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 an E5 in the Navy on board the USS SPRUANCE DD 963 in Mayport Fl. We were scheduled to get underway to do some training exercises. We were watching Headline news as preparations were made. As soon as someone came from the berthing area yelling that the first plane had crashed, we were stunned. We being all 300+ crew. Its like work stopped and we were all pasted in front of the TV. My Chief and I ran to the TV, and watched as the second plane crashed and his first words were(paraphrased)"Holy @@@@, that was done by terrorists!" Well we found out for sure after we were in the Atlantic, and our schedule had changed. We were now Operation Noble Eagle, patrolling the East coast. We didn't go as far as New York, but we did sit real close off of Virginia near DC. We stayed there for 45 days. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? The crew on the ship who had families in New York were way upset. One I think had his dad work in the towers. Real rough. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? Well, I think that everyone is doing what they can to prevent the acts of terrorism, but I also feel that they are doing too much. I know its important to be safe in our own country, but being a military man, I think about the military aspect of this. The war in Iraq is over, Saddam has been caught, the Iraqi people have their basic government rolling. Why in Gods name are our soldiers still there dying everyday? Pointless. We did just fine starting over way back when,k so will they. The President, with all respect, needs to get back focused on us here in the U.S. Feed our own children now. Take care of our own homeless and our own single parents and our orphans from this war. Please. 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_story203.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. 2004-01-06 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 160.125.253.4