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Author and professor Angus Kress Gillespie discusses how far one had to be from the WTC in order to get a good view of the towers.

New Jersey resident Nancy Boss always used to look at the New York skyline when she was driving on Route 22--she still does. She never realized before what the WTC meant to her.

Ashley visited New York from the Berkshires when she was seven. Of her visit to the WTC, she remembers that she didn't trust the man-made mountains but that standing on the observation deck, with its silence and the wind, was like being on a…

Philip Armor, a visitor to New York from Santa Fe, remembers feeling like he had made it when he drove around the monolithic, silent Twin Towers just two months before 9/11.

Brian Smith, now living in Texas, recalls working in 1 WTC. On weekends, when it was quiet, the sound of the tower creaking reminded him of a sailing ship in the wind.

Robert Olin works at Thatcher, Thomas and Wood, which was on the 38th to 40th floors of 2 WTC. He had videotaped the office two weeks before 9/11.

St. Louis native Keith Nepper looks to the Gateway Arch as inspiration for rebuilding at Ground Zero. He points out that in the form of the arch, the two towers rely upon each other.

Indiana resident Chris Countryman feels it is important for the archive to include the sounds of the towers collapsing.

King Lamb worked at the WTC years ago and remembers hearing a soft creaking from the walls--the eerie sound of the building swaying in the wind.

Diane Ludin, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient recordings of the WTC. This is the sound of a toy bomb ticking.

Wally Siegel and his wife had their 25th wedding anniversary and vow renewal at Windows on the World--they've now been married for 42 years. Siegel describes being "married in the clouds."

WNYC's Mark Hilan broadcasts live at 9:03 a.m. as second plane crashes into the south tower. Several correspondents describe what they see.

Frank Carbone recalls a phone message he received from a man living near the Lexington Avenue armory, who described how the families of the victims were gathering there.

Inspector James Luongo of the New York Police is head of the recovery effort at Fresh Kills Landfill. He describes that work here. [WARNING: Graphic content!]

Californian Michael Moss plays the message from his brother in New York that woke him on the morning of September 11.

Katy Kirby, a TV producer for a news magazine, tells about the camera and soundmen shooting video on 9/11. She recommends trying to track down some of these stories and suggests the possibility of a collaboration.

This radio ad for "modern age" radios by Atwater Kent was broadcast in the 1930s.

Californian Greg Mix reads his family's annual Christmas letter. This year, inspired by the Sonic Memorial, the letter was about the WTC buildings. He talks about the construction of the buildings, the view, Windows on the World, and how the place…

These newsreels from the early 1960s document the struggle waged by small businessmen in Lower Manhattan against the Port Authority's plans to build the World Trade Center. The fight went all the way to the Supreme Court before the Port Authority…

Author and professor Angus Kress Gillespie discusses a conversation he had with engineer Ray Monti about how long the towers could have lasted.