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 3 months pregnant at the time and my boss came to me to tell me that a plane had just hit the World Trade Center. We went to the breakroom and watched TV. My first thought was mechanical problem, and then the second plane hit. I could not believe my eyes. My heart sank and I could hardly speak. I work in the Maintenance & Engineering department at an airline and we all began to scramble to find out where all of our planes were and how to get them out of the sky as quickly as possible. We were finally able to account for all of our aircraft. They were all safely on the ground and all of our crew members and passengers were safe. We continued to watch the coverage that day and that evening I went home to pick up my 2 year old son and I hugged him so hard that I was almost afraid I would hurt him. I joined my husband and parents later that evening and I just remember looking at my small son and the son which I was carrying and thinking that the world would never be the same. My two boys will never know what it was like to live in the USA before September 11, 2001. I cried until I could not cry anymore. I returned to work the next day only to witness no commotion on the runway (which is a very erie feeling when you hear planes take off and land all day every day). We, my co-workers and myself, leaned on each other that day and the months to follow. I keep thinking that I don't know how someone can feel that much hate to want to kill so many innocent people and leave so many tiny lives changed forever. I pray every day for the heroes of that day. I include in that list of people: firefighters, police, victims, survivors of the fallen, and our government. I also believe that all Americans are heroes, because we have picked up and tried to get things as close to pre 9/11/01 as possible. God Bless American and all Americans!!! Shelly Wright (mother of 2, wife, daughter, sister, and friend) Dallas, Tx 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 story6526.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. 2002-09-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 208.8.57.2