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Tom shares about how he heard about and responded to the attacks on 9/11. He remembers his close friend who died on flight 93.

Bob Edwards of NPR talks with reporter Tom Gjelton at the Pentagon as it is being evacuated.

Photographer Neil Selkirk taped the tolling of the bell at St. Luke's Church on 9/11. You can hear sirens wailing in the background.

Mary Biffoni, a retired office worker from 7 WTC, recalls the toddlers on leashes outside the child care center in the building.

Tim offers FDNY radio tapes from 9/11. His wife's brother was a firefighter who died during the collapse of the south tower. You can hear his voice on the tape.

A New Yorker who now lives in California, Tim Landek watched the WTC being built from his grandmother's apartment.

Musician Tilman Reitzle has a sound library of recordings made in 1986 at the WTC. Among the ambient sounds in his collection are the noises of the escalators and the turnstyles.

Theresa Gregorio was one of the few women working at the Recovery Effort at the Fresh Kills Landfill. She describes the supportive working atmosphere and her pride about doing her part. Theresa Gregorio also recalls some of the sounds and smells of…

Theresa worked at the Fresh Kills Recovery Project for the EPA. In this clip she comments on the Closing Ceremony.

Theresa Gregorio worked for the EPA at the landfill during the recovery effort after September 11. In this clip she describes the tools of her trade and safety precautions.

Theresa worked for the EPA at the Fresh Kills Recovery Project doing air samples for asbestos and soil samples for other hazardous materials.

Frederic Vogel, producer of theatrical performances at the WTC plaza, talks about how the program represented the philosophy of the WTC management by showcasing a cross-section of NYC culture.

An anonymous man describes visiting the top of the towers. He considered them a masterpiece of our time.

Laura Weinberg Arnow's husband always worked either by the WTC or in it. In the 1960s, his office had a view of the slurry wall being built; then he worked for the Port Authority. Arnow also describes going with her son to meet her husband at the…

Radio Producer Warren Levinson describes the annual WTC Valentine's Day wedding marathon.

Karim, a downtown resident who worked until 2 a.m. in Tribeca, recalls riding his bike home and stopping along the way at the WTC plaza. He would lie there and look up at the towers.

An anonymous man reads a New York City guide from 1939, in which the WTC area is described as a Syrian quarter occupied by Turks and Armenians.

Stephen Vitiello, one of the artists in residence at the WTC, made ambient sound recordings of the building. This clip was recorded in July 2001 in the WTC lobby as Vitiello returned from WFMU.

Lauren Marshall, a native of Oregon, recalls visiting the WTC in 1979 and being amazed by the river of people on the escalators--it was the most people she has ever seen.

Former PATH train rider Amy Rose Bloomfield recalls the eerie noises in the plaza that were caused by the wind going down the façades of the towers.