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 getting ready for work in the morning and my husband, Jody, yelled for me to come look at the news. I could see a live picture of the World Trade Center with a gaping hole in it and fire and smoke billowing out of it. While the anchor person was describing what was happening, we watched the second plane hit the other tower. The anchor person couldn't talk straight. You could hear them saying "was that another plane?" and "what's going on with our machine, is it replaying?" and then realizing what was happening, "you have seen it live, another plane hit the World Trade Center". They showed people jumping from the buildings and you could hear the screaming. My husband and I cried for the people there. I told Jody that I wish we could help, because it wasn't going to be long before those buildings collapsed, with everyone in them. It was only about two hours later that the first one did collapse. It was an amazing, astonishing, horrifying sight. Smoke and dust everywhere, people on fire, running through the streets barely able to breathe. I work in a law office and everyone was glued to the television, each of us, men and women alike, holding our boxes of tissue because it was so hard to see the television through the tears. Within 15-30 minutes the second building collapsed. We all began to wonder if the hurt was going to stop. I remember feeling myself lose my breath when we heard it. The death toll up to 700 plus already. We figured it would be in the thousands. People everywhere started pulling together. Sending money, supplies, volunteers to help with clean up and rescue missions. I went to at 30 stores looking for a flag to put up that weekend. Three months later, several stores were still sold out. Of all the things I remember the most, it was the amazing feeling of love everyone around me felt. I still make sure to call my family and hug my friends all I can. 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 story7778.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. 64.216.155.25