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 left home that morning for a court appearance in Chattanooga, Tennessee. My pager went off before court and when I called my wife Alison told me that an airplane had crashed into one of the twin towers in New York. Remembering the old photos of the small plane that hit the Empire State Building several decades ago, I remember thinking what an unfortunate "accident". When more events unfolded, Alison paged me again. She was in tears as she witnessed on live television the second airplane hitting the second tower. We had less than a year earlier returned from around the world with our two children Alina and Mac, who were born in Kazakstan. Their first entry to their new country was in New York. It was the place I had courted Alison and the place we had returned each year. Our hearts were broken. We went through so many emotions in the following weeks. Fear and concern for our nation, and for our children, was overwhelming at times. We felt part of a national emotional depression that was hard to shake. We feared for our children, who were born in an Islamic region of the world, and what the reaction would be toward all persons who were Muslim, including people we remembered in Kazakstan. Our friends who operate a restaurant nearby, who are Palistinian Christians, got death threats. Suddenly, it seemed every car in Georgia and Tennessee was adorned with some form of an American flag. It was a good feeling at first, but later, paired with newly minted bumper stickers spouting hatred it started to seem a bit disturbing. In the Great American Tradition, there were plenty ready and willing to make a profit on the sudden surge in patriotism, which was also troubling. It caused us to do a lot of thinking and created a lot of discussion in our household. Overall, I hope that the events surrounding September 11, 2001 will ultimately prove good for our nation. It brought us together yet forced us as a nation to think of the world outside our borders. God Bless those who lost their lives in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. At the same time, God save us as a nation from our own national reactions. McCracken Poston, Ringgold, Georgia 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 story9467.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. 2003-09-04 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.18.108.16