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: On the morning of September 11,2001, I was dropping my kids off at school when the school secretary told everyone in the office that a plane hit the twin towers. I thought surely it was a horrible accident. I was saddened for a few minutes thinking to myself that several people must be hurt...or possibly dead. I got in my car and went back home. My raidio was not on , so I heard nothing else about it until a friend of mine called and said "are you watching this?". I didn't know what he meant. He told me the channel to turn to (which at the time was just about any one on the air)and he began to tell me the story when the second plane hit. I said "WOW, what movie is this? What great special effects!!!" He yelled at me "This is real!!!" I could not believe what I was seeing. Then the report of the Pentagon being hit came over the news.I didn't know how to feel. I felt so guilty over the next few days because I just wasn't as emotional about it as the rest of the country seemed to be. Living in Houston and watching this happen in New York on television really made it seem like another country or like it just wasn't real. A few weeks later I started seeing people on T.V. talking about people they lost, showing pictures of firefighters, husbands and wives, police officers and so many other innocent people that lost their lives. The feeling of unity among people I had never met before but walked past every day ,was overwhelming. I have always believed that everything happens for a reason, no matter how terrible they seem at the time, we have to look for the greater message. This country showed the whole world what it takes to exist in a country full of diversity. We rush around living our lives everyday without looking up to see what is right in front of us...WoW!!What a wake up call!! Look at all the good people around us!!!We have learned a huge lesson!! I will never take any person or opportunity for granted again!! What if it's gone tommorrow? Krystyl Fruge' 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 story5279.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. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.209.38