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 work for a Transit Company which transports the disabled, handicapped and the elderly to and from appointments Etc. On September 11, 2001 I was in my vehcile waiting for another ride and talking to my girlfriend when the first plane hit. Of course being from Minnesota I had no way of knowing what the weather conditions were in New York so I figured someone really messed up a flight plan. When the second plane hit I knew instinctively something was really wrong. Not until the Petagon was hit did it sink in that we might be at war and all thoughts went to how to protect my loved ones and where is this going to lead. I am a Viet Nam Vet and I was ready to do anything again for this Country. I became very solemn and quiet around 11am and I remember my last two passengers that day as if it were yesterday. They were man and wife and both physically and mentally challenged. The wife was sobbing and asking her husband what was going to happen to them. She was very scared. Her husband did his best to console her and I'll never forget those two people and the feeling we all had about what was going to happen to us and this Beautiful Country we live in. I clocked out at about 1pm and, like the rest of the country, I went home and was horrified at what I saw on the TV. There were no tears yet, but they came later. I have three children and my girlfiend has two children and on Friday night we lit candles for all of them and let them burn through the night. We held each other and cried and cried and cried. As I sit and write this I know those candles were not only for our Children, but for all the Children and Mothers and Fathers lost in the raids of 9/11. For all the families who lost loved ones on 9/11 I want say you have my deepest sympathy. To all the those whos helped in the aftemath I want to say THANK YOU!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!! 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 story7587.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. 2002-09-16 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 67.250.208.134