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 English and had lived in New York for 5 years at that point. When I first arrived in the city and didn't know my way around, I always looked for the twin towers as then I knew where South was. They were geographical markers that I grew rather fond of. My apartment was about half a mile from the Trade Center. When the first plane went over my building, so low, the window fan went backwards as the air was sucked up and I heard a tremendous noise. I watched the unfolding events from the roof, along with many others. One of my most vivid memories is hearing the almost choral sound of hundreds of people on nearby roofs gasping, groaning, crying and screaming as the buildings fell down. The following day I watched a single hearse driving up the Bowery, through the pervasive yellowish mist that had descended on Downtown. There were no other cars, and not many people. Just this single hearse with a coffin inside. I thought," How many others will there be in the coming days and weeks?". For so many families, as we know, there was not even to be that dreadful comfort. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. My life changed in that I left New York and am living back in London again. The events of 9/11 had a distinct bearing on that decision. Many of my friends lost their jobs as a direct result of the financial impact of the attacks and many moved away. I feel ashamed to admit it, but I couldn't feel the same way about the city afterwards. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? That is was the dawn of a new , uncomfortable age. The world awoke to modern 'warfare' ie that wars are no longer about tanks rolling over another country's borders, but are about tribalism on a grand scale ,performed by the select, secretive few, to massive effect. 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? As a Limey abroad, I did not feel anything in particular about the American flag. What did catch my eye however and seemed to say a great deal, was a young Hispanic girl in Bushwick, Brooklyn who had a pair of jeans on with the twin towers depicted on the pant legs in a kind of silvery dusty paint. I don't know where she got them, but they were somehow magnificent. 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 nmah6357.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. 2003-11-13 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 213.122.126.167