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Battalion 7 of the Fire Department of New York's radio transmissions as they make their way up the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. (part 1)

The Fire Department of New York's radio transmissions from 9/11: Correspondance of "Fort Bravo".

The Fire Department of New York's radio transmissions as they attempt to help the injured in the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.

Californian Monica Morrill visited the WTC only once, in 1994. She remembers thinking that the people there were very New York and feeling that she was looking like a tourist.

Brooklynite Felicia Herman remembers the elevator observation deck elevator. She chose Windows on World for tenth birthday dinner and was especially impressed by the fancy bathrooms.

Felicity, a former Barnard student, reminisces about her summer job in NYC and the sound of the trains in the subway under the WTC.

Ferris Cook describes a short super-8 animated film that she made about the WTC in 1973.

WNYC live broadcast on September 11 with Beth Fertig and Marianne McCune as they interview people on the scene.

WNYC's Beth Fertig and Marianne McCune broadcast live from the site as the towers fall.

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

Kevin Scott, a San Antonio fire captain, wrote a song called 911 for firefighters killed on that day.

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

Mike Payton describes the noise made by a fireman's "man down" alarm and how overwhelmeing the sound was when so many alarms went off in the first several seconds after the buildings collapsed. He suggests that we add the sound to the archive.

Father Jeff Hurley tells how September 11 was his twin daughters' first time at the beach on Martha's Vineyard. He offers video of that day, before they heard the news, as a token of lost innocence.

Artist Francisco Lopez recounts what happened to him on 9/11 and the impact of terrorism has had on him in Spain, and now the world. He then remembers working at the World Trade Center. He thinks about the effect the event has had on the meaning of…

Artist Francisco Lopez's commentary and explanation about the noises and sounds he recorded within buildings. He discusses the potential of machines and the sounds of buildings, and views these sounds as physiological components to a much larger…

Francico Lopez discusses the many definitions and concepts of music, and the limits of perception within his music and the sounds all around us in the world.

Artist Francisco Lopez remarks about how his work becomes his universe, and recounts the positive reaction he has gotten from people. He relays how most people don't even understand that these sounds he is recording exist because they are merely your…

As part of his sound installation Buildings [New York], artist Francisco López recorded ambient nighttime noise in the World Trade Center as well as in other large buildings in Manhattan and Brooklyn between January and March 2001. The piece,…

As part of his sound installation Buildings [New York], artist Francisco López recorded ambient nighttime noise in the World Trade Center between January and March 2001. The piece, commissioned by Creative Time, was exhibited in the Brooklyn Bridge…