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Steve Ohr wrote a story about an adventure he had on the 89th floor of the WTC in 1976.

In 1993 TV producer Steve Alpert made a documentary for New York Telephone Company in response to the bombing at the WTC.

Oregonian Stan Strange recalls being awakened by a dog wailing on 9/11, something he has never heard before or since. He immediately knew something had happened.

David is a doctor at St. Vincents. On 9/11 he helped set up an emergency room but treated only 6 people. He then decided to help at the ground zero triage center.

John Rollins, the former publisher of Spin magazine, recalls the concert he put on with English techno band Spiritualized at Windows on the World.

Timothy Speed Levitch, the eccentric New York tour guide who was featured in the documentary The Cruise, saw the WTC Towers as competitive twins. The events of September 11 inspired him to write the spoken-word piece, Sibling Rivalry. In this…

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.

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.

In 1982, radio producer Lou Giansante recorded a number of interviews with people at the World Trade Center, as well as some of the sounds of the buildings. Here, he speaks with a South African woman and an English woman.

Gretchen visited the Observation Deck in Janruary 2001. She recorded sound from ducts from under the WTC and used it in her music.

Sound designer Logan Susnick published a CD of sounds recorded at the WTC concourse in 2000.

The son of a friend of Michael Spear's began working in the WTC two weeks before 9/11. He remembers the sounds of loved ones mourning this boy.

Stephen Vitiello, one of the artists in residence in the World Views Program at the WTC, collected the ambient sounds of the building. This one was recorded from the 91st floor of 1 WTC.

Bob Windbiel talks about his musician friend, Ray Ack, who played in the plaza during a sound check in 1997. Ray talked about hearing the sound bounce back and forth, from building to building, straight up to heaven.

Sonya Sklaroff was an artist in residence in the 1999 World Views program at the WTC. She describes the "fingernail paintings" she did there and the Santa Fe residency she did post-911.

Sonny Sonnenstein was in New York for business on the 81st floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11th. He remembers getting out of the building and watching the first tower fall. He would like to submit a…

An exerpt from the Sonic Memorial Special produced by the Kitchen Sisters and narrated by Paul Auster, a montage of audio relating to the early days of the WTC. Minoru Yamasaki was interviewed in 1960. Guy Tozzoli then recalls his interactions with…

The agent for the Latin band Son Boricua, talks about taking pride in the towers. The group played at the WTC; their song Boricua Blues was written for the WTC before 9/11.

Washington State resident Gabriel Keenan left his small hometown to attend college in NYC. When he needed to escape the city noise, he would go to the top of the WTC.

Sy Denby talks about the fight he and other small businessmen from Radio Row waged with the Port Authority in opposition to the WTC.