32 20 632 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. -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:45 AM To: , Yvonne; zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE Airforce flying cover over Washington. Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:44 AM To: , Yvonne; zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE Hi-jacked Plane crashed 80 miles from Pittsburgh. Car bombing denied by State department. Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:34 AM To: , Yvonne; zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE Declaration of war on the United States but they dont know by who Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:34 AM To: zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE Pentagon take cover another hi-jacked plane in the air somewhere. Diverting all air borne planes to Canada. Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator -----Original Message----- From: , Peggy Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:32 AM To: zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE Confirmed - car bombing at the State dept. Regards, Peggy Inventory Project Management -----Original Message----- From: Kimberlee Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:31 AM To: zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE The Second Tower of the World Trade Center had a second explosion and has collapsed. -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:16 AM To: , Yvonne; zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE Sorry all flights cancelled. Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:16 AM To: , Yvonne; zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE All flights throughout the US are being set up. NY City is terribly engulfed in smoke Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:03 AM To: , Yvonne; zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE Confirmed plane did hit Pentagon Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:55 AM To: , Yvonne; zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE Semi-Confirmed plane crashed into Pentagon. Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:45 AM To: , Yvonne; zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE Looks like it may be place into Pentagon still not certain Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:43 AM To: Yvonne; zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE Billowing smoke from Pentagon bomb detinated at the Helo-port (next to pentagon) pretty significant blast. Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:41 AM To: , Yvonne; zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE Unconfirmed explosion at Pentagon building shook construction workers running not sure Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:21 AM To: , Yvonne; zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE Some officials in Pentagon calling it an obvious terrorist attack. Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:17 AM To: , Yvonne; zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE Unconfirmed from American Airlines planes hijacked and flown purposely into the building. Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:12 AM To: , Yvonne; zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE Im bringing my TV back to work for emergencys such as this. Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:10 AM To: , Yvonne; zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE The second one doesnt appear to have done as much damage. The towers are leaning due to the force. The news is on Jills phone via my house. Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:06 AM To: zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE They say its obviously deliberate. Its all on TV - Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:05 AM To: zz Inventory Project Management Subject: RE: NEWS UPDATE Another plane (large jet) just hit they saw planes circling 747 its on the news. The first was a commuter plane (so they say) not known if was intentional. or accident). Now the other trade center is on fire. It just blew up. Its seen on TV. Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator -----Original Message----- From: , Yvonne Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:57 AM To: zz Inventory Project Management Subject: NEWS UPDATE A plane (so they think at this time) just flew into the World Trade Center. Regards, Yvonne Project Administrator September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 9/11/01 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. 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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. Hey, Brad- On Wednesday you asked in your email for me to catch you up when I got a chance, and I think I'm ready to do that. It's gonna be really long, but here goes... Tuesday was a big day. Barry and I were preparing to leave town on Wednesday to go to Texas for 6 days: we were going down there for an alumni reunion at Barry's former college, plus we were gonna see his folks and just get away for some end-of-summer relaxation. Since Monday was one of those intensely busy, frustrating, working late-into-the-night, "God-I-Hate-This-City" days for both of us, we were SO ready to get out of town. But, we hadn't gotten a lot of those leaving town errands done, so we had a lot to do on Tuesday. First, we had to vote in the mayoral primary. I don't know how closely you've followed the election (I know you read the Times), but we were both torn between Mark Green and Fernando Ferrer, and had pretty much resigned ourselves to the fact that it would be a last minute, in-the-booth decision. Although I mostly freelance from home, I also had a couple of meetings at work in the afternoon. We got up early; about 30 minutes earlier than usual. I jumped in the shower while Barry fed the cats, fixed coffee, made the bed, then he took over the shower from me. The phone rang several times while I dried off, but we let the machine pick up and left the sound down; we'd deal with the messages later. I turned the TV on, sans sound, to see what the temperature was outside (there's a local all-news station here called New York 1 that always has the time and temperature on the bottom of the screen). There was a picture on the screen of the World Trade Center, with smoke coming from one of the towers. I said something to Barry and turned on the sound. They were talking to someone who had heard the plane come in; there was speculation that it kinda sounded like a prop plane and maybe it was an accident. Barry said it to me that it couldn't have been an accident, but I said what about a plane with major engine trouble? I started getting dressed but kept coming back to the TV. Barry went into the bedroom area to get dressed. As I'm watching, I see helicopters around the tower and a plane coming in from the harbor. It didn't look big - I could only see it from the nose - and I remember thinking, "They shouldn't let that plane get that close to the smoke; that's really dangerous." Then the plane disappeared behind the towers, and in the next instant, a fireball, and I knew. Of course, the TV commentators were saying that there had been an explosion but didn't know why, and I'm calling Barry over incoherently, saying it was another plane, another plane. I flashed onto the moment years ago when I watched the California earthquake coverage, and I could tell that that highway was double-decker and that there were cars smashed under there before anyone on TV figured it out. But, we finished getting dressed, talking, confused, in shock. My mom called; I said we were okay; neither of us could believe it; I don't remember what else. One of the women I was meeting that day, who lives in Long Island, called. We agreed to touch base later about getting together. She and I are both worried about the state of mass transit at that moment; nothing has really sunk in. Barry and I leave. Outside, our landlord was on the front stoop. We talked about the planes, but also about the fact that it had rained so hard the night before, and we'd had our 4th leak into our apartment in the last month. Our landlord said he'd look into it, like he always says. We went on down 6th Street, then turned the corner onto 2nd Avenue. I was stopped by the black smoke. It was real. But we kept on going. Barry dropped off our laundry at the laundromat; I got money at the ATM. At our polling place, everyone was talking about it, quietly, confusedly. We voted; Barry picked up the dry cleaning while I made a bank deposit (why didn't I do that when I got money out?); and Barry went on to work. Back in the apartment, I listen to the messages - Barry's mom, his sister. I turn on the TV, the coffeemaker; I light a cigarette. I leave my dad in Arkansas a voice mail message - we're okay. I'm pacing our small apartment and not watching when the first tower collapses, but I hear it on TV. Instant replay; I see it. I face my body to my windows -the direction of the World Trade Center - and I begin to wail, in a way I haven't done since my grandmother died. OhGodPleasePleaseGodPlease. Later my friend Barbara says I was keening. Both of the cats are sitting on the sofa in front of me, looking alarmed, which pulls me out of it. And I hear about the Pentagon, and the crash in Pennsylvania, and that maybe as many as 8 planes have been hijacked. Thousands, tens of thousands maybe, lives lost. Our theatre company partner calls, my boss calls - did you hear? are you watching it? I talk to each of them two or three times that morning; I don't remember in what order of events. Our partner says he wants to go down and help. I tell him not to. My boss cries and says that men on the bus said to get out of the city. I tell her not to. No one knows what to do. I hear people are at St. Vincent's to give blood. I call our partner. Give blood. I call my boss. Give blood. Phone service is starting to get sporadic, but I get through to Barry at work - you're not staying are you? No, he's coming home, and we'll go give blood when he gets here, and go to church. But he takes so long to get here. He comes in the door, I grab him and hold him close and sob. Foot traffic was intense on Park Avenue, all headed uptown, so he was walking against the tide. He stopped to get groceries, including bottled water which is apparently already flying off the shelves. We sit and smoke and watch some coverage. Strange, strange things are happening; things I never could have imagined. And not just the horror. I'm actually incredibly relieved to hear Guiliani's voice on television; never thought that would happen. I'm comforted by Cardinal Egan warning against vengeance; never thought that would happen. Barry and I strike out for Beth Israel, the closest hospital. The streets are crowded; the people are quiet, numb. The line at Beth Israel is unbelievable. There seem to be thousands of people there, mostly young. We get in line and Barry goes to get the forms they're handing out. I see some friends and holler to them; they join me in line. Barry comes back; the line moves up; we all see my boss walking by and call out to her. They tell us they can't handle us all now, to put our contact info down and they'll get in touch with us. So we hug our friends, and head off to church. When we get there, the doors are open, but hardly anyone is there. It's nice. Very quiet in the sanctuary, and Barry and I just sitting the silence, heads in hands. A woman that we know comes in and hugs us. We offer to help in any way we can. She doesn't know what's gonna happen at the church, but we write our names and phone and cell phone numbers down in case they need volunteers. We head out again. We're hungry. We call our partner and his girlfriend to meet us at our usual watering hole, but it's packed, so we end up at their place, watching TV and drinking vodka. We stay awhile, talk a lot, speculate a lot, have more drinks and snacks, then decide to go out and find a restaurant. They want to give me my birthday present first, though. My birthday was on Sunday. 38 years old. It's a lovely gift - some soap and facial stuff from Kiehl's, a very nice specialty store in the East Village. Happy Birthday. Back out on the street we have to search to find a place that has room for us, and is serving food and drink. We go one place; all they have is chicken pot pie. Another favorite place is closed. All the time we're walking, we keep looking downtown at the cloud of smoke, and listening to the sirens. We finally decide we don't need more booze, so we end up at a diner, eat sandwiches, talk more, then, when we're finished, we hug and go our separate ways. Barry and I go back to the church. The minister is there in the office. We hug and talk about our concerns over the retaliation and revenge rhetoric that we're hearing; agree that our country needs to face our own culpability in this disaster. Barry and I offer our services again. He says he'll call us. We hug again, and Barry and I go home. When we get there, we turn on the TV again. Bush is on; not too much saber-rattling, but disturbing nonetheless. We're able to get online and there are dozens and dozens of emails. A lot from friends and family -are you okay? We write everyone back. Also, we're on a listserv of theatres from across the country and boy have they been active! Then we try and call family. I can't reach anyone, either on landlines or cell lines, but Barry gets through to his family in Texas first try. Then my mom finally gets through on my cell. After we talk to them, we turn our TV around and get in bed. We fall asleep with it on; it's comforting. Wednesday. I wake up. I cry. I say to Barry it's like waking up in hell. It's melodramatic. Wednesday is the day I start to become aware of my own multiple personalities. I'm Apollonian and Dionysian; I'm heart and head. With all of the emotion, it's so easy to descend into sentimentality and the maudlin. I fight that. Someone I know once wrote that "sentimentality is the pornography of feeling" and I agree with that. But I fight the opposite, too. With everyone on TV using special graphics - "Attack on America" - and words like "ground zero," it's easy to feel annoyed and cynical. I remind myself that they are just fellow humans, dealing with this unfathomable thing in the only ways humans know how. I cut them some slack. Barry and I try and give blood again on Wednesday, and are again unsuccessful - neither of us is O-Negative, which is what they need. The area below 14th Street, where we live, is cordoned off, so when we come back downtown from the hospital on 17th Street, a policeman wants to see some proof of residency. It's all very nice, no police-state-like feeling to it at all, actually. It's so quiet in the so-called "frozen zone" - no traffic, which is great; we walk in the street. The wind has shifted, though - we're beginning to smell a burnt chemical smell, and my eyes water a bit. We go to a bar for lunch; we're the only ones there at first. We talk a lot with the waitress; introduce ourselves; her name is Linda Lou. We all watch CNN together. Oh, today was the day we were supposed to go to Texas. Oh, well. In addition to not really wanting to be on a plane even if they did reopen the airports, New York is our home, our community, and we want to be here; it's the right thing. Later, we go to church again for a discussion group that they've put together. A lot of liberals with strong concerns about the tenor that the rhetoric has taken, and the fact that we're such bad citizens in the world. I'm acutely aware of how in-the-minority we are, but it's good to be talking about it with so many smart people. It makes me feel normal, a feeling I sustain until we get home and turn on the TV again. We watch; we check email - dozens more of them - then turn the TV around to our bed and go to sleep with it on again. Why do we keep it on all night? There's something there about needing to know that someone is keeping watch while we sleep, plus I think it's a simple, child-like need for a night light to ward off the boogeyman. Thursday. Back to work. I wake up and cry again. Barry goes on into the office. I slowly prepare to head up to the theatre where I work later. I do fundraising for a living, I've got to get two grant proposals to the post office today for a September 15th deadline. I talk with a co-worker, who is already up there, by phone. We talk about the anger we've heard on the street and see on TV. We can't understand people whose first reaction, or even second reaction, is anger. We're nowhere near that feeling; our hearts are too broken, and the anger people are expressing almost seems profane, it's so beside the point. Not that I haven't felt any anger, but it's all over the map. I had a conversation with a friend the night before about all of the events, and we agree that the US's disproportionate support of Israel was a real factor. Then she says, "We asked for it." I get off the phone from her and my anger is simmering. I am offended. Yes, we've done some terrible things in this world, there's lot to blame us for, but we no more asked for this than the Palestinians do who are shot at by US-made weapons or the civilians did who died in our embassy-bombing retaliations. We did NOT deserve this; no one deserves this. As I head up to work on Thursday, I notice how much traffic there is above the frozen zone. And all the while I'm at work, I hear cars honking and honking and honking. I also hear the radio playing. Music. I haven't heard it for days. It doesn't feel right to be listening to pop songs, but it's better than all the call-in, talk radio shows. I leave for the post office and traffic is worse. I become filled with blinding hatred at all the people who are driving their personal vehicles in the city. Don't they know how important these roads are for ambulances? How can they be so selfish? My jaw is clamped shut and I am seething, seething. I feel like it's getting ugly; that for a couple of days we saw "the better angels of our natures," but now selfishness has reared its head. I'm trying to talk myself down from my irrational anger when I see someone on the street selling American flags. My strange duality comes into play again. These flags feel so ominous, and yet I have been feeling a kind of patriotism, not this spreading jingoism but the pure kind that I feel when I look at the Statue of Liberty; the kind that loves the idea of this country. And I feel so protective of my fellow ordinary citizens, we all seem so fragile right now. I'm such a mess, so torn up, that when I'm done with the post office I head to the closest church. They're starting a service, so I stay. The comfort I find in the ritual in which I was raised is palpable. Silently, I cry and cry and cry. When the time comes in the service to wish those around you "peace," the man in the pew in front of me looks at me and gives me a big, long hug.You know, I'm a good little WASP, I don't express my emotions like I have been this week, and it's very tiring. I realize that I was probably not ready for the "real" world above 14th Street, and that things were probably no more "ugly" up there today than on any regular day. I was just too raw to deal with it yet. I'm relieved to be in the quiet eeriness of the frozen zone. I call Barry after the service and we go drink, then go home, then fall asleep with the TV on again. Friday is the "National Day of Prayer and Remembrance." I don't like forced fun or forced solemness, but I go to a church service anyway. It's raining, the church is packed, but I don't feel the same deep comfort today being in church. I'm restless. Barry's at work, but I can't concentrate enough to work. I don't feel right when I'm out; I don't feel right when I'm at home. But I go home, watch some TV. I look through my bible for favorite passages - "swords into plowshares." I pull out the T.S. Eliot poem, "Ash Wednesday." It's so mournful and sad. A friend calls. Someone we'd been worried about - a friend we'd all lost touch with a few years ago who worked in the World Trade Center - got out okay. She worked on the 90-something floor in Tower Two. I'm relieved and, since I still don't know what to do, since my focus is nil and everything seems wrong, I take a nap. Barry comes home, we go out for dinner and drinks. We see a friend out the window of the bar lighting his candle at 7pm for the citywide vigil. We stay in the bar, but then join him a bit later and light some candles we brought with us while we talk with him. We watch interview shows when we get home - Charlie Rose, Ted Koppel. One of Charlie's guests, a minister from Brooklyn, says that he thinks it's too much to ask of humans not to retaliate for this. I'm deeply opposed to it, but I think he's probably right. It saddens me. Others are talking about what people are feeling, the grief, the anger, the fear. I say to Barry that I haven't really felt fear. We fall asleep again to the TV. I dream that someone knocks on our apartment door, I open it (which, of course, I would never do) and it's a man with what looks like a straw placemat over his face who tells me he's going to kill me. So much for no fear. This morning, when we awoke there was a show on ABC, where Peter Jennings was talking with a bunch of kids and some of their parents about the tragedy. These kids had smart questions, and smart answers. I feel hopeful that a broader viewpoint is being heard, and Barry and I regret we didn't call his sister and tell her to put it on for our niece and nephew. We decide to clean house - it's a pigsty. While we're cleaning, which feels good and normal and productive, we hear the President from Camp David saying things like, "This will not stand" and we're going to "smoke them out" - the strongest rhetoric and saber-rattling yet. It's sickening. I also see a guy on a local show, a rescue worker, who is talking about his experience. He begins to cry, then clenches his jaw and says "we're going to get them." I have a sudden insight into the anger thing. Maybe people who are not comfortable with crying, with grief, have to express it some other way, and the way they know best is anger. I don't know. So, that's where I am right now, Saturday evening. Barry and I talked about going out tonight, and we may still, but we're both very tired.Grief is exhausting. The Twin Towers were kinda ugly, but I miss them so much. It's funny where you try and find solace. We're drinking - a lot. Or, rather, often. And I'm eating all those things that are bad for me, like ice cream and french fries. And I went to church 5 times in 4 days - it's been quite awhile since I could say that. It's funny that music, which I always connect to, hasn't meant much to me. Although, I was thinking today about the Kurt Weill song, "Lost in the Stars." Do you know it? There's a section that says, "I've been searching through the night and the day, though my eyes get weary and my hair turns gray. And sometimes it seems maybe God's gone away, forgetting the promise that we heard him say. And we're lost out here in the stars." I've always found it poignant, and I really do now. But you know what, I am blessed; I am okay. After all, on some level, it's not about me. On another, it's about all of us. My thoughts and prayers and love, Cath September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. September 15th 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. NYC this week 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 email101.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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. Dear Spence and Lou, I'm glad you sent an email. I have been trying to reach you yesterday and today. Thank God you are ok and your families are as well. Did Radu call you or did you call him? What did he have to say about all of this? I'm sure he had some energetic and opinionated response and I'm curious what it was. My brother walked 220 blocks to get out of Manhattan. My mother who is in London at the moment found out because a cab driver stopped her on the street asking, "Are you American? Have you heard the news?" Cynthia woke me up at 7:30 to tell me. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. It sounded like some futuristic action film. Our histories are going to be marked by "before" and "after" this event. Just like they were by the Kennedy assassination. Where were you? How did you hear? Did you know anyone in the building? I am afraid that this is far from over. I'm afraid our retaliation will cause a counter-retaliation - and soon we'll be in some kind of Third World War. I am also afraid about what's going to happen to innocent Muslims in this country. The harrassment seems inevitable knowing how quick so many are to jump to racial stereotypes and hatred. I am afraid of a whole lot of things, but impressed by how beautifully New Yorkers have rallied to help in any way they can and how courageous the firefighters and policemen were. I was also really impressed gy Guiliani. I am not impressed by President Bush. We all keep saying "Why did this have to happen when we have a fool in the white house?" . Anyway, I love you both and am really really glad you are still around. Lisa September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Thu, 13 Sep 2001 01:18:56 EDT September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients Spence Halperin and Louis Pizzitola September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. Lisa Lindstrom 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. Re: we're OK 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 email153.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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. Dear professor XXX:   I am writing in response to your email, which I admit almost brought tears to my eyes; knowing that you (and the other thematic studies professors at John Jay Colelge) support me in this time of sacrifices.  I will try my hardest to do some reading when given some time off. The things I've seen within the last week out in those streets have changed me forever.  They have hardened my heart and brought tears to my eyes; they have given me a reason to fight and put my life on the line for.  The people that died inside of those buildings and planes, my family, friends, you guys in school, and our American way of life are sufficient reason for me to disappear into the deepest dessert around a hail of gunfire and explosions.     For security reasons, I can't talk about what is about to-or did-transpire over the Internet, but I will keep you posted on any changes in my situation, and whether I will go "down there," or stay "up here."  I do however, want to stay in school.  I spoke to my commander about how important school is to me, and he understands my situation.  I will keep you informed.   I want to thank you professor X, because you have been someone I've always looked up to, respected, and for who I am willing to work twice as hard for.   I also want to thank all of the people who volunteered-and continue to-volunteer their time and work for so many grueling hours to help; I've never seen so many heroes.  To those who have loved ones that died on that day, I send them my condolences. If you can and there is time, please let people in class and in the thematic department know that.     My other professors are: X and Y, Z and P, and the professors in your class.  I have a math class but I left the math department a voice mail.   For now, I hope all of you are safe and I will do whatever I can to guard you, and until I can be sitting in class again, I will be out there, making sense of madness. September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. September 18, 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. Thanks! 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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. Missed me again you diaper headed, camel fucking cock-sucker! Sorry I didn't check in sooner, spent yesterday trying to track down folks and then make it home around all of the closures. Thanks for the call BB... I'll give further details soon as I can... as far as I can tell, all my peoples are ok. My brother left his job at the trade center earlier this year, my mom retired in June so she was outta there and my dad retired last month so he also wasn't in the area. I don't think I was so lucky with regard to my co-workers, they may have taken a direct hit... it's all too insane right now to tell. Been spending the last 6 months preparing to move folks into the WTC and over Labor Day weekend we put half of em in there and finalized the setup for the rest of us. I just got my permanent I.D. and had my desk set up in a dealing room on the 50th floor of 1 WTC where I was scheduled to start working "before October". anyways... back with more soon... cheers, Ho September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Wed Sep 12, 2001 12:23 pm 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. Re: [ham-net] Ho? News? Please Check In. 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 email350.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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. September 16, 2001 Dear Friends, Ariel Publicity is thrilled to announce the participation as publicist for: The Greatest Bars and Restaurants on Earth A coalition of NYC food-service establishments to raise money for the September 11th Fund. This is an organized fund-drive to aid the victims of the WTC tragedy, their families, and all those whose basic ability to provide for themselves and their families was affected by the tragedy. We are in need of volunteers in the tri-state area to go out to their area restaurants, cafés, coffee shops, delis or bars and ask them to sign up. Information on the drive and how any food-service establishment can participate is provided below. Please pass this on to anyone you know who works in a restaurant, café, coffee shop, deli or bar.  We would also love it if you could pass this on to any food writer or critic you know. Please call Ariel Publicity if you would like further information about the founder of this coalition. Thanks so much, Ariel The Greatest Bars and Restaurants on Earth A coalition of NYC food-service establishments to raise money for the September 11th Fund This is a great way for NYC restaurateurs and food-service providers to give back to the community that has made their businesses a success, and made NYC famous worldwide for having "The Greatest Bars and Restaurants on Earth."  (The name of the coalition pays tribute to the bar that previously sat atop tower 1 of the WTC, "The Greatest Bar on Earth", while also emphasizing the heroism of the establishments that generously choose to participate in this effort).  It is the coalition's hope that any worry of "profit loss" you may experience in considering this opportunity will ultimately be alleviated by increased patronage at your establishment. The drive starts September 24th, 2001 and goes to October 24th, 2001.  Participating establishments agree to donate 1% of their total sales for the period to the September 11th Fund [started by United Way and the New York Community Trust to assist families of victims of the WTC attack, go to www.uwnyc.org or call (212) 251-4035. Participating businesses will receive a poster to place in their front window (similar to or the same as what will be seen in print ads) with the name of the coalition and information on the fund-drive, so people will be able to easily identify participating establishments. Information on exactly where and when to send donations will be provided when the posters are distributed, just before the drive begins. There will also be promotion donated by major media outlets with information about the drive and the names and addresses of all participating restaurants, organized by borough, so that people will be well informed and have a reference to hold onto for which businesses are participating in the drive.  Restaurants who choose to sign up after the drive has started will receive a poster for their window and benefit from ongoing publicity efforts to keep the public informed and participating. September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. September 16, 2001Ariel 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. September 11 and The Greatest Bars and Restaurants on Earth 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 email29.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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. Hi Gale, I just want to thank you again for calling this morning. That was really nice of you and very much appreciated. Everything seems so unreal just sitting here and listening to the coverage. The concept of the World Trade Center just being gone is unfathomable. I hope all is well and that you can think more about the wedding than subjects like this. Thanks again. Marc September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 09/11/2001 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. Thanks Again 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 email722.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 can see why you've been so freaked out. It seems like everyone is either in some stage of denial or fright. The only way to not be scared is to pretend like none of this is happening. I have to admit I am seriously terrified now that the FBI has issued that statement saying that other terrorist attacks in the US are indeed possible. Earlier this week someone in NY sent around an e-mail that Joe R. got forwarded. It basically said, "My uncle is in the military in Albany. He says to GET OUT OF NEW YORK NOW, because he knows for sure that something is going to happen on October 11!" Well, of course nothing did, but the way I helped Joe decide to dismiss the e-mail as nothing but a rumor was to assure him that if the military knew of a threat to New York, and they couldn't stop it, they would issue a pubic statement. Joe and I kind of laughed it off, rolling our eyes about people's paranoia. And then a couple days later the FBI does exactly what I was talking about: issue a statement saying that something is going to happen, but they don't know what, and it's up to us to try to stop it. George W. himself, who has been so vague since this whole thing started, was saying on television last night, "If you see someone getting into a crop duster who you know isn't supposed to be flying that crop duster, report it to your local authorities." It so frightening to think that even our own government isn't sure what's going to happen to us next. It's been relatively easy, I suppose, for me to try to convince myself that what happened in New York on 9/11 was just a nightmare or a hoax, a la Orson Welles' "The War of the Worlds." Even though I still know about 100 people living in New York City, I only communicate with them via phone or e-mail. The people I see with my own eyes on a daily basis are much more removed from New York City, literally and figuratively. I got my hair cut last weekend and the stylist was shocked to hear that the twin towers were only about 20 feet shorter than the Sears Tower. "Yeah, it'd be like two Sears Towers falling down in the middle of downtown Chicago," I told her, and she was shocked. How can people not know how big the World Trade Center is? Was. Bit by bit, the national trepidation has crept 700 miles west to Illinois. My daily walk from the train station to my 60-story office building takes me past the Sears Tower, the Chicago Board of Trade, a large post office, and the Dirksen Federal Building. Early on the timeline, large concrete barriers went up on the sidewalk around the Dirksen Building. "What are those for?" a coworker of mine wondered as we walked to the train one night. "To prevent car bombs, I guess," was my reply. I added on the "I guess" to try to tone down the fact that the barricades' purpose had been immediately apparent to me. A week later they had multiplied to circle the post office. The post office is bordered on one side by a plaza with a large red Calder sculpture called "The Flamingo," and an open-air market was held in the plaza once or twice a week. The market was canceled indefinitely and three police cars have been sitting in its place ever since. Two weeks ago -- or maybe three -- the concrete barriers were added to the block the Sears Tower is on. That block was rid of newspaper dispensers and mailboxes almost immediately after the terrorist attacks, and police were stationed on every corner. But it seemed as if security doubled overnight, with the prevention of cars stopping anywhere near the Tower, and the observation deck being closed. This morning the cops patrolling the area weren't just cops, they were the SWAT team police. I walked past them and thought, "Jesus, this is really happening." Two out of the three entrances to my office building have been closed and everyone must pass through a security checkpoint. Employees have been given "key cards" to swipe, visitors must sign in and leave photo ID at the security desk. There are no metal detectors installed but something stopped me from bringing a knife along with the quiche I baked for our company pot luck. I just didn't want to be caught with a large kitchen knife anywhere outside of my kitchen. I don't blame you for being scared of drinking the water or of getting Anthrax. To answer your question, "I'm crazy. What's up with u?" I'd have to say, "I'm crazy too." love Anna September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. October 11, 2001 September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients Eddie Robinson September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. Anna Boudinot 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. 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 email458.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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. a plane crashed outside PIT! September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 11 September 2001 September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients gb0n@andrew.cmu.edu September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. GLin@asmusa.org 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. 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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. Last night I had a dream that my parents were divorced and I was living in the house I grew up in with my dad and his new wife. My dad told me that he and his wife were part of a terrorist organization that was staging an attack on November 11 at 4PM that would be far more destructive than what happened on September 11. He said it would include biological warfare as well as hijacked airplanes. He gave me a vial of pills and told me to take one so that I would be protected against Anthrax. He also told me that he and his wife would be killed if they ever found out what he had told me. Then I woke up. I must have been whimpering because Glenn asked me if I was okay. "Just a bad dream." I said. "About what?" he asked. "People killing people," I murmured, and fell back asleep. Two nights ago I'd had a dream about finding a mutiliated dead body in a public bathroom, so the dream about my father seemed tame. But then the dream continued. I dreamt that it was November 11 and Glenn and I were sitting in my bedroom watching a movie. It was ET, I think, except Sally Field was in it. I kept watching the clock to see how much time we had left until 4PM. I guess I was hoping nothing would happen. My dad and his wife were scurrying around the house but I'm not sure what they were doing. Then 4PM came. I heard an airplane flying overhead so I looked out the window. Above me it did a complete U-turn and started flying the other way. "It's happening," I said frantically to Glenn. We each took a pill and started gathering our things together to make a run for it. Warm clothes, running shoes, contact lens solution, my glasses. I ran into the kitchen and opened every can of cat food we had, hoping that the cats would be able to live for a while without us, if we could ever come back to get them. Then I started piling potatoes into my Manhattan Portage bag. I wanted to take with me some type of personal trinket and so I ran back into my bedroom to look for my "pocket angel," which, in real life, is a pewter coin-shaped trinket with an angel carved onto it. Glenn gave it to me. In the dream I couldn't find it and I realized I had left it at work. In real life I do keep it at work. Glenn was at the car out in front, quickly loading it up. It occurred to us that we should have stocked up on water and gotten a full tank of gas. He came back inside and asked my father how we were supposed to flee if the highways would be jammed. My dad said solemnly, "There's going to be a pause, and then we're [meaning he and his wife]going to leave. I'll let you know when the time comes." Then I woke up again. I shook Glenn until he woke up too, and then I started crying and I told him about the whole dream. He said, "Don't worry, it's just a dream." I said, "Kind of." He said, "What do you mean?" I said, "People really do fly airplanes into buildings." I managed to fall asleep again and this time Glenn and I were in a different house, trying to escape the terrorist attacks. I was trying to empty the contents of the medicine cabinet into my bag and Glenn was putting water out for the cats to drink. I don't know what my preoccupation with the cats was all about. We had a full tank of gas this time and a full gas can in the trunk for when that ran out. We were going to drive to Iowa on the back roads and try to make it to my grandmother's house right across the Mississippi, and then continue on to Des Moines to meet up with one of Glenn's friends. I don't know if we ever made it or not. I woke up before that. A September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. November 6, 2001 September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients Amanda Fekety September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. Anna Boudinot 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. 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/. 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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. Friends and Family I was very touched yesterday to know that many of you had called my parents or Andrew to ensure that both Andrew and I were safe after the terrible events in NYC and Washington. And for the many emails I have yet to respond to, thank you as well. I am safe in NYC - shaken, but safe, and I share with you below my experience of being about 6 blocks from ground zero yesterday morning. Andrew is safe, if shaken in Washington. He was evacuated from the Bank after the Pentagon disaster, and spent the night with our dear friends Larry and Tom in Baltimore. I know that being with people you love last night was forefront in many of our minds, and I am, as always, grateful for the love and friendship of Larry and Tom. As many of you know, I work in NYC these days, Monday through Friday. While my office is in midtown, business took me to lower Manhattan yesterday morning. I came out of the subway at 8:53 on Wall Street, 2 blocks from the WTC. My colleague and I, and most people in the street saw smoke and fire, and all thought there was just a serious fire. We were already being showered in ash and papers - like a ticker tape parade. I in fact called Andrew to say it was so amazing - that a major fire was underway and the sky filled with paper. We made our way down Wall Street to our client meeting, and while waiting outside for another colleague, heard the incredible thrust of the engines of the second plane, and heard the awful sound of that plane hitting the second tower. We were about 5-6 blocks from the WTC at that point. Cars in the streets stopped and blared their radios, as none of us really knew what was happening. In all, four of us from WCOM met at our clients building on the sidewalk, and as bits and pieces of information came through, we realised what was happening and saw the streams of people coming toward us from the WTC to get away. No one knew what to do - and we all feared that we were under a continued attack. There was little panic - just dumbfounded looking people and no one knowing where and what was safe. Rumblings of the building and explosions caused everyone to jump - the slightest sounds made us all look up or duck. Misinformation filled the air. We began to walk, briskly, toward the East River, just wanting to get as far away from the WTC as possible. While frightened it was almost impossible to focus on anything but moving away - and we just grabbed hands to stick together in the thousands of people fleeing. We heard about the attack on the Pentagon - we heard rumours about the White House, we heard rumours that more planes were headed for Manhattan. My mind focused on Andrew, so close to the WH in Washington, on getting as far away as I could - and in general just not knowing, not believing, not understanding what was happening. We reached the East River where several NYWaterway ferries were starting to evacuate people - the general mood was "get off Manhattan" - we knew bridges and tunnels were closed and all traffic halted, no subways, nothing available. The scene was scary as so many people tried to push and shove onto the pier to reach boats - and in the end, we were more panicked by that than the island, and retreated back to the road and decided to start walking north to get away from downtown. One colleague left us to take a boat off the island - I stuck with my other two colleagues, having no idea what was safe, or where to go. My colleague that left by boat I know today is ok as well, but leaving him on the pier, all covered in dust, not knowing - was unreal. As we tried to get off the pier against all the people trying to get on boats, we understood and heard that the first tower was falling - and we all feared it was toppling over - in which case even more damage would have been done. At this point people remained incredibly calm, almost eerily quiet as we all just fled to get away. We heard the first tower come down, and as you have seen on TV - stood at the end of Maiden Lane and South Street as the huge wall of smoke came toward us. It was surreal and frightening. The streets of Manhattan between these skyscrapers are like wind tunnels, and the smoke and dust came at us like a tornado. Within seconds, literally, we could not see more than a foot in front of us - I took off my shirt to cover my mouth and face, we held hands, and kept walking, just moving as a mass of people. We made it maybe 6 blocks north on FDR drive along the river - and witnessed thousands of people walking across the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges to Brooklyn. My female colleague had taken off her heels and was walking through the dust and dirt and grime barefoot - and in a small example of how the people here did pull together yesterday, a woman walking next to us pulled a new pair of sneakers out of her shopping bag and gave them to my colleague - and kept walking. As we helped her get here shoes on, we heard the rumble of bldg two, turned, and from our vantage point, stood in horror as building two fell onto itself. I can not begin to tell you the thoughts in my mind and heart as that happened and at this point all I felt was fear. Our cell phones were not working but I was able to send a page to Andrew from my pager to tell him that I was ok and moving away from downtown. We continued to walk, with everyone, north - and headed for my apartment in the West Village. It took us over an hour - we stopped at a deli to buy water and the gentlemen behind the counter just gave it to us. On the streets north of downtown, where everyone was fleeing, stores were handing out water, hoses were being shared to wash off the dirt and dust - people were huddled around TVs brought onto sidewalks, car radios blaring, and lines 20-30 deep for pay phones to call loved ones. My colleagues and I were able to reach family by phone before they took off to try to get home. I went to the roof of my building, where, until yesterday, the twin towers loomed over me (my apartment is perhaps 1.5 -2.0 miles due north of the WTC) and watched as F-16 fighters flew overhead "protecting" the city. As I type this morning, they still buzz the sky. Apart from the fear and panic I felt yesterday while fleeing the scene - it took the afternoon and evening for the events of the day to creep up on me - to understand what happened, and to realise, by chance, where I was. I feel as if I am still in a bit of shock, but I am ok, alive, well, and that is what matters. Clearly there are far too many victims and others that were in even worse places than me - but I can not begin to fully describe what it felt like. My clothes are in a bag for the cleaners - my shoes sit here, next to my bed - grey in dust. I have yet to wipe them off. I have cried more times than I can think, especially when I get a call from one of you - and almost everytime I see footage of the walls of smoke coming down the narrow streets. That is my vision of the day, my experience, and when I was caught in it, was so very frightened, I can not begin to tell you. The city below 14th street is shut down - a ghost town - various pedestrians, but otherwise very desolate. I made my way to midtown this morning to get my computer from the office, where there is more activity, but I don't believe anyone has ever seen a NYC like this. We hear few sirens - the streets are only open to emergency vehicles, and they move swiftly with lights - but it appears few survivors are being taken to the main hospital, St Vincent's, about 6 blocks north of my apt. I am planning on getting back to Washington tmmrw for the weekend to be with Andrew and friends - and as we all must do, will be back at work in the city on Monday. I hope none of you have any personal losses from yesterdays events - the day has clearly touched everyone - and my thoughts and prayers are with everyone - and to my friend Dave Weinstein, and his wife Bethany - Dave was working at the Pentagon yesterday morning - and I was glad to hear via Andrew that he is also well today. Sharing my story helps me get through this - and again, all of you who have reached out to Andrew, my parents, and me - thank you - it truly warms my heart and reminds me of how very lucky I am to have wonderful friends in my life. I hope to see many of you soon - you are in my thoughts. James September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. September 12, 2002 September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients friends and family September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. James Grall 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. My experience 6 blocks from ground zero yesterday - Safe today in NYC 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 email512.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. yes 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. 2002-08-20 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 66.149.23.228 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. --------- From: x Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 10:12:25 -0400 To: x Subject: FW: peace work in nyc ---------- From: x Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 11:35:38 -0400 To: x Subject: peace work in nyc' Hi. I have put together a mini-list of the 5 or 6 women who responded to my post on SWS wanting to know about upcoming peace actions in nyc. i put it together as a 'group' in my addressbook, so i have no idea what would happen if one of you tried to reply-all. it might work or you might get a lot of error messages back. anyway, this is what I currently know. please pass along any other info in circulation. 1. there are two coalitions currently operating, and some move to bring them together. One group has been meeting at an alternative space in lower manhattan, Charas, and the other began at the Brecht Forum this past saturday. more news in the future on those. 2. if/when the US initiates military action, there will be a peace vigil from 4-7pm in Times Square. so if it starts at night, the vigil will be at 4pm the next day. if it starts in the morning, the vigil will begin that afternoon. I think this is sponsored by the Charas group. 3. Arab American communities in NYC are experience assault. In Brooklyn, the Arab American Family Services Center hgas been trying to organize a response. they can be reached at x@x.x or xxx-xxx-xxxx. x for Racial and Economic Justice at xxx-xxx-xxxx is also a good source of information on this, as they are gearing up for solidarity work. 4. Sunday 9/23 is busy - Al Awda, a Palestinian organization supporting the Right to Return, is holding a forum to protest anti-arab racism at the Abyssinian Baptist Church, time tba. check website www.alawda.org for more info a group of Jewish activists will be holding a community tashlich service at 12:30 at 83rd street and the Hudson River. this will be oriented around protesting the continuing israeli occupation, in light of recent events. more info from x@x.x there will be a contingent of peace activists at the city memorial service at 3pm in Central Park. i have not heard of any meeting palce set up yet, but the tashlich group will be leaving around 2pm to go over to the memorial to be peace presence. so you could connect with that group at 2 by the river. 5. the 9/29 anti-IMF rally has be transformed into a peace demonstration in Washington DC, called by the anti-globalization folks. X at X@x.x should know more about this. x September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Wed, 19 Sep 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. Subject: FW: peace work in nyc 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 email127.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. yes 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. 2002-04-09 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 146.96.93.228