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. The Internet was my window while witnessing the attack against my country on 9/11. I am a native New Yorker living in Georgia, and at 8:55 AM was logged into the Empire State Building webcam at http://www.esbnyc.com. I love watching the controllable webcam since I can see many of my favorite sites that bring back good memories when I lived outside of NYC in Connecticut and Long Island. Around 9:00 AM I was listening to WSB Radio here in Atlanta when I heard talk show host Neal Boortz mention that a small plane crashed into the WTC. Since I was already on the webcam, I turned the webcam to the south to see what was happening around the WTC. I knew that a rather large plane had hit the WTC since there was so much smoke and damage. I watched the horrible carnage while Neal Boortz continued to comment and then CNN cut in on the radio with a live broadcast. I listened for a few minutes in disbelief - then, sometime after 9:00 AM I zoomed the camera in on the WTC to get a closer look of the damage. At that exact moment, when the webcam came back in focus, I witnessed a huge fireball - as if I was only 100 yds away - as the second plane hit the WTC. It is an image that I will never ever forget for the rest of my life . . . NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Yes - I am much more wary of foreigners in my country. I realize that we Americans need to stand up for ourselves, and protect ourselves -and that we have many foreign enemies. Our first instinct needs to be self-preservation. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? That our enemies are everywhere, and we cannot take our Freedoms for granted. These Freedoms need to be defended, and protected at all costs. We also need to identify our enemies, and hold them close . . . 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 still fly my America flag . . . and will do so until the day I die. 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 nmah5555.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. 2003-07-02 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 63.71.120.25