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: Our 17-year-old daughter, Victoria, who was adopted by my husband and myself from Guatemala 3 years ago became a US citizen on Valentine's Day, 2001. On 9/11/2001, John Booker, her father and my husband, was working in Argentina, and she and I were preparing her for school. I heard on the radio that something had happened at the World Trade Center and urged her to turn on the television---to see the World Trade Center on fire. She turned to me with the eyes of a child who has already seen too much horror in her life [including losing both birth parents by the age of 7 and being put on the streets of the very dangerous Guatemala City to beg for coins at age 3]. Her face collapsed in tears and she collapsed in my arms. The World Trade Centers collapsed to her growing terror. After a while, she agreed that she could go to school---if I would work at home [only 1-1/2 miles from school] that day. She went to school and I tried to work, frankly unable to hold a coherent thought. When I picked her up at the end of the day, she was so sad, this beautiful child we wanted to give happiness to. "One of my teachers was crying," she said, "She's from New York and she's afraid her friends were in there." And later, "You and Papa made me an American, Mom, and now I'm a target." 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 story5942.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. 198.81.21.48