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: September 11, 2001, was my second day of student teaching at Pulaski Middle School in New Britain, CT. At around 8:40 A.M., my cooperating teacher and I had sent the kids off to gym class. Shortly after, I logged onto the classroom computer to check my e-mail and the news. When I looked at Cnn.com, the graphic of the plane hitting the first tower struck me-I first thought that this was a movie that was being filmed. Shortly thereafter, one of the school volunteers came into the classroom to tell me that one of the World Trade Center towers had been hit by an airplane, and it was at that moment that I discovered that this tragedy was all too true. As I had to teach until noon, I did not hear about the other three planes until that hour. The children were scheduled to have a class called Character Education (to be given by the PE teacher) at 2:00 P.M. that afternoon, but instead, she spoke very eloquently about the tragic events that had occurred. Driving home that day, I wanted to get home as fast as possible, as I was not sure if other attacks would occur. Listening to the radio and hearing nothing but news was shocking and surreal to me-I couldn't believe what was happening. On arriving home, I turned on the TV and watched news coverage of the attacks as I tried to grasp the dimensions of what had occurred. Later that evening, while still watching media coverage, tears began to well up in my eyes-even though I had not lost anyone at any of the disaster sites. It is my sincere hope that America NEVER forgets the events of this day-it is our responsibility to teach our children and grandchildren about this horrible day in US history and instill in them a responsibility for them to tell future generations so that this NEVER HAPPENS again. 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 story8342.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. 2002-10-03 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 158.252.32.40