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When Bill McDonald proposed to his wife, he first arranged luminaries in a pattern on the landfill across the street, then took her up to the top of the WTC to see the view.

Felicity, a former Barnard student, reminisces about her summer job in NYC and the sound of the trains in the subway under the WTC.

Brooklynite Cindy Jeffers offers the voicemail messages she received on 9/11.

Joan met an AT&T employee named Boo. When she was assigned to document the timing of calls from 9/11, Boo felt as though she were invading people's privacy during their last moments.

Cindy Weil, a downtown resident, used her digital video recorder to capture her experiences on 9/11. In the background, you can hear sirens, Cindy's baby, and friends calling.

Cheryl Moch, a resident of Battery Park City, talks about the voicemail she received on 9/11 from a friend who thought it was a small plane that hit the building. She also tells how a friend of a friend had to run for cover from the falling debris.

Mark Farago, a resident of Wharton, NJ, was moved by a news segment on Channel 12 that featured kids from a local school, St. Mary's, singing about 9/11.

Shaun Gerien is a reporter for WSHU Long Island. He describes working on two WTC-related stories--one about a firefighter and the other an interview with an office worker.

Robert Olin works at Thatcher, Thomas and Wood, which was on the 38th to 40th floors of 2 WTC. He had videotaped the office two weeks before 9/11.

Poet Benjamin Thompson reads a work written on 9/11 and talks about harvesting black popcorn in South Dakota to send to firemen in NYC.

Freelance reporter and writer Steven Manning recorded this tape on 9/11. That morning, he was on his way from his home in Brooklyn to the J&R music store downtown. When he heard the first plane, he went toward the WTC and interviewed people. Here he…

Mike Samson, a television producer, collected hours of footage about the 9/11 attacks to use for a special documentary episode of NBC's The Third Watch. The episode, the show's season premiere, aired on October 15, 2001.

WBAI radio programmer John McDonagh describes doing a special show after 9/11. They interviewed John's young daughter, who was pulled out of school; John's sister, who is a police officer; firemen; a friend who worked on the 37th floor of the WTC;…

Katherine Mueller tells about her daughter Katelyn, who watched from her school window while the towers fell. Katelyn later wrote a song called Tuesday about her experience.

Bob Krutzel describes his 1976 wedding at Windows on the World. He and his wife, Barbara, were about to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary there.

Paul Borst walked away from the WTC on 9/11 but couldn't reach anyone to say he was safe until noon. He saved voicemails from his girlfriend and his brother.

Rebecca Tally, who worked five blocks from the WTC, describes the voicemail messages she left and received on 9/11, as well as the communications problems she experienced.

Melody Graham describes the voicemail her husband left on his way to work at the WTC on 9/11. She plays a message from a worried friend who knew Melody often had business meetings downtown.

Down Town Glee Club president Jerry Osterberg talks about rehearsing at Trinity Church. On 9/11, he spent time tracking down club members.

Brooklyn resident Tim Gerken got voicemail from his cousin and watched the first tower fall from his roof.