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 view September 11th as the day that I became an adult. At the time I was a 23 year old high school teacher in Boston. While my students quietly complained and talked during homeroom period, the headmaster's voice boomed over the intercom. The announcement silenced the school. My stomach dropped. A good friend from college worked at the pentagon and I had several close friends in the military. My first thought was, "there is no way I walked away from this without loosing anyone." However, being the leader of the classroom, I had little time to think of myself. My students were frightened because there was still one plane in the air and they were very concious of the fact that Boston could be a target. Furthermore, several of my students had parents on flights out of Logan that day. Honestly, I don't remember much else about those 48 hours except for the overwhelming silence. Somewhere in those seconds of quiet I left my childhood behind. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. A year after 9/11 I met a very close friend, Danielle, in graduate school. After several months of friendship, I learned that she had been working blocks from the WTC. She explained running from the buildings in silent tears. Over the course of the year I saw her fear when cars were slightly to loud...or the bus ride lasted a bit longer than normal. Her reserve and strength is remarkable. The terror of 9/11 hit me one day when I realized how different my life would be if I had never met her. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I will never forget that the traffic of Boston didn't seem to exist on my ride home from work. No one honked their horns. No one cut me off. Their was a incredible sense of unity as people quietly cried as they listened to the radio. 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 nmah5541.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. 2003-06-09 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.14.13.120