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 alarm goes off at 5:15 am every work day. My daily routine is to get out of bed, go downstairs, let the dogs out, get my morning cup of coffee, let the dogs back in, head upstairs, and take my morning shower. I then start getting ready to go to work. I turn on the morning news, about 5:50 am. I start curling my hair and glance around the dressing area, waiting to hear what the weather will be for the day. Instead on the TV screen are the twin towers covered with what looks like rain or snow, and fire on one side of the building. Shocked, I stop getting ready for work and am watching the TV and realize what I thought was rain was actually glass falling from broken windows. The news people were reporting that a plane had flown into the building. Shock, sick feeling in my stomach. Then, on the screen, comes another plane and I watch and it flies into the other tower. I yell to my husband, who is still asleep in bed, "John, look at the television - this is terrorism!" My husband sits straight up looking toward to television. He announces to me that "I can't see a thing - I don't have my glasses on". When he puts on his glasses, my loving husband says to me, "Barbara, do you know how many airports there are in the NY area...this is obviously an air traffic controller's mistake!" After much discussion, I was able to convince my husband that our Country had been attacked. The air traffic controllers were harmless!! We, as a country, however, will never be the same. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I feel less safe now. It makes me think about people who spend their lives thinking of ways to hurt others. It makes me sad to think about my 14 year old son, and how his world will be very different from the one grew up in, and wondering how it will be for my 1 year old Granddaughter, Haley. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? We should remember the heroes of 9-11. We should remember how united the country became. How proud we are to be American citizens. 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? Absolutely!! We also put the flag stickers on our car windows. I am proud to be an American citizen, and want everyone to know it. 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 nmah5217.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. 2002-10-09 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.79.73.40