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 woke up that morning as I did every morning with my 8 month old daughter. We ate breakfast and sat down to watch her favorite childrens television program. When I turned on the television I was astonished to see what I saw. It was a live shot of the World Trade Center, and they were both on fire. I sat in complete awe while my daughter played at my feet. I watched as the first building fell, and a feeling came over me that I have never experienced before. I just saw on live television hundreds of people lose their lives. I immediately phoned my own mother and broke the horrible news to her as reports were coming in that "something" hit the Pentagon. My heart sunk. America's might had just been hit. There was no telling when it was going to end, what else was going to happen. And it didn't stop, there was one more plane that crashed in a field. And all they showed over and over again were the images of the planes flying through the buildings. I couldn't get those images out of my head for days. When I would go to bed at night they would play over and over in my mind. I live close to the airport and was terribly afraid of airplanes for a long time after. I decided that being close to an airport was not a good idea, so I left. It was eerily silent as I drove. People everywhere were in a daze. The gas stations were lined with cars waiting to get gas. There was some rumor that gas prices were going to go through the roof. I couldn't believe that people were so concerned about gas prices after what had just happened. I was stopped at an intersection listening to news radio when I looked over at the car beside me. It was a woman and she looked right back at me and shook her head and held up her hands as if to say, what is going on? I just shook my head back. That night my husband and I got out our dusty bible and began reading again and we prayed. It was an unbelievable day that I will never ever forget. 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 story7312.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. 2002-09-14 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.12.96.8