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 driving to work and was catching the tail end of a news story about a plane striking a building. I simply thought, 'engine or equipment malfunction'. When I arrived at work I went in to my managers office to line up the projects for the day, she said with a very concerned look on her face, 'Did you hear?" "Hear what?" I wondered, thinking that the company was going to execute another radical change in our section. "Someone flew a jet into the World Trade Center building!" The time was 6:55 AM, eight minutes before the second plane hit the South Tower. I was dumbstruck, my first thoughts, "It's almost 9:00 AM there, my God all those people. How many people in that building, 10,000, maybe 15,000." Sitting in her office no words exchanged, I felt the tears begin to roll down my face, then I saw hers begin. "All those people," I stammered, "all those families." While I was working in a corporate office at the time, my second job, my real job was as an Associate Pastor for a church in North Phoenix. My heart was breaking for the anguish that was pouring into the lives of those New Yorkers. I walked numbly to my desk, turned on the redio to hear the latest, just in time to hear the report of the second plane striking the South Tower. "OH DEAR GOD NO!" I was in shock, it couldn't be happening could it?. I was hoping for some kind of 'War of the Worlds' disclaimer, but none came of course. I sat there at my desk, weeping, praying that lives would be saved, firefighters and police officers would be safe as they serve, and thet God would have mercy on all. I thought "WHO could do such a thing?" I remembered the other WTC bombing, the USS Cole, the Marine barracks in Beirut. Imgages flashing through my mind. All works of terror. My mind flashed back to my last trip to New York City. Seeing those majestic towers that I've always admired since I was a boy. So tall, so immovable, so untouchable. Then the Pentagon was hit. The South Tower collapses and I can no longer suspend disbelief. Then a plane goes down in Pennsylvania. I was afraid to keep the radio on but compelled to leave it so. The North Tower collapses and I'm brought to tears yet again. They got them both. I found myself thinking decidedly non-Christian thoughts. I was angry, I was hurt and I was 2500 miles away. It was horrific, unbelievable, gut-wrenchingly real and I felt powerless, so I prayed. That's 'where I was' and I shall NEVER FORGET! 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 story10496.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. 2004-03-25 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 12.215.155.102