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: As one of the few Americans who did not know someone who died on 9/ll, I would like to share how deeply this day impacted me. At first, I did not understand or sense the severity of what had happened. I started my day as usual by taking my children to school, even though I had just heard the report of the first airplane impacting one of the twin towers and saw live on television the second airplane fly into the other twin tower. It did not seem real, yet. I arrived home to see the first tower collapse -- and then the second tower. Now I was nervous. As the day went on and I watched the coverage appear on each channel - local and cable, I suddenly realized that I had taken my children to a location (school) that may not be all that secure. One of those schools was located very close the the State Capital Builing in Boise. Suddenly panick overcame me. What was I thinking to send my children off to school when America was under attack. I called the schools to inquire and was told that alternative plans were in place should anything further occur. As I watched the devastation on televison, I found myself being wrapped with feeling for the lose of those in New York (even though I did not know anyone there) and needed to be with my family. My class Tuesday night at Boise State University was cancelled by the instructor. She was feeling the same as I was - that we needed to be with family that night. For a week, I was glued to the televison coverage of New York, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania. The feelings of horror, sorrow, empathy for the families of victims, and anger that such a thing could happen to the United States brought me to tears - many tears. My only contribution was to pray - for the victims, their families, the cities, our wonderful nation and those of us who felt so helpless and wanted to do something but were so far away. As a year has passed since that horrific day, I am encouraged by the strength and resilience of the American people - particularly the families of the victims. President Bush and First Lady Laura, the Congress and Senate, and the men and women in the military who have stepped up to defend our country (including Mountain Home Air Force Base, Mountain Home, Idaho)have shown such courage and strong leadership that I am more secure going about my daily life. It makes me proud to be an American. The positive results and efforts that emerged from this tragic event only honor those whose lives were taken on Septemer 11, 2001 and make us all stronger Americans. Thank you for the opportunity to share my thoughts. 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 story4706.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. 198.81.17.176