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. A Day of Infamy It was a normal day that September 11th. I woke up and went to school like I did every other day. In first block we had been working on a poetry unit and the 11th was when our projects were due. We were all very relaxed and the day was going very well. The bell rang and we all got up and were ready for our next class. As I was walking through the hall everything seemed normal until I heard someone yelling, we got bombed, we got bombed. I thought they were kidding but when I walked into my second block class it felt like the world around me had come crashing down. My heart dropped at the sight of the two world trade centers in flames. I quickly read the bottom of the screen to find that commercial airplanes had hit both trade centers. It was thought that terrorists were the culprits. As the tardy bell rang our teacher, Mrs. Carner, was in a panic. She came in, took role and quickly scurried out of the room again. As my whole class sat in the same room I felt as if I were alone. I didnt know why anyone would want to do this. Soon we all learned that hijackers had taken over the planes, killed the pilots and drove them into the trade centers. Soon Mrs. Carner came back into the room and she seemed much calmer and more relaxed. Then, she told us she had gotten so upset because her sister was on a trip to New York and she didnt know which day she was supposed to visit the trade centers. She had found out that her sister had planned to visit them on Thursday. After a while she turned off the TV and tried to make us write down our vocabulary words. I wasnt interested in anything except what was going on in our country. I think that everyone in my class felt the same way. My third block was social studies and I knew that Mr. Heasly would let us watch and talk about the attacks the whole third block. I was glad that he was my teacher because he knew a lot about what was going on and why the terrorists night have done this. As we watched the coverage in that class it showed the tape of afghan people dancing with joy that our country got hit. During about the middle of the class the first building started to crumble. It looked like it was make of sand, you would have never imagined that there was steal and metal among the debree. In fourth block we werent aloud to watch the coverage, we had to do our work. I was a little upset because I knew at the time that 9-11 would be a day I would remember forever. When I went home I talked with my Mom about the attacks. We were both very upset and were worried for the families and friends of all those injured or killed. I was supposed to have a soccer game but all sporting events were cancelled. The night was somber and I prayed for many things that night. September 11th brought our country together and it will eventually tear terrorism apart. The terrorists will get re-payed and they will be sorry. The perfect motto for our country is United we stand, divided we fall. Osama Bin Laden has united our country and we will never fall to his evil acts 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 nmah5175.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. 2002-09-30 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 205.204.242.22