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 never thought I would live to see the day that the whole world would stop in its tracks. It was a beautifully sunny day here in the capital city of NZ. I remember waking up late morning and jumping online to check emails. A friend who lived in Texas was online, he was talking about planes crashing into buildings, war, terror. He begged me to turn on my TV. I thought it was crazy because I was on the other side of the world. What could possibly be bad enough to be broadcast worldwide? What I saw made my heart stop. My knees gave way and i sank to the ground. I watched in horror as that second plane went into the second tower. At first I thought it was a movie but quickly realised that it was real. The next image was of people falling, people running, buildings collapsing, people dying, people dead. I spent the whole day trying to call friends in the US and watching the news. When my mother came home 5 hours later, I was still watching the news. We both watched the scenes in horror, over and over. We prayed that night for the families of the victims, we prayed that they would find more survivors. The enormous out pouring of grief all over the world was amazing. the next day when I drove through peak hour traffic to work, everyone was stunned and in shock. Everything seemed so insignificant. usually at that hour of the morning, you get more than your fair share of impatient drivers and road rage, but this particular morning people drove to work in an orderly fashion. It was as if we felt we needed to be more aware of those around us. More aware of our actions and how they affect others. My heart goes out to all those who lost their lives in those attacks as well as their families. Forever in my 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 story1798.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. 2002-09-06 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 216.148.246.134