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 11 I was on vacation traveling through Slovenia with my wife and in-laws. During the time of the attacks we were hiking in the mountains, blissfully unaware of what was going on in the U.S. In fact, we didn't know anything about it until the next day when the proprietor of the bed and breakfast that we had checked into late on the 11th realized that we didn't know, and told us. I should say, he told my in-laws in Serbo-Croation. I only recognized words like "New York" "Washington, DC" and "Pentagon" but from his tone, I knew the news couldn't be good. Over breakfast we saw a few clips from CNN, and heard the first snippets of the horrible story. But in the first translation I received, only one tower had collapsed. Pressed for time, we had to travel on. But we spent most of the 12th driving and talking and speculating in shock and disbelief with only the sketchiest of details. I for one was certain that it couldn't have been commercial jets, it must have been small planes with bombs. When we found it out that it was commercial jets, I was sure there must have been confederates on the ground that smuggled weapons aboard. The truth just seemed too impossible. Over the next few days we finally gathered most of the readily known details through hard to get English language copies of the International Herald Tribune, and German tabloids. My mother-in-law, with only a passing knowledge of U.S. history voiced her desire for "a new era of McCarthyism" and a general desire to live in a police state. In the solemnity of the moment I refrained from arguing with her. But inside I felt fairly certain that this one awful event would set up rationalizations for new attacks on civil liberties. Our mood on the rest of the vacation was rather subdued, though we were always in a quiet and pleasant atmosphere, and felt very removed from the turmoil at home. By the time we came back to the U.S in late September things had calmed down a bit. But I have developed the sense that I missed it, and know it mostly as a historical event, much the same way I know about Pearl Harbor, primarily through documentary materials, but not something that I really lived through, even though it continues to effect us daily. 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 story191.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. 2002-03-08 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.33.64.145 Annotation Annotations to this item. Americans overseas Civil Liberties/Discrimination Television Coverage INTERNATIONAL