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 am usually up by 5:00 a.m. every morning and the first thing I do after taking a shower is turn on the KTLA Morning News. On 9/11/01 I had just turned on the television and within maybe 10 minutes Emmett Miller, the anchorman, began reporting the breaking news - an airplane has just crashed into the World Trade Center. What a tragic event was my first thought. Within minutes of the breaking news, they had live pictures. I remember looking at the television and thinking "Oh my God, I hope no one was hurt." Of course, it took me a few seconds to realize that I was looking at New York and they were three hours ahead! I looked at my clock and it was almost 6:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. in New York. My heart sank - I started asking myself "What day is it today? Oh my God, is it a weekday?" I sat on my bed and just watched - absolutely horrified. Then the unimaginable: as the anchorman is talking about the smoke coming from one of the Towers he notices the second airplane and says to his co-anchor, "Do you see that airplane? Isn't it flying kind of low? Boy, that plane is too low. . ." I will never forget the look on his face as the camera cut away from the live feed and went back to the anchor desk. For just a moment, I thought he was going to faint. I fell to my knees and began crying. I kept telling myself that it must be some sort of mistake. These things do not happen in America. How in the world could TWO airplanes make such a horrible mistake? I watched the second plane hit on live television. It was something I wished I had not ever seen, I was in a state of shock. I kept waiting for someone to say it was a joke, or a hoax - but that report never came. I ran to the phone and called my boss who is from New York. I was concerned because I knew his sister worked in Manhattan. I was greeted with a very unhappy grunt and I said to him, "Ron, it's me - tell me your sister doesn't work in the WTC." He quickly asked me if I was nuts and why am I calling him so early in the morning. I yelled to him to turn on his television. Reluctantly he did - and I could hear the sobs coming from the other end. Thankfully, his sister didn't work there - her office was on the other side of Manhattan. I think about 9/11 all the time. Every time I wask out the door I make sure that I remembered to kiss everyone goodbye. I work in a high rise and think all the time "What if that happened to me?" God Bless America. 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 story4443.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. 206.169.242.254