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 was actually online at about 8:50 a.m., in a women's chat room. People were talking about a plane having crashed into the WTC. The radio was on in the background (The Tom Joyner show). Everyone was talking as if it had been a small, recreational plane that had had an accident. Then people online started talking about a 757. I thought they were crazy and I went to another women's chat room. But the same dialogue was happening there. I turned on the television and saw what was going on. But the screen went to snow after a few minutes b/c I did not have cable. My reception was coming from the antenna on top of the WTC. That's when I got scared. I went back online and asked if anyone knew of an all-news AM station in NYC. I grew up here and have lived here most of my life. But I was so scared at that point that I couldn't even remember 1010 WINS or something else that I had heard all my life. A few minutes later I ran outside and talked to my neighbor on the street. He's an older man and he's so sweet to me. He hugs me and gives me a kiss on the cheek every day. He confirmed that everything I had heard on TV and the radio was true. Somehow his confirmation made it all real. My other neighbors pulled up in front of the house next door just as I was returning home. They had been downtown and had made it out by car just in time. He had just offered to drive her to work that day--out of the blue. The second plane hit a minute or two after she got out of the car. She just jumped back in and they made it over the bridge and back home to Harlem. I watched it all on TV with them as the towers fell. I'll never forget those moments as long as I live. I couldn't stop thinking "What about the people? All those people..." i was in shock. I didn't even know until days later that two people I knew had not made it out of Tower 1. I still think about the people and their families often. I lost my parents when I was younger. So my heart aches for them. I hope they find peace. It's possible, but it takes a long, long time. 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 story805.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. 2002-06-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 146.96.92.54 Annotation Annotations to this item. Struggle to get home NY:3 N-YHS