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 wrote these thoughts on September 14, 2001, while on a layover in Osaka as a flight atendant for United airlines. My flight to Osaka was Monday, September 10, 2001, with a short overnight layover and then return home on September 12th. But on September 11th, the crew awoke in the middle of the night to hear our nation was under attack. Our first reaction was shock and unbelief. We were glued to the TV for any tidbit of information that was new. We sought out our fellow crew members to find comfort and share our tears, and we prayed. As airline crew, we are in a unique job. No one understands our life style like another crew member, so we gravitated toward each other. United, FEDEX, KLM, it did not matter, we were the same. We pictured ourselves in those hijacked planes and wondered how the crew felt and responded to what was happening to them. We cried to see those airplanes crash and to know our flight attendant brothers and sisters were in those planes. We sat in Osaka day after day waiting for the news we longed to hear, that we could go home. We felt like there had been a death in the family, and we could not get back. Finally, on Friday we got the message that we would fly home on Saturday. Home...is there a better word to describe the place of comfort, love and safety. But would we ever be totally safe again? Would our skies ever seem completely safe? Would our jobs ever be free of the threat of terrorists? Would our country ever be as naive or secure as it once was? That all changed on September 11, 2001. 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 story947.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. 2002-07-30 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.165 Annotation Annotations to this item. Airline Personnel Americans overseas INTERNATIONAL Sep 11- Sep 21, 2001