1 20 2325 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. We live in North Carolina and were on vacation in the Smoky Mountains, camping. We had no phones, no radio, no communication with the "outside world". About 6:00 pm on the evening of 9/11 we decided to turn on our little portable radio to see if we could get the local weather forecast. I found a radio station out of Tennessee and the newscaster was talking about whether the local schools would be re-opened on Wednesday or not. I said "Oh my God, there has been another school shooting!" Listening longer we heard what we thought was an Orson Welles type of story being broadcast as part of a radio program. We listened to him tell of two hijacked planes hitting the World Trade Center in New York City and I said to my husband, "This is not very realistic, no one would believe this!" We continued to listen and slowly it dawned on us that this was real! We listened in shock, unable to comprehend the magnatude of what had happened. About an hour later we drove into the nearest town and started calling loved ones to enure ourselves of their safety. It wasn't until the following Sunday when we got home that we were able to see news pictures of what had happened. We both sat their, crying, watching the horrible pictures. We knew none of the dead personally but we cried for all of the loss, of mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters, friends and co-workers. So many lost lives, innocent lives, so many more lives affected - children who will grow up with a missing parent, brides and grooms just starting their lives together, parents who should have outlived their sons and daughters. It is almost too much to try and comprehend.. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. It is certainly true that you hold those you love a little more closely, tell them a little more often how much they mean to you, think a little more often of the selfless men and women who protect our country and neighborhoods and hold with more pride our flag, our country and our freedom. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? We think all of the involved people should be remembered. Victims as well as rescue personnel. 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? We have flown an American Flag at our home for as long as I can remember but we did put a flag on our cars after 9/11 and will continue to do so. Our feelings of pride in our flag have deepened. 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 nmah5006.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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. We live in Hawaii, so we were asleep when everything happened. I was awakened by my mother calling from Florida, screaming in the phone that the world was ending! Not being coherent, she told me to go turn on the TV. So, my husband and I staggered into the living room and turned on CNN. We were in shock! I continued to stand there at the TV, while my husband went back to bed. I followed him and accused him of having no heart. He replied that he wanted to sleep a few more minutes before he was called into work. Sure enough, the phone rang 20 minutes later. My husband went to work and I didn't see him for three days. As you see, he is stationed on the USS Charlotte, a nuclear submarine. As for me, I sat in front of the TV for the nex two days, crying and hugging my son. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I cherish the time I spend with loved ones! I never forget to let those I love know how I feel. I feel an ache in my heart that I don't think will ever heal. I also feel an anger in my soul for those who did this. I have a greater sense of pride for my husband, a sailor in the US Navy, and those like him that are willing to give of their own lives to protect this great country and her citizens. I have a greater respect for the police and fire departments for what they do for everyone. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? That no matter how you try to destroy the United States, we will not be broken! I think we should remember those lost and the bravey of those who died trying to save others. No matter what our differences are, we are citizens of the United States of America and we will not be broken! 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, I flew the flag and continue too! I was taught to respect this great symbol and what it represents. I want everyone to know where I am from and that I am proud of it! 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 nmah4863.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 witnessed September 11, 2001 by watching the news.One of the heros,Geremy Glick was from West Milford.He took the plane down in pennsylvania. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. My life hasn't changed because I didnt know anyone personally, but i was still very upset so many people died. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think we should remeber all the innocent people who died and how we should never take our loved ones forgranted. 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, my family hung a flag and now I look at the American flag and I'm proud to be American. 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 nmah3163.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. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.123.28.250 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 on a boating holiday with my partner on the Norfolk Broads in England (I am English and live there). our boat had a small TV but we had decided not to use it as we were trying to get away from it all. On September the 11th, in the middle of our holiday we stopped for lunch. We decided to put on the wind-up radio we had bought with us and heard the news. I can't describe what it felt like. It was sureal. I was unsure what the TWO TOWERS were or where they were for a little while. When the scale of the news became apparent, we turned on our TV and watched in horror as the live footage was repeated over and over again. It took some time to understand the enormity of the situation, the huge loss. We headed back the next day and went home early as we didnt feel we could carry on with the holiday, not knowing the long term effects of that terrible day. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I think the world over peple understood that nothing is certain, nothing is 100% I have learnt to take each day as it comes. Tomorrow is a long way off. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? The loss, the grief and the brave men and women who lost their lives for others that day. We should also remember the careful, proper way that the United forces of the world stood as one to deal fairly with the issues. Remember who stood up and was counted. 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? In Britain, we had a five miniute silence a week later as a tribute. the counrty stopped completley. I happened to be in town that day and was amayzed that not a single peice of traffic moved, no child cried, no birds chattered. I wore my American flag T'shirt (I have been a frequent visitor to the USA) with pride that day, and will do the same this year. 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 nmah458.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. 2002-08-27 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 80.1.13.252 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. It was a beautiful morning, clear skies and a bright morning sun. I was just leaving my neigborhood in The Woodlands, Texas, just a few minutes after 9 am central time. As I listened to the radio, the DJ for KSBJ came on and mentioned there were reports of a plane crashing into a World Trade Center tower in New York, and the DJ then asked for prayers. As I heard this, I changed the radio six different times, and on every setting, there was a report on the crash. Since my commute takes only minutes, I was now pulling into the parking lot. I turned off my car and prayed a prayer and I remember asking God for peace for the day and for those injured in the crash--as I look back, I am thinking how ironic it was for my prayer of peace. I hurried in, I walked into a large breakroom with a TV--of course, a few folks already had the TV turned to CNN. As I stood there for about 5 to 10 minutes and viewed the burning tower, I thought, "the tower is going to collapse, could it hit the other tower?" I mentioned this to the person next to me--of course, we were all numb, and I received little response. Within a second of my thought, a second plane shows up in the background, obviously taking off, or so I thought. As it neared the second tower, it dawned on me what was going to happen. Shock. Suddenly, many more people were heading into the breakroom, eyes glued to the TV, amazed to be looking at death in the face. My mind riveted on the people in the building, and my soul wept. It was then, I knew, this was the worst tragedy our world has ever seen since the Holocaust. You see, these were people like you and me--earning a living, going to work, going home to families. And within minutes, I imagined these innocent people were now stuck in a building with smoke and sounds they had never heard before, trying to stay calm, not all of them knowing how fast they needed to run. As I stood there watching this TV, stunned with the rest of the world, I saw the smoke, and the cameras started to shake as a result of the camera man running. The camera switched to a more distant, stable view, and the world saw the building collapse--oh it happened so slowly it seemed. Too slow. My mind riveted on the fact that people were still in the building. I knew the second tower would collapse too, it was just a matter of time. The breakroom was now full, and tears were not only streaming on cheeks, but on the windows of our souls. Within a short time, our company held a brief meeting, and the most awesome and amazing thing happened...we were lead by choice in the Lord's Prayer. I never expected a faith in something greater would be experienced in Corporate America. I realized then that Corporate America does have a soul and a heart. It's called "us." We, the people, realized we were so very mortal. We are made up of these cells that form organs, but what makes us so unique, what gives us our souls, our spirits? I think that people knew there was something much greater out there than human beings. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Now I pray for peace. Peace on my heart and conscious, and for peace within our small world because it is so small. My life has changed--but how do you put the catastrophic experience into words? The change happened within the window of my soul and I view the world crying for peace and an understanding that we are just biologically cells, so very mortal, and that we each have a window for a soul. How we look through that window is up to each of us. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? The children of tomorrow--teach them about love, peace, and acceptance that all of us have value and worth, no matter what we look like, what we have, or where we are from. 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. My feeling on the American Flag is now a feeling of reverence and remembrance for all those that have fought for freedom and independence from oppression. 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 nmah1250.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. 2002-09-05 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 65.240.65.201 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 witnessed September 11 at school in Michigan. I was in Social Studies when a senoir came in and told us that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. Our class got to see that second plane crash on the news. It was a shock to all of my classmates and teachers. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. My life has changed, I feel strong for my country and believe that my country feels more patriotic than ever. I also believe that I am now closer to my family, friends, and community. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I believe that everything about September 11, 2001 should be remembered: the rescuers, the innocent victoms, and any of the victom's families and friends. 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 didn't fly an American flag after the events of September 11, but my family and I did hang up a poster of a flag on our family room window. I do have more feelings about the American flag since the terrorist attack. I feel that more Americans are prouder than ever. 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/. 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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 flew from Atlanta to Ft. Lauderdale on a business trip the morning of September 11, 2001. I had rented a car and was on my way to the meeting when I heard the news on the radio. Instead of the business discussion I had prepared, the meeting was focused on the terrifying events unfolding. Coworkers interupted our meeting with news updates: "The Pentigon was just hit!" and "One of the WTC towers just fell!". I struggled to contain my emotions. After the meeting and learning the airports were closed, I decided to drive the 11 hour trip home in my rental car. I tried several times to contact my husband on my cell phone and finally reached him. He had a sales meeting that morning and after hearing the terrible news lead the group in prayer. My three boys were still at school and I wondered how they were feeling about this tragic situation. The news reports I listened to on my ride home didn't even come close to the impact of seeing the tramatic events on television when I finally arrived home. I cried that day and for several days after especially at a memorial mass celebrated at our church. Our lives had changed forever. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Yes! I feel less secure. However, I also feel so greatful that I am an American. As an American, I enjoy so much freedom and I had taken that for granted until 9/11/02. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? That Americans as a group are strong and will rise up regardless of adversity. We are truly one great nation. 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 still have two small flags: one on our mailbox and the other in the front yard. They're faded but still fly proudly. 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 nmah3919.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 will always remeber 9/11. I was a freashman in High school and my sister and I were on our way to school when we heard what had happened. The dj on the radio said that a plane crash in to the world trade tower. At that time i had no idea what that really was. Than we went to school and we were watching the news on tv. we were just watching the frist tower burn than all of a sudden we saw an other plane come and hit the other tower. I couldnt believe it all those innocent people in there and I felt gult because there I was sitting in English not knowing how luky I am. I always took beging an American for granded I never knew how luky I am to be able to live in the land of freedom. where no dream is out of reach. But now Im prouder than ever of America and I love my country.United we stand united we fall. I was always believe this. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Yes my life has changed because of 9/11 but not in a bad way like so many others I am greatfull. I have change because now i know how luky I am to be able to live in this great country. And I thank God everyday to be able to live here. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I already think there is to much hate in this world. so lets not remeber the horrable thing that happend but pray for them all. We should remember all the heros that arose that day. All the people that were killed and there family members.Remember how all Americans united and showed how we all love this country. And that were so luky to be able to live in freedom. And no body can take that away from us. People before fought for this freedom and have and some even gave ther lifes for it. And I know I glady do the same today. 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? Im prond of the American flag more than I have ever been and I will always be. 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 nmah1244.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. 2002-09-05 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.188.154.187 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 witnessed the attacks by listening in on the radio as the first planes hit the buildings in New York City. I was in my English class in 10th grade at Jenks High School in oklahoma.. and we heard about the attacks from another teacher, and turned on the radio.. b/c we did not have a tv in our room at that time. i heard about the second plane hitting the south tower, and then i heard about the collapses.. and sat in awe at what had happened. As this was going on i was taking notes on a sheet of paper, about where i was and what i was doing. It is very helpfull now NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. i think the events have changed my life because they make me vaule my loved ones even more, and to become less trusting, and realize how fragile life is. Nobody I know was directly affected by the terroist attacks, so this has not changed my life drastically. But I do know "of" friends that have been afffected, or has known someone who was affected by the horrific attacks of 9/11. This was a horrible event and as everybody says, this will always be remember. No matter if you know someone who was lost, or just heard about the event. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think that we should always remember, what we stand for as americans. We should value everything we are, and that we live in peace and our country is one of Greatness.. and has over come the tragic attacks of 9/11. Eventually i believe that the consequenses of this attack will become a peace of life everyday, learning to be more cautious and working together to make a safer community not only for us, but for our children and the others around us. 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 nmah5060.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. 2002-09-16 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.14.165.178 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 am a nurse in a small town family doctors office. I remember hearing people talking about a plane crash in the waiting room. Then the other news was revealed to us in bits and pieces. We were not able to get the full story! It was so frustruating. As I brought patients back to see the doctor they would fill me in. We tried, in vain, to get our little radio to tune into a station for more information. I remember finally getting to go to lunch. We walked into the hospital cafeteria, usually a nosiy bustling area. It was silent except for a TV brought in by the hospital administration. I remember purchasing a lunch and then watching in horror the news unfold in front of me. The four of us sat and cried together. I worried about my kids - one at school and one with the babysitter. I worried for my husband, at work at General Motors. I mostly worried for my parents who lived within a mile of Oceana Naval Jet Base in Virginia Beach. It was a very long and miserable day. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I have let myself become more aware of world news. I made a point to learn about the different countries and what they are fighting for. I also have started teaching my kids not to fear evil but to pray! NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? The nation finally becoming one and praying. It was nice to see a president recite scripture and use the name of the Lord. My children attend a parochial school and can't understand why their non-parochial friends didn't pray after that. When President Bush quoted scripture that told my kids "it's ok to show your faith." 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. My family and I participated in 2 candle light vigils that brought our small town together. I was even featured on the front page of our local news tying patriotic balloons to my mailbox. 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 nmah29.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 am an engineer in Mountain View, CA. I recall in the early morning of Sept. 11th that I received a phone call waking me up. My mother told me to turn on the news and we watched as the World Trade Center #2 was hit. Amazing. Tragic. It was like a scene from a hollywood movie, only shockingly real. I watched mesmerized throughout the day as the news unfolded. My heart went out to the victims and their familes. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I believe the event changed the world's perception of security. America became a more security-conscious society and we tried to safeguard our defenses. The creation of Homeland Security Department, the War on Terror, Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, etc. are all symptomatic of the event. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? That security is everyone's responsibility. That tolerance and peace, unbiased education, and dialogue are the best defenses against this type of thing. 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've always been patriotic, although I did get a flag sticker for my car. 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 nmah6541.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 remember I was in English class my sophomore year of high school. My principal went over the loud speaker during that period and announced to the entire school what had happened to the World Trade Centers. I remember feeling a wave of shock and a feeling of really not knowing how to think or feel. Then, the principal said that everyone was going to have a chance to phone his or her mom or dad to check and see if they were ok, since the Pentagon had been attacked as well. My dad, being in the military, had previously worked at the Pentagon. He had just been transferred though to the AMC center. I felt at that time a sense of relief because I knew that my dad was safe. But I also felt a little concerned and afraid of the friends I had whose family did work at the Pentagon. I couldn't help but think of their feelings, and also that of my dad's for I was sure he still had friends that still worked in the Pentagon. When I got home that day, the TV was already on in every room that had a TV. The TV was on the same channel. My dad just stood there in the middle of the den staring at the television. My mother was busy answering the telephone that rang off the hook for days from our family and friends worried and concerned for my dad, thinking that he had not transferred to his new location yet. After a few days, things died down a bit, but there was still talk and discussion whereever i went about what had happened on 9/11 NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I look at things a little differently now. My dad could have easily been located at the Pentagon when the attacks occurred, but he wasn't. For that, I am extremely grateful. I can't go around anymore taking things for granted, because in one second, I could lose it all. I have always tried to be a person who tried to appreciate everything that I have. After, 9/11, all that was reaffirmed and strengthened. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? All of the innocent people who died that day should always be remembered and remind us everyday that we need to appreciate everything that is given to us. We also need to remember what happened so it won't ever happen again. 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? Being part of a family who is in the military, the American flag has always flown at our house. Occasionally, during football season, my dad will put up the UVA flag in support of the Hoos! Yet, putting up the flag at my house has never just been for decoration. We have always been taught to respect the flag and remember why it is there. After 9/11, we still beleived this. 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 nmah6233.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 in school, 8th grade, Sussex Middle School- I had just gotten into my 5th period class- Mrs. Hock, Language Arts. She had looked at us and said, that she heard something about it, but sort of didn't really think it was true, until students started being called out of class- to go home, a family member was there at the school to pick them up, maybe a family member was involved or something, or some parents just thought that their kids, being home during this horrible crime, would be the best for them. By then, the attacks had already happened, not knowing EXACTLY what had happened, and why it did. We knew that 2 airplanes, had hit both of the trade centers, not yet did we know that the pentagon was hit also. We had very little information about this, considering, the principal didn't really want anyone to turn on the TV to see what had happened, and the mess that it had left. We had first thought that it was just an accident, until we realized that it wasn't and that there were terrorist who really wanted to purposely do this. I think this is the stupidest thing someone could've done, not only did it effect the world, it affected the people of the united states. We have stayed united, and we will continue. And I hope that one day, Bin Laden, will be caught and will be killed, because of the fact, that he put so many families, through a lot of problems, emotions, and feelings, and many were heartbroken. I was lucky enough not to have anyone of my family members involved with this, except my aunt, who works close to there, she had left the scene, as soon as she could, to go home, to her family. and I praise God for keeping her safe, and unharmed. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. It has changed my life. A lot. I see the people that have been killed in this crime, and i have seen the problems it has caused us, but overall, i believe that we are a united country, and that this attack, has not only brought this country closer, but we take alot more precautions now, then what we did, before the attack. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think that all of the people that have died, the firemen that were involved, and helped cleaned up everything, the families of lost loved ones, the police men who did all they could to save people, and i think that we should always remember this time, and i think that we should wear red, white, and blue on every September 11th, for the rememberence of these people, and to take part in the pride of the firemen, the people that survived, and the police men that had tooken part in this horirble crime. 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 feel that the American Flag, has always had an importance in many lives. Well, for me it has. Standing there in the morning, before school starts, saying the pledge of allegiance. Many kids think that there is no point to the allegiance.. there is, a very big one. I guess my feelings about the American Flag has stayed the same...except, now I believe that it represents our country a lot more, and people understand it. 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 nmah1810.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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. That is one day I will never forget,I was getting dressed for work at Osco Drug store and my brother called me up and said are you watching the news? Isaid no why, he said 2 planes hit the twin towers I said what twin towers, All I know is Chicago, I didn't even know there was twin towers until that day. Naturally I thought he was playing around trying to make me watch something that was't there so I humored him and turned it on, I was in total shock I just stood silent I couldn't believe what I was seeing, after I had hung up with him I called my daughter, then I went to work that's all they were talking about.Most of the people that came in did't even know what was happening I was working the cash register when my boss said they hit the pentagon everyone was silent as we watched the t.v. we had for demo no one moved we were crying for the people that were in those buildings and planes. The rest of the day very little people came in the streets were pretty bare and me worried about my kids in school and if they were going to close the schools. All I know, as if someone was killing my family I felt a lot of hurt and hatred and feeling like getting even with the demon's spawn, that day made me appreciate life in general and to know that life is too short as it is to let someone scare me into thinking to be scared, yes I might die,but I'll fight doing it and I won't go alone I'll take one of them with me. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. It made me know to love my family more and my country and it's people and appreciate life more than before, my ma had a saying when we were little she said stop and smell the flowers once in a while, more or less take some time to enjoy what you worked so hard to get for maybe tomorrow it won't be there. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? All the people that gave their life for our country as far as I'm concerned they all gave their lives for us,and they should declare this a holiday or memorial day. 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 and lit candles for a couples of days, I always felt proud of my countrys flag and that day just made them stronger to protect it. 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 nmah4358.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 not there, but this is how I found out. I was having a normal school day at Siegel Middle. In art, Mr. Hayes was listening to the radio. I did not understand, nobody did. When I got home, there were pictures all over the TV. I knew what had happened, but I didn't understand why. To this day part of it is still a mystery to me. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. My life has not been changed much. The only thing is that I feel like everyone has come together like a great big family. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? It was a day that 4,000 people died because of terrorist attacks, and shall not ever be forgoten. 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 and yes. The flag means more to me now than it ever did. 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 nmah4977.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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. On September 11, I was at school. I remember being in third period geometry class. One of my friends ran in and said that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. We didn't really know anything else besides that. When I went to fourth period history, almost everyone in our school knew about it already. Our history teacher turned on the news and we saw what had happened. Shortly after that, another history teacher ran in and said that a second plane had crashed. We were all confused. I remember my teacher saying that if anyone needed to go to guidance they could. Then a girl in my class started hysterically crying and left. It was really sad. Later that day, there was announcements over the loud speaker about it. The whole rest of the day was a big blur. I remember on the bus we were talking about who could have done it. That was the first time I had ever heard the name Osama bin Laden. When I got home me and my brother watched the news for the rest of the night. Later my older brother came to stay with us because he lives right outside NYC and we didn't know if there would be another attack. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I learned not to take anything for granted. So many people died that day. A man that I baby-sit for is a police officer who was in the WTC when it collapsed. He went one way and his partner went the other way. He lived, his partner died. I now appreciate the little things in life. You never know what is going to happen tomorrow. Live life to the fullest and live one day at a time. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think that it should always be remembered how many innocent people lost their lives. Also, how the USA banded together after the attacks. There were flags outside of almost every house that I passed. Everyone was so patriotic. It also reminded us how much hate and violence really exists in the world. We all know it exists to some extent but I never thought it would happen this big and so close to home. For people in the Middle East, this is not a rare thing, it happens everyday. It opened our eyes to how much hate is really in the world. The firefighters, policemen, and everyone else that helped should never be forgotten. I remember seeing on the news a long line of volunteers waiting to help search through the rubble. So many people were willing to help. 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? My family flew an American flag after September 11. Some of my family members had to go out and buy one and I remember them saying how hard it was to find one. All the stores were sold out. I appreciate the American flag more now. I never used to be real patriotic before. I mean I celebrated the Fourth of July, Memorial Day and all the other patriotic holidays, but I was a typical teenager and never really thought much about these holidays. Now I have more appreciation for them. 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 nmah1816.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 lived in Brooklyn, New York with my family on the 11th of last year. We heard the 2nd explosion and felt our house tremble. Bits of paper and debris landed in our yard, a good 2 or 3 miles from the site. We lost members of our community, a close-knit one of cops and firefighters. My son, who had just started school the week before, had a boy in his class whose father died; he was one of 10 kids. We felt helpless. We donated socks, t-shirts, sweatpants, boots, underwear and food to our local firehouse, which lost a captain. We smelled smoke and our eyes stung whenever the wind shifted in our direction. At times we couldn't leave our house because of the smoke. We tried to lead normal lives for our children but we wondered if there would be a tomorrow, if war would break out and if we'd live to see our children grown. We PRAYED for the families and cried over posters and pictures plastered all over downtown, at a hospital even a month later. But one of my worst experiences of the day was when I realized that a young man who was trapped in Tower 2, but who had managed to call one of the television stations to get word to his family, did not survive, could not have survived as the Tower fell just minutes after his plea for help. I searched for his name among the missing, finally seeing it in the New York Times. I felt such pain for this man's family, a man I had never met or even seen, but who I felt such a connection to. His voice haunts me still. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. We were in the process of selling our Brooklyn home and were, somewhat selfishly, worried if everything would move ahead. We had no idea where our buyers worked -- our lawyer was trapped overseas on vacation. We thought briefly of backing out of both selling and buying a house in upstate New York, but decided we had chosen to move for the good of our children. We have since moved and are dealing with different issues -- much more mundane ones. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? That New York is an amazing place, attracting amazing people to it. And that New York is ever evolving and growing and that this too shall pass. 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 didn't own a flag until we moved out of Brooklyn. I bought one soon after we moved into our new house and put it on the front porch. Flags are ubiquitous in upstate New York, but it makes me feel part of my new community to fly it. 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 nmah4293.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. 2002-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 24.189.248.70 Notes Notes about this item. > From: "Pam W. Eigo" <pjaeigo@earthlink.net> > Date: Thu Sep 12, 2002 07:46:02 AM US/Eastern > To: The September 11 Digital Archive <info@911digitalarchive.org> > Subject: Re: Thank you for contributing thanks for your email. jamey went to school as usual, as did agnes and everything was "normal". we really did nothing to commemorate the day. i wanted to be a part of something but couldn't muster the energy or courage to leave the house. i was in manhattan/brooklyn on sunday and it was more than enough. i go back and forth often enough and see ground zero constantly, or at least the constructin site that was the trade centers. it's too depressing and makes me sad every time i drive by. so... we did nothing. i also didn't want to make too big a deal of it because of the kids. i didn't want jamey to have to think about it all over again. they did a brief ceremony at school and that was plenty. there'll be many years to come to commemorate the day. he likes his new teacher a lot. she sounds very nice. i haven't met her, but will next week at open house. i think i told you i'm his soccer coach. it's not going all that well. i don't know a great deal about the game and i think i hate 6-7 year old boys, AND jamey thinks he deserves special treatment because he's the coach's son. it was not a good practice today as i made him sit out the practice game because of his attitude. yuch. i don't know how to handle these situations very well, but i told him he embarrassed me and himself by behaving so poorly and i guess he learned a lesson by sitting out when he wanted to play. we'll see. i won't be volunteering to coach again, not even for agnes, who is much easier about sharing me with people, but i certainly don't want him thinking i'm playing favorites with her which he already does -- in spades. she's not the easiest kid, but compared to him she's a princess. i try hard not to show favoritism but he's just such a pain in the butt! i love him dearly and wish he could understand that. sounds like your service was something special. glad you attended for us. much love, pam 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. September 11th, 2001. It was the day after my 15th birthday, I woke up with a smile on my face. It was just like any other day. I showered, went to school, nothing was special or out of the ordinary. I went to my first hour class which was physical science and then I headed to English. I was still somewhat groggy, not quite awake. English started out normally but before I knew it I saw teachers start going in and out of their classrooms. It seemed a little unusual but I figured that there was some sort of a staff meeting or announcement or something. Then the vice principal came and took our teacher out of the room for a little bit. Ms. Eld, my teacher, came back into the room and then two sophomores ran in and started talking really fast. Ms. Eld shooed them out of the room and said that "we didnt' know about IT yet." This made me a little curious, I was then expecting something really great had happened to our school or something. Then Ms. Eld said that something had happened in New York that morning and it was something that would effect our entire nation. A look of distraught was in her eyes and when she flipped on the television the nightmare became real. My mouth literally dropped open and my heart sank deep into my chest as I watched our buildings go up in smoke and the ash and soot covered helpless people. Heading to my next class I heard someone say "don't worry you guys, it doesn't affect us." I wanted to scream, "yes it does!" September 11th changed America, it did and continues to affect us because we are American citizens. There have been several changes since then, some big and some small that have been made anywhere from security issues to wheather or not to declare war. I was very thankful that in German, our teacher had us sit down and just watch the TV and write and write about what had happened and was going on in our nation. Becuase that day just dragged on then but now I can't remember much of it. My story isn't very special or unique but it is what it is and I will never forget it. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. My life has changed in many ways since 9-11. I used to just wrap myself in a blanket of safeness becuase I thought that America was indestrucatble, unbeatable, and the most powerful nation. Since then I have not really felt any less safe but each day that I am alive I try not to take it for granted. I have changed the way that I think about things. I try to stay more alert and aware of my surroundings. I watch the news because it matters to me what happens to America because I am an American citizen and that means a lot to me. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think everything should be remebered. There are probably some parts that some of us would rather forget but it is important that we don't because this event needs to be remembered. Terrorism is a big issue and we need to remember the devestating consequences that it can evolve into. We also must remember all of the lives that were sacrificed and espeically the men and women that fought to save those lives. Mostly it should be remembered because of the fact that it united America and it's people. It is sad that such a catastrophic event was needed to pull us together but the outcome has held a tremendous impact. Never have I ever been more proud to be an American citizen. Terroism might think that it succeeded on September 11th but I know the truth, that day was not only pain and agony, it was also triumph because I believe today, we are stronger than we ever have been and we will only grow stronger from here. 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? My family personally does not own a flagpole so we did not fly a flag. Although I am always in full support for all of those that do. I have grown up learning to hold great respect for the American flag. But since September 11th, I now have a different feeling about the flag and what it stands for. Think about it, the American flag is what brought us together as a nation from the fisrt 13 colonies, the flag is what has gotten us through the wars we have fought together, the flag is what we as America stands for, freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. How can you not be in love with something that stands for that many things. Red, white, and blue are our colors, American's wear them with pride because those colors are the very heart of our nation. 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 nmah1259.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 at work about 2 hours from Washington, DC. One of my coworkers said that a small plane had hit the World Trade Center. We all started checking the internet and turned on the radio to a news station. We learned of the 2nd plane and that the 1st plane was not small as originally thought. The husband of one of my coworkers was in Washington for some training, and she began frantically trying to reach him after we got word that a plane had hit the Pentagon. One of the training rooms at work has a cable TV feed, so we watched it during breaks. I don't remember getting much work done that day. I distinctly remember the chaos -- all the rumors and false reports that hit the news immediately, especially about buildings being bombed in DC. We were so relieved when my coworker was able to reach her husband, who had no idea that anything had happened. I cried a lot that day. We were allowed to leave work at 4:30 to go be with our families. I couldn't pull myself away from the radio and television. I was hungry for word that miraculously people were alive in the crumpled towers, but it never came. I'd never felt so helpless in my life. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I feel less safe. I also appreciate each day more. We were never able to have children, and now, I'm not sure I'd want to be raising children today and having to worry about their safety constantly. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? Tell everyone you love that you love them every single day. Make sure they know it. You never know when it will be to late to tell them that again. 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? Personally, I did not fly a flag. I've always gotten teary at the sound of the National Anthem, or "God Bless America", "America, the Beautiful", or any other patriotic song. I'm a very patriotic person. I lived overseas for a year, when I was 12, and have never forgotten how precious it was to come back to the United States, my home, the place where I belonged. I've never taken that for granted. 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/. 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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. On September 11, 2001 I was schedule to give birth to my first and only child just outside of Ft. Worth Texas. At 5:00am central time we started the process and everything was going normal and fine. My husband and I had brought with us to the hospital several movies because we were told that it could take as long as 20 hours to give birth. We had just gotten 1/2 way through the first movie when the nurse came running into our delivery room and said "Turn on CNN - the world Trade Center tower is on fire"...As I watched everything that unfolded it was surreal - I do not know if it was the meds. I was on or what even though time was passing quickly it seemed so slow. My son Christopher was born at 4:01pm...it will always be a bitter sweet day - On his first birthday we did a "red, White and Blue" birthday party. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. My life has changed because on that day my son was born...and looking at him I know that our world will never be the same as it was before that day...yet he will only know what the world is like after that day and think of everything as it is now is normal. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? Just like we remember Pearl Harbor we should never forget Sept. 11th. This was a day that America was no longer safe...it was a day where now we as Americans have to live like the rest of the world...on guard....it was a day we awoke. 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? no I did not, however my feelings for the flag has changed...I now get a bit teary eye every time the National Athem is played...I am making sure that my son learns what our flag stands for and how to honor it. 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 nmah6327.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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