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 woke up at 6:30a.m. on a very beautiful September morning. I was going to drive an hour and a half away from home to do CPR/First Aid training for a new job I would be starting in the next week. I took a shower, got dressed, and walked downstairs to get some breakfast before i left the house. My mom was sitting in the recliner watching the news. There, on the screen in front of my, was one of the trade towers on fire. I asked my mom what was wrong, and she said that a plane flew into the tower, and they suspected terrorists. This didn't really scare me or sink in at the moment. What did i care about that for? I was in California, far enough away from this silly trade tower and it's terrorist. I knew the stories of people trying to bomb the towers. Nothing bad ever happened. Oh well, a plane hit the tower...it'll be news for a few days, then be forgotten. As i stood there watching the second plane hit the neighboring tower, the sheer magnitude of the situation fell over my heart. We knew, sitting in our living room in Southern California, that the world as we knew it had just been changed FOREVER! I left the house that morning with a sense of fear as i drove toward Los Angeles. Of coarse, there was still the inevitable infamous rush hour traffic as usual...but as i sat there, in the midst of all of the traffic, I looked around at the faces of those around me. There was not one man or woman with a dry eye. Everyone had a look of shock. It felt as though we needed each other, while sitting in that traffic, to keep one another sane. We didn't know what was happening other than what the radio was saying. They announced that the Pentagon had been hit. They announced that another plane had crashed in a field. They announced that the Sears tower had been hit, only that statement was retracted moments later. They said airplanes had been grounded, but i could still see planes in the sky. It was simply the most terrifying moment of my life. Shortly after i got to my CPR/First Aid training, we all sat there together and watch the towers fall. I will never forget the image of that moment. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. I don't think that there is one person that can hear the date September 11 and not think of this "story". 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 nmah6397.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. 2004-01-03 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.5.1.110