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 fresh out of college and had only been a 7th grade teacher for two weeks when the assistant principal of my school came to my door and handed me a piece of paper to read to my students. I glanced over it briefly and didn't even come close to realizing the magnitude of what had taken place. I began to read the bulletin to my 2nd hour science class as they set silently at attention. When I finished, the students eagerly asked me the same questions that were dancing through my mind; Who did it? Why did they do it? Will the buildings collapse? I obviously had no answer for them. I was reluctant to begin discussing the conflicts in the Middle East that help fuel terrorism because I recalled the way everyone began pointing fingers at Middle Easterners after the Oklahoma City bombing. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? My strongest memory of the day is experiencing utter frustration at the lack of news I was able to receive. None of the teachers in the school had internet at that time, I didn't have a TV in my room, and I couldn't get a decent radio station in. I went right home from work, bypassing the lemmings that were lined up for blocks blocks to get gas, and watched CNN for a month. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? I'll forever have a bad taste in my mouth when the name of our Commander in Chief is mentioned. I'm not a strong Democrat or Republican either way; but I can't stand the spin that Washington has tried to put on this. Although I am not 100% of all the real reasons for 9/11, it's an outrage that our President got on television and told us in a time of crisis that all these men commited sucicide and murder because they "hated freedom". To whitewash something of this magnitude is a slap in the face to the American public. 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_story81.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. 2003-12-16 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.102.96.19