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: Shortly after the first plane flew into the WTC, I went to a shop in Bradford, England with my mother to help her buy a new TV. When we entered the shop, the staff were watching a breaking news broadcast about a plane crash into the WTC, apparently an accident. We bought a TV and took it to my mother's home to install it. Every UK channel bore live broadcasts of a second crash into the second tower, and the first pictures of that scene. Reports were coming in of a wave of terrorist hijackings, using loaded passenger aircraft as missiles. Osama Bin Laden featured heavily in the discussions. Our whole family was affected, my parents had visited the building previously. Europeans also worked and died in the globalised WTC buildings, where many of the best in world trade and finance worked. It was an attack on globalisation itself and a challenge to the entire West and the United Nations. At the time we did not realise the full significance of those events. We heard of the incredible bravery of emergency services, of actual passengers on the fateful flights and other innocent victims who lived and worked near the crash sites. But we supported American initiatives to move the front line to Al Qaeda and the Taleban in Afghanistan. There have been maniacal bomb attacks since in Madrid, and London last year. Militarily however, it has become more difficult for the anti-prophet Bin Laden to strike the West in grandiose satanic attacks. Many Muslims died in the London attacks. The vast majority of Muslims reject Al Qaeda and their methods. They are embarrassed and offended by Al Qaeda's claims to represent God and Islam. Young extremists who feel alienated by the West are Al Qaeda's main source of support. In many ways, 9/11 was a watershed in modern history. Prior to 1990, fundamentalist extremists backed by Iran used hijacks and hostage-taking to attempt to secure their demands. After the Lebanon suicide bombings against US Marines, these extremists felt they had a new, successful, inexpensive weapon. Young fanatical extremists. The Cold War ended, there was an interval of 11 years, and a new global conflict started on 9/11 - the worldwide conflict with fanatical fundamentalist extremism, started by Al Qaeda. This conflict started on 9/11 and it will not end until the last suicide bomber is gone. So don't sleep until September ends. Very best wishes from England to the families and friends of everyone who suffered on that date. You have friends and supporters outside America. So does the United States. Pete Dalby 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 story20594.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. 2006-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 87.72.25.101