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. I was at work in Knoxville, TN at Whirlpool. The phones slowed to a crawl and everyone was gathering in our large break room, there was atleast a hundred of us gathered and gasping in front of the TV as they were talking about the first tower. Then as I started to go back to my desk I saw the other plane hit right there in front of my eyes. It was devistating, I thought what town is next? Could it be us? What about my kids. I called the school to see that they were safe. I called my ex husband and he was already on his way to pick them up. He said he wanted them to be with one of us on this day of horror to ensure their feeling of safety. I tried to call my family in Atlanta and the phones were becoming impossible to get thru. I called my boyfriend and we cried together as he was listening to the radio on his job site. As I went back to the break room. Our company shut down the phones to give us time to deal with what was going on. As I saw the TV, the first tower come crashing down and although you could have dropped a pin on the floor and heard it all over our building at that moment. We were all as scared as one another. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I spend a lot of time worrying about family, kids and people I feel close to, people I didn't worry about before this day. Now I felt I should forgive and forget all past grovels and start over fresh and loving everyone and cherishing every moment. I spent weeks engulfed in the news, radio, everything that had to do with that dredful day. I stopped watching regular TV shows or going out anywhere and my friends told me to escape from all of it and stop worrying that it wasn't healthy. I did but I remember that day every day. The images are engraved in my head and show up all the time. I don't think they will ever fade. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think we need to remember how insecure we felt then and how we possibly feel now. We should not let our guard down. We need to pray every day for those who are gone and who they left behind. We should remember every day that it could have just have easily been us. In any other state other than New York. We need to keep in mind who did this and know that he will have to answer to his GOD and he will be persecuted there if not here on earth. 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? Yes, and I still do. I will leave it up until it is to tathered to fly 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 nmah3628.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. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 158.52.254.238