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. Hi. My name is Heather L London (formerly Perschilli). On September 11, I was in the US Air Force in a class that prepares military members for the transition back to civilain life. As I walked into class, the television was on. I seen smoke coming off of one of the Twin Towers. We all thought a small plane had accidentally crashed into the tower. Then, we watched as the second plane came and hit the second tower, that was when we knew for sure that was no accident. As soon as that happened, the teacher, who was a civilian, informed us that the base was immediately closing to civilians and that we were all to report immediately to our duty stations. (We were all dressed in civilian clothes, which was a requirement for the class.) That was when things got hectic. I went straight to my duty station, in my skirt and high heels and when I walked in, everyone was glued to the TV. We had to stay there for a few hours. We were all so much in shock. It didn't really hit us until all the work phones and personal cell phones started ringing like crazy. Our families and friends calling to make sure we were ok, and to tell us they were ok, and also to tell us of people that may not be ok. To tell us of family and friends that may have been in the towers. I know for at least two weeks my husband and I were glued to the television. Tears running from our eyes every so often. It was just such a sad sad time. It was so hard to see all of the people who were looking for their loved ones. I remember flying to visit my family soon after and just uncontrolably crying on the plane, just imagining how scary and horrible it must have been for all of those innocent people, and how unbelievably brave all of those men and women were on the planes that tried to stop those horrible men! Then sooo many people lost loved ones, some lost more than one. I also remember going to eat at a restaurant with my co-worker in our uniforms. A man came over and thanked us for all that we sacrifice for our country and he bought our dinner. That really touched us. 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? I think every detail of it should be remembered. 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 had a flag everywhere possible. I think that the American flag is one the the most beautiful and meaningful things in the world. 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 nmah5553.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. 2003-06-25 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 192.31.106.34