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. It was a day that the world will never forget..... My personal experience began with a phone call from my step-father telling me to turn on the television-----and then the next several hours were horrific for everyone and personally worrisome for me because I didn't know where my daughter was. She was working about six blocks from the World Trade Center and, when the first plane hit, her building was evacuted immediately. They were not told anything so when she and her friends got to the street they headed toward the trade center thinking that perhaps a small plane had crashed and wanting to see what was going on. They saw the second plane hit and then were horrified when the first building collapsed. They just stood and stared not believing what they were seeing until the cloud of debis started coming towards them and they turned and ran. When they got to the Brooklyn Bridge the police made them go over it. People slowed to a walk on the bridge thinking that they were safe but my daughter, still not knowing if this was a war and if there would be another attack, took her shoes off and ran faster over the bridge! When she got to Brooklyn she borrowed money, having left everything behind when she evacuated her office, and tried to call her husband in New Jersey but that service wasn't available so she called me. After I asked all the questions about how she was, I told her that the second tower had collapsed. She turned and told the crowd that was nearby about this and I could hear them passing the word and gasping. It was very weird that they were a part of this horrible day and I was the one to tell them about the second tower! NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I live in a small town where changes are not evident so the only difference occurs when I travel. However, emotionally I guess that I've changed. I am not obsessed but I am waiting for the next thing to happen and I'm afraid that I am more aware of the world's vulnerability. I do worry about my daughter who still works in Manhatten. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think that we should remember that a whole religion did not do this horrible thing---just a few irrational people. We need to never forget and never be satified until we have eradicated terrorism. And we need to always remember those who died and those who were injured and their families and friends. So many people were affected..May God Bless them all. 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 did. I have always been a very patriotic person but not necessarily the flag waving kind. Now I have a flag flying at my home and one in the back window of my car. This American unity is something good that has come from a horrific experience. 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 nmah5263.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. 2002-10-29 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 63.214.67.69