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 Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) I was at work in my office of the Bronxville School District in lower Westchester County. I needed to bring something to the Superintendent's office and the staff was watching television. A plane had just crashed into Tower One of the World Trade Center. At that time we thought it was an accident. My only two brothers worked in the Trade Center and my husband's only brother also worked in the Trade Center. As we were watching the TV the second plane came in and we realized that we were under attack. I ran across the street to St. Joseph's Church to pray for anyone who might be affected not knowing what was to come. When I got back to my office, I received a call from my sister in law telling me that her husband, and my brother Luke Nee had called. He was in his office at Cantor Fitzgerald and they were stuck. Smoke was filling the office and he told his wife that they were all going to die and that he loved her and his son. September 11 was their 19th wedding anniversary. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? I quickly left for home (a five minute drive) to see my husband standing on our front lawn crying. He was a Police Captain in the New York City Police Department and had to rush in to work because there was an all out mobilization. We still had not heard from his brother, James Reilly or my brother John Nee. Luke was the only one we had news about and it was bad. Later on in the day we heard from both John and James and they were OK. They were evacuated and saw terrible things that they do not talk about. I know my brother Johnnie saw people jumping and knew his brother Luke was on the 104th floor and just hoped he was not one of the jumpers. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? It has made us more aware of death and the fragile world we live in. I don't think we feel secure any more. Personally it has devastated my parents, Luke's wife and son, and my brother and sister and myself. There is a hole in our hearts and lives. 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 lc_story97.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. 2003-12-17 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 166.109.0.238