September 11 Digital Archive Emails

From: David Simon Bendory (david90@alumni.princeton.edu)
Subject: No words to describe
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.jewish
Date: 2001-09-11 21:06:29 PST


I work across the street from the World Trade Center in One Liberty Plaza. My office windows were…

For those of you who have not managed to get through, yes I am fine.
I work about 3 miles from the World Trade Center. I got in around 8:50 this morning and had just made the coffee when a co-worker came in and said, "Have you heard about the…

A Keyhole View of the WTC September 17, 2001

Subject: FW: [talkling] A keyhole view
Immediately upon seeing an orange ball of flame emerging from the WTC, I
called my wife, who commutes from NYC to work in Princeton, and left messages on her
two…

leaving ny now. air quality is bad (the same
electrical-fire type smell everywhere, even up here
now away from the trade center, in your clothes, your
hair, talk of asbestos and lead and pcb's) and the
mood is worse -- people are just falling apart…

> Please keep Diana in your prayers. I'm going to
> attempt to call her shortly to see if she is okay. I
> will let you know if I hear anything. She works in
> downtown Manhattan.

Jane works in Manhattan as well. I have no idea where.
You probably…

Susan: Thank you for your message. I've been having a terrible time getting onto the internet. I found a cafe closer to where I live but everytime I head over there either the connection is down or there are too many people waiting in line. My…

I apologize for not checking in on you earlier but was preoccupied with my family, who are all safe, if not exactly okay. My mother, who runs a school on 109th St in Manhattan, has been dealing with her kids' fears and questions. My sister Monique…

Kim & Matt,
We were so glad to get your message that Matt is home.
Because Dee and Wendy don't check email all that often, I took the
liberty of calling them after we got your email. Wendy said Darcy
called
her asking for your number, but they…

Dear Jacques,

Yes, we are all safe. This is such a horrible time, but we do not think it is finished. We have reports that several of the terrorists are still here and some are pilots. This will be the beginning of a war and we feel that we should…

I was in Poland all this week, and Jayne does not really know how to use this e-mail; otherwise we could certainly have contacted you earlier.
I got back to my hotel room in Warsaw on Tuesday after work and switched on BBC World. The first pictures…

"How are you??? We heard about the bad things [which] happened in America. I hope that everything is OK in Toledo and that all of you are [all right]. It is so horrible and unimaginable what those terrorists have done. Please give me a short…

Yes. My home and firm are in central Manhattan, about 3 1/2 miles North of the WTC.

My office window faces South from midtown and for hours my co-workers & I have been staring at the plumes of smoke still rising from the catastrophe. Several of us…

Traffic - both pedestrian and vehicular - was back to normal this morning. Guardsmen are still positioned at some intersections, but they have moved. Instead of being positioned at 13th & K (right outside my office) there was a group at 13 & I and…

Anna (10:31:02 AM): John?
Anna (10:31:53 AM): where are you? I can't get through to anyone via phone
Anna (10:33:01 AM): I'm worried about you guys... I love you
John (10:33:53 AM): everythings ok
John (10:33:59 AM): I love you too!
Anna (10:34:00…

From: x
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 23:36:32 EDT
To: x
Subject: Re: This says it all!!


Broken Arrow, Oklahoma School officials removed "God
Bless America" signs from schools in fear that someone
might be offended.

Channel 12 News in Long Island,…

Hello everybody,

This is Andy. First of all, I'm fine. I'm home now, and I just wanted to let everyone know I'm OK. Please forward this on to anyone I missed who might be curious regarding my whereabouts. Here's what happened to me today....…

HOLA KATARINA. I'M TYPING ONE-HANDED AND HOLDING ELIZABETH WITH THE OTHER!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR MESSAGE. I AM SOOO GLAD THAT EVERONE YOU KNOW IS
O.K. MY HUSBAND WORKS FOR THE PHONE COMPANY VERIZON WHICH HAD 4 PEOPLE IN
THE TOWERS THAT DAY.…

I'm glad I'm unhurt and I'm glad I'm alive, but right now I'm not glad I left New York 5 months ago. Even though the entire country is experiencing utter shock and grief, I feel like I am mourning alone out here. I want to be surrounded by my friends…

To: All Employees
From: John Rogers
Date: September 11, 2001


We are all very concerned about the devastating news this morning out of the US.
Our key concern first is for the safety of all our employees and their…

Hey guys. Whats up? Sorry I haven't called anybody but I don't really want
to talk about anything. The past day things are really startin to process as
far as what happened and whats gona happen. Part of me wants to get the
hell out of NY for…