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: My name is Daina Riecken. On September 11, 2001 I was 8.5 months pregnant with my first child. I had just dropped my husband, who is in the Army, stationed in Ft. Carson, Co, off at work. I came home and wanted to catch a couple more hours of needed sleep before I had to go to work myself. At 7:30 in the morning my co-worker called me and told me to turn on the t.v. and she asked me what part of New York my husbands family lived in. When I turned on the t.v. it didn't matter what channel it was everywhere. I didn't know if it was real at first and then I really didn't know what to think or say. The only real thing I could do was get on my knee's and pray. When I walked out the door to go to work the whole world was quiet. It felt like the world had stopped. There wasn't even any sound. Everything was so still. Work ended soon after I got there. My boss and I were too scared to stay at work. We live in Colorado Springs, Co and since we didn't know what or if something was going to be hit next, we wanted to be with our families incase it turned out to be Norad. When I got a hold of my husband at the base he didn't even know what had happened, no one did until he turned on the radio. The rest of the day went so slow. I had a million things running through my mind. I didn't even know what was going to happen with my husband yet. I think that the one thing that scared me the most is that I could not get a hold of my husbands family who I knew went to Lower Manhattan often. As the day ended I got to go to the base to take my husband and another soilder dinner. I couldn't help but cry when I saw Cheynne Mountain (Norad) in front of me. I had never seen so much security on the base. It was really scary and unsettling. When I got home I went to bed, I didn't sleep. The only thought I pondered over was, "how was I going to explain this day to my unborn daughter." To this day, a year later, I still can't put it into words. All I can say is that I pray every day for those who lost their loved ones and how proud I am to be an American, and a military wife. My husband is my hero. 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 story5616.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. 67.1.150.131