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Agnes Crow of Virginia sings a haunting wail in response to the events of September 11.

In the late 1970s Ohio resident Bruce Kinney went hiking at Bear Mountain in the Hudson Valley. He recalls seeing bands of orange light in the sky that he realized were reflections of the sun on the WTC towers.

Student AJ Yastremski describes jogging daily around the WTC--the business people running to their meetings, the sounds of the restaurants.

Alison Murphy was on the way to work in Kentucky when she heard about the attacks. She grew up in NJ and had watched the buildings being built. Later her mom, who had a view of the WTC from her deck, called to describe what was happening.

Jan Bienhof, who worked from Minnesota as a mail service manager for the 90th to 97th floors of 1 WTC, talks about how the WTC server stopped responding at 12:47 GMT (or 8:47 a.m. EST). She also remarks on the way Peter Jennings lapses into a…

International Telecom worker Dick Dingman, who lives in Nebraska, visited New York on business. He remembers sitting at restaurants in the financial district and hearing the sound of the water.

Katie George visited New York from New Mexico years ago. She remembers the sound of the flushing toilet at the WTC--it was a unique noise, high-powered and industrial.

Elisa Karp's audio journal--a New York Everyman's journal--documents her experience at home on Manhattan's Upper East Side on September 11. She kept her tape recorder rolling as she made telephone calls and exchanged instant messages with friends…

Elisa Karp's audio journal--a New York Everyman's journal--documents her experience at home on Manhattan's Upper East Side on September 11. She kept her tape recorder rolling as she made telephone calls and exchanged instant messages with friends…

Elisa Karp's audio journal--a New York Everyman's journal--documents her experience at home on Manhattan's Upper East Side on September 11. She kept her tape recorder rolling as she made telephone calls and exchanged instant messages with friends…

Elisa Karp's audio journal--"a New York Everyman's Journal"--documents her experience at home on Manhattan's Upper East Side on September 11. She kept her tape recorder rolling as she made telephone calls and exchanged instant messages with friends…

Tilman Reitzle had always been dazzled by the sights and sounds of rush hour at the WTC. Finally, on June 27, 1986--a Friday--he brought his SONY ProWalkman. That afternoon, he recorded this ambient noise from the plaza beneath the towers and the…

Tilman Reitzle had always been dazzled by the sights and sounds of rush hour at the WTC. Finally, on June 27, 1986--a Friday--he brought his SONY ProWalkman. That evening, he stood in the concourse near the turnstiles to the PATH train and recorded…

Tilman Reitzle had always been dazzled by the sights and sounds of rush hour at the WTC. Finally, on June 27, 1986--a Friday--he brought his SONY ProWalkman. That morning, he stood at the entrance and recorded this ambient noise. You can hear kids…

Tilman Reitzle had always been dazzled by the sights and sounds of rush hour at the WTC. One Friday afternoon in 1986, he recorded this ambient noise from the plaza beneath the towers and the concourse inside the WTC, using his SONY ProWalkman. You…

Gary Shelber, a native New Yorker who now lives in San Diego, recalls being stuck in a traffic jam on September 11. He is reluctant to revisit his former home, now without the WTC. He reads a poem he wrote about 9/11.

Lorraine Stone, who was visiting France when the attacks happened, describes the reaction of the people there. She also kept her phone messages from that day.

Steve Duniec came up to NYC from North Carolina a few days before 9/11. He had a doorman take a photo of him with his wife and the WTC in background.

Robert Bauer's son, Nathan, worked on the 52nd floor of 1 WTC--luckily, he was stuck in the subway the morning of 9/11. Bauer's daughter, Emilia, was in her NYU dorm with a view of the WTC. In response to the attacks, Bauer, who lives in Maine,…

Corporate pilot Kevin Graulty remembers the New York skyline from the air. He used to use the WTC to gauge visibility and help him get oriented from Teterboro Airport.