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: MY EXPERIENCES OF 911 It was about 9:00 am and I was getting dressed for my 10 am sociology class, when I received a phone call from a friend saying that a plane had crashed in to the world trade center. She told me to watch the news on CNN so I did, however I was in such a rush to get to school to print my assignment so I did not pay much attention to it. Anyway she called back and told me that a second plane had hit the second tower, I was really surprised but I kept doing my thing to get to school. Being a new student to the USA and the school I didn't know that my school was so close to the W.T.C. I went on with my journey to school. However when the train arrived at Wall Street the operators informed that the passengers that because of the incident we have to evacuate the train at this point. As the operators opened the doors of the train I was so surprised to see ash blowing everywhere in the subway, I had was to put the end of my shirt over my nose and headed towards the street. I was very surprised when I arrived on the street the was debris every in the air, objects was all blowing all over the place, the sounds of sirens and seeing smashed windows of vehicles. Not even the police know where to direct us, this was very scary, I saw people moving in all different directions. Not knowing where to go I just followed the largest crowd, as I run/walked I recalled this woman screaming and shouting "where is the United Nations buildings". It was like in the movies; I actually thought that I was going to die. Realizing the depth of the situation and the geographic location of my school to the W.T.C. I started worrying for my sister who had left for a class half an hour earlier in the fiterman building. I was also worried about my girlfriend who works in the one Penn plaza. I tried calling both of them but to no avail, my cell phone could not work or no phone box on the street where I was. Things get a little calm as we head away from the ashes and debris in the air. There were people on the street handing out water and paper towels. The next major hurdle was to walk over the bridge to get into Brooklyn, I can recall that a police officer telling the crowd that they should avoid bridges and large buildings. Because there are other planes are in the air with the hijackers. It was so frightening to imagine. So I sat in a nearby park for a few terrified and worried about my sister. As soon as things clam down that is when US fighter planes were in the air we was told that it was safe for us to walk across the bridge into Brooklyn. As I walked with a group of ladies from Staten Island I tried to disguise my fears to help build their confidence. finally we manage to get across the bridge and into downtown Brooklyn, we the hitch a ride with some strangers to Nevins street. On arriving there were places, which provided bathroom services and phone calls. I made full use of this and call my sister to my greatest surprised she was home safe. My spirited had lifted greatly. As I went outside the facility I saw people on the street handing out food, drinks and other forms of refreshments. I then headed to the train station to get home, however only the L.I.R.R. was in service so I took it to the closet point and took a cab home. On arriving home I remembered that I was glued to the television and on the phone calling my family all over. 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 story604.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. 2002-05-15 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 207.127.204.117