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Arthur Rouse, a producer and director of promotions for the World Trade Centers Association, talks about WTCA president Guy Tozzoli. He describes Tozzoli's vision of peace and prosperity through international trade.

Guy Tozzoli describes his motivation for building the WTC and what he found as the plan became a reality.

Guy Tozzoli tells the story of the WTC development and describes the scale of the project.

Guy Tozzoli describes the collection of dolls he had from all over the world. He kept his collection at his office and it was destroyed on September 11th.

Harold Levine was on his way to New York from Washington, D.C., on September 11. He describes flying over the towers at 8:30 that morning. Levine also remembers his participation in a run against violence up the stairs of the WTC.

Harriet Korman wrote a piece about the sound of the towers collapsing.

Heather was the costume designer for a performance with Ira Glass at the World Trade Center. According to Heather the audience was perplexed by film bohemia in the unique and beautiful space.

Helen tells the story of her recovery as a widow of a victim of terrorism. She celebrated her rise above trajedy with a party at Windows on the World, only to experience disaster again when 9/11 took the life of her acquaintence Jackie Sayegh.

Helen Engelhart had her 60th birthday party at Windows on the World. She has a tape recording of the party and pictures of the party's organizer, Jackie Sayegh Duggan, who died on 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.

Helen Thorington used ambient sounds from 9/11 to create a haunting 17 minute soundscape. Helen composed the piece to go with Jo-Anne Green's multi-layered images created in the days after 9/11. Some of the audio Helen worked with was found on…

Heather Ordover is a teacher at the High School for Leadership and Public Service one block south of the WTC. On 9/11, the students were evacuated to Castle Clinton; Ordover could hear ash falling into the river. Later, they learned that their…

Eric Darton describes some of the stories and personalities that allowed him to personalize the World Trade Towers when beginning his book, Divided We Stand.

Eric Darton describes the sights and sounds of lower Manhattan before the World Trade Center was constructed.

Eric Darton describes the distinctive sounds of the World Trade Center and the way these sounds reflected the life of the buildings.

Hilary North wrote this poem after September 11th. She worked at Aon on the 103rd floor of 2 World Tade Center and she lost 176 co-workers. It was featured as part of the Sonic Memorial Special, produced by the Kitchen Sisters and narrated by Paul…

Brooklynite Hugh Klitzke saved the voicemails he received on 9/11.

In this recording from 1992, Fire Chief William Feehan talks about the New York firefighters' culture and tradition. Feehan was killed when the buildings collapsed on September 11; four days later, the recording was aired on NPR by David Isay's Sound…

Father Jack Ryan gave the invocation at the Fresh Kills Landfill Closing Ceremony. The Staten Island landfill had already been scheduled to close when 9/11 happened. The workers of Fresh Kills rose to the challenge of hosting the largest police…

Violinist Emily McHugh made this recording on St Patrick's Day 2000. She used to play her Irish fiddle at the PATH station under the WTC. She recorded herself warming up at 8am that morning.