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 sitting in my English class when my principal came over the loud speaker and informed us that there was had been an accident at the WTC. He said they weren't sure of the cause yet so we all figured it was an accidental crash. Then, he came back over the loud speaker informing us that the other tower was hit. Every teacher had either the radio or the television on the entire rest of the day. Students kept calling parents on their cell phones. Since I live on Long Island, many students have parents or relatives that worked in or around the towers. The scary thing for me was, it was my parents anniversary and I knew that they were going into the city that day. They were planning on eating lunch at the Windows to the World atop one of the towers. I called them and they were still safe at home, they weren't planning on going into the city for another hour. Also, my uncle was taking a flight down to Washington DC that day so my aunt was hysterical when she couldn't reach him. He was luckily on a different plane. Other students weren't so lucky. I will never forget that day and the following weeks after. Everything was so somber. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Yes, my life has changed. I don't take anything for granted anymore. If something like this can happen in America, I can't even begin to imagine what things could be like in other countries. Now, when i see an American flag or I go to Ground Zero, I can't help but imagine how those poor souls lost their lives. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? The hereos. We should remember that everyone involved in September 11th should be important to us. This includes the police and fire departments, the pilots and passengers of all 4 of the planes that went down (NYC, Wash DC and Penn), the people trapped in the buildings,those who survived and the victims families. 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, there is still an American Flag outside of my house. I noticed people putting flags everywhere, including their cars (flags, window clings, stickers), their house, wearing flags etc. The American flag means so much more now. America as a country stuck together and held strong as things were falling apart around us. The flag stands for freedom, libery, justice and so much more. 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 nmah6586.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. 2004-09-07 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 137.123.189.83