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 hopped out of the shower that morning only to hear chaos and dismay being projected from my TV, being a high school teacher, I listened as I got prepared for school. No one knew that it was intentional at that point I was floored at this unfortunate accident, but proceeded to go to work. By the time I got into my car the 2nd plane struck, at this point the writing was on the wall...terrorism had struck...this was no accident. As a US History teacher I knew this was this was unique in that we were actually attacked on our home soil, a thought many believed would never happen...The 15 minutes it took me to get to school that morning seemed to take a lifetime, as I arrived in school I mentally prepared myself to be strong and assure the students we were safe...but were we, I couldn't say. I was outraged but at the same time scared... for myself , my students and moreso America. Could this be the Apocolypse, a beginning of the end???? I sat the entire day staring at the TV in utter amazement, trying to find something to say to make it alright, to comfort my students, I found nothing to fill this void. In my classroom that day I instructed every pupil to do nothing more than sit down and realize from this point on things in America would never be the same. Still to this day I think back to this tragic day and I am speechless at times, angry at others. It is with these emotions my students and I have constructed a memorial on our campus to help ourselves and also to never forget the travesty that occurred on September 11th. United We Must Stand, and never let our memory fade. 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? 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? 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 nmah454.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. 2002-08-27 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 208.188.3.80