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 in my second period class, history; my teacher was giving a lecture and was interrupted by a knock on our classroom door. My teacher walked into the hallway, when he returned my teacher turned on the television. He changed the channel to CNN. That is a moment we will never forget. I thought I was looking at a smoke stack, but I soon realized it was a building. The World Trade Center building had been hit. The class was abruptly silenced; it was something we never thought we'd ever see. The bell rang and we numbly moved to third period. There was mass confusion in the hallways. People were crying and everyone looked worried. Our principal made an announcement over the loud speaker and told our school what had happened. We were watching the TV when the 2nd plane hit the other tower. I realized this couldn't be an accident. Two planes crashing into both towers? This had to be terrorism. As I walked through the halls I kept thinking, "They can't collapse, it just won't happen". Two periods later we saw the Towers fall to the ground. I don't think anyone spoke in the whole school when that happened; there were just frightened looks and eyes flooded with tears. I went home that day to find my mom crying. My dad called me and said that he saw the Towers collapse and it resembled a mushroom cloud. We spent the night watching television as rescue squads and fire trucks surrounded the area where the towers fell. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think that all the people who died due to September 11 should be remembered. I also think that people should remember how this triadic event brought everyone together. 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? My family did fly an American flag after September 11. It really didn't change my view on the flag. 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 nmah1679.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. 2002-09-09 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 207.99.16.132