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. My husband works at home in northern Virginia and that morning, I was going into work later after picking my old car up from the body shop. He starts his coffee and turns on CNN every morning while checking newsgroups online. He told me right away when the first plane hit the World Trade Center when it first came on CNN. We were in disbelief like everyone else and just mesmerized by the footage we were seeing. After the second plane hit, we put the volume on mute while we started trying to call relatives. It was then we heard the crash at the Pentagon--it was so clear what it was--and it just sent chills down our spines. I ended up not even going into work at American University--the university closed that morning so everyone could be home with their families. Reality really set in when I called my one sister in our area to find out if she had heard from my other sister who works at Deutsche Bank across from the South Tower in New York. She did talk to her immediately after the first plane hit but then the phone lines jammed up. She ended up getting out after the first plane hit and her coworkers and her got out and on the ferry to Staten Island as it all unfolded. Because the phones were jammed in New York and DC, she couldn't get in touch with us in the DC area nor her husband in midtown Manhatten. We found out she was okay when around noon she was able to get in touch with her mother-in-law in Richmond who then was able to get in touch with us and her husband. When my neighbors started coming home that afternoon early, it seemed everyone had a 9/11 story. One works for the State Department and they were evacuated because of a supposed bomb threat. Another was heading on a metro bus from an early morning meeting to his work at the Pentagon and saw the plane hit the Pentagon from the bus. He's in the military and had just moved here a month earlier. Even American University received bomb threats later that week and we were sent home. Everyone was on edge. There was just that sense of fear throughout. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Because I drive along and across the Potomac River every day, a lot of planes follow the river down to National Airport to land. That was the first time I really became aware of the planes and heard them flying overhead and a fear would rush over me especially being in the DC area. Also, my coworkers and I got used to hearing the fighter jets flying around the city daily. We'd hear them around lunchtime come by American University. I am not sure that my life has directly changed but I think there is a feeling of paranoia of waiting for what might happened next. And I don't think that feeling will ever go away. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? Besides the victims and their families who will be remembered that day, we have to remember our basic liberties that were attacked that day and we should look to the future for better ways to protect our freedom. 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 did not fly a flag after 9/11 but choosing not to fly the flag does not mean I am not patriotic. I celebrate my patriotism by my words. 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 nmah5657.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. 2003-09-07 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.92.148.39