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'm a Florist from Vermont and my x-husband is a captain with a major airline. We have 2 children. When I arrived at work that morning, the owner of the shop was already there, and the tv which was always on first thing in the morning....wasn't. The phone rang and it was the owners daughter calling from NJ. She couldn't believe that we didn't know. We put the tv on, and from that moment on, my life...my comfort...my sense of security...my constant sense of being protected from all the terrorism in world around me was gone. The World Trade Center, reports of the Pentagon being hit, and then a plane down in PA. I knew that my children's Father was flying, but I didn't know where he was. Our daughter called me from college in NH crying, but she was crying because he had called her to let her know that he was ok. I had a friend pick our son Tyler up from school and bring him to the flower shop.....just so I could hold him in my arms. There was no way to explain this madness to a 12 year old when I didn't understand it myself. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I no longer have the comfort of feeling safe as a citizen of the United States of America. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? The people who set out for just another day of work....the people who boarded airplanes that day and the courage that they had to face. The heros in so many different uniforms who climbed so high to save so many, and the citizens of NY who united in grief to help anyone they could. 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 12th of 2001 I put the American flag on the antenna of my car. It didn't survive our Vermont winter, but I bought a new one right away and it's been on my car since then. It's battered and torn, but it's still hanging on. It means so much to me. So many flags were flown from cars in the first year....and then they just stopped. My flag will always fly, and I will never forget the loss of one single life on September 11, 2001. 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 nmah5636.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. 2003-09-05 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.64.70.173