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 Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) I has just left work to run home for a few minutes and was listening to a radio show (Bob & Sherry). They were talking about how an airplane had just hit one of the WTC buildings. Then Sherry said something like "Oh my God" another plane has hit the other building. Then of course my thoughts went from what a terrible accident to instant confusion. I never would have dreamed that someone would be so evil that they would plot such an event. Then when I first heard the words "terrorist attacks" I just became even more emotional. I cried the whole day and many times since 9/11. I kept putting myself in the place of those who were trapped in the building. What they must be thinking and feeling. I prayed for them, for my country, for all of those families that lost someone dear to them on that day. As long as I live, I will never forget that historic, tragic event. I will also never forget what my then 4 year old daughter said to me. "Momma, I wish I was a Power Puff Girl so I could've stopped those planes from hitting those buildings." I regret that she saw the footage of the crashes on TV. I had a hard time of explaining it because I couldn't really understand it myself, but she said that and she meant it with everything in her. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? Probably the footage of the crashes and the images of bodies falling to the ground. That greatly disturbed me. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? Well, I think that if there is a silver lining to be found in the whole event, it would be that Americans showed their true spirit by joining together, giving of their time and money. Prayers for people they've never met or seen. Just a fellowship almost of an entire nation. 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 lc_story223.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. anonymously 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. 2004-01-07 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 161.6.16.197