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 in Carrollton, Texas (a suburb of Dallas). I got something on my e-mail news alert that a plane had hit the World Trade Center in NYC. To tell you the truth, I wasn't even sure what the World Trade Center was. I thought maybe a small plane had hit. Then one of my co-worker's wife called him and told him it was all over the news. All of a sudden I was getting one news alert after the other, about NYC, the Pentagon, etc. I started to get really frightened. I thought America was suddenly being attacked without warning. I called my husband, who works at the same company as I do, and I was getting panicky. I wanted to go home and get our daughter out of school, but he convinced me that we needed to stay put. We went home for lunch as we always do and I turned on the news. Seeing those planes hit those huge buildings and seeing the towers fall filled me with horror. For days afterward, I felt intense grief and sadness. One evening at dinner, about a week after it happened, I just broke down and started sobbing, I felt so sad. I don't even know anyone in New York and have never been there, but I'm sure everyone else in the country who is NOT a New Yorker felt the same as I did. A certain innocence and bravado that all Americans had was taken away forever. Now I think, if it could happen in New York or Washington D.C., it could happen in Dallas, San Francisco, anywhere... NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I watch airplanes a little more closely than I did before. My house is right in a flight-path for DFW Airport and I find myself looking up at them, trying to determine if they are okay. I'd rather drive than fly now. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? That we as a country can never, ever let our guard down. We should never be as trusting as we were before. We must do everything and anything possible to prevent this horror from happening again. 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? Yes, we bought a flag almost immediately afterward. The flag means more to me than it did before. It's not just something you drag out on the 4th of July. It means "The United States of America" to me now. It's more than a symbol. 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 nmah5641.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. 2003-09-05 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 206.104.147.200