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: The morning of 09/11/01 I had awaken very early at about 5:50am California time (8:50am N.Y.time). I turned on the news and was mortified about the news of the 1st plane crashing into the twin towers. I sat up in bed & watched the horror. As I sat with my mouth permanently agape, my daughter, who was 5 years old at the time, trodded into my room & couldn't believe I was up watching TV at that time of the morning. She asked what had happened. I explained to her the best I could in terms that a 5 year old would under-stand & that would hopefully not frighten her to much. As we sat in my bed, I held her close, we watched as the second plane hit. I had taught my daughter not to use the words "OH MY GOD", but to use "oh my gosh", well, the words "OH MY GOD" rolled off of my tongue time after time! We watched through out the morning until she went to school & I went to work. The next 4 or 5 mornings something inside of me awakened me around 5:30am (I rarely wake before 8:00am). These were cold mornings in my house. My husband had gone to work hours earlier & my daughter was still asleep. As I lay in my bed trying to somehow warm up, I realized I was sitting in a cold, dark, and lonely room. All that I could think of were the poor innocents trapped in the cold, dark and lonely mountainous rubble wishing that they had someone with them to hold them and keep them warm. All that I could do was sit and cry until my daughter woke up. I choked the tears back as to not frighten her. I live only about a mile from Travis Air Force Base. In the days following the plane crashes, when our military was called upon for duty, there would be 2 F16's at a time take off at least 4 or more times a day. The chills of pride that ran through my body were unexplainable. It was also so amazing how courtious everyone had become. I had never been so proud of my country and the way it's people had come together for each other. Now 1 year later, I still get the same feeling of dispair for the lost when I wake up before the sun and can't go back to sleep. The families of the missing and dead are in my thoughts. 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 story1936.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. 2002-09-09 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 198.81.21.31