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 gotten back to Boca Raton on Monday Sept. 10 from working an event in Clearwater Beach. I was going to leave Boca Raton on Tuesday morning to drive back to my home in Naples, Florida. Tuesday morning I was fast asleep when I heard my buddy David whom I was staying with come in the door screaming, I immediately got up to find out why he was screaming a plane hit the World Trade Center. David was hysterical and I was confused, we went downstairs to find the TV on and a picture of the WTC smoking from the top of the building. The news anchor was saying that a commercial jet liner had slammed into the WTC. As we watched in disbelief, a second plane hit the other tower, it was surreal, we couldn't believe what we were seeing. I remember changing the channel to see if maybe it wasn't real, but each channel was showing the same thing. At that point the media started to speculate it was a terrorist attack by Osama bin Laden's group. I remember watching that TV for the next 6 or 7 hours, I couldn't move. I tried to call my family overseas, but the phones were jammed. Finally my Mother got through and assured me that she and my Dad were ok, but told me to stay put, not to travel anywhere. My college roommate is a United States Marshall in Manhattan, so immediately I tried to call him to make sure he was safe, but I could only get his voicemail. He was safe, about 5 blocks away from Ground Zero when the attacks happened. I remember talking to him a day or two later and he told me that he had over 150 voicemails from concerned family and friends. The rest of the day I remember watching the coverage and hearing about the plane hitting the Pentagon and the plane that crashed in PA. Here in Florida, the roads were closed, the airports were closed and even Disney closed. I remember the feeling of desperation of not knowing what was happening. I was afraid that, that day was going to mark the beginning of WW3. That night, President Bush addressed the nation and declared war on the terrorists that had perpetrated the attacks. Being the son of an Air Force Officer, I felt a great deal of patriotism from the way America reacted to the events of September 11, 2001. I am proud to be an American!! 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 story2878.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. 209.26.181.53