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 September 11, 2001 I was sitting in detention, waiting for the day to be over with even though it had just started. Everything was as it should be, me and my fellow detentioners working on homework as our supervisor listened to the news on the computer. Something cuaght my attention about a plane crashing into the world trade center and I turned around to ask what was going on. At this point no one knew anything about the terrorists and he told me that it was an accident and to just go back to work. Several minutes later when the second plane hit, we knew that it had been no accident. Despite this being a national emergency, we were not allowed to watch the television coverage. He only let us listen to it. Elsewhere in the school, with the general student population, classes were cancelled and all hours were devoted to watching the coverage on the major news stations. Apparently we in the detention room were left out from this because despite what was going on, we were forced to carry out the rest of the day in detention. Because of this, my knowledge of what really was going on was sketchy at best, seeing how my only images came from very blurry and distorted internet television. It was not until I got home and found my mom in tears and saw some of the images clearly did I realize exactly what was going on. That evening, everyone I knew was concerned about getting gas while they still could, because of this gas prices had risen to over $2.00 and gallon. Also that night, the football team had a pregame meal/party and also celebrated a player's birthday. No one was in the mood for celebrating however. We sat and ate, talking much less than we normally do. I remember there was a certain quality in the air, I believe it was just the recognition that nothing was ever going to be the same. 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 story2205.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. 198.109.168.234