"September 11: Bearing Witness to History" Stories Submitted Online

yes, my parents did purchase 2 flags to put on our car. Yes, i used to not even pay attention to it now whenever i see one I usually think about 9/11/01.

I still have a wreath that my husband made with small flags on the front of my house. I also have one on my car. I have always cherished our flag and respected what it stood for but now I know that many more people in the world understand that our…

It has made me wake up to the simple fact that we should not take life for granted. September 11th was so shocking because it could have happened to any one of us, which has made me more aware of our vulnerability as a race.

No I have not been on a flight yet ,but I am still weary of the people who i see at airports.

Yes I did. And I have a cute flag wind sock now. I have to get a new one soon. Earlier in I tried to get a flag, before this event, and you couldn't find any. Like when we had an Earthquake years earlier I went to look for a Earthquake Kit (like a…

When I see commercial airliners in the sky, I look at them different. I stare. I don't know why. I just do.

Whenever I hear the roar of a jet engine that's flying a little low, my heart unmistakably skips a beat.

I now automatically, without…

I flew an American flag next to our door at our house on the night of September 11th. It remained for a few months until it was no longer presentable. To this day I choose to fly two American flags in my room; one in the window and on my room wall.…

I always had an American flag in my room, but after the attacks i put the the American flag on my front porch to show my respect towards the incidents. My feelings have always been the same about the American flag and the will always be the same.

I didn't have a flag to fly, but on my car's antenna I placed red, white, and blue ribbons to show my pride. I've always had a strong respect for the unity and freedom the American flag represents because my dad was a soldier for 20 years, but 9-11…

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I never had an American Flag publically displayed prior to the events of September 11th. After the tragedy I took its actual importance for what it was worth instead of overlooking its value.

Yes, I did fly an American flag after 9/11 and I have much more respect for the country I live in and the flag that that also flies where I live.

I woke up that morning after the attacks had already happened. I didn't know anything until one of my good friends came running up to me as I was getting on the elevator to go to class, she asked me if I was watching the news, when I told her that I…

Yes. Both of my grandfather's served in the military during World War II so I have always had a lot of respect for the flag that they and thousands of other men and now women fight to protect everyday. I believe it should be against the law to burn…

YesI flew the American flag because I want our country too know that we still have our freedom and justice.

I have worn an american flag pin everyday since September 11 and will continue to do so for the rest of my life.

I have tried to fly a flag everyday since the tragic day of 9/11. I have also put red, white, and blue ribbons, braided, on my backpack to remeber that those are the colors that bind this country and hold it together.

Yes. I have always held the flag in great honor and respect.
I am more conscious of its symbolism now and the price
that was so freely paid for the freedoms that it represents.

No. The only thing that has changed for me is that the travel places arre much more hard to get through.

yes, i feel that i am more proud of our flag and that
we are united as a nation.