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. The day of September 11, 2001 started like every other day, but ended like no other day in the history of our country. I was in school, sitting down talking to my friends in the gym, when I one of my friends told me that a plane had just hit one of the twin towers. I started to laugh. I told him that such a thing was impossible. He told me that he was serious, however I still did not believe him. A few minutes later, my teacher came in with a radio. The whole class listened as the radio clarified that a plane had struck one of the towers. I was completely filled with surprise. I tried to make sense of the crash. Maybe the plane had a problem and just crashed, I thought. Later that period I was proved wrong when I heard that another plane had hit the second tower. At that point I was in shock. Who would do such a horrible thing? Other students became very upset and some started to cry. I still could not get over the fact that it happened. On my way to next period I saw many students crying and worrying about someone they know who worked in the buildings. When I arrived at my next class, my teacher was in panic. His daughter went to the NYU and her dormatory was right across from the World Trade Centers. The class was very worried and throughtout the whole period everyone just sat in shock. The next period was the worst of all. We were sitting in the class talking about the tragedy, when my teacher says that there has been a bomb threat on the school. The whole class went crazy. Everyone rushed out of the room and headed to the parking lot where we stood for about 45 minutes. In fear for my life, my parents came to school and picked my brother and me up. We headed straight home and watched the news. I watched in horror as the first building fell. I could not comprehend what had just happened. The fall of the second tower proved that this was not a dream. The events of September 11th have changed the way all Americans live. I will never forget that day or the heros who saved so many lives. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? 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? 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 nmah3747.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. 209.158.161.206