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 was in my classroom at P.S. 191 in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. As a NYC Teaching Fellow, I only started teaching the day before, and admired my view from the fourth floor; Queens, the Brooklyn Bridge and a view of downtown including the World trade Center towers. People were entering my room all morning long. At first it was computer technicians, the rest, I didn't know. I thought they were looking at something technical. With a roomful of kindergartners, I first noticed the smoke across my windows. I thought that this was odd and when I looked out the window, and thought, "My God, the Twin Towers are on fire!" I thought I'd best take a photo since this seemed extraordinary and when I focused my view finder, I saw the South Tower collapse in front of my eyes. I rubbed them and thought the smoke was playing tricks with my eyes. At 12:30 when I was scheduled for lunch, the librarian asked if I wanted to have lunch in the library with the other teachers. She said, "We have the television set up." I thought the teachers were watching soap operas during lunch so I thought I'd go out of politeness - just this once. When I saw my first news report, I didn't get it - planes crashing into the WTC? Did the pilot have a heart attack? Why wasn't the plane ditched in the harbor? I was quickly updated on the situation and fortunately was able to contact my family. I didn't know anyone who was lost that day, yet I feel as if I did. I imagine that of the people who were lost, I've passed them on the highway, sat next to one or two on the subway, or perhaps, taught their children 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 story10174.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. 2003-10-27 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.188.73.252