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. While arriving at the nursing home to visit my mother in law , her tv was on, all the nurses aides and nurses were in her room when we arrived, many were crying, some were praying. the only one not affected was my mother in law, she had alhemizers, and for the first time, what a blessing for her. we watched tv with the nurses and other staff for a few minutes and felt an urgency to get home, our two daughters were in middle school, we were concerned they would call, and would need to hear our voices, assuring them we were ok, and they were ok, even though we all were many miles and many states away. Once we arrived home, we turned the tv on immediately, that's when the second plane had crashed into the WTC. We immediately fell on our knees and prayed for all those people, and we cried. we couldn't leave the tv, even though we didn't want to hear what was happening, even though we knew people were dying, we knew this tragedy was changing America, and life as we knew it, we knew we were watching history, and the kind of history we didn't want to experience. I'll never forget my husband's word's, they cut like a knife, We are now in war, and those poor people are the first casualties. May God have mercy on our country. He then said let's Pray for the world not just for America, but for the World. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Yes, my life and my family's life has changed because of Sept. 11. We are more cautious, more fearful, more loving, more prayerful, more considerate, more compassionate, more loving, more tolerant, more patient, more God-fearing. We've made a few changes in our home as well, we are more careful regarding our surroundings, we are more polite to others, In public we only do things as a buddy doing things together. We stopped all travel overseas until we as a family feel safe. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? Our country came together as one. Many wonderful people lost their lives, and should never be forgotten, they were hero's and victims. We together can overcome. United we are strong. 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, we proudly flew our American flag. The reason, I'm afraid was two-fold, one was: Proud American, Two was: IN YOUR FACE BIN LADEN WE CAN NOT BE BEATEN! My feelings about the American flag has changed, I see it more proudly, I hail it with respect, and I lovingly honor it with gratitude and a deep commitment of loyalty. 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 nmah2049.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. 2002-09-09 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.136.173.54