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 at work going through my usual routine when Lauren, the mold repair man came to the production floor obviously in an alarmed state. He always has a radio on in his backroom where he works and he said that he had just heard a report on the radio that an airliner has smashed into one of the towers of the World Trade Center! I immediately went outside to take a look outside because on my drive to work it appeared to be a beautiful day and still was with crystal clear blue skies. Being a former holder of a private pilots license I was dumbfounded as to how such an "accident" could possibly happen with such perfect flying conditions. Then I don't think it was even an hour later when he came running out again to say that a second plane had struck the other tower.Then it dawned on us all that these were no "accidents". We were being attacked! Then the rest of the day just seem to take on a surreal quality as the reports kept coming in of the Pentagon being struck and of the White House and Capital Building being evacuated,an additional plane crashing in Pennslyvannia! We were all numbed by shock and confused about what was happening and who it that was doing this to us.Then to me the most surreal and unbelieveable event was when it was reported that one of towers had collapsed which was shortly followed by the collapse of the second tower. It was just simply inconcieveable to me that those two hugh majestic towers that I had seen many times, were simply no longer there.I just couldn't fathom that reality. Then when I finally arrived home that afternoon there were all those unforgettable images of the billowing smoke. the ghostlike, dust encrusted people walking seemingly in a daze out from the city, the images of the second plane striking the tower playing over and over again until it was mindnumbing to point that I was in a daze as well. Then I remember thinking that day of something I had often wondered about.You see I have always been somewhat of a World War 2 history buff and I had tried to imagine what my mother and father felt like when the news flash that Pearl Harbor had been attacked nand that their country was now suddenly at war. I had often tried to imagine what actually experiencing such a tragic, enormous historical, life changing event would be like. Now, regetably,I can finally say that I think I know how now 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 story5747.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. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.38