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Olive had a residency through the World Views program. She's a painter and she describes some of her visual memories of the views throughout the seasons and different times of day. She says she was a voyeur observing the rooftops teeming with life.

Nikki Stern, the wife of Jim Potorti, who was killed at the WTC, has a recording of him.

New Jersey mom Carolyn Holl brought her twin sons to the top of the WTC and remembers hearing another mother telling her kids not to look at boring New Jersey but to look at cool Brooklyn instead . . .

Stephanie Menser, who lives in Seattle, would like the voices from NPR on September 11 to be preserved. The broadcasts made her feel connected to events happening 3,000 miles away.

NPR's Larry Abrahamson gives a brief history of the WTC and the bombing in 1993.

Recording of a New York City police scanner: The second tower collapses.

Recording of a New York City police scanner: Officers react following the collapse of the first tower.

Recording of a New York City police scanner: The first tower collapses.

Anonymous man was inspired to write a poem. "Osama bin laden Oh my son what have you done."

Former building stewardess Olivia Zdanowiz describes her progress from beauty pageant contestant to WTC construction guide.

Former WTC building stewardess Olivia Zdanowiz describes the uniforms they wore.

An anonymous woman from Kansas describes absolute silence as the only sound she can relate to the tragedy.

Colorado poet Orfeo reads DIA the Day After, which he wrote on September 14, 2001. DIA stands for Denver International Airport.

Musician Steven Longfellow Fiske wrote song called "Out of the Ashes" for 9/11.

An essay by NPR's Robert Siegel, who was in New York City on September 11. He talks about the debris and scraps of paper--traces of lives and businesses.

In 1985, when filmmaker Pam LeBlanc was working on her short documentary, Waiting Tables, about the pink-collar ghetto, she interviewed a waitress at Windows on the World. She has since tried--unsuccessfully--to find the woman again and hopes she was…

Pam Ritter talks about her husband, who worked in the WTC in the 1970s and used to measure the sway of the buildings.

Scot McCluskey, a Lutheran pastor who lives in Nebraska, wrote a song based on Romans 8:38-39 that reflects on the events of 9/11.

Governor George Pataki spoke 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 crime scene…

Patti Pelican describes a musical group that she has formed with two other women called MotherLode Trio. The group has taken Shakespeare's Sonnet 64 and put it to Scarborough Fair. After September 11th, the Sonnett has taken on new meaning for…