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 American Red Cross Museum Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of stories from Red Cross Volunteers who provided emergency response in the wake of the September 11th attacks. RC Story RC Story: Story It was the first week of my senior year in college. I was getting ready for my 9:35 class, and I had Fox and Friends on the Fox News Channel on because I was interning at FNC at that time. They were reporting that a plane had hit one of the towers. I immediately called my friend and asked if she knew what was going on. As we were talking, we saw the second plane hit, live on television. We immediately agreed to meet each other on the top of Hofstra's library. From that tenth floor, we had an amazing view of the NYC skyline. I have fond memories of my old dorm, on the 14th floor, with a spectacular view of the city. Now, a small crowd of us watch that skyline fill with smoke just some twenty miles away. Without knowing exactly what was going on, we split up and headed to class. But only a short time into class, a student ran out crying about a parent who worked in the WTC. That's when our professor was notified by his secretary that the Pentagon had been hit. He dismissed us all right away. From there, I went my main building, The School of Communication, where there were several TVs. That's when I first saw the towers collapse. The networks were replaying the video. All these students and teachers were staring at the monitors, in complete disbelief. After the towers fell, everyone's cellphone was out. I remember the landlines being plugged up with calls. My mom was trying to call me from home in Michigan. She was worried because she knew I had my internship in the city. As it was, I had plans to attend FNC's big five year anniversary near Battery Park on Thurs, Sept 13. That never happened. RC Story: Response Since I do not meet the physical requirements to donate blood, I helped my friends and fellow schoolmates who couldn't go home or who had missing loved ones. I stayed to comfort them and talk to them. Several of my close friends at the time were volunteer firemen with the Uniondale FD. I called to make sure they were OK. RC Story: RC Volunteer no RC Story: RC Employee no 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 rc_story40.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. unknown 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. email 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. 2004-09-01 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.55.206.117