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 woke up one morning to talk to my fiance on Instant Messenger. I had just started Graduate School in Georgia, my fiance was at work in the DC area. I remember vividly when the first thing he had said to me was, "A plane flew into the World Trade Center." It had just happened, it was a little before 9am. My heart sank and I typed back naively, "I'm sure it was an accident, right?" And just then, the second plane hit the other tower... We logged off of the computer and I spent the next two hours glued to the TV. The Pentagon, the collapse of the towers...I tried calling everyone I knew in the DC area but couldn't get through to anyone. I called the nearest hospital and asked if I could donate blood - they told me to call Red Cross. I did and the girl I spoke to hadn't heeard, I told her and she said it would take them a few hours to get set but yes, please come in. I left then and waited 6 hours to do the only thing I knew to help. Then I found out it probably would not help, there were so few survivors. My roommate came home and we sat together on the couch. Her friends called to see if she wanted to go and talk with them, she turned them down. I was grateful that she elected to stay home with me, as I had only arrived a few weeks earlier and had no friends or family in the area. There was very little talking - a lot of silence and a lot of crying. There were no words that could express our grief for the loss of life or our true terror and non-comprehension over the sheer evil behind the plot that was executed that day. 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 fellowship. How the first thing people did was forget about themselves to help the people, the strangers around them in any way they could. 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 nmah2664.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. 2002-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.32.107.43