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: September 11, 2001 began like any other day. I awoke around 6:00 AM, showered, dressed, ate breakfast and drove to work (0.5 miles). I am a Documentation Manager for DBT Inc. A colleague of mine always had his radio on while working. Around 8:50 Am that morning he announced that a private plane had hit the World Trade Center. About 10 of us gathered around his radio to listen as history unfolded that day. A little while later we head that a second plane had hit the other Trade Center building. Then we heard they were 767 commercial planes. I went home that day for lunch and turned on CNN. What I witnessed was an unbelievable event. Watching CNN, I saw people jumping out of window from the 80th or 90th floors. It was very hard to believe such an event had occurred and had occurred here in the USA. As the news unfolded that day I heard a plane had hit the Pentagon and that I had crashed in Somerset County, right here in Pennsylvania. How could this be happening, I asked my self. What terrorist's group would commit suicide to further their strength? Although I was not directly involved in this tragedy, those events of 9-11-01 have affected all our lives. The stocks fell, airlines were in deep financial situations and America will never quite be the same. I travel frequently on my job and have discovered that getting on a plane now is quite different than it was two-years ago. The way of life that we (Americans) had become to know had changed and will probably never be the same again. I had planned to retire in the next few years, now I believe I may never know or enjoy retirement. God Bless America Terry Ryan, Documentation Manger DBT Inc. 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 story2502.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. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.211.80.106