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: 8:00 am, September 11, 2001 We were starting the first surgical cases for the day, it was a typical day, we were sharing the normal comradery that usually takes place between the Surgeon, Anesthesiologist, and the nurses, I was writing on my patient's and I casually mentioned todays date is 9-11, we all laughed and carried on with our work, little did we know that before the hour was up how our world would change, no American could have imagined the horror of the senseless terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Approximately at 9:00 a.m. we received word that it was believed that the World Trade Center had been hit by a bomb, we tuned our radio to try to receive news from New York, the reports were a plane had crashed into WTC 1, and within minutes another plane had hit WTC 2, the live television coverage of that second plane hitting WTC2 has played over and over in my mind, at that time I was praying for all the employees of the Twin Towers, I did not know at that time that many fire fighters, policemen, and other civilian rescue workers had lost their lives, trying to do what they do, to try to rescue others, putting themselves last, fearlessly entering the burning buildings to try to save as many as possible. The sheer number of casualties were overwhelming. My heart goes out to all who lost a family member, friend, or other loved one that day. I am still very resentful to those responsible for chaning our world, my Father fought in World WarII, I had heard him speak with pride that war had never been waged against the USA by foreign powers against on American soil, BinLauden or who ever was responsible robbed all Americans that day, we can never take for granted our safety, whether on ground or in the air. We have to pray to our Lord, Jesus Christ, for wisdom and strength for daily living. We cannot understand why this happened, we never will in this lifetime. My husband and I had planned a trip to NYC the week of Thanksgiving, 2001, while we were there we were going to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary, we were able to take that trip, and twice during the week we went to Ground Zero, I felt a strong admiration for the workers working seemingly tirelessly 24 hours a day, digging so carefully, there was an eerie silence there, I felt that I was standing on hallowed ground, I felt the presence of souls there, it is hard to explain, that is why I told my husband, I have to go back at least one more time, I felt unrest at Ground Zero, I wanted to find some closure, but that was not to come. It has now been a year since the tragedy, I hope and pray that those who lost their loved ones are beginning to heal. May God be with you and hold you in the palm of His hands. 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 story6985.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. 2002-09-13 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.156.180.164