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College student Henry Vick was awakened the morning of September 11 by the fear in his mom's voice as she left a message on his answering machine.

Lucien Samaha was a DJ at Windows on the World. He recorded the music and the sounds of the people at one of his weekly parties.

Lucien Samaha was a DJ at Windows on the World. He recorded the crowd noise at one of his weekly parties.

Lucien Samaha was a Dj for nighttime parties at Windows on the World for many years. This audio was taken from video shot at one of his parties, with what he describes as a very "international crowd". It features rambunctious revelers exiting the…

Mother Alison has messages from her daughter who was working near at the Joyce Theater on 9/11.

Patsy describes her son's NYU graduation at Windows on the World in 1999. Now she is glad they overextended their budget for this. Son lives near the site still. Patsy offers to share their video of this party.

Josh's mother, Martha Rosler, left three messages on his answering machine over the course of September 11 and 12. She expresses her hopes that her son and daughter-in-law are safe. She wonders if giving blood would be the right gesture. A comicbook…

Ann Flax, who was born in NYC, was working downtown in 1989. She remembers buying two cassette tapes of Andino music near the WTC and attending outdoor concerts at the WTC at lunchtime. To her, those sounds will always be associated with the WTC.

Nadine Robinson, an artist in residence at the WTC World Views Program, created the sound installation "Tower Hollers." She describes what the piece looks like.

Nadine Robinson, an artist in residence at the WTC World Views Program, created the sound installation "Tower Hollers." In this clip, recorded at MOMA with her piece playing in background, Robinson introduces herself and tells how and why she made…

'Nadine Robinson was an artist in residency at the WTC. Her installation piece Tower Hollers interweaves with the blue collar workers and the WTC's muzac atmosphere and the history of Hollers - traditional work songs. In studio, more subdued. She…

Nadine Robinson, an artist in residence at the WTC World Views Program, created the sound installation piece "Tower Hollers." She descirbes the requirements and demands of the WTC residency, what it was like to have a studio in one of the towers,…

Nadine Robinson, an artist in residence at the WTC World Views Program, created the sound installation piece "Tower Hollers." In it, she interweaves the blue collar workers, the WTC's elevator music, and the history of "hollers," or traditional work…

Nadine Robinson was an artist in residence at the WTC in 2000. For her piece Tower Hollas, she interviewed security guards and maintenance workers about what they did, what songs they listened to at work, and how they liked their jobs.

New Yorker Nancy Meyer attended a post-9/11 concert and loves "The Bravest," Tom Paxton's song for firefighters.

Utah resident Natalie Hickan describes The Cruise, a 1998 documentary about the eccentric tour guide, Timothy Speed Levitch. In the film, he spins around beneath the towers and imagines them falling on him.

Nebraskan Lyn Norton recorded the reactions of people in her town to 9/11.

On New Year's eve, December 31, 1987, NPR reporter Jim Anderson broadcast live from the Vista International Hotel at the World Trade Center. In this recording from that evening, Mel Lewis introduces his orchestra and they play Don't Git Sassy.

On New Year's eve, December 31, 1987, NPR reporter Jim Anderson broadcast live from the Vista International Hotel at the World Trade Center. In this recording, Mel Lewis and his orchestra, with singer Carmen McRae, play the traditional tune Auld…

Tilman Reitzle had always been dazzled by the sights and sounds of rush hour at the WTC. Finally, on June 27, 1986--a Friday--he brought his SONY ProWalkman. That evening, he stood on the platform of the PATH train to record the white noise of crowd…