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Atilla Akgun describes how he saw the sun set twice during a visit to the WTC. First, he watched it sink below the horizon from a lower floor, then he ran to the elevators and rode up to the top of the building to watch it set again.

Jazz pianist Jay D'Amico played at the Windows on the World bar from 1984 to 1993 and has released an album called From the Top.

Richard West's father was among the workmen who helped build the WTC and died during its construction from asbestosis. West wrote a piece of music, Twin Towers Suite, and a poem, While the City Sleeps, about 9/11.

Songwriter and teacher Liza DiSavino wrote a song on 9/11 about her experience of watching the towers from her New Jersey school 12 miles away.

Tom O'Riley's band wrote a song, Land of the Free, in response to 9/11.

Tayloe Skelton reads a poem he wrote after 9/11.

Peter Genet was working across from the WTC and recalls leaving a message for his family on 9/11.

Chicago poet Mary Krane Derr composed a multimedia interfaith requiem from broadcasts, songs, and phone calls. It's called For the Living and the Dead.

Pennsylvanian Paul LaBelle wrote a song called Hero's Legacy to salute the heros of 9/11 and raise money.

Floridian Frances Key, director of the International Peace Performers children's chorus, recommends that her group sing for peace and in honor of 9/11. The Florida-based, multi-cultural chorus includes both refugee and American children.

Pamela Bowl's family moved to New York from Canada some time ago and has celebrated two important events at the WTC--she feels they provide bookend stories for her family. Her son's bar mitzvah was held there in 1978. And on November 11, 2000, when…

Colorado songwriter Lynn Skinner wrote Voices from the Sky in response to 9/11.

Austin firefighter Peter Teliha sent a care package and poem to his company's sister station in NYC, Ladder 18.

Poet Jill Breckenridge reads her work Contour Line Drawing. She was at a drawing class at the time of the attacks, and her son lives in NYC.

Agnes Crow of Virginia sings a haunting wail in response to the events of September 11.

Myrna Annette was flying from France to the United States on 9/11 and was shocked when the pilot said U.S. airspace was closed.

Carlos Quinteros made a music video using footage from his trip to NYC in 1999 to express what he feels about the city.

Elizabeth Rich reads a story about watching the towers being built while visiting her grandma in New Jersey. The towers were the mountains of her childhood.

Video producer Marshall Saunders talks about the fire safety video he made at the WTC after the 1993 bombing.

Liz Wallerstein's husband is a songwriter. She reads from his work, And You Want Me to Sing a Song, written October 19, 2001.