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. Sorry- left out the subject header the first time I sent this. > 9/12/01 - I wrote this during the afternoon yesterday but was not able > to send it because the phone lines are screwed up and I can't connect to > the internet. Sorry if the formatting is off - I'm sending this from work > from a different email program. I made it in at 3PM today, although the > office is pretty empty. The wind has changed, and now there is a choking > acrid smoke all over my area downtown, as well as up here in midtown on > the 22nd floor. > ------------------------------------- > > 9/11/01 - Just wanted to let everyone know we're OK after this > incomprehensible devastation that has been wrought. > > As you know, we live about a mile from the World Trade Center. At 8:45 > this > morning I was getting ready to go out, first to vote in today's mayoral > primary election (which has now been called off) and then to work in > midtown. > > I heard a plane pass over our apartment building, very low and loud -- I > remember thinking it sounded wrong -- then 10 seconds later I heard a > BOOM. You know the rest. I saw the second crash live on TV. From the > tapes, you can see that both planes essentially went right *through* the > buildings. > > Standing out in Washington Square Park, people were in a daze, some > crying. You could see the flames flaring up from the WTC and the huge > billow of smoke blowing east. It's still billowing now (6:45 PM). > > I went back to the park after hearing that the south tower (which was > actually the > second one to be hit) had actually collapsed. It was so surreal to see > that only > one tower was still standing. People going through unimaginable hell. > Then we > saw the second collapse with our own eyes -- it was unbelievable. > There is really nothing left of the buildings at all, all the way to the > ground. The heat > must have buckled the buildings' steel columns, and those 40-50 story > segments > crushed the rest. > > After the first collapse but before the second, one of the local crazy > drunk guys > in the park was standing on a pedestal next to the fountain screaming > "Judgment! > Judgment!". Everyone else was yelling "Shut up!" and "Fuck you!". > > Needless to say, I didn't go to work. There was a zombie-like march > of thousands of people, many covered with dust, > headed north. Helicopters and F-14's occasionally circled above - I hear > one now. > > The fire must still be going strong judging from the smoke and the sirens. > The > devastation is just incomprehensible, as anyone who has seen the huge size > of the > towers in person knows. > > Walking around near Houston Street around 3:00, there was an eerie silence > (lots > of people around but hardly any cars). I heard, of all things, a seagull > (unusual in > this neighborhood -- it was perched on the cross at the top of St. > Anthony's Church. > It must have been escaping the smoke in the harbor area. > > Apparently WTC building no. 7 has also collapsed (dwarfed by #1 and 2 but > still > 47 stories -- much bigger than the one in Oklahoma City). At least it had > probably > been fully evacuated. > > My knees started to shake when I saw that second crash which confirmed > what > I already expected -- it was an intentional act. Then the news about the > Pentagon > and the other explosions and crashes. But when first one and then the > other twin tower > collapsed and were totally obliterated, I just could not believe what I > was seeing. I > almost got physically sick. Everyone left the park after that - it was > just too much and > there was nothing left to see. > > What an outrage. > > Seth > > September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Wed, 12 Sep 2001 16:23:10 -0400 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. We're still here 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 email151.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. unknown 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. 2002-04-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.114.244.93