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 left my morning class about 9:15am and went to the Student Union building at my university, I picked up some breakfast and walked into the lounge where 2 people were watching the events on TV. I sat down and watched, they then showed a replay of the second plane striking the tower, I was stunned. A larger group started to form around the TV. They then went to a split shot and showed the World Trade Centers and another building and someone remarked "oh no, what's that?" and I said "it looks like the pentagon." The group continued to grow, and aside from the occasional new commer to the group asking what was happening, it was nearly silent. After a while they went to a shot from a helicopter circling the site, after about 5 minutes I said "oh god, there's only one building" and then another replied "what?" and right away another replied "one of the towers must have collapsed, the helicopter has been circling the building so the tower isn't hidden behind the other tower." Slowly over time the group shrunk some, most people going back to their dorms since classes had, by then, been canceled. Even in the dorms most people had their doors open. TVs in everyone's rooms were all showing the same thing. I didn't matter what channel you turned to you always had the same topic. 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? I wanted to fly an American flag after that but there was no where to buy one, all I had was the little one on my desk. 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 nmah90.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. 2002-07-22 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 216.193.42.75