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 TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story 3,000 miles away from Ground Zero, I sat in the eerie silence that accompanied grounded airplanes. As my own foundation of trust came crumbling down, I questioned the morality of human beings. When I received an e-mail response from my friend, Maureen, my bitterness and grief grew. Yes, she replied, her husband, Simon, worked for Cantor Fitzgerald. Yes, he was at work when the first plane hit. Yes, he was among the "missing." I could no longer control my pessimism. I lay awake at night, sure that a backfiring car was a bomb that had just blown up the cafe across the street. I was afraid to drive across the Golden Gate Bridge for fear that terrorists were lurking in the fog. I glared at my neighbors who spoke in foreign tongues. When I finally reached Maureen, she had just put the last of her 3 young children to bed. Her voice had the nasal congestion sound that comes with too much crying. "You wouldnt believe it," Maureen said between sniffles. "The kindness of people is overwhelming. Theres a lady that I always see walking her dog past my house. Shes left a basket filled with food every single day for the last week. My co-workers went downtown and plastered pictures of Simon all over the place. They had a vigil on my street for the kids and me. People are sending me money from everywhere." I was amazed. Who would have thought that Maureen would be the one to lift my spirits? But in the depths of her own Ground Zero, Maureen had recognized something Id too quickly forgotten: in spite of everything, there is incredible kindness in 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 tp66.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. 2003-02-28