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: Almost a year later, I remember it so clearly. I guess it is like my parents' generation, how they can all remember where they were when JFK was shot. It was around 7:15 am or so Mountain Time, and I came down the stairs to carpool with my roommate to campus. She came running up to me and said "America is being attacked! Some one is bombing us or something!" She had just turned on the radio in her room, and hadn't heard much, only that something had hit the WTC and the Pentagon. I remember that I didn't believe her. I thought that she must have it wrong, somehow, because no one would ever dare attack the US. Finally, she persuaded me to turn on the TV. The first thing I saw was a live picture of the Pentagon, smoldering. As I watched in horror, it slowly began to dawn on me that I was watching this live on the BBC (why does everyone have an English accent?) so I turned it to CNN in hopes of more updated news, where I heard about the planes. The first tower fell as we were putting on our shoes and getting ready to leave. Campus was pretty deserted, and of the classes that were being held, mostly it just involved sitting around and watching the news. By 2 pm all of the classes were canceled, and everyone was in the campus bar, drinking and keeping vigil on the news. The bar was so quiet for being so full. That really got to me. Sometimes someone would start to cry, or get angry, but mostly we all sat in stunned silence. And I kept thinking, "This is history. My grandkids are going to hear about this, and not really think too much about the fact that I was alive then, the way I don't think too much about my grandparents being alive for Pearl Harbor." 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 story1817.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. 2002-09-06 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 63.143.243.78