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: LET ME START BY SAYING THAT IT'S NOT LIKE ME TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS IN ANY WAY, ESPECIALLY TO TOTAL STRANGERS. HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT IN A TIME LIKE THIS, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORST TRAGEDY THAT I HAVE EVER WITNESSED IN MY SHORT 27 YEARS, AND CERTAINLY ONE THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, I NEED TO SAY SOMETHING. MY FATHER AND I WERE WORKING ON THE MORNING OF THE ATTACK. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, NO CLOUDS, NOT TOO HOT, JUST RIGHT. WE HAD THE RADIO PLAYING, IT'S EASIER TO WORK WITH A LITTLE MUSIC TO LISTEN TO. THEN THE MUSIC STOPS. THEN A VOICE COMES THROUGH THE SPEAKER AND SAYS THAT A PLANE HAS CRASHED INTO ONE OF THE TWIN TOWERS. LOOKING AT MY DAD IN DISBELIEF, I SAID, "DID YOU HEAR THAT"?? HE SAID NOTHING, ONLY NODDING HIS HEAD. AT FIRST WE THOUGHT IT MUST BE SOME KIND OF JOKE OR MOVIE ADVERTISEMENT. THEN, MORE NEWS OF THE SAME THING ON A DIFFERENT CHANNEL. THEN THE SECOND PLANE HIT!! THAT'S WHEN I KNEW THAT THIS WAS NO ACCIDENT. STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON, I STARTED TO FEEL THIS RAGE BUILDING INSIDE MY CHEST. I DESPERATELY WANTED TO KNOW WHO DID THIS, WHO COULD POSSIBLY DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I WANTED TO RIP SOMETHING APART, I WANTED TO RIP SOMEONE APART, WHOEVER DID THIS!! THE SADNESS DIDN'T SURFACE UNTIL WE GOT HOME, AND COULD SEE THE DESTRUCTION AND THE WOUNDED ON THE STREETS OF MANHATTEN. MY HEART FELT LIKE SOMEONE WAS SQUEEZING ALL THE LIFE OUT OF IT. I COULDN'T BREATHE. I WANTED TO RUSH TO NEW YORK, TO HELP IN SOME WAY. EVEN IF IT WAS JUST PUTTING MY ARM AROUND SOMEONE, ANYONE WHO NEEDED IT. I FELT SO USELESS, JUST SITTING THERE, WATCHING IT ALL ON TV. STARTED TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE CHILDREN, IN THE BUILDINGS, WHO NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO LIVE, NOT EVEN A LITTLE. ALL THE CHILDREN WHO HAD JUST LOST ONE OR BOTH OF THEIR PARENTS, BROTHERS, OR SISTERS. HOW WOULD THEY POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND ALL THIS. HOW COULD ANOTHER HUMAN BEING DO THIS?? IT MAY SOUND FUNNY, BUT I REMEMBER FEELING SUCH A SENCE OF PRIDE TO BE AN AMERICAN, I STILL FEEL THAT TODAY, AND I KNOW I WILL FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!!! IF THERE IS A HEAVEN, AND I LIKE TO THINK THERE IS, I HOPE EVERYONE OF THE INNOCENT PEOPLE THAT DIED THAT DAY ARE UP THERE. MAYBE ONE DAY I WILL GET TO MEET ONE OF THOSE POOR CHILDREN IN HEAVEN. MAYBE THEN I WILL GET TO PUT MY ARM AROUND ONE OF THEM AND TELL THEM I'M SORRY, AND I WISH I COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO HELP. FINALLY, I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED, 10 FOLD. HOPEFULLY THAT CAN EASE SOME OF THE PAIN. IF WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN CAN OR HAS HELPED ANYONE WITH THEIR OWN FEELINGS, I AM GLAD!! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!! MELVIN SHELTON JR. AMERICAN MADE! 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 story4597.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. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 63.191.137.182