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 at work when my husband called me and said "A plane just flew into the World Trade Center, it's on the TV now". I remember thinking 'wow, how sad - maybe the pilot had a heart attack or something. Those poor people - how tragic.' I went to tell some co-workers and we began listening to the radio. I called my husband and we were discussing it, when he said "holy shit, another one flew into the other tower!" Then he said "This is War. They're out to get us." I remember thinking "Who? What? Why?" I just couldn't comprehend that someone would deliberately fly a plane into a building. I didn't understand who would do this to us and why. Our whole company then went into a conference room to watch all of this happening on TV. Then the pentagon was hit. Then another plane crashed in Pennsylvania. God, what was happening? I left the conference room crying. Sobbing. Came to my office and sat down. Then I looked out my office window, it was a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky and I was 9 months pregnant with my second child. I was to have her by c-section on 9/13/01 so 9/11 was to be my last day at work. Then it hit me - how could it be such a beautiful day, and there be so much chaos/tragedy in another part of the country. Why was this happening? Who could be so evil to do this to us? Oh my God I'm going to bring a child into this cruel, cruel world. So many thoughts ran through my mind. The images kept going through my head - I felt so much sadness for all of the mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, friends that were lost. I can't even put into words what I was feeling. I left work, went to see my husband - then went and picked up my 1 1/2 year old son at daycare. God how I held him and cried, and thanked the Lord that he was in my arms. And thought 'how many kids are not going to be able to hug their mommy or daddy tonight?' I felt lucky to be able to hold my son and hug my husband. My daughter was born on 09/13/01 at 9:28am. Looking at her made me realize how lucky I am. She was truly the brightest light in such a dark time. Seeing her so little, fragile - innocent. She is truly a little miracle. She helped our family get through such a tragic time in our lives. 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 story2744.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. 207.170.51.147