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 had just finished the 8;30am mass in my parish of St. Henry Bayonne, when our maintenance man Sal came in to tell us that a plane crashed into the WTC. Thinking it might have been a small plane I remarked that it was a clear sunny day out and wondering how that could have happened. Going over to the rectory, I turned on the TV and saw that it seemed to be much more than what I thought. The pastor then came in from outside and said he just heard an explosion. Turns out this was the second plane hitting the trade center, Bayonne is about a mile or so away. So we all watch the TV... stunned. I went over to church to pray ,and then came back to look at the tv again. . Around the time the south tower collapsed, I remarked how amazed I was that the towers were still standing since they had been hit so severely and with that we watched the south tower collapse. Around 11am there was a call for all the priests in town to go to Bayonne Hospital which was being set up as a triage, to recieve people from the trade center. So grabbing my holy oils myself and 3 other priests headed down to the hospital where we ministered to several people who had been brought in by ambulance. We were there the whole day until 5pm when I and another priest went town to the Military Ocean Terminal where we ministered to about 200 people who were brought in from lower Manhattan by boat. I prayed with and consoled and listened to the stories of so many, until around 11pm, when they turned the lights out so people could sleep. The next morning I woke up feeling like I had been drugged. I noticed the smoke from the fire had drifted over the city. For the next several weeks we could see the smoke from the site rising up into the sky. On Sept 16th my church hosted an interfaith service ,that was packed to the doors ,and even had people standing outside. I also noticed that the masses were very crowded that weekend after 9/11. In the weeks following we had several memorial masses and funeral masses, for those who had died. Now three years later ,as I prepare to participate in a memorial service, Bayonne remembers....2004, I realize the pain and sorrow of that day still remain in my mind and heart. But as a believer I trust in GodS powerful presence whose love can heal, and I continue to pray for all who experienced the events of 9-11. 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 story10826.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. 2004-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.12.117.20