September 11 Digital Archive

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  • Collection: The Sonic Memorial Project

055plug.mp3
Brooke Ashworth, who has worked in skyscrapers, talks about the sound of the elevators encapsulating the experience of the building.

Bruce Cohen, press representative of "Top of the World", the public observatory at the top of World Trade Center #2 introduces himself.

Bruce Cohen, press representative for "Top of the World", the public observatory on the 110th floor of World Trade Center #2 discusses the controversy of the radio towers when the WTC was first being built.

Bruce Cohen, press representative for "Top of the World", the public observatory on the 110th floor of World Trade Center #2 begins discussing the anual mass valentines wedding he organized on valentines day and watches clips from "Good Day Sunday"'s…

Bruce Cohen, press representative for "Top of the World", the public observatory on the 110th floor of World Trade Center #2 discusses the anual mass valentines wedding he organized on valentines day and watches clips from "Good Day Sunday"'s…

Bruce Cohen, press representative for "Top of the World", the public observatory on the 110th floor of World Trade Center #2 discusses the anual mass valentines wedding he organized on valentines day and watches clips from "Good Day Sunday"'s…

Bruce Cohen, press representative for "Top of the World", the public observatory on the 110th floor of World Trade Center #2 discusses the anual mass valentines wedding he organized on valentines day and watches clips from "Good Day Sunday"'s…

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This ad for Brunswick radios and musical piece (typical of what would be recorded for Brunswick sets) was broadcast in the 1930s.

trainingplug.mp3
The Building Stewardesses discuss how they were trained to deal with a sometimes doubtful public.

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A montage of stewardesses talking about their various uniforms.

1960plug.mp3
A montage of Building Stewardesses recalling the of atmosphere of the 1960's, the music of the period, their own youthful enthusiasm, and the impact of their jobs on their lives.

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The New York phone lines were completely jammed on 9/11. Many will remember the sound of the busy signal when thinking back to that time.

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Chalkdust (aka Hollis Liverpool), a scholar and musician from Trinidad, wrote this calypso song dealing with 9/11 and politics.

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Captain Sandy Anderson speaks from his boat, introducing himself and describing his work.

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Captain Sandy Anderson describes watching as the land around the Twin Towers was first cleared and then developed upon.

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Captain Sandy Anderson describes the beautiful view of the Twin Towers from his boat late at night one Christmas Eve.

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Captain D. C. Anderson grew up on New York Harbor and has worked there since the WTC was built. In all the hundreds of times he has sailed around the tip of Manhattan, he has never tired of the view.

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Captain Anderson describes the connection between terrorism and an unequal distribution of wealth.

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Captain Sandy Anderson speaks about how the growth and development of the U.S. cannot go unchecked any longer.

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Captain Sandy Anderson describes the anger he felt at the loss of the Twin Towers, a sight he had grown so accustomed to.
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