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: On September 11, I was actually asleep when my roommate who is now my sister in law ran out of her bedroom yelling to me that something bad happened in New York. Considering that I was half awake and half asleep I said out loud "What!". All my friends and most of my family here in Washington know that I am originally from New York State. I sat up on the couch as she turned the TV on and we all sat there and watched the horrific scenes on the television. My heart fell to the pit of my stomach because the rest of my family only lives 200 miles away from NYC. I asked her if I could use her cell phone to call my mother. She agreed and I did with no luck. For some reason my connection to my mother never happened. I then told my roommate that I would try to call my mother when I got to work. I do security for a living and as I arrived to work for my shift I was informed by both the Supervisor and Account Manager that we were in high security alert for the company that we did security for. We were also to show concern and compassion for those around us during this time of sorrow and anger. Our reason for being on high security alert were because of bomb threats to the company that we do security for which is known nationwide. Then everyone on my shift received little red hearts with red,white and blue ribbons on them to honor those in New York. I then was able to telephone my mother to make sure she was ok. She said yes she was and I was relieved to hear that. I told her I was ok too and would call her later that week and talk to her some more. As time went on, I remembered hearing about the security personnel that lost their lives in the WTC and thinking I am here doing this job for a reason. My prayers and sympathy goes to all the families all over that lost loved ones no matter what their purpose was for being there that day. Not a day goes by when I dont think about what happened on September 11th. I even travelled back home nine months after the attacks by plane knowing that something could happen. I wasnt scared and I wasnt going to let someone make me scared. I am proud to be an American. God Bless the USA!!!! 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 story9307.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. 2003-05-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 12.144.134.2