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 working late and I noticed news messages coming over the internet about plane crashes. It soon became apparent that this was becoming a big issue, so I woke up my wife and we watched the news. By this time there had been 3 crashes, flight 93 was in the air, and the two towers were up. This was at midnight our time, and later on 12 September I had to run a major Shell/Rotary/CPA/Government workshop for young entrepreneurs. This was a big affair, with the best accountants and tax experts we could arrange. We had large two large screen projectors for presentation support, and for the 30 minutes "arrival and settling" time, these were showing the news. Time after time the second 767 flew into the WTC. At 6pm I turned that off, and didn't quite know how to start. In retrospect, I belive I was traumatised to an extent, and still wonder, as I board my Monday morning B767, how it was for those people. This was especially so yesterday (11 Sep 2006) ... the only B767 flight from Australia's second largest city to the Nation's capital, on the 5th anniversary of 911, and in the air at the same time. Nevertheless, I'm very disappointed with what America did in the Middle East ... and I say this as an American citizen. I was not convinced about the WMD, and I could not see the justification for attacking Iraq. When I get a chance I watch the Jim Lehrer show which honours the 20 or so people killed in Iraq each day, and I wonder what this is all for. The main thing that disappoints me, and I said this in a letter I sent to the NY Times before the invasion (no ... not published), is the precedents that are being created in the last 50 or so years. My father was at Pearl Harbour, and flew in B24s in the 5thAAF in the Pacific War. Defending the country was the right thing to do. Korea and Vietnam were less convincing arguments. But now we are at the point where we invade a country ... for what reason? Just because we can? As an American child living in New Guinea after the war my vision of my country was that portrayed Norman Rockwell in the Saturday Evening Post. Can America be like that again? No we can't go backwards ... but moving forwards I'd like to see America adopt some old principles of aspiring to be a fairer country internally and externally. 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 story20681.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. 2006-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 202.139.16.251