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 it was to be a late day at the office, I was home when CNN broke in with the story of the first plane hitting. "Must have been an accident" I thought, but in the back of my mind, there was the recurring thought of the 1993 bombing, and of course, Oklahoma City. As the second plane hit, and that thought was confirmed, I thought, "What sort of person/persons would do such a thing to civilians?" Not knowing what else to do, I started driving to work, but decided to find out what was going on. Rather than listening to the usual FM top 40 fare, I turned into the all news AM station WWJ, and before I even got onto the freeway, the announcer stated that a plane had hit the Pentagon, and another was in Pennsylvania, somewhere. For those of you who are familiar with the Detroit area, you have no doubt experienced the grid-lock that is I-696. Not on September 11, 2001. It was eerie driving on what normally is a very busy, and slow freeway, and finding yourself all alone. When I reached the office in Southfield, the phones were quiet, and everyone had this look of horror on their faces, and they had not seen the images yet. They had only heard on the radio. After calling some family members, I decided that this was not a day that anything was going to get accomplished, so, I went back home, and sat glued to the television for a few hours. The big concern I had was "Where is the President?" He should be addressing the nation about this. Of course, Presidential security had taken care that POTUS was well protected, and surrounded by the fine men, and women of the United States Armed Forces, as he went from base to base. I suppose the most lingering thought I had that day was for Detroit's large population of people of Arabic, and Chaldean descent. There is always that element of the population that pins the blame on an entire group of people, no matter how innocent they may be. There were indeed some threats to harm, or kill people from those areas, or their descendants, but for the most part, most people were too hurt, angry, or stunned to do anything rash. As someone who has lived in the Detroit area for five years, I can honestly say that the thing that those of us who did not lose loved ones that day should remember from September 11th is that for a little while, the acrimony between black, and white was forgotten, and for that short time, we were Americans first. Yes, we suffered a terrible loss, but together, we COULD overcome. May God continue to 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 story9506.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. 2003-09-08 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.8