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 had just gotten back home to Iowa from a trip to visit relatives in New York. I was planning on spending a lazy Tuesday reading and cleaning up my apartment because I did not have to be back at work until Wednesday. I woke at about 9:00 CST and turned on CNN, as I normally would. Aaron Brown was standing on the roof of a CNN office facing the now smoldering WTC, when right behind him, live, the South Tower collapsed. My stomach knotted up the way it does when you're expecting to get bad news. I felt sick. My grandfather had been one of the first Port Authority employees to have an office in 1WTC, up on the 84th floor. I had heard stories of how he had been shown his office which was located toward the outside of the building, before the glass had been put in place on his floor. Like me, he was terrified of heights and clung to a wall, asking to be relocated away from any windows. "Thank God he's not around to see this," I thought to myself. It seemed like a hollywood action movie horribly and ironically come to life. I spent the rest of the day staring up at the eerily calm blue sky. Iowa is "fly-over" country for many transcontinental routes, and on a normal day, the sky is laced with contrails. The sky was empty that day, except for when the president's plane landed in Omaha and then returned to Washington. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I used to like to go take photos of the birds catching fish out of the Mississippi at lock and dam 16 near Muscatine. It was relaxing, and you could spend hours there seeing nature and watching cargo barges get locked up and down the river. Because of anthrax or other scares, the dam is now closed to civilians. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? The horror of watching people who had no other option thrust themselves out of 90th story windows and float to the ground. That that should be something no one should ever have to see again. 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? No, I did not. I felt conflicted about it, it felt jingoistic to me, yet I wanted to express solidarity. I ended up getting an FDNY bumpersticker. 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 nmah222.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. 2002-08-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 12.217.226.23