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 riding to work with my best friend and the radio was on and the dj kept saying that a plane crashed into the World Trade Center. My friend and I thought that it was just a small aircraft, a 2 seater, or something like it. It was not even in our comprehension that it could have been a jet, loaded with so much fuel. When we got to work, the rest of the staff was gathered around the tv watching the horrifying news. It was surreal. When the first tower collapsed, it was like I was seeing things. Then the second one went down. I couldn't see, my tears were blurring my vision. I couldn't talk, the lump in my throat was so huge. Then I found out about what happened at the Pentagon. NOW I panicked, my baby sister is a teacher in the D.C. area, and most of her students have parents who work at the Pentagon. I couldn't reach her. Her school was in lock-down, since the plane that crashed into the Pentagon came from the airport only 20 miles away. It was hell. Next came the news about the plane crash in Western Pennsylvania (I don't know how to spell the name of the town). I kept praying, and asking how much more was coming? How many more innocent lives were going to be lost? How many more families were going to suffer? How were we, as a nation, come through this? As a single individual, how are we going to come through this? How are we going to explain this to our children? Now, one year and one day after the tradegy, I am more aware of what is in our "friendly skies". I try not to take life for granted anymore. I am not so much in a rush to get somewhere that I cut people off on the highway. We as a nation stood tall, brave and UNITED!!! I have to say, I am proud to be an AMERICAN! 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 story6958.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. 2002-09-13 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.12.96.8