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: It was just like any other day ... I was on my third round with my snooze button, I didn't want to get up and get ready for class. Most college kids don't. When my alarm jolted me out of bed for the fourth time that morning my roomie told me that I 'might want to come into the living room'. I turned my alarm off and sleepily trudged my way out to the living room. I watched in first disbelief, and quickly thereafter complete horror as the events of 9-11 unfolded in front of my very eyes. The word 'WAR' was being thrown around my living room over and over again by my roomies and myself. I don't think we knew quite how accurate we were with our premonition, but it proved quite accurate in the next few weeks. I remember thinking it was a great display of CGI, or digital effects. I remember thinking it was going to be a trailer for a blockbuster movie. I remember crying when I realized that it was neither. Class was the last thing on my mind after I witnessed the second plane brutally slam into one of the twins. I remember frantically searching my mental database for anyone that lived/worked in or around the towers or the pentagon, thats when the sick feeling hit me square in the gut. My roomies father worked in the pentagon, on the navy side. We frantically tried to get ahold of him on the phone to no avail ... all circuits were busy. We got word that he was safe, he was not in the building, but at a meeting at the time of the attack. Relief. Sorrow for all that were not at a meeting. The images and feelings of that beautiful morning here in Gainesville, FL will forever be burned into my memory. The vivid details of the attack, the feeling of helplessness, and the extreme feeling of pride and patriotism as I saw my countrymen pull themselves up and come together in one of the most amazing displays of 'family' I can remember in my short 22 year life. Thanks for the pride, thanks for the lesson, and GOD BLESS AMERICA! 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 story1286.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. 2002-08-20 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.128.181.45 Annotation Annotations to this item. Patriotism DOMESTIC