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: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 It has been exactly a year since the horrific tragedy of the fall of the twin towers and the beginning of America's fight against terrorism. I woke up this morning put on my red, white and blue to represent my partriotism. I headed out the door and off to school. After i sat in my first period art class for a half an hour our room was called to go out to the stadium for our assembly. I met up with one of my friends in the hallway and we walked together down to the stadium. As I looked towards the stadium and at the hundreds of kids before me all wearing their red, white, and blue the stadium, the atmosphere, the mood, it suddenly all brought on a different feeling. I can't even think of any adjectives to describe it, you can't describe it really, it was just something that was needed to be felt in order to understand what I'm talking about. As we walked on our loose gravel track onto the bleachers the wind was wiping and throwing the loose rocks into our eyes. Everyone turned their backs and began to walk quickly to the stadium to get saved from this stinging. As I sat in my seat I observed everyone around me. I couldn't help but notice my English teacher of the previous year walking up the steps with the most solemn look on her face. It touched my heart. After knowing how hard it was for her last year to cope with tragedy I knew the pain she had to be feeling in her heart at that very moment. I felt like crying suddenly, but my thoughts were interupted when the teacher who is in charge of Student Council came to the podium in front of the stands and welcomed everyone. After his speech was done the band begin to play a song by Mozart that was being played but millions of other people in our country at that very moment. At that very moment the wind stung harder than ever, but I realized something just then. The wind, it wasn't really wind at all. Rather, it was the souls of the people who had lost their lives exactly one year ago. They were spinning around us and through us letting us know we are still strong, we are still wise and we will still stand strong. If we can make it through this, we as a country can make it through everything. I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason even though at the time we may not understand or even know the reason. Sept. 11th, 2001 will be a day never forgetten and never forgiven. Without it though, we would not be the strong-willed, determined, perserving, and loving country we are today. We have conquered something that many other countries could've crumbled from, but us Americans, Never! I still cry sometimes when I think about the mothers, the fathers, the sisters, the brothers, the child who's mommies may never been coming home, and all the people who were unable to come home to their loved ones that day. America will never be the same again, and although I didn't know any of the people who were killed that day I still pray for them and carry them with me in my heart for they have become a piece of me. This day will forever belong to them. For there courage, compassion, and most of all their love for one another. For all of those who were lost, I would like to say one thing, I will carry you with me everywhere I go and you have changed my lives you never thought imaginable. 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 story3072.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. 209.50.139.249