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: It was suppose to be my day off. I was going to sleep in with my husband. We rarely had any time together and we loved to snuggle. Instead of the dreamy slumber I anticipated, I got a call from my sister, Michelle, at about 8:30 am. She was frantic I turn on the News. She kept telling me the World Trade Center was hit by a plane. I thought she was totally joking, and even said so. But, I heard the urgency in her voice, and the total disbelief. The News confirmed it. I remember waking my husband with the same tone in my voice my sister had when she told me. My husband was sitting in the couch while I paced the room talking with Michelle still on the phone. Michelle was off on a long rambling tangent of information when I notice the smoke looked different for a second. I could not fathom what I was seeing - The building was going to collape. Interupting Michelle, I state the obvious; "Michelle, the building falling down!" I remember saying those words over & over without believing it. "The building fell down." We both go silent in horror. I must say I have an exceptional imagination. It kind of runs in the family. All I could think about was the fireman running up the stairs and the plethera of people trying to escape. It hurts my heart to think about it. It takes so much effort to not to think about all those people; the ones trying to escape down the stairwells, the ones traped above the flames having the face the enevitable, the fireman who knew they were climbing to thier deaths, yet, still they climbed on. It pains me the most when I think about the babies born after 9/11. I just had my first child in June, and I cry for all those who will never know thier daddys; except as a hero of 9/11. A small consolation for an entire lifetime lost. In conclussion to this story, I received a call from my sister, Michelle, at the very same time on the very same day one year later. We will always remember that, though we were not in the same room, or the same city, we spent the day together, watching the most tragic event of our lives. It's now a tragic tradition. 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 story6606.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. 63.27.139.117