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 Digital Archive Emails Description An account of the resource This collection contains emails which were sent or received on or around September 11, 2001. As of this writing individuals have submitted more than 1,500 correspondences. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Another quiet day in DC but the pace is picking up. There were more people on the Metro this morning, but not quite as many as usual. As I rode the escalator up at my stop at this end, I was struck by the lack of human noise. There were cars and the sounds of people walking, but very few were talking. Usually street vendors, kids selling papers and people handing out samples are standing around the top of the escalators calling out, hawking their goods. Today the kids and the sample people were not there. The street vendors were, but they were not even talking, much less shouting. The only noticeable, non-practical human noise that stood out was a homeless woman standing in a doorway singing a hymn. (Really. I'm not making this up for effect. But it does feel like I'm writing a scene for a movie) National Guardsmen were still at the intersection, but they were not directing traffic. Their Humvee was parked on the grass in a corner of the park across the street from my office. They were at such an angle that should action be required, they could have driven into the street quickly. But when I walked by no one was in the drivers seat and the guy in the passenger's seat was reading the Post and drinking coffee. The guy must be terribly bored just hanging around on a streetcorner all day (or maybe not depending on what his regular job is) and I'm taking his relaxed posture as a sign that nothing is expected to happen. But there is a part of me that wanted him to be out of the car, walking around (or at least sitting in the car, looking around) being alert and watchful. It just occurred to me -- with all of the construction and restoration that is going on in downtown DC, I sure hope that someone is watching the coming and going of the trucks and equipment. . . Speaking of trucks, yesterday when I was out for lunch I saw a small convoy of National Guard humvees and trucks (with tires that would make a monster truck fan drool) going through the streets of DC escorted by DC police cars, their sirens going. As much as I hate to echo the cliche that it was like a movie, it really did seem like something out of "The Siege". (For those of you who don't know, The Siege is a movie that came out a few years ago about the aftermath of terrorist attacks in New York.) I'm sure I'll be sending along more info and comments later. My love to all of you. Amy September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 9/13/2001 September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. 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. More from your reporter in DC 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 email341.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. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. unknown Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. yes Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 12.160.60.2