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: For our family, 9/11 is a day we will never forget, but for a completely different reason than the rest of the world. You see, 9/11 was the day we feared before it ever got here. It was the day our 9-month-old son, Colin Clouse, was scheduled for reconstructive open-heart surgery to correct a rare combination of Pentalogy of Fallot with pulmonary artresia and a common AV valve. There was no guarantee that when we handed him to the doctors at 8:30 EST that we would ever see him alive again. While the rest of world was in their routine, ours was as rare of a day as we will ever experience. 15 minutes after we handed him to the doctors, the first plane hit the WTC. For the next 6 hours, while our son lay on an operating table on a heart-lung machine and a wonderful surgeon performing an incredible feat, we watched in horror as thousands of people lost their lives and their family's lives changed forever. When it was all over, thousands who had started the day in routine fashion had their lives suddenly taken from them in a most horrible way. But for us, the son we did not expect to see again was handed back to us with a full repair and a chance to live a normal life. We do not understand why so many innocent people lost their lives that day and why Colin was spared. We can only pray for the victims and hope that they were as prepared to meet God as we were to send our son to Him. 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 story8727.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. 2002-12-09 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 216.81.249.26