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 was at work listening to the radio. I had heard that a plane had crashed into the WTC. At first I pictured a "small" plane that must have gotten off track. What a tragedy; those poor people. Then they announced another plane...right then I knew, I knew something bad was happening. What a sickening feeling I felt in my stomach. We quickly found a small TV at the office next to ours. For hours we were all huddled around the TV in SHOCK. This kind of thing just does NOT happen here! Not here in the United States. Just writing this I'm experiencing those feelings of disbelief, nausea and sadness. In January of 2001, I had just gone through the biggest tragedy of my life. I lost my Dad in a pretty tragic way. Those same feelings of disbelief, nausea and sadness were what I had just experienced just 8 months prior. 2001.....Will never be forgoten! NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Basically just plain "FEAR"....Fear of not knowing what can come next. Fear of flying (which I have done since but wasn't real happy about it!)Fear of loosing my family in tragic and terrible ways, etc. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? First, I think all of those innocent people should be remembered. They should be remembered at the areas in which they lost their lives. Instead of building more office buildings at the WTC site, why not make it JUST a memorial? It is afterall, the final resting place for many. Second, I think we need to remember that September 11, 2001 made all Americans realize that we are NOT indispensable. There are sick people out there that will stop at nothing to try and distroy us. 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? The flag has been a big part of my life since then. As we all know, it's everywhere. And it's great to see it everywhere. Even if we didn't give it this must exposure in the past, I think it helps to "UNITE" all Americans! God Bless America and God Bless all Americans. 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 nmah2256.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. 2002-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 216.199.142.233