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 was one of the most tragic days I can remember. It started as a usually day at school. I was in 8th grade and in first period at the time it happened My teacher told us that she was going to put the news on for us. We didn't know why she was doing it. She told us that we should all promise not to tell anyone or they might get scared. We all agreed. She turned on the TV and there it was, the first tower englulfed in flames. As I watched people running for theor lives, I thought, "Who would do such a thing?" The smoke from the building was the blackest I have ever seen. Papers and documents were floating down everywhere. Pieces of bot the plane and the building were falling on people down below. We watched this until the period was over. As the bell rang, the class left with a terrifying look on their faces.As I left the room I couldn't help but tell everyone. As he day ended we all got on our bus. All everyone was talking about was the towers and who did it. As I got off the bus, I ran all the way home. When i walked in my family's eyes were stuck on the TV. I witnessed nothing other than the first building falling as I walked in. As I wayched i realized how everyone came together as ONE. People of every background were helping. Although people of every background were dieing. As I watched that first tower fall, A shiver went down my back. I was so scared that something worse would happen. Scared that this might be the end, thinking to myself, "If I should go out ever again?" Once the sencond tower fell, I figured that whoever did this just started a new war. A new kind of society. I was right. People were afraid to come out of their homes. The world changed too. Never in my life have I seen the Air Force have to patroll the skies. In the end, over 30,000 people died. Many family lost friends or even family of their own. Now everyone has come on September 11, 2002, to grieve on which two towers fell just one year ago. This day will never be forgotten. 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 nmah4132.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. 12.247.1.7