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 working only eight blocks away from the World Trade Center when it was attacked. We were all huddled around a television when all of a sudden our entire building shook and the lights flickered on and off. Since I work directly across from the Federal Building my first thought was that it was a plane coming in for that building. When I realized it was the first tower that had collapsed I had no idea where or how it fell and I knew there was another tower still standing so we evacuated our building and started walking north. We walked silently with hundreds of other people in shock. It was so surreal, people gathered around cars with radios on, some looking at television sets in windows of stores and apartments. By then the military had dispatched fighter planes but everytime I heard them I started shaking, thinking it was another highjacked plane. We got as far as the Village when the second tower collapsed. All I kept thinking was "My God, they're gone." At that point my focus was to make it home in Queens where I would feel safe. Every building I passed in Manhattan was just another target. It took me a long time to stop being afraid of planes flying over me but even now, hearing a plane will get my heart beating a little faster. It still breaks by heart when I see that empty space in the sky where the World Trade Center used to be and I say a little prayer for the victims who didn't get to make it home that day. 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 story1531.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. 2002-08-28 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 152.163.188.6