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: Bearing Witness to History" Stories Submitted Online Description An account of the resource Visitors to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History's, "Bearing Witness to History" online exhibition submitted these reflections beginning in 2002. NMAH Story NMAH Story: Story How did you witness history on September 11th? Share your experience. My fiance and I witnessed 9-11 on the Tri-Boro Bridge, heading into NYC for what we thought would be a nice vacation. After seeing the second plane hit the WTC Tower, the freeways into Manhattan were closed, and we were dropped off in Queens. The towers colapsed. At this point we decided to head for Connecticut. After getting in touch with our family back home in Seattle, we proceded to walk with our bags for 8 miles to a Church. At 3pm, public transportation was reopened, and we made our way out to Port Jefferson on Long Island, took the ferry to Bridgeport, CT then a train to New Haven, where family met us. We finally made it to bed around 2:30am on the 12th of September. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Our lives have changed greatly. As with most people we experienced the surge in patriotism. Beyond this, I don't let things bother me anymore. If I don't get to work at promptly 8AM, it doesn't matter. Life is just too short to be stressed about such trivial matters. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I can only think of a quote a General said after the battle of Iwo-Jima. "Uncommon valor, was a common virtue that day." NMAH Story: Flag Did you fly an American flag after the events of September 11th? Have your feelings about the American flag changed as a result of September 11th? I can't say that after 9/11 the American Flag was flown over my home, as it has always flown above my home. The flag symbolizes everything that is good about this country, and it is wonderful for me to see people beaming with pride when the flag is flown. 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 nmah5536.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. 2003-05-30 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.14.31.230