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 wasn't on a plane or in an airport. I wasn't in NY, Washington D.C. or Western PA. My family members, though at the center of the attack in NY all survived. My friends, though running for their lives, and watching with sickening horror at the events unfolding, lived. I am one of the millions so close to the events of that day, yet so far. I watched with horror at the World Trade Center burning, the Pentegon crumbling in on itself, and the smoke rising from a field. I kept walking back to my desk from the TV and making calls. One to my mother. One to my best friend from high school who worked in NY. One to US Airways to cancel the flight I was supposed to take Friday, September 14. One to my best friend who lived outside of Pittsburg. I didn't see the Towers fall. But I saw the aftermath in the firefighters' faces as they went back in to rescue those they had lost. I didn't think I had a right to grieve. To be angry, and upset and vengeful, yes, but not to grieve. Then I saw two fighter jets patroling the skys over NY and Washington, DC. And a carrier ship was making its way up from Virginia to NY. And it struck me that in an instant, when the first plane was hi-jacked at 8:46 AM that morning, MY world had changed. Our airspace would forever be patroled. We would forever be wary of another attack being carried out on a beautiful, random day for no reason. There would be alerts and warnings and things being done by our Government that we don't even want to know about to protect our borders, our interests, our lives. So I mourned. I still cry when I see the images of the havoc wrought that day. And I grieve, along with those who lost loved ones, for the lives lost, for the innocence lost, and a world changed. 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 story5082.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. 68.80.0.8