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. This from my personal journal: The world has changed dramatically since my last entry! The week following seemed normal until that Tuesday, when entering the Corporate Marketing open space and seeing people huddled around a small radio (or TV) I had the first inkling that something was amiss. Within an hour we were heading back out of the building in a forced evacuation. I had called [my wife] to tell her of the first two planes crashing into the World Trade Center, as I was talking to her the news of the plane crashing into the Pentagon was broadcast over the cubicles. We talked for a minute of what this meant to her and her charges; she determined that life would go on for the 3- and 4-year olds in the Cooperative and Day Nursery School. It was a surreal day full of images that play back often, almost without provocation: being the last to leave the cavernous office - shutting down the PCs and lights that were left on as if in a hasty escape; receiving an email from my brother in NJ just as I was shutting down "...I know the planes came from Boston - are you alright up there?"; the calm with which everyone walked in the streets of the city to the subway and the trains to return home (still in shock, no doubt); the construction worker in the subway who told me that the entire Big Dig had been shut down and cleared out in 20 minutes; coming home and parking in front of the TV before the kids got home, watching the footage of the second planes impact as the networks started to collect it - first some shaky home videos, progressing to the chilling view up over a mans shoulder of the huge plane slowly appearing from the left and crossing the remaining space to sheer into the second tower, which completely absorbs it; the discussion around the dinner table as to whether or not the Middle School teachers should or should not have told the students what was happening; the realization upon reading the Boston Globe the next day that Richard Ross, a man I had considered going into business with at one time, was on American 11 and had died in the tragedy. 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? The warmth and humanity we all suddenly found within ourselves. Our willingness to consider the needs of others. The rapid proliferation of flags in car windows, on porches, corporate facades and painted on children's faces. The surge of billboards proclaiming "God Bless America!" and the singing of patriotic songs at baseball games. 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! I hung my father's military casket flag across the front porch of my house. No - as a veteran and an Eagle Scout I have always had a great deal of respect for what the flag stands for and where it has gone in the interest of peace and freedom. I have been heartened to see so many others who were less cognizant of its importance in world affairs and history become even the least bit more aware, some even repsectful, of our flag. 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 nmah37.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. 2002-06-27 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.181.240.133