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 woke to the sound of my phone ringing....before I could answer it, the answering machine did, and I heard my sister saying something about bombs hitting the Trade Towers and the Pentagon. I picked up the phone and began talking to her, and turned on the news just in time to watch the 2nd tower fall. I was devastated. I couldn't do anything that day except stay home and watch tv. We have friends in Queens, and I tried to call them right away, and got the "all circuits busy, try later" message. I sent an email, which thankfully they responded to by the next morning--they were all safe. It took me several weeks before I felt "normal" again. Sometime during the week of Sept. 11th, I called the local chapter of the American Red Cross and asked how I could help. They told me to register to take upcoming disaster classes. I took the first available classes (held in Oct.), and a week after I was finished with my training, I was on a plane to New York City. I spent 3 weeks working in a Service Center in China Town, helping clients affected by the disaster. It was one of the most wonderful experiences of my life. Being able to provide some financial relief, but most importanly, hope to these people was awesome. And the reason I could do that was because of the generosity of the American people who opened their hearts and wallets to people of New York City. I was never more proud to be an American!! = ) NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I have stayed active in the Red Cross since Sept. 11th, and now volunteer on local house fires, floods, etc. I am hopefully a better, more involved citizen because of the tragedy of Sept. 11th. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? That although our country was attacked, we pulled together and became stronger because of it. There were many heroes on that day, and many who became heroes afterward, by contributing their time and energy, and resources to help our country recover. 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 have always flown the flag on holidays, but did fly it everyday for about a month after Sept. 11th. I loved seeing all the flags--on houses, cars, businesses, etc. 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 nmah347.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. 2002-08-20 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 216.124.188.214