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: Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) I was in the military, preparing to go to work. I remember very vividly that I had my BDU bottoms on, the brown T-shirt, and only one black sock. A fellow soldier came in from next door in my barracks room and told me, "Come in here. Now." The sense of urgency in his voice was so dire that I came into his room with one sock on to watch the impact on his television. We stayed in that room until the very last moment, until we went to work, to find a colonel at the gate waving people away, telling us all to return to our rooms and get ready, because the Pentagon had come under attack and we might be next. What is your strongest memory of that day? I worked in a facility that we were not allowed to bring radios into. But a lot of us needed to know what was happening. My strongest memory is of people walking up to the building with radios in hand, wanting to know the most up to date information, then tossing them aside as they entered the building, because they couldn't take them inside. That little pile of handheld radios was very memorable..and very sad. How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? It's a horrible event. A horrible event that has affected everyone. We can never do anything without someone raising the spectre of September 11th. The measures that will be taken in revenge, and the Patriot Act, George W. Bush trying to use it for politics...everything. I think it also showed me how trivial are the decisions that save people's lives. Many of my friends worked in the World Trade Center, and my dad would have been taking the PATH train that went underneath it at the time of the collapse. But instead, for various reasons, they all decided not to go into work that day until later. And by that time, they were safe. Except a woman that my father danced with at a wedding, that might have been his girlfriend. I can still see them dancing, sometimes, when I close my eyes and think about it. A beautiful woman, with fire and life and flashing black eyes. Dead. 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 story10478.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. 2004-03-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 144.59.12.138