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

This spot introducing a program called "The Phantom Spoilers" includes an ad for Majestic radios. It was broadcast in the 1930s.

NPR reporter Mandalit del Barco worked on a story about corridos (Mexican folk ballads) dealing with 9/11 for Morning Edition. She offers to share the songs.

Marc describes and then plays a bit of recorded performance of his prose poem. The piece is accompanied by guitarist Michael Schockey and is based on contents of office paper and other scraps found at Ground Zero.

Italian-American filmmaker Marco Ferrari talks about a video shoot he did at the WTC in 2000 that included the observation deck, view, and sculpture.

Margaret Lobato, who lives in Utah, wrote a poem called Twin Towers USA 9/11 2001 in five verses describing what she felt and saw on 9/11.

Maria Henderson got a trip to New York as a gift from her mother when she graduated from college in 1973. She describes a memorable experience she had in the WTC on that visit.

Marie shares her memories of being at the WTC and how beautiful it was. She describes the view of the towers reflecting the sunset light from her apartment in New Jersey.

Mark Betyour recalls a wonderful evening of swing dancing at the Greatest Bar on Earth. The view from the 107th floor of the WTC made him think of an ethereal song called Talisman, by the French band, Air. He still has the matches he got from the…

Alice Hoglan's son, Mark Bingham, telephoned from on board one of the hijacked planes. This interview with Hoglan originally appeared on ABC on September 12, 2001, and was then rebroadcast on public radio.

Mark Rossmeisel, who photographed the collapse of the towers from Fifth Avenue, offers to provide the pictures.

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

Artist Mary Crescenzo describes how the performance piece she created for the Day of the Dead turned into a memorial. She has video of the performance, which took place November 1 at the Pelham Art Center in Pelham, New York.

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.

New Yorker Mary Lou Difilippo plays the voicemail she received from a friend that alerted her to the attack. She called the friend back but cannot remember talking to him afterward.

Matilda Lyubarsky talks about the voicemail her son left her as he saw the first plane crash into the tower.

Maura, a native of Ireland, visited the WTC on September 7, 2001. She remembers a man who worked there--he spoke many languages and made the people in the elevator laugh.

Downtown Manhattan poet Max Blagg describes the poem he wrote about walking his daughter to school on 9/11.

Jenn and Kevin McCoy were artists in residence at WTC's World Views program through LMCC and Thundergulch. They thought of the WTC as the perfect set for their project "Airworld" which plays upon corporate culture. The McCoys set up their studio on…

Ilene's boyfriend gave her a gift trip to NYC in 1999 for her birthday. They went to the top of WTC. Her boyfriend had wanted to propose and was afraid the ring in his pocket would set off metal detectors.