email919.xml
Title
email919.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
email
Date Entered
2002-09-20
September 11 Email: Body
From the front lines. Part two to follow...
> From: "Mike Daisey"
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:52 AM
> Subject: 09/11/01
>
>
> I am writing this from downtown New York. In a
> perverse reversal, I have no
> way to contact anyone except through my high-speed
> wireless internet
> connection--phones are out, and electricity in the
> area is intermittent.
>
> The media will ultimately tell the story better than
> I, but I can tell you
> that there is massive loss of life. The sky is black
> with ash, the people
> have been panicking and fleeing in unadulterated
> terror. I have never seen
> anything like it. It is very difficult to breathe,
> even with your mouth
> covered--the ash blows down the streets and burns
> your eyes. It feels like
> the world has ended. When the screaming started and
> the crowds began to run
> after the second plane struck it was a horror film
> running in overdrive,
> jumping frames and cutting in and out. Time got
> lost--I don©t know how long
> this went on. I have a cut on my leg. I ended up in
> a Wendy©s where a huge
> number of us took refuge. I don©t know where the
> workers were--I helped get
> water for people.
>
> I am starting to see emergency workers, and the
> streets are clearing
> somewhat--at least the first waves of panic are
> passing. I©ve seen bodies
> draped in white sheets--it took me a time to realize
> those were bodies, not
> injured people; they must be out of room or not be
> able to get them to the
> morgues or the hospitals.
>
> I©m headed for the Brooklyn Bridge to walk out of
> the city. I©m going to
> stop at any hospital I find to give blood before
> leaving. If anyone reading
> this can, please donate blood--I heard from a medic
> that the hospitals are
> already running out.
>
> md
>
> From: "Mike Daisey"
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:52 AM
> Subject: 09/11/01
>
>
> I am writing this from downtown New York. In a
> perverse reversal, I have no
> way to contact anyone except through my high-speed
> wireless internet
> connection--phones are out, and electricity in the
> area is intermittent.
>
> The media will ultimately tell the story better than
> I, but I can tell you
> that there is massive loss of life. The sky is black
> with ash, the people
> have been panicking and fleeing in unadulterated
> terror. I have never seen
> anything like it. It is very difficult to breathe,
> even with your mouth
> covered--the ash blows down the streets and burns
> your eyes. It feels like
> the world has ended. When the screaming started and
> the crowds began to run
> after the second plane struck it was a horror film
> running in overdrive,
> jumping frames and cutting in and out. Time got
> lost--I don©t know how long
> this went on. I have a cut on my leg. I ended up in
> a Wendy©s where a huge
> number of us took refuge. I don©t know where the
> workers were--I helped get
> water for people.
>
> I am starting to see emergency workers, and the
> streets are clearing
> somewhat--at least the first waves of panic are
> passing. I©ve seen bodies
> draped in white sheets--it took me a time to realize
> those were bodies, not
> injured people; they must be out of room or not be
> able to get them to the
> morgues or the hospitals.
>
> I©m headed for the Brooklyn Bridge to walk out of
> the city. I©m going to
> stop at any hospital I find to give blood before
> leaving. If anyone reading
> this can, please donate blood--I heard from a medic
> that the hospitals are
> already running out.
>
> md
>
September 11 Email: Date
9/11/01
September 11 Email: Subject
9/11/01
Collection
Citation
“email919.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 6, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/38576.