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 American Red Cross Museum Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of stories from Red Cross Volunteers who provided emergency response in the wake of the September 11th attacks. RC Story RC Story: Story September 11, 2001 was a perfect September morning. Perfect weather, perfect blue sky, not a bad day to be going to work. I arrived to my office at 101 Park Avenue and stepped off the elevator on the 45th floor. I immediately knew something was wrong since the blinds were dramatically pulled back and a few indivdiuals were looking out the window in disbelief. The receptionist cautioned me before I looked out the windows and saw the twin towers engulfed in flames. The planes had both hit and now the towers were burning. Considering the clearness of that beautiful day, I had a perfect view to the horror. One senior partner remarked that the towers would hold "they were built to handle the worse." I didn't believe him. From the view I had, and the flames that I saw, I couldn't imagine how they could possibly hold. I was able to call my dad by phone who told me that the news was reporting a terrorist attack. He was watching the news on tv and relaying the news of the attack at the Pentagon, as well as the downed plane in Pennsylvania. Some time later I heard a scream and ran over to the window. It was at that moment the first tower started to fall. It was at that moment I said a prayer for all those I feared dead. It was also at that moment I decided to leave for home. RC Story: Response I served as an American Red Cross volunteer for the 9/11 recovery effort. I worked the midnight to 8:00 a.m. shift at Ground Zero. I felt it was the very least I could do. RC Story: RC Volunteer no RC Story: RC Employee no 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 rc_story39.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. unknown 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. email 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. 2004-08-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 12.149.217.162