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. The morning of Speptember 11, 2001 was like any other day. I woke up and got ready for school as usual. Met my friends at school and talked about sports or what we watched on tv last night. Not too much was really happening, but all of that changed during second hour. What I remember most is that I was in my civics class and someone came and pulled our teacher out side the classroom to talk. During that time the other students and I started to get suspious. We could tell right away that something was wrong. My teacher came back into the classroom turned on the tv and that's when we say the second plane crash into the Twin Towers. Nobody really said anything. I think the whole class had mixed feelings. I felt confused, because I really didn't know what was going on, but yet sad because of what my eyes were seeing. Once I found out more about what had happened I felt angry, because I couldn't understand why someone would be so selfish. I call the high-jackers selfish, because they not only killed many people that day, they also took them away from there loved ones. The people they killed never called them a dirty name or pushed them in the mud. I mean they had families and lives, but that all ended that day. When a selfish act ruined many, many lives. The rest of the day is pretty blurred. I do remember that every class I went to we watched the news. I almost think that we were looking for some kind of hope. We were just waiting for someone to tell us we were dreaming or that it was just a joke, but unfortunatly it is all very real. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Yes, my life has changed because of Septemer 11. I look at life differently now. I try to live 1 day at a time, because you never know when it's going to be over. you never know when your not going to get that second chance to tell the people that you love how much they mean to you! NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think the most important thing to remember about September 11th is that we are all family. Everyone came together to help each other. It brought the people of the United States together. I don't remember hearing about any murders on the news in the time period or about any stores being broken into. Instead I heard about people reconizing the many, many heros of that day. Now I see people displaying the flag with pride and joy. To me they are saying that they are proud to be about of what we are today. If we as a big United States family didn't take care of each other who would? 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? After the September 11th event I have actually put up two American flags. One was at my cabin where we put up a flag pole and proudly display the American flag today. The other is in my room. I have a small flage in the corner of my mirror. I choose to put it on my mirror, because that way I can see it everyday. My feelings about the American flag have changed a lot. Before I never really made it a point to display one, but now I want it to be known that I am a proud American! 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 nmah1483.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. 2002-09-07 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 198.81.17.168