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. well on september 11th it was just a regular day. i just went to school not knowing what happened earlier. so i went to first period still knowing what had happened. and after 20 minutes my english teacher turned on the radio and there was men telling us about what had happened earlier that morning. so we were listening to howard stern talking about this horrific event and how the second tower had just fallen. i remember that it didnt really matter to me at the time cuz i didnt even know what the world trade center was. it was just another building for me. but when i went home and saw people falling out of the building it hit me hard. it was just breathe taking seeing people jumping trying to live and do what ever it takes to do so. and just seeing the plane fly into that building was horrible. and the thing is that i had just visited the pentagon about one week prior to semptember 11th. and i was going to stay an extra week to visit new york but since we had no where to stay at last minute we didnt end up staying. so i thank god that i didnt stay an extra week. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. ummm well my life has changed after september 11th. after i saw the people running away and the firefighters and police men running into the smoke adn towards the buildings i gained a lot more respect for what those men did. knowing that they could die but still risking there lives to find people to save. and when i saw those people falling out of the towers it made me think that i only have so long to live so i dont want to regret any of it. and thats how it has changed me. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? i think that everyone should remember the firefighters and police men and how they risked there lives and that terrorism will always be there whether we like it or not. and we cant stop it but theres ways we can try to prevent it like more security which has been done. and thats what people should remember, 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? we put an american flag on the window of our cars. and we put a banner on the front of our house saying, we will never forget. which me and my sister made. and we sat out that one day and held the candles. and yeah i do look at the american flag differently. i think it seems more symbolic to me. it shows that we're united as the fifty states. and the starspangled banner means more to me then ever. i used to think it was lame song that you had to sing before basketball and football games. but now i actually listen to the words and it shows that are country is more bonded and together then ever before. 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 nmah6174.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. 2003-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.79.69.225