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 sitting in History class, second Period. It had started just a few moments ago. My teacher Mr. Ripley usually would go out in the hallway to get the absentee sheet of paper. So he went out of the room for a few minutes and the class didn't think anythingof it. It was just a normal day for us. so far. Mr. Ripley rushed into the classroom wondering what was goin on. We don't just watch TV in his class. And then we saw. He said a plane had just hit the World Trade Centers. The explosion - it was smoking everywhere the building was flaming. A kid in my class snickered thinking it wasn't real or something. But it was real. We all watched in disbelief. Who would do such a thing? We watched it the whole period. When the bell rang, going through the hallways was a little quieter. But some people still didn't know what happened. As soon as I got into Biology class we put on the TV. Our teacher let us watch it all period too. In that time we saw the second plane hit, one tower collapse and the Pentagon get hit. We were so shocked and in disbeliefwe didn't know what else would come. We were worried scared. Lots of kids were calling their parents, family members, and friends. Alot of kids were taken out of school. We went on to fourth period which was gym class. My teacher got our class a classroom that wasn't being used and we sat there watching the other building collapse. After that, they made an announcement and wouldn't let us watch TV because some family and faculty might've been killed and it would hurt too much to watch. The whole day I was thinking about my sister Gina, who worked in Manhatten and my uncle who worked and lived there. When I went to Band, 8th period, I saw my brother and asked him if he thought Gina was ok. He said, "Don't worry, Don't you remember she has off today? It's Tuesday, her day off." The relief those words brought to me were amazing. I was still worried because I wanted to talk to her, and hear her and make sure she was ok. The whole day was a mix of emotions. you were angry,yet sad and vulnerable at the same time. It was a hard day for everyone. When I got home form school, I turned on the TV with my brother, whose 3 years older than me. We sat and watched Mayor Guliani and various people talking at a press conference. Some were getting choked up and it was hard to watch. It was a devastating day. 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? All the people who were in those towers and on those streets who lost their lives that day. I think we should remember those people and their families. 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? No, and no. 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 nmah1660.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