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: My story is similar to most: full of surprise, then shock and sadness, then burning anger. I used to work the night shift for Expedia.com (an online travel agency) and I had slept until 11am on the morning of the attack. Upon awakening, I was reading a Tom Clancy book (The Bear and the Dragon) and I didn't turn on the TV set or radio. At 1pm, I left for work by catching a shuttle to the St. Louis Metrolink. When I boarded the shuttle, I kept hearing strange reports coming over the driver's radio: "Attention all bus drivers! Please check your bus for any unattended packages! Please do this at once!" and "Attention! South County Mall and the Galleria have been shut down....please advise your passengers of this!" I noticed that the bus driver seemed very upset as well. I was very confused; I thought that perhaps there had been another school shooting (!) or something of that nature. Furthermore, when I boarded the Metrolink, I could overhear the (usually quiet) passengers in a stir about "all the things that happened that day" and I finally just asked "what is going on?" to the others. To my shock, they described the horrific events of the day. At that point it was unclear if they were foreign or domestic terrorists. Regardless, I was completely floored. When I arrived at work in downtown St. Louis, they had already evacuated most buildings, and the streets looked just like they do on a quiet Sunday afternoon. I stood in shock for a couple of minutes gazing around at the eerie confusion around me. I entered our office, and only one manager was left on our floor. We began calling employees back to work, and then began the grim task of trying to handle the avalanche of panicked customers flooding our telephone network. Since that day, we have worked non-stop trying to help and advise our stranded passengers around the world. Now we face a slowdown in the travel industry which in all likelihood will mean layoffs, but our mood remains optimistic. Most of all, we remain united as fellow workers and Americans and citizens of the Earth, and we will do our best to make sure nothing like this ever happens again. My thoughts now linger above the rocky hills of Afghanistan, our allied air squadrons raining destruction on the beasts who would sponsor terrorism, our troops advancing toward a victory for all of humankind..... 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 story1303.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. 2002-08-20 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 63.100.254.238