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 went to work in the Pentagon on September 11th. We had just come out of a staff meeting and noticed the "breaking news" story of the World Trade Center on fire. As we watched TV the second plane hit and we were devastated. Our attention was immediately drawn to our Air Force Colonel who said something hit the Pentagon. He made a phone call and you could see his face brace for "battle". He said everyone "get out now"; don't worrry about your cover, (telling the military not worry about there hats), just get out. We "briskly" walked out of the Pentagon using our normal evaluation route. When we got outside, we could see black smoke bellowing from the other side of Pentagon. Our Colonel kept us all together but briskly kept us moving away from the Pentagon. On the way, we saw a Navy enlisted man and woman with blood on them. One of our co-workers went to get medical help for them. Then we were told to "move back-take cover" there's another plane coming. We took cover behind trees. Thank God it was our fighter jets overhead. We finally got to Lyndon Johnson Park and a man had his car radio on and we heard the first World Trade Center collapsed. We finally orchestrated how everyone was going to get home. I got to my in-laws house and tried to calm down. I couldn't call my Mom in Ohio because there was cellphone "gridlock". She finally got word that I was not hurt and A-ok. I went to work the next day, September 12th because by gosh the President said the government is open and I was not going to let the "terrorist" win. It wasn't until a week later that I was notified two of my co-workers were killed. It's a day I'll never forget...Thanks for giving me the opportunity to share my story. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I really, really appreciate my homelife, family, and friends more. Like Dorthy says, "there's no place like home". NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? The "shot in the arm" of patriotism that these tragic events created for our country. We need to remember those that died and the heroes that worked day and night to bring calm out of "chaos" 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? Absolutely, we put our flag out everyday. I have always appreciated the flag and the freedom that it stands for. 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 nmah5112.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. 2002-09-18 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 67.249.206.193