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. 9-11 was a day that i will never forget, its something that no one will ever forget. How did i witness it well thats a question that i have been asked alot latelly and im sure i will be asked years from now. I was in my second hour class at my high school Monticello High. Algebra to be exact, we were all just doing our work when a man came in and started talking to my teacher Mrs.Hadfeild, he talked in a very low serious voice and it seemed to make the class room uncomfrtable. We knew something was up but we never thought that it would be that serious. As he left the class room our teacher returned to the front of the class room and started to explain to us in tears what had happend... the Twin towers had been bombed. We all just kind of got quiet as she turned on the t.v. we listen and watched and them to our horror we watched live as the second plane crashed into the other tower, at first we thought that we were just seeing a replay but then someone mentioned from the silence that the bottom of the screen said "live" the poeple on the news station became quiet and then we all relized that what we saw was real and did really just happen, for the first time i acaully saw freshman boys be quiet and acually act mature. As we left our class rooms every one was in awe, every one had so many unanswered questions and confusions some worrys, and some thoughts of loss. As the day ligered on we watched the T.v in every class, we watched as our president spoke to the nation, with hopes of finding the person behind this and making them pay. In some classes we even wrote papers on this day so we would have them to remeber that day and what we really felt like. This is one thing that i will never ever forgt but the biggest thing was watching our nation comeing together as one and all the flags and things. My dad who travels alot was in Kansas City on the 11th, he was driving on his way home and he drove across this little brige, there was a little old man sitting on the bridge holding and American flag, he said that it brang tears to his eyes. It also brang tears to mine when he told me about it. It was things like that, that made me relize what a great country the United States is to live in and how wonderfully we came together. I will never forget this day and what people went through. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. Yes, my life has changed greatly since the 9-11 attacks. every time i hear the national athem, or any song that has to do with the Untied States and the 9-11 attacks it remindes me of all the people who risked their lives to save people in those burning towers and also for the inocent people who had no idea that, they were going to die that day in what happened to be one of the worst i think terroist and most devistating. i belive that now we have come together and have the power to go get them back in hopes or protecting the United States. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? I think that all the people who died in the 9-11 bombing and all the brave people who tried to save as many as they could, even the people on the planes im sure there are more heros than we will ever know. 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 did go out and buy and a american flad and hung it on our front proch. Let me tell you after 9-11 a american flag was hard to find! I think that the american flag represents the people who died in the bombings and the people who died tring to save them. Also for the United states of America the strongest counrty in the world. GOD BLESS AMERICA! 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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