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 "Satan in the Smoke" Emails Description An account of the resource 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. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Thank you, Mark. I do understand, and believe me, we feel this loss as our own. We have friends who lost several family members in the attack, both as a passenger on one of the planes and occupants of tower two. My family and friends are praying that your and our grief will ease and that G-d has been merciful to those lost in the attack. Sincerely, Diane >[Original Message] >From: Mark D. Phillips <info@stellarimages.com> To: <deedee295@earthlink.net> >Date: 9/21/2001 12:34:19 PM >Subject: Re: photo of tower bombing with smokey face >You may print it out from our website, but right now we are not letting any hi-res versions out. I hope you will understand that we are trying to keep people focused on the fact that 5,000 people are still missing. We have been devastated here in New York. >Sincerely, >Mark >>Dear Mr. Phillips, >>I am collecting photos of the twin tower bombings for a personal scrapbook. >>It is the way my children and I have chosen to get a handle on the terrible >>trauma of this horrendous act. I found a copy of your photo on a web site >>and I wonder if it would be possible to obtain a copy of it for our scrapbook. It is a vivid picture, and although I do not ascribe to the theory that there is anything supernatural about the "face" seen in the photo, yet, still it serves to graphically depict the terrible nature of the event. >>If it is possible to allow us to get a copy of this picture, please let us >>know. This would be for our personal use only as an addition to our scrapbook. No copies would be made or distributed without your express permission. I do hope you will consider this request favorably. >>Sincerely, >>Diane Ranck >>deedee295@earthlink.net September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Fri, 21 Sep 2001 16:32:35 -0700 September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients "Mark D. Phillips" <info@stellarimages.com> September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. "Diane Ranck" <deedee295@earthlink.net> 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: photo of tower bombing with smokey face 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 Re: photo of tower bombing with smokey face 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. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2001-09-21