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Once the daytime workers had left the WTC and the evening rush was over, the late-night staff often tuned their radios to Latino stations. The music was one of the distinctive sounds to be heard there after hours.

In this interview, Vanessa and John Johnson remember getting married at one of the annual Valentine's Day wedding marathons held at the World Trade Center.

During the rescue and cleanup operation at Ground Zero on September 16, 2001, William Harvey, a student at Juilliard played the violin for the 69th Regiment. He remembers his experience in an interview recorded a few weeks later.

Produced by Steve…

Les Robertson, the head WTC engineer, talks about testing the buildings for sway and plays recordings in which you can hear the building creaking in the wind.

Melody Graham's husband and a worried friend leave messages for her on the morning of September 11.

On September 11, Cheryl Moch received this voicemail message from a friend who describes how their friend Vicki had to run for shelter when one of the towers collapsed.

A woman leaves a voicemail for her friend Timmy, warning him about the planes crashing into the towers.

This audio explaining the history of the buildings and Windows on the World is taken from a promotional film about World Trade Center.

These newsreels from the early 1960s document the struggle waged by small businessmen in Lower Manhattan against the Port Authority's plans to build the World Trade Center. The fight went all the way to the Supreme Court before the Port Authority…

In this clip from March 1966, news broadcaster Tom Tunn announces the end of the Little Businessman's fight against the Port Authority. Shortly thereafter, demolition of the neighborhood began in preparation for building the World Trade Center.

This Port Authority audio tour from the 1970s gives an overview of the construction of the World Trade Center.

Austin J. Tobin was Director of the Port Authority from 1942 to 1972. In this press conference, recorded during the 1960s, Tobin describes the details of contruction management.

This recording of the scene outside the WTC as the first tower collapsed was broadcast on NPR's Weekend Edition on September 15, 2001. Reporter Steven Manning made the recording on September 11th.

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.

NPR's special coverage on September 12 included this press conference by NYC Fire Commissioner Thomas Van Essen.

Alice Hoglan's son, Mark Bingham, telephoned from on board one of the hijacked planes. This interview with Hoglan originally appeared on ABC on September 12, 2001, and was then rebroadcast on public radio.

Attorney General John Ashcroft's first press conference following the terrorist attacks. He is talking about the hijacked airplanes.

Aired on NPR Weekend Edition 9/12/01.

At the Spanish-language talk radio station WAKC in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the hosts, Francisco Trevino and Sebastian Lantos discuss reports of a fourth hijacked plane during their live broadcast on 9/11.

At the Spanish-language talk radio station WAKC in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the hosts, Francisco Trevino and Sebastian Lantos, broadcast live as the second tower falls on 9/11.

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