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 a professor of biology at Queensborough Community College of the City University of NY. From the west facing picture window on the fourth floor of the medical arts building you can see the entire profile of the city with the WTC twin towers anchoring the southern vista. Before classes on the 11th of September our chief technician came into the office to announce that a plane had struck the WTC. I immediately ran to the window and saw the now familiar smoking tower. As we were watching the other tower began to erupt as if it was a volcano erupting. My wife called to tell me that one of my daughters who was working for American Express witnessed the horror from her window and was evacuating the world financial center immediately. I was then informed that another plane hit the Pentagon where another daughter was working. I immediately left the college and went to my wife's office at North Shore University Hospital where we were in a state of disbelief. We were trying to contact our two daughters with no success. The phone lines, cell and land were not operating and with the collapse of the towers were were not sure of the whereabouts of the daughter at the WTC. For a few hours we were extremely distraught. Finally we were called by my daughter from D.C. that she was OK but two of her coworkers were lost. Shortly after that we received a call from the daughter in the city that she was OK. No shoes, purse etc, but alive. We began to cry with relief and could grieve for the ones who were not so fortunate. The window on the fourth floor now has the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building as monuments but there exists the void to the south. Eugene Leff, PhD Commack, NY NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Yes. I appreciate my children even more and appreciate the strength of NY. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? The heroism of the firefighters, police, and volunteers who gave of themselves for others 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 I did. We proudly display the flag still and do not feel it is a symbol of jingoism any longer 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 nmah5408.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. 2003-01-14 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.188.166.200