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: It was just before 9am 9/11/2001 when my wife called me to inform me that a plane had just crashed into the World Trade Centers. How lucky I was..My last day working at 2 World Trade Center was 6/8/2001. I had worked for the prior 4 1/2 years on the 74th and 62nd floor of 2 WTC. For the 6 1/2 years prior I had worked across the street at the World Financial Center. My first job out of college was on the 96th floor of 1 World Trade Center...12 1/2 years at or around what would become known as "Ground Zero"...How lucky I was. My thoughts immediately turned to my friends and colleagues who were not as fortunate as me and were still working in the Trade Centers. I had access to CNBC on my computer and sat dazed and in shock. This funk would hold for the next 3 hours. I was horrified, confused and emotionally devastated. After the call from my wife I turned on the coverage, only to witness the 2nd tower being hit. I did not see the plane from the angle of the news coverage, all I saw was the explosion. I could feel my heart grow heavy as I felt helpless...all I could do was watch the events unfold in horror. When the first tower gave way (2 World Trade Center - the tower in which I had recently worked) I saw the sudden cloud of smoke and was convinced it was just a large explosion, my colleague said no, the tower had collapsed..I could not accept that...soon, what I had denied in my mind was confirmed on the screen...who would have ever thougth that one of Americas great symbols could be destroyed by such a cowardly act...this would not be the end...as if one tower collapsing was not horrific in and of itself, 1 World Trade Center shortly followed...Oh the horror. While in shock, all I could think of was how lucky I was to have taken on a new job only 3 months to the day (6/11/01) after 13 1/2 years of commuting from Southern Connecticut to Wall Street. I did not know what to do...shock...finally around 12:30pm I left the office to be with my family. My wife and youngest son were home. When I walked in, I realized that life had forever changed. My son Kyle 4 1/2 years old had seen the news coverage and was on the portch recreating the events with his legos and a model airplane...how inocent yet disturbing. I looked at my wife and decided I would go up to my older son (7 years old) Matthew's school just to let him know that I was OK (not being sure he would realize that I no longer worked in the World Trade Center). When I got to the schools office they asked if I was there to take Matt home, I said "no, I just want to let him know I'm OK". They proceeded to call him to the office over the school's intercom...well, that's when my emotions hit me. They built like a tidal wave and when I saw him I couldn't help but hug and kiss him as tears fell from my eyes...Yes, the world had changed forever. Well, like millions of other "human" beings I sat in shock and remained in shock for what seemed like an eternity. It is now 369 days later and the horror of those events are still fresh in my mind. They are no less vivid and troubling. I can only wish and pray for better times and things to come for my wife, my children and all of humanity. 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 story7432.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. 2002-09-14 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.188.6