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. On September 11th my husband and I were on a trip with a group of adults from Pittsburgh at Rocking Horse Ranch in N.Y. about 90 miles from NY City. When we came down for breakfast on that tragic morning the televisions were on and one of the Towers were in smoke. We saw the second plane hit and shortly after all HELL broke loose. We heard that one plane went down in Pittsburgh and tried calling home. There were no phone lines for hours to call home. It was simply terrifying. When I finally did get through to my parents, dad was very shaken but seemed fine. We carried on as best as we could that day. There were no planes in the skies, air traffic had been haulted. No birds or insects dared invade this air space either. Not a single animal was to be seen in the woods. It was very errie, it was like the whole world just STOPPED! Little did I know just how this day would impact my whole family. My father had a heart attack and died on the morning of Sept.14th.we believe from the shock and stress of seeing the planes go down. You see in WWII my father was a Tailgunner and his plane crashed. He was the only member on board to survive. September 11th will be a day that sent a ripple of grief across the globe. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I lost the two most important people in the world to be beause of that day. My father had a heart attack on 9/14 and they four months to the day my mother died also. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? The thing I think we should remember is that there is evil in this world but we can't let evil win. I am so very proud of the people on that plane in Pennsylvanil who died in order to save others. I am also so proud to be an AMERICAN, look how we rallied and pulled together to help everyone who needed our help no matter what the cost to themselves. 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? We fly our FLAG proudly every day. In fact my daughter who lives in Canada has an American Flag as well as a Canaian flag on her porch. She married a fine young Canadian three years ago and he proudly wears an American lfag pin. 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 nmah6858.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. 2004-10-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.136.26.225