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. Hello! Today at about 12 noon, we flew over New York Harbor and alongside the East River...my first trip back to NYC since the events of September 11th. The past gazillion times I've made this flight, I was always face-to-the-window, eagerly awaiting the fabulous view of Manhattan below. But today, I was hesitant.....I thought it interesting that this time, no announcement was made by the pilot to look out the left side of the plane at the awesome sight. But I had to look....and as I did, my first thought was that the city looked no different than another large, American city...without its signature twin towers, it could have been Pittsburgh, or Cleveland. Even the skylines of Chicago and Dallas, with their own signature towers, Sears and Reunion, had a more distinct skyline than that of today's New York City. Very strange. But as we headed closer to the island and passed over its southern end, my heart sank. A gaping whole, piles of brick and stone....and yes, smoke still rising. I had managed to keep my piece of mind over the past few weeks by completely disconnecting myself from the media and any conversation dealing with the topic of the NYC disaster....but seeing it below me brought back the overwhelming feeling of despair that I experienced several weeks ago. I wiped away the tears as I stared below....and I could see others on the plane doing the same. Walking through LaGuardia snapped us all out of it, as it appeared to be the same, bustling airport of yesterday. Awaiting my cab, the sounds of horns honking and the borough of Queens buzzing around me was very comforting. Heading down the Long Island Expressway toward the city presented me with another, always-anticipated view, the "long" view of Manhattan, with downtown to the left, uptown to the right, and midtown directly in front of me. Again, the view was different. Normally, it's like a giant Alexander Calder mobile....most of the components (in this case, the skyscrapers) concentrated in the middle (midtown) and the right side (uptown)....and way, way, way over to the left, the twin World Trade Center towers serving as giant counter-balances. This time, however, something else caught my eye.....the Empire State Building. Funny how the twin towers demanded our eyes' attention all these years.....pulling our gazes away from the Empire State Building, which is DIRECLTY in front of you. And the Chrysler Building (which has always been my favorite of NYC's skyscrapers). These 2 NY divas seemed like relieved first and second runners up in some past beauty pageant, finally allowed to reclaim their former titles, usruped from them in the 1970's by the twin towers.....yet this time around, they were aged and wrinkled and worn....somehow not wearing their titles very well. But I have to admit...it WAS kind of nice to see the Empire State Building once again the tallest building in the city....standing proud and tall right in the middle of the city....with all the other buildings to her right AND her left bowing in respect. I got a big smile on my face. "You GO, girl!", I thought. As soon as we crossed under the river and surfaced in Manhattan, I asked the driver to let me out early....blocks before my intended destination. I wanted to walk through the city for the remaining 6 or 7 blocks....and I'm so glad I did. The heartbeat of the city was still there....the people were back to business as usual.....I could smell the familiar smells of food cooking on the street, the familiar sounds, the wind blowing down the corridors. It made me so glad to be back in NY......this city STILL kicks ass!!!!! Love you all! Kanani September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. October 1, 2001 September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients flowers@nmia.com 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. My view from the plane today 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 email598.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. 2002-08-24 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.35.161.164