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 in bed when the planes hit. I was woken up by my frantic mother and we ran over to my grandma's apartment. I saw the image on the TV screen, and ran to get dressed and grabed my camera, police scanner and walkman. I clipped everything on my belt and ran down to the pier. There were few people there, it was just a bit after 9. I could see the smoking towers as soon as I hit Shore Road. As soon as I got on the pier, I began snapping pics. I made my way to the middle and just looked at the island, the smoke rising over Brooklyn towards Dyker Heights. I had 770 AM going on in one ear, and the police scanner by the other. I'm watching and listening to the news and info coming in. I hear about the Pentagon, then Pennsylvania, then even the false attacks that were broadcast. Then it happened. Tower 2 fell. The dust rose and enveloped the entire island. It looked just like when the space shuttle would be taking off. All I could do was watch and take pictures. Emergency services were saying how they had difficulty getting through, now within a dust cloud. On the pier, tension was mounting as the typical loud-mouths you'd expect were voicing their hatred for Arabs. But it was contained, for the most part. Then went Tower 1. It was a shock, no one expected those two to fall. They've been up for too long. My first thoughts were of friends that attended nearby Pace University. Then of another at BMCC, a school I decided to attend in the Spring for a rest during the winter. What seemed like an eternity later, the NYPD came down and ushered us away, closing off the pier for what would be the next two weeks. I quickly went home and got online as best I could to check on people. My best friend, one of the onesfrom Pace, phoned me as soon as I walked in. Luckily, he had night classes that day. My aunt and uncle in Florida had sent an EM to see if we were alright. And another friend came on and IMed me, worried that I may've done something stupid like run across the Brooklyn Bridge to the WTC. (She wasn't far from the truth, had I attended BMCC earlier, I'd've been there. I know 'cause I wanted to be there.) The only thing left to do was sit and watch the 24 hour news about the incident. That is till I got a call from my job at the supermarket up the block. They had shut down early for the day, and wanted me to do something. I needed the distraction, so I went in, but I took my radio with me. I was in the basement, cutting UPCs off outdated dairy products for credit, the radio playing KTU's live news feed coverage, interrupted every so often by the unusually somber voice of morning DJ Goumba Johnny. The store had opened, a few cashiers and a bookkeeper coming in. The bookkeeper was my other friend from Pace, who told me that her and her boyfriend were caught in the dust explosion while running uptown. She had seen it all, and it was disturbing. After work, my father was stuck at his job, being he's part of the Port Authority, so we hadn't seen him in a couple of days. Days we spent watching the news and listening to the radio. You can still see the effects of the attacks. As I write this now, I see ou the window crews cleaning up debris and hauling it away on barges. December 7th, 1941 was a day of infamy. What then can you call this? 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 story379.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. 2002-04-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 198.83.125.67 Annotation Annotations to this item. Internet Police Officers Radio Coverage Rescue/clean-up workers/volunteers NY:3