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: It was already late into the evening on September 11, and I was trying, unsucessfully to get to sleep. I have no idea why I had the pit in my stomach, I usually sleep like a log. I got up and turned on the television, on every channel I saw flames, smoke, and people screaming. I was physically about as far away from New York as you could get, but as the events unfolded on the screen before me, I couldn't have felt closer to the tragic scene if I had been standing in front of it. Exactly one year has gone by since the tragedy in the states and as I prepare to attend a memorial service my heart goes out to the victims and their families who lost so much in the September 11 attacks. I am a US citizen who was born in, and has lived in Australia for the majority of my life. As I read the stories of New Yorkers and people all over the world, my one wish is that I could ease the suffering and hurt. I live in one of the safest and luckiest countries in the world. So far Australia has escaped the viscious attacks that the US has, unforunatly, been exposed to. Despite my love for Australia and its people, I wish I could be in New York right now, and not a million miles away. I want to join together with others and show terrorists and those that spread such haterid and evil, that we are stronger, that we will band together to give strength and love to one another, despite the odds. I just don't understand how people could cause so much suffering on purpose, and my only explination is that they are jealous. Jealous of the wonderful freedom and love that Americans possess, jealous of the way that they do pull together in a crisis and gather strength from one another. And jealous of their pride and patriotism. Personally, these are the reasons why I love Americans, and why I am proud to say that I am a citizen of that country, despite living here in Australia. Again, my heart goes out to the people who have been hurt by this tragedy, and the souls of those that were lost. I am not a religious person, however I will pray for you all, pray that there can be peace and calm in the hearts and minds of all world citizens and that one day we truly will learn to live together in harmony and tolerance. 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 story2165.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. 2002-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 203.166.88.150