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Robin Greenstein was a temp at the WTC and often went swing dancing at Windows on the World after work. She recalls the sound of the elevators. She saved the messages she received from friends in Denmark on 9/11.

Roddy Hatala talks about taking visiting foreign scholars up to the WTC observation deck. He remembers being surprised that the lights are never shut off--and the time an 83-year-old woman said that looking straight down was almost like having sex.

Floridian Rosie Fussell is mourning for America. She feels the Sonic Memorial project will be healing.

After learning that one of her sons has fallen on the job, Rosie, a member of the Kahnawake Mohawk Nation, describes how she manages the fear she feels as the mother of two ironworkers.

Former WTC building stewardess Sandy Austin Asbury describes the look and feel of Lower Manhattan and the WTC construction site.

Sandy Austin tells of the scale of the WTC construction project, which no one had seen before.

Former WTC building stewardess Sandy Austin gives the speech she used to give to observation deck visitors in 1968.

Sara first experienced 9/11 through sounds. She was in her apartment in the East Village during the attacks. She describes each sound she remembers from that morning and later what she saw from her roof.

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.

The Dowdens were scheduled to fly on 9/11 and found out about the attack on their way to the airport--they can't help feeling guilty. Elaine Dowden also describes a scrapbook they made to document a 1988 visit to the WTC with their children.

Scott Rodbro was a student at Salt Institute for Documentary Studies at the time of the WTC attacks. He talks about his experience doing interviews on the streets of Portland Maine in the days following 9/11. Also he speaks about the sounds and…

Scott Williams was in a mental hospital on 9/11. He talks about how he felt that day and how discouraged he feels about the current situation.

Scotty was driving across country during 9/11 and describes taping the reactions of people along the way.

Business on Radio Row was booming starting in the 1920s. This advertisement for the RCA-Victor Model 108 radio is an example of the types of sound one might have heard blasting from stores in the 1940s. In the 1960s, Radio Row was demolished ot make…

Sena Omotunde has been living in the United States for 15 years, but it wasn't until after 9/11 that she felt a powerful draw to become an American citizen.

Senator Chuck Schumer spoke at the Fresh Kills Landfill Closing Ceremony. The Staten Island landfill had already been scheduled to close when 9/11 happened. The workers of Fresh Kills rose to the challenge of hosting the largest police crime scene…

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

Shaun Gerien worked at the WTC in 1980 as a reporter for CNN. He shares his personal memories of the building. He also describes what he heard on his scanner radio in his car on the morning of 9/11.

Shaun has some news stories he'd like to…

Friend of Father Michael Judge recalls an incident in 1967 during the construction of the WTC. Shawn saw two elderly women crushed by dropped girders. When Father Juge died at Ground Zero on 9/11, Shawn linked the two events.

Shirley Velazquez talks about the voicemails she received on 9/11 from her boyfriend, who is a New York EMT, as well as from her mom and a friend.