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: Well it was a normal day, and our new school year had barely just started. We were having our last class and were having a nice group talk in our religion class. The bell rang, so we all ran outside like screaming kiddies because another day of school had just ended. While waiting for our bus we heard people talking about a plane crashing in New York city, I was like, "Ah so what, that happens quite often, nothing big" But after comming home I realized how mistaken I really was. I turned on CNN because this is a great channel to follow when somethings up in the US (even though the news was on every channel) and to my surprise I saw it was about the plane crash. I saw the World Trade Towers, and I wondered what they were doing, and why in gods name they were on fire. It took me a few minutes for the shock to actually pass over me, but I realized that the plane had crashed into the WTC towers. I really felt like it was a dream, and I got all sick inside. It's funny that! I've never been to America, nor do I rarely think about it (only when I talk to internet freinds in a chat room). But I felt very sick inside, and even felt the urge to cry. Then I heard the reporter say that it was some kind of Attack (like the headline was, America under Attack) I nearly wet my pants. The most inpenetrable country, a country that has seen no real wars, a powerful and economically strong country is under attack? It just makes you realize how easily things can happen and how precious life is. While huddles infront of my TV with the rest of the family we saw footage of a second plane hitting the towers, my jaw just dropped I just could not believe what I was seeing! Was this another one of those Science fiction films played in New York? No! ... Then there was footage of the first tower collapsing, this was just toally heart wrenching, seeing people running, and screaming, dust flying everywhere. They were just playing the fottage of the plane hitting the towers over and over and over again... it was sickening to know that this was a terrorist attack against America, against the most powerful city in the world, against the American culture.... Then there was news of a third plane hitting the Pentagon, this was also very scarey, but I found the WTC towers just horrific, I was happy that the whole Pentagon building wasnt hit. And then a Fourth plane that went down in Pensylvania (which we heard later was headed for the white house and was actually brought down by the passengers wanting to do something against these terrorists). It just made me mad that people can do this. But then when the shock was over, you kind of ask yourself.. "Did America ask for this?" I can kind of say that the answer is "yes", how much it hurts to hear this, it is true. In the news all you hear is America bombing this country, America going to war against another country... I know America wants the world to be peacefull or something like that, and trying to be a "dad" for the reast of the world, but in the end it cost them 3000+ lives and scars in every American Heart. I truely want terrorism to end. Wars in Iraq, wars in Israel... I just want it all to stop, because it's all useless... what did Al Queda gain for these attacks? Revenge? Oh! Is that all??? What's the point?? None, there is no point. September 11 will be a day I will never forget, even though I've never set foot on America soil, I feel for the America people. I felt the horror that every single American felt. I asked the same question. WHY? And quite frankly I'm still waiting for the answer. I feel that this is not the end for America, that they will have to watch their backs, because terrorist groups will not give up. Now that the US has bombed Afghanistan, terrorists will want revenge and they have a plan, you can be sure on that. And I do not want to see what it is, I pray to God that this is the end of the attacks. But I fear it won't be. The past year and the years to come will go down in history as the most horrifying years in modern history. God be with us all. 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 story1857.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. 2002-09-07 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 217.136.138.122