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Chalkdust (aka Hollis Liverpool), a scholar and musician from Trinidad, wrote this calypso song dealing with 9/11 and politics.

Radio producer Ginger Miles, whose home is in Lower Manhattan, weaves together interviews with neighbors from her building.
With funding from the New York Council for Humanities.

Radio producer Ginger Miles, whose home is in Lower Manhattan, remembers the WTC area before the attack and talks about how the neighborhood has changed.
With funding from the New York Council for Humanities.

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…

Timothy Speed Levitch, the eccentric New York tour guide who was featured in the documentary The Cruise, saw the WTC Towers as competitive twins. The events of September 11 inspired him to write the spoken-word piece, Sibling Rivalry. In this…

Diana Kingsley went up to the roof of her building after the first plane hit on 9/11. From there, only ten blocks away, she could see the top third of both towers. We hear the messages she left when she tried to call her fiancée Matthew Geller on his…

In an interview with Ben Shapiro on December 11, 2001, Kenneth Jackson of the New-York Historical Society talks about September 11. Part 5: Why historical perspective is important.

In an interview with Ben Shapiro on December 11, 2001, Kenneth Jackson of the New-York Historical Society talks about September 11. Part 4: What the WTC represented, and what sort of memorial is appropriate.

In an interview with Ben Shapiro on December 11, 2001, Kenneth Jackson of the New-York Historical Society talks about September 11. Part 3: Why we miss the towers, and why they were problematic.

In an interview with Ben Shapiro on December 11, 2001, Kenneth Jackson of the New-York Historical Society talks about September 11. Part 2: What gives 9/11 particular horror.

In an interview with Ben Shapiro on December 11, 2001, Kenneth Jackson of the New-York Historical Society talks about September 11. Part 1: The role a cultural institution should play post-9/11.

As part of his sound installation Buildings [New York], artist Francisco López recorded ambient nighttime noise in the World Trade Center between January and March 2001. The piece, commissioned by Creative Time, was exhibited in the Brooklyn Bridge…

As part of his sound installation Buildings [New York], artist Francisco López recorded ambient nighttime noise in the World Trade Center between January and March 2001. The piece, commissioned by Creative Time, was exhibited in the Brooklyn Bridge…

As part of his sound installation Buildings [New York], artist Francisco López recorded ambient nighttime noise in the World Trade Center as well as in other large buildings in Manhattan and Brooklyn between January and March 2001. The piece,…

At first, the events of September 11 seemed to be replaying a tragic accident that happened half a century earlier: On July 28, 1945 a B-25 Mitchell bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building. A reporter broadcasts live and…

Photographer Joel Meyerowitz started taking pictures at the WTC in 1981. In this interview with Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air, recorded on October 23, 2001, he talks about trying to photograph the events of 9/11. Part 2: Meyerowitz discusses…

Photographer Joel Meyerowitz started taking pictures at the WTC in 1981. In this interview with Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air, recorded on October 23, 2001, he talks about trying to photograph the events of 9/11. Part 1: Intro section.

Fresh Air…

A few weeks after September 11, ten-year-old Autumn Rose Bragg recorded herself pretending to be a CNN anchor. Her father, Randy, thinks this may be her way of dealing with the tragedy.

Right after the attacks, Ellen Lytle's husband, Michael, wasn't able to find her. He tells his story in this interview, recorded on March 6, 2002.

Denise Bosco saved a message about first the plane crash that was left on her answering machine before anyone knew what was happening.