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 am 6th generation from the NYC area. I lived in Staten Island for 36 years. I spent much time downtown as a child. I remember the towers being built; people we knew worked on them. One foreman snuck us while they were under construction. I worked in #7 for a while. I worked downtown for 17 years. I had my first cup of coffee in my cousin's office in WTC #2. When Chase and Chemical merged we had huge parties in the plaza by the sphere. Thousands of people. It was incredible. And of course you always took out of town visitors to Windows on the World. On 9/11/01 I was making some deliveries before going to my job. I heard the first report on the radio. I went home and saw what was going on on TV. I started to cry. Stunned, I still went to work. People were in conference rooms watching the TVs. People were asking me what certain terms, buildings and other NYC details were. It was strange and horrible to see all that was familiar to me coming down or covered in smoke. Within 72 hours I heard from all of my friends and former co workers in NYC including one fireman who was early to the scene. And also from a friend in the reserves who had been called up. Their stories were horrible. Some e mailed pictures. I cried and cried. Luckily all of my friends were ok. I was sure I was going to lose someone that day but I didn't. I went back in April 2002. I met up with friends who told even more horrific stories than before. I was walking up Wall Street to Broadway and when I turned onto Broadway I was overwhelmed by their abscence. Not seeing what I knew I would not see was unbearable. I just started crying. It was harding turning that corner than it was being on the platform. More shocking. I took a picture of the sphere in battery park. I have it in my office. Such a reminder in such a pretty little park. The flowering trees are blooming in the background. The sphere near which, formerly my co workers and I celebrated. Nannette Colorado Springs, CO 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 story1335.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. 2002-08-20 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 166.34.152.56