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 Toward a More Perfect Union Approximately one year ago, on September 11, 2001, our nation was tested by the evil acts of terrorists hijackers; however, I ask myself, What have we learned about our nation since the tragic events of 9/11?. After the September 11th attacks, I have noticed that they have had a major impact on most people nationally and internationally. The events of 9/11 affected everyone in the nation because we can no longer be sure of how safe our country really is even though it is the most powerful nation in the world. I still can t believe that the terrorist hijackers hijacked four planes on the same day. To make matters worse, they used them on the symbols of our nations economy and on the symbol of our nations military power. The 9/11 events affected other countries as well, such as Afghanistan and France. If it were not for the terrorist attacks, the U.S. wouldnt have attacked Afghanistan, and Afghanistan wouldnt have been freed from Al Qaida rule. France, on the other hand, was affected because ever since the 9/11 attacks, the tourism rate decreased by about 8.6%. Before the attacks tourism was at approximately 11.6 million people, which means that after 9/11, tourism decreased by approximately 1 million people. Our nations largest companies have received the biggest impact because they have either collapsed (like Enron and World.com), gone corrupted, or had to lay off many people to help its business. It is really disappointing that we cant trust our nation s financial leaders because of the fear that even they will collapse and with them would go our money. A year ago we watched these tragic events, and we shall remember that we lived through the worst events in American history. 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 tp132.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. 2003-03-03 Notes Notes about this item. San Benito High School Assigned by John Hand English 4