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: The day started off so normally. I drove into worked, parked in my regular space and headed to the office which is right next to the Sears Tower. I remember hearing something on the radio about an explosion in New York and thought to myself, that it was probably something electrical. I had no idea. To backtrack a little, when I pulled into the garage, I asked the attendant had he heard anything about something happening in New York. He said no. I went to work. When I arrived I was instantly bombarded by a couple of my co-workers who wanted to know if I heard about what happened in New York. I said yes, thinking that I was pretty much up to date on the issue. Then I saw the televised coverage of the events... live. I initially saw the first tower on fire and then I saw this airplane just bash straight into the second tower. I really can't put into words everything I felt at that moment. When I saw how the plane crashed into the second one, I felt a piece of me die. I mean there were people in there. Young, old, Black, White, Asian, Indian, Hispanic, rich, poor... human beings. It was all so unbelievable and still is. Then I saw people running, screaming, crying, jumping out of windows. It was the most devastating thing I'd ever seen during my 36 years. At that point the tears came with an immense sadness which I am still trying to deal with today. That grief was for those in the Pentagon and the commercial airplanes as well. The events of that day really brought to life the fact that we are all truly connected. I never realized that I could be so effected by the loss of those that I have never met before or knew in any way. My feelings went beyond simple human compassion, but my very spirit and soul had been struck in the most horrendous way. I sure that I not only speak for my heart but for the hearts of every decent American. Needless to say my grief was later accompanied by fear and we all spent the rest of the morning trying to get home especially since we were right next door to another targeted building. For anyone that is familiar with Chicago, then they know how congested the downtown area can be. That day approximately an hour after the attack, it was a virtual ghost town except for the roads which were packed with people who like myself who were trying to get home to be with and in anyway protect those they loved and then thank their God,in a most unselfish way, that they were blessed enough to be able to see them again. 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 story4594.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. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 216.125.49.254