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 just out of the shower, running late, when Good Morning America went into a commercial, then seconds later came back with a bulletin. I knew something was wrong, because they don't do that unless it's something very important. I heard them talking about about an explosion in Manhattan and was watching when the second jet hit the WTC. I just stood there, seeing what had happened but not fully understanding the impact. I couldn't move - I just sat on the bed and watched for a good half-hour before coming to work. No one knew what had happened, as the rest of the staff comes in earlier than I do. We got a small TV hooked up to an antenna and watched what we could. I am publisher of a small weekly newspaper and we had time to get come coverage in that week's issue, as hard as it was. Sept. 11 is the birthday of one of our employees and it only dawned on us this week that she had no cake, no card, no good wishes. We won't forget this year. I have a good friend in Brooklyn and first checked with her. Her son was a student at Stuyvesant High School, in the shadows of the WTC buildings, and he escaped the area, but they were separated for several days. He was fine and made it home, but I can only imagine her fear and worry, which was only a fraction of what many others must have felt. Being from a rural Southern town, I didn't think I would be as affected, but I have been. Dena Birchfield, whose husband was on one of the planes, is from this area and many of us felt a link there; and none of us feels the same way when we fly, but I do what I did before 9-11 as much as possible. It still hurts, and it will hurt next week, but I think we have learned a lot about ourselves, hopefully enough that we never forget. It doesn't matter if you are from Manhattan in Kansas or New York, or Miami in Ohio or Florida; we are all part of a whole that was damaged and is still trying to heal. Again, I hope we never forget that. I won't. 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 story1569.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. 2002-08-30 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.112.44.20