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. September 11th was to mark the last day of a six week holiday across the United States. The day before the group of had visted Washington DC and were then camping just a short distance from the nations captial. We had planned then to drive to New York where we would end the trip and go our separate ways. On the morning of the 11th around 10am a friend had been to the main building to shower, instead she heard the news of the planes having flown into the Twin Towers and ran back to tell us. As I remember we all made our way to the TV room where most of the campsite had gathered to watch it all unfold on CNN, everyone was in a state of disbelief and shock. Many of the friends with whom I was travelling knew people that were supposed to be working either in or close to the World Trade Center and so the next few hours were taken up with frantic phone calls to friends and family to check that they were safe and well, all the while the events were developing, the towers had fallen, there were other planes told about, the Pentagon had also been hit. I'm sure you all know the details. Also due to the nature of our trip, it being so flexible, we soon realised that our own families had not way of teling where we were. All they knew was that we were either in Washington DC or New York. So more phone calls. Eventually we decided to continue on our way and so we drove to New Jersey home of one of the offices of the tour company. The continued to be very surreal, we stopped at a service station and the atmosphere was unreal, the tv's were all on and masses of people were gathered around them all hoping to here more about survivors, dreading news of another plane. It felt at this point that no one knew when or how this day would end. The one thing that will always stay with me is how so many people told of how they thought when they first turned on the news that they were just watching another bad holywood movie. If only it had been. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. My life has in no way changed to the exent as it must have done for people who have lost close friends and family but I can honestly say that it has affected me deeply as I'm sure it has for many people. For one knowing how lucky it was that we weren't either in the centre of Washington or New York has made me appreciate more the complexities of fate, how important family and friends are and also how you really have to make the most out of the precious time you have on this Earth. It's also made me realise how ignorant we can be of the ways of the world, the politics, the different cultures and views. So often we hear about situations on the news but don't listen as we think it doesn't affect us. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? We should remember the courage of those that tried their hardest to save the lives of the people that were involved in the attrociaties. We should remember those who died because of someone elses agenda. 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? 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 nmah2033.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. 2002-09-09 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 195.92.168.164