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.) On September 11, 2001 I was in my math class, third period I believe, with Mr. Mueller. We were sitting in our seats in class about to check our homework, talking and gossiping with one another until the principal came onto the announcements and told the school the news he had heard and been watching. At that point Mr. Mueller turned on the television and we were viewing the twin towers when the second tower was hit by the plane. The class just sat there, no noise, no nothing. I remember being so confused because at that point in time I had no idea what was happening or where this was or even what the twin towers were. I had never been to New York or heard of the pentagon. I didn't really know what was going on, I was just silent and scared. People in my class began saying that we were going to war or that countries were bombing us or they were going to call our parents away to go off to war. The rest of the day in all of our classes we just sat there and watched the television and talked about what exactly we were witnessing. It was horrible. Some parents took their children out of school, my mother came and picked up my step-brother and I from fifth period, right after lunch. She was worried and wanted us to be home because she herself didn't know what exactly was going on. As I got home I just remember staring at the television and later talking to my dad on he phone and crying because what happened was so shocking and horrible I couldn't believe it. I was so afriad that my dad would be drafted into an army and sent away, even though my dad has never been in the military or even associated with anything of the sort. I was so naive and confused on what had all happened. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? My strongest memory of that day was calling and talking to my dad on the phone. I was so upset because I thought that he would have to leave me to go off and fight for the country. I didn't even have the slighest idea of what had even happened that day, nor what the twin towers or the pentagon even were. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? The September 11 events haven't actually affected my life in a physical way. I've only ridden in an airplane once in my life, and that was in third grade. It has, however, affected my emotions. I never had believed before that the U.S. would ever be attacked in any way. I believed that we were the strongest country in the world, no one would ever try to harm us in any way. I was so naive then and I've learned so much more than I knew then. It seemed that in history and any other class, instead of regular class, we just discussed the events that had happened. The school and classes just seemed to be kind of phased, everyone was upset. Nothing was the same. 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_story217.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. 2004-01-07 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.123.205.34