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. My husband, daughter, and I were in court that morning. We were trying to establish my husband's innocence as to a yellow line violation. The officer who stopped us accused him of drinking and driving. We do not drink, whether we drive or not. The lawyer believed him, but the officer still insisted on getting my husband on something. He has a 45 year, perfect driving record and is usually a happy-go-lucky guy. Everybody loves him. But for some reason, he had an attitude with the officer. The officer was quite a hot-head. Anyway, we thought our world and his perfect record was crushed! At the time, this was the worst thing that could have happened to us. We won our case; but upon returning home, turned on the television to find our world was truly more crushed than we could ever, ever imagine! We saw the second plane go into the second tower. The three of us just stood there, eyes wide open, hearts pounding, tears streaming down our cheeks. We were in shock. Our troubles suddenly became very small compared to all the lost lives. We love America! How dare anyone try to take our America away! We stayed glued to the television that day. We fly our American flag to show we don't run from these terrorists. All the terrorists succeeded in doing was to strengthen our families, our patriosm, and our beliefs. God bless America! United we stand! NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. It has strengthened our lives in every way. We try not to sweat the small stuff. We have to show that each and every human being is important. Life is shor and very precious. I am shy, but when I now see anyone in a corner alone, or having a hard time with something, I make it a point to try to help in any small way that I can.A NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? America is great. People who stand together can put this country back again even stronger than ever before. 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 always loved the American flag and loved to fly it; but now I try to get everyone else to do so. I try to get any friends and family one if needed. 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 nmah4152.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. 64.12.96.236