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: We had sent our son to Howard University at 12:01 pac.time and I said to him, " You will have the adventure of a lifetime. See ya' in the summer." Needless to say, I had no idea how profound an experience we were all in for. My husband had awakened me with a freightening tone in his voice. Something bad was happening and I couldn't understand what he was trying to tell me. He turned the T.V. up and I saw the first plane that hit the tower still smoking, then it dawned on me that we were seeing people being killed. Then the second plane hit just after he left for work. I was preparing to go to work myself when my friend called me to tell me that our home office contacts in Stamford, CT could not be located. (some of which had been working out of the trade center in New York). I tried franticly to reach my son in D.C. to no avail. (my friends son was in the same dorm as my son - they were next door roomies.) Her son managed to call and tell her that the Pentagon had been hit, and everyone was in a panic to know what they do. She told him to try and find my son to have him contact me and let me know that he's alive and still kicking. Then the phone lines were cut off - no one could call in or out except emergency persons. For 6 of the worlds longest hours we could not find him. Finally, a friend of ours who worked in the Pentagon called to let us know that she had checked on the boys and they were fine. The school was on lockdown and they were given instructions on evacuation and safety procedure in case of emergency. Thank GOD they kept clear heads and were able to survive to finish out the school year. Little by little, they told of the fear and anxiety that they went through. Even today, they still have a hard time believing that some peanut gallery of nuts would have the lack of judgement to attack the U.S.A. So do I. 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 story7583.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. 2002-09-16 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 199.182.53.180