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 had just taken a seat at my desk, when someone came in and said that the pentagon had been hit by a plane. Was it true? No, none of us believed it. About ten minutes later an announcement came on telling us that an airplane had crashed into the pentagon and the two World Trade Centers. It didn't really hit me until I got home from school and saw it with my own eyes. It was truely the "scariest" thing I had ever seen. How can anyone want to try to "destroy" a nation because we live in peace? How can anyone be so insensible, malevolent, and selfish that they feel the need to kill babies, mommies, daddies, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, fiancees, friends, and soul mates who did nothing wrong except be an American? NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. My life has greatly changed after what happened on September 11th. I've learned to live each day like it's my last, and to cherish my family and friends. I visited New York on the 9 month anniversary and found myself still in disbelief that anything as terrible as this could happen to our nation. I was also touched by every fireman and policeman that I met while I was there, because each and everyone of those people helped to change someone's life in some way. They are a few of the people who are considered heros, not just because of what they did that day and the following months, but because they are the ones who helped us stand up by not running away to re-unite, and show the world that we aren't going to be destroyed. Without their courageous efforts, we wouldn't be where we are today. I have come to realize that we really are one nation, undivisible. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? September 11th should be remembered as the day that all Americans became one. We were no longer separated by race, color, sex, age, nationality, or religion. We came together, and we've shown the world that nothing can change that. Nothing will ever tear us apart. 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? On September 11th, there was an American flag in my front yard, but even though I was 16, I didn't think much about it. I used to look at it as something that people died for and that it represented our nation. That day changed that. I now look at the American flag as something much more than that. It is a symbol of all of us, me included, of how we all are united. I never took pride in seeing red, white, and blue everywhere until the tragic events took place on September 11th. I actually smile every time that I see an American flag, whether it's outside of a school, in someone's car, or on a 5-year-old's folder. 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 nmah4171.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. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.26.198.83