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 had gone to work earlier then usual that morning (around 7:30AM (Central Daylight Time) but was stuck in traffic trying to cross the bridge across the Mississippi from Illinois into downtown St. Louis. I was listening to the radio when a report of the first plane hitting the 1st tower came over the air. I called my wife at home from my cell phone to see if there was any television coverage of the incident. She was watching the "Today" show, and they were obviously breaking their normal routines to cover the what was originally thought to be an accident. My wife described the thick black smoke from the tower and the huge flames. I was perplexed to hear this as the first radio reports suggested that only a small plane had hit. While on the phone with my wife, the 2nd plane hit the South tower. She screamed over the phone "Oh my God" over an over again. Immediately, we both knew this was no accident. By this time, my location in traffic was on the middle of the Poplar Street Bridge (with 1000's of others), and was staring at the nearby St. Louis Arch thinking "would this be another target"?. The rest of the day, and days to follow, we were consumed by the terror of that awful day. 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 story7361.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. 2002-09-14 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.38