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: Iam a Sgt with the NY State Police. On the morning of September 11, 2001 I was in my town which is about 65 miles from NYC, although I originally grew up in NYC I had moved from there many years earlier. That morning I was in and out of my truck shopping for things from area hardware stores. Now normally I listen to music while Iam in the truck and a news bulletin came over saying that a plane had struck the World Trade Center, at that point I thought that it was a small plane because the radio didnt specify what type of plane it was. I continued on with my shopping, when I got back to my truck the radio announcer said that one of the Towers had collapsed, I was in disbelief, but I knew I had to get to a television, so I drove to my Doctor's office which was in Town and saw the carnage. I called work and was told to come in right away, I reported to my barracks and in an hour or two was told to pack for NYC and bring clothes for a 3 day stay we were to muster at Stewart Air base in Orange County NY. I went home got clothes and reported to Stewart Air Base, we then left for NYC in waves of 30 Troopers, Eventually totalling 600 I remember the sign on the thruway as we headed down "NYC Closed"...."NYC Closed" I never thought I would see a sign that said that. We went down the Palisades and came across the George Washington Bridge the biggest thing that struck me was the smoke it seemed like the entire Island of Manhatan was covered with smoke, we reported to the Javits Center and from there were deployed to various posts around the City, the first day we were on post for about 30 hours, slept on the floor of the Javits Center, but I was glad I was helping in anyway we could. On the second day my squad was on Vesey Street and on the actual pile of Ground Zero, the destruction was enormous, esp for me since I had grown up in NYC and had actually been in the World Trade Center and knew how large a complex it was, The actual Pile at the highest point only seemed about 10 stories above street level, if that, 10 stories left of a building 110 stories high and the dust was incredible. Other memories are good at how well the people of NYC treated us. 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 story7794.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. 2002-09-17 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 207.237.126.125