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: Hello, On September 11 2001 I was preparing to go into work at the American Red Cross. I am a work study student who works part time as an Administration Assistant as well as a full time student, single mother of two children ages 12 and 14. With not knowing exactly what was going on with some apprehension my children left for school. I quicky made plans for the care of the children should I be needed to stay longer then my normal shift, threw some clothes on and went into work as soon as I could get there. My co workers and I spent throat numbing hours answering the telephones, passing out maps to the local blood bankes as we listened to the news reports. Half way though the first day I had to stop listening to the reports,if I had allowed myself to cry I wouldn't be of help to those offering assistance. I instead focused on all the good that I was having the honor of seeing first hand. Personally, I got the blessing of seeing hundreds of people in one day "just show up" to "help" or to offer their services, to do whatever they could. After almost two years of of a horribly painfull divorce, the earthquake in Febuary that damaged my home and not having income for the repairs. I had started to lose faith in people and in humaity. Out of horrible losses there is good that comes from the rubble. Some of my faith in people has been restored because of the outpouring starting on September 11th for this I am very thankful. 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 story4656.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. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 198.81.17.43