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 "Satan in the Smoke" Emails Description An account of the resource On the morning of September 11, immediately after two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in Manhattan, photojournalist Mark D. Phillips took a picture that would prove to be one of the most evocative and disputed images of that tragic day. Many peple later construed the image of the smoke in his photo of the burning buildings to compose the face of Satan. These e-mails related to this picture provide a revealing portal into Americans' responses to the attacks in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Mr. Phillips,<br>Last night I was sitting by a campfire with a friend.  We were discussing all the evil in the world.  A few years ago I went through some real hell.  I was describing to her, in detail, what it was like to stare evil straight in the face.  I won't get into specifics, but basically, I was eye to eye with what I percieved to be the human form of the devil.  I survived it.  I fought it and won.  Not one minute later, my boyfriend comes out of the house and begins to tell us about your photo.  It was really strange.  It made the hairs on my neck stand up.  Here, we were just discussing evil, next, this photo comes up.  It may be coincidental that there appears to be this image.  I don't believe for a second that you're photo was doctured.  I've read the strict rules you have on "docturing" photos.  I'm not some freak.  It's just that, I've seen evil and the way that I feel today about what happened, well, frankly, I am curious about this photo.  I've seen evil and let it dare show it's face again.  I am an American citizen and I will fight for our freedom.  There isn't any evil anywhere that I can't face.  I'm sorry for rattling on.  I hope you don't think I'm some weirdo.  I guess, like everyone else, I'm just trying to make sense of this all.  I've always been the kind of person that sees the best in everyone.  I am so sorry that you had to witness such horror.  I can imagine what it must have been like.  I was in Hurricane Andrew.  I know devastation.  But the sight you saw......I'm sorry.  Thank God you are okay.  Thank God there are people like you, that, despite your fears, you were able to capture on film the evil that happened to us all.  Regardless if the photo shows "images" or not, the act, in and of itself was pure evil.   Sincerely, Andrea Pastoria - Lapeer, MI, USA P.S.  Is there some way I can view this photo?<br> September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Sun, 16 Sep 2001 10:41:25 EDT September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients info@stellarimages.com September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. AndieMP@aol.com September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. (no subject) 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 (no subject) 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. email 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. 2001-09-16