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 am employeed for a bank in Jacksonville, FL. My teamates and I were in a team meeting the morning of the 11th. When we came out of the meeting a woman in another department who has a small tv on her desk had it on and there was a crowd gathered around her. We asked what was going on, and someone said that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center building, it wasn't until about 30 minutes later that we learned another plane had hit the 2nd building and then we also found out that the plane had been hijacked from Boston. Our manager brought out a larger tv and everyone from our floor gathered around watching the news coverage, I just could not believe what I was watching. The destruction and chaos was unbelievable. Then the report came in about the Pentagon being hit by yet a third plane that was hijacked. We then learned that terrorist had hijacked the planes and because we work in a tall building we began to wonder about our safety. Management was assembled and agreed to let everyone in the department go home to be with our families. I remember that all I could think of was getting to my 2 year old daughter's daycare and making sure that she was okay. We then went to my 15 year old son's school to pick him up. There were many students that were scared and wanted to go home and were trying to call their parents. At some point between picking up my daughter and arriving at my son's school, I remember praying "Lord, please touch the lives of those that have committed these acts and guide any more that might be waiting to committ more and show them the realization of what has been done to innocent lives" NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I have always considered myself to be very patriotic. But after the events of Sept 11th, 2001 I feel like I am even more patriotic. I look the military, police and fire department personnel with even more respect now for what they do daily. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? The heroics of the day. There were so many people that stopped to help strangers with their grief and for safe passage. We should remember these people as well as the police and fire department 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? I have flown the American flag outside my home, on my car and have worn a flag pin every day since September 11, 2001 I have always flown the flag on holidays but now I look at the flag with a new respect for all that I have by living in the United States. 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 nmah3677.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. 161.231.1.22