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 had gotten into the habit of watching the early morning news as I got ready for work. On Sept. 11, I had just turned on the tv and instead of our local anchors, there was Peter Jennings. I knew something was wrong and just then they switched to a live view of the Twin Towers. I plopped on my bed, couldn't believe my eyes, there was one tower on fire and they said that a plane had just flown through it! As Mr. Jennings was speaking in the background, I caught out of the corner of the screen the second plane coming straight for the other tower! The tears immediately started flowing and all I can remember saying at that moment was, Oh My God! Oh My God! My youngest daughter came into the bedroom and asked me what was wrong, I just pointed at the tv. She asked me what was going on and I explained to her what had just happened. She asked me then, she is 14, why it upset me so much, it was in New York and we were in California. I then sat her down and explained to her that this was an attack on America and that everyone in our country would be affected by this. It was not until a couple of months later that it finally sunk in and she understood. I called both my parents, waking them up out of bed, as it was only a little after 6am in California. I told them to turn on the news, that planes had just hit the Towers in New York. As I was speaking to my stepmother, the plane hit the Pentagon! I was mortified and practically moaned over the phone! I sent my daughters to school and went immediately to work. I work for the Dept. of Transportation in Northern California. We listened to the radio until Governor Davis sent all government employees home for the rest of the day. I run the mailroom here at Caltrans and for the next two months we had to use special procedures for handling the mail. It has been an emotional experience, one that I will never forget. God Bless America! 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 story1698.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. 2002-09-03 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.174.7.254