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: My husband called me within minutes of the first plane crashing into the WTC. I had never seen, let alone heard, him cry. He told me he loved me. I knew something was horribly wrong. I told the staff what was going on. The secretary, the director ,and the lead teacher all sat there with a look of disbelief. For the first time in my entire life I felt vulnerable. I also felt the inmense responsibility that caring for children can bring in a situation like this. What of the schools and hundreds of children in that area? What about my uncle and cousins that live in New York? What about us? What is going to happen next? The staff took turns stepping outside to make calls on their cell phones frantically trying to reach loved ones in New York. We also took turns crying. Myself and two other teachers had lived in New York. It was the most difficult day of my life. I had to act as if everything was alright so as not to alarm the children. At that time we did not know the full extent of damages the country had suffered. We knew the the second tower at the WTC had been hit. We knew the Pentagon had succumbed to a similar fate and the rumors of a crash in Pennsylvania were just that, rumors. By early afternoon the majority of our children had been picked up by completely different people. Everyone had aged and the fear of the unkown lay heavy in everyone's eyes, as did the rage and fury. And so began the day that changed my generation. My parents had the assasination of a president. We had the unthinkable murder of thousands. All for what? So it goes, my life. Ive changed professions and many say I've changed myself. Maybe. All I know is that in about two weeks I'm going home to New York. I'm going to say good-bye to an old and beloved friend. And I'll try not to remember visiting my uncle in what I thought was the "biggestest" building in the world: The World Trade Center. I have a feeling that I'll fail at forgeting. Hopefully, so will the rest of America and the world. 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 story1333.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. 2002-08-20 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 208.61.153.139