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 don't know if this site is exclusivley for Americans but I would like to add a perspective from a UK citizen. I was in a meeting untill 10 minutes after the second plane went in. We came out and a guy from the sales floor told us that two planes had hit the WTC. We were all a bit sceptical untill we looked on the web and saw the initial grainy pics from the BBC. We bought a radio and listened. We listened all afternoon till it was time to get the tube home and as soon as we got in we tuned to the BBC (in my case, because I have a satellite dish, it was the BBC Sky News and CNN). We watched into the early hours then switched on again after a few hours sleep while getting ready for work. I phoned all my relatives just to check in because we had planes being diverted away from London's airspace, tall buildings being evacuated and emergency measures being talked about on all media. I think even then we knew the best way to combat all of this was to work on. Keep the wheels of our way of life turning and denying those who would destroy us the satisfaction of seeing us afraid and paraylised by their acts. That afternoon was horrific and brutal but we kept working through it even though what we produce is pretty trivial in the great scheme of things. We tried to get to grips with the possibilities, who and why and what would follow. The overwhelming fellings I take from that day were fear and rage. When my children ask why it all happened I don't know what I'll tell tham, but, I will tell them that a lot of people were killed to very little purpose by others who made the greatest mistake that humans can make with each other: seeing other people as objects that only matter as a statement be they terrorists or people in government commiting the atrocity for their cause. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. My life has changed to the extent that I carry a gas mask to work every day because I travel on the tube (one of the deep lines) and I have a horror of being trapped 200 feet underground whith the tunnels filling up with smoke. Apart from that I lead my life listening to nobody, especially religious fanatics of any stripe, when they try to tell me I am evil or corrupt just because I was born different to them. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? That there is nothing, no matter how stupid or outlandish, that a group of people will not commit mass murder over no matter how trivial it all might seem to you. 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? Patriotisim is the virtue of the vicious and I think we've all had enough of that. Too many American's are using this attrocity as an excuse to instigate whitch-hunts and waving a 20 foot flag is a large part of that sort of idiocy. I'll have none of it. For God's sake, love your country but try to be aware that it has flaws. 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 nmah5681.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. 2003-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 212.162.206.130