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 bed when my phone rang,It was a friend of the family asking if we heard anything from my mother in-law.(My mother in-law worked on the 97th floor of tower 2)It was a strange feeling I got from this called that prompted the obvious question "Why?".Immediately I turned the TV on and saw one of the towers burning.Panic set in,by coincidence she had stayed over and was off to work from my home.Just a few minutes later releif when she rang our bell and told us the light rail was stopped and she never made it to work(My mother in-law was in her office in 1993 and walked all the way down).Now we rushed back to the TV still confused when the second plane hit,reality struck terrorism again.I am a Jersey City Police Officer and was on my day off September 11,so I am wondering when the call from my department would come,it didn't, on the bottom of the television screen a scrolling message "All police,fire and emergency medical personnel report to you departments".20 minutes later I was in full uniform and on my way to my precinct,we were teansported to a staging area near exchange place which is directly across the river from the World Trade Center,My first view just brought hurt,anger and most of all disbeleif.I felt violated "How dare someone do this to us" but I knew I had a job to do and within the hour myself and all my brothers and sisters on this job I chose and love were on many boats crossing the river.What I saw and experienced I feel no need to get into by now"We all know " whether you are a police officer or not.I always thought about people that were part of history,this is one part of history I hope would hyave never happened.But I was forced into it by evil cowards and I am proud I was able to serve along side the great people of this country. 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? Yes I did,and I felt ashamed I didn't do it before this tragedy. 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 nmah5261.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. 2002-10-28 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.12.96.39