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: I woke to the television as I do most days. I saw the same images and rough details as most did in the early minutes of the tragedy. I watched from the big TV in the living room while Matt watched the little tv in the bedroom. His back was turned to me. His shoulders were dropped, his face was sad. He remembered about the dream he had Sunday night. Two planes flying into the ground and into the water. We watched while we got ready for work. His work closed, mine didn't. We couldn't do anything since everyone else was affected. The art director was married to an American Airlines flight attendent. They knew some of the flight attendents that were killed that day. There was fear in the air, rumors gas prices would rise to unreasonable prices. We were not able to do anything, not even get in to donate blood, only pray. A co-worker came home with me so as not to be alone. The next day, the 7-11 down the street had a huge American flag in the window. The Sikhs at the store wore nametags establishing themselves as non-Arabs and loving America. Some wore baseball caps to hide their turbans. I tried to smile, or be warm to everyone, because there was already too much hate. You worried about your friends who live in New York, or on the east coast. You heard stories about how someone you know, knew someone who got out, or didn't get out. That weekend we were going somewhere and at a firehouse down the street firemen were collecting donations for families of firefighters. We stopped at the light, seeing the transactions. We crossed the street and I prompted Matt to give me all his cash. I found five singles in my purse and he gave me five. I got out of the car and a fireman came over with a rubber boot to put the donation in. He said thank you before I even let go of the money. I dropped it in and the wool lining of the boot touched my hand. I softly said thank you and went back to the car. I began to cry. In that moment, I became involved in this tragedy. It was no longer a story on tv, it was an action in my neighborhood, it was working together to get through the next day. I live in Los Angeles, as far from the tragedies as you can be, but everyday I feel closer and closer still. The thought that there is no way to fix it still lingers. The buildings still burn in your mind everyday. The tears still come, not as easily as before, but your throat still feels choked and your heart cries. Today we continue in our lives. I keep in touch with my family more. We try not to let the nature of fear multiply itself upon us. We hope today is not the day someone will take hatred to another level, but if it is, we will face it. I love America, I love my fellow Americans and I love the country songs about it all. 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 story4349.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. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 12.9.234.22