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Lucien Samaha was a DJ at Windows on the World. He recorded the crowd noise at one of his weekly parties.

Lucien Samaha was a DJ at Windows on the World. He recorded the music and the sounds of the people at one of his weekly parties.

Tilman Reitzle had always been dazzled by the sights and sounds of rush hour at the WTC. Finally, on June 27, 1986--a Friday--he brought his SONY ProWalkman. That evening, he stood in the concourse near the turnstiles to the PATH train and recorded…

Tilman Reitzle had always been dazzled by the sights and sounds of rush hour at the WTC. One Friday afternoon in 1986, he recorded this ambient noise from the plaza beneath the towers and the concourse inside the WTC, using his SONY ProWalkman. You…

Tilman Reitzle had always been dazzled by the sights and sounds of rush hour at the WTC. Finally, on June 27, 1986--a Friday--he brought his SONY ProWalkman. That afternoon, he recorded this ambient noise from the plaza beneath the towers and the…

Tilman Reitzle had always been dazzled by the sights and sounds of rush hour at the WTC. Finally, on June 27, 1986--a Friday--he brought his SONY ProWalkman. That morning, he stood at the entrance and recorded this ambient noise. You can hear kids…

Photographer Neil Selkirk taped the tolling of the bell at St. Luke's Church on 9/11. You can hear sirens wailing in the background.

The Sound of New York City is a CD put out by Logan Susnick in 2000. It includes ambient tracks from all over the city. Here you can listen to the WTC concourse atmosphere as the afternoon crowds leave work.

Elisa Karp's audio journal--a New York Everyman's journal--documents her experience at home on Manhattan's Upper East Side on September 11. She kept her tape recorder rolling as she made telephone calls and exchanged instant messages with friends…

Elisa Karp's audio journal--a New York Everyman's journal--documents her experience at home on Manhattan's Upper East Side on September 11. She kept her tape recorder rolling as she made telephone calls and exchanged instant messages with friends…

Elisa Karp's audio journal--a New York Everyman's journal--documents her experience at home on Manhattan's Upper East Side on September 11. She kept her tape recorder rolling as she made telephone calls and exchanged instant messages with friends…

Peter Klein, his wife Melody, and their son Noah saved their voicemails from 9/11. Melody and Noah were downtown when the attacks occurred.

Seventeen-year-old Katelyn Mueller wrote this song, Tuesday, three days after 9/11 to express what she and her friends were feeling at the time.

In this recording from 1992, Fire Chief William Feehan talks about the New York firefighters' culture and tradition. Feehan was killed when the buildings collapsed on September 11; four days later, the recording was aired on NPR by David Isay's Sound…

Philippe Petit caused a sensation in New York City in 1974 when he walked a tightrope stretched between the two towers. In this recording, he reads from his book On the High Wire.

French aerialist Philippe Petit caused a sensation in New York City in 1974 when he walked a tightrope stretched between the two towers. This radio segment includes original news coverage of the event, as well as an interview that took place after…

Ben Cheah and Eliza Paley recorded ambient noises at the WTC in August 2001. In this clip, they captured the sound of the elevator shaft.

Ben Cheah and Eliza Paley recorded ambient noises at the WTC in August 2001. In this clip, they take an elevator down toward the lobby.

Ben Cheah and Eliza Paley recorded ambient noises at the WTC in August 2001. In this clip, they take an elevator upstairs.

Nate Cory, a young man who came to New York with his family right after 9/11, recounts what it was like to visit the city at that time. This piece was produced in Portland, Maine, for Blunt Radio during the fall of 2001.