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 was driving to work when I heard the Donna Valentine from K102 report that a plane had his the WTC. They weren't sure what kind or how big the plane was. By the time I got to work we turned on the TV and couldn't believe what we were seeing. I have three children ages 11,9 and 4 and I just kept thinking how was I going to work through this day, knowing they were in school and at daycare. I called my oldest son's school and they told us that they were keeping the kids away from the televisions and inside during recess. Ironically enough, his school is across the street from a National Gaurd Armory.That gave me some peace of mind. Eric, my oldest was going to be the one I had to work with the hardest. When he got home, we sat down together and I told him what had really happened. Throughout the day, the kids had heard bits and pieces and had drawn their own conclusions. We watched the news together and we talked about what had happened. He wasn't scared, he was concerned, he was curious and he had questions which my husband and I tried to answer to the best of our ability. We saved the paper from the next day as a remembrance. I remember going through old boxes when I was little and found copies of the paper my mom and dad had saved when JFK was shot. Driving home from work that day I remember seeing people on the bridges and overhead walkways, waving flags and vetrans standing at attention as the cars rushed beneath them on the highway. Everything from that day seemed so surreal at the time, you didn't want to watch the tv but yet you couldn't turn it off either. The one question that Eric asked me that was the hardest to answer was "Mom, what makes a person want to be a part of a group that kills other people because they think God is telling them too?" He told me that there was no way God would tell anyone to do what these people did. I agree. Now, as we go on with our lives and I listen to news stories of people wanting to take the Pledge of Allegiance out of our schools or at least the "one nation under God..." part I think to myself how can you demand such a thing and who are the pleding their allegiance too? Right now I tell my kids to just love one another and be kind to each other and just have faith and believe. God Bless America 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 story3084.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. 216.160.20.110