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Blind songwriter Donna Hill wrote several songs after 9/11. One was based on Dan Rather crying during his interview on the Late Show with David Letterman, and another was about the Statue of Liberty.

Composer Uli Geissendoerfer recorded his feelings on piano after witnessing 9/11 from Brooklyn and plans to make a documentary. He put objects inside his piano to create the music's eerily broken effect.

David Weintraub suggests that the spoken word collection at the Rodgers and Hammerstein Theatre Library might contain something about the reaction to the construction of the WTC.

Sheila Massatt received several voicemails from her mother describing the events of 9/11 as they happened. Her mother was reminded of the news broadcasts during the Hindenburg disaster.

Photographer Neil Selkirk began filming the scene on Christopher Street near St. Luke in the Fields Church half an hour after the planes hit.

Floridian Robin McCrae visited the WTC with her family in July 2001 and has videotape from their elevator ride. They were especially impressed with the Welcome to Our World sign at the top. She remembers everybody ooh-ing and ahh-ing.

James McDovett recommends a work by Dmitry Shostakovich to help ease suffering.

Atilla Akgun describes how he saw the sun set twice during a visit to the WTC. First, he watched it sink below the horizon from a lower floor, then he ran to the elevators and rode up to the top of the building to watch it set again.

Jazz pianist Jay D'Amico played at the Windows on the World bar from 1984 to 1993 and has released an album called From the Top.

Richard West's father was among the workmen who helped build the WTC and died during its construction from asbestosis. West wrote a piece of music, Twin Towers Suite, and a poem, While the City Sleeps, about 9/11.

Songwriter and teacher Liza DiSavino wrote a song on 9/11 about her experience of watching the towers from her New Jersey school 12 miles away.

Tom O'Riley's band wrote a song, Land of the Free, in response to 9/11.

Tayloe Skelton reads a poem he wrote after 9/11.

Peter Genet was working across from the WTC and recalls leaving a message for his family on 9/11.

Chicago poet Mary Krane Derr composed a multimedia interfaith requiem from broadcasts, songs, and phone calls. It's called For the Living and the Dead.

Pennsylvanian Paul LaBelle wrote a song called Hero's Legacy to salute the heros of 9/11 and raise money.

Floridian Frances Key, director of the International Peace Performers children's chorus, recommends that her group sing for peace and in honor of 9/11. The Florida-based, multi-cultural chorus includes both refugee and American children.

Pamela Bowl's family moved to New York from Canada some time ago and has celebrated two important events at the WTC--she feels they provide bookend stories for her family. Her son's bar mitzvah was held there in 1978. And on November 11, 2000, when…

Colorado songwriter Lynn Skinner wrote Voices from the Sky in response to 9/11.

Austin firefighter Peter Teliha sent a care package and poem to his company's sister station in NYC, Ladder 18.