Email Text:good morning!!br>^BC-Attacks-Smoke Photo,0340br>^Readers inquire about AP photo of fire in World Trade Center towerbr>^AP Photo NY142br>^By RACHEL ZOLL=br>^Associated Press Writer=br>¶   NEW YORK (AP) _ Several newspapers that printed an Associated Pressbr>photo of fire consuming a World Trade Center tower received calls frombr>readers Wednesday saying they saw a strange shape in the smoke.br>¶   Some readers said they could identify eyes, a nose, a mouth andbr>horns in the black and gray clouds _ and they wondered if the photo hadbr>been manipulated to include a satanic face. ¶   Vin Alabiso, an AP vice president and the executive photo editor,br>said the photo was untouched. Readers were reacting to naturalbr>indentations in the smoke clouds, he said Wednesday. ¶   "AP has a very strict written policy which prohibits the alterationbr>of the content of a photo in any way," he said. "The smoke in this photobr>combined with light and shadow has created an image which readers havebr>seen in different ways."br>¶   I.J. Kranats, president of the International Association of Arsonbr>investigators based in Bridgeton, Mo., said it was not unusual forbr>people to see unusual images in smoke clouds. ¶   As a fire generates heat, it draws in cold air, while unburnedbr>debris swirls through the smoke, causing the clouds to look thinner inbr>some areas and thicker in others, he said. The natural wind currents canbr>contribute to the effect, he said.br>¶   The Saginaw (Mich.) News received about 50 calls Wednesday afterbr>enlarging the photo to cover almost half the front page in Tuesday'sbr>editions, reporter Bryce Hoffman said.br>¶   "A lot of them asked if we doctored the photo," Hoffman said. "Somebr>asked if we superimposed a human face on it. We've had some people askbr>if it was God. We've had some people ask if it was Satan. We've hadbr>requests for reprints."br>¶   Bill Decker, metro editor for The Daily Advertiser of Lafayette,br>La., ran the photo across nearly half of an inside page in one of itsbr>special editions Tuesday and received about 20 calls from readers bybr>Wednesday.br>br>Return-Path: [private]>br>Received: from rly-xa02.mx.aol.com (rly-xa02.mail.aol.com [172.20.105.71]) by air-xa02.mail.aol.com (v80.17) with ESMTP id MAILINXA23-0913094600; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:46:00 -0400 Received: from web14001.mail.yahoo.com (web14001.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.175.92]) by rly-xa02.mx.aol.com (v80.21) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXA28-0913094527; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:45:27 -0400 Message-ID: [private].com> Received: from [165.1.4.199] by web14001.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 06:45:25 PDT Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 06:45:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Christine Tash [private]> Subject: the devil made me do itbr>To: [private]br>MIME-Version: 1.0br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version)br>br>good morning!!br>^BC-Attacks-Smoke Photo,0340br>^Readers inquire about AP photo of fire in World Trade Center towerbr>^AP Photo NY142br>^By RACHEL ZOLL=br>^Associated Press Writer=br> NEW YORK (AP) _ Several newspapers that printed an Associated Pressbr>photo of fire consuming a World Trade Center tower received calls frombr>readers Wednesday saying they saw a strange shape in the smoke.br> Some readers said they could identify eyes, a nose, a mouth andbr>horns in the black and gray clouds _ and they wondered if the photo hadbr>been manipulated to include a satanic face. Vin Alabiso, an AP vice president and the executive photo editor,br>said the photo was untouched. Readers were reacting to naturalbr>indentations in the smoke clouds, he said Wednesday. "AP has a very strict written policy which prohibits the alterationbr>of the content of a photo in any way," he said. "The smoke in this photobr>combined with light and shadow has created an image which readers havebr>seen in different ways."br> I.J. Kranats, president of the International Association of Arsonbr>investigators based in Bridgeton, Mo., said it was not unusual forbr>people to see unusual images in smoke clouds. As a fire generates heat, it draws in cold air, while unburnedbr>debris swirls through the smoke, causing the clouds to look thinner inbr>some areas and thicker in others, he said. The natural wind currents canbr>contribute to the effect, he said.br> The Saginaw (Mich.) News received about 50 calls Wednesday afterbr>enlarging the photo to cover almost half the front page in Tuesday'sbr>editions, reporter Bryce Hoffman said.br> "A lot of them asked if we doctored the photo," Hoffman said. "Somebr>asked if we superimposed a human face on it. We've had some people askbr>if it was God. We've had some people ask if it was Satan. We've hadbr>requests for reprints."br> Bill Decker, metro editor for The Daily Advertiser of Lafayette,br>La., ran the photo across nearly half of an inside page in one of itsbr>special editions Tuesday and received about 20 calls from readers bybr>Wednesday.br>br>__________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/br>

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