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 in rush hour traffic, traveling from Clinton, Maryland to my office on 16th Street, N.W. I heard a report on WKYS that a plane had just crashed into the World Trade Building. Immediately, I knew it was terrorist. One reason is because that is a "no fly zone." It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. I immediately called a friend who was working at GSA. I told them about the first plane, suddenly, I heard on the radio another plane hit the second World Trade Building. As we were having a telephone conversation, I noticed an American Airline's Plane flying very low. I stated to my friend "there is a plane flying very low." Minutes later, they stated the plane had just hit the Pentagon. I then began to panic. I thought we were being bombed. I had now arrived at my office. There was panic in the streets and the building. They told us to evacuate immediately. I grabbed my client bills and rushed out of the building. I headed back to Clinton, Md and traveled down 9th Street. People were running down the middle of the street and driving the wrong way. My daughter called me from college in Baltimore, Maryland screaming that we were under attack and to get out of D.C. I assured her that I was headed home. Traffic was very heavy on the SW Freeway. As I approached the exit for the Suitland Parkway, I observed people parked along the side of the road video taping the Pentagon on fire. You could see the black cloud of smoke. I actually thought the world was ending. Once I hit Maryland side, I felt safe. I immediately stopped by a friend's house who worked in the C ring at the Pentagon. She had taken the day office. Her phone was ringing off the hook. We sit there and just cried and prayed for the country. I believe this was a warning from God. Because we have taken prayer out of our lives and replaced it with so much sin. My youngest child attends Gwynn Park High, she called me from her cell and advised me that their school was closing early. This day, I did not leave from in front of the TV. I could not believe what was happening. I was afraid to sleep. Every time my daughter and I heard a plane from Andrews fly over our house, we thought we were being bombed. My 15 year old slept with me for about a month. She was terrified. I live very close to Hyde Airfield. I believe one of the hijackers tried to rent a crop plane from there. The next day, once things had set in, the question "why and how." My daughter discovered that a lot of her class mates parents were missing. The whole time this tragedy of occurring, I thought, my God, why didn?t they shut all airports down. This should be automatic, without any executive decision. Here I am, just a working citizen, and I would have shut everything down, it didn?t take me long to figure out what was happening. This day of mourn touched very close to home and I will never forget where I was and what I was doing. My God Bless America and keep us all safe. 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 story1188.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. 2002-08-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 207.91.86.5 Annotation Annotations to this item. Pentagon Religion Terrorism DC:2