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 in school that day. In my Spanish class, someone told me that planes had hit some buildings in New York City. I thought they were joking. When I got to lunch, I had just sat down with my food when the Vice Principal walked in. She quietly explained that two planes had flown into the twin towers and that they didn't know anything else. A flurry of questions ensued, such as "What kind of planes?" and "What happenned to the towers?" The Vice Principal said that she knew nothing. After lunch, I went to my history class. The class spent the whole time talking about the history in the making. A number of students, including myself, left to go to the library to watch the television there. I couldn't believe my eyes. School continued for the rest of the day, but after-school activities were cancelled. When my mom arrived at school to take me home, all I could say was "Did you see it?". At first, she didn't know what I was talking about. "You mean the plane that hit one of the twin towers?" I explained to her that there were three planes. Throughout the rest of the car ride home, we consolidated our knowledge. Finally, I got home. The one thing I wanted was information, and lots of it. I had, for most of the night, a television tuned to CNN, a radio tuned to WZID 95.7 FM, which had skipped their regular music shows to cover the attacks, a computer playing BBC World, and three computers on different news web sites. Every time I learned something new, I just wanted to know more. I continued like this for the next week, only taking short breaks for dinner and homework. Finally, my parents convinced me that I wasn't going to learn anything else. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. 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? 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 nmah5293.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. 2002-11-21 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.189.94.109