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: My husband and I got up right around 9:00am. We both had appointments in Columbus Ohio, We had decided to start a family. We were going for consultation appointments, because there were some medical things we had to check into and go through in order for us to start a family, so we had apointments with a couple doctors. I had went into the bathroom to take my shower and get ready for our appointments, I turned on the radio as always, I heard Bob and Shari talking about what was going on, on the radio, I guess I wasn't beleiving what I was hearing, it was like I was in denial,sad, scarred, different feelings all at once, I had talked myself into beleiving it was an accident, then I remeber hearing the other tower had just been struck. I remeber still not wanting to believe what was happening, but also knowing this was serious and scarry, I dropped to my knees in the bathtub, teary eyed and scarred.I remeber hearing my husband yell,he was watching it on T.V. My husband came to the door and said "do you know what is going on", I told him I had been listening to it on the radio, when I got out of the bathroom I went into the living room, I was trying to ignor still what was going on as best I could, my husband had the T.V. on so it was hard. Then another explosion, the pentagon, I just knew this was world war three, what were we doing,going to try to bring a life into this world? My husband and I went ahead and got ready to go to Columbus, we listened to the radio on the way, I was clammed up, scarred and crying on and off on the way.Finally I was able to let out to my husband a little of how I felt, are we doing the right thing? How can we think about bring a life into this world, like this? Will the world even be here very much longer? I was very scarred.I'm sure my husband had alot of feelings also, well I know he did, but he was being strong for me at the time. We got through both of our appointments. We stayed in a hotel that night.We went to a tavern in the town we were staying,we talked and watched what was going on,on the T.V with everything. Then another fear hit me, my husband is a firefighter, very dedicated and good at his job.What if he was sent away from me, what if, what if. Well we made it through. My husband and I were married on September 18th, one week after the tragedy. and right now my husband and I are expecting twin boys, due Nov.7th,2002. This story has a happy ending, but I do want to say I offer my deepest sympathy for those who lost Loved ones, and whos story doesnt have a happy ending.I do believe,and I my husband always tells me this "Put it in GODS hands"! Theres no dout this tragedy effected everybody. Thank you, and God bless america!!!! Thompsons. 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 story6743.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. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 216.255.40.76