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 was working at home on my computer on this morning diligently putting the pieces of a training curriculum together for my work. My husband was attending an NCIS meeting in Atantic Beach, NC. My home was quiet and I was working away. The kids were at school. I have three. I didn't have the TV or radio on at the time. At about 9:00 AM, as was customary when I worked at home, my secretary called me. I was very cheery, but she was not. There was great alarm in her voice. She asked if I had my TV on and I told her no. She told me to turn the TV on because a plane had hit the World Trade Center in New York. I reached for the remote and turned on the awful pictures that kept being shown over and over. I sat down in disbelief and told my secretary I had to try and call my niece. She was in school in New York and I didn't know how far she was from the site, but I knew her school was in Manhattan and her boyfriend worked at Wall Street. I tried repeatedly to call her cell phone and her dorm phone. Next I heard from my husband, whose meeting ended before it started. The events of the day meant that his job would intensify greatly so we traded I love yous and he headed back to his office. I worried about my children at school as the events of the day progressed, not knowing if there was anywhere that was safe. I decided to let them stay at school and avoid the images that are forever etched in my mind. Life could remain normal for them at least until they returned home from school. When the towers fell, like so many Americans and so many people worldwide, I felt the loss of so many people just like me. People who were just beginning their workday. I felt the loss of their families. I had just lost my father to heart failure in July. Today, I still cry for their loss, but I am so proud of our country and of our world for the response to this horrific act. No one in retrospect can ever say that terrorism gained ground on this day. If anything, by their act they have made the world a stronger, more unified place. They have brought out the love, courage, and humanity in us all. I am proud of our President and our leaders for uniting together and supporting us all. In a time when the country and the world needed leadership, they showed us why they are our chosen leaders. I am proud of the world community. In a time when we sometimes focused too much on our differences, we learned that we all share in our humanity. The world reached out to America on this day as it never has before. 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 story4703.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. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.38