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 coming home from work. I was listening to the radio at first I thought I turned on just as a commercial was playing, because I heard them say the tower was hit. Then it was repeated The Tower Was Hit. I was stunned. I had to run into my daughters school, and saw it with my own eyes as they replayed the scenes of the towers being hit. My heart stopped. I didn't know how to react. I knew no one but I felt as if I just lost a close family member. I left the school and went home to watch the news. My son had just turned 3yrs old, and he saw the t.v. and said mommy who did that mean thing. He really understood. My daughter was 11 yrs. old then, she came home from school and said mom I feel like I lost someone there today even though I know no one. I told her I felt the same way. We all cried over this tragedy. I felt as if we were in mourning along with all those thousands of people who lost loved ones and friends. I have taught both my kids this year that these are very jealous people because they want what our country has and can't have it and jealousy can lead you to do very sick and cruel things. My son who is now 4yrs old came to adopt a country song called God Bless The USA. He has also told us on more than one occasion that he is Proud TO BE AMERICAN and GLAD HE IS FREE. It sounds funny to think of a 4 year old saying this, but it goes to show how little credit we really give kids, they understand more than we think. So I believe in telling them as much history as possible so they know and understand what our ancestors had to go through to give us this freedom. REMEMBER 9/11/2001 NEVER FORGET THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES, NOR THOSE WHO BROUGHT THAT PLANE DOWN TO PROTECT SO MANY OTHER LIVES. When you are sad remember what my 4 year old sings and it will bring joy and peace back to you. GOD BLESS THE USA. I WILL PROUDLY STAND UP AND DEFEND HER STILL TODAY CAUSE THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT I LOVE THIS LAND GOD BLESS THE USA. Keep God first and He will bless us all. Bin Laden you can run and hide for now, but you will be found and justice will be served, if not here on earth when you meet your maker. God won't have mercy on your soul. 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 story4546.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. 68.80.159.122