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: At 8:45 am on September 11, I was having breakfast with two friends at a restaurant at Grand Central in midtown New York, several miles form the World Trade Center. Just as we had finsihed paying the bill, at about 9:00 am, we heard an announcement over a PA system advising us that "due to an incident at the World Trade Center, this building is now CLOSED. Proceed to the nearest exit immediately." This seemed like such a strange announcement, that no one reacted right away. About 5 seconds later came a second announcement, "We repeat, proceed to the nearest exit IMMEDIATELY." With that, everyone quickly got up and left. We headed to the north exit on to 45th Street, where we started hearing stories that the WTC had been bombed. We walked over to Madison Ave, where we could see downtown to the WTC and see it in flames. At that moment, the second plane had just hit. Throngs of us just sat watching the towers and a TV monitor in the window of a nearby bank. After about an hour or so, people walking uptown from the WTC area started appearing in midtown, their faces and clothes covered in dust and debris. It was almost like a scene out of Night of the Living Dead. The rest of the day was spent giving blood, watching the horrible events unfold across the country and trying to figure out how to get home to Westchester County, since the roads and trains had been shut down. We also shuddered every time we heard one of the F-16's fly overhead, not knowing if it was the next attack. The following morning, September 12, I took my normal train into Grand Central. The Terminal was almost empty, except for the numerous soldiers with their automatic rifles. As I walked out onto the street, I was struck by the absolute silence. Normally, there would be thousands of people scurrying about getting their newspapers and coffee and heading up to their offices. Not that day. As I walked out of the station, there were exactly two people on the street, me and a woman heading to work. We looked at each other, gave each other one of those "what's gong on here?" kind of looks and started to walk up Madison. As I looked back at her, she was crying. It was a surreal scene. A similar mood prevailed for a couple of days. By Friday afternoon (9/14), we first started to feel a sense that some of the normal noise of the City was beginning to return. Overall, it was what the attack did to the noise and energy level of the city that I'll remember most 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 story2499.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. 208.36.92.194