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 woke up around 6:30, a little on the early side, and heard my mom mention something about the news as I climbed into the shower. I got out, went downstairs, and turned on the TV. The next thing I did was call the two people who I really trusted back then, my girlfriend Amelia and my teammate Jesse. Amelia had already left for school, but I got through to Jesse. Here's our conversation: Jesse: Hey what?s up man? Me: You're not gonna believe this. Jesse: What? Me: Turn on your TV Jesse: what? what channel Me: It doesn?t matter Jesse: Oh shit Me: Yea...I gotta go, I'll see you at school The day at school was a blur. I remember so many teachers acted like nothing was happening and continued as normal with the lessons, but I couldn't focus. I didnt know what to feel. Having never been to the east coast, I couldn't get my mind around the fact that this was actually happening. That evening I sat in front of the TV and watched the images again and again. I probably sat there for two hours just absorbing it. I don't think I had a single emotional reaction the whole day. Shock had wiped away any feeling I could have about the events. I fell asleep not knowing what the next day would bring. Over the next few weeks and months I changed. Having grown up in Berkeley in the 90's meant that I really saw no real need for a military establishment. Sure we had enemies, but they were so far removed it was difficult to imagine them ever being a direct threat to us. In those following weeks I not only realized why we needed a military, I began to consider the kind of people they were looking for. Less than two years after my visions of pacificm and the good of all people had faded, on July 1st, 2003 I reported for 7 weeks of basic training also know as Plebe Summer at the United States Naval Academy. I havent looked back since. 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 story10962.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. 2004-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 131.122.31.1