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Many tourists visiting the World Trade Center chose to learn about the place by taking an audio tour. There have been several different versions of the tour. This one, produced by Antenna Audio in August 2001, was to have been introduced later that…

Many tourists visiting the World Trade Center chose to learn about the place by taking an audio tour. There have been several different versions of the tour. This one, produced by Antenna Audio in August 2001, was to have been introduced later that…

Many tourists visiting the World Trade Center chose to learn about the place by taking an audio tour. There have been several different versions of the tour. This one, produced by Antenna Audio in August 2001, was to have been introduced later that…

Many tourists visiting the World Trade Center chose to learn about the place by taking an audio tour. There have been several different versions of the tour. This one, produced by Antenna Audio in August 2001, was to have been introduced later that…

Many tourists visiting the World Trade Center chose to learn about the place by taking an audio tour. There have been several different versions of the tour. This one, produced by Antenna Audio in August 2001, was to have been introduced later that…

Many tourists visiting the World Trade Center chose to learn about the place by taking an audio tour. There have been several different versions of the tour. This one, produced by Antenna Audio in August 2001, was to have been introduced later that…

New York City radio station 1010 WINS news reports from March 11, 2002--the six-month anniversary of 9/11--include live coverage of the dedication of the Tribute in Light memorial and short interviews with victims families.

On September 11, officers near Ground Zero respond to a police scanner announcement that 7 WTC has just collapsed.

Spanish reporters make calls from pay phones in the Financial District on the afternoon of September 11.

One of the definitive sound experiences from the afternoon of September 11: the noise of the crowd walking over the Manhattan Bridge to Brooklyn.

Robert Sanford, an amateur radio enthusiast, recorded the NYPD police scanner on the morning of 9/11. This interview with him was aired on Channel 4.
[currently not available because of rights]

Recording of a New York City police scanner: The first tower collapses.

Recording of a New York City police scanner: Officers react following the collapse of the first tower.

Recording of a New York City police scanner: The second tower collapses.

At the Spanish-language talk radio station WAKC in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the hosts, Francisco Trevino and Sebastian Lantos, broadcast live as the second tower falls on 9/11.

At the Spanish-language talk radio station WAKC in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the hosts, Francisco Trevino and Sebastian Lantos discuss reports of a fourth hijacked plane during their live broadcast on 9/11.

Attorney General John Ashcroft's first press conference following the terrorist attacks. He is talking about the hijacked airplanes.

Aired on NPR Weekend Edition 9/12/01.

Alice Hoglan's son, Mark Bingham, telephoned from on board one of the hijacked planes. This interview with Hoglan originally appeared on ABC on September 12, 2001, and was then rebroadcast on public radio.

NPR's special coverage on September 12 included this press conference by NYC Fire Commissioner Thomas Van Essen.

An essay by NPR's Robert Siegel, who was in New York City on September 11. He talks about the debris and scraps of paper--traces of lives and businesses.