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. Sent to me by a friend who received this today from an eye witness: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 Well, what a morning! I got up and came to the office, sat down and started to sign on to my email when I heard a terrible explosion which I ignored thinking that it was probably a car crash or one of those nitrogen tanks that are all over the show in the streets. My radio was on when the news broke and whilst I did not hear that it was a plane that slammed into the Twin Towers, I did hear that there was a problem there and I rushed outside of my office onto the boardwalk and saw that the top of WTC1 was burning with clouds of smoke billowing out of the building. What an ugly sight - an unobstructed view from my home and office across the Hudson river, just one mile from where I was standing. Words fail me and I cannot describe what it's like to see an aircraft crash into a building. What it's like to stand and watch a building the size of the WTC just collapse to the streets below. This is definitely absolutely the most tragic morning I have ever experienced - and it's funny. Each morning I pray that no matter what happens that day that God gives me the strength to deal with the situation! Who knew that just 1 minutes after my prayer this morning I would watch such a drama unfold, to watch people jumping out of the 110 story building to their death, to see debris falling off of the building to the streets below and to sense total chaos in lower Manhattan. The screams from the people standing round me staring also in disbelief as the moments unfolded. The ferries are pulling up on our shore of the Hudson River even as I write to you helping people out of New York . . . and as the feries pull closer to the shore, passengers are so hysterical, they're jumping out of the boats into the Husdon. This is like a very bad movie unfolding right before my eyes. Considering that there are approximately 50 000 people that work in the World Trade Center, and considering all the 1 000's of people around the buildings in the streets below, not to mention the many buildings around the towers, the loss of life this morning must be devistating. I just stood and watched as people like me got up this morning and went to work and at 8:45am local time, all hell broke loose . . . Today like never before, after seeing what I have just seen, it is clear to me that our lives are so fragile. Now more than ever before after what I have seen this morning, there is no doubt in my mind that I will live each moment as if it is my last, I will cherish every living moment and I hope that you too will join me in living life to it's fullest. If you love someone, tell them! If you care for someone, tell them! Make peace with everyone around you! One minute later, it may be too late. KEN September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. SEPTEMBER 11, 2002 September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients COLLEEN SIMMONS September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. SALLY MATTESON 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. THE ATTACK OF AMERICA 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 email556.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. 2002-08-22 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 12.29.248.125