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: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 was a clear sunny morning, and I was on my way to work. The radio was playing the Howard Stern Show, and all felt right in the world. All of the sudden I changed stations just to listen to a bit of music, then I changed back to Howard Stern, that?s when I heard them talking about planes hitting one of the World Trade Center Towers or something to that effect. As I parked my car, I walked out pondering what I had just heard on the radio. I started questioning myself whether I understood correctly. I walked into my office at George Mason University. It was a bit past 9am. I was working as a Desktop Support Technician at that time, so I picked up a couple of service calls, and went to see one of my customers of the day. Since I did not see any of my colleagues I could not share with them about what I had just heard, but as I was walking across the campus, I remember looking around and everything seemed normal. It seemed as nobody knew of the events. I went into King Hall, one of the buildings in the University, that?s when I saw David, my customer, talking to one of the professors in the hallway. As I walked up to them, I told them about what just heard on the radio, then the professor asked us to come into his office, he had a small black and white 13 inch TV. As we watched the events unfold, I was in total disbelief as we witnessed the plane hitting one of the towers, then all of the sudden you saw the other plane crashing into the other building. Also saw in total disbelief, people jumping out of the burning building. It was just like a dream. At first, I thought they were accidents, but when they later confirmed the planes had been high jacked, I was enraged and sad for the people in the planes and the families. Then, we heard about the Pentagon and the other plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. I remember thinking I can?t believe this is happening in the United States. All of the sudden it felt like d?j? vu. I was a young kid living in Nicaragua, when I remember hearing news about mines being planted and people dying. Those are the things that are hard to forget. Suddenly, I had sense of fear and a feeling of vulnerability in the United States of America where it?s supposed to be safe. 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 story11209.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. 2004-12-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.98.148.219