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 will always think about school buses when I remember 9/11/01: big, yellow school buses, and happy, oblivious children. It was a beautiful Boulder, Colorado morning and I was up at seven, getting my son ready for school. The television was on kids stuff so I didn?t hear the news until I was driving him to school. At first I flipped through the channels until I realized there was no music; it was all news. That?s when I heard about the WTC. We were two hours behind so it had already happened, and the funny thing was no one was saying anything about terrorists. I was thinking, what an awful coincidence. I think I was just so secure in the fact that America does not have terrorist attacks. We are safe here. As soon as I dropped my little boy at school, (it?s a good thing I didn?t hear terrorists, or I would have taken him straight home) I rushed home and woke my husband. He was not normally home at that time, but that day he was sleeping in. From then on we were glued to the television. I honestly cannot say how many times I saw those planes hit those towers but I never got used to it. I don?t think I ever will. We got a wake up call that day. These things were happening all around the world, but we were so insulated here, so safe. Every time I think of 911 I will remember the school buses and the kids. I will think of childhood?s end and innocence lost. I think America grew up that day, and that makes me sad. Growing up can be so hard. 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 story10248.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. 2003-12-09 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.170.83.90