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Bernard Mendelow tells of two 9/11-related coincidences that he experienced. After the attack, he left his office five blocks from Ground Zero and ran into his daughter, who had also been evacuated from her downtown office. Later, someone in Brooklyn…

The musical group that Terry Platz belongs to performs a song to the tune of Scarborough Fair using words from a sonnet by Shakespeare. She says those lyrics can be quite chilling in light of 9/11.

Kevin Scott, a San Antonio fire captain, wrote a song called 911 for firefighters killed on that day.

Brooklyn cartoonist Josh Neufeld tried to track down his wife and describes what he did on 9/11. He later did a comic book with 80 other artists called 9-11: Emergency Relief.

Anita Glesta lived across from the WTC. On 9/11, as she tried to get her kids from their school, her husband was looking for them. The family dog, Angel, was later rescued by a U.S. Army general.

New Yorker Seth Richardson plays the message he received from his wife when she was trying to reach him on September 11.

Artist Rachel Terp had a show about American identity after 9/11.

Blake Wallis is a canine search specialist from FEMA's Indiana Task Force 1. He and his dog Scout worked on a rescue team on 9/11.

Songwriter Joe Louden tells about the song he wrote called Good to Cry.

Brooklynite Kristen Worrall taped the towers falling from across the water and got people's reactions. The next day, she went to a Manhattan hospital to document the aftermath of the tragedy.

Judite Dos Santos videotaped people running away from the WTC on 9/11. The recording also captures the sound of Dos Santos crying.

Mark Rossmeisel, who photographed the collapse of the towers from Fifth Avenue, offers to provide the pictures.

New Jersey resident Tom Reingold talks about the voicemail he received on 9/11 from his upset girlfriend, who described what was happening.

New Yorker Beth Faracy recommends various radio programs dealing with 9/11.

Artist Carola Dertnig had a studio in the WTC through the World Views Program. She describes a video she made of the office space, plaza, and people.

NPR reporter Mandalit del Barco worked on a story about corridos (Mexican folk ballads) dealing with 9/11 for Morning Edition. She offers to share the songs.

Video artists Alex Heilner and Amy Baxt describe the sounds on a video Alex made of the WTC area and play voicemails of an exchange between Amy and her dad on 9/11.

Downtown Manhattan poet Max Blagg describes the poem he wrote about walking his daughter to school on 9/11.

Jill Goodkind dropped off her children at P.S. 234 by the WTC just before she saw the plane crash.

New York resident Sara Bruya describes the meeting she attended three days after September 11. Group members were united in their call for peace.