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This audio explaining the history of the buildings and Windows on the World is taken from a promotional film about World Trade Center.

These newsreels from the early 1960s document the struggle waged by small businessmen in Lower Manhattan against the Port Authority's plans to build the World Trade Center. The fight went all the way to the Supreme Court before the Port Authority…

In this clip from March 1966, news broadcaster Tom Tunn announces the end of the Little Businessman's fight against the Port Authority. Shortly thereafter, demolition of the neighborhood began in preparation for building the World Trade Center.

This Port Authority audio tour from the 1970s gives an overview of the construction of the World Trade Center.

Austin J. Tobin was Director of the Port Authority from 1942 to 1972. In this press conference, recorded during the 1960s, Tobin describes the details of contruction management.

This recording of the scene outside the WTC as the first tower collapsed was broadcast on NPR's Weekend Edition on September 15, 2001. Reporter Steven Manning made the recording on September 11th.

An essay by NPR's Robert Siegel, who was in New York City on September 11. He talks about the debris and scraps of paper--traces of lives and businesses.

NPR's special coverage on September 12 included this press conference by NYC Fire Commissioner Thomas Van Essen.

Alice Hoglan's son, Mark Bingham, telephoned from on board one of the hijacked planes. This interview with Hoglan originally appeared on ABC on September 12, 2001, and was then rebroadcast on public radio.

Attorney General John Ashcroft's first press conference following the terrorist attacks. He is talking about the hijacked airplanes.

Aired on NPR Weekend Edition 9/12/01.

At the Spanish-language talk radio station WAKC in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the hosts, Francisco Trevino and Sebastian Lantos discuss reports of a fourth hijacked plane during their live broadcast on 9/11.

At the Spanish-language talk radio station WAKC in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the hosts, Francisco Trevino and Sebastian Lantos, broadcast live as the second tower falls on 9/11.

Recording of a New York City police scanner: The second tower collapses.

Recording of a New York City police scanner: Officers react following the collapse of the first tower.

Recording of a New York City police scanner: The first tower collapses.

Robert Sanford, an amateur radio enthusiast, recorded the NYPD police scanner on the morning of 9/11. This interview with him was aired on Channel 4.
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One of the definitive sound experiences from the afternoon of September 11: the noise of the crowd walking over the Manhattan Bridge to Brooklyn.

Spanish reporters make calls from pay phones in the Financial District on the afternoon of September 11.

On September 11, officers near Ground Zero respond to a police scanner announcement that 7 WTC has just collapsed.

New York City radio station 1010 WINS news reports from March 11, 2002--the six-month anniversary of 9/11--include live coverage of the dedication of the Tribute in Light memorial and short interviews with victims families.