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 Tuesday mornings at 9am, we always have a sales meeting. My boss, who was late, usually assembles last minute reports and information for our COO, so I assumed her responsibilities. I asked the COO if he needed anything, he said he had all his papers, but gave me his car keys and asked me to go downstairs to his car and get his cellphone which he'd forgotten to bring in with him. It was about 8:55am, I walked past my car in the parking lot, keeping a watchful eye on someone who had parked next to me and was a little too close when he opened his door. I got to Dick's car, retrieved his phone and was proceeding back to the office when I saw Maureen, our CFO, arriving. I waited for her and when she emerged from the car she was pale, shaking and was on the verge of tears, and the first thing she said to me was "have you heard?". She runs the company with her husband Tom, and my first thought was that something had happened to Tom or their two boys. She then explained to me that a plane had hit the WTC. I was speechless, and torn between thinking it was an unfortunate accident or terrorism. We both made our way to then office in a state of shock - by the time we got to the conference room, the television was on and everyone was aware of what had happened. I work at the front desk and when I got back there, the radio had switched to live news and we heard that two planes had hit. I called my husband, who had taken that week off to build a deck, and he immediately put the tv on. The rest of the day, until we were told we could leave at 2:30, passed in a blur - no work got done, I was speaking with my husband every few minutes, and it just seemed like one thing after another - the WTC, the crash in Pennsylvania, the Pentagon - an overwhelming feeling of what next ? Many times, I was tempted just to pick up my things and go home, all I wanted was to be somewhere safe with the man I love, I kept thinking, maybe they're targeting all places of business, I don't want to die here, I want to be with Michael. I have never felt so many emotions simultaneously - fear, sadness, trepidation, anger, confusion, love - it was very hard maintaining my composure at work. When we were told we could leave at 2:30, the tears came in my car - I probably drove a little over the speed limit, but I just wanted to get home - and when I did, the television was on and I saw for the first time the awful images which up until then I'd only heard on the radio. I still find it incomprehensible that human beings, no matter what they believe is right, or what God they believe in, can be so incredibly evil to other people. That night we just tried to take the day's events in and make some sort of sense of it all, and I was just so grateful to be in my home with my family, unlike so many innocent people gone before their time. 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 story6044.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. 152.163.188.6