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: Oregon is in a different time zone (3 hours behind NY) so I was awakened by news broadcasts on my clock radio instead of music. There was such an urgency in the reports that I thought for a moment I must be dreaming and said 'oh, shut up' to the radio. After a few moments, I was able to focus on what was being said and got up to turn on the television. The visions were shocking and I truly thought this must be the end of the world as we know it. My husband was worried about his daughter (Michelle) who was living in New York City - we didn't know exactly where she was at that moment, but we knew she and her husband were expecting their first child in October; we also knew she was on maternity leave. My husband tried to phone her and, of course, all the lines were busy. In desperation, he called Michelle's mom (his ex-wife) in Portland, Oregon and got her message machine. He said he was very worried about Michelle and Chris (her husband) and asked that he be called when the message was received. He left for work, still not knowing anything about Michelle. In about 2 hours Michelle's mother called. She was in New York visiting with Michelle but had called Oregon to check her messages; Michelle was ok and Chris had been in New Jersey on business that day. The bridges into NY were closed so Chris couldn't get back for a day or two, but at least they were both safe. Since then, Michelle and Chris have become parents to Grayson, a most beautiful son and have moved to White Plains. They lived 15 blocks from ground zero. 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 story4924.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. 204.203.49.96