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 got in to work, and upon looking out the window, saw lots of what looked like tin foil floating in the air. I joked to myself (mostly), "What's going on? Is (Mayor Rudy) Giuliani celebrating not having to have the headaches of New York City on his head any more?". Then someone said a plane had hit the WTC. The reaction was almost universal: "Yeah, RIGHT!", and then someone turned on a small TV, and we found out it was true. I thought it might have been an accident - maybe a pilot suffering a heart attack or something like that -- and I went outside. I was standing on the corner of Elk and Chambers Streets, watching the North Tower burning, with two holes in its east and northeast corners, black smoke POURING out of it,when all of a sudden there was a TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION, and a HUGE FIREBALL erupted from the east side of the South Tower. I will never forget them! I was surprised I didn't FEEL the heat of the fireball! Of course, at that time everyone knew this was no accident! I returned to my office, grabbed all my things, and went to the Brooklyn Bridge subway station on Reade and Lafayette Streets, not knowing whether the subways were still running. I was lucky to get on what very well may have been the very last No. 4 (or 5) train running northbound before the subway system was shut down. On the ride home, I remember the shock of all my fellow riders. Everyone was kind of numb. I kept telling people "Welcome to Israel," to tell them this was the daily fare of the people of Israel. When I got home, I watched the collapse of the towers on my neighbor's TV. I couldn't believe it! I don't think anyone other than the buildings' architect and engineers ever DREAMED the towers would collapse!!!!! Jay W. (Yaakov) Kayman 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 story2037.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. 2002-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.246.106.65