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. I watched the second hit on the WTC live, and the first bldg going down. I was out voting this morning, and people were drifting down to the waterfront, to see following the first bldg hit. When I got there, about the top fifth of the north tower was smoking, with flames visible at the base. A black plume of smoke from the bldg came in our direction across the river to our waterfront. Papers that had flown out of the windows off of desks also drifted towards us in Brooklyn, looking like white confetti in the black smoke. As I watched, an explosion sounded and the top half of the south tower was engulfed in a wall of red and gold flames. The flames didn't last long, but black smoke enveloped that bldg and headed our way, and the papers flew out of that building( I picked up a few that came down on the street where I was) I walked up to the Heights Promenade which has an unimpeded view and of course it was crowded and everyody was somber. And after a short while, we watched live as the south world trade center bldg either imploded straight down or toppled, couldn't tell. White clouds rolled down at a low level away from the bldg from west to east across wall street area and to the waterfront, It looked like very thick white fog rolling down. Shortly, all of the skyline was whited out and the debris clouds were rolling our ways. The winds headed right to us. Very shortly, every one was fleeing the Promenade, as the debris and smoke headed our way. People were going home, me too, with a cloth over their mouth and nose. I am now indoors, to get away from the smoke and debris, closed all the windows and the AC air vents. The radio said the second bldg went down. The sky clouded over, then cleared, then probably from the second bldg's demise, it clouded again, it's mixed now, on what is actually a very sunny day. Like every one else, I am listening to the radio, and probably need to be indoors all day because of the debris and the smoke in the air down here. ___________ Later same day, to one of my correspondents ______________ I wish we had tonight a meeting that has room for and gets out the whole neighborhood so we could all be together. They say in a few days, give blood, they say they have too many already today. The unitarian church is supposed to be having an interfaith service tonight at 7pm. I did go out again, people are on the streets with dust masks, most businesses, banks, pharmacies, etc closed down. The police were issued dust masks. On my block, ash dust thick on the cars. Other than that, people sort of aimless in the streets and a lot of them like weekend days out on the street. September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Tuesday, Sept. 11,2001 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. WTC report 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 email637.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. 2002-08-30 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.244.182.163