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 in my home in San Diego, California, getting ready for work and watching the "Today Show". I watched the events unfold from the first attack. As a native New Yorker, I was in denial about what I was seeing. Several of my family members worked on various phases of the Twin Towers construction (NY Telephone). In graduate school, I lived in Brooklyn and commuted to NYC for work. I crossed the Brooklyn Bridge every day, and saw the towers and the lady in the harbor each and every day. It was comforting to see them there. I watched them fall in disbelief and disillusion. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. September 11 made me realize that even though we are all caught up in our own lives, as Americans, we can all reach out to help our fellow Americans. Before 9/11, I would have liked to believe that, but now I positively know for sure. Having lived in NY, I would have not believed the humanity I witnessed after the event. NYC is a different town (and we're living in a different country now). While the events were horrific, it ripped away the indifferent facade that people wore on their faces. When I hear our national anthem now, all of the words have meaning to me. Before, it was words that I couldn't relate to. Now I can. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? That America pulled together like no other country in history as one group, determined to take care of those who were affected. We proved that we were the strongest country on the face of the Earth, and that freedom will always ring 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? I flew a flag from my car antenna, and I, like everyone else in the country, put our national colors on my car with a decal. Now the flag definitely means "freedom" to me. 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 nmah953.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. 2002-09-04 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 204.27.156.146