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 first heard about the attacks on the car radio as I was driving to the college I attend. When I arrived, students, faculty and college employees were gathered around a big screen television in the fireside lounge. I joined them and we watched the ghastly events unfold together. An hour later, dazed, I made my way to the computer center to e-mail family and friends. My subject line: CAN YOU BELIEVE WHAT'S HAPPENING? My message, in essence, was that "one" of the towers had been hit by a plane and there were unconfirmed reports that the Pentagon had been hit. Classes were suspended and many of us left immediately. All I could think of was to go get my son and when I got home I phoned my husband at his work. After that I was "useless", crying in front of the TV all afternoon and evening. Watching the tragedy over and over as the media switched to full coverage and presented recap after recap. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Overtaken by Pessimism On September 11th, we Americans were forcibly stripped of our sense of security. History will record this as yet another delicate age of innocence peeled away and lost forever. Because of the threat of terrorism it would be unlikely that I will ever fly on a commercial airplane, feel at ease in metropolitan settings or look at a piece of mail as innocuous again. PARANOID, you bet, inappropriately so - NOT IN THIS DAY AND AGE. I asked myself the question that was probably asked the last time Americans faced a loss of the thin sheathing of an innocent age, what kind of a future faces our children? The answer, SADLY, a far more restrictive one than we faced. Written on 12/06/2001 for the ?Sept 11 Artists Respond? exhibit. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? 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 has flown the American flag at our home even when it wasn't "fashionable". The only result of September 11th was that we finally put in a permanent flag pole that we had been planning for some time. Our feelings of pride have magnified since September 11th. 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 nmah173.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. 2002-08-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.188.192.157