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 at 7:30 in the morning to attend a math class at college. Since I lived in the dormitory, I just walked over to the classroom. By the time the first attack hit, I was still in class. After class, I went to bed for a nap, setting the alarm for 10:15. When I woke up after the nap, I got my rollerblades and books together to go to an off-campus class. To this point, I did not turn on the tv or radio. I got to the bottom floor of the building, and went into the college bookstore. The BookStore radio had Howard Stern on and they were going to a live report that the Trade Center was hit. I said aloud and thought that it was a cleverly disguised hoax, since I just studied "The War Of The Worlds" hoax in one of my classes. I purchased a sports drink and started to skate toward the off-campus class. There was no panic in the streets that I noticed, and I had to dodge the usual cars. I arrived at 10:55, took off my skates and went inside. I waited in the lobby, and the secretary said "Did you hear what happened?" I said "You're listening to Howard Stern, aren't you?" "No..I'm listening to KQV" First thought was, "Oh my God..it isn't a hoax!" A sign was then posted saying "Class Cancelled. Return to Campus for Further Instructions." I stayed there about half an hour to make sure the other classmates heard about it. Tim, my classmate, rolled up on a scooter, and I said "Class has been canned. Have you heard what happened?" "Yeah. They say there's a plane in Pittsburgh too." I thought again, "Oh my God" and took off quickly for the campus. This time there was more of a sense of panic and confusion in the street. And at every stop, I asked someone, "Hey, can you turn up your radio? What is the latest news?" and other phrases. I don't remember even taking my skates off when I got back. I went to the dorm room and immediately tried to call my mom and dad. It took me a while to get through. When I did, they said they were just closing the store and I went online to try and contact other family members and other friends. I was very frightened, crying, and I wanted to go home. I was then told that if we wanted to get out of the city, I could go home with one of the professors. I decided to stay in the city, and I just remember being glued to the computer, updating news sites, watching news channels, I just stayed up all night long watching the news. The next time I slept was about 3:00 in the morning. That is my Sept. 11 story, from a student of Journalism at Point Park College 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 story9621.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. 2003-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 63.115.49.70