488 20 70359 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: On the day of 9-11-01, I was at work at General Mitchell International Airport. I am an Aircraft Fueler and on that day I was fueling only Midwest Express flights. It was early in the morning I was just finishing up on a DC-9-10 when I noticed that the rampers were walking away from my flight that left in less than an hour. Once I was done with my flight, I went into the Midwest Operations room to see if they had any more fuel loads up. As I waited for my fuel loads I saw about 6 rampers sitting real close to the tv watching cnn. I could not see what they were watching, so I left the building and started my next flight. While fueling the MD-80 I called my co-worker (Jeff) on the radio and said Jeff if you have time go inside the Operations room and see what is going on in there. Jeff said ok and on he went, and he was only in there for about 5 min when he yelled on the radio to me (Mike) hurry come here to see this on cnn tv. We both could not believe what we were hearing from the people near the twin towers on tv. That same morning we had diversions from all over, planes like 727's,757's,DC-9's,MD-80's, and Airbus 320's it was a just a crazy day. Former President of the United States George Bush Sr even landed at Mitchell International due to the FAA restrictions to all flights in the USA. The only flights we had going out on the field were the 128th Air Refueling Wing which is the Military and flies KC-135R tankers. I will never forget what I saw, heard, or did that sad day. My heart and prayers go out to all the Aviation families who lost their loved ones on those doomed flights. Those pilots we lost will always be loved and remembered by all of us in the Aviation business. Now they are flying for the most important man to all, the LORD. 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 story10225.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 remember we woke up late that day...my daughter was out in the car, waiting for me to drive her to school. All of a sudden she came running inside, she was 12 at the time, yelling for me to turn on the TV. Every channel was covering it, an airplane had hit one of the Twin Towers. I sat on the couch, stunned. My God, how could an accident like that have happened.. those poor people. And then the other plane hit! We sat there for over an hour, trying to get a handle on what had happened. I tried to calm down my oldest, as I held my younger two in my arms. Then trying to keep everything as normal as possible I drove my daughter to school, and on the way, we heard about the Pentagon. After dropping my daughter off, I went to work and found the office in an uproar. Everyone was trying to get through to family members, and co-workers that worked in the Towers. The phone lines were down and cells weren't working...everyone was devastated. After a couple of hours they closed the office and allowed us to go home. I went to my house picked up my kids and headed for my in-laws. We were still waiting to hear from two of my brother-in-laws. One of them called and said that he was fine and would be home as soon as he could be, they had walked over the Brooklyn Bridge in order to get home. Then we heard that the other was on his way home also..and we all sighed in relief. We were all accounted for. My family was safe! The next day I found out that one of the girls I work with lost her brother, and his wife was 7 months pregnant. Someone else lost their dad. We started making collections of the things that they needed at Ground Zero, everyone helped...even the children! It was amazing, watching everyone pull together, this had only made all of us stronger. We would make it, and we would be all that much stronger for it! God bless all of those that lost someone, and for those that gave their lives up for me and mine... I can never pay you back and I will never forget you. 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 story5610.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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: At first, it was just like any other day. I was sitting in my 2nd hour class at school, AP Government, and we were discussing democracy and what it meant to us. This ended up being strangly ironic. All of a sudden, other teacher from the hall knocked on our door and told us to turn on the news in our room, and that America was under attack. Our eyes widened as our teacher switched on the TV. We didn't know what to expect. Nothing like this had every happened to us in our lifetime. By the time we had turned it on, the first tower had already been hit. No one knew what it meant. I could just hear whispers of "Oh my God" fading in and out across the room. At first a few students suggested that it was just an accident or a hijacker whose initial intentions weren't this extreme. However, after the second plane hit, we knew it was no accident. A few minutes later, the same teacher came back to our room and told us to change the channel because the pentagon had just been hit in addition to the towers. We couldn't believe our ears. America was under attack. My first thoughts were that this couldn't be happening, and then, that the USA was going to probably declare war. We watched the news the rest of the hour because there was now way we were going to be able to concentrate on anything else. By the time we got to our 3rd hour class, just about every TV in the school was turnedon to the news. It was all the kids talked about in the hall. Everyone making their own theorys about it. In 3rd hour, our principal made an announcment that due to the events that day, we were allowed to leave the news on all day, or we could try to have a normal day of classes. Of course we all wanted to leave the news on. We watched in horror as the towers crashed to the ground. We watched people jumping to their deaths. I began to cry thinking about what that must have been like for them. We continued watching wanting to know why this happened and what was going to happen. There was talk of anthrax and terrorists and nuclear war. Every channel said something else. Slowly they began to piece together who caused this terrible act. Unfortunately, I had to take a math test that day, and our teacher refused to postpone it. I don't think I did very well on that test, for as you can imagine, integers and fractions were the last thing on my mind. I had to console a friend the next hour whose dad was in New York on a business trip. I just told him that I was sure he was fine and that he wasn't anywheres near the twin towers. When I got home that day, my mom was frantic. My sister goes to college on the east coast and is only a few minutes away from New York. My mom has the tendancy to picture the worst scenario possible. We finally got a hold of her and she was fine. She told us how crazy everyone at Brown ( her university) was going. People were already starting to organize groups and rallies. People there are extremely well educated there, so they knew exactly what had been going on in the middle east and the problems that occur there everyday. We continued to watch the news that day, calling all of our loved ones to make sure they had heard and to see how they were handling the situation. We watched the president address the nation to try to give us information and hope and what the future was probably going to look like. Now here I am, one year later, in school, writing this essay in class. I am surrounded by students dressed in red, white and blue. We are going to have a moment of silence next hour also. I can't believe a year has gone by already since those aweful events. Things as tragic as those however stay the clearest and most recent in your mind above all other memories. 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 story2227.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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: During September 11, 2001 I was at the Philippines. I was coming from school and my grandfather was watching the news and I saw a plane crash trough a building. I didn't really cared what happened then because I didn't know about it. Another reason why I didn't care why is because I was too busy doing other things than watching the news. The news was really boring so I really didn't really care about things like this. I saw a little bit about the three planes crashed through the building. They said there were a lot of people who died. I saw a people talking about the people who died. Everyone I saw was crying. When I saw the plane crash I thought it was sad and cool at the same time. But I was worried about other grandparents because they live near the Pentagon. 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 story11450.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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: When I first heard of the attacks on the World Trade Center, I was in my fourth period class, Human Geography. At first I thought that the pilot of the plane had lost control while flying to his destination. But then I soon realized the reality of it all. I could not believe it. Those things only happened in the movies, it wasn??t supposed to be true. Everyone in the class was in a state of shock and wonder. We then heard about the attack on the Pentagon and the second plane hitting the WTC. Our school principal came on the PA and accounted this news to us. His voice sounded very distressed and concerned. As the day went along, everyone was talking about the incident. Finally it was time to go home. The first thing I did was turn on the television. That??s when it really truly hit me. All the devastation and confusion shown on TV was just so overwhelming and unreal. When I heard of all those people who died in the planes, I felt so sad for those families. During that tough period, I began to think back on my life and family. I realized how lucky I was and how family is so important to oneself. I was glued to the television for about a week. The media did an excellent job in covering all the details of the incident. Each time I turned on the TV I gained new knowledge and could see with my own eyes the destruction of the towers and bravery of all the firemen. It was so touching and sad at the same time. Although the attack left a great unforgetable hole in my of our lives, it still had some positive outcome. Everyone really bonded as an American, even other countries participated with our struggle by providing us with support. Also our patriotism rocketed sky high and the outpour of American flags was magnificant. One thing that did dissapoint me was that some people acted out their angry and fear out on the people of the Muslim/Iraq ethinicity. Those people, just like the people on the planes are innocent. However, some of our Americans didn??t think that and lashed out on them by harassing them. This did dissapoint because I thought that we were mature enough to realize reality from fear. Now a year later after that tragic attack on our nation, people are going about their same old ways. It just shows that even though a tragedy happened people do move on. Moving on is the only way to let the past go and prove to those terrorists that they will not win and that we will never fall down. I will always remember September 11, 2000 as a day of sadness but more of an unification of our whole nation. It will be imbended in my mind for many years and I will tell my children and grandchildren of the bravery and patriotism I witnessed with my own eyes. 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 story7769.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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: People always talk about something in their life that completely changed. I never knew what it meant to have something so big and so eventful that it could make my whole life completely different. The morning of September 11th knew what those people meant. Fear. Pain. Shattered memories. Loss September 11th was just another day. I woke up at about 7:30 and went to class like usual. When class was over around 11:30 my professor seemed uneasy. Before we all left she spoke with an uncertain tone, ? Our country is under attack.? Foreign words to me. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. This is America, how could we be under attack? Is it even possible? The Twin Towers had fallen? I left class and frantically called mom... ?Is Mr. Corea safe?? He is a long time family friend who works in New York and commutes from my hometown in New Jersey. ?He is fine,? she said, ?He is stuck in the City thought and wont be able to get out for a while.? I hung up the phone and started to cry. i felt as though someone had stolen a part of my childhood. It was almost a tradition , my dad would take my brother and me on the short train ride into the City to visit all the different cites. This happened almost every year right after Christmas. We would reach lower Manhattan and visit this man-made marvel. It was amazing, two towers soaring into the sky. I was always intrigued by the long elevator ride. When you reach the top and take those first few steps out onto the observation deck the view is awesome. In the crisp, winter atmosphere you could see forever. All of this beauty and wonder was destroyed in one short day. I couldn't stop thinking about how i would never feel the awesome power of these sights again. Only in my memories. Later that terrible day i called my parents to make sure that everything was ok at home and to see if Mr. Corea was safe at home. My mom said that he was fine but...(in that instant thousands of things raced through my mind). But what? ?Molly, this afternoon Dad called and asked if Mr. Swenson had taken that job at the Twin Towers in April?? They weren't sure. After calling Mrs. Swenson my mom fount out that he was on the 102th floor with Cantor Fitzgerald when the plane hit. As soon as she said this my heart fell through the floor, through the basement and into the depths of the earth. This couldn't be true. Mr. Swenson can?t be gone. I had grown up camping with this man. He was our neighbor, our friend, he couldnt be gone. He took me sleding in the winter and to the pool in the summer with his children. He was an EMT, on of the kindest people anyone could eve meet. It wasn?t possible for him to be gone. I kept saying to my mom, ?People in thowe floors got out, maybe he did.? And all she could reply back to me was, ? Molly, you know Mr. Swenson, he would help other people before he even thought about himself.? An answer that I knew in my heart but couldnt accept. I never cried so much in my life. For months I tried to be normal, but I couldnt seem to. It is hard when you dont even want to be you anymore because the hurt is to much. You try to find a reason in it all of it. Why? Why would anyone kill thousands of innocent people and destroy so many lives and memories. What keeps you going is knowing that you have an angel watching over you and all of the lives thathe touched. Life continues, but you always have your memories. 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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: Proud to be American! I am a new Citizen, who so proudly rose the flag to fly it in the sky just a short year ago. The words of the Oath of Allegiance still so fresh in my mind and edged in my heart for ever there to stay. I am going to treasure these words of honor and pledge to the Nation, I Love so much and will admire as long as I shall live. I was born in a country, enslaved by the enemy at that time, and never will forget the picture my father secretly showed me when I was just a child. It was a beautiful statue with a torch, held so high that it brought light and hope for all of us in the darkest of times. That is still the light, so bright that brings together all Nations yearning for peace, and gives us mankind`s most valued asset - the Freedom to share. When so horrible a tragedy struck my so beloved new home, the United States, I took out the flag to fly it again in the sky on the wings of gentle winds, just as proudly as I did last year. The torch, now in every American`s heart has became a guide to overcome evil and horror, and gives us the light to carry on and fight the fears, that were planted so crudely into our peaceful days. The American people are so strong, like never before, and with tolerance in their hearts they are calling out for justice in our troubled world. On a sunny so beautiful September morning sudden suffering crashed down on a great Nation. In the black cloud of vaporized concrete and death Heros in line of their duty gave their own precious life to save innocent human beings. This is the spirit of the country I name so proudly my own. We, the people with many different heritages and faith, we stand all United in our deepest sorrow but we stand United in our wish too, to rise above this unimaginable tragedy with the glory of our History and the Flag, Red, White and Blue. We fight for a higher cause, with all our strength and soul, with the assurance in our mind that we are going to win not just this battle, but also the war against terror, all over the world. Jutka T. Emoke Barabas September 11 2001 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 story1767.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 had taken a group of people on a cruise to Nassau. I got off the ship to go see the remains of the Straw Market which had burned to the ground the week before we arrived. I stopped in a shop where the clerks were all standing around listening to the radio. One of them said, "You should listen to this; it's your country they're talking about. As I listened with more and more horror, people kept coming in and listening. I left the shop and went into another where the same situation was being played out. I went on to the hole which had been the straw market, took a quick look and then headed back to the ship. I was stopped more than once by Bahamians who expressed sympathy and support. I returned to the ship, and stayed glued to the TV for the remainder of the cruise. We were not sure we'd be able to return home as all ports of entry to the US were closed. The cruise line (Carnival) made efforts to get everyone home as quickly as possible, and dropped all long distance and internet charges for the day, so that we could get in touch with friends and family to advise them we were OK. As I watched the events on TV, I couldn't help but compare the hole in downtown Nassau to the HOLE in NYC. It's a situation I would prefer never to be in again. I only wanted to be home with my family, to hold and love them. I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN, AND I THANK GOD EVERY DAY FOR ALLOWING ME TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE I AM FREE. 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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 still remember that day like if it was yesterday. I had bearly arrived to Virginia from a very long drive from Texas a couple of days before the incident, on the 4th to be exact. My husband & I had not seen each other since we got married on July due to the circumstances that he is active duty in the Navy & we were waiting for a home to be available. I remember that weekend we were together in our new home and we were a little sad because on Monday he was going out to sea for 2 weeks. Monday September 11, came around and he had to leave. I didn't knew anyone in Virginia all of my family is in Texas, that morning I went and knocked on my neighbor's door, who happen to move in at the same time we did, to ask her if she would like to have coffee together and when she opened her door she was crying. I didn't know exactly what was going on because I had bearly woke up when the first plane crashed into tower #1. She told me if I knew what was happening and then she pointed at her tv and said look a plane crashed into the world trade center & when she went into her kitchen to answer the phone I saw the second plane hit tower #2 and yelled at her so she could come see what was going on. Immediately after that I ran to my home and grabbed my phone and called to my husband's boat to see if he had been out to sea yet. They didn't allow me to speak with him, that got me even more worried, then like about 30 minutes later he called me and let me know he was going to be sent to New York City and for me not to worry that everything was going to be ok. Then later on that day through the news I heard about the plane hitting the Pentagon and the other plane crashing into land, and my eyes couldn't believe what was going on. Then as I was watching the news on the tv I heard sirens and looked out the window, military security guards were going through the streets in our military housing saying on speakers that we were in code delta, which is the worst, that we were targeted to be attacked due to the other incidents, all military bases were under delta code, and we happen to live next to the Naval Weapon Station Base. I was really scared no one was allowed to leave or come in to our housing community. What happen was debasting and I know we will remember it for ever. we keep all those people who were lost in our prayers. 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 story5378.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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: Hi my name is virginia, I'm 18 years old , I study at fairfax high school in fairfax county in virginia.On september 11th was at home watchng the tv and also I was very sick , that was the reason that I didn't go to school. I woke up at 8:00 am and I turned on the tv , then I saw the news and I was on shock , I couldn't believe what I saw on tv , I would say that I saw eveything , that I was very sad , then I called my mother to tell her about that , and I called her but I couldn't get her , I didn't know what she was at that moment , and then I couldn't get her , after a few minutes later , I called her again , and she answered my call , I was so happy to get her, then she was like a little worried and she told me that she knew about those airplanes , and at that moment she was at the IRS , close to the pentagon , and she was driving , and she heard the crush of the airplane at the pentagon , and she told me that the rest of the cars sttoped including hers , and everybody was very scared , specially a old woman , then people started to evacuating . she told me that she was so scary , and when she knew that it was an airplane she start to cry , and I started to cry too, I always think about that ,I always think about those inocent people, and I feel sorry for them , but I know there is one god above , and he is the only who can decide, but what I would like to say is that I believe in those people who died , and I know that they're happy right now , well , they are in someplace better than this world . 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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: Manhattan is still my spiritual home even after 10 years of living in California,so i was thrilled to be working there in September, always one of the best times to be walking around the city. I was scheduled to be there a few days then fly to Lebanon for a conference. Because i was staying in a tacky, old hotel with vintage wiring (on 14th street), while getting dressed that morning i was almost afraid to plug in the hair drier and turn on the tv at the same time. The phone rang at 9am and my housemate from Berkeley screamed at me, "You aren't flying anywhere--some plane just went into the World Trade Center." Knowing it was 6am for her and that she was prone to getting her information from talk radio,i thought about the King Kong film and said something about a bi-plane and over-reactions. But i did as told and turned on Peter Jennings who i thought had an odd startled look about him. By that time, the fires were evident in the first tower and then the tv screen showed another explosion in the second tower. i can't remember exactly what the newscasters were saying but i remember thinking since when does ABC get its information from people in the street interviews. All of a sudden i felt an urgency to get out of the hotel and get to my office on Broadway and 21st where there were people i knew--some peculiar definition of safety? Walking east on 16th or 17th street, i noticed something very strange for New Yorkers--we were walking more warily instead of pellmell forward and looking each other in the eye. (Normally, New Yorkers won't lock eyes with a stranger as it invites contact which might slow the pace!)Something was very different...and ominous. At 5th avenue i noticed a clot of people, maybe 50-70 standing still and staring south. Noticing a nearby news van with a blaring commentary, i figured here i would get some information and joined them. We watched, some yelling or cursing and some silently, as a huge black cloud buried one of the towers and when it cleared, we could see it wasn't there anymore. At that point, i felt cold fear and headed off again for the office, trying not to be paranoid about the fact that would bring me nearer to the now tallest building in New York, the Empire State Building. Finally reached our small office of four people,where we all compared notes. It was hard to decide whether to scatter to respective homes or stay together where our friends and families could reach us. We opted to stay until the situation became more clear and we had concrete information about what was going on. In addition to the hard information from the radio,internet and Spanish tv (other stations were out from that part of Manhattan)about the plane hitting the Pentagon, the closing of the NYC bridges and tunnels and the national air space, we also heard lots of rumors from the surrounding offices, such as that NYU had been bombed and the Brooklyn Bridge would be next and that the city would be evacuated. We heard there were still 4 planes unaccounted for and no one wanted to go anywhere until we knew where those planes were. However, by 11am or maybe noon, we started hearing regular bulletins from the hero of the day,Mayor Guliani. Nobody knew where Bush was, but we all could see Rudy was in charge and had decided to tell us whatever truths he knew, hour by hour. Finally by day's end, my office workers had heard from their relatives who worked in the World Trade area and we had talked to colleagues who worked in the Pentagon. My Pennsylvania relatives were still bewildered by the plane that had gone down outside Pittsburgh...all of us unable to to put that piece of the puzzle together with the New York and DC events. It was time to disperse and half went to find trains or buses running to Long Island, while my boss and i walked downtown to give blood at St. Vincents. We were still under the illusion there would be huge numbers of injured survivors. The hospital was cordoned off with tons of emergency vehicles, police cars and lots of uniformed people, but we were politely told there were hundreds ahead of us to give blood and it wasn't needed at the moment. We noticed the first of what would soon be dozens of spontaneous gathering spots where people were posting "missing" signs of spouses, relatives and friends. New Yorkers were not panicking, not the ones i saw that day, anyway. They were helping each other onto buses, talking, comparing notes, walking miles home, sharing cell phones if they worked. Witnessing that spirit and knowing Rudy was more than rising to the occasion were the only positive aspects of that day from hell. Back at my funky little hotel, i watched one tv network after another, trying to piece together the day's chronology as it was all mixed up in my mind. On the phone, it was hard for me to curtail comments while my California friends agonized about whether or not to use the Bay or Golden Gate bridges to get home--hadn't they figured out yet they weren't part of this particular scenario? (One of them insisted, "But the planes were originally coming here, that must mean something." yeah, more fuel, fool) Later, after od'ing on the television's repetitive images around midnight, i heard and felt some huge rumblings below me. My California nerves said "earthquake,run" but my New York legs took me to the window. There,lining up for some macabre assignment i didn't even want to imagine, was a maginot line of supersized dump trucks, backed up on 14th street. They were about to embark for what we would soon call "Ground Zero." That was my September 11. For the first time in 25 years of international travel, i did not have the guts to get on a plane, particularly one headed for the Middle East, so never did take that trip to Lebanon. Ultimately, i was glad though to be in and with my city in what seems to have been its darkest day. 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 story9525.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. 2003-09-09 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.8 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 was home and got a phone call from my mother as to what was going on. I turned the news on and could not believe my eyes. It was unreal, and took some time to truly believe what was happening. And the second plane hit! I sat mesmerized...and still can't belive it could of happened. And i still cry when i see the news about it.God Bless those who lost, and the survivors, you will never be forgotten. And the true hero's on the planes and the fire fighters and police men and women.We need to be strong.....M.G. 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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: When I first herd about Septimber 11, I was in my living room with my best frend Mike. We were wating TV, and suddenly all the TV chanals were showing the attack live. Every chanal was showing the attack not jest 3 or 4 all. When Mike and I saw the plans crash in to the Pentagon and Twin towers we were shocked. It dident really change my life becase I dident know enyone that was hert or killed. If I think about it it did change my life A little becuse for the nexed year we talked about it in School so much. If I had To think about somthing people shoud remember about this event, it wouldbe to remember all of the people died that day. People shouid also remember the fiermen who died. That is my Experience, and that is my essay about septimber 11. 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 story8558.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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: September 11th 2001. One of those days that you will never forget where you were and what you were doing. It was around 10 in the morning, I was in Madame Walser's Intro to French. The class started like the first few days of class, warm-ups, then my teacher suddenly turned on the tv and the news was on. It was one of the planes hitting one of the World Trade Center. It was unbelieveable! Everyone was in shock and the room was dead silent. Soon people started freaking out and wanted to leave class and talk to their parents. Then the bell rang and I was off to fourth period, Mrs. Khone's science class. The whole time we watched tv and saw the second plane hitting the other tower. Again the class was silent. Could this be happening again? Who is doing this? Why us? No one knew what to do. Soon we learned that the towers collapsed and the Pentagon was hit. That was when it really started to get real. The Pentagon was less than an hour drive from our school and we knew people's parents worked there. Thats when people started to cry hysterically. The kids just wanted to call their parents to see if they were okay. Then one by one people started to leave to go home. The bell rang, and now it was lunch time. I sat with all my friend in the cafeteria, and the event became more and more personal. My friend Tara who I've known since 4th grade was crying non stop. Her mom worked at the Pentagon and she had no way of contacting her. It was really hard for me becuse I knew i couldn't do anything, I was helpless. My next class was history, again we saw the same images of the planes hitting, the collapse of the towers, and the Pentagon burning, we couldn't stop watching. The rest of the day was the same, all eyes on the television, and more and more kids leaving. By the time I got home, my older sister and brothers were there, then I called my parents first thing, and suddenly I felt a lot better. Then my little sister and cousin came home and they had no idea what happened because they were only in elementary and was not informed about the events. So then i turned on the tv and they saw the disturbing images and had no idea what to think. After a few days we lit candles for those who lost their lives that day along with all our neighbors. September 11th is a day of rememberance, not only for those who died but for the many freedoms we must protect. 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 story20427.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. 2006-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 151.188.16.21 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 was at my highschool Wyoming Valley West. I was in 10th grade at the time. I remember walking into my period 4 class and a announcement was being made to turn on the TV becauase there was a terrist attack. As I was watching the TV and the replays of a plane hitting the building I suddenly noticed another one hitting and I yelled to my teacher another one just hit! My teacher started crying, I felt bad for everyone. Then I just remember watching TV thanking GOD that I wasnt there in NY to be having to be in that situation. GOD BLESS the SURVIORS and the ones who almost made it and GOD BLESS the ones who died for something they had no part in. AMEN 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 story11588.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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: Perhaps before September 11, 2001, Americans? collective sense of safety was larger, as we felt somewhat cocooned by our freedom, good will, and general wealth. As horrific as the terrorist attacks and that which led to them are, there may well be a few good things that result. The tragedy jolted many citizens in this country to realize that we are indeed very connected to the world; that our power is potent enough to create great good, and great disharmony, and that the choice is with us, The People. Some were shocked to discover that there are people who hate us so much that they would kill themselves to harm us. My hope is that, instead of fearing more and using our resources only to protect us from hatred, we also use them to prevent hatred from growing in the first place. I want us to think long-term about whom and how we support, whom we don?t aid, and what the true costs to our policies are ---their affects on the increasingly smaller world stage. And, more locally, more tangibly, I hope that neighbors continue to look one another in the eye, that strangers are prompted to speak to one another in the grocery line, that we teach our children not to hate, that we rekindle the humanity every day that was challenged during the darkest of hours. At 8:56 on September 11, 2001, I was in bed in our small studio apartment in Greenwich Village, in Manhattan. I was awake, but the disrupted sheets showed evidence of sleep and a night punctuated by our 8-month-old son, Kolter. I lay next to him, his eyes still heavy with slumber. My husband, Steve, had left the apartment several minutes earlier, to run an errand for me in Midtown. The unusually loud drone of a plane overhead caused me to sit up, then to get out of bed and reflexively look out the window and into the courtyard, even though I knew I wouldn?t be able to see anything. My view was of other 4-story brick buildings like ours, a sycamore tree whose branches reached to our third-floor windows, and our fire escape. Despite the fact that the sound of engines was now long past, I still looked skyward. Maybe in the small patch of blue above I?d see smoke, buildings toppling, or some other more subtle reason for my discomfort. Seeing nothing and desperate for a mundane reason for the noise, I paused to recall some low-flying military aircraft that once, a long time ago, had been that alarming. But this was different; I don?t know why. I found the remote and flipped on the TV. All that was visible was snow---that flirtatiously jumping static that sometimes even bunny ears won?t fix, though how we try. Every channel but one was indecipherable. We didn?t have cable, so nearly all of our reception was dependent on the antennae atop one of the World Trade Center towers. Something important that I couldn?t see was happening not very far away. The towers were a mere twenty blocks south. I began to move more quickly and turned on the radio in midstream of a commentator stating that a plane had hit one of the towers. It wasn?t known at that point if it had been an accident or not. The half-visible TV channel showed fumbling reporters, uncharacteristically distraught while delivering the news. I called my husband on his cell phone and told him to come back downtown and why. I called a friend of ours who I knew would be leaving New Jersey to commute into the city at about that time. He didn?t know that all bridges and tunnels would be closed. Kolter was now awake and I fed and played with him, caught between our daily routine and a growing sense of dread. The usually unheeded moments of normal, predictable life receded into the magnified attention to everything as it happens, when things take a volatile turn. Kolter?s everyday expressions of hunger, joy, and impatience took on a certain degree of preciousness. When Steve got back we three stood together in the center of our apartment and waited, not knowing what to do. He didn?t describe to me the sight of the burning towers, which he must have watched on his drive downtown; he didn?t say a word. In a few moments there was screaming in the street below us. Steve knew what this meant, but I hadn?t yet put it all together. We raced downstairs and into Sullivan Street, where many people were standing or sitting in their cars, looking southward at what was now only one burning tower. We looked and looked and didn?t believe what we saw. It was impossible that these mammoth icons, part of a landscape I had imprinted behind my eyes since childhood; buildings in which I had recently danced, at Windows on the World; symbols of American ingenuity and dominance, could simply disappear. In grasping for sense, the mind, its fragility now so exposed, searches wildly for something to compare such a vision to and, in my case, only arrives at images created by Hollywood: The Towering Inferno. What seemed like hundreds of dramas played out inside my head like the snapshots of melodramas enacted by stars in blood too red to be real. The mind tries to fathom the actual people inside these buildings, the actual feelings of fear, pain, desperate hope, horror; and the ramifications of what is happening, for those inside, for their families, for we who witness it, for this city, for the world. No, god, no, is all I could think, could say, could cry. Oh my god, no. Small dark objects falling from the tower, too weighted, too resigned to be metal, were visible from where we stood. People dying one way instead of another. The second tower fell in what seemed like slow motion, sinking into its own cloud of dust; a kind of metal cascade, light and heavy at once, quiet. Too quiet for it to contain the loss it buried. Our own paralysis as witnesses felt meaningless, frustrating. How did we let this happen? How can we walk away? How can we move? Why aren?t we all screaming and pulling our hair out and cursing the heavens and the hatred of humans? Steve had taken Kolter out of his stroller and was holding him, shielding him from me and my stricken face. I wanted to hold him tightly, to protect him and to let his not seeing comfort me. Steve nudged me to start walking, and we did, without thinking, walk east toward the apartment of friends of ours. Crossing Broadway we began to see a few dazed people walking northward as if in a trance, covered in gray ash and dust. We observed them silently, reverently, holding them apart from us, as they were in the altered state of those who had been there, had seen death more intimately than we had. We spent the following afternoon and night with our friends, interrupting TV-watching with an occasional meal. Streets were blocked off, sirens whaled, more and more masked and ash-covered people, wordless, moved slowly northward. For two more days we couldn?t leave the city, and we spent almost all of that time with friends, watching TV and eating and walking around with Kolter. A new cohesion had spread as fast as the news; people looked at each other knowingly, made eye contact, told their stories, seemed in touch with everyone?s needs to be dealt with caringly. The city became small and familiar. Kolter was our only light during those days. His smile and laughter and needs always brought us out of our struggling minds and into each physical moment. The sun was bright across a blazing and clear-blue sky in every direction but south, which was hanging in dark soot. The greatness of the damage we had witnessed, this great wound to our city, to our hearts, seemed, as well, to give us back some essential intensity and appreciation for all we have, including the fact that it was shocking and new. For the many exposed to war on a regular basis, it might have seemed less so. We wanted to help and tried to donate blood but were turned away. Our greatest contribution turned out to be Kolter. Tired faces were transformed whenever he came upon the scene. He felt ever more like a gift. Once back in New Jersey, for many weeks following I had trouble being alone. I?d run to the window every time I heard an airplane overhead. If I was alone for more than an hour I?d begin to imagine that I was in danger. Kolter and I spent nights at a friend?s house when my husband was away on business. It wasn?t until mid-December, after no further terrorist attacks had come to fruition, and after I wrote about Ground Zero for a travel guide, that I was able to let the panic submerge back into the depths beneath daily life. Our war on terrorism didn?t reassure me; it only served to further alarm me, as I don?t believe that war is ever a decent solution. It bothered me that all I heard from our leaders was the call for greater patriotism, not what I felt was needed: a closer look at our responsibility to the world. Now, six months later, when at airports guards with semi-automatic weapons, removing one?s shoes, and having all our luggage X-rayed has become routine, I still cannot agree with those whom I?ve heard say that these things make them feel safer. On the contrary, tighter security proves to me that we have let our world become less humane, less safe, more divisive. And though I would never say that terrorism is our own fault, I would venture to guess that we have our part in it. And I have begun to ask, What are we doing? Not so much to protect ourselves from the Evil Other but to understand each other more wholly? Isn?t calling them Evil a cheap way of making us seem more innocent than we are? What would make me feel reassured? Less global poverty, more opportunity for the disenfranchised so that religious fanatics can?t gain a stronghold, real discussions by our politicians about how foreign policy can do the most good for the most people---policy that reflects greater equality, not special interests, not greed. For until we see the great global network less as an opportunity to get richer no matter what its costs to the developing world, there can be no freedom at home. What do I want for our son, when he is our age? For him to feel that the world is a safer, healthier, more abundant place for everyone, not just for him. In the meantime, I continue to regard him with the same sense of renewed wonder, awe, and urgency that began on September 11. Funny how death will sometimes give us the chance, if we take it, for an even greater love of life. 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 story444.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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: Heather Caward September 11, 2001 September 11, 2001 will always be remembered as my generation?s ?Day that will live in infamy.? It was the day that our national security blanket was removed and we saw just how vulnerable we all were. I remember the day very clearly. That day I remember that I was going to sleep in and go to an Aerosmith concert in Virginia Beach. I was abruptly awakened by my boyfriend who called me and told me that we were under attack. At first I didn?t believe him, but then I turned on the television to see the images of the former Twin Towers burning. Then came the word that the Pentagon had been bombed, and all I could think about was the fact that it was only two hours away from here. On the bottom of the television screen ran a red crawler with the Civil Defense System instructions saying that roads in the viewing area had been closed due to a terrorist attack. My boyfriend?s cousin actually saw the explosion and the fire from atop his office job in downtown Washington, DC. All I could think was how many people were going to be affected, and that this could lead to a lot worse than what was already happening. It was the first time in my lifetime that I was the witness to a war in my own country, and I have learned to appreciate many of the good things and people in my life. 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/. 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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 husband and I were asleep in bed - I was 5 months pregnant with my twins at the time. My mum had been staying at our place and she listens to the radio all night. It was about 1 or 2am when she came into our room and said "there has been a terrible accident in New York - a plane has accidentally hit a building". We turned on our television just as another plane hit the other tower and we knew then it was not an accident. We watched in horror and absolute disbelief as the towers collapsed one after the other. The people reading the news were crying and it just seemed that everyone was in total shock. It was on every pay and free to air channel with the exception of the kids channels. When the newsreaders started to talk about terrorists all we could think was that there was going to be a war and it would be the end of the world. If they could do this terrible thing, then they could destroy the world. We did not sleep that night at all and it seemed even in our town so far away from New York that people were sad - everyone was solemn and I guess everyone was in shock. It was several hours into the day before we even remembered that my mum's sister and her husband were actually in New York on a study tour. Everyone in the family were madly trying to find out if they were OK and when someone was finally able to talk to them we found out that due to a change in their intinerary, they were in a Taxi on their way to the airport when it happened. Their schedule had been changed the previous day - they were originally supposed to be in the Twin Towers when it happened. They said they saw the fire and smoke from the taxi but did not know until they got to the airport what had happened. The whole event was repeated so many times over the coming weeks on television, that our 18 month old son began to have nightmares about aeroplanes hitting buildings. We had not deliberately let him watch but you could not escape it. It did make us more aware of all the children in New York and how it must be affecting them. We still regulary think about all of those people who lost their lives on 9/11 and the recent London Bombings bought it all back again. We might be 1000's of miles away from New York, but we are all human beings and the effects of this terrible thing will live with us forever. 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 story11740.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. 2005-08-18 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 203.208.85.108 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: A gourp of us was in a conference call to Crystal City. We were joking and laughing and waiting for everyone to arrive. We were 15 minutes into the meeting when our boss came in and said a plane hit the World Trade Center. I remembered reading about a plane that flew into the Empire State Building years ago and, though there were some lives lost, it didn't do a lot of damage to the building. Plus we were saying how it survived that huge blast the last bombing so we weren't concerned. The meeting continued when we saw someone enter the meeting room at the other end of the conference, they whispered something and the head of the meeting said that everyone in Crystal City was ordered to evacuate. I was stunned. That's when I heard about the other two planes. I knew immediately it was terrorism. The most frightening thing was when the FAA ordered all the planes to land. Our depot is on a flight path to Harrisburg International Airport. Noone knew that all planes were ordered down so all we heard was plane after plane flying low over us. I remember unconsciously ducking as each plane flew over, not knowing if one was coming down on us. My cubicle mate is a quadriplegic and he left immediately to go home. I hadn't been that frightend since an old bum nearly dragged me off when I was 5 years old. 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 story1089.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. 2002-08-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 198.26.122.12 Annotation Annotations to this item. DOMESTIC 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 was living in Belize in 2001, where I owned a restaurant. I slept in late that morning because we had worked late the night before. My wife always gets up before me and on this particular morning, she woke me up to say that something strange was happening in the U.S. We lived in a rural area, so we had no TV, only radio and dial up internet. She said the radio stated that all flights into and in the U.S. had been cancelled. I simply did not believe her and assumed she had heard the radio wrong. But as I listened, we realized something serious had happened. As the stroy unfolded, I went into shock. As an ex sailor, I was at Beirut when the Marine Barracks was destroyed, and I had seen my share of destruction. For the first and last time in my life I wept. I knew that this was going to change the world and my country forever, in what way I did not know. But I was afraid it was going to be for the worse. Five years later, my eyes still well when I think of it, and I refuse to watch the endless TV shows reliving the events. I pray my country comes out of this better and stronger. 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 story20384.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. 2006-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 74.225.213.137