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 was at work, a co worker by chance put on the radio just as it was announced that a plane had just crashed into one of the Towers of the World Trade Center. Thinking of an unfortunate accident, I was working when minutes later it was announced that another plane had crashed into the other Tower. It is very hard to describe the feeling that came over me at that point. The best way is an incredible feeling of fear and doom. At that moment came the realization of what indeed was really going on. It seemed like minutes later there came word of the The Pentagon attack and of planes that were unaccounted for. We had a television at work and put that on. Although I did not want to watch, I needed to. I called my mothers house where my daughter was staying as she was home sick from school. I asked her if she was watching television and she was. She was thirteen at the time. The World Trade Center was one of her favorite places. She would go there when she was visiting her father. When the Towers fell she called me crying saying "Mommy, my Towers are gone." I remember watching the Towers falling and the cloud of smoke coming around the corner with people running. It seemed so surreal that I was expecting Godzilla to come around the corner next. But it was not a monster movie, it was reality. The sadness and fear that began that day did not go away for a very long time. For weeks afterword I did not want to be alone. Each night my friends and I would get together at our Elks Lodge of which I am a member and officer, just to be with each other. The feelings have subsided but never will go away completely. I know though that this is not a bad thing because although we must perservere and go on with life we can never forget or become complacent 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 story7368.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. 2002-09-14 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.188.6