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 work the overnight shift for a large airline in the mid-west. I had been home a few minutes and decided to run some errands. When I returned, I turned on the television to one of the cable news stations and thought I was watching something from a movie promo. I turned it up and was horrified. I woke up my wife and we stared in awe as the second aircraft hit the towers. Needless to say, I didn't sleep at all that day. I just sat there staring at the televised and video taped broadcasts as the news personalities tried to cope wih the events along with the rest of us. The things I remember most about those days were going to work at night with no inbound flights and our ramp literally full of airplanes from every carrier you could think of. I also remember the silence. There were no aircraft flying! I was 37 years old then and I have never lived more than 20 miles from an airport. All of my life I heard jet engines in the background. The silence was deafening! NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I have to have a security background check to do my job now. Our service has been cut by around 20%. We have retired several fleets of aircraft prematurely. Whan you walk in our hangar there is one wall covered with pictures and stories about coworkers family members involved in the war against terrorism. There are also the flags of all four branches of the United States Military flying in our hangar. Most of us served our country in our time and were proud of our family members that are doing so now. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think that most importantly we should remember that it was an unprovoked act of war and that it was waged against inocent civilians and defenseless firefighters. The timing of the 2nd aircraft into the Trade Center was designed to take out rescuers as well as bring down the tower and kill more civilians. It was a barbarous and cunning attack. 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 fly my flag after the attacks and I flew in until the Taliban were ran out of Afghanistan. I have served my country in the United States Army. I', proud of my Flag and my Country and September 11, 2001 didn't alter that one bit. 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 nmah332.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. 2002-08-20 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.31.216.159