support. As usual, I am proud to be an American. I always have been, but this was a special time for pride. 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 story6332.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. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.12.96.8