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 made a dash out of the house, typical, on my way to the airport, to work a flight to Philadelphia, I had the radio on KNIX. Stuck in traffic, singing along, the song was interrupted and the horrible event was announced. I seriously don't think I got it the first time, I was so confused, and as I looked around me, it seemed like everyone was staring at their radio. Then a few minutes later, it repeated itself, I felt chilled, I cried though I don't remember how my tears fell, they just fell. "Dang it", I said, because I had left the house without my cell phone to call home. So, I made the exhalted decision to go ahead to the airport. I drove stunned, lost in disbelief, I parked my car, not knowing what would happen once I stepped foot in the airport. It was so eerie, people standing around looking at the TV's, noticing me, rolling my bags, I was trying to look professional, still. I passed some fellow flight attendants , that said, 'just go home, they're sending us home', I wanted to hear it from a supervisor, I did. I wanted more information, I wanted an explanation! I turned the corner into our briefing room, how sad that was, some were crying, some were just staring at CNN, I called home. My husband said, "come home, NOW !" I said, 'I'm on my way, let me see if they need my help, first'. I took a seat amongst my coworkers, it was just a lonely feeling but at that time, I wouldn't want to have been anywhere else but sitting in a room with people I enjoy my job with. It was a good place for me, at that time. For the next 4 days, I sat on my couch, dissecting all the information from the TV, when finally, my husband, walked up to the TV, and just...shut it off, he said, "that's enough". I know he did the right thing, he was very much supportive of what I was feeling, but, he also new, that I wouldn't want to be anything less than strong, so he made sure I regained my strength and focus by returning to my real world. Thank you Lord for my family. 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 story787.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. 2002-06-15 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 12.219.165.170