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 had just started sixth grade when the terrorists attacks of Spetember 11, 2001, occured. School was going on as usual, but about ten o'clock, parents began arriving and taking their children home. At first it was slightly humorous, becuase every few minutes another one of my classmates would leave, and the class grew steadily smaller. The remaining students and I began speculating about the cause of the unexpected onslaught of parents, giggling as our ideas grew increasingly silly and farfetched. Eventuallly, the humor wore off, becuase we realized that the situation was serious. Teachers were spotted crying in the hallways. On our way back to our classroom, which was in a trailer outside, my friend pointed to the sky and exclaimed, "Wow, look at that!" My teacher's expression instantly changed, and she stared up in a panic, asking, "What, where?" My classmate replied, "The moon, it's out during the day." Our teacher tried to laugh off her minor panic attack, but we knew that something wasn't right. When we got back to our trailer, our teacher turned on the television to a news station. We saw images of a tall building in flames, but thought little of it, as fires occur somewhere almost everyday. It wasn't until our teacher finally decided to explain everything that we realized the significance of the images. She told us that she wanted to tell us the truth, despite the wishes of the school administration. The twin towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington had been hit by planes, which had been piloted by terrorists. Instantly, my classmates and I began to panic. I knew that my parents worked in D.C., but I had no idea where, and I feared the worst. For the rest of the day, we all went around in a semi-stupor. To my relief, my mother arrived at the end of the day to pick me up, which in and of itself would have alerted me that something was amiss, becuase I usually rode the bus home. The next few weeks, I went around as usual, but cringed everytime I heard a plane's engines roar overhead. It took several months before I was able to see jet contrails cross the sky without shuddering involunterally. 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 story20434.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. 2006-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 151.188.16.21