September 11 Digital Archive / "Satan in the Smoke" Emails

"Satan in the Smoke" Emails

On the morning of September 11, immediately after two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in Manhattan, photojournalist Mark D. Phillips took a picture that would prove to be one of the most evocative and disputed images of that tragic day. Many peple later construed the image of the smoke in his photo of the burning buildings to compose the face of Satan. These e-mails related to this picture provide a revealing portal into Americans' responses to the attacks in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.

In the midst of such a terrible tragedy to hit the United States and for many, may have never thought something like this could happen to us. Yes, it can happen to us and has. Many people have lost...

Just wanted to say this is an incredible photo. It will make people think. Is it just the random pattern of smoke, or something more sinister? Who knows. Great photo! Carrie Westbrook ps. I s...

I am putting together a report on the issues of this event and occult and biblical basis. The number 11 as a significant number in this WTC /Pentagon ( or pentagram) as it really is meant to be ( cri...

Hello Mark--My name is Jaime Roberts, and I co-host a morning show on radio station WTRY-FM in Albany, NY. We got your name and email address from one of our radio friends. We would love to intervi...

hey -here's the response.let him think we're going to make him walk the plank for awhile...i don't care what he says now...he was using (inside the) ap-style writing...hmmm. fortunately, we know how t...

Dear Stellar Images,I saw the photo, I was wondering if it was for real. I was also wondering where else I could find other imagery that backs it up. It is really a frightening picture!!Thanks for you...

Message: de Mike Simmexcuse my english, use to speak in french. First time i've looked to the photo I didn't see an evil face but a distorted picture of j.F.KENNEDY picture. My opinion, even if i beli...

Personally, I think the picture is a "divine" moment that captured this new "warfare" that we are seeing. It is driven by something bigger, therefore yes, we do need to be praying and believing that G...