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: Who expected 9/11? It happened as a total surprise. When I arrived in my Eighth Grade drama class, I would never have guessed that there would be a terrorist attack. However there I was sitting in disbelief with the rest of my drama class watching the news in shock. An announcement came on we moved to the next class. During my civics class we came in, some people were still shocked and watching the pictures on TV over and over again, and then there were some kids making flippant comments to cope with what they were seeing. Then Mrs. Gardella turned off the TV because she thought that it the news was repetitive since the reporters had no new information. She gave the class work to do, but no one cared about the busywork we were given, it was meaningless compared to the magnitude of the events that had occurred. There were frantic people crying all over, worried about their parents in the Military. I had no reason to worry because although my father works for the government, he is not close to the Pentagon. Even if I was worried, the phones in the entire school had formed lines, and the cell phone lines were hopelessly jammed. Without calling my family I walked home and outside it was a sunny day despite the gloomy events. At home I was told that everyone in my family was fine. I joined my family in silent TV watching, waiting for any new information, which if broadcasted was seldom and hardly worth waiting for. I went to bed not fully sure of what had gone down. 9/11 affected the way everyone lived their lives, for the next months it was incorporated somehow into every conversation, no matter what it was about. It related to every aspect of our lives and will never be forgotten. 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 story10981.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. 2004-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.100.127.6