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A montage of stewardesses talking about their various uniforms.

The Building Stewardesses looked up to Guy Tozzoli as an innovative businessman.

Sandy Austin tells of the scale of the WTC construction project, which no one had seen before.

Guy Tozzoli talks about going ahead with construction despite critics.

Hilary North wrote this poem after September 11th. She worked at Aon on the 103rd floor of 2 World Tade Center and she lost 176 co-workers. It was featured as part of the Sonic Memorial Special, produced by the Kitchen Sisters and narrated by Paul…

Les Robertson, the WTC structural engineer explains how the tenants of the building experienced the sway.

Diane Ludin, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient recordings of the WTC. This is the sound of the turnstiles.

Diane Ludin, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient recordings of the WTC. This is the sound of the revolving doors.

Diane Ludin, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient recordings of the WTC. This is the sound of the revolving doors and a man talking.

Diane Ludin, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient recordings of the WTC. This is the sound of elevators.

Diane Ludin, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient recordings of the WTC. This is the sound of radio interference from the towers.

Diane Ludin, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient recordings of the WTC. This is the sound of the turnstiles.

Diane Ludin, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient recordings of the WTC. This is the sound of a toy bomb ticking.

Inspector James Luongo of the New York Police is head of the recovery effort at Fresh Kills Landfill. He describes that work here. [WARNING: Graphic content!]

Inspector James Luongo of the New York Police describes the scene at Ground Zero as he ran toward the towers, stood nearby, and then was forced to run away when the towers fell. Luongo would later be made head of the recovery effort at Fresh Kills…

A montage of radio coverage relating to 9/11 from New York station WNYC.

NPR sums up the events of the morning of 9/11. Government buildings are evacuated in Washington, D.C. All U.S. planes are grounded.

Bob Edwards of NPR talks with reporter Tom Gjelton at the Pentagon as it is being evacuated.

Thirty-five minutes after the attack, WNYC's Mark Hilan interviews a witness and explains that the Municipal Building in which WNYC is housed is emptying out; President Bush announces that the attack was an act of terrorism; NPR's Jackie Lydon speaks…

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