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 sleeping in my tiny dorm room with my roommate in her bed when my mother called. I remember thinking to myself "who the hell is calling us this early in the morning I dont have class till 9:30!" When my roommate looked at me and said "Its your mom, something doesn't sound right." I answered the phone half asleep still laying in bed and when she said "We are being attacked, turn on the tv! NOW!" I sat bolt up right and hollard at my roommate to turn the tv on. Next, I asked my mom "What channel?" she told me "ANY! THEY ALL HAVE IT ON!" My roommate and I turned on the tv and began watching, we tuned in just in time to watch the plane hit the second tower. I was away at my first semester of college, and I had never been apart from any member of my family for an extended period of time. I hadn't gone home yet since the semester started and wasn't planning on going home any time soon. But, by the time the day was over I was in terrible need to be around family. The main thing I remember about that day is my teachers cancelling class and the entire school comming together as friends and mourner's for what had happened. My school has a large engineer program and many many middle easterner's attend for this and other programs. But, back to where I was going with this. I also remember driving the 105 miles to my parents house and the sugar cane feilds being the empty. I felt totally alone on the road, I didn't pass many cars, or see many people outside. It seemed that everyone was inside glued to their television. I listened to several different radio stations on the way home and just remember thinking back to being in New York and D.C. in June. I am fortunate enough to have a wonerful mother who is like a friend. She and I took off to D.C. for my senior trip to walk in the Race for the Cure, then hopped a train to NYC for a week. During my week in NYC I was able to walk out on the Brooklyn bridge and capture some wonderful images of the skyline and WTC. When I finally got to my parents house, my dad and brother had returned home from work and were sitting in the living room with my mom glued to the tv. When I walked in they all three got up and we had a family hug and then sat down to talk about the day. 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 story10549.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. 2004-04-22 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.1.76.173