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 will never forget 911! I had visions before and after this tragic event. Near Easter in 1998 I had a beautiful, radiant, angelic-like being visit me. My aunt Leota was in awe when I told her about this heartthrobbing event. She too, about the same time, had a special experience. We may have been the same angel. She took a picture of a cross in the sky near Easter. Then, when her pictures were developed, she had an angelic-like being in one of them. I shared this special picture with others, and someone saw a baby angel engulfed in the arms of the larger figure angel. I honestly believe this was my dear mother and her three day old baby brother, both now with our Lord. My mothers faith was so strong! She knew her King James bible well, it was deep in her heart and her witness to others of his soon return. Another aunt, Lura recently passed and she shared that she saw bright purple flowers and angels singing the Rose of Sharon in heaven. I believe God left me this special message to hang onto! My dear mother worked for the Charleston City Police and she wore her beautiful silver badge so proudly. She touched lives! They even came back to the jail to thank her for helping them, the women inmates and the juveniles. My second angelic experience occurred recently while at Virginia Beach, VA when I found an angel in the sand, while searching for my niece, Alexis and my nephew, JR some seashells. Rough experiences have entered my life since 911, some specifically related to 911 including threats to my life, but Jesus Christ watches over me. He is my strength and my salvation. I have grown so close to him, even before 911. Two nights before the tragedy, I rededicated my life to Jesus Christ while watching Dr. Billy Graham during a crusade on television. I sat and watched 911 and I feel so close to the hurting families. My dad fell from a firestone building before I was born and he suffered fractures to his brain. My dear mother said he was never the same, they didn't even think that she should take him home from the hospital and try to care for him, but she loved him and she tried to hold the marriage together, she was so caring! I praise God for both the good and bad times of my life, I am now so close to him. I was filled with the holy spirit in Huntington, West Virginia during Pastor Parsley's service. He came and prayed with an elderly gentlemen and I knew it was real. I felt his holy power and I asked him to then fill me with it. While I will never be a perfect person, I will always strive to be better, we all need to do this, Jesus died for us so we can have life eternal. To the mommies of the 63 babies, your heavenly father watches over you and your babies and I know your lives will never be the same until you see your loved ones. I'm hurting too, I understanding and I truly care about each one of you. 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 story6348.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. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.240.198.62