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: On September 11, 2001, I worked in Toronto, Canada and was on my way to downtown Toronto to begin my day of elevator inspections at the Air Canada Centre. Enroute I was listening to Howard Stern on the radio when I overheard Howard mention something about a plane hitting the World Trade Centre. At first I was somewhat confused and remember thinking that "Howard has really lost it now" as I thought this was one of his crazy jokes that didn't make any sense to me. When I arrived at the building and went to sign out the keys, it became apparent that this was no joke and that it was very real. The manager of building services and I discussed whether or not today would be appropriate for inspections, and I ended up starting the inspection process, with the understanding that I may be asked to leave at some point. While in the elevator hoistway (shaft) of my second elevator inspection, I was contacted by the manager on my cell phone, who requested that I leave the premises immediately as a second plane had hit the WTC and that downtown Toronto was being evacuated, as a cautious safety measure by the Mayor of Toronto. I thought this was somewhat weird as Toronto was not even in the U.S. and did not seem to me as a target for terrorism, but I complied with the manager's request and left the premises immediately. I remember driving back home from Toronto at approx. 9:40 a.m. thinking that it was strange to experience the traffic "rush" leaving the city at such an early hour. When I arrived home I spent the majority of that day watching the news in disbelief. All I could think of for a long time afterwards was how terrible it was that such a cowardly act as 911 could cause such mayhem and fear around the world; enough to make totally unrelated cities evacuate for fear that they might too experience a terrorist attack. 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 story11309.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. 2005-02-22 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.92.174.123