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. 9/11/01 - 9:38am i'm ok but i don't know what else to write. __________________________________________________ 9/13 - 10:09am thanks. i still can't go outside. the air smells like i'm living next to a burning tire yard, and the police still have my neighborhood cordonned off. so i'll sit inside and listen to solomon burke and try to pretend that things are normal. thanks, mo __________________________________________________ 9/14 - 2:18am just fyi, here is an update for today that i wrote for my website: in talking to my friends i've realized that one of the things, if not the only thing, that's keeping people from really losing it is solidarity and friendship. having said that i've realized that, for what it's worth, i will stay here and read the boards and post my updates as i've been doing for the last year. i was deeply hurt by some of the negative posts on my site, so much so that i felt the need to leave for a while and grieve and cope in private. but i gather strength from the posts that you write, and i hope that in some small way i can offer something to the people who read my updates. and i've realized that in the future i will avoid the negative posts from people who have chosen, for whatever reason, to hate me. so after a very short absence i feel that i should be here. and in the interest of friendship and solidarity and for better and for worse, i'm here. i want to be here. your community means a lot to me. thank you. it's raining now in new york. and although i feel terribly for the relief workers who have to work in the rain, it still feels as if we're being cleansed. this is a very intense rain, and it feels almost as if god is scouring manhattan. the first step in healing a wound is cleansing it. and as i said, i feel TERRIBLY that the rescue workers have to work in the rain, but the city and the sky over manhattan are being scrubbed. i overheard someone in a bar tonight saying 'this rain is cleaning our souls.' and it seemed right. it's been raining on this planet for over 4 billion years. there are universals and constants that will overcome whatever horrors we can come up with. flowers grow where concentration camps used to be. rivers wash away the blood from battlefields. the horror of the last few days will be replaced by hope and healing. love, moby September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 9/11/01 & 9/13/01 & 9/14/01 September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients mapsiwel@pacbell.net 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. are you ok? 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 email324.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. 2002-08-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 64.164.88.5