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: I had woken up earlier that morning and was getting out of the shower when my room mate told me to watch the news that a plane had crashed into one of the twin towers in New York. We were horrified as we watched first one tower then another crashed into, then later as the pentagon was attacked by a third hijacked plane. I couldn't believe my eyes and and what I was hearing. September 11th was my birthday and I was initially looking forward to a nice dinner with my family in a new resturant of my choice. I heard from my mother later and she had wanted to cancel the dinner to watch the news but I still wanted to have the dinner. Was I selfish? Many days later she told me she was glad we hadn't because it was good for all of us as a family to be together that day. As I work for a social service agency for the developmentally disabled much of the day was having to cope with the shock we felt as well as our case workers having to work at keeping calm the disabled people we work for. It certainly kept us all busy. My birthday dinner not forgotten I almost didn't make it to my dinner we were so busy. But I'm glad I did. We had a quiet time, it was hard opening all the presents - it just didn't feel right. I've said since that I don't want anymore birthdays - I'm still not sure. I never did see too many of the scenes of that horrible day until after that day. I'm glad I did because even seeing them later some will, I think, never leave my memories. I had dreams for weeks later of those who jumped off the towers that instead of falling they ended up flying. Like angels. I'll never forget that from what happened on my birthday that I dreamed of jumpers flying as angels. This year since September 11 2001 many things have changed in my life some I'm sure because of what happened that day, some maybe due to happen anyway. If anything it's been a year of change and growth and self exploration. And I know it's not been just for me but for also for America - My Country. Peace, Lynda Bell 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 story1510.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. 2002-08-27 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.211.210.194