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. Dear Mark,<br>    Your photo is amazing!My feeling is that it's not doctored in any way. The reason I feel this way is because I took  a photo and got the same results! However, mine was taken at a very old home I visited near a famous Civil War battlefield. When I took the photo I saw nothing, but upon getting it developed, it was loaded with people! They were all men in Civil War uniforms.There were also a couple of faces that looked very demonic. I feel that it's a photo of people trapped in Hell. It's very disturbing. At first I couldn't quite tell what it was. I knew something was there, but was unable to make out for sure what it was. As I studied the photo however, i kept finding more and more people!  It's definitely not a doctored photo--I wouldn't have the slightest idea how to doctor a photo even if I wanted to. It was taken with 400 speed film and a point and shoot Pentax camera. Some months later, I returned to the house and took a photo in exactly the same spot and got nothing. I've been getting quite a few unusual photos within the last couple of years.  Perhaps it's a warning. I know that the day before the disaster on Tuesday ,I was talking for quite some time to my cousins telling them that I feel the end is very near because everyone seems much more aggressive and very restless. I said I felt that there was a terrible war coming soon, but I never would have thought all of this would begin on the following day.! One of the reasons I know that I feel this way is that it seems that even the spirit world now seems restless. In all the years that I've taken photos I have never gotten anything unusual in them until just recently.     I feel absolutely terrible for everyone in New York. My daughter and I wanted to come out there and help, but I'm not sure how we could help. It still seems like a nightmare and  that it can't possibly be real! I can only imagine how you must feel having been a firsthand witness to so much death and destruction.  I'm going to be out east (I live near Chicago) at the end of October. If I thought New York City could really use my help I would "detour" there on my way home. (I'll be in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania.) You are all in our thoughts and prayers. Take care and God Bless America ( we need that now more than ever!)           Sincerely, Carol<br> September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Tue, 18 Sep 2001 23:58:26 EDT September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients info@stellarimages.com September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. Altaira100@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. My Photo 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 My Photo 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. 2001-09-18