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: Like millions of other people I was watching the Today show when they cut away to the shot of the first plane hitting the tower. Perhaps like some others, my first reaction was that it must be an accident; the plane looked small in the TV shot and so I assumed it must be a commuter plane. But when the second plane hit, that optimistic assumption about an accident was shattered. As I headed out to work, I thought that it would be interesting to collect online reactions to the unfolding events and "flashbulb memories." But I worried that such an effort might be seen as exploitative of the tragedy. My tendency to minimize or underestimate the scope or the events continued. When we heard on the car radio, a report of fire at the Pentagon, I suggested that it must by hysteria--how could something simultaneously be happening in Northern Virginia. Later, when I heard speculation that the WTC might collapse, I dismissed that as well. It was all much worse than I or anyone could have assumed. 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 story264.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. 2002-03-17 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 140.247.82.236 Annotation Annotations to this item. DC:2