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 am a Detective Sergeant with the Woodbridge Police Department. Our Township is directly across the Arthur Kill waterway from Staten Island NY. It is approximately a 20 - 25 minute ride into Manhattan. I was at my desk at work that morning when I heard the first report of a plane "accident" on the radio. I thought, as those around me did, that the radio was playing a practical joke. However, in a few minutes I realized this sounded too real. I went to a news website on the internet to see a picture of the first tower burning. I was very upset, not believing that it was an accident. I began telling others in the office when I heard that a second plane had hit the second tower. I was now devastated, angry, upset. I went down to our Emergency Management Office to see the news reports. The room was full with approximately 25 - 30 Officers, and several civilians. There wasn't a sound from anyone. Is this a dream? Unfortunately we all knew it wasn't. In a few minutes our world changed dramatically. We were all thinking about people we know at Ground Zero. Were they safe? Then the first tower collapsed. We now knew that there would be an enormous loss of life. The second tower collapsed. We knew we must go help. Many of us went to Manhattan in the folowing days to do whatever was necessary. The site was worse than anyone could ever imagine. All of those working at Ground Zero ARE truly heroes in every sense of the word. We will never forget 9/11/01. God Bless America. 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 story7474.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. 2002-09-15 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.12.96.8