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: My wife and I were taking a few days vacation and staying in St. Louis. We were visiting the St. Charles area. On 9-11 we were going to pick up my wifes brother and go to the new Bass Pro Shop there. As any hunter or fisherman can tell you going to the Bass Pro Shop is like a kid going to the toy store. I had just gotten dressed and was checking out the news. When I turned it on they were showing the first tower and saying that the rumor was that a plane had crashed into it. To say the least I was shocked but I only half believed the story because the early rumors are usually wild. My wife had just gotten out of the shower and I was telling her about it. She came out and sat down to watch and at that moment the second plane crashed into the other tower. We were completely dumbfounded. We sat there for quite a while just staring at the TV. We were finally able to talk but we didn't know what to say. We got ready and went to her brother's house where we told him about it so he turned the TV on. The three of us sat around for some time trying to make sense of it. We decided to go on to the Bass Pro Shop anyway and figured once the initial shock was over things would pretty much be the same as usual. None of us could really get into the spirit of the trip after what we had witnessed. We tried but how can you go on like nothing had happened. After lunch we started to take John back to his place but we got stuck in a horrible traffic jam. They were closing everything down in St. Louis. People were rushing to buy gas and everything else they could. We went out for dinner And there were only two other tables occupied. I guess most people were going home. To say the least the rest of our vacation was pretty subdued. We tried to carry on but it was difficult. We have not let that horrible day keep us from leading our lives. That would be giving the people responsible exactly what they were hoping for. We still think about it and pray for the friends and families of the victims but we all have to move on. This is out Pearl Harbor. I guess all generations have to deal with some tragedy but I hope that it is a very long time before anyone has to deal with something of these proportions. The U.S. is made up of many diverse cultures that come together to make us a very strong country. 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 story5098.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. 216.175.42.46