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 taking ISTEP tests at an alternative school program in southern Indiana at the time the planes hit the towers. I was exhausted after the testing, and had to be at work in a few hours, so I was planning on getting home to take a nap. I had turned the radio up as loud as I could stand it and President Bush's voice was blaring. Not knowing anything that was happening, my first thought was, what did he do now, and I immediately turned the station. When I again heard news coverage instead of music, I began to listen. There was a man on his cell phone in Washington D.C., talking about the attacks. He mentioned another airplane flying very low. Standing on his rooftop, he had an unobscured view of the capital. Suddenly, in the middle of a sentence, his voice cracked. You could hear his tears in his voice as he said, "Oh my God! A plane has just hit the Pentagon! The plane hit the Pentagon! Oh my God! The captial is under attack!" My blood ran cold, my heart stopped. I thought, this can't be happening. I was terrified, and angry as I listened to the coverage on the radio. By the time I reached the town I lived in, there were vehicles lined up at the gas station. There was panic and confusion. My first thought was of getting home to my children. Once home, I called into work, and stayed home, curled up on the couch with my kids, watching the towers fall repeatedly as the coverage was replayed. I am not religious, at least not in a Christian sense of the word, but that day, I prayed to God. And watched as the numbers escalated, flags were hung, and families searched for their loved ones. I will never forget the horror, the shock, in that man's voice though, as he told America that our beloved country's capital had been attacked. 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 story9856.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. 2003-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 63.65.186.3