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 awaiting my 8th grade geography class to come in for the morning. I called my husband to make sure he got up for work and he told me a plan crashed into the WTC, looked like an accident, and said it was on the news. I plugged my TV into the cable and watched. I ran down the hall to another S.S. teacher and asked if she heard and to turn on the TV. I stopped at the English teachers room and mentioned something. As the kids piled into class, I had the TV on, and the lights off, I told them I really didn't know what was going on, then the second plane went in, right before our eyes on live TV. It was dead quiet. The bell rang and the next class came in, I quickly told them to sit quietly and watch, as I tried to gather my emotions, the first Tower fell, my eyes welled up, and I cried. I proceeded to map out for my students where all of this was taking place, being it was geography class afterall. Chaos in D.C., questions from my students, I responded as best as I could at that point. All I could say is "history in the making" and we were in the middle of the nation (Fargo, ND), to calm their fears. All I could think of was how fortunate my husband's aunt and uncle, who live in NYC, were visiting Fargo the night before. Then I thought of an ex-boyfriend whom I dated off an on, who lived in NYC, and knew he worked in the financial sector...it took days to get a hold of him, phone lines were jammed. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Definitely, hard to describe... NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? Heroes that were made by choice and by chance. How we came together as a nation 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! 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 nmah727.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. 2002-09-02 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 63.230.106.8