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 at Midway Airport. I missed my flight to St. Louis and was scheduled on a later one. I was walking down the concourse when I heard a man having his shoes shined tell someone on his cell phone that "a plane just crashed into the World Trade Center". I thought to myself how funny it was that this man could believe such a silly rumor. As I got closer to my gate I realized that I was the only one walking down the concourse. You could hear a pin drop. It was surreal. I realized everyone in the airport was standing in front of the TV monitors. That's when I saw it. I got there just in time to watch the second plane hit. I was stunned. There are no words to describe how I felt even to this day. I think I felt fear mostly. I felt violated. I always thought no one could touch us here. We're supposed to be safe here. Things like this happen in other countries they don't happen here. Who could hate us that much? I was standing at my gate watching this happen with a group of people waiting to catch a plane to New York. I felt so sorry for them. I tried to imagine which ones were from there and which ones were just traveling in. Who had family there? Who had friends there? How would I feel if this was happening here in Chicago? I could hardly breath. Minutes later, the airport announced that all flights were cancelled. All I knew was that I wanted to get home. I wanted to be with my kids and my family. I wasn't going to work, I wasn't going anywhere but home to hold my babies. How very precious we all are. How very precious our country is. May we never ever take these things for granted. 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 story3802.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. 205.188.209.38