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. Subject:        RE: New York   Date:        Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:09:32 -0400   From:   To: C----, Terrible stuff. Glad you and your family are alive. G---- -----Original Message----- From: Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 3:30 AM To: Subject: New York I thought I would try to tell you what it's like from mid-Manhattan. I used to be able to see the World Trade Towers from my window.  As a matter of fact, I saw the plane hit the second tower and the Tower implode. I happened to be home that morning, something I don't ever do. But I began working at home at 6 a.m. and sent my daughter off to school at 7:30.  Just before 9 a.m. I received a phone call from a co-worker so I put on the television and realized that I could see the Towers out of my window.  What you saw on television is what I saw from my window. I saw the plane flying so low and I thought that maybe it had been blinded by the smoke except that there didn't seem to be smoke on that side of the Towers.  But I also dismissed the idea of terrorism.  And then, it looked as if the building opened up to swallow the plane and then the Tower burst into flames.I saw the Tower fall.  It just got swallowed by smoke. Like a grade B movie there were sirens constantly. A---- tells of black smoke over all of City Hall Park with silver shards shining throughout.  What were they?  Metal?  Paper shreds?  The sun was shining through the smoke, making these things look shiny.  Dust was everywhere.  People were walking without shoes having taken them off to run down stairs as fast as they could.  Glass was everywhere. The smoke is less now. It looks as if there never were Towers.  The skyline looks normal.  There isn't a shred of the buildings to be seen from my viewpoint.  The smoke was going towards Brooklyn yesterday and people as far away as Coney Island report dust and those right over the bridge had pieces of charred paper falling everywhere.  The smoke was black and blanketed everything to the east.  By the end of the day, the smoke has become almost all white until another building (#7) fell and then the smoke became black again. This morning, the smoke was whiter and moving towards New Jersey.  Tonight, in the hole that was once the World Trade Center, there is white smoke.  This time it is lit up from lights workers have put up in order to search for bodies and clean up the rubble which is two-stories high. The problem is that the wind has changed and the smoke is going north, and everyone up to 100th Street on the West Side smells as if something is burning down the street.  People are wearing masks.  My daughter can't sleep in her bedroom. The hospital was obviously on alert the whole day yesterday, ready at any moment for the ER to be overrun with the injured.  The ER was practically empty.  Doctors weren't needed at all ERs.  Very few impromptu blood banks were erected.  I know you have heard all sorts of things about how many injured there were, but the injured were few.  The death toll is enormous. They are just beginning to say how many tonight.   There must be a blackout for news journalists but I have to tell you that the stories of carnage, of body parts, is unbelievable. Today, people are beginning to come in to the ER with dust in their eyes. The streets have been relatively empty of cars, and filled -- teaming with -- people as they walk from place to place.  Certain areas, such as our hospital and the Red Cross are cordoned off by yellow policy tape. The hospital ER street is blocked by sanitation trucks.  Volunteers are everywhere.  So much clothing has been collected that it is going to the homeless.  People have offered their apartments.  People are manning the phones.  Yesterday there was an unreal feeling, almost an excitement from the activity and the togetherness.  Today, nobody talks.  Reality is setting in.  The air is thick with burning smells.  It is a war zone.  It is unbelievably sad.  The one thing that gives people heart is the generousity of strangers banding together to help in any way they can.  People are hugging each other.  Any problems that existed before are so minute, that all of us are happy to be alive.  We are so lucky. Even Alan and I are getting along.  We have a common horror, a new perspective of what's important. Nobody can get into the hospital without an ID.  I saw a child of a nurse.  The child walked from Battery Park, right next door to the Towers where his school is.  He couldn't get into the hospital to tell his mother he was okay.  I went up to her floor to tell her.  When I got there, the entire staff collapsed in tears to find that he was okay. And the child's father was walking down there to find him (he came back safely).   I do not know when these children will be able to go back to school. The firehouses are covered with flowers, and letters of love, and food. The firefighters are old fashioned heroes, raising American flags on their trucks, getting applause as they pass by. The smoke is much less now.  It seems to be going east again.  The smell of burning isn't so strong. Schools open tomorrow above 14th Street. The hospital goes back to normal patient hours. Some subways are still not working but buses are back in business. Some life goes on. September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:09:32 -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. New York 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 email42.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. 2002-03-06 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 146.96.92.54