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 am a 24 year old girl from Norway with american family. I was at a staff meeting at the hotel I work in, when one of my coworkers came in half an hour to late. He told us all about this accident that had happened in New York. After the meeting I was on reception duty, but wanted to catch the news befor I started. That was the beginnig of a day that I to this date remember every minute of. It was unimaginable that people where actually dying infront of us. This was happening on the other side of the world at the same moment as we saw it on tv. A few hours after the first crash, a group of 6 americans arrived at the hotel. I realized they didn`t know, and I had to be the one to break the horrible news to them. Of course, they where from New York. The rest of that evening and night (this happened in the afternoon norwegian time) I spent just beeing there for my guests and helping out in any way I could. I didn`t finish work until 3 o`clock in the morning, and when I came home I turned the tv on again. That`s when I started to understand this was actually real. I cried until the first rays of sunshine came up in the horizon. At work the next morning the group of americans had left me a 20 dollar bill and a thank you-note. Both of them are now framed on the wall in my living room. The 20 dollars showing a picture of The White House with the text; In God We Trust. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I think before I act in a lot of ways. Life is too short to throw away on misunderstanding. I do things I normally wouldn`t do. Life; again, is too short to waste. Just do it!! Don what you want, don`t waste time. Remember to tell your loved once that you love them. I smile more and help out as much as I can. After the tragedy I have 2 mottos; "Life is now" and " A stranger is a friend you haven`t met yet". NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think it should all be remembered. Especially the human side of it. How we all came together as one nation, one world and one people. Of course we must never forget the trgedy, but something good came out of it after all. We all became eachothers helpers, and we must never forget the "spirit" we had then. If we could all help eachother out like we did then, the world would be a better place. 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? I am norwegian, but still bought an american flag and did fly it. To day, exactly one year later we put the flag up on half post and lit candels in our front yard. I think everyone shuld do that in years to come on september 11th. Everytime I see the American flag I am filled with emotions about this day. All the momories about the day comes back. 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 nmah4301.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. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 212.169.80.186