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 sleeping in my aprtment in the East Village of New York City. My roomate came running in the door screaming. He worked at 99 Church across the WTC, he was there just after the first attack and watched as desperate people leaped to their death. (He never talks about it now and I can only imagine what a horrible vision that was). I woke up and was stunned, I had just been laid off from my dot com job (which seems like a totaly differnt era in history) and had been cashing my unemplyment check at 7 WTC - the smaller bulding that fell after the towers. I couldnt believe it, I was stunned I truly believed we were under attack and truly saw the world for what it was- a dangerous place. But luckily, no one I knew was in the WTC.....Or so I thought. A buddy was on the 96th floor of the South Tower and didnt make it. I found out the next day. Terrance Aiken had three kids and a wife who loved him...THis guy was a hillarious guy always ready to party and tell some funny story about being a black dude living in Staten Island in NYC. We had been talking about a trip to Ibiza that last time we saw each other 2 weeks before the attacks... But now due to ignorance and hate he will never walk this earth again. Life is precious, there have been trillions who have been here before and will be here after us, but human life is still precious. We are all going to die someday, whats the point of killing? Live for the moment and keep dancing while the music plays...... 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 story979.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. 2002-08-07 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 67.192.234.108 Annotation Annotations to this item. WTC, attack WTC, pre-911 Personal connection to someone at site Victims NY:3