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 early morning and I was getting my children ready to catch the bus for school. They were almost ready and I turned on the TV so they could watch a few minutes of their favorite cartoon. I remember looking over at the TV while brushing my youngest daughter's hair, and thinking "oh my, a plane went down somewhere." All I could see was a plume of black smoke rising into the air. I instinctively knew that it must be a really bad crash to cause that much black smoke. Then the cameras pulled back and went into focus, and a city came into view, and in the background you could see a Jet turning toward a high building. I stood in total shock as I watched it hit the building. I remember saying "Oh my God!" Then I saw the words at the bottom of the screen they read, "America under Attack." My children asked me what was happening, and I turned to them and with tears in my eyes I told them that the United States was being attacked, and that alot of people were on their way to heaven. I gathered up my composure and sent them out the door, only to call them back to me. I called the school to see if it was open and they said yes, so I drove my kids to school myself, still in a state of shock. I told them I would pick them up after school was out. I must have changed my mind 4 or 5 times that day as I watched the events unfold on TV. I finally picked them up. In the meantime I had called all my family and friends, I needed to hear their voices, to know that they were okay. The tears flowed freely for me that day. At first I was shocked, then stunned, and then angry. By the time I picked up my children I knew we were going to war, that we would seek Justice for the terrible injustice that we had suffered. On the way home from school I did my best to answer my children's questions honestly, while wondering what it would mean to life here in the USA as we had known it. I was outraged that we had educated these terrorists here, so they could turn that knowledge against us. I was concerned and wondering what had happened to our President, was he alive or dead. My family all rallied around the children and each other. That night I cried while I did the nightly prayers with my children and I added a special prayer for our President, the World Leaders, the families who had lost someone, the Rescue Workers, and our Military. It was the first time I had ever watched the World stop, and it was the first time I'd ever heard of all the planes being grounded at once. That night I was glad I could hear the military jets as they flew overhead here, I knew that they were watching out for us. 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 story5946.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. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 198.81.17.26