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Radio producer Ginger Miles, whose home is in Lower Manhattan, remembers the WTC area before the attack and talks about how the neighborhood has changed.
With funding from the New York Council for Humanities.

At 7:30am on September 11th, Ginny Carr started her morning by attending a business meeting on the 36th floor of One Liberty Plaza, a block away from the WTC. A tape recorder captured the meeting, the sound of the first plane hitting, and as the…

At 7:30am on September 11th, Ginny Carr started her morning by attending a business meeting on the 36th floor of One Liberty Plaza, a block away from the WTC. She had brought her recorder to tape the meeting. After she and her colleagues' meeting was…

At 7:30am on September 11th, Ginny Carr started her morning by attending a business meeting on the 36th floor of One Liberty Plaza, a block away from the WTC. She was taping the meeting for her own records. After the sound of the first plane hitting…

Melody Graham describes the voicemail her husband left on his way to work at the WTC on 9/11. She plays a message from a worried friend who knew Melody often had business meetings downtown.

Patrick, a native of Queens, recalls being a student and seeing the view of the Towers across the river. After he grew up, he was called to work at the WTC. He remembers that his toolcase had to be sniffed by a police dog on the way in.

Sheila Massatt received several voicemails from her mother describing the events of 9/11 as they happened. Her mother was reminded of the news broadcasts during the Hindenburg disaster.

A woman leaves a voicemail for her friend Timmy, warning him about the planes crashing into the towers.

Hoping to hear that his ex-girlfriend, Cara Gamberdella, is okay, Christian calls from Germany on September 11 and reaches her voicemail.

Josh's friend Danielle Nguyen, calling from Phoenix, left a message on his answering machine on September 11. A comicbook artist, Josh later collaborated on a fundraising anthology called "911 Emergency Relief."

New Yorker Eva Garfield leaves a message for her boyfriend on 9/11.

On September 11, Cheryl Moch received this voicemail message from a friend who describes how their friend Vicki had to run for shelter when one of the towers collapsed.

Melody Graham's husband and a worried friend leave messages for her on the morning of September 11.

Diana Kingsley went up to the roof of her building after the first plane hit on 9/11. From there, only ten blocks away, she could see the top third of both towers. We hear the messages she left when she tried to call her fiancée Matthew Geller on his…

Jane Field's ex-husband called her from the 83rd floor on 9/11 to tell her he was okay and would be home shortly. He and his coworkers escaped through fire.

Amy plays the message her friend left after 9/11. The Mexican Independence Day Celebration on the 15th of September was cancelled. "We can't dance if American people are sad."

I'm talking about my uncle who died saving people on September 11

Michael Carpenter, who lived two blocks from the towers, offers the many voicemails he received on 9/11.

Couple Jill Eisenstadt and Michael Drinkard were marriaged at the WTC in 1990. Here they introduce themselves.

Michael Drinkard, having married his wife Jill Eisenstadt in the WTC, discusses the events of his September 11th.