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 just getting out of bed (California time) to put my older daughter in carpool. My husband came in to say a plane had hit the World Trade Center in NY. I immediately assumed it was an accident, and said how awful. I decided not to turn on the TV as I knew it would be on the news and didn't want my 3 year old to see it. When I took my daughter to pre-school, there was a sign up that said: Today we are cancelling school. You are invited to just stay with your child. It's a time for us to be together. This was my first inkling that this was more than a freak accident. We stayed at the preschool till almost lunch time. The parents at the preschool talked in hushed whispers and shared what information was known. We all had the urge to protect our children from this horrific event for as long as possible. I called in to work and heard that the University would be closing soon, so not to bother coming in at all. On the way home, my daughter said bad guys bumped a building with an airplane and now there was a fire. Could we go see it. I said the firefighters were helping to put it out and we would need to stay out of the way, and let them do their job to help people. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I talk to my siblings more by phone and instant message. I am fearful of flying. Every time I see an airplane in the air, I think about September 11th. Every time I wait in an airport security line, I think about September 11th. I worry about my children more, and what kind of world they will inherit/inhabit. I try to do more good deeds to make up for the badness in our world. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? How senseless the act was (except to the perpetrators). How we could feel so strongly that this was evil, and the hijackers probably went to their deaths certain they had done the right thing (in their minds) and would go immediately to heaven. How odd this is to have these two extremes in perspective. How the American people had a security and arrogance that was shattered. How real people with no ax to grind, no political Machiavellian motives got pulled in to an innocent loss of their lives, and how far reaching it is. Not only did they lose their lives, but the loss extends to their families and friends, the kids who will grow up without them. What messages those motherless and fatherless children will take into their adulthood about intimate relationships without a role model. 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, we hung a flag from the tree in our front yard. It stayed up day and night for the next 3-4 weeks. My feelings have changed, in that seeing the flag makes me think about September 11th and remember. I guess I'm more patriotic. 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 nmah4164.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. 130.166.17.65