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New Jersey resident Nancy Boss always used to look at the New York skyline when she was driving on Route 22--she still does. She never realized before what the WTC meant to her.

Laura Weinberg Arnow's husband always worked either by the WTC or in it. In the 1960s, his office had a view of the slurry wall being built; then he worked for the Port Authority. Arnow also describes going with her son to meet her husband at the…

An anonymous man reads a New York City guide from 1939, in which the WTC area is described as a Syrian quarter occupied by Turks and Armenians.

Jonathan Siskin was evacuated from his apartment in Battery Park City on 9/11 and had to run into a restaurant to escape the dust. He saved the voicemails he received that day.

Katherine Johnson saved the message she received on 9/11 from her father in Wisconsin. He was crying--something she had never heard before--and checking maps to see how far away she was from the WTC.

Californian Monica Morrill visited the WTC only once, in 1994. She remembers thinking that the people there were very New York and feeling that she was looking like a tourist.

Colorado resident Barbara Dunn used to live in Jersey City. She spent so much time in the subway tunnels under the WTC that the sounds of rush hour there are still vivid to her.

Pamela McFadden loved Windows on the World, especially the view of the Statue of Liberty. She thought of the restaurant as a sort of ship in the sky.

Jane Evan's fiancé proposed to her on the WTC observation deck on July 7, 2001. She remembers how breathtaking it was.

New York native Jan Polatschek, now living in Miami, used to commute over Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn. Polatscheck remembers the construction of the towers, especially the cranes that rose more than 110 stories.

Harriet Korman wrote a piece about the sound of the towers collapsing.

Bob Windbiel talks about his musician friend, Ray Ack, who played in the plaza during a sound check in 1997. Ray talked about hearing the sound bounce back and forth, from building to building, straight up to heaven.

Brian Smith, now living in Texas, recalls working in 1 WTC. On weekends, when it was quiet, the sound of the tower creaking reminded him of a sailing ship in the wind.

Cheryl Myers from Wisconsin describes the message she received from her supervisor, who was in NYC on September 11--it made an event that was so far away seem real.

A mom calls from Ohio to talk about her third-grade daughter's poem, Peace.

Californian Greg Mix reads his family's annual Christmas letter. This year, inspired by the Sonic Memorial, the letter was about the WTC buildings. He talks about the construction of the buildings, the view, Windows on the World, and how the place…

Page West tells of eloping in New York in 1999 and going to Windows on the World after the ceremony. She also describes how she was in the PATH station the night before 9/11 and saw the whole event the next morning.

Recording artist Suzi Schuenemann wrote songs on September 12.

Frank Carbone recalls a phone message he received from a man living near the Lexington Avenue armory, who described how the families of the victims were gathering there.

Dr. Elizabeth Grill's husband had always wanted to propose to her on top of the world--so he chose Windows on the World for the event. The couple were on their honeymoon on September 11.