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 was at work at Gage-Babcock & Associates. Ironically, we do fire protection and security consulting engineering. I was sitting at my desk and one of our engineers who is also a volunteer fire fighter ran into my office and said the World Trade Center was on fire. I quickly went into e-mail and saw a sight that turned my blood cold. We thought it was an accident, but as we watched, the second plane hit. Moments later we heard about the Pentagon. For the first time in my life, I was afraid. Only one week before on the 3rd of September my former husband retired from the Pentagon. He lost 32 people he worked with every day. My son, Jared Holz, is an advanced life support paramedic for Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in NYC. By a fluke of scheduling he wasn't working on the 11th. As soon as he saw what had happened, he packed a bag and drove to the city. He arrived after both towers had fallen. I remember thinking when I watched in horror as the first tower fell, this is surreal. It looks like it's melting. Little did I know. It was hours before I heard from my daughter-in-law. Jared was at ground zero for 3 days before going home to rest. He said everyone was so frustrated because they expected to be able to save and help people, but there was no one to save. Jared's sister, Rachel Johnson has contributed some of Jared's photographs to the Image Repository on this site. Those of us who hadn't been there could not really understand the scale of this disaster until I saw Jared's photographs. All the photographs that were published on the Internet during the days that followed 911 of the floral tributes outside our embassies around the world brought tears to our eyes. The outpouring of sympathy from around the world helped us to realize we are not alone. The strength of the people of NY and the DC area was uplifting to everyone. God bless America has new meaning for all of us. This site will be a new treasure for Americans worldwide. It should be maintained forever. We will never forget. We should never forget. We will never again take freedom for granted. 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 story330.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. 2002-03-29 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.44.58.70 Annotation Annotations to this item. Ground zero- at or about Memorials/Vigils (location or person) Premonitions/Coincidence/Fate Rescue/clean-up workers/volunteers DOMESTIC