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. On September 11th I was at work. About 20 miles from Washington D.C., working in Sponsored Research at George Mason University. I was currently working with a faculty member trying to get a grant done and in on time, when my phone rang, it was my husband. "The World Trade Center had been hit by a plane he had it on the news in his office if I wanted to come by". I was shocked by this event, but still the faculty member and I worked on her grant. Then a co-worker came into my area. Another plane had hit the World Trade Center and a third had hit the Pentigon. "Oh my God" we all just sat there and cryed. Was there more? What was going to happen next? Then came the report that there was a fourth plane missing.................. I have a very dear friend and co-worker that has a son who was a capital police officer on duty in the Capital Building that morning. She kept trying to call her husband and daughter in-law to find out if he was ok. And then the phone rang again "Did you hear that the Capital Building has been bombed". My heart stopped how can I give my friend this news. Her and I sobbed down the hall and through two door to find reports on the local news showing the Capital building on fire. It was almost 20 minutes before the news reported that they were mistaken that the capital building had not been bombed, from downtown the smoke from the Pentigon behind the capital made it appear to be on fire. Unlike most on the country we did not close down, we did as the President said we continued work as usual. However It was not as usual. Women with children and husbands in the DC area waited for phone calls that they had made it out of D.C. One women thought her husband was in Crystal City only to find out he had had a meeting in the Pentagon. "He was safe, Thank God". And finally we realized that the grants that we had been working on were going absolutely no where. We were all changed that day by a horrific event that ravaged are neighboring city, and changed the lives of many people who worked in the pentigon. I just recently visited the crash site of flight 93, and I will always remember and believe that those brave souls save the life of the son of my friend Jean and saved our beautiful Nations Capital and the lives of many more innocent people. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. It has changed my live, but not like the people who wittnessed it. Or who had love ones die because of it. I live very close to Dullas Airport. I used to whatch the planes with fasination. Now I watch them with caution, concern, is it up high enough, is it on a normal route, will it explode? NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? Yes, we must remember. We proved that we are strong, and compassionate and that above all else Americans are good 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 I flew my flag. I did it because I did not know what else to do. Everyone wanted to help, flying our flags made us feel like we were doing something. Even something little. 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 nmah5688.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. 2003-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 129.174.20.158