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 had just finished breakfast at the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees meeting in Fort Myers, Florida. We were getting ready to head home. We passed the hotel's business center and heard someone say that a plane had just crashed into the World Trade Center. Back at our room I turned the television to see the second plane crash into the other tower. My brother worked at the World Financial Center several days a week, acessing his transportation through the WTC. All I could think about was where he was, and was he safe. We reached home by cell phone, and found out he was not in New York that day. However, we were now stuck in Florida, our school age children and their grandparents at home in New Jersey. We were able to keep our rental car, and made arrangements to drive home from Florida. The interstate highway in front of Disney World was deserted, with the big signs reading "Theme Parks closed today". We arrived home the next day. As a former New Yorker and daily subscriber to the NY Times, I still cannot pull myself away from the stories of the event, and its victims. No one that I knew personally perished that day, but a waiter at our local diner lost his sister. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Somewhat. I do not take anything mundane for granted, and am much more aware of the world around me. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? It should be remembered that in spite of what happened, and that there will always be evil in this world, our freedoms and liberty should not be taken for granted. We should remember the good in most people, the kind and heroic things people did for one another that day and since. We should better prepare ourselves for dealing with those who wish to abridge those freedoms. But we should always be mindful of the protections our Constitution provides. 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, and had a flag up every day for some time before the 11th. No, my feelings have not changed. I have always been proud to be an American, the second generation to be born here in my family. 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 nmah5109.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. 2002-09-18 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 207.224.91.228