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. My husband, daughter and I were taking a flight to Disneyworld the morning of September 11th. We passed and viewed the towers around 8:15-8:20 am. My daughter asked me what the World trade Center towers were used for, so the next half hour of our plane ride was a disussion ouf our country, our economy and our American pride for business. as our flight progressed I knew something was wrong, the attendents at one point all gathered into the cockpic for aboue 15 minutes. our flight was accelerated, wemade it to Orlando internationalabout 30 minutes ahead of schedule, which I know from experience something was wrong. Once we landed, our pilot then announced what happened. Anger and total shock overwelmed both myself and my husband. At the same time I thanked God that we were safe. Orlando was in total chaos. We did manage to get a car rental and to our hotel. we were able to regroup catch our selves, Disney open up all of their long distance service free of charge so that we could call family and friends to let them know we were safe. I felt so bad being so far away from home, not knowing what to expect next. Well, we were stranded in DIsney the parks were closed that Tuesday but re=opened the following morning. I don't know if it was a good or bad distraction being there, being in such a happy place with such a heavy heart, my daughter being only 8 could not comprehend the severity of the tragedy that just happened, she was focused on this trip. The people(employees) in Disney were WONDERFUL in every way. When it came time to head back to New York we had to drive because the airports were still closed. What a wonderful journey up the east coast. to see in so many differet states, the support and patriotisim of everyone, and how we pulled together. we saw the remaining smoke rising from the Pentagon, the increased secuity around the Mall in D.. We observed first hand, our country and its people change. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I have become more aware... Especially of people and society as a whole. For the first time in many years I have restored faith in society, our military and our government. Were are the world prototype of democracy, sometimes our freedoms can get too out of hand, we can become too selfish with our freedoms. we need to remember that, use our freedoms in the right way, a proud and ethical way. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? Our heros (firemen, police as well as the bravery of the people on all of the flights)how quickly we as a society can unite and stand. Our power as a free society, our bravery as well as our sorrows of that day. 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? My feelings never changed, it just VERY STRONGLY reminded me of what we tend to take advantage of, how we can easily forget. 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 nmah93.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. 2002-07-25 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 63.77.54.233