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 remeber September 11th very well. I lived in Michigan.I was a sophmore at Plymouth-Canton High School. I started the day as usually. I went to my first to classes, which by my second class, the terror had all ready begun. I arrived to my 3rd pr. class to discover the t.v. in the room was on and tuned to CNN. I found that to be wierd. Then as i took my seat, I began to understand what had happened. CNN kept playing the scene of the first plane crashing in to the first tower. I remeber the news achors not know what to report as for why this was happing, just that the first tower had been hit. My teacher wanted to start class so the t.v. was turned off, but thanks to the other teachers who were still watching the event unfold, one of them came in and informed us that again the second tower had been hit. Now my class was confused and wanted to know more, but class still continued. Then agian the same teacher came in a informed us that the Pentagon had been hit. By this time 3rd pr. was over and I was at lunch. I gather with some of my friends and all agreed that we wanted to figuire out what is going on. In all most every class we pasted the t.v. was on and tuned to the news, and you could hear even in the news achors voice, that what was happening has horrific and unbelievable. I finally stopped in a history class that had to big screen t.v.'s and stood and watch the pictures that came on the screen. I saw people run, hurt, bloody, the planes crashing, firemen and police men. It was hard to imagen that what I was seeing was a city. More than that a city that I knew and had visited a few summers ago. It was hard to imagen such a painful, scary event was happening here in the U.S. and that it wasn't an accident. Everyone at my school was talking about the planes crashing in to the Trade Towers. Many sharing their memories of past visits there and how they had a family memeber there or near there. That day we all that of it as 4 comerical planes accidentally crashing. But soon the next day in turned into terrorist attacks agaisnt the United States of America. That right there, terrorist attacks, scaried me the most and opened another world to us in in the U.S. That event changed me. I realize now where I live and how I need to live my life. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. My life, perspective of life has changed. Before I never really thought that "terror" existed in the U.S. Now I hear about it everyday. Sept. 11th gave me hope in our country because of the way we came together, but all fear of what might come of the world. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? That Many died and all will remeber the day. Those who helped in anyway better our country. Everything about that day should be remeber. 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? NO I haven't had the opportunity to fly a flag. My views on the flag have not changed. 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 nmah2683.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. 2002-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.79.72.212