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 stayed home from work that day. I needed brake repair on my car. I think I woke upat 8:30 or so and had breakfast. The phone rang at about 9:00 or so and my wife was on the other line. "Put on the TV. Somethings happened in NY". We live about 15 minutes out in a Jersey suburb. I put on a cable news channel and saw a tower burning. It was strange. The announcers had first thought that it was a plane that went terribly off course. i was drawn to it but not concerned. Then there was the crash into the 2nd tower. This was no accident. I sat in silence, staring at the television. It didn't seem real. Such a "foreign" vision so close to home. I watched for hours more- the crash into the Pentagon, a phantom car bomb in D.C., the crash in Pa. It didn't seem real. I went outside and was struck by the utter quiet and beauty of that late summer day. The sky was deep blue with little white puffs of clouds. A perfect day to skip work was to become the biggest nightmare this country has ever seen. One last thing struck me that day. After hearing that the FAA had "closed" the skies to air travel...I still would hear an occasional plane. Some were military but others were not. All I thought was "Here comes another one, where's it gonna hit?" My wife callled many times from work that day before she was let out early. "Don't go on the roads, they could try to blow up bridges or hi-ways." And I thought..."don't let 'them' take our freedom away. Don't let 'them' keep us off our streets". If we allow that- our country and our ideals have lost. I'm proud to say that we did not hide, we did not cower. We have gone along as we have before- but in a more vigilant and appreciative way. GOD BLESS AMERICA and God bless all she stands for. 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 story5602.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. 64.12.96.8