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: Australia is about 16 hours ahead of the USA so I first saw the newsflash at 11pm. My God. A plane has hit the WTC. My big brother is on vacation in NY. He called me from the Empire State Building earlier today. I didn't know where to contact him so I stayed up all night watching the news updates and hoping he'd call. At 6am my time he called in tears telling me he'd lost his friend who worked at the Windows restaurant. "Who's responsible for this?", I asked and he said a name that I hadn't heard before but I think everyone in the world now knows. Bin Laden. I called my friends. Some didn't realise what had happened as they'd gone to sleep before it was broadcast. At that time I had 3 children. I felt sick wondering if any small children had lost their lives. My husband, a giant Cook Islander was moved to tears as we watched people holding up signs showing photos of their loved ones. Photos of happy, smiling faces. People who didn't realise the awful fate that lay ahead of them. Innocent victims in a hateful act of terrorism. On the first anniversary of the attacks my brother was on a local talk show (he's a psychiatrist) offering advice and encouragement to those in need when he announced that his sister in Australia (me!) had delivered a beautiful baby boy. A little bit of happiness on a sad, sad day. People cheered and cried. On the second anniversary of September 11 I delivered another baby, this time a delightful little girl. The lives of my babies can never replace those that were lost but I will teach them the significance of their birthdate and encourage them to lead good, caring lives. In memory of those we will never forget. 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 story10356.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. 2004-01-21 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 211.29.136.13