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: In the morning, as I woke up, I felt different. Like I knew something was going to happen on this day, 9/11/01, that somthing that happened today will change the world forever, and I guess I was right. As usual, I went to school, and around 10:30 a.m., my teacher said that I needed to pack my bag and go to the office because I was going home. This struck me strange. See, my grandparents from Pakistan were visiting at this tim, so I 1st thought that something mught've happened to them, like maybe they passed away or got sick or something. I also thought, for some strange reason, that maybe our house was burning down. I thought these things really happened becausse my parents never let me leave school early unless it's some sort of emergency. So now I felt a bit silly for thinking those things. So, I went to the office, there was the principal there, talking to some other staff member. I don't think they noticed me enter, because they continued talking, my mom still had to come over and pick me up, so I waited there. Then, something struck me hard, as I heard my principal say, "Listen, 2 planes attacked the World Trade Centers. Do not tell the students.". This totally surprised me, and for 1 second I thougt she was joking. But, 3 things stopped me from believing that. 1 was because no one would joke about this, 2 she sounded serious, and 3 I knew, deep inside, that this was true. So, when my mom came, she said that the Twin Towers were attacked. So, when I got home, I saw my grandparents staring at the tv screen, surprised and amazed. The phone was also ringing a lot. The reason was because, my dad ususally worked in a building about 1 mile away from the Twin Towers, but thankdully, he was in Canada for a buisness trip. It was a miracle, absolutely amazing, that he happened to be in Canada on 9/11. SO, all of our family+friends were calling to see if he was ok. We had exactly 238 calls from everyone. So, I sent e-mails to everyone I could that my dad was safe/ok. But still, all those innocent people who lost their lives, every kind of race was in there. And, some people blame us, the Muslims, of 9/11. Also, later we found out that 1 of my mom's friend's husband died in the Towers. He was also very nice, he attended my Ameen (a part to celebrate for a Muslim who completed reciting the Quarn.), even if he wasn't a Muslim, very nice Indian friend though. It still bothers me. But, when I went to Fords Middle School, I found a teacher I could talk to, Mr. Poiani, he understands. I try and talk to him about stuff going on about almost everything, it means a lot to me. And it helps a lot. I want to thank him for that. 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 story10605.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. 2004-05-17 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 69.136.183.92