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 have been a widow for nine years and on 9/11 I lost my only child, Dominique Pandolfo, age 27. On the evening of September 10, Dominique had started her first MBA class at NYU Stern Business School. She phoned me when she got to her Hoboken apartment to let me know how excited she was about school and that she met some fellow classmates that also lived in Hoboken and shared a cab when they got off the PATH train. Of course, being a mother, I was happy that she didn't have to travel alone, but I dare not tell her this. After all she lived in the East Village and nothing happened...she would be fine in Hoboken! Little did we know. During our phone conversation she mentioned she was being picked up by a car service on Tuesday morning...she had a meeting at the WTC. Never having traveled downtown from Hoboken before (she moved on 9/1) the car service picked her up at 8:00am and dropped her off at 8:20am. As I sat in my office on Tuesday morning a fellow worker's husband called to say a plane hit the Tower. Shortly after that he called back again to say the second Tower was hit. By this time we had the radio on and as I passed the radio it dawned on me that "OH MY GOD DOMINIQUE IS DOWN THERE TODAY." I guess a mother's intuition told me I was never going to see her again. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. My life will never be the same. My heart breaks every day. This was a vibrant, intelligent, self-confident young lady that would have made a difference in this world. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? That my daughter, along with all the other innocent people, should not have died in vain. Everything possible should be done to prevent anything like this from ever happening again. We DO NOT HAVE STRONG ENOUGH SECURITY! 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? YES.... 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 nmah25.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. 2002-06-22 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.234.137.122