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Connecticut resident Ross Pinell visited the towers several years ago. He is haunted by the sound of the wind reverberating in the façades of the buildings.

Watching the news on 9/11, Will Nichols saw footage of the tower falling that was shot by physician Mark Heath. Will e-mailed the doctor, hoping to hear that he had been able to help some of the victims, and Dr. Heath answered. Unfortunately, there…

Beverly Eckert and Nikki Stern lost their husbands on 9/11. Beverly remembers her husband Sean Rooney's love of music. Nikki desribes the grieving process. This excerpt is from the Sonic Memorial Special.

Wickham Boyle, a journalist who lives 10 blocks from the WTC, heard the first plane fly over and saw the second one from her roof. She picked up her son and 12 of his friends from school while the towers fell. She has written a book, A Mother's…

John Weber remarks that just as people know where they were when JFK was shot, now they'll remember when they first heard about the Twin Towers. John was on Route 18 in New Jersey on his way to work.

The aircheck run by radio station WFUV just before the first plane struck shows what was on the nation's mind the morning of September 11. The Dj cuts in with breaking news.

Kyle was wedding videographer for his friends just after September 11th. The preacher quotes from the book of Job and frames love as the perfect answer to 9/11.

Judge Berman married hundreds of couples at the World Trade Center Valentine's Day wedding marathons.

WBAI radio programmer John McDonagh describes doing a special show after 9/11. They interviewed John's young daughter, who was pulled out of school; John's sister, who is a police officer; firemen; a friend who worked on the 37th floor of the WTC;…

Sara Lucas Torpey was in England for her father's funeral on 9/11. She watched the British news with her American husband--it felt disconnected and strange.

Josh's friend Dean Haspiel left a message on his answering machine right after the 1st tower fell. Josh and Dean later collaborated with many other comic book artists on a fundraising anthology "911 Emergency Relief."

Ruth Anne Kocour describes her experience watching George Bush's "War on Terrorism" speech in a village in Northern Thailand.

Kahnawake Mohawk ironworker Walter Beauvais how the height of the World Trade Center affected even the simplest factors in its construction. The taglines, two ropes used to guide the iron as it was raised, were rendered unusable by the distance they…

Musician Lynn Skinner recorded her composition for piano and voice on December 28, 2001. She describes it as a reflection on September 11 and a moment of hope.

An anonymous woman offers her video of the towers falling on 9/11, as well as footage from the following week.

Video artists Alex Heilner and Amy Baxt describe the sounds on a video Alex made of the WTC area and play voicemails of an exchange between Amy and her dad on 9/11.

Californian Victoria Slind-Flor recalls a 1992 trip to New York with her late husband, who had AIDS. They saw Philip Glass's opera, The Voyage, at the Met and then went to the WTC. It was a profound experience for both of them, and helped them come…

Songwriter Victor Freedburg reads the lyrics of his work "Just One Cloud," inspired by walking around New York on 9/11--it was a painfully beautiful day. The song is performed by the band Spiritual Machine.

In this interview, Vanessa and John Johnson remember getting married at one of the annual Valentine's Day wedding marathons held at the World Trade Center.

Vanessa and John Johnson were married at one of the Valentine's Day wedding marathons at the World Trade Center. Here, John sings their song.