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. well -- here we are in the morning. julia and i just came back from a walk around the neighborhood. we sat on the promenade and looked toward where the towers used to be -- there is still a huge cloud of smoke rising upwards, as things are still burning over there. we are both having a weird kind of selective memory loss -- we almost can't remember what the bldgs looked like -- we can barely remember them burning, and the collapse of the first tower that was so vivid yesterday, as i try to remember it, my brain shuts it off and won't let me go there. I sat there,looking at the smoke colums and empty space and just cried. i didn't really cry very much yesterday - it was mostly shock, but today... the tears won't stop. i think i am going to sit in a church now. though the promenade is like a church, there are tons of people there, as there were yesterday, just sitting and looking.it is our kind of memorial, as it is as close as we can get. i realize that for the rest of the country may have a harder time grasping this all... we are so in the middle of it. partially because of the compactness of this city, but also cause we are directly across the narrow part of the river from the towers. the humanity of it is in our faces. we are seeing people waliking around in a daze. the smoke smell is horrible -- it is so bad, it burns the inside of your nose.we finally had to open the windows.. we were walking around the 'hood and saw 4 fireman, walking towards the brooklyn bridge, headed back to the debris. they were of course, some of the first guys there, cause we are so close. at the same time two women passed us and said they had lost 7 guys from that company -- and they only have two trucks, so there is no way the company is very big. we both started crying. seeing those firemen walk towards the bridge, knowing their friends have died, going to risk their lives again... i can't tell you the pain this caused us. then we walked by the firehouse and saw discarded gear covered with soot and layers of ash and dust. i have a friend who is a fireman, and as of midnight last night, he was safe and accounted for. i feel very lucky. the sirens have not stopped since yesterday morning. the news is non stop -- pictures of downtown - terrifying -- and constant interviews with people with pictures, and stories, looking for people who are still missing. some of them spoke to their loved ones after the first plane hit, and now cannot find them . it is awful. i did hear a story of one guy, he was on the 102nd floor of the first bldg hit -- didn't listen to anyone's adivce, and took the elevator and is alive. we are going to try to give blood today -- julia has type O blood and she was turned away yesterday cause the had no more supplies to take it. okay -- well.. i guess this is all for now. we are keeping the email on most of the day again. this is so surreal, i feel like i am watching a flim.the world has changed. hope everyone is well. love to all September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Wed, 12 Sep 2001 12:45:38 EDT 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. morning after in the city 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 email536.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. unknown 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. 2002-08-21 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 208.169.18.185