Doug Weingarten, a blind man, describes his audio archive of the news radio and newspaper audio service reports. A computer-generated voice reads the news to him.
Sound editor and recordist Esther Regelson lives two blocks south of WTC. She has recorded ambient sounds and has also been interviewing neighbors about 9/11.
Verity Chegar of San Francisco recommends including the telephone operator's message All circuits are busy. She heard it all day on 9/11 when she tried to call friends in New York.
Beverly Eckert and Nikki Stern lost their husbands on 9/11. Beverly remembers her husband Sean Rooney's love of music. Nikki desribes the grieving process. This excerpt is from the Sonic Memorial Special.
In 1982, radio producer Lou Giansante recorded a number of interviews with people at the World Trade Center, as well as some of the sounds of the buildings. Here, he speaks with a man and a boy from Philadelphia.
In 1982, radio producer Lou Giansante recorded a number of interviews with people at the World Trade Center, as well as some of the sounds of the buildings. In this recording, made from the observation deck, he recorded a man pointing out his car to…
In 1982, radio producer Lou Giansante recorded a number of interviews with people at the World Trade Center. Here, he speaks with a woman from Louisiana.
In 1982, radio producer Lou Giansante recorded a number of interviews with people at the World Trade Center, as well as some of the sounds of the buildings. Here, he speaks with a South African woman and an English woman.
In 1982, radio producer Lou Giansante recorded a number of interviews with people at the World Trade Center, as well as some of the sounds of the buildings. Here, Giansante records people descending in the elevator.
In 1982, radio producer Lou Giansante recorded a number of interviews with people at the World Trade Center. This is the conversation he had with an Irish man.
In 1982, radio producer Lou Giansante recorded a number of interviews with people at the World Trade Center. Here, he speaks with a man from Yugoslavia.
In 1982, radio producer Lou Giansante recorded a number of interviews with people at the World Trade Center, as well as some of the sounds of the buildings. This is the sound of the elevator going up to the Observation Deck.