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. Awakened by the sound of my phone ringing beside my bed, I answered my sister on the other end of the line. It was about 11pm. She was panicked. She told me to turn on the television. I asked her what channel as I stumbled out of bed and to the television. She said any channel. As the images appeared my sister was telling me that we are at war and that planes are crashing all over america and they are even shooting their own planes down. I was shocked to witness these events. Living in Australia does not separate us from these incidents. It hurt me as much as it did if I were an American. I stayed awake for hours that night. Watching, horrified. I was devestated to learn that so many were killed. I felt for the rescuers, both uniformed and non-uniformed. For days afterward I watched an listened to the reports, I learned as much as I could about these events. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Working as a paramedic and a firefighter, I feel closer to those that I work with. The events seem to have made me more aware of risks that we all take in our job. I think now of how fast life can be taken away from us. It has made me a little prouder of my profession. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? Nothing will be lost in memory. Those that were murdered, those that gave their lives so that others may live....this cannot be forgotten. There will be so many stories from 9-11 that they should all be marked down in history. 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? Being Australian, I do not have an American flag. I do, however, wear an American flag pin on the anniversary. 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 nmah5345.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. 2002-12-23 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 144.139.169.73