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 was sleeping peacefully on Sept. 11, 2001 at my house in a nice suburb of Chicago, IL. The phone rang early. I thought it was my boyfriend, but it was one of my father's friends. As soon as I picked up the phone he was yelling "Turn on channel 5!!" I didn't know what was going on or why this friend of my father's was calling so early. So, in a strange state of sleepiness and disorientation I turned on the news. What I saw next was horrible. The camera showed people running around the streets of New York is shock. I was in shock myself when I saw what was going on. At first I thought that the plane crashes were just coincedental. But as the day went on and the news received more and more information, I learned that it was a terrorist event. A thousand questions whizzed through my mind. The biggest one was 'why us, why America?' I love this country. Even though many people in America don't believe in every decision nothing like this has happened before. It broke my heart. I can't even imagine what those people were feeling in that huge city. Probably a billion different feelings. What a horrible event to happen here. It happened in a city so far, but yet so close. I hope that one day the people that are responsible for these actions feel all the pain that all the Americans and people of other countries felt. Nothing can describe that feeling. It united us well. I don't think that it was necessasary though for such a terrible event. We are supposed to be 'Land of the Free, and Home of the Brave' Everyone wants to come to America. Why would someone want to terrorize us? Honestly, I think some of it has to do with jealousy. Some people in more unfourtunate countries do wish that they were like us, and I hope someday that they are. The people who want their freedom should be heard. There are many ways to become involved in your community, even government positions as well. 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 story418.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. 2002-04-15 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.195.26 Annotation Annotations to this item. Terrorism DOMESTIC