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 working in Washington, DC on 9/11/01 watching the the WTC disater unfold on TV. From the 5th floor of our office building I looked out and could see the Pentagon hit. It was a strange scenario to look at the TV one minute and watch the WTC come down and then glance out the window and see thick black smoke rising from the Pentagon that was just hit. We were told the State Department was bombed and that a bomb went off on the "Mall" and that a plane was circling Dulles headed for the Capital and that we had to evacuate. My brother was actaully catching a plane from Dulles Airport, VA to California that day and was there when the terrorists took the doomed CA bound flight. We both thought the plane was heading down the Potomac for Reagan National when it veered off and hit the Pentagon. He didn't fly for 8 months. What struck me the most was the silence in the air except for the F-16 fighters circling overhead. Just the thought of armed F-16's circling over the DC area looking for a civilian airliner to shoot down was daunting. I went to the Pentagon on 9/12/01 and it was still on burning till about 11am. I stood there refusing to believe someone came all the way from a cave in Afghanistan to take an airplane from Dulles and fly it into the side of the Pentagon. My mind was numb. I couldn't even have imagined the WTC carnage. NMAH Story: Life Changed Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how. 9/11/01 did change my life. I was recalled back to active duty for 3 years to fight the War on Terrorism as an Apache Helicopter Pilot. Less then 10 months later I would find myself fighting on Afghan soil. NMAH Story: Remembered What do you think should be remembered about September 11th? Everything! 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 nmah6722.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. 2004-09-10 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.57.142.52