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. good morning!! ^BC-Attacks-Smoke Photo,0340< ^Readers inquire about AP photo of fire in World Trade Center tower< ^AP Photo NY142< ^By RACHEL ZOLL= ^Associated Press Writer= ¶ NEW YORK (AP) _ Several newspapers that printed an Associated Press photo of fire consuming a World Trade Center tower received calls from readers Wednesday saying they saw a strange shape in the smoke. ¶ Some readers said they could identify eyes, a nose, a mouth and horns in the black and gray clouds _ and they wondered if the photo had been manipulated to include a satanic face. ¶ Vin Alabiso, an AP vice president and the executive photo editor, said the photo was untouched. Readers were reacting to natural indentations in the smoke clouds, he said Wednesday. ¶ "AP has a very strict written policy which prohibits the alteration of the content of a photo in any way," he said. "The smoke in this photo combined with light and shadow has created an image which readers have seen in different ways." ¶ I.J. Kranats, president of the International Association of Arson investigators based in Bridgeton, Mo., said it was not unusual for people to see unusual images in smoke clouds. ¶ As a fire generates heat, it draws in cold air, while unburned debris swirls through the smoke, causing the clouds to look thinner in some areas and thicker in others, he said. The natural wind currents can contribute to the effect, he said. ¶ The Saginaw (Mich.) News received about 50 calls Wednesday after enlarging the photo to cover almost half the front page in Tuesday's editions, reporter Bryce Hoffman said. ¶ "A lot of them asked if we doctored the photo," Hoffman said. "Some asked if we superimposed a human face on it. We've had some people ask if it was God. We've had some people ask if it was Satan. We've had requests for reprints." ¶ Bill Decker, metro editor for The Daily Advertiser of Lafayette, La., ran the photo across nearly half of an inside page in one of its special editions Tuesday and received about 20 calls from readers by Wednesday. Return-Path: <littlenemo1@yahoo.com> 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: <20010913134525.72274.qmail@web14001.mail.yahoo.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 <littlenemo1@yahoo.com> Subject: the devil made me do it To: kevinkushel@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) good morning!! ^BC-Attacks-Smoke Photo,0340< ^Readers inquire about AP photo of fire in World Trade Center tower< ^AP Photo NY142< ^By RACHEL ZOLL= ^Associated Press Writer= NEW YORK (AP) _ Several newspapers that printed an Associated Press photo of fire consuming a World Trade Center tower received calls from readers Wednesday saying they saw a strange shape in the smoke. Some readers said they could identify eyes, a nose, a mouth and horns in the black and gray clouds _ and they wondered if the photo had been manipulated to include a satanic face. Vin Alabiso, an AP vice president and the executive photo editor, said the photo was untouched. Readers were reacting to natural indentations in the smoke clouds, he said Wednesday. "AP has a very strict written policy which prohibits the alteration of the content of a photo in any way," he said. "The smoke in this photo combined with light and shadow has created an image which readers have seen in different ways." I.J. Kranats, president of the International Association of Arson investigators based in Bridgeton, Mo., said it was not unusual for people to see unusual images in smoke clouds. As a fire generates heat, it draws in cold air, while unburned debris swirls through the smoke, causing the clouds to look thinner in some areas and thicker in others, he said. The natural wind currents can contribute to the effect, he said. The Saginaw (Mich.) News received about 50 calls Wednesday after enlarging the photo to cover almost half the front page in Tuesday's editions, reporter Bryce Hoffman said. "A lot of them asked if we doctored the photo," Hoffman said. "Some asked if we superimposed a human face on it. We've had some people ask if it was God. We've had some people ask if it was Satan. We've had requests for reprints." Bill Decker, metro editor for The Daily Advertiser of Lafayette, La., ran the photo across nearly half of an inside page in one of its special editions Tuesday and received about 20 calls from readers by Wednesday. __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:43:30 EDT September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients mphillips@stellarimages.com September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. Kevinkushel@aol.com 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. hi - we need to talk now - i'll call you kevin 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 hi - we need to talk now - i'll call you kevin 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. 2001-09-13