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A montage of Building Stewardesses recalling the of atmosphere of the 1960's, the music of the period, their own youthful enthusiasm, and the impact of their jobs on their lives.

A montage of the Building Stewardesses talking about the workday and workplace.

An audio montage of Building Stewardesses talking about the Mohawk iron workers, and other men at the WTC.

Independent producer Ben Shapiro recorded this audio in a Chinatown Lumber yard. The men are loading wood to be made into emergency stretchers into a truck.

Local woman Lisa Barnett describes her 9/11 video. She had the camera focused on the view from her window while she called her husband to make sure he was all right. He had been on the PATH that morning. She also has footage of people running down…

Chris describes his mother's phone message from 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.

Californian Claudia recalls trying to reach her brother in financial district in New York. She saved his conference call message. She will never erase it.

Scotty was driving across country during 9/11 and describes taping the reactions of people along the way.

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.

Two young hiphop artists, Colin Travers and Eric Minor made a three minute dedication piece sampled from news clips. It is being played on WKCR. They poured their hearts into their piece "RIP WTC." Colin grew up in Brooklyn Heights and witnessed the…

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

Mike from Massachusetts went to Ground Zero two weeks after 9/11. He wrote a piece explaining his thoughts and emotions. He recorded it to send to his sister.

Gretchen visited the Observation Deck in Janruary 2001. She recorded sound from ducts from under the WTC and used it in her music.

Psychological disaster response team director for Hawaii, Dr. Sword created a special relaxation tape, focusing on meditation for peace. It incorporates music by Barry Flanigan, a famous Hawaiin musician. The tape was used in WTC counceling for…

Kyle was wedding videographer for his friends just after September 11th. The preacher quotes from the book of Job and frames love as the perfect answer to 9/11.

Esteban wants to contribute some of his materials to the Sonic Memorial Project.

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."

Eric Darton describes the sights and sounds of lower Manhattan before the World Trade Center was constructed.

Eric Darton describes the distinctive sounds of the World Trade Center and the way these sounds reflected the life of the buildings.