Downtown resident Daniel Goode will never forget the roar of the first plane as it passed his apartment window on 9/11 or the sound of wrecking ball at Ground Zero.
Tribeca Poem, Patrick Donnelly [Voicemail]
Patrick Donnelly, poet and small press editor in Tribeca, offers a peom he wrote.
Brooke Ashworth Thinks of Elevators' Sound [Voicemail]
Brooke Ashworth, who has worked in skyscrapers, talks about the sound of the elevators encapsulating the experience of the building.
Cirque du Soleil consultant Don Richards talks about "We Reinvent the Circus," which the troupe performed at the WTC in the 1988.
New Yorker Nancy Meyer attended a post-9/11 concert and loves "The Bravest," Tom Paxton's song for firefighters.
Phillip Traugott plays the voicemail he received from his wife at 9:00 a.m. on September 11 as she was watching the towers from SoHo.
Channel 13 Programs Recommended [Voicemails]
An anonymous woman recommends two Channel 13 programs. "Souls of New York" included an interview with an observation deck guide, and "The Elevator" had a segment about a man who was trapped in the WTC elevator during the 1993 attack and escaped.
Alex Bontilla sang backup in the elegy song for John Buckey, a man who worked at Cantor Fitzgerald.
Radio Producer Warren Levinson describes the annual WTC Valentine's Day wedding marathon.
Battery Park City Resident's Messages, 9/11 [Voicemails]
Victor Demarco lives in Battery Park City. He had left for work on 9/11 but went back to his neighborhood to look for his wife during the attack. He describes voicemails left for him while he was out.
Joel Meyerowitz on Fresh Air, Part 4 [Radio Broadcast]
Photographer Joel Meyerowitz started taking pictures at the WTC in 1981. In this interview with Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air, recorded on October 23, 2001, he talks about trying to photograph the events of 9/11. Part 4: The pain Meyerowitz felt while photographing the destruction. Fresh Air with Terry Gross, produced in Philadelphia by WHYY.
Ellen Lytle, who lives six blocks away from Ground Zero, remembers 9/11 in this interview, recorded on March 6, 2002.
Messages from the WTC on 9/11 [Voicemail]
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.
Message to a Loved One [Archival Voicemail]
New Yorker Eva Garfield leaves a message for her boyfriend on 9/11.
George Willig, Climber at WTC [Archival Radio Broadcast]
Amateur rock climber George Willig scaled the south tower in 1977. He was arrested when he reached the top, but his stunt generated such a positive response that the city only fined him $1.10--a penny for each story he climbed. This clip includes audio from press conferences held shortly after the event.
Liz Thompson, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council [Radio Broadcast]
For an interview on NPR's Fresh Air on September 21, 2001, the Director of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Liz Thompson, talks about the council's role in encouraging the arts at the WTC. The LMCC offices were in 5 WTC, and a number of their artists had studio space in Tower 1. Sculptor Michael Richards was killed in the attack; Thompson was at a meeting in 1 WTC that morning but was able to get out safely.
Message from Germany [Archival Voicemail]
Hoping to hear that his ex-girlfriend, Cara Gamberdella, is okay, Christian calls from Germany on September 11 and reaches her voicemail.
Randy Remembers Working at WTC [Interview]
As an 18 year old, Randy Horne’s first ironworking job was working for his father on the World Trade Center. He reflects on what it was like to be lowered over the side of the World Trade Center, 45 stories in the air.
Winds after Hurricane Floyd [Archival Audio]
Stephen Vitiello was one of the artists in residency at the WTC. He made Ambient Sound recordings of the building. This one was recorded from the 91st floor of Tower One. It was exhibited as a surround sound installation at the 2002 Whitney Biennial.
The World Trade Center and especially its antenna occupied an important place in the imagination of Brad Bonaparte and his partner, Andy Jacobs. Brad spoke about his dream of getting work on the top of the WTC and how he came to finally stand on the antenna. Brad is from Akwesasne.