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. It was one warm September morning when I awakened to the somewhat frightened voice of CBS's Dan Rather. He was telling me that a huge passenger airplane had collided into one of the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. At first I thought I had heared wrong, since I was still half asleep. Then I sat down on the soft bed in my mother's bedroom and listened. I had heard correctly. Mr. Rather repeated over and over again what had occurred,I suddenly felt a feeling of fright as the comfy mattress began to feel like a hard rock similar to those of the Sierra Madre. "A terrorist act?" I thought, "Can't be, not in the U.S." I turned once again towards the TV and spotted a shadowy figure approaching the other WTC tower."O Dios!(Oh God!)" I remember saying, as the figure smashed into the other twin tower. The screen showed a ball of fire and then quickly returned to Dan Rather. Still in shock, Mr. Rather further informed us that these were, without a doubt, horrific acts of terrorism being carried out against the United States. "Oh man" I once again thought, before hearing about another jumbo jet that had just crashed into the Pentagon, the FBI headquarters. I sat still, not being able to move, and watched as the screen shifted once again to the World Trade Center. There they where, two towers, one American symbol, fighting to stay up. But then the unthinkable happened, the first tower collapsed, then the second. A permanent image tatooed in my mind for life. 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? 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 nmah2051.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. 2002-09-09 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 166.89.18.10