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In 1996 artist Carl Scorza helped establish the World Views artists in residence program at the WTC. He was in the first group of artists to be given studio space in the towers--his was on the 86th floor. He talks about being a part of the program…

Benjamin and Michelle Barshay got married at Windows on the World in 1985, and they live and work in the area. They considered the WTC to be their backyard. They have video of the scene outside their windows on 9/11.

Susannah Kelly lives in California now, but she grew up in Manhattan at Westbeth, the artists' community on West Street looking south. On a visit home after 9/11, she taped conversations with mother, brother, and people on the street about their…

By chance, WTC electrician Harold Maguire left the building 20 minutes before the first plane hit. He describes how strange it felt to have people calling to see if he was alive.

Helen Engelhart had her 60th birthday party at Windows on the World. She has a tape recording of the party and pictures of the party's organizer, Jackie Sayegh Duggan, who died on 9/11.

Chris worked as a guard at the WTC in the late 1970s and had several amorous encounters in the stairwell, especially on the 78th floor. He got caught, though. After that, he was assigned to work in the sub-basement, eight floors belowground.

Utah resident Natalie Hickan describes The Cruise, a 1998 documentary about the eccentric tour guide, Timothy Speed Levitch. In the film, he spins around beneath the towers and imagines them falling on him.

Heather, a New York City resident, describes two concerts she heard at the World Financial Center. At one, she Bang on a Can performed a cover of Brian Eno's Music for Airports. At the second, she saw Meredith Monk. She also describes a drug…

Singer James Hamilton describes We Will Overcome, a song he recorded as a memorial to 9/11.

Charter boat captain Patrick Harris had docked his boat at the World Financial Center on September 11 and was there when he saw the first jet hit the tower. He immediately radioed the Coast Guard.

Jill Tatara describes a poem she wrote using lines she heard while walking from the WTC area on 9/11.

Artist Mary Crescenzo describes how the performance piece she created for the Day of the Dead turned into a memorial. She has video of the performance, which took place November 1 at the Pelham Art Center in Pelham, New York.

Romi Porrazzo's husband, a bank president who worked on the 60th floor of the north tower, escaped the building after the plane hit. He left a message at 8:48 telling of a massive explosion and saying that everyone was getting out.

Ted Olcott, a retired director of planning for the Port Authority, was involved in the initial planning for the WTC and PATH trains. He volunteers to read an account of his experiences. It was published after 9/11.

In October 2001 filmmaker Kelli Feigley recorded a two-minute video poem on the Brooklyn Bridge called My Brother the City.

Birder Rebekah Creshkoff was working on a study about migratory birds flying into skyscrapers at night. She recorded her findings at the WTC.

Songwriter Eric Douglas, who lost a friend in the WTC, wrote a song the day after 9/11. It's called If You Were Gone Today.

Maria Solario and her sister, who both live in downtown Manhattan, tried to reach each other on 9/11. They saved their phone messages.

Rosemary Jane calls from England to recommend The Voice of Freedom, a song by the British-Pakistani teen singer Sarah Francis that incorporates a speech by Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

Alun Williams, director of the Triangle Artists' Workshop, describes videos made of workshops that took place at the WTC in 1998 and 2000.