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 am a New York City Firefighter. On Sept. 11, 2001 I, like all other able New York City Fireman, was at the World Trade Center. I was not present when the collapses occurred, but arrived shortly there after. To this day I still find it impossible to describe to others the complete and utter destruction that had taken place. Upon arriving at the site, two things stood out, the absolute quiet, and thickness of the air. It was as if you walked through a door and into a completely different dimension. There were no sirens, no horns, no screaming, no one talking, it really was a very thick quiet, that's the best way I can describe it. Amazingly, the first emotions that I felt were not of anger, that came later. My first emotions were of sadness, because I could see right away that there were going to be hundreds of people that had died. Our job is to save people, to help them, and I knew that we were to late. The rest of the day physically was exhausting, we searched and dug through the night, emotionally it was just as exhausting. When you saw someone you knew you'd shake their hand and give them a hug, just glad to know their alive. But on the other hand you knew of whole company's, places where other friends worked, were missing. I had to go to Cornell Medical center later that day to have my eyes flushed out. All the lye and dust from the glass and concrete had turned my eyes cherry red and they burned like hell. The following day, when I woke up, I went downstairs to see my kids, I started to cry like a baby, I just broke down. I remember my wife holding me like she holds our son when he cries. My wife has been my rock. Without her this whole past year would have been impossible to handle. In this past year I've come to realize how very much I love my family, and the men I work with. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to describe what I saw and how I felt on that day. God bless America. 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 story7030.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. 24.189.33.113