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 was sitting in my Journalism I class, and we just happened to turn on the T.V. right when the second building was being hit by the plane. The rest of the school had no idea yet what was going on. Everyone just stared in disbelief and in shock. No one thought it was real. I just couldn't believe that something like that could happen. It was just so hard to believe. Then I got scared, because I heard that the Pentagon was hit, and my Dad works at the Capitol, so I was worried that it was going to be hit next. I immediately tried to call my mother and my dad, but I couldn't get through to either of them. My mom ended up calling me at school a few minutes later and told me that my dad was fine. Then I thought about how I had prayed just the night before 9/11, saying how I wish that my generation had something to give them perspective, like a war. So I was horrified, because I thought that my prayers were answered in the worst way, and that it was some how also my fault. I felt extremely guilty and remorseful. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Yes, for a long time afterwards, I was extremely paranoid about planes. I live near Dulles National Airport, one of the major airports in the D.C. area, so I can always see tons of planes really low getting ready to land. When air traffic resumed a couple days after 9/11, every time I saw a plane I got scared thinking that it was on its way to strike another building. I felt that way for months. I also just know what it is to be an American, and how incredible our country really is. It also just made appreciate life and all my loved ones, because like other families, I could lose them in an instant without notice. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think the courage of the firefighters, police officers, people in the buildings and on the planes. Also all the families that lost someone should be remembered. No one should forget what happened to our country and our people. 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 my family did. I think about the flag in a much higher respect now, because I understand what it stands for and how important it is. 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 nmah3064.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. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 208.31.154.100