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 work at an International Labor Union, not far from the Pentagon. The view from my window is beautiful with the Washington Monument in the background and the Capitol behind me. When one of the employees told me the World Trade Center had been hit by a plane, I immediately ran upstairs to see it on television as my boss had one in his office. Once the second plane hit, I knew we were in trouble. It was as if I had been told something in another language that I didn't understand. I was incredulous, preplexed and confused. How could this have happened. When I went back to my office, a co-worker told me that the Pentagon had been "bombed". I told him he was lying I was so sure it couldn't be so. But when he pointed out my window, I saw the billowing black smoke and realized that America was under attack. I'm a single mother and all I could think of was my two children in school more than forty-five minutes away. I ran upstairs to my boss and told him I was leaving to get to my children. He told me I'd never get out of the City, but I said "I'm all they've got and I'm going to try". It took me two hours to travel 17 miles, but I got home just as my neighbor pulled into her driveway with my children. It seems that in a school of 1,200 children, by 2:00 that day, only 200 were left waiting for their parents. All but 200 of the parents had the same idea I did - get to your family, hold them tight and thank God that you are safe. I will never forget September 11th. Although I always told my children continually how much they meant to me, I do even more so now because I learned how in a moment's time, so much can be lost. I grieve for those who lost members of their family and pray that they can somehow find solace, somewhere. 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 story3734.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. 12.4.18.2