Idaho resident Al Kristal visited New York last January and watched the silent film Nosferatu at the World Financial Center. The Club Foot Orchestra provided a live soundtrack for the movie. He thinks this music would be great to have as a memorial…
Alan worked the overnight shift for American Express/Shearson financial on the 103rd floor of the WTC in the early 80's. He describes some of the experiences he had during those off hours and shares some of his memories of the building.
Verity Chegar of San Francisco recommends including the telephone operator's message All circuits are busy. She heard it all day on 9/11 when she tried to call friends in New York.
Chris worked as a guard at the WTC in the late 1970s and had several amorous encounters in the stairwell, especially on the 78th floor. He got caught, though. After that, he was assigned to work in the sub-basement, eight floors belowground.
Joan met an AT&T employee named Boo. When she was assigned to document the timing of calls from 9/11, Boo felt as though she were invading people's privacy during their last moments.
An Iowa woman who visited her sister in NYC in the 1980s remembers looking up at the WTC observation deck from below. She saw what she thought was a bird in the sky, but it turned out to be a 747. Later, standing on the top of the building, she flew…
Mohammed Anwar lost his uncle, a Cantor Fitzgerald employee, in the September 11 attacks. He remembers going to Windows on the World and meeting Richie Havens there.
Classical guitarist Andrew Schulman's first regular gig was at the WTC. His composition "Molly's Dance" was recorded live in June 2001 for a program hosted by John Schaefer on WNYC.
Classical guitarist Andrew Schulman recalls his first steady gig at Windows on the World in late 1970s. The last time he played there was in July 2001.