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. A September 11 Perspective by Grant Olan I was nowhere near the scenes of attacks. Though I was in DC, I was on the other side of the city from the Pentagon. Yet, upon hearing of the attacks, I felt I couldnt be any closer to the scenes. Lest we forget, though we all hoped the scope of the attacks were limited, we had no knowledge of the extent of the plot at the timethe entire East Coast could have been a target. I was at my desk for my current employer, Cafe Deluxe and Tortilla Coast Restaurants, when my co-worker, Heather, sitting catty-corner to me, got off the phone with her mother and turned around to announce a plane had collided into one of the WTC towers. The few of us in the office did not seem to think of it as anything other than a tragic accident. So, without much comment, we all turned back to our work. We must have all been thinking about what happened because there was barely a peep until Heathers mom called again and she started crying. We all stopped, waited for her to put down the phone and tell us another plane crashed into the second tower. I immediately thought this is how it must have felt upon the news of John Kennedys assassination. It wasnt until the benefit concert that the shock finally started to fade and the reconciliation process begin. When Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Bank kicked off the program with My City of Ruins, I knew everything was going to be all right, that Americans would feel the same way and pull together towards the common causes of compassion and humility. September 11, while horrific and wicked, was a glorious wake up call. That made me prouder than ever to be an American. 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 nmah5286.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. 2002-11-15 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 12.98.110.146