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. September 11th started out as a regular day for me. I woke up at 4:30 a.m because I had to open up the healthclub that I worked at. I remember how beautiful the morning was. I got to work around 5:25 a.m, twenty minutes early, So I would have time to eat breakfast. When I finished my breakfast I turned all of the television's on. I put them on all of the news stations because the club is in the financial district in Boston. The majority of the members are business people who like to watch CNN, MSNBC, FOX News as well as the local news. They would always watch the news while they exercised so they would know what was going on in the world. Everything was normal until around 8:50 a.m when one of the stations that was on said that there was a fire at the World Trade Center. At first no one thought anything of it until they showed Tower 1 on fire with a huge whole in it's side. The anchor then said that either a missile or a plane hit the tower. When they said it was a plane everyone thought it was a terrible accident until we saw the other plane hit Tower 2 right before our eyes. Then we heard about the Pentagon being hit and seeing the video of it on fire. I will never forget the look on everyone's faces that were there. Everyone was just in shock. We could not believe what we were seeing. By that point no one was working out. Everyone was watching the T.V's. Everyone stood there watching until both towers were gone. It felt like an eternity standing there watching everything unfold. To this day I still think about what happened. It is still fresh in my mind how such a beautiful day turned into such a nightmare. One of the many things that I learned on September 11th,is that life is to short to take things for granted. Live for today because you never know when you will be gone. Take the time to tell someone you care about, that you love them. I am very proud of how this country came together after everything that happened. I have never been more proud to be an American. The people of this country proved once again that this is the greatest country in the world. UNITED WE STAND! GOD BLESS AMERICA! Francis C. Corvino J.r South Boston Massachusetts NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I look at things differently now. I appreciate life more. I try to not let the little things in life bother me. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? Everything that happened that day and the days that followed. How the country came togehter to rally around New York and the rest of the victims I hope that we never forget. I will never forget what happened on September 11th. I will remember it for the rest of my life. 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. Both of my grandfather's served in the military during World War II so I have always had a lot of respect for the flag that they and thousands of other men and now women fight to protect everyday. I believe it should be against the law to burn the American 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 nmah5630.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. 2003-09-02 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.163.219.116