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Patricia O'Grady describes the turn-of-the-millennium party she attended on New Years at Windows on the World.

Chuck Hyman was working a block away from the WTC on 9/11. To him, the buildings were like friends, and he misses them. His family celebrated many special occasions at Windows on the World.

Miriam Lefkowitz is grieving for the lost towers. In the 1970s, she used to walk to the WTC from Banker's Trust and bicycle around. After she moved to New Jersey, she commuted on the PATH.

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

Georgia resident Laurie Easterlin's 12-year-old daughter wrote a tribute to the people affected by 9/11; Easterlin reads the lyrics.

Nebraskan Lyn Norton recorded the reactions of people in her town to 9/11.

Helen Simpkin, whose sister Jane died on United flight 175 on September 11, reads her sister's poem entitled Why I Hate Dan Rather. Jane wrote it before September 11, but Helen now finds her sister's words painfully timely.

Gary Shelber, a native New Yorker who now lives in San Diego, recalls being stuck in a traffic jam on September 11. He is reluctant to revisit his former home, now without the WTC. He reads a poem he wrote about 9/11.

Carolyn Schunter, an EMT in Iowa, wonders why there is no news coverage of paramedics or the security guards who worked at the WTC.

Lydia Robertson's mother, Valerie Hanna, worked on the 97th floor of 1 WTC and was one of the victims of 9/11. Lydia talks about her mother's life--she had 40 foster children and was a senior vice president at Marsh & McLennan Technology.

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.

Dina Vonsweck had to be evacuated from her home for 30 years, 3 blocks from the WTC. She reads a poem about that day.

Builder Joe Jocks's granddaughter Lynn Beauvais remembers Cane's Corner, where the Mohawk ironworkers would gather in the early 1960s. Her grandfather talked to her about working on the world's largest buildings, what it was like to be in New York.

Nikki Stern, the wife of Jim Potorti, who was killed at the WTC, has a recording of him.

Kahnawake Mohawk Lynn Beauvais of Quebec talks about the members of the Kahnawake nation who built many buildings in NYC, including the WTC, and who also volunteered at Ground Zero.

James Pedersen, who lives two blocks south of Ground Zero, was engulfed in a dust cloud on 9/11 as he tried to leave the area. He remembers choking, the scream of his cat he had put in his backpack, and the neighbors running and screaming.

Radio producer Ginger Miles, who lives next to Ground Zero, has been making an audio diary. She talks about the confusion of reporting and experiencing the event.
With funding from the New York Council for Humanities.

Californian Victoria Slind-Flor recalls a 1992 trip to New York with her late husband, who had AIDS. They saw Philip Glass's opera, The Voyage, at the Met and then went to the WTC. It was a profound experience for both of them, and helped them come…

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

Jane Herschlag, the curator of readings at the West Side Y, has a recording of the readings program After 9/11