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 and realized that I had forgotten to set my alarm clock, which is pretty normal, but my parents hadn't come in to wake me up, which is not. I heard footsteps outside my door, and called my dad in. He sat on the edge of my bed and said that two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Centers. I had no idea what that meant. I went to take a shower. It wasn't until I went out for breakfast that I realized that CNN was on, and it's NEVER on in the morning. Even my mom was watching it. I started getting scared and asking questions. What were the World Trade Centers? I'm not sure if I ever got a clear answer to that one. What will happen? My mom was postitive that this would be a day forever remembered, like December 7th,when Pearl Harbor was bombed. When did this happen? Early in the morning, in America time. We live in Indonesia, halfway around the world, about 15 hours different from America. For us, it was on live at about 10:00 PM. My parents said that they had seen the second plane crash, but I was already in bed. At school, all my American friends were giving what they heard or saw on TV and the internet. One of our Austrailian teachers hadn't even realized anything until he got to school, and overheard one of his students talking about it.We had to beg our tachers to let us watch CNN in the library. Some let us. They wee interested too. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Well, since I live in Indonesia, but I'm American and I visit the US every summer, I spend a lot of time on airplanes, and you know that they've changed a lot. Also I think that i've been thinking more, being more mindful. I hope this happened in everyone's mind. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? That the world will be a better place if we just try. 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? Living overseas, I have always felt a strong patriotism, but now it is even stronger. I sorta feel like I would have liked to be in the US, just to see all the flags waving. 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 nmah2969.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. 202.155.42.212