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 woke up at about 8:00 a.m. central time and immediately (as on most mornings) jumped out of my rig to use either the tire or the restroom. The situation wasn't too urgent so I opted for the latter and headed to the building and through the driver's door. I was hauling foam roofing insulation to K.C. and it needed to be there that day before 4:00, so I called the customer sometime after I finished my business. A woman answered the phone and quickly put me on hold. After a few minutes she came back and told me I should go find a T.V. "I've got a foreman in Manhatten on the other line", she said,"He says a jumbo jet just crashed into one of the twin towers". I said I'd call back later and ran to the fuel desk. "REMOTE!" I shouted. I wasn't really concerned with the dirty look I got. "NOW, NOW!" I demanded, "The World Trade Center's just been hit by a plane!" I slapped a ten on the counter (people tend to walk off with remotes) and ran for the driver's lounge with half a dozen drivers right on my heels. We got there just in time to watch the south tower pummeled by a huge plane. One driver started to weep. He lived just miles from the WTC, he told us. They just kept replaying and replaying the north tower's collapse. And just when I started thinking, "Jesus, don't these journalists have any shame? I don't want to see this again!" I realized with dawning horror that I was watching the south tower collapse. I was priveleged to glimpse the national reaction to these events from a truckers perspective. I saw racism everywhere. And I saw it confronted by bravery at almost every turn. I was there when a man from southern Alabama put his body between a Muslim woman and a racist driver. I did so myself when forced to see the mistreatment of a man wearing a turban in Knoxville. I didn't get home to my wife until three weeks later. Fargo never looked so good. And althought I miss the road, and the pride of driving a red, white, and blue Mack truck, it would be the last three weeks I spent parted from her. Life is too precious to spend away from those we love. 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 story258.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. 2002-03-16 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.116.46.204 Annotation Annotations to this item. Civil Liberties/Discrimination Patriotism Television Coverage DOMESTIC Feature