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 at home in Morro Bay, CA getting ready for work at a warehouse, I was watching the news and saw the first plane hit I thought at first that it was some kind of old story that they were showing then I saw the scroll bar at the bottom of the screen and heard them say that the plane had just hit, I just could not believe what I was seeing I emmediately yelled at my wife to come out of the bedroom to see the news when the second plane hit, all I can remember was the flood of emotions, Fear, Rage, Sorrow, I can't explain better then that, I did not want to go to work that day, but I did, we really did not get much work done that day, we all had radios on all day, our supervisors threatened to take the radios away, my coworkers and myself agreed that if they took the radios away we were going to walk out that day. All I remember from the rest of that day was just feeling sick about what happened, and then hearing the very sad stories of people looking for their loved ones. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I have always been aware of my surroundings, I was just brought up that way, but I think that I pay a little more attention to what is going on around me, and I am trying to destress my life, and enjoy the short time we have in our physical bodies, and I appreciate my Family and my true friends more now. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think that we should remember that our life in these bodies is very fragile, and we should slow down and enjoy what we have. And that even though THEY took down a building, THEY made us stronger as a nation, because it brought us together wether we were there giving someone a hug that really needed one or if we were at the very least there in our heart, which I was. And it doesn't matter how Shredded a flag is it still gives me goose bumps when I see this image of the shredded flag. http://janm.org/images/exhibit_september11.gif 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 I started flying a flag, it may be a small plastic one, but it is very large in character, I also made a promise to myself that I will keep a flag displayed in the rear window of my truck at the very least until the last military person is home. 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 nmah6570.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. 2004-08-06 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.215.116.115