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 the morning of September 11, 2001, I was teaching science to my 5th graders when a knock came at the classroom door. One of the secretaries told me about the first plane hitting the World Trade Center tower, but don't say anything to the children. A few moments later, she knocked again with the news about the second attack. It was impossible to believe, but even more impossible that I couldn't even let on that something horrible was happening in our nation. The last and final knock told of the Pentagon and the closing of the airports across the nation. It was too much to digest and still we couldn't let the students know due to the possibilty of family involved in the attacks. At lunch, our principal told the students of the terrorist attcks against our country. The teachers sat around the only radio and listened, in horror and silence, during the short lunch break. When we returned to our classroom, my fourth grade students had many questions and I just didn't have any answers. The one question that finally pushed me over the edge was, "...but I thought this kind of thing didn't happen in America. I thought we were safe." Oh, how I wish that child was right! 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 story4062.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. 205.188.209.38