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: The morning was stunningly gorgeous, and we had so much to look forward to--visitors from Europe, a full business schedule, flights to Europe and then Japan for the following week. I work at the New York City Economic Development Corporation--then Mayor Giuliani's official economic arm for the City. At about 8:50 am, our President heard the news of the first attack; when the second attack hit, he came on the loudspeaker and asked everyone to evacuate. We all exited and formed along John Street, with a view of the burning towers. People were running from the WTC, and we could see people jumping out of the towers away from the flames. How horrifying to think of their choice. People kept flocking out of the offices onto the street; everyone was trying to call home from cell phones. Andrews deli was crowded because its pay phones were working. After about 10 minutes, we all decided it was best to go home. For me, that was just a few more blocks away at the South Street Seaport. My co-worker and I could see the towers from my apartment, and as we heard the news on TV, we watched both towers come down. People were rushing on foot across the Brooklyn Bridge. When the towers collapsed, clouds of smoke and dust covered the people and the bridge, and the wind was blowing to the east to envelope them. We didn't know what was in that air--biological poisons maybe? After the collapses, there was dead silence. I went on the roof to try to see what was happening. No one but emergency personnel and a few stragglers were on the streets. At 6, the lights went out and I had to make my way down the dark stairway to my apartment. All I could think of were those people jumping and the people who must have died in the dark stairwells of the Trade Center. I grabbed my dog, a flashlight, a battery-powered radio and a few clothes and made my way out of the empty apartment building to Chinatown. For two weeks, I was out of a home; our office was evacuated for two weeks; and we worked at the Brooklyn Army Terminal setting up a hotline to provide business help. Everyone from our office is safe, but we have all been affected deeply. 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 story220.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. 2002-03-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.208.149.178 Annotation Annotations to this item. Economic effects Gov't workers (non-military and non-rescue) Politics and politicians Rumors Telephones and Cell Phones NY:2