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 live in New Orleans, Louisiana. I was fifteen when September 11th occured. I remeber siting in class, ten minutes before the bell was to ring. It was second period, band class. I remeber the teacher getting a phone call from her friend who worked at another school telling her to turn on the television, that we are under attack. I remeber how franticly she searched for the on button. When the television warmed up the images we saw before us were unimaningeable. The first tower was standing still, though engulphed in flames, the second tower hadn't been hit yet. The whole of the class watched in horror. I remeber thinking, "Well this is it... this is the begining of the end of the world. I just hope to God on one has used nukes yet." At that time we had no idea who attacked us, if we attacked first, or even if it was over. Reports said that there were more planes in the air that they had suspected of being hijacked. We heard about explosions in the capital, that schools were being blow apart. Reports were coming in from everywhere. People even said that there were biological agents involved. I watched the second strike live on television. I saw the first tower fall. I saw the plane spread across the ground. I saw the bodies of human beings falling from the sky, trying to escape death by fire. Couples jumped off holding hands. One fire fighter was killed on the ground by one of these falling people. I pray no country has to go through what we went through that day... the horror, the pain, the anger, the fustration all rolled into one ball. That day changed the future of warfare and the entire way of life for the world. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. My life has not changed, I wouldn't let it. If we let terrorists change the way we live then we let the terrorists win. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? Our botherhood, patriotisim, love for each other, or detrmination to find those that did this and bring them to justice. We were one as a nation at that time and the whole of the world was with us. 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? Yes, my family flew the flag. We flew it high and proudly. Patriotisim flurished in the United States after those events and we banded together, under one flag, to defeat those who took so many lives from us. 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 nmah6442.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. 2004-02-17 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 63.175.120.2