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 2 weeks away from completing the USAF Security Forces Academy. We were in the feild that morning, throwing hand grenades and detonating claymore mines, ground combat skills. Much of the academy is mental conditioning, with constant excercises and drills, so it was no real shock when we were informed that a plane had struck the WTC. Just annother drill. Then came the news that BOTH towers had been hit, and the Pentegon was in flames. "They need to make these excercises more realistic" I remember saying to my fellow Airmen. "Something believable, not stuff like this that could never happen." Not one of us was taking the news serriously. This was the USA. NO one would EVER think to attack US here, our HOMELAND. I remember returning to the dorm from the feild and thinking "Hey, they want to play games, fine with me...I'll just relax here in my room, put some music on the radio..."...There of course was no music to be heard on the radio that day. Just the news...it was real...VERRY, TERRIBLY REAL. I still remember the feeling...a sickness in the stomach, tears streaming down my face, my blood boiling in total rage....when they finally released us from our rooms to watch the president adress the nation on the big screen in the dayroom, everyone was just...silent. When the president steped out of Marine 1, every Airman in the room, without command but perfectly syrcronized rose to full attention...I will always remember that as the day I stopped being a boy and became a Soldier.... 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 story10598.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. 2004-05-15 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.2.101.228